allonlinenovel Chapter 316 I'm Going to Save Her
Chapter 316 I'm Going to Save Her
The village headman was shocked. What nonsense! Where did this important person come from? What does he have to do with the Jiang family?
He didn't know the origins of the Jiang family, only that they had heard from the Jiang family that they had a son who would become a prince. Although he didn't understand, judging from the Jiang family's lifestyle, they were even wealthier than the local gentry in the county town, with maids, servants, and guards.
Anyway, he felt that regardless of whether the Jiang family was truly respectable or not, their wealth was real, and they were also untouchable.
Why is Sister Rong trying to pin this on the Jiang family?
Do you want the officials of the Dali Temple to punish the Jiang family? How can the officials of the Dali Temple compare to the imperial relatives?
The village head immediately spoke up: "Rong'er, what kind of nonsense are you spouting! Old Wan, aren't you going to discipline your child?"
The clan chief quickly bowed to Asong and said, "Sir, she's just a child. She's mischievous and likes to lie. Please don't take it to heart."
Rongjie became anxious and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I didn't lie, I didn't lie..."
The clan chief raised his hand, and two middle-aged men stepped forward to take Rong'er away.
Ah Song really didn't want to meddle, but when he heard it was related to the Jiang family, he couldn't ignore it.
"Wait, put this child down!"
He stepped forward and asked with concern, "Little girl, what did you just say? Say it again."
"I just saw those two from the Jiang family knock out the noble lady and her maid, and carry them away..."
Ah Song frowned. He thought of the Jiang family father and son, who had abducted women in the capital. He was furious and said to the guard beside him, "Go and invite the prince back."
Then he asked Rong-jie, "What kind of noble lady is she?"
Rong-jie didn't know her second sister's name, so she could only shake her head and say, "The distinguished sister who came yesterday..."
Suddenly, she remembered that she still had her elder sister's jade pendant in her bosom, so she quickly picked it up and handed it over.
"My dear sister got her clothes dirty and went to my house to wash and change, but she accidentally left this behind. I was going to bring it to her, but I just saw those two people from the Jiang family carrying them away. Please, sir, you must save my dear sister!"
Ah Song took the jade pendant and saw that the front was decorated with a peony flower, and the back was engraved with the ancient character "司".
"wait."
He hurriedly rushed towards the direction of Prince Ning, only to find Prince Ning returning with a displeased expression.
"Your Highness, please look at this."
Prince Ning was displeased because he didn't want to be bothered by the Jiang family's affairs at this time; nothing was more important than the Third Prince's case.
But the moment he saw the jade pendant, a murderous intent surged within him.
Ah Song hurriedly said, "Your Highness, it should be the second young lady of the Si family. She got her clothes dirty and went to that girl's house to change. When she was about to leave, she encountered... Perhaps... she didn't know that she was the daughter of a marquis, so she attacked her!"
"Does she think she can attack someone just because she doesn't know she's the daughter of a marquis? Even an ordinary woman would never tolerate such an insult."
"Yes," Ah Song said. "I will take men there now, and once the Second Miss is rescued, I will personally escort her back to the Marquis's residence."
"I'm going to save her."
Ah Song was taken aback and said, "Your Highness, I can go. You... after all, the Third Prince's case is more important, and today is the last day."
“If I don’t go, the Jiang family might not let it go so easily,” Prince Ning said. “In cases involving dead people, delaying for a day only means enduring a day of punishment, but how can I, knowing that a person is alive and might be harmed, just stand by and do nothing?”
Prince Ning arranged for his trusted confidants to first investigate the place where the Third Prince had hidden his body, while he quickly took Rong'er and headed to the Jiang family.
The second sister was knocked unconscious, but Chun Tao was quick-witted. She wasn't actually knocked unconscious, but seeing that something was wrong, she pretended to faint. She originally wanted to wait for someone to call for help, but unfortunately, there were no pedestrians along the way.
Now that they were locked up, she heard voices outside. No one was tying them up or caring about them, so she hurriedly crawled to her second sister's side.
"Second Miss, wake up, Second Miss..."
The second sister was drowsy when she was shaken awake. Just as she was about to speak, Chun Tao covered her mouth with her tongue.
"Second Miss, please don't raise your voice, listen to me." Chun Tao whispered the story of what had just happened. "We're locked up now, and we don't know what's going on. I'll go and see if we can escape."
She left on her own.
The second sister carefully walked to the door and listened to the sounds outside.
I was shocked when I heard it.
How could she not recognize those familiar voices outside? They were her parents-in-law, her brother-in-law, and her sister-in-law talking.
How did they get here?
How did they bring her here? What are they trying to do?
Outside, Jiang's father said, "Since she left Kyoto on her own, let's just kill her and be done with it, won't we?"
Sister-in-law Jiang was somewhat shrewd. Her eyes darted around as she said, "Father, Jian Qiu works for the Court of Judicial Review. If he comes back to investigate the loss of a young lady from a noble family, what will we do?"
"There's no way to prove it when the dead are dead, so we can just deny it, right?"
Sister-in-law Jiang shook her head: "Father, the only one who has amnesia is Jianqiu. The entire Si family will know that Prince Ning is Jianqiu. If we kill him, things will get out of hand!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Mr. Jiang scratched his head in frustration. "Are we supposed to keep feeding her? Coaxing her? Telling her not to tell the truth to the third son?"
Sister-in-law Jiang didn't know what to do either.
Madam Jiang scoffed, "No matter what, Si Mutong is an outsider. So what if she's the daughter of a marquis? Compared to the princess's daughter, she's nothing. Third brother can't give up the princess's daughter for some piece of trash!"
Mr. Jiang nodded: "That makes sense."
Jiang's mother added, "Besides, even if things come to light, I'll tell Jianqiu that we did all this for his future, because we're afraid the Si family will hold him accountable! It's for his own good, so how can he blame us?"
She was full of confidence, while the second sister in the room was completely stunned.
Are they plotting how to kill her? To prevent her from revealing her past, is that it?
The second sister clenched her fists. She had never intended to tell Sanlang those things. But they were actually trying to kill her—it was utterly despicable!
She couldn't let them succeed, but how could she save herself in this situation?
Chun Tao looked around and returned disappointedly, saying, "Second Miss, this is an empty room with only a very small window, and it's very high up. Apart from the main entrance, we have no way to get out."
At that moment, Jiang Jianchun's voice was heard.
"Wait, Mother... wait a minute, didn't those two women faint? I... I want to go check on them first..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Sister-in-law Jiang, who was standing next to him, flew into a rage and grabbed his ear, saying, "Jiang Jianchun, you shameless slut, what are you thinking? Do you think I don't know? She's still your sister-in-law, how could you do something so shameless?"