The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 49: Uncovering His Long-Forgotten Past

This time I was really confused.

Seeing this, Lin Mowan took the initiative to slowly rub her hands that were on his chest upwards, hooked her arms around his neck, and went from being passively hugged by him to actively hanging on him.

She said, "I went to the temple to burn incense today, and I met him on the way. He asked me about the case of Young Master Jiang, and said it was too late, and he was afraid that it would be unsafe for me to come back alone, so he sent me back."

Shen Weiyuan looked at her, and did not reject her intimate behavior. He just looked at her with a more complicated look. His hands unconsciously touched her waist, and he lowered his head to kiss the corner of her eyes without asking any more questions...

When it was dawn, Lin Mowan had just rested for a while. Shen Weiyuan left early and left as soon as he finished his work without feeling tired at all.

But she was miserable. Not long after she fell asleep, there was a knock on the door outside mixed with a woman's crying. In the quiet early morning, it made her get goose bumps for no reason.

Lin Mowan was awakened by the noise outside. She forced herself to get up despite the soreness all over her body, casually put on some clothes, and then opened the door in the dim morning light.

Without the obstruction of the door, the crying and knocking on the door became clearer. Yuzhi stood outside the door and saw Lin Mowan being woken up. She felt a little guilty, but when faced with Lin Mowan's questions, she could only say that she came out as soon as she heard it.

So, Lin Mowan went to open the door with Yuzhi. The moment the door opened, they saw a girl kneeling at the door, her eyes full of fear, her tears and snot mixed together, but Lin Mowan still recognized her at a glance, it was Jiang Yanran.

Lin Mowan's expression turned cold. The moment she saw the person clearly, she immediately lost the intention to help her. She just asked her in a casual tone: "What are you doing here?"

Seeing Lin Mowan coming out, Jiang Yanran quickly stopped crying and said tremblingly: "Sister, please save Second Mother. Daddy almost beat Second Mother to death. Sister, I beg you..."

As she spoke, perhaps she sensed Lin Mowan's somewhat distant attitude, and fearing that Lin Mowan would not help, she quickly knelt up and kowtowed to Lin Mowan again and again.

Lin Mowan stepped back, her heart suddenly filled with bitterness, and she lost all her sleepiness. After kowtowed a few times, Jiang Yanran continued, "I really have no one to ask for help. Sister, I beg you, can you help me just once? I will do whatever you ask me to do in the future. I really can't live without Second Mother. In this world, only Second Mother is good to me. I beg you..."

As she spoke, she began to kowtow again. Lin Mowan's heart sank, and the words of refusal were stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter them. Finally, she turned around and motioned Yuzhi to help the person up.

Yuzhi hurried forward, carefully helped the person into the house, got her some water to wash up, made her a cup of hot tea to calm her down, and then told her everything.

It turned out that it was Jiang Wenqing who discovered the portrait that Tong Yuhua had kept privately. It was a picture of a handsome man when he was young, but it was not Jiang Wenqing.

After being forced to question, they learned that he was Tong Yuhua's lover before she got married. The two of them had already reached the stage of discussing marriage. The man was going to propose marriage the next day. Both families also agreed to this marriage, and both parties were very satisfied.

However, Gongshu Tingyue went to the Tong family first, and used threats and inducements to make the Tong family agree to let Tong Yuhua marry into the Jiang family as a concubine. From then on, the two separated.

Although they were no longer together, Tong Yuhua's heart was not with Jiang Wenqing at all. To put it bluntly, Jiang Wenqing didn't really like her. He probably didn't reject her for the sake of Gongshu Tingyue. Later, he got Jiang Yanran because she was the mother of his daughter.

Jiang Wenqing is now extremely frightened because of the appearance of Lin Mowan, who has uncovered his long-forgotten past. In this situation, he also discovered that Tong Yuhua had secretly kept the portrait of that man for so many years, which naturally became the opportunity for Jiang Wenqing to explode.

