Chapter 335: All of a sudden
In the palace, Jiang Wan could not feel at ease until her father sent someone to deliver the news.
"What did our father say? Is the second brother okay?"
Li Chengxiu, carrying his chubby son in his arms, walked around the room, turning his head to look at his wife. His wife had been in a bad mood all night, forcing him to hold his son tightly to comfort him and prevent the boy from causing more worries for his mother.
"Nothing serious for now."
Jiang Wan sat at the table and read the letter from beginning to end, then put it down, stood up, took his son, and raised his chin towards the table.
"Go and take a look, don't just sit here and guess."
"Well, I'm just concerned about my family, how can I call it a blind guess?"
The cat spoke sweetly but moved its claws quickly. The curious cat picked up the letter, moved its eyes up and down, read it quickly, and then frowned as if thinking.
"What did you think of?"
Seeing that he didn't say anything after reading the letter, Jiang Wan walked to his side with his son in his arms, and Li Chengxiu hummed solemnly.
"Our father said that Ji Yunzhi's face has healed. Wife, do you think there is something wrong with this?"
"yes…"
"I think Dad is exaggerating. How good can that kid be? Ever since he was little, I've always thought he had greasy hair and powdered face and didn't look like a good person. How good can he be?
I don’t believe it!
How can he be so good when I, a good person who is good in every way, stand in front of him? Right, wife?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Wan with a narrow-minded look, which made him feel tired and sigh.
"...Pick out all the stupid things that are wandering around in your flashy head!"
"I'm not imagining things..."
His Majesty the Emperor retorted with a guilty conscience.
"I just suddenly remembered that this toad wanted to gnaw on you, this piece of swan meat, before, and now he suddenly pops up again. It must be very uncomfortable for me to watch."
"You haven't seen it yet, have you?"
"I can't even think about it. It makes me uncomfortable even if I think about it!"
The emperor reluctantly moved the dog's head over, leaning on the empress's arm, and looked into the eyes of little Li Rui who had his eyes open.
"I'm such a unique and loyal person. There's only one of me in the world. Do you believe it? No matter if they're surnamed Ji or Sun, they all have other intentions when they're thinking about you. No one is as loyal to you as I am! Wife, I..."
"Stop it!"
Holding her son in one hand, she stretched out her slender jade fingers with the other hand to press against the entrance of the big head, and pushed it back with a clever force. She took a step back and the two looked at each other.
"You only remember that he wanted to propose marriage to me, but have you ever thought about how I once slashed his face with a knife?
With such a grudge between us, how big of a heart does he have to be to still care about me?
If you think about it carefully, his intention to come back for revenge is so obvious."
Three questions in a row made Li Chengxiu curl his lips. He didn't dare to loudly refute his wife's words, so he could only mutter to himself.
"Don't be so confident. We really don't know what that grandson is thinking.
You are not a man, so you don't understand men's strange possessiveness. At first, he wanted you but not sex with you, and then you gave him the pain of youth that he will never forget.
Now that he's back, what if he gets all crazy and starts to think about it?"
"What are you mumbling about?"
"nothing."
Li Chengxiu would not bother himself with unnecessary talk about something that hadn't happened yet. He raised his hand, tapped the letter on the desk, and asked softly.
"From what our father said in this letter, Ji Yunzhi has spread the news that he intercepted our second son? What does he want to do?"
"Humph, you want to take advantage of my Jiang family. But there's no need for us to worry about it, my father has a way to deal with it!"
Duke Ling, whose eldest daughter knew all about his tricks, asked people to prepare things overnight after returning home and handing his second daughter over to his wife.
The old man did not stay in the backyard to listen to the women and children crying, but strolled all the way to the front yard. Seeing his son leading his grandson busy with work, he frowned and sighed.
"Suozi, do you have any idea?"
"Dad, it's so late, what are you doing here?"
"Master, let me help you sit down!"
The Jiang family father and son both came over, and the old man was slowly helped to sit on the chair. After patting his eldest grandson's hand in appreciation, he looked up at his son.
"What's going on today? Did the second girl fall into someone's trap this time?"
Although this old man is old, his mind is not confused at all, and his inability to read does not affect his clear logic.
The second granddaughter was just a little girl. She wasn't a male heir to carry on the family line, nor was she the eldest daughter who could establish a family like her sister. Besides, everyone knew she was favored at home. It really didn't make sense for her to be killed in the capital, right?
"Or,"
The old man smacked his lips and spoke in a very low voice.
"Could it be that this group is targeting our Empress and is targeting the second girl first?"
"Alas, I didn't find out who did it."
Jiang Huailiang gritted his teeth and wanted to sigh in anger.
"I don't know which bastard is pulling this shady trick again, but it's definitely not to make a mortal enemy of me. Otherwise, with the way our second son is, there's no way he'd come back safe and sound."
"Dad, could it be that Ji Yunzhi's grandson set up an ambush? He's trying to act like a hero and save the damsel in distress, trying to trick our silly second son away?"
Jiang Yao also racked his brains to make a wild guess, and then his father slapped him on the back of the head in anger.
"Your second sister is much smarter than you. Even if you are stupid, she is not stupid at all!"
"No, we're just guessing. Why are you hitting me for no reason? Even if I'm not stupid, you'll make me stupid!"
Jiang Laosan jumped up and ran to his grandfather like a wronged dog, then barked at his father like a dog taking advantage of his grandfather's power.
"Isn't Jiang Lao Er stupid? To use Crazy Sister's catchphrase, the way Silly Lao Er looks at people since he was a child is simply blind!
Look at the Guo family she likes, their son is about to be born, but she is still running around all day long!
It's not that I, as your younger brother, like to talk nonsense behind your back, but Dad, just say a few words honestly, isn't Prince Shun quite nice?
Li Jingxiu is a prince after all. He has been guarding Jiang Lao Er like a dog for so many years, but that damn girl is as blind as if she is blind!
Every day she thinks about finding someone who is as gentle as water, who can read books and say sweet words, and who she holds in her palms and puts on her forehead. Do you know that she has damaged her brain because she has read too many storybooks?
It’s that lecher Li Jingxiu who keeps staring at Silly Old Second every day. If it were me, I would have run away long ago! Dad, I…”
"You're asking for a fight!"
"Oh, the teacher always says that good medicine tastes bitter and honest advice is unpleasant to the ears. Why won't you let me, an honest person, speak the truth? Oh, stop it, Master. Look, my father is about to beat your precious grandson to death!"
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