Reborn, the daughter of the Marquisate went crazy

That day, Xie Jingyuan was bitten on the ankle by a wolf. After nightfall, he developed a high fever and was unconscious. The whole mansion was in chaos.

Although Xie Jingliang had long since separated from his brother, the Marquis's mansion still depended on his brother, so he had to send people to invite famous doctors from the capital overnight.

Unexpectedly, after three consecutive doctors examined his pulse, they all shook their heads and sighed solemnly, saying that the wolf fang poison had seeped into his bone marrow and that ordinary medicine would be ineffective. Even more worrying was that after Xie Jingyuan was repeatedly demoted, the Marquis's residence was unable to hire even the lowest-ranking doctors in the Imperial Hospital.

In a moment of desperation, Xie Jingliang actually set his sights on Xie Qingli. Before dawn, there was a hurried knock on the door of Yingxue Residence, and a servant shouted at the top of his voice, "If the eldest lady still wants to be the legitimate daughter of this marquisate, quickly go and ask the Jiang family to send the imperial physician to save the marquis!"

Xie Qingli heard the maid's message without even blinking, and simply said, "Kill him out."

The guards received the order and immediately gave the servant a severe beating, finally throwing him back to the gate of the mansion like a dead dog. Xie Jingliang was furious and cursed Xie Qingli for being cold-blooded and heartless, but despite his scolding, he was ultimately helpless.

Xie Qingyao stayed by Xie Jingyuan's bedside, feeling anxious. If her father died, the Marquis's Mansion would completely collapse. Wouldn't she then become a rootless duckweed in the Third Prince's Mansion?

Thinking of this, she quickly walked to the desk, carefully drafted a letter, and asked Xiaotao to deliver it to the Third Prince's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, when the Third Prince received the letter, he only glanced at it, waved his hand nonchalantly, and told the butler to find a royal physician to take a look.

It was Princess Shuhua who heard about this and was worried about Xie Lang's safety. However, since their affair had not yet been made public, and for the sake of her reputation, she could not step forward rashly. So she sent her personal maid to the Third Prince's residence, asking the Third Prince to invite Deputy Judge Zhou, who was the most expert in external injuries in the Imperial Hospital, to come to the residence for treatment in his name.

The Third Prince was secretly shocked when he heard this. When did Xie Jingyuan, his cheap father-in-law who only had the empty title of Marquis, become the Imperial Aunt's lover?

But on second thought, if I could use this as a favor, not only would I gain a heavyweight ally in the fight for the throne, I would also earn Xie Qingyao's gratitude. It would be a deal that kills two birds with one stone!

He immediately pulled himself together and personally rushed to the Jing'an Marquis's residence with Vice Judge Zhou. However, Xie Jingyuan was severely injured, and even with the use of countless rare medicinal herbs, he could only barely keep himself alive, and his condition remained precarious...

There was chaos in the Marquis's mansion, but Xie Qingli paid no attention to it. He just ordered his men to secretly monitor the movements in the mansion.

Grandfather and eldest brother were about to return to Beijing, which made her very excited, but also a little nervous:

Would her grandfather, a lifelong warrior, accept her as his granddaughter, a country bumpkin? Should she subdue her charisma and adopt the guise of a demure lady, or simply be forthright and let him know her military duty? Even more restless was the question of how, without revealing any flaws, could she warn him to uncover the traitor within the army and help the Jiang family avoid catastrophic disaster?

Her mind was in a turmoil, forcing her to keep herself busy all day, not daring to take a moment's rest. But whenever the night was quiet, she couldn't help but stare out the window, lost in thought, her heart aching as she thought of Chu Yuncang. For the first time in her two lives, she had tasted the sweetness of love, but she had never imagined that the word "love" could be more hurtful than a sword...

In the dim morning light, the bronze mirror reflected a slightly pale face. Xie Qingli picked up the jade comb and was about to tie her hair when she heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Miss." Leng Shuang pushed the door open and walked in, a cold look between her brows. "The bandits who ambushed Madam and killed Ming Xia that day... have been found."

