Seeing her give in, Jiang Mengli immediately stopped slapping her.
Tang wiped her nose and tears, sobbing, "In... in the woodshed. I actually took care of her, but she was always incontinent, so I had no choice..."
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Mengli had already left as fast as the wind, nimbly picking up the hem of her skirt to catch up.
After the master and servant left, Tang's eyes became resentful.
"Mom, are you okay?" The young man hiding behind the tree came running over with concern. "Didn't you say he was easy to manipulate? Why did he become so vicious? He's really uneducated."
"Mom, she hit your face like this, are we just going to let it go? She might even kick us out later."
Although this house cannot compare to the former general's mansion, it at least has two courtyards and is much better than the shabby house they used to live in.
Being able to own such a house in the capital city would make him very proud among his companions.
Tang narrowed her eyes and said, "This is our house. How can we let them kick us out? Go find your father and come back."
Woodshed.
Jiang Mengli found that the door was locked and there was a voice calling from inside.
"Grandma, are you in there?"
"Uh...mmmm..."
The person inside made a mumbling sound and seemed unable to respond.
Lingqiao glanced at the lock and saw that there was no way to open it. "Miss, you can't get in without a key."
"Move aside." Jiang Mengli took two steps back, then rushed forward and kicked the door.
The door fell to the ground with a clang, raising dust that blurred the vision.
Ahem…
The master and servant were choked by the dust and waved their sleeves in front of their eyes.
After a few breaths, the scene in front of me became clear, and there was a disheveled figure curled up in the corner.
His hair was gray and his body was shivering. There was a broken bowl on the ground and the room was filled with a pungent smell of a toilet.
"Grandma?" Jiang Mengli hurried over. They turned over and took a look. "Grandma! It's really you!"
Jiang's cloudy eyes looked at her, and she suddenly started crying with tears in her eyes, "Wuwu... Ah... Ah Li."
Seeing him in such a miserable state makes people feel sad.
If I hadn't come today, perhaps what I would have waited for would have been the news of his death.
How could a frail old man withstand such an environment?
Jiang Mengli couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat. He choked and forced a faint smile, "I'm here, I'm Ali. It's okay. I'll carry you out right away."
"Miss, here's the key." Dexterity took the key from the broken table and came over. "Try to see if it's the lock for the ankle chain."
She took it and inserted it into the keyhole to try it out. It opened with just a turn.
Seeing this, both of them smiled.
If there is no key, perhaps you can only find an axe and cut it off by force.
Jiang Mengli carried Jiang on his back without any disdain, "Grandma, I bought you some delicious food in my bag, including your favorite jelly cake."
Jiang had no words to say about this matter and could only nod and say "hmm" twice.
When I came out of the woodshed, a servant suddenly came over.
He didn't know Jiang Mengli and the others, so he asked, "Who are you? She can't leave this woodshed."
Jiang Mengli was so angry when she heard this that she yelled, "I'm your aunt, get out!"
After saying that, he continued walking towards the room where she used to live.
He was in no mood to bother with a servant at the moment; he just wanted to quickly check on Jiang's body.
She placed Jiang on a simple couch and ordered Lingqiao to get some hot water for Jiang to wash.
The master and servant worked for a while and finally cleaned up the old lady. Mrs. Tang paced back and forth outside, wanting to say something but being afraid.
Jiang Mengli looked a little annoyed and threw the old lady's dirty clothes at her face, "Get out! Don't be an eyesore here, get out the way you came!"
He then closed the door, took out the kettle and got some spiritual spring water, poured a cup and had Jiang drink it.
He took out silver needles and gave Jiang a few acupuncture treatments on the head, and the speechless Jiang suddenly became able to speak.
She frowned, "It hurts a little..."
Jiang Mengli's face showed joy. "It hurts, that's right. It doesn't hurt now, does it? Weren't you still able to walk around before I got married? Why is it..."
Jiang's lips trembled, and she reached out to hug her, sobbing, "My poor poor Ah Li, within an hour of you leaving, Tang and the others broke into the mansion."
"The Tang family said that Prince Ning threw you out of the mansion and broke off the engagement with you in the street. I was so angry after hearing that I collapsed. They went too far."
"They stripped me of my clothes, changed me into tattered clothes, threw me into the woodshed without giving me food or water, and even poured all my medicine into the cesspool."
The more you hear this, the angrier you get.
He is simply a shameless robber. Not only did he occupy other people's houses, but he also abused the owners of the houses!
Lingqiao was so angry that her face turned red. "Damn it! They are so cruel. Wouldn't it be too easy for them to just let them go? I think the government should arrest them."
Jiang shook her head. "It's useless. Tang's husband, Jiang Changhe, is the chief clerk at the Jingzhao government office. We are powerless relatives of criminals and cannot afford to offend them."
"A-Li, it's not too late for you to beg Prince Ning now. As long as he agrees to let you marry him, even if you have to be a concubine, it's better than going to the wilderness."
She didn't know that Jiang Mengli had already entered Prince Yu's Mansion, and no one told her.
This was what she was worried about all day and night in the woodshed.
The reason why the emperor spared the old and the young was just to show the people that he was a wise ruler who remembered old friendship.
The emperor had long known that Wen Jingyun would not let Jiang Mengli in, so he used this as an excuse to justify exiling him to the wilderness.
"Don't worry, old lady, the young lady is already married." She took out the jelly cake from her bag with a clever smile and placed it in her hand. "Try the jelly cake quickly. The young lady bought it especially for you."
Jiang's attention was not on the jelly cake. Instead, he paused for a moment to confirm again, "Really?"
Jiang Mengli nodded, "Really? And she's the legal wife, not a concubine, so don't worry, grandma. You must be very hungry, eat something quickly."
Hahaha……
"Okay, okay..." Jiang said several good words, and the worry between her brows disappeared. "It seems that Prince Ning still remembers the old relationship. You must be gentle and virtuous in Prince Jing's Mansion, so that you can live a long life."
After saying that, he started to eat the cold cake wrapped in oil paper in his hand. It was springy and melted in his mouth. He praised it for being delicious while eating.
Lingqiao said: "Miss, it's not..."
Ahem…
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Mengli coughed a few times and interrupted her, "Please make the bed again and let grandma rest."
It is not appropriate to talk about marrying Wen Mohan now. She is not sure whether Jiang can accept it.
After all, Jiang is a very traditional person who pays special attention to rules.
Perhaps in the old man's eyes, it was unethical for her to change from Prince Ning's fiancée to Prince Yu's wife.
Lingqiao reacted in time and replied respectfully, "Yes, I will make the bed right away."
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