Since they had decided to leave, Jiang Qinyu and the others packed their things really quickly.
Shufan and Pan'er had more things than Jiang Qinyu, plus some necessities she had acquired recently, and many books for the children, filling three carriages in total.
Jiang Qinyu's lips twitched as she looked at the carriages crammed full in the courtyard.
She came empty-handed, but left with a full load!
She and Lu Yanzheng originally came with Doctor Mo to save Xiao Rui, but they failed to save him and ended up gaining a lot of resources for no reason.
Going back now, I was surprised to find so much stuff...
"I wonder if our new home in Dingshui Village will be big enough to hold all this stuff?" Jiang Qinyu muttered to herself.
She drew the design plans for the new house, and she knew exactly what the size was like; she was just making a casual remark.
"Madam, someone has left a woman covered in injuries at the entrance of our General's Mansion. I've come to ask for your permission: should we carry her away or..."
The gatekeeper came to report.
Jiang Qinyu frowned slightly. "What do you mean, a woman covered in injuries?"
"I don't know either. In the blink of an eye, someone was lying on the ground at the gate. I was in a hurry to report and didn't have time to look closely..." The servant stammered, only now realizing that he should have checked the situation before replying.
Jiang Qinyu had nothing else to do at the moment, so she said, "I'll go take a look."
Although their general's mansion wasn't particularly famous in Qinzhou, anyone with eyes could tell they were not to be trifled with. How could anyone dare to dump a seriously injured person at their doorstep?
Jiang Qinyu guessed what was going on, but when she arrived at the door, she found that the servant was right. There was indeed a woman lying on the ground, covered in wounds and with bloodstains on her clothes.
"Let's go check if they're still alive." Jiang Qinyu gestured with her chin.
The messenger immediately went to check and quickly returned with the message, "Madam, the man is still alive!"
As he replied, he also lifted the man's head. Jiang Qinyu's face immediately darkened when she saw the man's face. "Have someone carry him somewhere else."
After saying that, she turned and left.
It was Liu Yuqing!
How dare she come knocking on my door?
But what happened to all those injuries she had?
Although she had doubts, Jiang Qinyu did not intend to find out.
But just as she was about to leave, Liu Yuqing, who was covered in injuries, slowly woke up. She glanced around and caught a glimpse of Jiang Qinyu's back out of the corner of her eye, and immediately let out a wail.
"Xiaoyu! Please save my sister-in-law! Please, for the sake of Shufan and Pan'er, save me..." Liu Yuqing suddenly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to Jiang Qinyu.
Jiang Qinyu initially didn't want to pay attention, but she stopped in her tracks after hearing the names of the two children.
She turned around and walked towards Liu Yuqing step by step, a fleeting look of disgust and ruthlessness in her eyes.
"Liu, the only reason you can still speak to me like this is because you gave birth to Shufan and Pan'er. But if you think you can use this to control me forever, then you can try."
Jiang Qinyu spoke calmly and even her tone remained unchanged, extremely flat, but to Liu Yuqing, it meant something else entirely.
"I didn't!" Liu Yuqing shook her head desperately, tears and snot streaming down her face, her hair sticking to her face with tears and grime, making her look disheveled and pitiful. "I really know I was wrong... Xiaoyu, I shouldn't have eloped with someone for the Hu family's money, I shouldn't have neglected my child... But they want to kill me, please save me, please save me!"
Jiang Qinyu's expression remained unchanged. She even sat down in the chair that the servant had cleverly brought earlier, and said mockingly, "Kill you? When did you become worthy of being killed?"
Previously, when she made those outrageous remarks at the city gate, Old Master Lu had someone teach her a lesson, and Jiang Qinyu's people also secretly took action at that time.
She thought that Liu would behave herself from now on, but she never expected that Liu would dare to come up to her again.
Liu Yuqing cried, "Madam Hu wanted to kill me! I didn't mean to... I didn't kill their children..."
Although she only managed to utter a few words because of her crying, Jiang Qinyu immediately guessed that Liu Yuqing was no match for the main wife in the Hu family's inner quarters, and that someone had somehow gotten hold of her, which led to her being beaten like this and thrown in front of the General's Mansion.
Jiang Qinyu looked up and scanned the area, and sure enough, she saw figures hurriedly hiding at several intersections.
She curled her lips slightly. The Hu family was really interesting. They were afraid of offending her, so they deliberately sent Liu Yuqing over to see if she would stand up for Liu Yuqing.
Liu Yuqing probably knew that if she couldn't get Jiang Qinyu to accept her today, she would be finished.
After all, she was just a concubine, a mere servant. If no one investigated, even if she were to be beaten to death by the mistress of the house, it wouldn't be a big deal.
"Liu Yuqing, do you know how much I hate you?" Jiang Qinyu looked at Liu Yuqing kneeling on the ground, looking miserable, and said, word by word, "If my elder brother hadn't gone to find you back then, he wouldn't have died! Shufan and Pan'er wouldn't have grown up without a father! I wish I could kill you with my own hands! How dare you still come to my door again and again?"
In the original owner's memories, there was a deep resentment towards Liu Yuqing. Jiang Qinyu received her memories, and coupled with her long-standing relationship with Shufan and Pan'er, she was very empathetic.
Jiang's eldest brother was the original owner's only relative in this world, and he had been extremely good to her since she was a child, raising her with great care. Seeing that Lu Yanzheng was reliable, he arranged this marriage for her.
After Brother Jiang died, the original owner didn't even dare to cry out loud. She could only shed tears silently under the covers at night when no one was watching.
She has no brother... She will raise her nephews and nieces in her brother's place... She will seek revenge on Liu Yuqing!
These are all the original owner's obsessions.
But when Jiang Qinyu said these words, she truly hated the woman in front of her.
“Since Shufan and Pan’er were born, have you raised them even for a single day? Do you know how they’ve grown up all these years? Where were you when they were called bastards? And yet you still dare to come to our door wanting to take your children back? You’re not worthy of being a mother at all!” Jiang Qinyu’s voice suddenly turned sharp.
The once empty alleyway was now bustling with people as Jiang Qinyu's repeated questions drew them out to watch the spectacle, and a large crowd quickly gathered.
"Oh, isn't this the same person who insisted last time that the general's wife stole her child? She dares to come here again?"
"She looks quite pitiful. Could there be some misunderstanding?"
"Oh dear, you didn't go last time, so I don't know, let me tell you..."
A flurry of chatter ensued as the onlookers spontaneously filled in the gaps about Liu Yuqing's previous attempt to prevent Shufan and Pan'er from entering the city.
"So, don't be fooled by her pitiful appearance now; she might just be using this as a ploy!"
Jiang Qinyu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Could it be that Liu Yuqing was really using a self-inflicted injury as a ruse?
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