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Chapter 134: Killing with a Borrowed Knife
Hu Lianxue felt that Miss Jiang was probably the best person in the world to her.
Originally, she thought Yue Tong was her good friend, but after learning her true identity, she felt disheartened. Only Miss Jiang helped her without asking for anything in return.
"If you encounter something like this in the future, don't keep it to yourself. If Master Fu hadn't mentioned it that day, I wouldn't have known that you were bullied by that Wu man."
Hu Lianxue's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes: "So it was Master Fu who told you all this..."
"He was originally planning to teach that Wu a lesson himself, but he had urgent matters to attend to, so I took action directly. I think that person will not dare to bully you easily after this incident."
Jiang Nianwei took out a land deed from her sleeve and said, "I know you have always wanted to have your own residence, so I will give this yard to you."
Hu Lianxue quickly waved her hands, "Miss, how could I be so worthy as to receive such a generous gift?"
"Don't be so quick to refuse. Everyone who follows me has a share, including Taozhi, Shuangshuang, and even Yuwenlong. Since I brought you here and you are doing your best for me, this is what you deserve. Take it!"
She sincerely wanted to take better care of Hu Lianxue and let her live a stable life.
Of course, there was also a sense of guilt. If she wasn't afraid that Meng Wanran would hurt her, she wouldn't have to hide her true life experience from Hu Lianxue.
When Hu Lianxue saw the deed, she realized it was right in the alley where she had delivered the clothes. "What a coincidence! I happened to be there delivering clothes to a nobleman."
"Then why not wait for the best day? I'll take you there to have a look!"
The two of them came to Wutong Lane, and after delivering the clothes, Jiang Nianwei took her directly to the small courtyard.
Although the courtyard is small, it has a unique world. It can be seen that Jiang Nianwei put a lot of thought into choosing it.
"Does the scenery here please you?" Jiang Nianwei asked softly.
"Of course I love it very much. Such an elegant place is exactly what I want. Thank you Miss Jiang for your efforts in arranging it." She responded softly, her words full of gratitude. She was about to kneel down to salute, but was stopped by Jiang Nianwei.
"No need to be polite. From now on, you and I are equals. Why do we need to be so polite? From now on, we are friends who know and cherish each other."
"But……"
Before she could finish her words, Hu Lianxue's gaze inadvertently swept across the distance, and she saw thick gray smoke rolling up the horizon, like the clouds exhaled by a giant beast when it awakened, and a sense of foreboding arose.
Her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and she whispered, "Miss Jiang, there seems to be a fire over there. I'm afraid there's been a fire somewhere."
The two of them then quickened their pace and walked through the winding alleys until the fire illuminated half the sky red, shrouding the entire villa in an ominous red-orange color. The maids and guards were busy in a mess.
A maid screamed, "Where is the old lady? Where is the old lady?"
Jiang Nianwei knew where this place was. This was where Yue Tong was staying temporarily.
In the room where the fire broke out, Yue Tong and the old lady were originally talking and laughing, but they found that there was thick smoke all around them.
Suddenly, the two of them realized that there was a sea of fire all around them.
Yue Tong didn't care about the false family affection at this moment, and quickly got up to look for an exit to escape, but when she looked up, she saw that the beam was about to burn out.
The old lady was still concerned about her safety, and asked, covering her mouth: "Fei'er, Fei'er, are you okay?"
Yue Tong didn't say anything, she just wanted to escape quickly.
At this moment, the beam suddenly fell down and hit the old lady's legs. She fell to the ground and couldn't move, shouting in despair:
"Fei'er, help grandma!"
Yuetong stood not far away but pretended not to see anything. She had to find a way to survive. It didn't matter if her grandmother died, but her keepsake could not be lost.
Oh, yes, those embroidered shoes!
Yue Tong suddenly reacted and wanted to go to the room to find the embroidered shoes, but found that the fire was raging like a raging dragon, getting more and more intense.
At this moment, she found someone holding her ankle. Yuetong lowered her head and saw her grandmother's wrinkled hands.
The old lady's eyes were full of pleading, "Save... me..." Her breath was already extremely weak.
"Grandma, it's not that I'm heartless. If I save you, I'll die too. You'd better take care of yourself!"
After saying that, he stepped on her foot hard, forcing her to let go.
The old lady's hand finally slipped away powerlessly, and the light in her eyes dimmed. She could not imagine that her beloved granddaughter would be so heartless.
