Chapter 126 The Queen's Support
"Who's not letting you seek justice? Can you speak reasonably?"
The emperor gave her an unconvinced look.
"The Wu family isn't a small, run-of-the-mill family. You've certainly made contributions. We can't just let you be killed openly, right?"
"What about Wu Shuyao trying to kill my mother? Are you just going to watch helplessly and try to smooth things over?
"I will be frank with you. I will avenge my mother's murder. If news of Wu Shuyao's death spreads later, you won't be surprised."
So please, Your Majesty, punish me now!"
If Jiang Wan hadn't been afraid of being targeted by this petty emperor, she wouldn't have bothered to greet him. It wasn't like she couldn't kill that woman herself.
"Why are you so stubborn? You should always put the greater good first! I'll give your mother and your brother some extra rewards later, and we can put this behind us, right?"
"I can't get over it!"
Jiang Wan argued with reason.
"If I can't get over this with you, and I can just laugh off the revenge for my mother's murder, how can I still be a child?"
The emperor was silent for a few breaths.
He knew that this girl had a stubborn personality, much like his wife when she was young. He couldn't say that the child was wrong for being so passionate about standing up for her stepmother.
"Jiang Wan, Xiao Xu is your stepmother."
"I know!"
Jiang Wan knew exactly what the emperor meant by this nod, and her tone was particularly firm.
"I have never seen my biological mother. Ever since I can remember, I have been raised and cared for by her.
I didn't stay in her belly for ten months, but I was held in her arms for two or three years, tied to her waist for seven or eight years, and held in her palm for thirteen years.
As the old saying goes, if you give birth but don't raise it, you can repay it with a broken finger. But if you raise a child before you give birth, how can you repay this kindness?
"Well said!"
The queen came in from outside and praised loudly.
"Shu'er, Queen, why are you here?"
The emperor looked at his wife with surprise. Ever since the news of Zhu Zhaoyi's pregnancy came out, he had not been favored by his wife for a long time.
"I heard that someone had murdered the wife of the Duke of Ling, so I came here to take a look."
She walked over to Jiang Wan, bent down, and pulled her up. She then gently smoothed her slightly messy hair, a soothing smile on her face.
"If you want to collect the debt, go ahead and do it boldly. I'll back you up. Your Jiang family is right anyway, so what are you afraid of?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Jiang Wanfu bowed.
"Queen, what trouble are you causing?"
The emperor had a terrible headache.
His wife is good in every way except that she has been a bit masculine in character since she was young. She values loyalty and cannot think things through more carefully.
"What trouble have I caused?"
The queen turned to look at the emperor, and in a fit of rage she couldn't control her mouth and started talking at full speed.
"The misfortune that the Duke's wife suffered is clearly related to you and me.
If you hadn't been so dishonest as to allow those under your command to abandon their wives and marry other men, how could that girl from the Wu family have such ambitions?
Now that the bad consequences have been caused, instead of trying to remedy the situation, you are still trying to smooth things over?
"Your Majesty, are you waiting for all the wives of the civil and military officials in the court to die suddenly, so that those bastards under your command can welcome beautiful wives and concubines?"
"I, don't have any..."
The emperor was in the wrong and could not argue. He opened his mouth and moved it back and forth several times. Finally, he could only compromise and sit on the dragon throne.
"Okay, okay, Jiang Wan, you can do whatever you want. But let me tell you this first: you are not allowed to do it openly! Do it secretly, and make sure to handle it thoroughly."
"yes!"
After getting a clear answer from the emperor, Jiang Wan finally smiled. The queen then reached out and slapped her paw.
"You are a grown-up girl, and you dare to come to someone's house so carelessly? Your mother is pregnant and can't spare the time to discipline you, so let me, your mother-in-law, discipline you!
"Hurry up and finish what needs to be done, and make the necessary arrangements. After three days, come to the palace every day to receive my training. When you have corrected your temper, you can go back home to study!"
"Empress~~!"
Jiang Wan cried out in pain, earning the empress's glare and the emperor's gloating look.
"Hahahahaha, you deserve it!
I said that this girl should have been brought into the palace for discipline a long time ago, but you, Queen, insisted that it was not necessary. Now you see, is it necessary now?
With her mother's kind-hearted nature, this girl could become a bandit in the future!"
"Well, this can be considered as the daughter following in her father's footsteps. When you led Jiang Huailiang to conquer the world, weren't you called a mob of bandits?"
"Tsk, this time is different from that time!
Now we're respectable people with status, how can we let these little bastards be labeled as bandits? If this gets out, how will my and Lao Er's reputation be saved?
"Originally, those aristocratic families looked down on us peasants occupying high positions. You little bastards, you have to fight for your parents' honor! Do you understand?"
"yes!"
When the imperial power is not touched, the emperor, who does not look like an emperor, is actually more like a amiable elder when facing these younger generations.
He was a human being, with his own selfish desires and ambitions. But he was also a human being, a commoner who had risen to power, without the calculating and cold-blooded nature that comes with being born into an aristocratic family.
Jiang Wan left the palace with many gifts from the Emperor and Empress, and ordered Ma Fei to take his men to ambush the Wu family along the way. He also threw the green fruit to Wang Bao.
"Go, take her to get her mother out. After this is settled, Luguo, you know what to do, right?"
"I will die as an apology."
Luguo knelt on the ground and kowtowed devoutly.
"Thank you for your kindness, Miss!"
Jiang Wan didn't look at her again and got on the horse.
Although she is not a person who is indifferent to human life, she is very clear about gratitude and resentment. She will repay kindness and revenge!
Without stopping, he rode back home.
She jumped off the horse at the gate and let Ruhua stroll back to the stable by herself. She went back to Qingpingju first to visit her mother and younger brother. Thinking that she was exhausted from the journey, she did not dare to go into the inner room, so she stood in the outer room to ask her aunt.
"Thank you, Auntie, for taking care of my mother and Xiao Si. I wonder how they are feeling now?"
"The situation is still okay."
Jiang chuckled and comforted her niece.
"Doctor Sun has checked them out, and both mother and daughter are fine for now. We just need to take good care of them in the future.
But you, what did you do outside?"
"Well, I went to the palace."
Jiang Wan had no intention of explaining the reason in detail, and Jiang Shi did not ask any more questions. The two of them just chatted casually.
In fact, Mrs. Xu had already woken up and heard her youngest daughter tell her what had happened. It was not until she heard her eldest daughter's voice that her racing heart finally calmed down.
"Wanjie, come in and talk!"
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