Chapter 36: The Chu Family Was Raided

Two days later, in the capital.

Two green-covered carriages stopped in front of the main gate

of the Jiang Mansion early in the morning. The carriages had the word "Chu" engraved on their emblems. A respectable maid in a dark blue coat came forward and knocked on the door. The boy who opened the door poked his head out of the doorway and asked, "Who is here so early in the morning?"

The maid shouted, "I am from the courtyard of the old lady of the Chu family in Jinling. The old lady is not feeling well and wants to see our fourth aunt. Today, I am here to take the fourth aunt back to the Chu family."

The fourth aunt of the Chu family is the current mistress of the Jiang family. The servant had

a sharp face and monkey cheeks. When he heard that it was the Chu family, he immediately lowered the partition of the doorway and said, "The lady is crazy and was ordered by the master to be locked in the yard and not to see anyone."

But the maid was a fierce one. She immediately put her hands on her hips and scolded angrily, "How can you, the Jiang family, behave like this? All the elders and villagers passing by, please come and judge. My aunt married into the Jiang family, but when she was sick, not only did they not call a doctor, but they also refused to let my family see her, right? Today, the old lady in the family is not feeling well and wants to see this married daughter. After all, we are relatives, but your Jiang family didn't even open the door!"

"Poor my poor aunt, why did she have to deal with such a family!"

"My old lady is ill, and I wanted to invite my married aunt to go back to take care of her, but she was not allowed. What kind of family tradition is this in your Jiang family? Jiang Jingan is a dignified third-rank official, but has all the sages' books gone to dogs? "

The servant of the Chu family yelled at the top of her voice, and the sound spread across several streets. More and more people gathered in front of the gate of the Jiang family, and everyone pointed fingers at the Jiang family.

The gatekeeper couldn't stand it anymore, so he quickly moved the housekeeper in.

Minister Jiang had gone to the palace and was not at home.

When the housekeeper saw this, he knew it was not a good idea to let the scold continue, so he wiped the sweat from his forehead and had to ask the servant to quickly open the door and welcome the people in: "I didn't know that someone from the Chu family would come today. The master went to the palace. I hope you will forgive me for the poor hospitality."

The Chu family's maid snorted and laughed: "Your Jiang family has a concubine Xi, and now your status is very high. If my aunt Chu was not still living in your house, would my Chu family be willing to step on your high threshold?"

She led her people to rush straight into Madam Jiang's yard, and the housekeeper couldn't stop them even if he wanted to.

After passing through a hanging flower gate, a woman suddenly came in. Although she was wearing the clothes of a maid, she wore a bracelet with gold thread and carved flowers on her hands, earrings were full of shiny top-grade oriental pearls, and several solid gold pearl hairpins were inserted diagonally in her bun.

None of the jewelry was what a maid should wear.

When Yanhong saw the servants of the Chu family, she raised her eyebrows that she had carefully painted, and scolded them in a hostess's tone: "What are you doing? You are making a fuss, are there any rules and regulations?"

The servant of the Chu family smiled coldly: "Hey, when did Minister Jiang take a concubine? How come our Chu family didn't hear any news at all?"

When Yanhong heard that she was a member of the Chu family, her face changed, and she looked even uglier after being provoked by her.

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "This is Miss Yanhong from the mansion. She was

originally a maidservant of the eldest lady, and now she is serving the master in the study." "She is just a lowly maidservant. I wonder if you thought she was the mistress of your mansion!" The housekeeper was a little embarrassed when the Chu family maid made a series of sarcastic remarks.

He said, "The lady is ill now, and Miss Yanhong is in charge of all the affairs of the mansion." He

was also telling the Chu family maid implicitly that it would only be a matter of time before Yanhong became a concubine.

However, the Chu family maid stepped forward, grabbed Yanhong's carefully combed bun with one hand, and slapped her twice.

"A slutty bitch is qualified to talk about etiquette in front of the mistress's family? Pah!" The Chu family's maid spat at Yanhong fiercely:

"Even if you are really promoted to a concubine, you can only kowtow to the mistress's family! But the Jiang family is really a good family! The maid in the daughter's yard climbed onto the father's bed, and Jiang Jingan is not afraid of being stabbed in the back!"

Yanhong felt that her scalp was torn off by the maid, and her face was hit so hard that she cried immediately.

The Jiang family's guards wanted to step forward to stop them, but they were stopped by the thugs brought by the Chu family. Later, the third master Chu joined the army, and naturally all the servants in the mansion were replaced by martial artists. The Jiang family's guards were no match for them.

The housekeeper shouted, "You Chu family members, don't be so overbearing. This is in the Jiang Mansion!"

The Chu family's maid raised her hand and ripped off the two earrings on Yanhong's ears, threw them on the ground and crushed them to pieces:

"Overbearing? Which maid would think that she is like the ones in your Jiang family? Wearing gold and silver, with painted eyebrows and eyes, other concubines' lives are probably not as comfortable as hers! My aunt is sick, and I am helping my aunt to teach the servants in the mansion a lesson!"

Yanhong's ears were torn and bleeding. She fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "This is too much! You Chu family are too much! I won't live anymore!"

As she said this, she was about to crash into a rockery. The maids in the Jiang Mansion hurriedly stopped her and tried to comfort her.

The servant of the Chu family had served Old Madam Chu for her whole life, and had seen all kinds of little demons. Seeing this, she walked over directly, grabbed her hair with one hand, pressed her head and slammed it to the ground twice, causing the skin on the corner of her forehead to break and blood to flow.

This time Yanhong didn't make a scene of wanting to die, she cried and shouted "Help".

"Aren't you going to die? Why are you shouting for help? You little bitch, how much do you weigh? Don't act like a demon in front of an old woman!" The servant of the Chu family threw the person to the ground with a look of contempt, and took her to Madam Jiang's yard.

