After the morning court, the news spread in the capital, and Xitao relayed the good news to Ji Shu.
She smiled calmly and commented: "Qi Chengxu has not been released from prison in ten days. He can see Jiang Fu's execution with his own eyes and give her a ride. It is also a good relationship between the two of them."
I just hope that Jiang Fu will walk slower on the road to Huangquan, and when she sends Qi Chengxu there, they can reunite underground as a couple who love each other so much.
"Has the letter been delivered?"
"Sent it away. I found the elder brother of the guard whom I had contacted before and gave him money to make him accommodating. I have already given it to the aunt next to the Concubine Xian."
"My aunt summoned me and asked the queen for instructions. I'm afraid it will take a few days, so just wait."
"Well, by the way, miss, I have another joke for you. Do you still remember those ladies who scolded you at yesterday's banquet? Those few in the capital are famous for their gossip! This time they finally got their comeuppance! "
Ji Shu looked up curiously, "What happened to them?"
"Some people I know in their house said that two of those talkative women fell into the pool for no reason last night and almost drowned. They were also hit by a ball of fire from the sky, and half of their hair was burned off. ! Some were walking fine, but some broke their legs and knocked out their teeth. In short, none of them were good, they all broke their arms and legs."
Xitao said with a smile: "It's being spread all over the capital that they usually have too long tongues and have committed oral sins, so they have been punished!"
Ji Shu shook her head when she heard this. How could someone be so unlucky at the same time? If it was a natural disaster, it would be better to say that someone was specifically trying to take revenge for her.
My brother is too straight-tempered, he will just act recklessly, and the only one who can retaliate so ruthlessly behind his back is the general.
Ji Shu was so engrossed in his thoughts that his eyebrows were crooked in laughter.
Xitao looked at it and breathed a long sigh of relief. Sure enough, the young lady thought of the general and would stop being depressed. She really hoped that the young lady could get rid of the bad guy as soon as possible and finally get married with the general.
…
When Ji's father returned to his residence from the next court, he was in a good mood because of the punishment at the Wuding Hou Mansion, until he saw the people in the hall, his face suddenly sank.
The main room was noisy, and Ji's father's appearance made them all stand up.
Sitting in the center, the eldest man with a gray beard walked up and said, "Ah Rong! I heard that your sister Shu is having a divorce?!"
The clan elders nearby all asked: "Is it true?"
"It's so outrageous! If the fourth family hadn't sent someone to deliver the message, we wouldn't have known about it! This Ji family is going to be turned upside down!"
Ji Rong's eyes flicked towards the fourth child of the Ji family, and the fat on Ji's body trembled when his brother looked at him.
Father Ji: "Who told you?"
Ji Laosi swallowed, "I heard what my sister Yi said! What, brother, is this really happening! Then why didn't you tell us! Do you want to help sister Shu hide it? You want our Ji family to do it?" Where!"
The clan elders looked at Ji Rong with eyes full of displeasure and accusation!
Ji's father rubbed the roots and said, "It's not a secret! The matter has not been decided yet, I just don't want to disturb you uncles!"
"You better be!"
The most senior clan elder said coldly, "The Ji family has never been divorced! Until now, all the women in the Ji family have been virtuous and virtuous people! Even if the women of the Ji family have lost their husbands, they still abide by the female precepts and stay safe. We also received the chastity memorial memorial gifted by the late emperor! This is the honor of the Ji family! It cannot be destroyed in Ji Shu’s hands!"
Ji Laosi kept nodding his head, "What is Heli? There has been no Heli since ancient times! Only men divorce their wives after seven marriages! This Heli is the fabrication of those despicable women who have evil intentions and do not abide by their duties!"
"I have warned my eldest brother a long time ago not to indulge Sister Shu too much! When Sister Shu wanted to learn horse riding and ran away from home, eldest brother should have listened to me and given her a beating! Get rid of her evil deeds as soon as possible. What a bad idea! Big brother doesn’t listen, now it’s okay!”
"Get out! There is no place for you to talk here!"
