Bring your aunt to eat big meat, the scumbag father's family is furious

Judging from Da Meng's feelings, unless Xiao Lan is a truly wicked person, he will not give up on her no matter what the outcome is.

Qiao Lian'er said, "Xiao Lan has to see her adoptive mother off to her final days and will not be back in the capital for some time. I plan to start with Jiang Shijing. If his madness can be cured, it will be a great turning point."

Jiang Shijing was, after all, the eldest son of the main branch and was originally highly regarded by Master Jiang, so Madam Wei dared not make any obvious moves against him. As for Princess Shouguang, she was a loser in the struggle over the years, and her usefulness was about to be exhausted, so Qiao Lian'er would not make any moves on her first.

“Although Jiang Shijing is mad and unruly, he has some interests. He likes to go to Langxuan Garden to watch plays, and he goes there almost every two or three days. The rest of the time, he plays Cuju (ancient Chinese football), Touhu (ancient Chinese pitch-pot), and strolls around eating and drinking,” Pei Shijiu said.

Qiao Lian'er was somewhat surprised: "You know quite a lot about him."

Pei Shijiu said with some pity, "We were friends when we were young. It's such a pity that he turned out like this."

“I also thought about helping him, and I found a good doctor for him privately, but they couldn’t find anything wrong.”

He frowned: "Wei is ruthless and vicious, she eats people without spitting out the bones, I despise her just the same."

Qiao Lian'er thought that medical conditions in ancient times were very limited, and even the most skilled doctors had many areas they could not access.

If even her future medical team can't save her, then she's truly beyond saving.

To prevent the Wei family from making a move prematurely, Pei Shijiu dispatched a team of top-notch experts to Yunzhou to protect Xiao Lan's family.

When Qiao Lian'er left, she contacted a gang in Yunzhou and asked them to look after the Ye family in Xiamei Village.

But if Weiss were to take action, a beating would be far from enough.

The next day, she met Jiang Shijing at Langxuan Garden.

Jiang Shijing was dressed in white, but the sash on the front of his robe was not tied properly, making him look disheveled. His hair was also not carefully styled; it was simply tied up with a hairpin, and the loose strands were somewhat messy.

He was quite handsome, as if sculpted from jade, but his eyes were filled with infatuation and madness, as if everything was shrouded in mist, and he seemed not to have woken up from a dream.

"I heard today's show was good, and the guests are clamoring to see it again."

Jiang Shijing rested his elbow on his servant's shoulder and laughed cynically: "In the end, it was that guest who was incompetent. He wanted me to be satisfied and made the theater do it three more times. The theater dared not disobey."

His steps faltered slightly, he bumped into a stone, and stumbled again.

Qiao Lian'er watched this scene from under the pavilion and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

A perfectly good eldest son has turned into this; what should have been his is about to be taken away by others.

However, she did not dare to disturb Jiang Shijing now, as Madam Wei was very wary of him and might have sent someone to keep an eye on him.

She avoids working under Wei's watchful eye, which saves her a lot of trouble.

She first went to the Jiang family to find out where Jiang Shijin lived, and then went to see Princess Shouguang.

Princess Shouguang got out of bed and lay on the soft couch in the courtyard to bask in the sun. She was not as emaciated as Xiao Lan's adoptive mother, Madam Yin, but she was still much thinner than normal, light and weak, and her skin was pale.

The sunlight shone on her face, making the layer of bluish death aura even more obvious.

Judging from this, Princess Shouguang won't last another month. A month later, Jiang Shuxue will marry into the Zhong family.

This timing was perfectly calculated by Weiss.

“Princess, Miss hasn’t come for several days in a row. You told her that you would give her all of your dowry from back then as her dowry, but she is still so cold to you.”

The old nanny, standing to the side, saw Princess Shouguang looking towards the courtyard gate with anticipation in her eyes, and felt a pang of pain in her heart, and couldn't help but complain.

“Grandma Sun, don’t blame Shuxue. She’s always been aloof. She doesn’t hold any grudge against me. I believe she still cares about me as her mother.” Princess Shouguang smiled faintly.

Compared to that, she regretted marrying Jiang Zhongmao more. After all, she loved Jiang Zhongmao more. Otherwise, she could have had better choices. After the wedding, she wouldn't have been so aloof in front of her husband and would have constantly worn herself down in the struggle with Wei Shi.

She has a son and a daughter. Her son is exceptionally intelligent; if he had grown up safely, he would likely have passed the imperial examination and become a scholar, embarking on an official career and becoming a new generation of court officials in the capital. But instead, he looks like this—

Compared to that, her mentally sound daughter brought her some comfort.

A hint of hatred surfaced in Princess Shouguang's eyes. She hated herself for being too soft-hearted and incapable of protecting her offspring.

But now that her life has come to an end, all she can do is watch the Wei family enjoy endless glory. What else can she do?

Granny Sun hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but say, "Princess, Miss doesn't act like this in front of the concubine."

"She was very close to the concubine; if you didn't know better, you would think that the concubine was her mother."

Princess Shouguang's face immediately showed a hint of disappointment and nervousness.

She heard these words not only from Granny Sun.

Even earlier, she had personally witnessed Jiang Shuxue's affection for Madam Wei. Shuxue would nestle in front of Madam Wei, her face full of smiles, looking very happy and harmonious.

Mrs. Wei fed Shuxue some snacks, her face radiating the warmth of a loving mother.

Even the most vicious women are pretty much the same when their maternal instincts kick in.

She had always known that Madam Wei treated Jiang Shuxue very well. Madam Wei and she gave birth at the same time, but Madam Wei was unlucky; her daughter died after birth.

Later, when Mrs. Wei looked at her daughter, there was always a sense of closeness in her eyes, and she kept sending people to deliver things.

She dared not accept the gifts that Madam Wei gave her as farewell gifts, and secretly disposed of them all, but the gifts she gave to Jiang Shuxue were always without any problems.

Jiang Shuxue also liked to go to Wei's courtyard. Over time, the two became close. From childhood to adulthood, Jiang Shuxue even spent more time at Wei's place.

Thinking of all this, Princess Shouguang felt a sharp pang in her heart.

As her biological mother, she couldn't possibly ignore these things.

She just couldn't understand why, no matter how good Madam Wei was, she was still an outsider who had always been at odds with her, and even Jiang Shijing's madness might be inextricably linked to her.

Jiang Shuxue, having been influenced by what she saw and heard, could not possibly be unaware of it, yet she showed a different kind of filial affection for Madam Wei.

Knowing she didn't have many days left to live, Princess Shouguang looked at the sun and felt it was incredibly dazzling; two lines of clear tears rolled down her cheeks.

How she wished that her daughter could stay by her side at the very end of her life.

Qiao Lian'er sighed, "Poor Princess Shouguang, little do you know that your beloved daughter has suffered terribly since childhood in Yunzhou, thousands of miles away."

That evening, Jiang Shijing entered the room reeking of alcohol, and without even taking off his clothes, he fell into a deep sleep.

His current state made it convenient for Qiao Lian'er to move around.