In the study, Jiang Shi was standing at the table, writing with a pen in hand.
Danqing, the attendant beside him, lowered his head and whispered, "Master, Miss Yu from Chen County almost drowned."
Jiang Shi paused as he picked up the pen and said in a gentle and clear voice, "What's going on?"
Danqing said, "Miss Yu went to the Chi Mansion for a banquet with the Xie family. She was separated from her personal maid and taken to an empty courtyard. She was pressed by the neck into a water tank. I heard that if Miss Yu hadn't broken free in time and ran away, she would have died."
Jiang Shi sighed softly, "What an unfortunate experience! Can we find out who is behind this?"
Danqing said: "Not yet, but I guess it must be their work."
This goes without saying for them.
Jiang Shi sent people to the Xie family in Chenjun to watch over Yu Tanqi in order to prevent them from attacking Yu Tanqi.
Jiang Shi's deceased father, Wu'an Hou Jiang Chu, had two half-brothers. His grandmother was his grandfather's second wife and gave birth to only one son, Wu'an Hou.
My eldest uncle Jiang Qi was the eldest son born to my grandfather’s first wife through difficult circumstances, and my third uncle Jiang Qin was the legitimate son registered under my grandmother’s name.
When Jiang's grandfather retired, he was just a second-rank civil servant. Jiang Chu's title of Marquis of Wu'an was earned entirely through his own military exploits in the battlefield.
As the only son of Marquis Wu'an, with both his parents dead and his grandmother also passed away, it was not an easy task for Jiang Shi to protect such a huge family business alone.
My uncle Jiang Qi is now just a fifth-rank official in the capital, and my third uncle Jiang Qin is a fourth-rank official. They both covet the title of Marquis of Wu'an.
When Jiang Chu died, Jiang Shi was less than a month old. The emperor took pity on his parents' passing and named him the crown prince without reducing his title. When he came of age, he would directly inherit the title of Marquis of Wu'an.
The Jiang family was originally just a family of officials, but a marquis was already a nobleman, and even after the title was stripped, it was still a nobleman. As long as the descendants had promising prospects, there was a high possibility of promotion.
Faced with the temptation of a title, even brothers from the same mother may fight for it, let alone brothers from different mothers.
Jiang Qi and Jiang Qin have always been superficially caring and loving towards Jiang Shi, wanting to raise him under their knees and coax him into giving up his title.
But Grandma Jiang is not a simple person. She was able to teach her son to obtain the title of Marquis of Wu'an with his own ability, so how could she not protect her grandson?
Therefore, during the eleven years that Grandmother Jiang was alive, Jiang Qi and Jiang Qin were relatively restrained. After Grandmother Jiang left, Jiang Qi and Jiang Qin became even more restless. Seeing that Jiang Shi was not easy to deceive, they wanted to kill him and seize the title.
Due to their influence, Jiang Shiyi lost both his parents when he was born and had a bad reputation in the capital.
If his fiancée also died suddenly, Jiang Qi and Jiang Qin could make a big fuss about it.
Jiang Shi shook his head: "Not them."
Danqing looked at him in confusion.
Jiang Shi put the pen back on the pen holder, looked at the already written letter, and said softly: "The Xie family of Chen County has always wanted to cancel the engagement between me and Miss Yu. I guess they will propose it during this period. They also know that they will not waste time to give people a handle."
Danqing frowned. "If it's not them, who else could it be? Miss Yu is kind and has never been hostile to anyone. She is of noble status. Who would dare to murder her?"
Jiang Shi said, "It must have been someone from Chen County. If you can't find the person who murdered Miss Yu, Danqing, please ask someone to help search."
Although he and Miss Yu were not destined to be together and had never met, their mothers were once close friends, so he decided to help her this time.
Danqing replied, "Yes."
Jiang Shi put the written letter into an envelope and handed it to him: "Send it to the eldest prince."
"yes."
…
Yu Tanqi woke up and found himself in a strange yet familiar environment.
Despite having the original owner's memories, everything ancient and quaint in front of her was too dreamy for her. She had only seen it on the screen before.
Yu Tanqi is from the 21st century. He has been living in an orphanage since he can remember. He moved out when he became an adult. After completing four years of college, he became a social animal by relying on his part-time jobs and the support of kind people in society.
Before she traveled through the book, she was twenty-three years old, had just graduated a year ago, had no savings, and stayed in her small rental house reading novels.
Perhaps because he is an orphan, Yu Tanqi is used to the fickleness of human nature, and his personality is somewhat indifferent, heartless, and not very sociable. His biggest hobby is staying at home reading novels and playing games. He spends money when he has it, and waits for his salary when he doesn't.
With her Buddhist mentality, she knew that she did not experience much emotional ups and downs after she traveled through the book. She opened her eyes and looked at everything gorgeous and elegant in front of her. Instead, she thought it was not bad to be a rich lady and no longer have to work hard to support herself.
The room was filled with the fresh scent of flowers.
Beside the bed stood a pretty girl dressed as a maid, about fourteen or fifteen years old, looking at her with joy: "Miss, you are awake. Are you still feeling unwell?" She was Taohua, another personal maid of the original owner.
Yu Tanqi straightened up, touched his throat which was still a little sore, and said in a hoarse voice: "It still hurts."
She narrowed her eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.
Why did that woman with different-sized eyes want to kill her?
The plot was different from the book. Yu Tanqi felt uneasy and tried hard to recall in his mind whether the original owner had offended anyone.
However, the girl who came to her grandfather Xie's house at the age of eleven was weak and usually never left the house. Unless her cousins in the mansion called her to play together, she was unwilling to even step out of her own courtyard.
The original owner had a similar personality to Yu Tanqi, both were introverted and not sociable.
For some reason, Yu Tanqi suddenly thought of Lin Daiyu.
Could it be that the Xie family covets the original owner's property and wants to wipe out the entire family?
No, she shook her head, quickly denying the idea.
The Xie family is not the Jia family. The Xie family is a prominent family in Chen County. Their financial resources are even richer than the Yu family. There is no need for them to be concerned about the property of a little girl.
What's more, over the years, everyone in the Xie family had been very good to the original owner. The mistress of the Xie family, the eldest lady, loved her like her own daughter. She had everything that the legitimate daughters in the mansion had, and even more.
Everyone in the Xie family felt sorry for the girl whose mother died young, so it was impossible that someone in the Xie family wanted to murder her.
But the original owner didn’t know many outsiders, and his father Yu Shangheng didn’t have any brothers or sisters.
So who would want to murder her?
Could it be that the male protagonist's family wanted to murder her?
Yu Tanqi's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that this was possible.
Although it is not written in the book, who knows if this world will automatically complete some details that the author did not write?
If that's the case, if they fail to murder once, they will definitely try again a second and third time.
Yu Tanqi's face turned pale, he covered his chest and lay down weakly. He might as well be Lin Daiyu.
Tao Hua was horrified: "Miss, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
Yu Tanqi suddenly remembered something, "Taohua, bring me a mirror."
"Yes." Taohua brought her a bronze mirror.
She took the bronze mirror and looked at her current face carefully.
Although the sixteen-year-old girl's face was pale, it could not hide the beauty of her eyes and eyebrows. Her skin was fair and delicate, and her lips were beautiful. She was a high-end version of her original appearance.
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