Chapter 4 Escape from the Wolf's Den 2
Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Zheng, who were standing next to the curtain, changed their expressions. Mrs. Zheng pushed Mrs. Sun from behind and explained with a forced smile: "The fifth lady is blessed with great fortune..." Princess Jiangjun raised her hand to stop,
Without looking at her, he just pulled Li Tian and asked with concern: "I heard that Rongxuan Courtyard was burned to the ground?"
"Well, I didn't rest in Rongxuan Courtyard yesterday," Li Tian obediently leaned next to Princess Jiang, with a hint of fear in his voice: "I fainted last night, and my two aunts asked people to take me to the hospital.
"Rest in Ruiyun Pavilion, who knows," Li Tian looked up at Princess Jiang Jun, tears falling in strings: "In the middle of the night, I dreamed that my grandma kicked me, hit me, pushed me, and drove me away. I was scared. Grandma...
...Grandma has never been like this... My aunt knew that grandma loved me the most. I woke up in fright and did not dare to stay in Ruiyun Pavilion, so I went out to the mourning hall to watch. It was cold at night, so I got under the bed of grandma's coffin...
"
"When I came early in the morning, she crawled out from under the coffin bed and startled me." Mrs. Xu continued and stroked Li Tian's head with compassion. Princess Jiang turned to look at the old woman standing next to her and asked.
Said: "Ruiyun Pavilion is also in trouble?"
"In reply to the princess, the water from Ruiyung Pavilion will go first." The mother-in-law bowed and replied. The corner of Princess Jiang's mouth turned down and she glanced at Mrs. Sun and others with disdain. There was no surprise on her face. She only looked at Li Tian's soft voice.
Said: "Birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. You can't always be miserable day and night. In this mansion... your grandma is not here, and there is not much to stay in. Come back with me and stay for a few days."
"My aunt means well, but I am dressed in mourning... I want to go home." Li Tian looked up at Princess Jiang and said sadly. Princess Jiang turned to look at Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu sighed and nodded: "What is she doing?
She's a girl from the Li family, it's best to go back."
Princess Jiang sighed, turned to look at Mrs. Sun and said calmly: "The old lady is gone, it is not appropriate for Sister Tian to live in your house anymore. There is a funeral in your house now, and it is not convenient. I will send her away."
When Sister Tian returns to Duke Yong's mansion, you ask someone to clean it up...forget it, they've all been burned, so there's nothing left to pack. Let's go, my aunt will take you back."
Mrs. Sun looked at Mrs. Zheng, and Mrs. Zheng looked at Princess Jiang. No one wanted to let Li Tian go, but no one dared to say "no".
Li Tian went out to the soul, kowtowed three times and nine times to his grandmother's soul respectfully, stood up, kowtowed to Yan Chengzhi, Mrs. Sun and others, came back and stood next to Princess Jiangjun, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward half way.
Stepping forward, he knelt down and said to Mrs. Sun: "Thank you, aunt, for taking care of me over the years. All the belongings of my grandmother and mother were burned. Only the books in the library in the northwest corner of the back garden were collected by my mother during her lifetime. Can you let me have them?"
Take it away and think about it?"
Mrs. Sun tied her hands and looked around in panic: "Ah? Well, I have to ask your uncle."
"Then go and ask, we are waiting now." Princess Jiang said impatiently. Mrs. Sun stumbled back two steps and lifted the curtain and went out. Brother Yan Chengzhi was kneeling on the left side of the coffin bed, and he could hear clearly what was said inside.
Clearly, when he saw Mrs. Sun coming out, he said with a gray face: "That's her mother's thing. You should take it with you to think about it." Before he finished his sentence, Yan Chengzhi felt a light flash in his heart and paused for a moment.
The following words changed: "It's just that the library has been locked. It's very dirty inside. It needs to be cleaned up. After a few days, it will be sent to Duke Yong's mansion."
"How many days will it take?" Li Tian asked, his voice full of uneasiness and eagerness. A strong surprise flashed through Yan Chengzhi's heart, and he hurriedly suppressed the surprise and said: "Five days, no no, seven days, seven days at most."
"Yeah," after a while, Li Tian reluctantly agreed.
Li Tian, who was on fire, had nothing to deal with. With his hands free, he took his nanny, maid, and others out to get on the car at the second door.
Mrs. Sun took two hesitant steps to send her off. Princess Jiang glanced at her and said, "It's important to observe filial piety and express condolences. There's no need to send her off." Mrs. Sun breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in her mother-in-law's arms, and fell back to the coffin bed.
This time I cried so hard that my heart broke.
Li Tian, Princess Jiang, Mrs. Xu and others arrived at the second gate. Princess Jiang turned around and asked, "Where is Yue Niang?" Mrs. Xu followed her without knowing what was going on. Yue Niang's identity was secret.
Except for Princess Jiangjun, no one outside knows.
"I went to arrange a place for grandma to rest outside the city." Li Tian grabbed the handkerchief and replied in a low voice. Princess Jiang's face suddenly sank. The nanny Xiong hurriedly bowed and explained: "Back to Princess Jiang, early yesterday morning
, the eldest lady had to give this job to Yue Niang. The fifth lady had not eaten or drank for three days at that time. She was crying hard and was in a daze. She nodded whatever the eldest lady said, and the eyes of the slave and Yingluo were almost squeezed out.
The fifth lady was stunned when she saw it. In the afternoon, the slave suddenly ran away and could only squat down and couldn't get up... Seeing the light of the fire in the middle of the night, she thought...it was the blessing of the Bodhisattva. If the fifth lady was good, the slave would be killed by a collision.
