Just as Miss Jiang the Fourth was scolding to her heart's content, Lord Jiang kicked the door open and barged in.
"You good-for-nothing! Is this how you usually treat your Aunt Zizhu?" Lord Jiang pointed at Miss Jiang the Fourth and questioned.
After seeing Lord Jiang, Miss Jiang the Fourth's eyes flickered with panic. She never expected her father to show up here.
"Daddy, I didn't say anything. I was just so angry that I lost my head. I didn't mean it," Miss Jiang the Fourth lowered her head and dared not look into Lord Jiang's eyes.
"Lost your head with anger? You attacking Aunt Zizhu was also because you lost your head with anger? When did I ever teach you to attack your elders! And she's pregnant!
If anything happens to her or the baby in her womb, you can just wait for the family law to deal with you!"
"Now, go and kneel in Zizhu's room. You can get up only when Zizhu wakes up and is willing to forgive you!"
After saying that, Lord Jiang didn't care about Miss Jiang the Fourth's expression and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Miss Jiang the Fourth looked at Lord Jiang's departing back with venom in her eyes. Zizhu! She would never let her get away with this!
On the other side, Li Jiaojiao was sitting on a stool, pondering a question. The Zizhu she saw today gave her a familiar feeling. It seemed as if they had met somewhere before.
But she just couldn't figure it out.
If she had met someone like that, she definitely wouldn't have forgotten, because she was really quite good-looking.
"Miss, what happened?" When the maid came in, she saw Li Jiaojiao in a daze.
Li Jiaojiao shook her head. "How's the thing I asked you to investigate? Is that bitch Xiujuan still in the capital?"
She had been asking the maid to investigate Xiujuan's whereabouts for a while. How could her five thousand taels of silver just go to waste?
"Not yet. I suspect that Xiujuan has secretly fled the capital. Otherwise, how could she have been so quiet for so long?" the maid said suspiciously.
Li Jiaojiao also thought of this possibility, but she still couldn't quite believe it. Because Xiujuan's expression at that time indicated that she would never let it go easily. How could she leave the capital so easily?
Wouldn't she seek revenge on Mu Fengqie?
"No, I have a hunch that Xiujuan is still in the capital. She must be hiding," Li Jiaojiao said firmly.
The maid thought Li Jiaojiao made sense. She must be hiding for the five thousand taels of silver notes.
"Then I'll go and look for her again," the maid said and left.
Li Jiaojiao and her maid definitely couldn't have imagined that Xiujuan not only hadn't left the city but was right under their noses.
When Zizhu woke up, she saw someone kneeling in the room.
Zizhu almost let out a scream in fright. Taking a closer look, she found it was Miss Jiang the Fourth.
"Miss Fourth, why are you kneeling here?" Zizhu slowly sat up and looked at Miss Jiang the Fourth.
After seeing Zizhu wake up, Miss Jiang the Fourth stood up immediately. "Bitch! If it weren't for you snitching to Daddy, I wouldn't be kneeling here!
You'd better rescue my mother quickly, or I won't let you off easily!"
After saying that, Miss Jiang the Fourth turned around angrily and left.
Zizhu watched Miss Jiang the Fourth's departing back and smiled. It seemed that this Miss Jiang the Fourth would be a great help to her.
Didn't she want to rescue her mother? Fine, she would give her a chance. Whether she could seize it or not would depend on how much she was willing to do for her mother.
In the evening, when Lord Jiang came over, Zizhu talked to him about Miss Jiang the Fourth's mother.
"My lord, I think we should release Miss Fourth's mother. Although she has done a lot of wrong things, I still want to plead for her. It's for the sake of the baby in my womb.
What do you think, my lord?"
Zizhu leaned in Lord Jiang's arms and looked at his chin.
Lord Jiang remained silent. To be honest, he didn't want to release that woman. After all, she was a stain on his life. She dared to poison him. Letting her live was already a mercy.
Zizhu saw Lord Jiang's reluctance and continued, "I think that woman and that man must be in love with each other. Why don't we do a good deed and marry her off to that man? What do you think?"
Lord Jiang's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea. He knew that man very well because he was the one who found him.
That man had a violent tendency and was fond of gambling. His previous woman ran away with someone else because she couldn't stand him.
"Then do as Zizhu says. It's for the sake of our baby," Lord Jiang patted Zizhu's back and said with satisfaction.
Zizhu smiled triumphantly. Miss Jiang the Fourth, I've rescued your mother. You guys mustn't let me down.
The next day, Miss Jiang the Fourth heard that her mother had been released. That woman was quite sensible. Since she was so obedient, she would help her out in the future so that she wouldn't be bullied in the Jiang Mansion. Otherwise, people would say she didn't take care of her.
When Miss Jiang the Fourth excitedly went to pick up her mother, she saw her mother tugging at a man. "What are you doing! Let go of my aunt!" Miss Jiang the Fourth walked over and pulled her mother over, looking at the slovenly man in front of her with disgust.
How could there be such a person in their Jiang Mansion? "Who are you? How did you get in?"
The man glanced at Miss Jiang the Fourth and said disdainfully, "She's your mother? She's already my woman. Get out of the way quickly. I'm taking her back."
Miss Jiang the Fourth looked at her mother in shock and then at the man who smelled bad. She said in disbelief, "This is impossible! My mother is from the Jiang family. She's Lord Jiang's woman!
How could she be a woman of a lowly commoner like you? Get out of the Jiang family quickly, or I'll call someone!"
The man laughed indifferently. "Call if you want. It doesn't matter. This was personally approved by Lord Jiang.
If it weren't for the fact that your mother is a bit good-looking, do you think I'd be willing to touch her? Get out of the way quickly!" With that, the man pushed Miss Jiang the Fourth aside and pulled the woman forward.
Miss Jiang the Fourth looked at their backs in disbelief. Then she quickly came to her senses and chased after them. "Let go of my mother. She's not going anywhere!"
The man was annoyed by Miss Jiang the Fourth's noise and directly pushed her to the ground. "If you can't bear to part with your mother, then come back with me. We're short of someone to do the housework at home.
Anyway, after what your mother has done, you won't have a good life in the Jiang family. You might as well come back with me."
As he said that, the man's lecherous eyes fell on Miss Jiang the Fourth. Miss Jiang the Fourth was so disgusted by his look that she took two steps back.