Madam Jiang's yard was not only locked, but there were also guards guarding the door.

The servant of the Chu family was furious when she saw this, and directly asked the thugs accompanying her to knock down the two guards, and then kicked open the gate.

The maids and servants inside knew that the mistress had lost her power, so they all served her carelessly, and even took the share originally allocated to Madam Jiang for themselves.

When the door opened, they were eating melon seeds and chatting in the yard. When they saw so many people coming in such a big way, they stood up in panic.

The Chu family's maid looked around and found that there was no familiar face inside. Her heart sank. She shouted angrily: "Where is your wife?"

Mrs. Jiang, who was locked in the room, probably heard the voice of Mrs. Yang. She knocked on the door and cried: "Mother Yang, is it Mother Yang?"

Mrs. Yang's heart sank. Mrs. Jiang could recognize her by the sound of her voice. She didn't look crazy at all.

She hurriedly led people to the courtyard. When she found that the door of Mrs. Jiang's room was also locked, she was so angry that her eyes turned red: "Auntie, what kind of sin have you suffered..."

The screen above the door had been torn off by Madam Jiang these days. Through the two-finger-wide crack in the door, one could see that Madam Jiang was dishevelled and her clothes seemed to have never been washed.

Madam Jiang finally saw a relative from her mother's family and cried breathlessly: "Madam Yang... Jiang Jing'an is not a human being! He sold everyone around me and sent Madam Fang away... He was afraid that I would go back to my mother's family and tell on them, so he announced to the outside world that I was crazy and locked me up..."

Madam Fang was Madam Jiang's wet nurse and was very loyal to Madam Jiang. If Madam Fang was still alive, with her means, she would never let Madam Jiang suffer these hardships.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang became furious and cursed, "What a heartless guy! It's a pity that his career was not going well back then, and it was Third Master who promoted him!"

Madam Jiang cried against the door frame, "Ayi was sent to Xizhou, and we don't know how she is doing now. You should go back and tell father and ask him to write a letter to Third Brother, asking him to save Ayi..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes, and choked, "My cousin...she was taken back by Third Master..."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jiang was overjoyed, but when she saw Mrs. Yang's tears, she realized something in an instant. Her lips trembled, but she couldn't utter a word in the end, and her tears rolled down.

Mother Yang asked her thugs to break open the door. Without the door to lean on, Madam Jiang slid to the ground, but was caught by Mother Yang.

Madam Jiang smelled foul, and it was obvious that she had not washed for a long time.

The food in the room seemed to have been picked up from the slop bucket, and no one came in to empty the night pot when it was full.

Mother Yang wiped away her tears, and could not bear to watch any more, so she carried Madam Jiang out.

Seeing a group of Jiang family servants standing outside in the yard, she directly ordered the thugs: "Beat! Beat these stubborn slaves to death!"

The housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion also came with a group of guards. Seeing that they had brought Madam Jiang out, he shouted: "You can't take Madam out of the house!"

When Madam Jiang saw him, she went crazy and rushed over to grab and pinch the housekeeper: "You are a scoundrel!"

The thugs of the Chu family beat the maids until they cried for their parents and knocked out several teeth before they stopped. When the housekeeper came with the guards, they confronted the guards again.

The housekeeper was originally promoted by Madam Jiang, but now he has become the confidant of Minister Jiang. He didn't dare to attack Madam Jiang, so he could only hide away. His face was scratched and broken in several places. The smell of Madam Jiang was so pungent that he vomited.

Seeing that the thugs had knocked down the guards, Mrs. Yang hurriedly hugged Madam Jiang's waist and said, "Aunt, let's take the cousin back to the mansion to visit the old lady first!"

Visiting the old lady was just an excuse. The real wish was that Chu Changping brought back the coffin of "Jiang Yanyi" in the middle of the night yesterday.

Before Mrs. Yang came, Chu Changping specifically told her to take Madam Jiang and the young master back to the mansion immediately. Chu Changping saw that Minister Jiang would enter the palace, so he asked the maids in the mansion to pick them up. If Minister Jiang was in the mansion, he would definitely not let Madam Jiang and her son leave.

Mrs. Yang was afraid that once Minister Jiang came back, they would not be able to leave.

Madam Jiang vented her anger and understood the priorities. She spat at the housekeeper and led Mrs. Yang and the others to her son Jiang Yangui's yard.

Jiang Yangui had never gotten out of bed since his leg was broken, and needed someone to serve him when he ate, drank, defecated and urinated.

After all, he was Shangshu Jiang's only son, so the people in his yard still took care of him. At least Jiang Yangui was clean, but that was all.

All the servants in the yard were like the deaf mute. No matter if Jiang Yangui asked questions or got angry, they would not pay any attention.

When Madam Jiang and her son met, they both hugged their heads and cried.

When Jiang Yangui heard that his sister's coffin had been returned to the capital, he pursed his pale lips and clutched the bed sheet tightly with both hands. His hands were slender, with distinct joints. Because he had been bedridden for these days, the skin on his arms was so white that it was almost transparent, and the blue veins and blood vessels under the skin could be vaguely seen.

There was no life in his dry well-like black eyes, which were eerily empty, with only tears rolling down from his eyelids. He said harshly: "Take me to see...A-sister."

At this time in the palace, the new emperor looked at the memorial that had just been delivered on the table, and a sneer appeared on his handsome face: "Chu Changping left his post without permission and returned to the capital privately. He is suspected of treason. Where is the commander of the imperial guards?"

The commander of the imperial guards who was standing below the study immediately stepped out: "I am here!"

The new emperor's voice was as cold as a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, "You quickly take a thousand imperial guards to the Chu family and confiscate their property!"