Two days later, in the capital.
Early in the morning, two green-covered carriages stopped in front of the gate of Jiang Mansion. The word "Chu" was engraved on the emblem of the carriages.
The respectable maid in a dark blue coat went forward and knocked on the door. The boy who opened the door poked his head out of the doorway and said, "Who is it, so early in the morning?"
The maid shouted, "I am from the courtyard of the old lady of the Chu family in Jinling. The old lady is not feeling well and wants to see our fourth aunt. Today I am here to take her back to the Chu family."
The fourth aunt of the Chu family is the current mistress of the Jiang family.
The servant had a sharp-nosed and monkey-faced face. When he heard that it was a member of the Chu family, he immediately lowered the partition of the doorway and said, "The lady has become insane, and the master has ordered her to be locked up in the yard and not to see anyone."
The maidservant was a tough one. She immediately put her hands on her hips and started to curse: "How can you, the Jiang family, behave like this? All the elders and villagers passing by, please come and judge. My aunt married into the Jiang family, but when she was sick, not only did they not call a doctor, they also refused to let my family see her, right? Today, the old lady at home is not feeling well, and wants to see her married daughter. After all, we are relatives, but you, the Jiang family, didn't even open the door!"
"My poor aunt has such a poor family!"
"My old lady is ill, and I wanted to ask my married aunt to go back to take care of her, but she refused. What kind of tradition is this in your Jiang family? Jiang Jing'an is a third-rank official, but he has read all the books of sages into a dog's stomach?"
The servant of the Chu family yelled and cursed at the top of her voice, and the sound spread across several streets. More and more people gathered in front of the gate of the Jiang family, and they all pointed fingers at the Jiang family.
The gatekeeper couldn't stand it anymore and quickly brought in the housekeeper.
Minister Jiang has gone to the palace and is not at home.
Seeing this, the housekeeper realized that it was not a good idea to let people continue to scold him, so he wiped the sweat off his forehead and had the servant open the door and welcome the people in: "I didn't know that someone from the Chu Mansion would come today. The master has gone to the palace. I hope you can forgive me for the poor hospitality."
The servant of the Chu family snorted and laughed: "Your Jiang family has a concubine named Xi, and now the threshold of the family is very high. If my aunt from the Chu family was not still in your house, would you think that my Chu family is willing to step on your high threshold?"
She led her men and rushed straight to Madam Jiang's yard. The housekeeper couldn't stop them.
After passing through a door with hanging flowers, I suddenly saw a graceful woman walking towards me. Although she was wearing the clothes of a maid, she was wearing a bracelet with gold thread and carved flowers on her hands, and her earrings were full and bright high-quality oriental pearls, and several solid gold pearl hairpins were inserted diagonally on her bun.
There is no jewelry that a maid should wear.
When Yanhong saw the servants of the Chu family, she raised her carefully drawn eyebrows and scolded them in a hostess tone: "What are you doing? You are making a lot of noise. Do you have any manners?"
The servant of the Chu family smiled coldly: "Oh, when did Minister Jiang get a concubine? How come our Chu family didn't hear anything about it?"
When Yanhong heard that she was a member of the Chu family, her expression changed immediately. After being stabbed by her, her expression became even uglier.
The housekeeper hurriedly said, "This is Miss Yanhong from the mansion. She was originally a maidservant of the eldest lady, and now she is serving the master in his study."
"Turns out she's just a lowly maid. I thought she was the mistress of your house!" The servant of the Chu family sneered, and the housekeeper felt a little embarrassed.
He said, "Madam is ill now, and Miss Yanhong is in charge of all the affairs in the mansion."
He was also implicitly telling the servants of the Chu family that it was only a matter of time before Yanhong became a concubine.
But the Chu family's maid stepped forward, grabbed Yanhong's carefully combed hair with one hand, and slapped her twice with both hands.