Every time Yue Tong went out to the Marquis' Mansion to recognize her relatives, this grandmother would always stop her.
She refused to reveal her true identity. She wanted to be a real daughter of a marquis instead of hiding forever.
Yuetong took the embroidered shoes and prepared to run out, pretending to be heartbroken, crying and running out, crying: "Grandma, my poor grandmother, how could she be trapped in the sea of fire and unable to escape!"
She escaped from the back door. Hu Lianxue at the front door had already poured a bucket of water on herself, and even Jiang Nianwei couldn't hold her back.
Hu Lianxue rushed into the burning house and heard a weak call.
She didn't know why, but when she heard that the old lady had not escaped yet, she felt an indescribable pain and anxiety in her chest.
The old lady was in a trance when she felt someone lift her up and drag her out of the fire with difficulty.
The old lady barely managed to open her heavy eyelids, her vision wavering between blurry and clear. At that moment, she seemed to see her son, An Ning Hou Nan Rongyi, when he was young, but the other person was dressed as a woman.
Maybe, this was all a dream... Then, she lost consciousness and fell into a complete coma.
After Hu Lianxue rescued the man, she realized belatedly that there was a burn on her arm.
Jiang Nianwei pulled her to her side, "Lianxue, I know you have good intentions in saving people, but you also have to consider your own safety."
Hu Lianxue smiled ashamedly, "Miss Jiang is right. I was negligent. But look, I'm fine. It's just a minor injury, nothing to worry about."
"What if something happens?"
After saying that, Jiang Nianwei took out a jar of burn ointment from her shoulder bag. Fortunately, she usually brought various medicines with her when she went out in case of emergency.
"Come, let me take care of it for you, so as to avoid any hidden dangers in the future."
"Miss Jiang, take a look, how is she?"
Jiang Nianwei squatted down and checked the old lady's body. It seemed that she had inhaled too much smoke.
She immediately asked the maids around to lift up the old lady's head and check whether there was any foreign object in her nasal cavity to make sure there was no foreign object trapped and hindering her breathing. Then she asked the maids to feed her some clean water.
The old lady still had a pulse, but it was weak. It was probably because smoke had entered her lungs. She also had some minor burns on her body.
"Send the old lady to the mansion first!"
Yue Tong did not notice that Jiang Nianwei and Hu Lianxue were also here. She only saw a group of people carefully carrying the old lady and putting her into the carriage. She thought in her heart that the old woman should be dead, otherwise why would the people around her look so solemn and make such a fuss.
It would be better to take this opportunity to follow them back to the Marquis' Mansion so that they can recognize their relatives in a natural way.
Hu Lianxue just felt that she had done a good thing and did not realize that she had just saved her grandmother.
Yuetong followed the old lady back to the Marquis' Mansion, only to find out that she was not dead at all, but just unconscious.
After the doctor's diagnosis, he said that the old lady was weak and would need a few days to wake up. Only then did she feel relieved.
Leng Shiyun was still wondering about the identity of this woman, so Yue Tong took this opportunity to kneel in front of Leng Shiyun and said, "Mother, it's me. I'm your Fei'er."
Leng Shiyun shook her head in disbelief, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Her Fei'er was currently serving as the Crown Princess in the palace, so how could she be a strange woman in front of her?
"Mom, my grandmother found me but kept telling me that you wouldn't recognize me. I didn't believe it. Look, this is the pair of embroidered shoes I wore when I was a child!"
She excitedly held up the embroidered shoes, looking forward to the other party's response.
Leng Shiyun's hands were shaking, and she was just about to pick up the embroidered shoes to look at them carefully when she heard a noise outside.
It turned out that Meng Wanran received news that the fire did not burn the two people to death. This made the matter difficult.
She immediately rushed to Marquis An Ning's Mansion just to stop Yue Tong.
"Someone, come and capture this impostor for me!"
Yue Tong's heart trembled suddenly, and she looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes and with extraordinary demeanor standing proudly not far away, exuding a noble aura that should not be underestimated.
Meng Wanran said calmly, "Mother, this person was just a humble maid by my side in the past, but she was so bold as to steal my embroidered shoes and now she is even trying to take my place. This act of deceiving the world and stealing my name is truly despicable!"
Before Yuetong could react, Meng Wanran stepped forward and slapped her hard.
"You said you were your mother's biological daughter, but do you know what color clothes you were wearing that day?"
