Jiang Tianxiang and Li Jiaqi, who were on their way to the cell, had no idea what the prefect's wife was thinking. They soon arrived at the cell and saw Mrs. Jiang sitting on the floor in a daze.
The ground seemed very wet. Looking at Mrs. Jiang in front of her, Jiang Tianxiang said, "Mother."
Mrs. Jiang almost thought she was hallucinating. She looked at Jiang Tianxiang and said, "Tianxiang? Why are you here? This is actually a place for you, a girl."
Li Jiaqi looked at Mrs. Jiang's excitement and felt complicated. Although this woman was a bad person, she was really good to her daughter.
Thinking about his daughter all the time, he looked at the prison guard and said, "Open the door and go out. We want to talk alone."
The jailer quickly opened the cell and said, "Sir, we are out now."
Mrs. Jiang looked at everything in bewilderment: "What's going on?"
It was Jiang Tianxiang who spoke up again: "Mom, Jiaqi is the prefect's son, the current prefect's son. Jiaqi, I have something to say to my mother, you..."
Li Jiaqi was very considerate: "Okay, I'll wait for you over there. If you have anything, call me loudly. I can hear you. Don't be afraid."
Jiang Tianxiang nodded, and saw Li Jiaqi turned around and stood over, but Mrs. Jiang's face was pale: "You said he was the prefect's son, then you?"
Mrs. Jiang's tears started to flow as she spoke: "Xiang'er, I am sorry for you. If I had known that he was the son of the prefect, I would never have confessed my guilt even if I died."
Jiang Tianxiang's face turned pale: "Mom, what are you thinking? How could you do this? Actually, I came here to apologize to you today, because Jiaqi said that he could ask his father for help."
"I told you not to die, but I refused because you killed someone. I don't want to ruin Lord Li's reputation because of you. It's my fault."
"But how could you ..."
Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Tianxiang's disappointed face and smiled guiltily: "No, Xiang'er, you misunderstood what I meant. I don't want to live in this world anymore."
"No matter what you think of me in your heart, I can say that in this life, I have a clear conscience towards you and your father! I love your father."
"It's just that I'm also at fault. I was blinded by love and hurt the person closest to me. I deserve it, but you will bear the reputation of a murderer's daughter in the future."
"It would be fine if Li Jiaqi was not from an official family but just an ordinary family, but he is from an official family. With your background, how could you and Li Jiaqi be together?"
Jiang Tianxiang's face suddenly turned pale. She was simple-minded and had never thought of such a thing. Now after hearing what her mother said, she felt like she had lost her soul.
Mrs. Jiang also felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have reminded Jiang Tianxiang. She sighed, "Tianxiang, don't worry. Seeing how good Jiaqi is to you, she will definitely not give up on you."
"Being a concubine should be fine. But you are so naive. If you become a concubine, I'm afraid you won't live long."
As she spoke, Mrs. Jiang also became anxious. She stood up and walked around. When she saw Li Jiaqi's back, she suddenly remembered something: "Mr. Li, come here."
Li Jiaqi was puzzled and walked over: "Does Mrs. Jiang have any instructions?"
Mrs. Jiang shook her head: "It's not good to talk about instructions, but I have one request. Please ask the head of the Jiang family to come and see me. If he doesn't come, I hope you can help me bring a letter to him."
Li Jiaqi was very considerate and asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Mrs. Jiang quickly wrote the letter and gave it to Li Jiaqi. Li Jiaqi looked at Jiang Tianxiang and said, "Tianxiang, let's go."
"It's just right to go to Jiang's house. I'll take you home too."
Jiang Tianxiang lowered her head and was sent back to the Jiang family by Li Jiaqi in silence: "Tianxiang, what's wrong with you? Why haven't you spoken a word?"
Jiang Tianxiang shook her head: "It's okay, I'm home, thank you for today."
After that, Jiang Tianxiang went in. Li Jiaqi felt that something was wrong and looked at the gatekeeper of the Jiang family: "I am Li Jiaqi, I want to see Master Jiang, please inform him."
The gatekeeper knew that this was the future son-in-law of the Jiang family, so he invited him in. After waiting for a while, the head of the Jiang family came out. Li Jiaqi looked at Mr. Jiang.
"Master Jiang, I was asked by someone to come to you. Madam Jiang is in prison and wants to see you."
Mr. Jiang raised his eyebrows and said, "I will not meet such a vicious woman. Also, this is our family affair, Mr. Li, please do not interfere too much."
"As for your engagement with my daughter, it's just a joke. Don't take it seriously."
Li Jiaqi's face darkened when she heard this: "Why, Mr. Jiang thinks that I am easy to bully? As for the engagement, since it has already been made, I have no intention of denying it."
Mr. Jiang frowned: "Mr. Li, are you serious? You..."
Li Jiaqi smiled and said, "Master Jiang, maybe I haven't introduced myself yet. I am the son of the prefect. If you really think that I am easy to tease."
