Back to the day I married my second wife, I turned around and married my ex-husband's uncle

Ling Jinlan shook her head in panic, wanting to explain, but Jiang Ningwan didn't doubt her at all.

Instead, she pushed Qingyun's hand away and asked, "Do you think a servant like you can point fingers at the eldest daughter of the Ling family?"

"But it's no wonder. A master without rules will teach his servants to have rules too."

After that, Jiang Ningwan instructed Li Chun, "You stay here and watch Miss Zhou dig lotus roots. If she can't dig out lotus roots, don't let her come up."

"Yes!"

Jiang Ningwan took Ling Jinlan back to her room to change clothes and made her a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold.

"Zhou Tingxu made things difficult for you, but you obeyed and actually went to the pond to dig lotus roots."

"You don't need to do anything in Prince Chu's mansion. If anyone gives you trouble, just call for help. There are so many guards in the mansion, they won't let you do any work no matter what."

Jiang Ningwan was wiping her wet hair while muttering to herself.

Ling Jinlan held the ginger soup and drank it, feeling warm all over and in her heart.

"I know sister."

Soon the imperial physician arrived. Jiang Ningwan asked the imperial physician to prescribe some medicine for Ling Jinlan, and she went to the pond.

I saw Zhou Tingxu standing in the pond in a mess.

Seeing her appear, he was furious, "Jiang Ningwan, you treat me like this, aren't you afraid that the Queen will punish you!"

"I'm here to treat the prince!"

Jiang Ningwan crossed her arms and looked at her coldly, "Miss Zhou Er is going to prepare medicinal food for the prince, isn't it? This kindness is truly rare. I will definitely report it to the emperor and record your merit."

"It's getting late, Miss Zhou Er, hurry up and dig, otherwise it will be too late to prepare the medicinal food."

Zhou Tingxu was so angry that his eyes turned red, but he could only swallow his grievance, dragging his soaked clothes, and bent down to grope in the mud.

Qingyun could only watch and could do nothing.

Jiang Ningwan simply had someone bring a chair over and watched Zhou Tingxu dig lotus roots while eating melon seeds.

Zhou Tingxu was in such a mess that he was soaked all over. He was soaking in the water of the pond. His face was getting paler and paler. He was cursing Jiang Ningwan's ancestors in his heart.

In the distance, Ling Jinlan observed quietly.

What Jiang Ningwan didn't expect was that Zhou Tingxu actually dug up a lotus root. Although it was a very small section, it was enough to get the job done.

"I found it! I found it!" Zhou Tingxu raised it excitedly.

Qingyun was so excited that she couldn't wait to pull Zhou Tingxu out of the pond.

"Jiang Ningwan, don't think you can drive me away like this!" Zhou Tingxu's will was burning at this moment, and she had secured the position of Princess Chu.

"Congratulations, you can go and prepare medicinal food for the prince."

Jiang Ningwan then instructed Li Chun, "Tell the kitchen staff to vacate the kitchen and let Miss Zhou Er prepare the medicinal food."

"Yes."

Zhou Tingxu gritted her teeth. She had never been in the kitchen, so how could she cook any medicinal food? But now she was put here, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and do it since Qingyun was there anyway.

While Zhou Tingxu was changing clothes, Ling Jinlan quietly came to the empty kitchen, squatted in front of the stove, and did some work.

Then left in a hurry.

After treating Zhou Tingxu, Jiang Ningwan didn't plan to do anything else, so she came to Qin Shuangchi's yard.

Qin Shuangchi was playing chess and drinking tea alone in the yard.

Jiang Ning accompanied him downstairs before going out in the evening.

"I dealt with Zhou Tingxu today. Your Highness is not angry, right?"

Qin Shuangchi's eyes flickered slightly, "Ling Jinlan was bullied in the mansion, aren't you angry with me?"

Jiang Ningwan was surprised and was stunned for a moment before putting down the chess piece in his hand.

"It has nothing to do with you, how could I be angry with you."

Qin Shuangchi stroked the chess piece with his fingertips, frowned slightly and looked at her, "Didn't Ling Jinlan tell you anything?"

Jiang Ningwan was confused, "What did you say?"

