noffsinger Chapter 859 Shouldering 2 Rooms 3
Chapter 859 Shouldering 2 Rooms 3
"Besides, Jiang has already married, so there's no need to worry about her running away. So it's okay for Zhihao to consummate his marriage with Jiang later." Liu paused before continuing, "Anyway, we should wait until Zhihao marries Yuanran's child, and then we can talk to him about his consummation of his marriage with Jiang."
Jiang Yuanran is the woman that Yan Zhihao loves since childhood.
"Then let's do as you say!" The old lady did not refute anything. After all, she has always loved her grandson Yan Zhihao the most, so she naturally couldn't bear to force her precious grandson at this time.
Mothers always love their youngest sons, and the old lady is no exception. Because she loves her youngest son, she also loves her little grandson Yan Zhihao more.
As for the youngest son's illegitimate grandchildren, they were not within the scope of the old lady's love, because in the old lady's eyes, only the legitimate grandchildren were the grandchildren she recognized, and she did not take the illegitimate grandchildren seriously at all.
Jiang Chunxi followed Wu to Wu's yard. Before Wu could find fault with her, she burst into tears: "Mother, I dreamed of Zhi Fei last night. He said that he died unjustly. He and my father died of plague because of the evil people's scheme."
"What?" Wu's expression immediately became excited. She grabbed Jiang Chunxi's hand tightly, pinching the flesh on the back of Jiang Chunxi's hand so hard that it hurt. "You didn't lie to me. You really dreamed of Zhifei last night."
"Mother, how could my daughter-in-law lie about something like this?" Jiang Chunxi said in a choked voice, "My daughter-in-law couldn't fall asleep after she woke up from a dream in the middle of the night. After all, the scene in my dream where Zhifei cried out that he died unjustly was too real, as if it was really his wronged ghost who came to my dream."
"Later, the daughter-in-law couldn't sleep. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the deaths of her father-in-law and Zhifei were very suspicious."
"Think about it! There are so many soldiers in this army, why didn't any of them get infected with the plague, but my father-in-law and Zhifei, who are generals, got infected with the plague instead?"
Of course Jiang Chunxi was lying. There were many soldiers in the army infected with the plague. But since she had given Wu the nightmare pill last night, Wu would naturally only listen to what she wanted to hear. After all, Wu's heart had been twisted since the death of her son and husband, otherwise she would not have tortured the original owner like that in her previous life.
Now that she had a better chance to vent the pain of losing her husband and son, she naturally jumped down without hesitation and did not question Jiang Chunxi's words at all.
"You are right," Wu said with a hateful expression, "Your father-in-law and Zhihao must have been plotted against by evil people. Otherwise, why would they, as generals, be the only ones to be infected with the plague and die?"
"Who on earth is it? Who on earth murdered them both?" Wu said in an uncontrolled voice.
"Mother, please don't get excited," Jiang Chunxi quickly calmed Wu's emotions, "The more times like this, the more we need to stay calm. After all, it's hard for you to guarantee that all the servants in your yard are loyal, right?"
Wu's pupils dilated as she stared at Jiang Chunxi, then she looked at the servants in the room with a cold expression: "All of you go out and keep watch outside for me."
Wu's trusted servants and Jiang Chunxi's two big maids quickly retreated and closed the door.
Wu let go of Jiang Chunxi's hand, looked at her coldly and said, "Whatever you want to say, you can say it now."
"Mother," Jiang Chunxi said after a moment's deliberation, "I thought about it again and again last night and felt that it was not difficult to guess who killed my father-in-law and Zhifei. Isn't it clear who benefited the most after their deaths?"
"You mean the second branch," Mrs. Wu couldn't help but clench her hands. "This... this is impossible. How could this be possible? We are a family. How could my uncle and his family be so cruel as to kill Zhifei and his son?"
"People die for money, birds die for food," Jiang Chunxi said in a deep voice, "not to mention that the title of Marquis of Yongzhong is not just about money, it is a title! We are both descendants of the Yan family, and both are legitimate sons. How can my second uncle be willing to let my father-in-law inherit the title of Marquis?"
"Besides, my daughter-in-law has heard that my grandmother has always favored her youngest son. Under such circumstances, my second uncle is naturally even more unwilling to let my father-in-law inherit the title of marquis."
"Also, not long after my father-in-law and Zhifei were buried, my grandmother went to the palace to meet the emperor and gave the title of Marquis of Yongzhong to my second uncle. This kind of impatient behavior is totally unlike a mother who has just experienced the pain of losing a son. So I have reason to suspect that my father-in-law and Zhifei's deceased grandmother also had a hand in this."
"Or maybe she already knew there was something fishy going on behind the deaths of my father-in-law and Zhifei, so she couldn't wait to let my second uncle inherit the title of marquis and Yan Zhihao inherit the title of crown prince. She was afraid that if she delayed, something might happen and my mother would find out something, and then my second uncle might not be able to inherit the title of marquis."
"Mother," Jiang Chunxi grabbed Wu's hand, her hand trembling slightly with fear, "My daughter-in-law is afraid. It's obvious that there is no need to shoulder the responsibility of two houses. If my second uncle and his family really want to, they can just adopt one of their grandsons under Zhifei's name. Why do they have to go to the trouble of letting Yan Zhihao shoulder the responsibility of two houses?"
"So my daughter-in-law is thinking that my second uncle and his family are probably worried that I might suspect something, so they want to marry me into the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion and control me in their hands, so they are not afraid that I might go out and say something nonsense."
"On the other hand, I think it's because of my dowry. Not only do they want to eat up the extinct family of the first wife, they are also thinking about the huge dowry that the Jiang family gave me. They will not miss any opportunity to drain the first wife, and they will not even let me, their beloved wife, go!"
"I am worried that once I have Yan Zhihao's child, it will be the countdown to our death. By then, neither of us can escape their clutches. It will only be a matter of who dies first."
"Second wife, they are so cruel." Mrs. Wu's eyes turned red, and she wanted to kill the second wife's family right now. "I will ask the old lady why she is so partial and indulges her youngest son to murder her eldest son and my poor Zhifei."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wu stood up and tried to rush out, but was held back by Jiang Chunxi: "Mother, you must not be impulsive! Are you going to question grandmother now to make us die faster?"
"Of course, my father-in-law and Zhifei are gone. If we can go underground to accompany them, it will be a family reunion. I am not afraid of death. As long as I can be with Zhifei underground, then why should I fear death?"
"But if my mother-in-law and I die too, then no one will be able to help my father-in-law and Zhifei get revenge, and they will die with regrets in the underworld! Otherwise, Zhifei wouldn't have appeared in my dream last night. The reason he appeared in my dream was because he hoped that I could avenge him, right?"