"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts so much! Grandma, great-grandma! Dad! Help! It hurts!"
Ji Shu hit him hard several times, and Qi Jinxing burst into tears.
Everyone around was a little unbearable and whispered: "Is the Second Young Madam too cruel?"
"He's not his biological son after all...I beat him so hard..."
Someone glared at these people and said, "Are you all blind? Didn't you see that there are tears in the eyes of the Second Young Madam? The beating hurts my body and my mother's heart. The Second Young Madam really regards Young Master Xing as her own son, okay?" The young master just called the young madam a ‘bitch’!”
Everyone chatted and looked at Ji Shu with some sympathy.
"Ji Shu! Stop it!"
Ji Shu only hit him a few times before Mrs. Li killed him. She shouted loudly, rushed forward and pushed the servant girl away, and picked up Qi Jinxing and held her in her arms.
"Ouch! Grandma! Grandma, it hurts me so much! Hit her! I want her to be beaten too!"
Li's heart ached with distress, and she looked at Ji Shu as if she were an enemy.
"I'm going to die! Why do you beat your child like this! She's not your own mother after all, she has such a vicious heart!"
Ji Shu frowned and said:
"Don't worry, mother. Xing'er did something wrong. As a mother, I have to teach her. Give me the child."
"Here you go! Beat the child to death for you!"
The old lady also rushed over, pointed at Ji Shu and said, "You will never get close to my great-grandson again in the future! You are a vicious-hearted person!"
Li was holding the child and was about to leave, when Qi Jinxing shouted:
"My Nuan Yu! Grandma! My Nuan Yu is still with my sister!"
Qi Baoxin hid behind Ji Shu, but the old lady stepped forward and pulled her out, directly pulling the jade out of her hand.
"Okay, I'll give it to you."
Qi Jinxing took the jade, smiled happily, waved it at Ji Shu proudly, stuck out his tongue and made a face.
Ji Shu watched the two of them leave indifferently.
Xitao rushed back and supported her with a distressed look on her face and said:
"Young Madam, please don't get angry! Sooner or later, Young Master Xing will know about your good intentions, and so will the Eldest Madam and Old Madam!"
Ji Shu shook his head and told Qi Baoxin's nanny, "Take Miss Bao back first."
Useless.
Qi Baoxin said silently, her eyes were not worried about Ji Shu, but full of unwillingness and resentment, and she turned and ran away.
Xitao helped Ji Shu back to the main room, and Ji Shu poured a glass of water slowly.
After what happened today, no matter what outrageous things the brother and sister did, Qi Chengxu would not be able to blame her.
After all, everyone in the family saw that it was his own mother who indulged and spoiled the child. As a daughter-in-law, there was no way she could outshine her mother-in-law and grandmother.
No matter how bad or bad these two children are in the future, it has nothing to do with her.
Ji Shu took a sip of tea.
"Madam, I just went to report that I seemed to have seen something strange."
Xitao whispered, "I just saw the second master and the old lady's adopted daughter hug each other. When I saw you, the two people quickly let go. It was very suspicious."
Ji Shu's eyes moved slightly, he put down the tea cup, put his hand on the table, knocked three long and two short, and a figure appeared in the back window of the inner room.
Ji Shu: "Go and check all the families with the surname Jiang in Shengjing six years ago, not just Jiang He, all with the same pronunciation as Jiang. They must be related to the Wuding Hou Mansion."
After the shadow guard retreated, Ji Shu was silent for a moment and called Xitao:
"Mother Song next to the old lady, please quietly inquire at the house to see if she has any other family members."
Xitao nodded in response.
…
The days passed peacefully.
Although Ji Chengfeng did not write a report about the affairs of the Wuding Hou Mansion, the people in the Hou Mansion were talkative and the news soon spread to the whole capital.
For a time, many people expressed sympathy for Ji Shu, and everyone said that the second young lady of Wudinghou Mansion was virtuous.
After being a widow for six years, she managed the Marquis's house in an orderly manner and was magnanimous, even raising a child whose origin was unknown.
Even the Queen Mother took pity on her and gave her a box of treasures.
Early that morning, Ji Shu was combing her hair in front of the mirror, while Xitao was picking out the hairpin for her to wear today.
I searched several times but couldn't find it.
"It's strange. The agate hairpin that the Queen Mother gave to Madam a few days ago was seen yesterday. Why is it gone today?"
Xitao said angrily: "Someone must have unclean hands and feet! I will ask someone to search!"
"etc."
Ji Shu took off the silver comb from the end of his hair, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile:
"To catch thieves and stolen goods, take them down on the spot and deal with them. Only then can you kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
Xitao understood, bowed and responded: "I remember this, slave!"
"Among the things given by the Queen Mother, there is also a precious pigeon blood jade hairpin. Take it out and put it into my hair."
"yes."
Ji Shu took the blood jade hairpin and walked around Changle Yuan in the name of inspection.
Early the next morning, Ji Shu took Xitao to the shop to check the accounts. All the servants in Changleyuan were slacking off, and everyone was avoiding work.
At this time, a short figure nimbly shuttled through the corridor, dodged everyone and came to Ji Shu's room, gently opened the door and walked in.
She went straight to the dowry, unfolded it skillfully, and flipped through it.
"found it!"
Qi Baoxin happily took the blood jade hairpin and jumped off the stool.
After just a few steps, the door was pushed open with a bang.
Xitao was shocked: "Miss Bao! It's you!"
"You! How could you-"
Qi Baoxin was so frightened that she fell to the ground. In the room that was originally empty, several servant girls suddenly appeared and looked at her with complicated eyes.
A group of servants gathered outside the door, "What happened?"
"Miss Bao stole the young lady's blood jade hairpin! I had heard that the lady had lost a lot of jewelry in the past few days, but I didn't expect that it was Miss Bao-"
"Not me! Not me! I didn't!"
Qi Baoxin waved her hands, but she was still a five-year-old child after all, and she burst into tears on the spot with a guilty conscience.
On the other side, Jiang Fu was wandering in the flower hall of her residence.
Qi Jinxing was in Li's courtyard, but Li didn't let her stay any longer. When Jiang Fu felt uncomfortable, she couldn't help but miss her daughter and felt sorry for herself against the flowers.
Although she was partial to her son, her daughter was also weak, so Jiang Fu planned to go to Changle Courtyard.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I took two steps, I heard the maid chatting in the corridor: "Miss Bao has been stealing the young lady's jewelry for several days in a row!"
"I really didn't expect that Miss Bao would be able to steal things at such a young age."
"In a place like Weihaiguan, where good and bad people are mixed, I'm afraid I've learned bad things a long time ago. Poor madam, if it were my biological child, it would definitely not be like this."
After hearing this for a moment, Jiang Fu was so angry that her face turned green and white.
Holding up the hem of her skirt, she ran towards Changleyuan, ran to the corner of the corridor, and bumped into Qi Chengxu.
"Fu'er? Why are you running so fast?"
Qi Chengxu was wearing a military uniform, and it looked like he had just returned from taking office. He was sent by the Army and Horse Department to patrol the streets every day.
When Jiang Fu saw him, she cried and threw herself into his arms.
"Brother Xu, something happened to Bao'er!"
