On the third day of the wake, Jiang Changning sat in the inner hall drinking tea as usual, waiting for Prince Jin to return.
It was his sister-in-law who died, so there was no bereavement leave available. Prince Jin had to attend the morning court every day and report to the government office before he could return home.
"The prince has returned home." The servant outside reported.
Jiang Changning put down his teacup and stood up to greet him.
When I arrived at the door, I saw Prince Jin, with a gloomy face, striding towards me.
Jiang Changning thought it was something in the court that made him angry, but she didn't want the King of Jin to look at her and say, "Come back to the courtyard with me."
"Guests will be arriving soon." Jiang Changning reminded him.
"Guests are welcome." Prince Jin dragged her out.
In the sedan chair on the way back to Rujingyuan, Jiang Changning kept wondering what had happened to make Prince Jin so angry
Could it be that something happened during the Lantern Festival and they found out
King Jin took her back to the courtyard and went to question her
If so, how should she cope
Try your best to defend yourself
Pretend not to know
Refuse to admit it
Or tell her that Qiao was trying to harm her
Before she could make up her mind, she arrived at Rujingyuan.
After getting off the sedan chair and entering the warm room, Jiang Changning tried hard to remain calm.
"Ningning." Prince Jin pulled Jiang Changning into his arms and hugged her tightly.
Jiang Changning instantly breathed a sigh of relief and did not start to question him. "Yong Zhou, what happened?"
Prince Jin hugged her and remained silent for a long time.
After a long while, he said, "Qiao wanted to harm you. She wanted to push you off the bridge and let you drown."
It was found out that Qiao wanted to harm her, but it was not found out that she wanted to harm Qiao!
Jiang Changning tried hard not to curl up the corners of his lips, and asked in a trembling voice: "Really?"
King Jin replied in a heavy tone: "It is true."
"I, we just had a small conflict, it shouldn't be that serious, could you have made a mistake?" Jiang Changning still looked unwilling to believe it.
"You are right. In order to make sure you go to Qingshui Bridge, she even asked the wife of the Earl of Zhongqin for help." Prince Jin said.
Jiang Changning chuckled, "I was wondering why Lady Zhongqin was so enthusiastic. It turns out that something is not right."
"What's wrong?" asked King Jin.
Jiang Changning frowned and asked, "If Qiao wanted to harm me, why did she fall into the water instead?"
"She reaped the fruits of her own actions. She wanted to use the crowd to push you off the bridge. This plan seemed good on the surface, but she couldn't control the actions of the people. She didn't have many people with her, and they had to protect her and find you at the same time. She was caught off guard and was pushed off the bridge."
Jiang Changning originally thought that her plan of using the large numbers to get Qiao off the bridge was quite good.
After hearing such a simple analysis by King Jin, I couldn't help but feel lucky.
It’s really God’s blessing that we were successful this time.
Jiang Changning sighed, "It's just a small conflict between sisters-in-law, why would she take it so seriously?"
"Fortunately, you are okay." King Jin said thankfully.
When Prince Jin found out that Qiao was trying to kill Jiang Changning, he was furious. Then he thought that Park's death was probably not an accident.
Jiang Changning smiled and said, "I have many followers with me, and I can swim. Even if I am pushed off the bridge, I will be fine."
"It's cold now, and it's even colder in the water. If you fall into the water, you will be too cold to swim." The King of Jin scratched her nose with his finger, "You are a fool with good fortune."
Jiang Changning pouted, "I am blessed by heaven."
Jiang Changning bit his lower lip and said, "Yong Zhou, there is something I need to tell you."
"What is it? Tell me."
"In fact, I also arranged people to teach Qiao a lesson, but before we could do anything, something happened to Qiao." Jiang Changning took the initiative to confess.
This was to prevent the King of Jin from thinking that she was a pure and innocent little white rabbit, and then later discovering that she was scheming and resourceful and blaming her for deceiving him.
She didn't care about the rift between husband and wife, she was just afraid that Prince Jin would kill her.
"I'm just afraid that you will suffer. I'll feel relieved if you arrange someone to teach her a lesson." Prince Jin said happily.
Jiang Changning blinked his eyes, "Don't you think I'm bad?"
"What are you saying? My woman, Helian Yu, is the best." Prince Jin leaned over and pecked her on the lips.
Jiang Changning smiled, "My man, Jiang Changning, is also the best in the world."
When the King of Jin saw her proud little appearance, he wanted to execute her on the spot, but unfortunately it was daytime and there was a mourning hall at home, so they had to go out to receive the guests who came to pay their respects.
Thinking of Qiao's plan to harm Jiang Changning and having to arrange Qiao's funeral in a grand manner, Prince Jin held his breath and said, "Fortunately, she is dead."
Otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to help but lock her up in the dungeon of the Huaibei Palace and let her be tortured. Is his woman so active
After the King of Jin changed into plain clothes, the couple went to the front.
Princess Kang Ren felt relieved when she saw that the two men looked normal.
After Prince Jin went to the front hall, Princess Kangren walked over to Jiang Changning and asked with concern, "Aunt, are you okay?"
"It's okay, don't worry." Jiang Changning said softly.
Princess Kang Ren is a good child, but unfortunately she has a vicious mother, so Jiang Changning can't get too close to her.
After five days of wake time, it’s time for the funeral.
The emperor was originally going to show more favor for the sake of Prince Jin.
The King of Jin tried his best to refuse, which won the approval of several senior officials in the court.
The King of Jin had no way to defend himself and could only accept it.
The mourning shed was dismantled and everything in the mansion was restored to its original state. Jiang Changning began to reward the servants according to their merits.
"Fang Cai's family does a good job in managing the coming and going of guests and serving tea." Jiang Changning and Xiulan had discussed this, and if she said it was good, she would reward him with five taels of silver.
She said that those who did a good job would be rewarded with ten taels of silver.
If you say it's okay, I'll reward you with three taels of silver.
In addition, Jiang Changning also ordered Shu Fei to go to the silver shop outside and make a bunch of round-headed silver hairpins, each worth one penny of silver, to reward those who were smart and obedient.
Some were rewarded, and of course some were punished.
"Mr. Zhou Xing, does it cost so much to make a sedan chair cover? How big is the sedan chair? What are you going to do with so much cloth? Has someone died in your family?" Jiang Changning said with a flat tone.
"Princess, the carriage and sedan cover was made by someone outside, and the price was just that much. I did not ask for a penny more. The extra silk cloth is in the utility room, and I wanted to return it to the cloth master after the work is done." The woman argued cunningly.
"Do you want to confront the people from the Coach and Horse Shop? Or do you want to call the people from the Ping'an Cloth Shop in and have a talk with you?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.
The woman's face changed drastically, it turned out that the princess knew everything, and she knelt on the ground, "Please spare my life, princess. I was greedy for a moment, and I will never dare to do it again."
Jiang Changning picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile: "There's no need to say that. How many times have you been greedy? Do you want me to point them out to you one by one?"
"Princess, please spare me, Princess, please spare me, Princess, please spare me."
"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Just as the woman was secretly relieved, Jiang Changning continued, "I'll just send you back to Sinuofang. I don't have the time to discipline you one by one."
(End of this chapter)