Noble Lady Jing Zhao

Chapter 226 What do you think

As Mrs. Jiang relaxed the atmosphere, the stiff expressions on the faces of the Jiang family's two aunts relaxed slightly.

"Mother, second sister, I came here shamelessly today just to ask for a status for my unborn grandson."

Mrs. Ye Er spoke with difficulty, staring closely at her mother, Mrs. Jiang, with a pair of sad eyes.

Mrs. Jiang turned to look at her granddaughter.

Jiang Yilian pursed her lips slightly and slowly lowered her head.

I didn't know how to answer for a moment.

In the third room of Uncle Chengen's mansion.

Ye Jingzhao just returned to his house and saw his mother and grandmother sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea and chatting.

She stepped forward and was about to salute when Mrs. Xie stood up, walked to her, pulled her and sat next to her.

When asked, "Zhaozhao, your mother just said that we would go to the temple to offer incense together in a few days."

Ye Jingzhao smiled and nodded in agreement.

After lunch in the evening, Ye Jingzhao went back to rest.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Aunt Tian quietly looked for her in the dark.

It was Xiangruo who brought Aunt Tian here.

Hongzao looked at the two of them and frowned.

There was some displeasure on his face, but he still let the two of them stare at the door while he answered in the back room.
"Fourth Miss, Aunt Tian is here."

Hong Zao stepped forward and replied cautiously.

Ye Jingzhao is sitting on the couch, and there is an embroidery frame on the low table on the couch.

She was embroidering a handkerchief.

Hearing this, the needle and thread in his hand paused, he raised his eyes to look at the door, and then put the needle and thread in his hand back into the sewing frame on the low table.

As soon as she stretched out her hand, Hongzao stepped forward and helped the fourth lady up.

Ye Jingzhao sat on a chair outside, lowered his head and straightened his clothes.

Red dates have brought people in.

"Fourth Miss."

Aunt Tian bowed respectfully, and Ye Jingzhao raised his hand and pointed to the empty chair beside him, gesturing for her to sit down.

"Fourth Miss, I accidentally heard something and wanted to ask Fourth Miss what she meant."

Aunt Tian looked calm.

Ye Jingzhao raised his eyes and motioned for her to continue.

"A few days ago, Grandma Cui sent someone to deliver some things to the Second Lady. I heard that the Third Master was secretly looking for Grandma Cui, so I thought of sending this news to the Fourth Lady."

Aunt Tian told the detailed events of that day one by one.

At the end of the day, he looked troubled, and finally spoke belatedly and asked, "Fourth Miss, I heard that Mr. Mu went out of Kyoto to do business a few days ago. I wonder if it was for Fu'an County?"

Ye Jingzhao's eyes paused, "Aunt Tian, ​​I don't know about this."

Seeing the fourth lady's face darkening, Aunt Tian turned to look at Xiangruo.

Obviously, the news probably came from Xiangruo.

Xiangruo looked flustered and turned to look at Miss Fourth, with a look of embarrassment and struggle.

"Fourth Miss, it's my fault, my slave..."

Xiangruo suddenly knelt down and dug his fingertips into the blanket underneath him.

Gritting his teeth, his heart became fierce, "If it weren't for the Fourth Miss, I would have frozen to death and starved to death in the mountains, and my body would have been devoured by wild beasts. I would not dare to hide it from the Fourth Miss."

"My servant heard that Mr. Mu went out of Kyoto, and also heard that Mr. Mu went to Fu'an County."

"That's why I thought of shamelessly asking Miss Fourth."

Xiangruo's eyes were red from crying and her body was trembling.

Ye Jingzhao stepped forward, leaned down, and stretched out his hand to pull Xiang Ruo up.

"What's the matter? Tell me first and let me hear it. How did you know that Mr. Mu went to Fu'an County? Even I don't know about this. How did you know about it?"

Ye Jingzhao's eyes fell on Aunt Tian.

I saw the two of them looking at each other.