As Jiang Yanran spoke, she thought of Tong Yuhua being beaten and kicked by Jiang Wenqing, and she couldn't help but kneel down and beg.

After some hesitation, Lin Mowan helped the man up from the ground and decided to go to Jiang Mansion first.

She changed her clothes, packed up briefly, and went out with Jiang Yanran.

She didn't want to intervene at first. After all, she wanted Jiang Wenqing to go crazy and attack his family members out of suspicion. She naturally liked to see them killing each other. She thought she was not a kind person, but looking at Jiang Yanran's appearance, she couldn't bear to do it. She decided to take a look first. Whether to take action or not would be decided later.

By the time the carriage stopped outside the Jiang family mansion, it was already completely light and the streets were bustling with people going to market.

Jiang Yanran rushed into the mansion just after getting off the carriage and before her feet even touched the ground. The two servants guarding the door both knew Lin Mowan. Although she had moved out, her status as an adopted daughter was still there, and no one could stop her from coming back whenever she wanted.

I followed Jiang Yanran all the way to the outside of the yard and stood at the gate. It was so quiet inside that there was no sound at all, as if there was no one alive. Jiang Yanran was so scared that she held her breath and pushed open the half-open gate with trembling hands.

Inside the door, the small yard was smashed into pieces, and there was almost nothing good to be found. Jiang Yanran just took a quick glance and her eyes fell on the open door. She rushed in quickly.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Tong Yuhua slumped on the couch with a pale face. There was a knife on the ground and the conspicuous wound on his wrist was still bleeding.

Tong Yuhua cut her wrists.

Jiang Yanran's legs went limp and she knelt on the ground. She took a moment to react, shouting "Second Mother" and crawling over on her knees. She threw herself on her and shook and shouted, but the woman's pale face remained motionless.

Lin Mowan stood at the door, turned around calmly and signaled Yuzhi beside her, saying in a steady tone: "Go get the doctor."

Yuzhi took the order and went out quickly without delaying for a moment.

Jiang Yanran was still crying, and Lin Mowan didn't say anything. She casually tore off a piece of sturdy cloth from the torn tent around her, walked to the couch, grabbed Tong Yuhua's hand, and gave the most serious wound on her hand a simple bandage to stop the bleeding temporarily.

Judging from the amount of bleeding on the ground and the bloodstains on her wounds, it should not be too late. We can only hope that she can hold on until the doctor arrives.

At this time, Jiang Yanran had cried so much that her face turned pale. She was at a loss and could only mutter, "No, no..." She looked as if she was frightened and knelt there in a daze.

It makes sense. For a lady like Jiang Yanran who lives in seclusion in the boudoir, although she is not a legitimate daughter, she is still the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Her life will not be too bad. The most horrifying scene she has ever seen is probably the time when Jiang Youxi died and was carried back.

The most helpless and hateful thing she had ever encountered was probably the harassment from Jiang Ruixue and Gongshu Tingyue. Now, she would never have dreamed of such a scene.

After simply treating the wound on Tong Yuhua's hand, Lin Mowan cast a calm gaze on the dazed Jiang Yanran, trying to wake her up, and called out, "Yanran."

She didn't respond.

Lin Mowan frowned and raised her voice again, "Yanran?"

Still no response.

Lin Mowan frowned, she had no patience anymore. A cold look flashed in her eyes. She raised her hand and slapped her in the face. There was a crisp "pop" sound, and perhaps the pain on her cheek made the stunned Jiang Yanran regain some consciousness.

She looked up blankly at Lin Mowan, who was standing in front of her with an indifferent expression. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she was so scared that she lost her voice. It felt like a brick was stuck in her throat, making it too heavy to speak.

Lin Mowan grabbed her collar, lifted her up from the ground, and said coldly: "Jiang Yanran, if you want to watch her die in front of you, you can just do nothing like you are doing now."

(End of this chapter)