allonlinenovel Chapter 450 Cause and Effect Loop
Chapter 450 Cause and Effect Loop
The house was ransacked.
Tao Tao had only heard of her before, but had never seen her.
Unexpectedly, she ran into him today, on Jiang Yunze's wedding day.
I didn't see anyone being arrested. Luckily, it was just a house raid, otherwise she and Xiaoshu probably wouldn't have been able to leave.
But I'm still shaken.
If she had been any slower, she wouldn't have been able to get out, and she probably wouldn't have been able to take all her savings with her.
At that moment, all she wanted was to escape from here as quickly as possible.
I only hope that when Madam Lu learns what happened to the Jiang family, she won't regret taking her away.
"Driver, hurry, to the dock..."
Jiang Yunze was completely bewildered throughout the entire raid.
Until he was kicked out of the house, his mother hugged him and cried, while his new wife looked at him in disbelief and collapsed to the ground, crying.
He then came to his senses.
It felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured over my head, extinguishing all my joy.
How could this be?
Harboring fugitives, abusing power for personal gain, bending the law for personal gain...
They actually convicted him of a whole string of crimes.
He was dismissed from his post and his property was confiscated, leaving him like a homeless dog.
Today is his big day, so why throw a tantrum on his happiest day?
It must be Right Chancellor Cui Yan.
He wanted to eliminate those who disagreed with him.
What deep-seated hatred could they possibly have for each other? Why did they have to choose this day, the day he was getting married?
That's so wicked, so vicious!
Why should Cui Yan's words ruin his career?
It's going to ruin everything he's worked so hard to build.
He was not reconciled.
He cannot accept his fate.
He had to go to his father-in-law and ask him to introduce him to the Left Chancellor.
As if possessed, Jiang Yunze abandoned his mother and new wife and stumbled toward the Zhou family.
As dusk falls, the city lights begin to illuminate the night.
The Zhou family was filled with distinguished guests, and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely.
For the Zhou family, marrying off their daughter was merely a pretext for hosting banquets, cultivating relationships, and currying favor with the powerful and influential.
It's still a means of accumulating wealth.
Many powerful figures, such as Prince Chen and the Left Prime Minister, did not arrive in person, but they sent lavish gifts.
There were also many minor officials who had wanted to curry favor with the Zhou family in the past but had not been able to find an opportunity, and some had not even received invitations.
But today they've come with generous gifts.
On such a joyous occasion, with everyone watching, there's no way anyone would turn someone away.
Besides, they brought generous gifts, so how could we refuse them?
Regardless of whether the Jiang family's property was confiscated or whether Jiang Yunze was dismissed from his post.
The wedding banquet must continue.
Jiang Yunze lingered at the Zhou family's gate for a while, repeatedly asking to see his father-in-law.
The gatekeeper was completely baffled.
The son-in-law just took the eldest daughter away. He should be finishing the wedding ceremony and greeting the guests now. Why is he here?
And he looked quite disheveled.
Valuable items on their person, such as jade pendants and jade crowns.
All gone.
The gatekeeper was quite perceptive; he didn't let him in, but instead sent someone to invite the Marquis.
Lord Zhou rushed over.
He didn't expect Jiang Yunze to still have the nerve to come see him.
They had thought there was still room for maneuver, after all, it was Prince Chen who had acted as their matchmaker.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yunze brought this upon himself and even became a spy, so quickly becoming a pawn to be discarded.
After the wedding procession left, when the Left Prime Minister sent someone to deliver gifts, he already knew that Jiang Yunze would be dismissed from his post and his property confiscated.
Therefore, both the Left Chancellor and Prince Chen sent very generous gifts as compensation.
One of these measures was to secure a position for his son, Zhou Mu, in the Imperial Guard. Although the rank was not high, he was still a member of the Emperor's Guard.
There will be plenty of opportunities for promotion in the future.
Even if one abandons military service for a literary career and takes the imperial examinations again, that would be acceptable.
It's just a pity; once a daughter is married, she's like water spilled from a cup—there's no way to bring her back.
Even if a daughter of a marquis is married three times, she will still bring shame to the marquis's family.
