She walked a distance away before lowering her voice to ask, "Hasn't Zhou been found yet?"
The servant shook his head: "I've led men to search for two days, but we haven't found a single trace. Could it be..."
"We must find her alive or dead. Send more people to search," said Granny Li. "If we find her, gag her and send her straight back to Luhe Hall. She must not see anyone."
The servant asked, "What does the old woman suspect she discovered?"
“I’m not sure either, but if she had nothing to hide, why wouldn’t she show up now?” said Granny Wu. “It’s best to be cautious.”
"Also, we should keep this from the old lady for now. She's just recovered and shouldn't be troubled by this anymore."
When Luhetang's men went to the Ministry of Justice to pull strings, Ji Rong heard about it and immediately sent a letter to Jiang Wan.
Jiang Wan spent most of the day at the Prime Minister's residence. After listening to Jiang Linyuan recount the past, the father and daughter had a rare dinner together. As soon as they returned to Xingzhi Courtyard, Cai Die told them about the Deer Crane Hall.
Cai Die also said that the elder lady had inquired with the Ministry of Justice about Song Lin's crimes and sentencing, and that they would probably try to find a way to bail him out.
"Let her go."
Song Ziyu is currently most wary of Song Lin, so how could he dare to let Madam Yuan entrust the Song family to him?
Jiang Wan sat by the window, her mind filled with her father's words from earlier that day.
He said his mother must have been misled to insist on asking the late emperor for a marriage decree.
But the mother is known to be intelligent and will not be deceived by a few words. What role did the Song family play in this?
It was no coincidence that the Song family was also in Yuzhou when my mother was recuperating there.
Since it involved the Song family's past, she could only try to dig it out from the Song family members.
Jiang Wan picked up her pen and wrote a letter: "Give this to my uncle."
"Also, tomorrow, tell Zhou about the news that the Elder Madam went to visit him in prison."
Zhou was feigning madness in hopes that the matriarch would intervene to save her children.
Once her hopes were dashed, she naturally couldn't keep up the act anymore.
The following day, the elder's wife rode in a carriage to visit Song Ziyu at the Ministry of Justice.
On the way back to the mansion, there was an extra person in the carriage.
The matriarch had intended to bail Song Lin out of the mansion, but she never expected things to go so smoothly.
They thought that Ji Rong was Jiang Wan's maternal uncle, and that the Ministry of Justice would make things difficult for her. Unexpectedly, after she signed a document, the Ministry of Justice released her, only instructing Song Lin not to leave the capital and to be available for summons at any time.
When Song Lin returned to the manor, Gu Yurong was overjoyed and wept, pulling him back to the main courtyard to talk.
But one person couldn't be happy.
As Zhou Shi, who was in a side room of Xingzhi Courtyard, listened to the conversation between the maids outside, her face, buried in the quilt, turned slightly pale.
Yesterday she clearly heard that the old lady went to the Ministry of Justice to rescue Yu'er and Yue'er, but why did she bring back Song Lin instead?
Could the rumors outside be true? That their crimes were too great, and that the matriarch abandoned them, so that Luhetang would instead start cultivating the next generation?
What will happen to her two children?
Ms. Zhou was a mother, and in her heart, nothing was more important than her child.
She tossed and turned, her expression shifting for a long time, before finally deciding that she could no longer hide.
As night fell, she quietly slipped to the door, intending to escape unnoticed, when a clear, cold female voice came from behind her.
"Want to go to Luhetang?"
Zhou turned around and saw Jiang Wan standing quietly behind her, carrying a lantern.
She was startled, but mustered her courage and said, "What, you still want to imprison your mother-in-law?"
“I won’t stop you.” Jiang Wan suddenly laughed. “Luhetang is also searching for you in a net of heaven and earth. They have also instructed their servants to gag you and take you away as soon as they find your trace. I’m afraid that once you leave my courtyard, there will be no turning back.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou's eyes trembled violently, as if she had thought of something.
Then, as if he had made a firm decision, he glared at Jiang Wan.
"Don't think I don't know, Jiang Wan, what good intentions could you possibly have?"
"I'm going to find her to save Yu'er and Yue'er. If I can't rely on her, who else can I rely on but you!"
“Why can’t we count on me?” Jiang Wan said. “My uncle is the head of the Ministry of Justice and has been ordered to preside over this case. He can reduce their sentence with just a wave of his hand.”
Zhou scoffed, staring at her warily: "You think you can be that kind?"
"That depends on your sincerity."
Jiang Wan approached, carrying a lantern, and spoke slowly.
"I want to know about the Song family's past in Yuzhou. Also, why are you avoiding the people of Luhetang? Is it... related to the Song family's secrets?"
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