Fortunately, they arrived in time, and when they rushed to the lakeside, they saw two maids tugging on Jiang Huizhi's sleeves and trying to persuade her.
Seeing this, Xiaozhuang and Qiu Yilan hurriedly rushed to catch Jiang Huizhi, saying, "It's such a cold weather, you kid needs to get some air. You're not going anywhere, so you have to come to the lake." Hair dryer?”
Qiu Yilan took out her handkerchief and wiped her niece's face, and said warmly: "With such a cold wind blowing, I will fall ill if I don't go back to the house! There are many things at home now, and we elders are already too busy, but I still expect you to take action, but you can’t be lazy!”
The two aunts had a tacit understanding and never mentioned Jiang Huizhi. They just thought she was just here to have a look, and dragged her away while talking. Jiang Huizhi was originally a weak woman with no strength, and now she is haggard. With only a handful of bones left, who is their opponent
Although he cried and shouted that he was unwilling, he was finally pulled out of the garden. The steward who was called by Xiaozhuang to look for someone was from the Jibei Marquis Mansion, so he was familiar with the layout of the Marquis Mansion. At this time, he found a room nearby and asked people to He lit a fire to warm Jiang Huizhi, and secretly asked people to go to the kitchen to get ginger soup and other things.
"Don't spread this matter!" Mrs. Xiaozhuang asked her maid to stay with Jiang Huizhi in the inner room, winked at Qiu Yilan, and called the steward to discuss outside together, "At this point, the elders can't It would not be good for Huizhi herself if she keeps fussing over it and spreads it."
Jiang Huizhi was not from the Hou Mansion, and the one who spoke now was her own aunt in the same room. The manager would not say no without looking at her, and would say yes repeatedly.
"But since she has come to this point, she still needs to find two reliable people to keep an eye on her." Qiu Yilan frowned and reminded, "Otherwise, if we can't make it in time today, it may not be possible if we change her!"
Xiao Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said: "My mother left a few mothers behind during her lifetime. I'll send people back to the Duke's Mansion to shout about it..."
When Mrs. Dou was alive, Mrs. Xiao Zhuang was not lovable in front of her. Now that she is dead, her confidants are not at the mercy of Mrs. Dou - especially Mrs. Dou was manipulated by Mrs. Xiao Zhuang's own aunt. dead.
However, Xiaozhuang didn't dare to send his confidants. If he didn't notice that something happened, he wouldn't be held responsible. If he noticed that nothing happened, he would inevitably be criticized for restraining his niece while his brother and sister-in-law were away. So if possible, it is best to let someone from the Dou family take over this job. The Dou family is Jiang Huizhi's biological grandmother. She loved her eldest granddaughter the most during her lifetime. She asked the people she left behind to take care of Jiang Huizhi. In the end, no matter what, it would be fine anyway. I can’t blame Xiaozhuang.
"It's better to tell your eldest uncle." Qiu Yilan reminded, "My eldest aunt is gone, my sister-in-law and my eldest brother are not in Beijing. Huizhi is the eldest granddaughter of your family, even if those mothers are willing to accompany them She, but she is afraid of the eventuality of everything, how can you bear this responsibility when the time comes? "
Xiao Zhuang's expression changed and she said, "That's right! I'll go find my husband right away!" After all, it's not as convenient for a daughter-in-law to see her father-in-law as it is for a son to see his father.
Qiu Yilan immediately responded: "I don't have anything urgent to do right now, so I'll keep an eye on her for you for a while!"
After Xiaozhuang left, she said to the steward of Jibei Hou Mansion: "I'm afraid everyone is very busy inside and outside the house now. If you have anything to do, please do it? I'll just watch here."
The manager was a wise man and resigned immediately.
Only then did Qiu Yilan walk into the inner room and said to the people inside: "I'll have a few words with Huizhi alone. You all can go out!"
Xiaozhuang's maid stood up obediently, but Jiang Huizhi's two maids hesitated, wondering where the grievances between the first house and the fourth house lay.