"But I did want to ask her something about the North, but she just got back and is emotionally unstable and frightened. She even had a nightmare last night. I didn't want to upset her, so I didn't ask."

She was talking to herself.

Qin Shuangchi breathed a sigh of relief without noticing.

But the next moment Jiang Ningwan said again: "The Ling family is back. What's going on with the divorce agreement? Aren't you going to tell me?"

Qin Shuangchi was slightly stunned and silent for a moment. The fingers holding the chess piece unconsciously exerted force and he was undecided.

"If you don't think you can use it, you can burn it."

Jiang Ningwan was shocked, "What?"

This is a divorce agreement, how can it be so hasty?

She always felt like something was being hidden from her.

Just as I was about to ask more, there was a sudden loud noise.

boom--

The loud noise shocked everyone in the mansion.

The ground seemed to shake.

Everyone looked towards the source of the loud noise and saw thick smoke coming from the direction of the kitchen.

"What is Zhou Tingxu doing this week?" Jiang Ningwan immediately ran to the kitchen.

When Jiang Ningwan rushed to the kitchen, many guards were already putting out the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not big and was quickly brought under control.

The two people who were carried out were as black as charcoal...

Jiang Ningwan was startled and stepped forward to smell the air.

"Cough cough cough..." Zhou Tingxu suddenly woke up and started coughing, with black smoke coming out.

"He's still alive, he's so lucky." Jiang Ningwan said with disappointment.

But after coughing, Zhou Tingxu fell down again.

Jiang Ningwan checked and found that the person was still alive, but seriously injured.

While the person was still breathing, Jiang Ningwan quickly ordered, "Quick, send Miss Zhou Er back to the Zhou family."

We can't let her die in Prince Chu's mansion.

The Chu Palace cannot bear two lives in vain.

After sending Zhou Tingxu away, Jiang Ningwan wanted to go into the kitchen to check. There was no reason for the explosion to be so severe that a hole was blown in the roof.

The entire kitchen was a mess.

If you don’t know, you might think it was gunpowder.

"Sister, what happened? I just saw two people being carried out. Could they be dead?"

Suddenly, Ling Jinlan ran over in panic and fear and grabbed Jiang Ningwan's arm.

"It's okay, he's still alive, but he's seriously injured."

"Have someone send him back to the Zhou family immediately, lest he die in the Chu Palace."

Ling Jinlan nodded thoughtfully, "Miss Zhou Er also mentioned making medicinal food this week, but she doesn't look like she can cook."

Jiang Ningwan chuckled: "As a rich lady, of course she doesn't know how to cook."

"If Zhou Tingxu is fine, we still have to ask the Zhou family for compensation for messing up our kitchen like this."

The two chatted and then left the kitchen.

When Zhou Tingxu was sent back to the Zhou family, the Zhou family was furious and invited several imperial doctors to treat Zhou Tingxu.

The next day when he went to court.

Zhou Tingxu's father, Zhou Lin, filed a complaint against Jiang Ningwan.

"Your Majesty, my daughter was ordered by the Empress to treat the Prince of Chu, but she was harassed by Jiang Ningwan. She was injured in an explosion in the kitchen of the Prince of Chu's mansion, suffering extensive burns. She remains in a coma. Please, Your Majesty, intervene on behalf of Tingxu!"

As soon as these words came out, Manchao was shocked.

The emperor frowned and looked at Jiang Ningwan, "Did you hurt Zhou Tingxu?"

Jiang Ningwan looked innocent, "I am innocent!"

"Commander Zhou, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. It was Miss Zhou Er herself who said she wanted to make medicinal food for the prince. She and her maid were in the kitchen by themselves and almost set our kitchen on fire."

"How can you blame me for this? It's not me who asked her to make medicinal food."

"What's more, I treat the King of Chu's illness, and he also has the imperial physician to look after him. I find it strange that Miss Zhou Er goes to the King of Chu's mansion every day."

"Didn't expect you to be waiting for me here?"

"You, the Zhou family, are holding a grudge against me for beating Zhou Jingxuan with a hundred military sticks, so you're using Zhou Tingxu to frame me, right?"