"You don't have to acknowledge this engagement! In fact, I'm very curious. Even if Madam Jiang is unbearable, Tianxiang is still your daughter! Don't be too biased!"
After finishing speaking, Li Jiaqi turned around and left, still a little angry at the head of the Jiang family. The head of the Jiang family took the letter, thought about it, and opened it to read.
After reading it, he sneered and just wanted to throw the letter away when he saw Jiang Tianjiao walk in: "Dad, what are you holding in your hand?"
The head of the Jiang family hesitated for a moment, then handed the letter to Jiang Tianjiao: "You decide on this matter."
Jiang Tianjiao took the letter from the head of the Jiang family and started reading it. After reading it, she sneered, "This vicious woman is dreaming. She wants to put Jiang Tianxiang under my mother's name."
"In this way, she will be the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family and my biological sister. Her marriage will go smoothly, and she will no longer have a murderer as her mother."
"I don't agree with this matter."
Jiang Tianjie was eavesdropping outside, but he couldn't help but walk in at this time: "Why don't you agree? Even if my mother harmed your mother, she made a mistake."
"But Tianxiang is innocent. This will help Tianxiang. She is your biological sister."
Jiang Tianjiao snorted coldly: "Yes, she is my biological sister, but what I can't forget is that her biological mother killed my biological mother. For so many years, I have lived such a hard life."
"For so many years, Dad thought it was my mother who brought bad luck to me, so he ignored me, but what about her? He was so concerned about her. What about now? As soon as something happened."
"You just want to possess my mother. Why?"
Jiang Tianjie was speechless. He sighed and said nothing more. He let the angry Jiang Tianjiao tear up the letter, then turned around and went to cause trouble for Jiang Tianxiang.
He broke into Jiang Tianxiang's room, smashed everything, and looked at Jiang Tianxiang: "Jiang Tianxiang, I tell you, my family will not agree to you being adopted by my mother."
"Even if you want to get married, you have to marry someone whose mother is a murderer!"
Jiang Tianxiang trembled all over and looked at Jiang Tianjiao: "Don't worry, I won't agree. My mother is my mother, your mother is your mother, although my mother is a bad person to you."
"But to me, she is my mother no matter what. Get out of here, and don't worry about my affairs."
Jiang Tianjiao pointed at Jiang Tianxiang and said, "Well, you are capable and can say harsh words. The news has spread outside that Li Jiaqi is the son of the prefect."
"You are of noble status. How about you? With a mother who is a murderer, you are not qualified to be their daughter-in-law. Even if you like Li Jiaqi, you can't be together."
After saying these cruel words, Jiang Tianjiao left like a proud little peacock. Jiang Tianjie came in at this time and looked at Jiang Tianxiang.
"Tianxiang, are you okay?"
Jiang Tianxiang shook her head: "I'm fine, brother, you should be well in the future, don't worry about me. I want to go out for a walk, Suzhou City is not suitable for me to stay now."
"I will come back to see my mother off before she is executed."
After saying that, Jiang Tianxiang started packing her luggage: "Brother, please help me leave here."
Jiang Tianjie was puzzled: "But if you leave, what will happen to Li Jiaqi?"
Jiang Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "I can't be a stain on him, even though I like him, and because I like him, I can't hurt him."
"He will be the son of the prefect in the future and has a bright future. I shouldn't stop him. Although I'm reluctant, I will hold back."
As she spoke, she continued to cry: "Brother, I beg you, don't tell mother about this, just tell her that I'm fine."
Jiang Tianjie couldn't say anything for a moment, and could only hum: "Don't worry, I still have this ability."
After saying that, Jiang Tianjie went to make arrangements. When Jiang Tianxiang left Suzhou City, she was only accompanied by a personal maid, who was also the most loyal person around her.
After leaving Suzhou City, the maid looked at Jiang Tianxiang and said, "Miss, where are we going?"
Jiang Tianxiang was also a little confused: "I don't know either. Let's just follow this road. It's a big road anyway. We'll go wherever we go."
After that, he set off without hesitation. Li Jiaqi only learned about Jiang Tianxiang's departure the next day, when she found herself outside the city.
It just so happened that they met Qian Jiujiu and others' team setting off, but this time the team did not have that many people, only Qian Jiujiu, Mu Yexiao and Xiaoman.
Of course, Qin Cheng, who led the way to Huadu, was also traveling with them. Since Huadu had been out of contact for a long time, Qian Jiujiu and others would certainly not take the elderly and children with them to take the risk.
In addition, there were many places to play in Suzhou City, so Empress Dowager Wanyin and others stayed to continue playing with the children, while Qian Jiujiu, Xiaoman and others went on an adventure.
When Xiaoman opened the window and looked outside, she happened to see Li Jiaqi, who looked anxious. She couldn't help but ask, "Li Jiaqi, what are you doing here?"