Ji Rong couldn't bear it anymore and roared angrily. Ji Laosi was just his concubine. He was mean-mouthed and as timid as a mouse. He staggered in fright and hid behind the clan elders.
He yelled: "My dear uncles! Look at my eldest brother! He wants to ruin the reputation of the female family members of our Ji family for hundreds of years!"
"Fourth brother! What nonsense are you talking about!"
Ji's mother arrived belatedly. She was busy trying to smooth things over, bowing to several clan elders and apologizing, "Everyone, please calm down. This matter is due to our sister Shu being ignorant. I'm already trying to persuade her! Sister Shu doesn't know how to do it." Peaceful, I promise!"
The clan elders said one after another: "It's best this way!"
"You should handle the matter as soon as possible and don't bring trouble to the Ji family."
"There are still many girls from the Ji family who have not left the court! After Ji Shu made a fuss, everyone in the capital knew that the Ji family had raised a fierce woman. Who else would dare to ask for a girl from the Ji family! If she ruined her life because of her willfulness, Throughout the life of a girl from the Ji family, she has been the sinner of our Ji family!"
"If the trouble really comes to that, the Ji family's genealogy will not be able to accommodate her!"
Mother Ji's face turned pale and she waved her hands hurriedly, "No, no, no, Sister Shu will listen to me and she will not reconcile! Sister Shu is the master's child, how can we remove her..."
The leader of the clan raised his hand to interrupt her.
He looked at the couple and said slowly: "There is only one reason why we are here today. Sister Shu cannot reconcile. You tell her that if she really wants to reconcile, her name will be removed from the family tree. The Ji family may take her in, but she can only be treated as a child." Do you understand that I was 'taken in' by my husband?"
Ji Mu sprained her foot. She was sent home and was bound to a high-rise building for life. She, Shu'er, couldn't afford to end up like this.
"Absolutely not!"
"Hey, you still don't know how to teach children."
The clan elder sighed and shook his head, looked at Father Ji and said, "I think your father was more decisive than you at the beginning. Hasn't your sister figured it out over the years? So why bother making such a fuss."
Mrs. Ji and her father and mother Ji, who walked in on crutches, looked startled at the same time.
Mrs. Ji clutched the Buddha's jade pendant on her heart, and the memories in her mind became clearer. She saw her Min Min, dressed in mourning clothes, with a sallow face and skinny muscles that were as erratic as duckweed.
Behind her is a brand-new archway with the word chastity written on it. Countless people are surrounding her, their faces full of greed and pride, clinging to her body like leeches invisibly.
The dilapidated red door slowly closed, and the last thing engraved in her memory was the look in her gentle Minmin's eyes that looked at her with hatred, like an enemy.
Mrs. Ji's breath was stuck in her throat, and her body fell limply.
"Old lady——"
"mother!!"
…
Ji Chengfeng returned to the house and found Ji Shu's yard, with a serious look on his face, "Grandma fell ill."
Ji Shu was doing embroidery. He was startled when he heard this and said nonchalantly: "Because...me?"
"It wasn't you. It was the uncles in the clan who made trouble in front of my father, and my grandmother collapsed."
Ji Chengfeng rubbed his eyebrows. Mrs. Ji always treated her brothers and sisters very well. Ji Shu said, "Brother, please take your sister-in-law back."
"...I can't help you if I stay here. I must go back and shut up those old immortals first."
Ji Chengfeng's face was gloomy and he said, "You just hide here, your sister-in-law and I won't tell you where you are."
Ji Shu shook his head, "It doesn't matter where I am. My aunt has already found someone to deliver a message to me, and I will enter the palace tomorrow."
"Suisui, you want to find your aunt..."
Ji Chengfeng suddenly realized that Aunt Lin was a good concubine, and maybe she could solve her sister's predicament by speaking out.
Ji Shu: "I'm not looking for my aunt, I'm looking for the emperor."
Ji Chengfeng was shocked. Ji Shu stabbed the embroidery needle in his hand into the embroidery surface without expression and said calmly:
"Whoever opens his mouth is less useful than the emperor's."