"A slutty bitch, is she qualified to talk about etiquette in front of the mistress's family? Pah!" The servant of the Chu family spat at Yanhong fiercely:
"Even if you are really promoted to a concubine, you can only kowtow to the mistress's family when you meet them! But the Jiang family is really a good family! The maid from the daughter's yard climbs onto the father's bed, and Jiang Jingan is not afraid of being criticized!"
Yanhong felt as if her scalp was pulled off by the maid, and her face was hit so hard that it was burning with pain. She started crying immediately.
The guards of Jiang family wanted to step forward to stop them, but were tripped by the thugs brought by Chu family. Third Master Chu later joined the army, and naturally all the servants in the mansion were replaced by martial artists. The guards of Jiang family were no match for them at all.
The housekeeper shouted, "You Chu family members should not be too overbearing. This is in the Jiang Mansion!"
The Chu family's maid raised her hand and ripped off the two earrings on Yanhong's ears, threw them on the ground and crushed them into powder:
"Bully? Which maid would think that your Jiang family is like this? Wearing gold and silver, with eyebrows and eyes painted, other concubines may not live as comfortably as she does! My aunt is ill, I am here to help my aunt teach the servant a lesson!"
Yanhong's ears were torn and bleeding. She fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "This is too much! Your Chu family is too much! I won't live anymore!"
As she spoke, she was about to run into a rockery, but the maids from the Jiang residence hurriedly stopped her and tried to comfort her.
The servant girl of the Chu family had served Madam Chu all her life and had seen all kinds of little devils. Upon seeing this, she walked over, grabbed her hair with one hand, pressed her head and slammed it to the ground twice, causing the skin on her forehead to be broken and blood to flow.
This time Yanhong no longer threatened to commit suicide, she cried and shouted "Help!"
"Aren't you going to die? Why are you shouting for help? You little bitch, how much do you weigh? Don't act like a monster in front of an old woman!" The servant of the Chu family threw the man to the ground with a look of contempt, and took him straight to Madam Jiang's yard.
Not only was Mrs. Jiang's yard locked, but there were also guards at the door.
The Chu family's maid was so furious when she saw this that she ordered the thugs to knock down the two guards and then kicked open the gate.
The maids and servants knew that the mistress of the house had lost her power, so they all served her insincerely and some even took the share originally allocated to Madam Jiang for themselves.
When the gate opened, they were eating melon seeds and chatting in the yard. They stood up in panic when they saw so many people coming in such a menacing manner.
The Chu family's maid glanced over and found that there was no familiar face inside. Her heart sank and she shouted angrily: "Where is your wife?"
Mrs. Jiang, who was locked in the room, probably heard the voice of Mrs. Yang, so she knocked on the door and cried, "Mother Yang, is that Mother Yang?"
Mrs. Yang was startled. Madam Jiang could recognize her just by her voice. She didn't look crazy at all.
She hurriedly led people to the courtyard, and when she found that the door of Madam Jiang's room was also locked, she was so angry that her eyes turned red: "Auntie, what kind of sin have you suffered..."
The screen above the door had been torn off by Mrs. Jiang these days. Through the two-finger-wide gap in the door, one could see that Mrs. Jiang inside was disheveled and her clothes seemed to have never been changed.
Mrs. Jiang finally saw a member of her family and cried out loudly: "Mother Yang... Jiang Jing'an is not a human being! He sold out everyone around me, and even sent Mother Fang away... He was afraid that I would go back to my family and tell on them, so he announced that I was crazy and locked me up..."
Fang Mama was Madam Jiang's wet nurse and was very loyal to Madam Jiang. If Fang Mama was still alive, with her means, she would never let Madam Jiang suffer these hardships.
When Mrs. Yang heard this, she became furious and cursed, "What a wicked and treacherous person! It was fortunate that his career was not going well back then, and it was the Third Master who promoted him!"
Madam Jiang leaned against the door frame and cried bitterly: "Ayi has been sent to Xizhou. We don't know how he is doing now. Please go back and tell father and ask him to write a letter to my third brother and ask him to save Ayi..."
