Last time, she sent someone to investigate the person behind Liu Yuqing, but because of the old man's interference, her people didn't follow up in time enough and ended up not finding anything.
Jiang Qinyu always felt that Liu Yuqing wasn't the kind of person who was fearless of death. The reason she was being allowed to charge into battle must be because there were bigger benefits luring her along.
"I didn't! Xiaoyu, I really didn't! I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please save me... Let me be your nanny, your maid, your old woman, I'll do anything... Please, you must let me stay with you, I can't go back, they'll beat me to death if I go back..."
Liu Yuqing sobbed and begged, looking and sounding incredibly pitiful.
Jiang Qinyu remained completely unmoved, her beautiful lips slightly parted, "You've got quite a lot on your mind, coming to my side as a slave? Ha!"
She gave a cold laugh. "Are you planning some kind of trick again?"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd spoke up, "Is there any need to say more? Once she's by the General's wife's side, and she's the mother of those two children, do you really think we'd let her become a servant? Then she can naturally enjoy a life of luxury from now on."
Liu Yuqing's thoughts were exposed, but she remained unchanged, still crying miserably, "I didn't, Xiaoyu, please, for the sake of the two years I genuinely took care of you..."
That person said that as long as she could stay by Jiang Qinyu's side, she would have great fortune in the future!
What is this little grievance? Once she turns the tables, she will repay Jiang Qinyu for the humiliation she suffered today tenfold!
Jiang Qinyu suddenly smiled, a bright and flamboyant smile that made the onlookers stare in disbelief.
"You really want to stay by my side?" Jiang Qinyu's voice seemed to be filled with laughter.
Liu Yuqing thought she had finally softened and nodded repeatedly, "As long as you let me stay, I promise I will never cause you any trouble in the future!"
Her knees were numb from kneeling, why wasn't that brat Jiang Qinyu calling her to get up?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu only smiled even more brightly, her thin lips parted slightly, and her voice was as cold as iron, "Guards, banish her from the city. From now on, she shall not be allowed to enter the city without my permission!"
She might not have dared to say this before today, but now she says it with complete confidence.
Besides, didn't the people behind Liu Yuqing want her to stay by her side? Well, she'd rather not. She wanted to see what other tricks they could pull.
As for others who might try to take advantage of the situation, sorry, she wouldn't even bother looking at Liu Yuqing, she would absolutely not keep her by her side.
Moreover, isn't playing along with a plan also fraught with danger? Others might be able to gamble alone, but she has Shufan and Pan'er, and she can't afford to gamble.
No matter what their schemes and tricks are, since they're targeting her, they'll eventually come to her. She'll just have to wait.
"No! Don't send me away! Xiaoyu, I really know I was wrong... Please let me go..." Liu Yuqing's voice quickly disappeared.
Those who had come to watch the spectacle quickly dispersed when they realized there was nothing more to see, but there was bound to be plenty of discussion.
Jiang Qinyu didn't care about any of that. She simply told the gatekeeper not to spread the news to the inner courtyard before returning home.
She didn't want Shufan and Pan'er to be sad.
In fact, all three of them tacitly understood that they all hated Liu Yuqing to the core, but they also knew that no matter how much they hated her, they couldn't actually kill her, at least not by the three of them.
Jiang Qinyu thought she could keep this a secret from Shufan and Pan'er, but little did she know that the two of them had actually witnessed the whole thing.
“Brother…” Pan’er gripped Shu Fan’s hand tightly, her eyes brimming with tears, and said, “Why did she do this? Are we really her children?”
Shu Fan remained expressionless, but his other hand clenched into a fist, his small knuckles turning white. "Pan'er, remember this: we don't have a mother, only a father and aunt and uncle!"
"Yes!" Pan'er nodded vigorously, raising her other hand to wipe away her tears. "Brother, let's go find Auntie? She must be feeling terrible right now."
Shufan nodded, "Okay."
My aunt once said that she and my father had a very good relationship, just like he and Pan'er, and that my father was the best person imaginable.
But my father, such a good man, died because of that woman!
Shu Fan lowered his eyelids, concealing emotions that shouldn't be present in a child his age.
...
That night, Jiang Qinyu finished handling all the handover matters, and it was already past midnight.
Yunzhu and Amber finished counting the things they wanted to take and handed the list to Jiang Qinyu.
"By the way, did you hear anything about the person who followed Liu Yuqing this afternoon?" Jiang Qinyu asked, raising her eyes.
"Reporting to Madam, Brother Ping went there personally and hasn't returned yet," Yunzhu replied.
Jiang Qinyu nodded. If it was A Ping who went, he should be able to find out something, right?
Just then, Ah Ping's voice rang out from outside.
Yunzhu hurriedly went to open the door, and Aping came in and quickly said to Jiang Qinyu, "Madam, sure enough, someone came looking for her very soon after we chased that woman away."
"The Hu family?" Jiang Qinyu asked, but her tone was certain.
Aping nodded, "Yes, it's the Hu family's first wife. I heard she only arrived in Qinzhou a few days ago. The reason that woman was beaten was because the first wife discovered that she had murdered many of the Hu family's offspring."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu immediately understood. This time, since it involved offspring, Boss Hu couldn't protect Liu Yuqing either.
However, they were wary of their connection to the General's Mansion, so they didn't dare to kill her easily. Instead, they dumped her in front of the General's Mansion to test her, which was pretty much what she had guessed.
"Is there anything else unusual besides this?" Jiang Qinyu felt that things couldn't be that simple.
Aping shook his head. "I've been keeping watch until now, and apart from the fact that the Hu family's first wife sent someone to take her away and lock her in the woodshed, I haven't found any other clues."
Jiang Qinyu frowned, still feeling somewhat uncertain, but since Aping had said so, there really was no other possibility.
Is that really the case?
...
Meanwhile, a fire broke out at the Hu family's residence in Qinzhou that night, and the entire Hu family, except for a few servants, perished in the flames.
Jiang Qinyu received the news the next day before she set off, and the strange feeling in her heart became even stronger.
Did Liu Yuqing also die in the fire?
"Aping, send someone to keep an eye on the area around the Hu family's residence. Let me know if anything happens," Jiang Qinyu instructed.
"Yes, Madam." Ah Ping immediately went to arrange the manpower.
Shufan and Pan'er came out of the mansion and stood beside Jiang Qinyu, holding her hand.
"You two little rascals, you didn't even say you'd wait for your great-grandfather! Oh dear, I'm really getting old, I can't keep up anymore!" Old Master Lu followed closely behind.
Pan'er covered her mouth and chuckled, "Grandpa runs slower than Pan'er, so how about you exercise with me and my brother in the morning from now on?"
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