Maybe she had made some decision in her heart, and Aunt Tian immediately knelt down.

It turned out that one night, when the second master stayed at Aunt Tian's house, he got drunk because of Ben.

At night, I vaguely muttered some things.The second master secretly cursed the second prince as a waste.

He even scolded Mr. Mu, saying that he went to Fu'an County to investigate some case.

He also said that Mr. Mu would definitely not return to Kyoto alive.

The prince also went to Fu'an County secretly.

After Hong Zao sent Aunt Tian away, Ye Jingzhao carefully considered every word that Aunt Tian said.

Squeak.

"Who."

Ye Jingzhao swept his cold light to the door of the room and spoke in a stern voice.

Under the weak candlelight, Xiangruo's eyes were solemn.

Seeing that it was Xiangruo, his vigilance gradually relaxed.

"Miss Four, servant girl..."

"This slave has something that I would like to ask the fourth lady to give to Mr. Mu."

Xiangruo took a deep breath, walked step by step to Miss Fourth, took out the booklet wrapped in a handkerchief from her arms, and handed it over.

Ye Jingzhao took it and did not open it, but stared at Xiangruo calmly, "Xiangruo, did you know that this thing will kill me."

"Fourth Miss, I know that you are kind-hearted, but I have no choice but to do anything. Now that I heard that Mr. Mu has gone to Fu'an County, I just thought that this book might be useful."

"Fourth Miss, I know that you are kind-hearted. From now on, I will be willing to die for Fourth Miss."

Xiangruo kowtowed solemnly.

Ye Jingzhao did not signal her to get up.

He raised his hand and took the book from the table, flipping through the pages.

Although he looked calm on the face, his heart was already in turmoil.

In this booklet, it is revealed that Mr. Tian from Fu'an County secretly recorded the amount of money that his boss was greedy for.

In recent years, the government has exempted and exempted taxes, the government has issued disaster relief funds during famines, and funds have been used to control floods over the years.

Each stroke of the pen clearly records in detail the officials at all levels from Kyoto to Fu'an County over the years.

Tan Mo's stolen money amounted to 200 million taels of silver.

Mr. Tian collected the evidence one by one.

I originally wanted to go to Beijing secretly to sue.

Unexpectedly, I found out that the niece of my cousin's family in Kyoto was forcibly taken over by the second master of Chengen's house.

This resentment made him send a complaint to Kyoto.

Unexpectedly, he was suppressed by the second master of Chengen's house.

Mozi, who had embezzled some stolen money, withheld it.

Mr. Tian knew that perhaps his boss was suspicious of him, so he used the name of the second master of Chengen's Mansion to try to take over his boss's corruption case.

However, the Tian family did not find any stolen money or valuable items.

The boss couldn't bear to spit out the money he got.

The case has been pressing.

After Xiangruo left, Ye Jingzhao put the booklet left by Xiangruo and the booklet Mu Yanzong gave him together.

Unexpectedly, her second uncle really did not disappoint her.

I originally thought that the second uncle must have been corrupted secretly, but he didn't expect that it had reached this point, and the black hands had penetrated deep into places like Fu'an County.

What about Yazhou County next door?

Ye Jingzhao went to Jiang's house the next day.

Miss Jiang told her all the things that the second aunt asked for when she returned to her parents' house yesterday.

"What happened to your grandmother in the end?"

Jiang Yilian curled her lips, her eyes full of ridicule, "Of course my grandmother didn't want to, and Concubine Jiang Shu said on the spot that cousin Jingyun would give birth to a grandson in the future, and she would go to the imperial manor outside the city to spend her old age."

"What about you? What do you think?"

Ye Jingzhao stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Yilian's hand and saw her lowering her eyes to hide the sadness in her eyes.

Feeling depressed.

Jiang Yilian shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Of course I don't want to join in the fun, but I want to see if cousin Jingyun can completely mess up my marriage to the second prince."

(End of this chapter)