Chapter 24, Let's Get Down to Business
Unfortunately, he died halfway up the mountain.
Madam Jiang and the housekeeper witnessed this dream.
The two were shocked, and then they gradually heard the Marquis crying.
A heart-wrenching cry.
He then hurriedly retreated, clearly indicating that Lord Jiang had woken up.
"My lord, what's wrong with you!" It wasn't the steward who came, but Qiao'er, Zhang's attendant.
Zhang was acting up all night yesterday and hasn't woken up yet at this time today.
The fact that Qiao'er appeared here is quite intriguing.
When Lord Jiang opened his eyes, the dream felt so real and so painful; he was covered in a cold sweat.
I don't know if it was from being scared or from the real pain in my dream.
"My legs hurt, probably from standing for too long these past two days." Jiang Hou rationally told himself that this was just a dream, and forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart.
But his voice was so hoarse that even he was stunned when he said it.
"Then this servant will rub it for you!" Qiao'er's eyes were alluring, and her pink dress was pulled down a little, whether intentionally or not.
You can see the enormous capital in front of you, so white it's almost blinding.
Jiang Hou didn't react for a long time, and continued to move upwards with the maid's hand.
He suddenly realized that this was not a dream, but reality.
"Are you the maidservant sent by the Zhang family to Zhang Shi as part of her dowry?" Jiang Hou looked at the small face, with a tiny beauty mark under her peach blossom eyes.
She's also a natural beauty.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that everything that had just happened was too real, as if it had actually occurred.
“That’s right. I’ve been by your side all this time. When I came here, my uncle told me to take good care of Marquis Jiang. Just tell me what you need. Qiao’er is very obedient. I’ll do whatever my uncle tells me to do!”
Her eyes were incredibly alluring, and as she spoke, she held Jiang Hou's other intact hand.
Jiang Hou now had only one thought: could Zhang really betray him just like in his dream? If so, then she and that cousin Xia must have been in cahoots all along. To confirm this, he needed to find someone who knew Zhang's complete past.
And this person has to be willing to tell him.
The way to make her yours is right in front of you.
"Perfect timing! The master is feeling a bit tired, you can help me relax!"
Jiang Hou suddenly pulled him into his arms.
...
Madam Jiang and the housekeeper...
After the sounds inside the house started to sound strange, the two left, telling others not to disturb them.
Because they had also figured out why Jiang Hou did this.
"Butler, you mean that thing... can it let people see things that will happen in the future?!"
Even Old Madam Jiang was starting to wonder about her future.
"Madam, you don't need to read it. In the Marquis's part, you and I are already gone. Marquis Jiang was the last member of the Jiang family, and he too passed away in the end."
The butler sighed.
This dream felt so real. Every blade of grass, every tree, every step, every scene, even the furnishings inside the house showed signs of age from more than a decade later.
"In that case, whatever Ruan Ruan wants to do in the future, have those two people who are with her cooperate and make them show themselves. Qiu Qin will follow Ruan Ruan, and Qiu Feng will follow Huai An. Our Jiang family must not be cut off in my hands!"
"Send people to thoroughly investigate Zhang's past, especially that cousin Xia, and Zhang's ex-husband, who I heard also died of illness. Zhang was the only son in the family, and after he passed away, Zhang even sold off the ancestral home. Go and see if there are any problems here!"
"Madam suspects that Zhang Shi may have killed Master Lu..." The butler was shocked.
"The Zhang family deliberately married their daughter to a sickly man as his second wife, but unfortunately, Master Lu's previous wife had been unable to conceive for ten years, while this Zhang woman became pregnant immediately. Do you think these two children might not be Master Lu's..."
Madam Jiang's idea was so unexpected that even the housekeeper was shocked.
"If that's the case, then Zhang is a dangerous person. I'll send someone to investigate him right away!" Butler Qiu appears to be an ordinary old man, but in reality, he is the head of the Tingfeng Tower intelligence organization.
After the old Marquis passed away, he has been managing Tingfeng Tower ever since.
Qiuqin and Qiufeng are his children, and they are the most powerful fighters in his organization.
Jiang Ruanruan almost laughed after reading Jiang Hou's dream.
[Ding dong, congratulations host for obtaining Xiahou Lanhua's Peach Blossom Blossom, 500 debt collection points, 10,000 points remaining]
Jiang Ruanruan found it very strange.
[System, my scumbag father got so many bad romantic encounters, and I actually got debt collection points too!] With such a good thing, she sent him a few more romantic encounters.
That's right! Actions that change the course of the story and have different consequences for the supporting characters will earn you corresponding debt collection points.
The system's explanation woke Jiang Ruanruan up completely.
The day was peaceful, but the Lu siblings secretly spread rumors about Jiang Ruanruan.
However, this behavior was somewhat covert, with people gossiping quietly, which Jiang Ruanruan simply ignored.
Even if you're going to clean things up, you have to do it discreetly.
The Lu siblings clearly saw that she didn't dare to do anything on the surface, so they became even more unscrupulous.
Within just one day, rumors were flying everywhere in the classroom.
Whether the students believed it or not, the way they looked at Jiang Ruanruan changed.
"No, Ruan Ruan, aren't you going to explain yourself?" Chen Zihao was getting anxious for her.
"Explanations? Only the weak need explanations; the strong only strike with their fists!"
"Just wait, I have important business to attend to!"
As soon as get out of class ended, Jiang Ruanruan ran off in a flash.
The 12th Prince and Chen Zihao exchanged a glance: "Let's go see what important business they're going to do."
"That's it..." The two followed the three to a clothing store, and the 12th prince was dumbfounded. They went shopping for clothes.
"Ruan Ruan is a girl too, so going shopping for clothes is a proper thing to do, right?" Chen Zihao said uncertainly.
"What are you all standing there for? Come on, pick out some clothes! Aren't you all coming along too? You can't wear this!"
Jiang Ruanruan pulled the 12th Prince and Chen Zihao inside.
The two then discovered that the three people who had originally gone in had changed completely.
Jiang Ruanruan dressed up as a little boy.
The two were disoriented and had their clothes changed, only to find out that they had been pulled in to pay money.
"You don't have money to buy clothes!" The 12th prince found it absurd.
"I sent Leng Dong out on an errand!" Li Yunzhi explained simply why he had no money.
"My brother and I don't have any pocket money!" Jiang Ruanruan said pitifully.
"I don't have any money either!" The 12th prince was also helpless. He deliberately dismissed the guards around him. There was nowhere to spend money at the Imperial Academy, and he didn't have the habit of carrying silver.
All eyes turned to Chen Zihao.
"Here, I didn't bring much, just a thousand taels, is that enough?" Chen Zihao was very generous and showed off, revealing that he was actually the richest person there.
To everyone's surprise, Jiang Ruanruan took it without any politeness, saying, "That's enough, that's enough..." She then took out a hundred-tael silver note and gave the money, and the other party even gave her a few taels of loose silver.
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