Yue Tong forced herself to remain calm, and she responded almost without thinking: "Of course I remember, it was a scarlet dress."
As soon as she said this, she secretly felt fortunate in her heart. She had learned this detail carefully from Hu Lianxue. Apart from the two of them, no other person in the world knew such a secret. This was undoubtedly strong evidence for her to prove her identity.
Meng Wanran sneered, and she pressed on, "Oh? If so, what color is the lining? You should remember these exactly, right?"
Yue Tong was obviously stunned. She didn't expect the other party to ask such a question. She didn't ask it clearly. "Yes... yes."
Her eyes wandered unconsciously, and considering that most of the underwear was white, she hesitated and answered, "It is white."
Leng Shiyun breathed a sigh of relief, "That day, Fei'er was wearing a pink inner garment."
"Mother, I told you that she is a fake. Why don't you let me handle it?"
Meng Wanran was still thinking of more pointed questions in his mind, wanting to test her again, but he didn't expect that the woman in front of him could no longer withstand it.
Leng Shiyun replied: "Fei'er, you should handle it properly and drive her away. Don't make things difficult for her. Your grandmother is still in a coma, so consider it as accumulating some merit for her."
"I naturally know what to do."
Meng Wanran knew that the other party was no longer a threat, so she changed her name back to "This Palace".
To do good deeds for that old immortal, she wished that the old immortal would never wake up again and die.
Yue Tong couldn't believe it at all. "No, mother, I am your biological daughter, not her. She is a fake. She is definitely a fake."
However, no matter how hard Yue Tong shouted, the well-trained guards just carried out the orders expressionlessly.
They tied her up and took her to a remote place.
"Obviously I am the real one and she is the fake one."
"Stop arguing. It's because you are real that I want to die."
One of the guards thought that since she was going to die anyway, he might as well tell her the truth.
"Can't……"
Before Yue Tong could react, she felt her neck being strangled tightly. No matter how hard she struggled, the rope became tighter and tighter until her eyes opened wide with resentment and astonishment. Finally, she fell into deathly silence and was completely without breath.
The guards dumped her body at a mass grave and walked away.
At the same time, in the An Ning Marquis Mansion.
Meng Wanran was just looking for an opportunity to make the old lady close her eyes completely and never speak again.
Since the real daughter of the Marquis's Mansion is dead, what else does she have to be afraid of? Once the old lady dies, all the voices of doubt will disappear.
Before she came, she brought a trained imperial physician with her, who said slowly, "You should know what to do!"
"My subordinate understands!"
After the imperial physician felt the old lady's pulse, he said, "The old lady is already old, and she inhaled a lot of smoke, which frightened her. The medicine the doctor prescribed before was too strong, so I will prescribe a slightly milder medicine."
In fact, deadly poison has been mixed into the prescription.
Leng Shiyun only knew that the imperial physician must be a skilled doctor, and no matter how vicious her daughter's temper was, she would never harm her grandmother.
He did not suspect anything and immediately ordered his servants to boil the medicine.
Jiang Nianwei treated Hu Lianxue's wound and saw that she was absent-minded: "That is the old lady of An Ning Marquis's house. If you are worried about her, I can find a reasonable reason to accompany you to visit her, so that you can feel at ease."
Hu Lianxue's eyes flashed with confusion when she heard this. She shook her head gently, and her tone was filled with an emotion that she herself could not understand: "Miss Jiang, this matter is really strange. The old lady and I have never met before. When I first met her, her hurt look was like a huge rock pressing on my heart, and I couldn't let it go. This inexplicable emotional entanglement is really confusing and distressing."
At this moment, Jiang Nianwei felt that the time was almost right, and Yue Tong should have already blocked the disaster for Hu Lianxue.
She said quietly, "Actually, it's not surprising. You feel that the people in An Ning Marquis' Mansion are very friendly. Is it possible that you are the daughter of the Marquis' Mansion who is living outside?"
Hu Lianxue shook her head. "How is this possible? Miss Jiang, please stop joking."
But she looked serious. "What if everything I said is true? In fact, I have secretly sent people to investigate. You are the most likely daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and the Crown Princess is just an imposter."
"I just heard that the Crown Princess has secretly gone to An Ning Marquis's Mansion. I don't know what An De is thinking. Maybe she wants to kill people to silence them?"
Hu Lianxue was stunned.
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