Xie Qingli's pupils suddenly shrank, and he turned around abruptly, looking at Leng Shuang steadily, motioning her to continue.

Leng Shuang's jaw tightened, hatred grinding between her teeth. "That gang of bandits pretended to leave the capital earlier, causing our people to search for them in vain. I didn't expect them to be hiding in a farm outside the capital."

"Yesterday, the bandit leader and two of his men entered the city and ran into the sentries at Tingyu Tower. All three are now imprisoned in the dungeon. However... the rest of the thieves are still hiding in the manor. We have no evidence, so it's difficult to force our way in."

Leng Shuang clenched her fists, her whole body tensed like a bow. She always believed that her failure to save Mingxia and Zhiqiu that day was a dereliction of duty.

Xie Qingli gently pressed his fingertips on the back of Leng Shuang's cold hand, then neatly tied up her hair and hurried out with Leng Shuang.

Deep in the dungeon of Tingyu Tower, the air was filled with the smell of blood and mold.

The bandit leader was chained to the rack, his naked torso covered in whip marks, but he still grinned fiercely: "I'll say it one last time, we brothers are just street vendors. When we saw the lady's carriage stuck in a pit, we got tempted by the money..."

Seeing Xie Qingli and Leng Shuang walk into the cell, the bandit leader suddenly fell silent, and then sneered disgustingly: "Oh, such a beautiful young lady, are you going to use that soft knife to cut people? Come and rub my shoulders, maybe..."

Before he could finish his words, Leng Shuang's figure approached like a ghost, her embroidered shoes carrying a sharp gust of wind, and went straight to the bandit leader's crotch. The bandit leader's wild laughter suddenly turned into a shrill wail, and he hunched his body like a shrimp cooked in boiling water, his whole body convulsing.

Xie Qingli walked forward slowly, her red lips parted, "The Zhang Wang family of Yongning Village... I heard that they have a five-year-old grandson."

The bandit leader trembled all over and the blood drained from his face. Those were his old mother and only son from his hometown in Yongzhou. The secret that even his master did not know was revealed by the girl in front of him without any hesitation.

"I confess..." He finally put away his rogue look and squeezed out a hoarse whine from between his teeth: "I only ask... don't touch them... Our master is... the Grand Princess. She ordered us to kidnap that lady..."

A hint of surprise flashed across Leng Shuang's eyes, and her fingertips unconsciously tightened around the hilt of the sword at her waist. Xie Qingli, however, remained calm, though a hint of cold thought flashed across his eyes.

She once suspected Xie Jingyuan, but then she denied it. The Jiang family had not yet fallen, so how could he dare to act rashly?

As for the Grand Princess... she had indeed suspected something, but she had never expected a vile fellow like Xie Jingyuan to provoke the Grand Princess to take action against A-niang? Could it be... that the two of them had some hidden grudge?

Xie Qingli turned and walked out of the cell. Leng Shuang quickly followed and said in a low voice, "Miss, aren't you going to kill him to avenge Ming Xia?"

Xie Qingli paused slightly, shook his head and said, "Let's go back home first."

Since moving to Jinxiu Street, A'niang had seemingly led a leisurely life, tending flowers, drinking tea, and reading. But Xie Qingli knew that A'niang had secretly hired a female martial artist who would rise at 3:00 a.m. every day to practice martial arts in the backyard with Panchun and Ningdong.

Ah Niang used to hate wielding swords and spears, but the tragedy of that day had become a thorn in her heart that she could not get rid of. She practiced martial arts so hard because she didn't want to be a fish at the mercy of others anymore, and she didn't want to be a burden to others anymore.

Therefore, this enemy must be dealt with by A Niang herself. Only in this way can A Niang truly overcome the demon in her heart.

And that bastard Song Zhaoxing... A cold light flashed in Xie Qingli's eyes. Since the incident, he has been hiding in the Empress Dowager's palace, not daring to take a step out.

But it didn't matter. She had plenty of patience. One day, she would pull out this poisonous snake with her own hands and bring it to her mother...