The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Old Mrs. Lu stood on the steps at the gate of the Jiao family, her face flushed. "I apologize for my abrupt arrival."

Old Master Jiao was also cheerful. "No, no, I will personally arrange a banquet for your Second Master to come to our house for a drink someday."

Mrs. Lu waved her hands repeatedly, smiling from ear to ear. "Hey, there's no reason for your family to invite first. I'll go back and prepare the things, and choose an auspicious day to come to your house."

"Jiao Ying and Senior Brother?" While the Zhang family was more powerful than the Luo family, and Senior Brother wasn't as good as Nanfeng, if I remembered correctly, Senior Brother was eight years older than Jiao Ying. Lu Yun clasped her hands, feeling awkward for no apparent reason. "Isn't this just—" An old cow eating young grass? What should she do if my best friend becomes her sister-in-law?

Lu Yun clenched her fists until they crackled, and looked earnestly at the girl sitting by the window. "Aying, my senior brother is a bit old, quiet, and has a bad temper. He's also a Taoist priest. If you don't want to get married, I'll help you negotiate. But then again, he's more powerful than Luo Yun, haha, haha."

Jiao Ying blushed before she could say anything. "My Lady Princess, I, I'll listen to Grandpa." She pursed her lips and continued, "Second Uncle Zhang is very good."

Caidie, with a smile on her face, brought out a box from the back and placed it on the table. "Miss, I found this box for you. It's damp and moldy at the back. What should I do?"

The box was filled with thick letters, some of which were yellowed and curled, showing that they had been there for a while. Lu Yun immediately recognized the handwriting on the envelope as coming from the eldest brother.

Everything that happened today is like the begonia yesterday. It turns out that the clown is actually me.

"Aying, my senior brother is indeed a good person." Lu Yun's face changed rapidly. "Although he is a little old, he doesn't look old, hehe, hehe."

After leaving Jiaofu, Lu Yun turned her horse around and headed straight for Zhang's house. Sitting in her carriage, she didn't notice that the crowd on the street had begun to stir again, surging forward like a tide.

The Gong family was surrounded by soldiers and officers.

The gilded black lacquer plaque with the words "Palace Mansion" written on it, which used to hang high above the main gate, was casually thrown on the steps at the entrance, and there were a few dusty footprints printed on the surface of the plaque.

Amid the scolding of the officers and soldiers, a group of people slowly appeared in the sight of everyone at the door.

The first one was Old Master Gong, followed by the Second Master of the Gong family, the Second Wife, Aunt Jiang... one after another, they were dejected and covered in dust, their hands tied with hemp ropes, and they were escorted out of the Gong family's gate.

The cries of injustice and wails intertwined with each other, constantly hitting the eardrums of the people around.

The sound of horse hooves drifted closer from afar. A man wearing a golden crown and a dark cloak sat on horseback, looking down at Gong Changming with an unexpectedly calm voice. "Old Gong, do you also think that this prince has wronged you?"

Gong Changming said with sorrow, "I followed the prince all the way to Nanyue, and decades have passed in a flash. In the end, I met a miserable end. It's true that people are forgotten when they leave. Your Highness's actions are truly chilling to the heart of us old men."

Zhou Boli dismounted and met his gaze. "Let's not talk about the near or far. Let me tell you something that's neither far nor near. Logically, the princess's marriage would be best done by a main road, and Nanyue offered three routes. Why did Qin Chao choose a bridge route that wasn't a shortcut nor safe? The odd thing is, none of the three routes offered by the palace included this bridge route. Does Elder Gong know where Qin Chao learned of this route, and why?"

Gong Changming's wrinkled eyelids drooped. "How could such a secret be known to me, a mere treasure?"

"You don't know, as long as someone in your Gong family knows." Zhou Boli looked at Master Gong Er behind him, his eyes full of meaning. "Gong Er, your brother was living well in Nanyue, why did he suddenly go to Qin Dynasty to do business? And Gong Jinbao also happened to leave Nanyue by crossing this bridge."

Gong Erye was on the verge of collapse. "Dad, these are true!"

Gong Changming's expression changed slightly. "I am the meat and I am at the mercy of others. Whatever His Royal Highness the Crown Prince says is what I will do."

"Hush." Zhou Boli raised a finger, his blue-gray eyes emitting a bewitching hue in the sunlight. "Old Gong, be it a traitor or a lurker. Considering your years of hard work for Nanyue, I will never lay a finger on your family."

Gong Changming's expression was first shocked and then turned to fear. "What on earth do you want to do? I have been managing our finances for so many years. I want to see the prince!"

Director Jiang rushed over in a panic and looked at the scene in front of him. He wanted to take off the cloth on his head and wrap it around his face.

A carriage quietly stopped in the back alley of the Luo family's house. Mrs. Hui stuffed the marriage certificate into her daughter's hands. Although her face was full of anxiety, she still carefully instructed, "Jinjin, the palace has sent people to surround the Gong family. As long as you capture Wang Zheng and don't let Gui know, she won't dare to do anything to you. After entering the Luo family, you must not act recklessly like before."

Gong Jinjin's face turned pale as she looked at the marriage certificate in her hand. "Mother, I don't want to marry Luo Yun. I want to go home."

"The Gong family is gone!" Mrs. Hui said, her face filled with pain. "Your grandfather did something that violated the palace's taboos." She had taken Jin Jin back to the Central Plains to visit relatives and waited until the dust settled on the princess's disappearance, fearing the truth would be exposed. Who knew that almost two months later, she would still not escape what happened today?

"Jinjin, mother is gone. You must give birth to a legitimate grandson for the Luo family at all costs! Only in this way can you survive!"

After saying this, Hui made up her mind and pushed her daughter out of the carriage.

The crowd of onlookers surrounded the Luo family's gate. A girl in red, holding a marriage certificate, was leaning on the closed door, banging the two tung oil doors.

"The Luo family won't open the door. Could it be that they want to break off the engagement because they see my Gong family is in trouble?"

"Who was it that repeatedly flattered the Gong family and finally obtained this marriage certificate? Now that my Gong family has fallen from power, you want to turn your back on me!"

"...Open the door!!!" Gong Jinjin's eyes were bloodshot, her face streaked with tears. "Since I've been promised to the eldest young master of the Luo family by our elders, I belong to your Luo family in life and will be your Luo family ghost in death!"

"Today I might as well die by ramming my head against these stairs!" After saying that, he rushed towards the pillar, knocking the person in front of him to stagger.

With a cry of "Ouch", Mrs. Gui was held up by the shoulders, with Gong Jinjin lying unconscious at her feet. A maid was slowly rubbing her chest, and the crowd burst into laughter when they saw this.

The woman's face was pale. No wonder her wife was so anxious to force her to sign the marriage certificate this morning. Before the ink on the paper had dried, she heard the news that the Gong family had been raided.

If her parents' family is in trouble, the consequences won't extend to a daughter who marries out. Gong Jinjin has the marriage certificate in hand, and she caused this scene in public. She has to acknowledge this daughter-in-law even if she doesn't want to! If she really gets hit to death at the Luo family's gate, it would be better to let her expose the family scandal herself. At least the latter will allow her family to go out and meet people.