But..." Grandma Xiong's face was gray and her lips were white. It looked like she had a serious diarrhea yesterday.
"It's so cunning! It's so scheming. It's so bad to move everyone around Sister Tian away first! I only heard people say it in the past, but I didn't expect that there really are such vicious people in the world! This is Sister Tian's destiny.
"Mrs. Xu's mind was simple and she didn't think much about why Princess Jiang was only concerned about Yue Niang's whereabouts. After hearing what Mother Xiong said, she only made Li Tian feel angry and pitiful. Princess Jiang frowned and looked at Yingluo to give orders.
She said: "Go to the concierge and tell her that as soon as Yue Niang comes back, ask her to go to Duke Yong's mansion to find Wu Niang." Yingluo went to pass the message, and Princess Jiang Jun sent the reluctant Lin Ke back to Nanning County with Mrs. Xu.
Wang Mansion, he took Li Tian in a car and sent her to Duke Yong's Mansion.
As soon as the group of people walked out of the door, the second master, Yan Chengqing, quickly got up and said, "Brother, just keep watch over this mourning hall. I'll go and sort out the book for my niece." Yan Chengzhi's face turned green with anger, and he growled: "I'm here to express my condolences as soon as I can."
Now, if people see it, a person is carelessly mourning, and he wants to risk his life?!"
Yan Chengqing hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly knelt down slowly while winking at his wife Zheng across the coffin. Yan Chengzhi pulled him down. Yan Chengqing gritted his teeth and said, "Cry properly and we'll be together tonight."
Go deal with it!"
"Just wait for the big brother's words." Yan Chengqing wanted to say a few more words in a strange tone. The steward outside loudly announced that someone had come to express condolences, and several people were busy howling loudly.
Yan Chengzhi's cry was really sad. Until the old woman died of illness, the guards inside and outside the Rongxuan courtyard could not even insert a needle. When he was called in, the old woman had even changed her clothes.
As soon as the coffin was lifted out of the courtyard, he emptied Rongxuan Courtyard and had the door locked, but the people who expressed their condolences never stopped, and he couldn't get rid of the second child, the old woman and her deceased daughter's dowry booklet.
He hadn't even seen the accounting books over the years, those land deeds, house deeds, and servants' deeds. Over the years, he had tried his best to find out how many shops, houses, money, etc. the old woman and the dead man's daughter had.
What he knows is just the things on the surface, and how much money are they worth?! Nowadays, the tents inside and outside are piled with empty tents, and the bank is empty...
Yan Chengzhi felt like a cat scratching his heart. Where had the money and things gone? Could it be that little girl who was burning in Rongxuan Courtyard? That little girl was only thirteen years old, and it was not like she had become a sperm, no matter how powerful she was.
How powerful can it be... was it arranged by the old woman before she died? No, how could she be willing to burn everything with a torch? How could she make that little girl completely poor?
There must be something famous in the library. If the house and land deeds and banknotes are sandwiched in the book... there must be something in the book. You must flip through each book carefully before releasing it!
Yan Chengzhi's heart was on fire and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the back garden. Yan Chengqing was staring at him and followed his gaze towards the back garden. The two of them were so neatly strung together that they looked straight at each other.
A pair of grasshoppers on a bamboo stick. In the next ten days, the pair of grasshoppers spent the day beside the coffin crying, and at night they sat facing each other in the library and read through each book until Mrs. Lin's funeral.
I was as tired as a dead dog, and I didn't even turn out a small piece of paper an inch long.
In the spacious carriage of the Nanning County Prince's Mansion, Princess Jiang lovingly licked Li Tian's hair on the temples, and looked at Li Tian with an inquiring look.
"Did you eat anything last night? What about this morning?"
"No, I fainted last night. I dreamed of my grandma beating me and driving me away in the middle of the night. I woke up when I saw that I was very thirsty, so I had to go out to look for water. I didn't dare to close my eyes. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw my grandma being fierce.
I, I... was very scared, I have never been so scared, so I ran out to look for Yingluo, but not far away, there was a fire in Ruiyun Pavilion, and I didn't eat anything in the morning." Li Tian had a look of fear on his face, and was filled with fear.
Princess Jiang Jun's eyes flashed with awe, and she looked around subconsciously. After just two glances, she realized that she had lost her composure. She hurriedly withdrew her gaze, took a box from the back of the carriage, opened it, and signaled to Li Tian: "It's all over, don't be afraid.
Eat a few snacks to cushion your bed first."
Li Tian looked like he was very hungry. He reached for a piece of salt and pepper cake, biting it quickly. Princess Jiang quickly poured a glass of warm water and handed it to her: "Don't be impatient. Slow down and drink some water to swallow."
Li Tian took the cup, took a sip of water and a sip of snacks. After eating three or four pieces, he breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Princess Jiang and said sheepishly, "I'm starving."
"Aunt knows, just put it on the bed first. It's not good if you eat too much of this snack. I'll ask the kitchen to make some soup for you when you get home." Princess Jiang Jun paused, sighed softly and said, "That's the place at Duke Yong's Mansion."
Sir, have you sent a message?"
"Well, Grandma Xiong went there, but the eldest uncle didn't see her. The eldest sister-in-law came out. The eldest sister-in-law asked Grandma Xiong to go back first. She told the eldest uncle and then sent someone to pick me up. I waited for two days..." Li
Tian lowered his head and said in a low voice that was almost inaudible: "Maybe she wanted to wait for the first seven days." The Duke of Yong's government did not want her to go back. Li Tian sighed inwardly in frustration, and she did not want to go back to Yong's country either.
Chapter completed!