Chapter 38 Helping the Daughter-in-law Reclaim Her Dowry
Murong Qing hadn't read the note yet and didn't know what was written in it, but the fact that the Prince of Ruyang dared to hand over the note openly must have set a trap in advance.
If they go this time, it would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.
After hesitating for a moment, Murong Qing shook his head, not wanting to let his mother-in-law take risks.
"Mother, I understand you're doing this for my own good... But Princess Ruyang isn't a kind person, and we've just offended her. I'm afraid the palace is full of traps, hiding countless vicious plots. We'd better not provoke her."
Jiang Wanning said.
"You haven't even read the post yet, aren't you afraid of regretting it? Since the Ruyang Palace sent you the post, they must have some leverage, maybe something very important to you."
Murong Qing stepped forward, took her hand, and gently placed it on her abdomen, smiling slightly.
"Now the two most important people are by my side, and I am already very content."
When Shen Yutang approached, he happened to see this scene.
I couldn't help but feel jealous when I heard that.
"Mother and children are the most important people to you, so what am I? I'm your husband, shouldn't you put me first?"
When Jiang Wanning heard his suffocating macho remarks, he wanted to confront him.
"You are a..."
But halfway through her words, she forced herself to hold back, and instead raised her hand to hand over the invitation, saying coldly, "Open it and see what it says?!"
After all, she just spat, "Not even a dog would watch it," so of course she couldn't contradict herself.
Shen Yutang was unaware of it. He reached out to take it, glanced at it, and stroked his chin in thought.
"This Princess Ruyang really knows how to have fun! She said there's a silk and bamboo banquet being held at her mansion today, and she wants to invite you and Qing'er to compete in a competition to compare your zither skills... Whoever wins will receive a prize prepared by the Princess, which seems to be some jewelry or something, and even a medical book."
Hearing the word "medical book", Murong Qing's eyes flickered slightly, and the fingertips holding Jiang Wanning unconsciously tightened a little.
Noticing her strangeness, Jiang Wanning knew that she didn't want to cause trouble for him, so he refrained from speaking.
Then he asked another question.
"What medical book?"
Shen Yutang said, "This is written on it, 'Zhou Tian Yi Gu Lu'... It should be a medical book, right? I've never heard of it, and I don't understand it. Qing'er, don't you like to play with herbs? Are you... Qing'er!"
"Qingqing——"
Before he could finish his words, Murong Qing's body softened and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Jiang Wanning cried out softly, and together with Shen Yutang, he quickly supported her, then helped her sit on a chair and asked Xing'er to pour her a glass of water.
After Murong Qing drank some water and calmed down for a while, his complexion improved a lot, but he was still a little pale.
Shen Yutang looked puzzled.
"It's just a medical book, why are you reacting so strongly? You scared me!"
Murong Qing's lips trembled and her eyes were filled with tears.
"This is the medical book that my maternal grandfather spent his entire life writing...stroke by stroke, word by word..."
Shen Yutang was a little surprised when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect that the medical book would belong to Murong Qing's grandfather, but he was also a little confused.
"How did the medical book written by your grandfather end up in the hands of Princess Ruyang?"
Jiang Wanning snorted coldly. How could she not guess that this was Murong Yan'er's idea? When she heard the name of the medical book just now, she felt that it sounded familiar, but she didn't react immediately.
It was not until Murong Qing almost fell down that she thought of the cause and effect.
It is true that this book "Zhou Tian Yi Gu Record" is the life's work of Murong Qing's grandfather, but this alone is not enough to make her so excited.
The reason why Murong Qing looked so sad was that this medical book was unfortunately lost in a fire that year, along with her mother Yun's dowry, all of which were burned to ashes in the flames.
The fire almost killed Yun and Murong Qing.
In order to rescue Murong Qing, Yun exhausted all her strength and used her body to block the hot wood, resulting in large areas of burns on her body and even her appearance was mostly destroyed.
It was from that time that Murong Chao began to dislike Yun and refused to set foot in her residence again.
Although Yun later saved his life, he fell ill and died soon after due to an epidemic.
What Murong Qing found most difficult to let go was that she had seen a prescription for treating the epidemic in the Zhou Tian Yi Gu Lu. However, the medical book was thick and the content was too complicated. She was still young and could not read it fluently, so she did not write it down... So after her mother passed away, she always regretted and blamed herself, blaming herself for not being able to memorize the medical book earlier, so that she would not be helpless when her mother was in unbearable pain, and watch her mother's body getting colder and colder on the biting winter night.
Now, this medical book appeared in the hands of Princess Ruyang. How could she tolerate it?
Jiang Wanning was also very angry when he saw this part!
Liu was a habitual arsonist. Not only did she burn Yun half to death, she also used this as a cover-up to embezzle all of Yun's dowry. She was so despicable!
But Murong Chao's scumbag father was completely unaware of this, and even praised Liu for taking out her own private money to help him make friends with the powerful and influential. This really made her angry.
"Hmph! You're such a good Liu, you're such a good Murong Yan'er! Instead of keeping your tail between your legs and acting like a thief, you dare to act so brazenly and dance in front of me... Qingqing! Let's go! I'll get this medical book back for you!"
Seeing Jiang Wanning angrily rolling up his sleeves, he didn't look like he was going to a banquet, but rather like he was going to a fight.
Shen Yutang couldn't help but reach out to stop her.
"Hey, mother...what are you going to do?"
"Kill people!"
“Cut…cut who?”
"What do you think?"
"This..." Shen Yutang felt a chill in his heart when he was swept by her fierce eyes, but he didn't understand why she was so angry all of a sudden. "Mother, I have no objection to you wanting to demote the princess, but what does this have to do with Yan'er and my aunt?"
Jiang Wanning raised an eyebrow: "Can't figure it out?"
Shen Yutang said awkwardly: "No, I don't quite understand."
Jiang Wanning pushed his head away and said, "Then use your pig brain and think carefully before you speak, otherwise shut up!"
Shen Yutang: "..."
No, pig brain? Is he really that stupid?
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Prince Ruyang's Palace.
Seeing Jiang Wanning bringing Murong Qing to the banquet, Princess Ruyang curled the corners of her mouth and lowered her eyes to look at Princess Rong'an.
Princess Rong'an turned around and said, "Yan'er, your trick really works. They really came!"
Murong Yan'er smiled, not taking credit for it, and did not mention the origin of the medical book at all. She just replied simply.
"My sister is interested in medicine, and I am just catering to her interests."
Murong Heng sat beside him, plucking his eyebrows and sneering.
"Humph, this stupid woman has the guts to come here, they'll be in trouble soon!"
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