If anyone has a problem, it's just bad luck.
Lord Zhou ordered his men to drag Jiang Yunze to a secluded spot and sternly rebuked him: "Jiang Yunze, how dare you show your face here?"
Jiang Yunze had a bad feeling.
Even now, he still doesn't understand what he did wrong, or why things suddenly turned out this way.
Even if Lord Zhou disliked him, he had no choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.
Regardless, he eventually married Zhou.
He regretted that he had left Zhou Shi behind in his haste; he should have brought her along.
He knelt down with a thud and pleaded, "Father-in-law, only you can save me now. Please, for Qin'er's sake..."
"Shut up! How dare you call me father-in-law? Don't you even know what stupid things you've done?" Lord Zhou interrupted him sharply.
"Father-in-law, I don't understand, please speak frankly." Jiang Yunze was not about to give up easily.
From a poor scholar to where he is today, he has endured countless taunts and ridicule.
How could they not know the coldness and indifference of the world?
Former family friends now mostly avoid him like the plague, trying to escape him at all costs.
The Zhou family is his only lifeline now.
For no other reason than that the Zhou couple would offer some assistance out of consideration for their newlywed daughter.
Otherwise, Zhou, a widow who has married again and again, might abandon him if she sees him now in such a sorry state.
She wants to remarry.
Even if she were the emperor's daughter, no one would want her anymore.
However, to Jiang Yunze's surprise, he underestimated Zhou Hou's ruthlessness.
As the head of the family, how could Lord Zhou possibly abandon the interests of his family and go against Prince Chen for the sake of a daughter?
Lord Zhou shook off Jiang Yunze's hand and kicked him to the ground: "Jiang Yunze, it's a pity that Prince Chen values you, and I trust you and even married my daughter to you. How dare you betray us? While I'm in a good mood, you'd better leave now and never set foot in my house again."
Jiang Yunze staggered to his feet, staring blankly at Old Marquis Zhou.
What betrayal?
Could it be that my father-in-law thinks he's the one who leaked the information?
"Father-in-law, I did nothing wrong. I am innocent. Please help me explain to the Left Prime Minister and Prince Chen."
"Innocent! Kid, do you think I'm blind?" Old Marquis Zhou sneered, "Don't pretend to be innocent. Think carefully about what your precious daughter and that brat from the Yan family have done."
"Whether it's your fault or not, you caused this mess, and you're not innocent at all."
"Father-in-law, even if you don't consider my feelings, you should at least think about Zhou Qin. She is your own daughter, pampered in the Marquis's mansion since childhood. How can she suffer with someone like me?" Jiang Yunze struggled forward.
He refused to believe that Lord Zhou would disregard even the slightest bit of kinship.
Even if they no longer trust him, they should at least be given some money to protect themselves, otherwise they'll have to sleep in dilapidated temples.
"Since Qin'er has married you, she is your wife. She should follow you wherever you go. If you really don't like her, give her a divorce. If you dare to divorce her or beat or torment her, you know the consequences." Old Marquis Zhou didn't want to waste any more words with him and directly ordered his men to drag him away.
Jiang Yunze opened his mouth, but swallowed the words that were about to come out.
He never dreamed that the old man would be so heartless.
He doesn't even care about his own daughter.
Desperate and with no hope of getting help, he left the Zhou family home in dejection.
He was so distracted that he didn't even realize he was being followed.
while walking.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through the back of his head, and everything went black before his eyes. He lost consciousness.
I woke up again with a start.
I opened my eyes to find it was already the morning of the second day.
Everything before my eyes felt like a dream, yet all too real.
The first thing you see is an old roof and mottled walls.
There were also roof beams covered in cobwebs.
Within the beam of light, dust particles drifted down gently.
Jiang Yunze felt a metallic, salty taste in his mouth and coughed violently a few times.
He coughed up a trickle of blood.
After I calmed down, I realized that only my mother was by my bedside.
Zhou Shi, Tao Tao, and the child were all gone, and the servants had also disappeared.
My eyes are swollen like walnuts.
Jiang Yunze tried to sit up by supporting himself on the bed, only to realize that his whole body ached and his legs had gone numb.
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