Chapter 181 Raised in vain
Noisy, so noisy...
The sounds of cicadas and birds are endless.
Qi Caiwei lay on the couch with her eyes half closed.
She pinched her eyebrows.
Headache……
The chirping of cicadas gave her a headache.
The noise made her upset.
She started to shout, "Auntie Mei, have someone catch all those cicadas and birds. They're making so much noise!"
But after she started shouting, she remembered that Mei Gu was still in prison.
Mei Gu was her wet nurse. She watched her grow up and helped her raise her two children.
It can be said that Aunt Mei spent more time with her than her mother.
Mei Gu accompanied her from the time she learned to speak, to when she got married, and then to when she had children.
I've never been away from her for so long.
Qi Caiwei's eyes were red, and she wanted to find someone to inquire about Mei Gu's situation.
I called out for someone, and it turned out to be Nanny Gong who came in.
"Madam Ru, I have asked the servants to catch cicadas again." Nanny Gong replied with her hands hanging down.
Qi Caiwei: ...
Damn old woman, calling her Madam, he will sell her out sooner or later.
Then she heard all sorts of noise outside the house.
"Quick, there's one over there, catch it."
“There are also trees.”
"Well... there's that too. Hurry up, don't let it run away..."
…
Qi Caiwei frowned and rolled her eyes in anger.
Covering his ears, he said, "Stop, tell them to stop, stop catching me..."
"yes."
Nanny Gong went out and gave an order, and the noise outside the house stopped instantly.
It's quiet, finally quiet.
At this moment, she didn't even notice the noise of cicadas and birds.
Nanny Gong just heard her calling Mei Gu and thought she must be missing her wet nurse.
I told her the news I had heard early in the morning.
"Madam Ru, the verdict on Mei Gu has been announced. She was originally due to be hanged, but because you paid the price for the burned property, you are now sentenced to exile two thousand miles, with no right of return for life."
"Exile! Haven't I already paid compensation? Why should I be sentenced to exile?" Qi Caiwei's eyes were bloodshot and she clutched the handkerchief tightly.
compensation!
Is that what she's willing to pay for?
If she didn't pay compensation, the group would come to her house every day to make trouble and not let her go out, let alone return to the capital.
Look at this room, it looks like it's been robbed.
There is not even a decent object left.
Aunt Gong: ...
What kind of person is this? She acts so recklessly, sets fire to the house, and only wants to pay compensation to get it over with. Does she think the government office is run by her Qi family?
Fortunately, the fire did not hurt anyone, otherwise she would have been killed.
"Madam Gong, didn't I ask you to use the money to rescue her? Didn't you try your best?" Qi Caiwei looked at her in a daze.
This old hag was sent by her stepmother to look after her. She wished bad luck for her, so how could she possibly be sincere for her?
But now she is the only one who can come forward.
Matron Gong stood with her head bowed, "I have done my best..."
What else can I say? The families whose bodies were burned did not hold her accountable because of her father, Minister Qi.
How come you don’t have any self-awareness at all?
"Answer me, are you deaf?" Qi Caiwei threw a teacup over, but Nanny Gong dodged it.
But it hit Jiang Zipei on the forehead as he stepped into the room.
"Ouch……"
After a scream, blood gushed out from Jiang Zipei's forehead.
Qi Caiwei stared with her eyes wide open and her mouth opened wide, she was stunned by fear.
"Hurry, hurry and call a doctor." Nanny Gong exclaimed and quickly took out a handkerchief to cover Jiang Zipei's wound.
Jiang Zipei took the handkerchief herself, covered her forehead with her hands, and walked up to her mother, saying in disbelief, "Mom, are you trying to kill me?"
Qi Caiwei finally reacted and hurriedly checked her son's wound.
Filled with guilt, "I'm sorry, Pei'er, it's all my fault. Fortunately, the wound isn't deep. It's all Madam Gong's fault. Who told you to avoid it?"
Matron Gong was glared at by her and retreated to the doorway. "I'll go see if the doctor has arrived."
After saying that, he walked out.