"The eleventh sister-in-law in your room and the stewards in the Hou Mansion all know that I am here to accompany your eldest daughter, Miss Sun. Are they still afraid that I will eat her?" Qiu Yilan flicked the bracelet on her wrist. It didn't matter. He said slowly.
Jiang Huizhi choked up and said listlessly: "Go out, Aunt Nineteen is going to deal with me, why do I need to care about your presence?"
There was some irony in these words, but Qiu Yilan didn't care. The fourth house had Mrs. Zhuang's history of murdering Mr. Dou in public, so it was reasonable to hear a few harsh words.
"You really don't want to be His Majesty's concubine?" After the others left, Qiu Yilan leaned down in front of her, stared closely into her eyes, and asked softly.
Jiang Huizhi shrank and shed tears again: "I and the people in our room were all wronged! But you don't believe it!"
"Do you still remember what happened that day?" Qiu Yilan pondered for a while, and then asked in a low voice, "I want to hear what happened, and maybe I can try to find the real culprit?"
"...What's the use now?" Jiang Huizhi opened his mouth, and finally smiled helplessly, "My reputation is already like this, even the fifth aunt's grandma thinks I am a fool... Even if the real murderer is found, what change will it make to my fate? "
Seeing the disheartened look on her face, Qiu Yilan suddenly said: "You have someone in your heart? Who is it?!"
Jiang Huizhi was caught off guard and blurted out: "You're talking nonsense..." After half a sentence, she felt something was wrong and fell silent, but Qiu Yilan already sneered: "Sure enough! You kept saying that you didn't want to enter the palace, and you brought two maids by the lake. You are just pretending to be seeking death. What are you trying to do? The position of imperial concubine still cannot satisfy you. Are you satisfied if your cousin Xin gives up the position? "
Seeing that Jiang Huizhi didn't speak, Qiu Yilan's face darkened, "It's been so long since that incident, and I've never heard of you seeking death and survival like this before! The last time your mother returned to Beijing, you were still apologizing for your grandmother. Only now? Months later, your attitude changed drastically? If it’s not someone outside, it’s because you’re being pretentious here—why do you think I can’t do anything to you if you just keep silent?”
Jiang Huizhi said angrily: "If you can, beat me to death!"
"I don't have to hit you!" Qiu Yilan said coldly, "I'm going to take you to find your grandfather and tell him that you almost jumped into the lake. Didn't you say you didn't want to enter the palace? I'll make it happen, aunt. You! Don't even think about denying it. It was not only me, but also the eleventh sister-in-law in your room, and the steward of the Hou Mansion. So many people witnessed you and the maid having sex by the lake. Anyway, your Majesty is also doing it now! I can't say anything, even if I have promised you to be his concubine, the Jiang family will not be able to regret it!"
After speaking, he straightened up, grabbed Jiang Huizhi's arm and exerted a little force. Jiang Huizhi was pulled up by her and staggered to her feet. A trace of resentment suddenly appeared in her eyes, but instead of panicking, she sneered: "Go ahead! Who doesn't know that Auntie, you are here?" My relationship with Queen Xin? You are so impatient to deal with me for the Queen, what can I do? After all, I still know how to write the word "filial piety". As an elder, I have no choice but to give in to you. Just do whatever you want. !”
After that, he put on a posture of resignation, but looked mocking, half-smiling.
"So you really went to Fifth Aunt to say those words on purpose?" Seeing this, Qiu Yilan sat down and asked calmly.
Jiang Huizhi was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Auntie says so!"
Qiu Yilan also sneered: "When Fifth Aunt stopped me just now and said that you and her are not entangled, I felt very strange! What day is it today? My uncle's body is still cold, and you and Fifth Aunt are all here. To express my condolences, to send my elders on their last journey! It turns out that you are so sick, and instead of doing serious things, you talk to your fifth aunt about things that have nothing to do with the funeral ceremony!"
