Over the years, Su Shunhe had a strong intuition that Gu Aqi was not dead and was living somewhere with her child.
Over the years, Su Shunhe has gradually become a "lazy and irresponsible" playboy prince. Even the emperor is quite disappointed in him, and his original idea of making Su Shunhe the crown prince is gradually changing.
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The news of Luo Cheng's horrific crimes against Lujia Village spread like wildfire even before the verdict was announced. Everyone in Lujia Village was outraged and wanted to confront Luo Cheng to demand an explanation.
"Village chief, what do you suggest we do about this?"
"Village chief! Let's go to the county government office together and find this bastard!"
"village head……"
The crowd surrounded the village chief's courtyard, chattering and gesturing incessantly around him. The village chief, already annoyed by the noise, couldn't help but feel a surge of anger as he listened to the commotion.
"Alright!" The village chief slammed his hand on the table.
The previously noisy crowd immediately quieted down, and all eyes were focused on the village chief.
"Cough...cough..." The village chief cleared his throat, looked around at everyone, and said, "Yaojie's mother hasn't returned yet! We'll ask her about the details when she comes back. What you're hearing now is all just hearsay!"
The village chief's words convinced everyone, and they nodded and left the village chief's house.
The village chief glanced at the disappearing crowd, finally sighed helplessly, put on his shoes, and walked towards Jiang Ling's house.
Jiang Ling had just returned, and Jiang Yaojie hadn't even tied up the horse yet, when the village chief's voice came from outside the door.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ling quickly walked to the door and pushed it open. The village chief outside looked slightly anxious. He looked at Jiang Ling and whispered, "Is that thing true?"
"What is it?" Jiang Ling was completely baffled by the village chief's expression. She frowned and asked him.
"Well... I heard that guy named Luo Cheng is related to the last plague outbreak?" the village chief hesitated for a moment and whispered.
Jiang Ling glanced at the village chief, not intending to hide the matter. She nodded and recounted the whole story. The village chief's face grew darker and darker as he listened, until it was almost dripping with sweat.
"That heartless bastard! How could he be so vicious!" After saying this, the village chief looked at Jiang Ling and suddenly knelt down in front of her, kowtowing three times with a loud thud.
The sudden movement startled Jiang Ling. She quickly reached out to help the village chief up, frowning as she asked, "Village chief, what are you doing? Are you trying to embarrass me?"
The village chief trembled, his eyes reddening. He roughly touched his dark face with his aged hand and said to Jiang Ling, "I'm not trying to be mean, but you deserve it! Ever since you and that Lu Youren divorced..."
The village chief began his long, rambling narration again, and Jiang Ling kept yawning as she listened, but she couldn't show it, so she could only suppress the urge to yawn and patiently listen to everything the village chief had to say.
"Yaojie's mother, you are the living Bodhisattva of our village. Without you, our village would probably be finished!" The village chief said, his voice filled with excitement.
Jiang Ling was worried that the village chief would have to kneel down to her again, so she quickly said, "Actually, if the village chief really wants to know, the root cause of this matter should be me!"
"Huh? Yaojie's mother, what do you mean by that?" The village chief asked Jiang Ling, puzzled.
“Village chief, think about it. If I hadn’t insisted on sending Suihe to school, she wouldn’t have met Luo Miaoran. If she hadn’t met Luo Miaoran, none of the problems that followed would have happened. If we’re really talking about it, I’m the one who’s guilty!” Jiang Ling sighed helplessly.
Upon hearing this, the village chief was filled with trepidation. "Oh dear, Yaojie's mother, what are you saying! You're being too polite! Alright, alright, let's just forget about it and not mention it again! But when will that guy be convicted?"
The village chief was furious at the thought of Luo Cheng and asked through gritted teeth.
"I don't know either. I just handed it over to the prefect of Qingzhou. I'll have Magistrate Duan keep an eye out for us later!" Jiang Ling said to the village chief.
The village chief nodded without saying anything, thanked Jiang Ling again, and returned home in a good mood.
"Mother...we're back!"
The village chief had just left when Jiang Suihe and Nianci walked in hand in hand.
Judging from their smiling faces, they must be in a very good mood today.
"How was your day at school?" Jiang Ling asked with a smile.
“Your Majesty’s younger brother is so clever! Even Scholar Wu has praised him highly! He said that in another year or two he could consider taking the imperial examination for the first degree!” Jiang Suihe said to Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling was secretly surprised when she heard this, and then began to look at Nianci's appearance. Whether it was psychological suggestion or something else, although Nianci was not even five years old this year, her eyebrows and eyes had some of Su Shunhe's features.
"Mother... what's wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?" Nianci asked Jiang Ling with innocent eyes.
Reminded by this, Jiang Ling immediately looked away, patted Nianci's head, and said, "It's nothing, I just feel like our family is going to produce a top scholar! Little Nianci will definitely pass the imperial examination!"
Nianci was too young to understand what these words meant, but seeing his mother's happy expression, he could guess that what she was saying must be good news.
"Nianci... Mother..."
"Ah!! Mother!! I'm going to die!" Just as Jiang Ling was about to ask what was on her mind, Jiang Suihe, who had just gone to the outhouse, suddenly ran out with tears streaming down her face and a scream.
Jiang Ling had never seen Jiang Suihe so panicked. She hugged Jiang Suihe tightly and gently patted her back, asking, "What's wrong? Don't cry! Don't cry! No one can bully you with your mother here!"
"Mother! I! I'm going to die! I'm bleeding so much! What should I do?" Jiang Suihe said intermittently, wiping away her tears.
Upon hearing about the bleeding, Jiang Ling panicked and quickly looked Jiang Suihe over, only to find that Jiang Suihe had no wounds.
"Suihe, where are you bleeding?" Jiang Ling asked in a low voice.
"Suihe, what's wrong? What happened to your mother and sister?" Before Jiang Suihe could answer, Jiang Yaojie, who was in the inner room with his wife, heard the noise and the couple rushed out.
Jiang Suihe glanced at Jiang Yaojie and Nianci and became awkward.
Looking at Jiang Suihe's expression, Jiang Ling seemed to have a premonition of something. She glanced at Jiang Yaojie and Nianci and then said to Jiang Suihe, "Suihe, Congxin, you two come inside with your mother. Yaojie, you and Nianci stay outside!"
Although Jiang Yaojie and Nianci found it strange, they couldn't say anything more since their mother had spoken. They nodded and watched Jiang Ling and the other two return to the house.
"Mother, am I going to die?!" Jiang Suihe cried out in fear again as she returned to the house.
"Suihe, have you had stomach pains lately?" Jiang Ling asked, looking at Jiang Suihe.
Jiang Suihe nodded through her tears, then pointed to her legs and said, "Mother, she's bleeding, what should I do?"
"Little sister, you've started your period!" Shen Congxin comforted Jiang Suihe, holding her hand.
"Gui Water? What is Gui Water?" Jiang Suihe was clearly puzzled by this term, and she looked at Shen Congxin with a puzzled expression and asked.
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