Jiang Zipei no longer felt any pain, and he was only worried about one thing.
"Mom, I heard that Mei Gu is going to be exiled. Please think of a way to save her!"
He held Qi Caiwei's hand tightly, "Mei Gu is old, how can she endure the suffering of exile? She will die on the way..."
Qi Caiwei opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Jiang Zijin slowly walked in and said, "I can't save her, I can't save her..."
"Mother, someone must take the blame for the arson. Only then can this matter be resolved and the families whose shops were burned down will stop... and only then can we leave Jiangzhou safely."
Qi Caiwei asked, "But can't we use some silver?"
Jiang Zijin frowned and took her mother's hand. "Mom, we have no money left. We used it all to compensate the families whose houses were burned down. Even this house is rented. The gambling house and pawnshop were all used to pay off debts. Now, there is not much left."
Of course it is impossible to lose all the money.
There were still tens of thousands of taels left, much of which she would need when she returned to the capital, so she deposited them all in a bank for emergencies.
After hearing what her daughter said, Qi Caiwei was a little shaken.
She also knew in her heart that if this matter didn't fall on Mei Gu, it would fall on her.
If she went to jail, her husband and father would not turn a blind eye, but her reputation would be ruined and her two children would be implicated.
Forget it, after all, Mei Gu accepted the charge willingly.
She instructed, "Don't mention this matter again. When Aunt Mei leaves, you can go and see her off on my behalf."
"No, Mei Gu can't go into exile..."
"Mother, Mei Gu is your wet nurse. She watched my sister and I grow up. How could you abandon us?" Jiang Zipei knelt down, covering his forehead. "Mother, please!"
He only knew that he couldn't live without Mei Gu.
Qi Caiwei was angry and distressed. She helped her son up and said, "Stop talking. This matter ends here."
"Mother..." Jiang Zipei was unwilling to give up.
The people in the government office said that it was Mei Gu who confessed her crime herself. She saw that Madam Qin had hurt her master's face and she felt indignant for her master, so she ordered people to set fire to Tianxiang Tower.
But he would never believe it.
Aunt Mei would not do that kind of thing on her own, it's her mother.
It must have been my mother's order.
"Mom, don't think I don't know. Aunt Mei took the blame for you. You can't be ungrateful. You have to save her."
"You unfilial son, you are talking nonsense. This has nothing to do with me. Are you still my son?" Qi Caiwei raised her hand and was about to hit him.
Her eyes fell on the crimson on his forehead, and she withdrew her hand.
Heartbroken, "Pei'er, do you think mother doesn't want to save you? Mother is powerless."
Jiang Zijin's face darkened as he tried to persuade her, "Brother, we all know you can't bear to part with Mei Gu, and we can't either. What else can we do? Should we ask Mother to exchange her for us? If she's not in jail, how could those who burned down the shop let us go? You saw it too, we paid all our silver to settle this matter, so let's not create any more complications."
Qi Caiwei also agreed, "If you are really worried, then let's give the jailers more money and ask them to take better care of Mei Gu on the road so that she will suffer less."
Jiang Zipei looked at the two people closest to her, but felt very unfamiliar.
He finally understood that his mother and sister had always treated Aunt Mei as a servant.
His heart was chilled as he sneered, "Mother, sister, why bother making these excuses? You are just heartless and ungrateful...you are just trying to protect yourselves..."
After saying that, he covered his forehead and ran away angrily.
Qi Caiwei clutched her chest in anger and leaned against her daughter. "Jin'er, look at me. I raised an ungrateful kid. Has he forgotten who gave birth to him and raised him?"
For the sake of a servant, she actually turned against her own mother.
This son was raised in vain!
"Mom, don't be angry. The person Dad sent to pick us up should be here tomorrow. Let's go to the cosmetics shop. I heard that the new cosmetics developed by Yuyanzhai have strong covering power. Maybe it can cover up the scars on your face." Jiang Zijin reached out and stroked her mother's back.
Hey! I can't let Dad dislike Mom.
Cover it first.
Find a way to heal...
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