"You know that the fifth aunt is an unreasonable and unforgiving person, and she has always been annoyed with you for causing trouble for the queen! Go and have a low-key meeting with her, and then take the maid to the lake to seek death! Even if the eleventh sister-in-law is following me now I decided to suppress the matter, but so many people have seen it. If you go to your grandfather to complain in the future, you won’t be afraid that you won’t be found out!” Qiu Yilan looked at her coldly, “It’s logical that the queen and her daughter would be deliberately provoked to death. reputation! Are you satisfied?”
Jiang Huizhi's thoughts were revealed by her, her face stiffened, and she simply said calmly: "That's what I did, so what? I can only blame that Fifth Aunt grandma for being too stupid and vicious! I'm fine Go and explain to her, she would be better off! She just slaps my nose in my face and scolds me for being from the Qin Lou Chu Palace! Is there anything in this world that he can decide? Even if I'm blind, I won't fall for such a puppet!"
She gritted her teeth and said, "I have never suffered such grievances since I landed! My wonderful fiancé is about to get married! I was treated like this. Not only did everyone in this family show no consideration or sympathy, but they all picked on me one by one. As a concubine, I am not a concubine! I never thought that I would be a concubine, even if it is for the emperor, it is still a concubine!"
Panting, an abnormal blush appeared on Jiang Huizhi's pale face, "Since I have to enter the palace, why don't I think about myself? Don't think I don't know, the Queen is not thinking about His Majesty! It's just that She has no choice but to go to the palace because she is so serious about it. How can you pretend to be a middle-class person? How can you be justified if you don't help her without asking?"
Qiu Yilan said calmly: "I'm not the Minister of Dali Temple, what should I do to be fair? I have always been a favorer but not a caretaker!"
"But you can't help now!" Jiang Huizhi sneered, "Grandma Wu Gu is responsible for what happened this time! Who told her to be so mean? The facts are there, and it's useless for her to quibble!"
She said calmly, "Auntie, you must not want me to go see my second great-uncle now, right? It's a pity that I want to go see my second great-uncle myself. What should I do? I said I want to be a filial junior, the queen mother and daughter They don't like me entering the palace as a concubine, how can I deny their wishes? Then go and ask the elders to do well and not let me get in their eyes - Queen Qianji just promised it in front of little uncle Zeng. , the mother of the Queen of the Hind Foot wishes that I would not die! Auntie, will my second great-uncle agree to this?"
"Of course he won't agree to you!" Qiu Yilan looked at her determined expression and smiled slightly, "Because you won't go to him at all!"
Jiang Huizhi showed a contemptuous smile, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and then his eyes went dark and he didn't know anything anymore!
"How dare Aunt Nineteen...!!!" This was Jiang Huizhi's last thought before she fell into coma!
"How dare a teenage girl threaten me?" Qiu Yilan withdrew the knife and let her fall down on the couch. She clapped her hands disdainfully, "You dragged me into the water! You pretended I didn't know You set up Fifth Aunt first, and then you said something like that deliberately when you met me, just to drag me into it afterwards. Was it because you were stimulated by the two of us one after another that you wanted to die?"
She casually pulled a quilt to cover Jiang Huizhi, went out and called everyone who had been waiting to come in, and announced casually: "This child lost his grandmother a few months ago, and now he has learned the bad news about his uncle, and he is overly sad. ...She has fallen asleep now, so be careful not to wake her up!"
... Immediately after leaving the house, he ordered Su He, "Spread the news about Jiang Hui Zhi's filial piety and grief to the point of coma to me immediately. Within an hour, it is best that everyone in He's house knows about it!"
Let's turn things into positive energy and see if Da Fang dares to bring trouble to Duke Qin here!
"I've been messing around at the lake and yet I don't dare to go down to the lake. After all, I'm so pampered that I can't even perform well!" Qiu Yilan snorted in her heart, "No wonder he brought two maids with him if he couldn't think about it. He also didn't think about normal circumstances. How could I let you die when the maid is here! My grandfather is too impatient to pay attention to these messy things, but he is too stupid to see the clues! My grandfather is so angry! How dare you do anything to these people who don’t care about their expressions! I’m so sorry for my uncle!”