Seeing that her mind was made up, Granny Wu knew that further persuasion would be useless, so she had no choice but to leave.
The matter was of great importance, so that very night she ordered men to guard the Deer Crane Hall courtyard very closely.
Jiang Wan heard the news the next day.
Cai Die went to inquire and returned whispering, "They said the old lady is sick, but how can she be treated like this? I peeked through the courtyard gate and saw that the old lady's room was tightly closed, not a single crack letting in. At this time of year, isn't it suffocating?"
"This servant doesn't think she's recuperating; she might be doing something shady."
Jiang Wan chuckled softly.
With the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review fallen, the current Madam Yuan has only one goal in mind, no matter what she does: to rescue Song Ziyu.
It's just unknown what tricks she'll pull.
She thought for a moment and asked, "How has Madam Zhou been these past two days?"
In exchange for delivering a message to Pei Jin in the palace, Zhou agreed to help her find out about Luhetang's movements.
She often pretended to be crazy and ran around aimlessly. The matriarch believed that she had lost her mind and was not very wary of her.
Butterfly replied, "There's still no news in the last two days."
"No rush, let's wait a bit." Jiang Wan turned a page of her book and said calmly, "Let Shen Ci go and explore the area around Luhe Hall. He knows lightness skills, so he might be able to see something else."
As for the Zhou family, she didn't have high hopes.
That very night, when Shen Ci returned from Luhetang, he brought in a woman who was covered in dirt.
Jiang Wan looked closely and saw that it was indeed Zhou Shi.
"When I was investigating Luhetang, I found her hiding in the bushes under the wall, trembling as if she was afraid of being discovered. Luhetang is now under strict guard, so I had no choice but to take her out by jumping over the wall."
Zhou shrank back, her eyes somewhat vacant.
“Now that we’re here, you don’t need to pretend to be crazy anymore,” Jiang Wan said.
Zhou seemed not to have heard her words, standing there blankly, her body trembling slightly.
Although Jiang Wan asked her to find out the whereabouts of the matriarch, she did not intend to keep her promise. She frequently went to Luhe Hall recently, just to find out about Song Ziyu and Song Tingyue.
Now, in this mansion, only the matriarch can save her children.
That day, as usual, she secretly slipped into Luhe Hall.
The servants were used to it and treated her as a madwoman, so they didn't pay much attention to her.
She spent half a day in the small kitchen, but seeing no chance to get close to the main room, she tried to slip away under the cover of night. However, there were many servants guarding the courtyard gate that night, and she was unable to get out.
The next two days were the same; she could only hide in the woodshed during the day and secretly hide in the bushes at night.
Tonight, the maid who delivered dinner to the matriarch was momentarily careless and forgot to close the door…
Zhou couldn't help but shudder.
Why are you so afraid?
Jiang Wan frowned and looked her over.
What did you see?
Zhou bit her lip and remained silent.
“You’d better tell me the truth.” Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes slightly. “Although I can’t rescue Song Ziyu, there are a million ways to make him suffer in prison.”
Zhou suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth...
The candles at Xingzhi Temple burned all night.
The next day, when Biluo brought water to wash up, she found Jiang Wan sitting at the table with a solemn expression, sketching something with a pen.
"Madam, what happened?" she asked in surprise. "Have you not slept all night?"
Jiang Wan put down her writing brush, blew the ink dry, and sealed the paper: "Let the seasons be handed over to Zhuque."
"Oh, and tell her that His Highness the Crown Prince's men want to see her, so ask her to come into the city when she has some free time."
Biluo nodded and immediately went to do it.
Zhuque acted swiftly, and the next day news arrived that he had already settled in an inn in the city.
Jiang Wan sent a message to the Crown Prince and arrived at the teahouse at the agreed time.
Upon entering, one sees a woman in red sitting in the private room, her long hair neatly combed back, her eyes exuding a heroic air.
"Sect Master."
Zhuque saw Jiang Wan enter and quickly went to greet her.
"When you see Pei Xuan later, remember to change how you address him," Jiang Wan reminded him, then added, "Have you seen those blueprints?"
Zhuque replied, "I have received it, but I'm afraid the subject matter drawn by the Pavilion Master will be difficult to complete."
Jiang Wan frowned: "What, even with your skills you can't do it?"
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