After hearing this, Mrs. Yang could no longer hold back the tears in her eyes and choked up, "My cousin...she was taken back by the Third Master..."
When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she was overjoyed, but when she saw Mrs. Yang's tears, she instantly realized something. Her lips trembled, but she could not utter a word, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Mother Yang asked her thugs to break open the door. Without the support of the door, Mrs. Jiang slid to the ground softly. Fortunately, she was caught by Mother Yang.
Mrs. Jiang had a foul smell on her body, obviously she hadn't washed for a long time.
The food in the room looked like it had been fished out of a slop bucket, and the chamber pot was full but no one came in to empty it.
Mrs. Yang wiped away her tears, unable to bear to watch any longer, and carried Madam Jiang out.
Seeing a group of Jiang family servants standing in the yard outside, she ordered her thugs directly: "Beat them! Beat these stubborn slaves to death!"
The housekeeper of the Jiang residence also came over with a group of guards. Seeing that they had brought Madam Jiang out, he shouted, "You can't take Madam out of the house!"
When Madam Jiang saw him, she went crazy and pounced on the housekeeper, scratching and clawing at him: "You traitor!"
The Chu family's thugs beat the maids until they cried for their parents and some of their teeth fell out before they stopped. When the housekeeper and the guards came over, they confronted the guards again.
The housekeeper was originally promoted by Madam Jiang, but now he has become the confidant of Minister Jiang. He did not dare to attack Madam Jiang, so he could only hide. His face was scratched and the skin was broken in several places. The smell of Madam Jiang was so pungent that it made him nauseous.
Seeing that the thugs had knocked down the guards, Mother Yang quickly hugged Madam Jiang's waist and said, "Aunt, let's take the young master back to the mansion to visit the old lady first!"
Visiting the old lady was just an excuse. The real intention was that Chu Changping brought back Jiang Yanyi's coffin in the middle of the night yesterday.
Before Mrs. Yang came, Chu Changping specifically told her to take Madam Jiang and the young master back home immediately. Chu Changping had seen that Minister Jiang was going to the palace, so he asked the maid to pick them up. If Minister Jiang was in the house, he would definitely not let Madam Jiang and her son leave.
Mrs. Yang was afraid that once Minister Jiang came back, they would not be able to leave.
After venting her anger, Mrs. Jiang sorted out her priorities, spat at the housekeeper, and took Mrs. Yang and the others to her son Jiang Yangui's yard.
**
Jiang Yangui has never left his bed since he broke his leg, and needs help with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
After all, he was the only son of Minister Jiang, and the people in his courtyard served him attentively. At least Jiang Yangui was clean, but that was all.
All the servants in the yard were like deaf and dumb. No matter whether Jiang Yangui asked questions or got angry, they ignored him.
When Mrs. Jiang and her son met, they both hugged each other and cried.
When Jiang Yangui heard that his sister's coffin had been returned to Beijing, he pursed his pale lips tightly and clutched the bed sheets tightly with both hands. His hands were slender and long, with distinct joints. Because he had been bedridden for these days, the skin of his arms was so white that it was almost transparent, and the blue veins and blood vessels under the skin could be vaguely seen.
There was no life in his dark eyes, which were as dark as a dry well. They were strangely empty, with only tears rolling down from his eyelids. He spoke with difficulty, "Take me to see... Sister."
***
At this time in the palace, the new emperor looked at the memorial that had just been delivered on the table, and a sneer appeared on his handsome face: "Chu Changping left his post without permission and returned to the capital privately. He is suspected of treason. Where is the commander of the imperial guards?"
The commander of the imperial guards standing below the imperial study immediately stepped out and said, "I'm here!"
The new emperor's voice was as cold as a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, "You must quickly take a thousand imperial guards to the Chu family and confiscate their property!"
The author has something to say: Don’t worry, the male protagonist will save his uncle’s family!
I'm working hard on the second update of today. I think it will be published before 12 o'clock.
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