Quick Transmigration: Host, Please Be a Mute Beauty

Lou Zhuxin was practically going crazy. "Jiang Qiao, you and your bitch mother are really alike. You were born to be a stumbling block for me. But you're smarter than her. How come I never realized you were so capable before? You're so good at pretending to be so affectionate with me!"

Jiang Qiao naturally couldn't tell her that she wasn't the original owner of this body. "You're right, I am very smart. By the way, Lou Zhuxin, just you wait! Wait for the day when you are rejected by the man you love. Guess what, when Father Emperor finds out that you are such a vicious person, will he still cherish you like a treasure?"

Lou Zhuxin slumped to the ground. Of course not. Jiang Ji liked her most for her peaceful, gentle, and virtuous nature.

"No, the Emperor loves me the most..."

Yu Xing returned with a woman whose face was covered in scars. "Princess, we've found her!"

Jiang Qiao glanced at Linglong and felt a chill in her heart. She should have been married at the age of leaving the palace, but she ended up like this.

"Let's go back to the palace."

……

Inside a side room of Chang Le Hall.

Linglong had changed into comfortable and soft clothes. She knelt in front of Jiang Qiao, tears in her eyes, gesturing with her hands.

Jiang Qiao didn't understand, but she knew that this was probably her way of expressing gratitude.

His hands were covered in chilblains, with cracks all over them; it was truly heartbreaking to see.

Without even thinking, everyone knows how harsh Lou Zhuxin is to her.

"Get up now! Once you've recovered, I'll send you back to your mother's side to be cared for."

Linglong waved her hand, her heart filled with trepidation.

Yu Xing asked, "Don't you want to serve the Empress?"

Linglong nodded forlornly.

"Why?"

Linglong pointed to the hideous scars on her face and smiled bitterly, then pointed to the broom in the room.

Yu Xing cried tears of heartache. She told Jiang Qiao, "She must be afraid of frightening the Empress. She means she can stay in Chang Le Palace and do some rough work."

Linglong nodded.

Jiang Qiao sighed, "Then you should stay in Chang Le Palace for now. I'll try to figure out a way to fix your face."

Linglong waved her hand again.

Yu Xing translated first: "She means she doesn't want to cause trouble for the princess."

Linglong nodded.

Jiang Qiao looked at Yu Xing suspiciously: "How do you know everything?"

Rain Star: "I guessed."

Jiang Qiao: ...

-

Gu Yun returned to his mansion with his ten thousand taels of gold.

Huaisheng greeted him, "Young master, how is it? How is it? Isn't the palace big and beautiful?"

Gu Yun said unhurriedly, "It's quite boring, there's only one person here..."

Huai Sheng pressed further, "Only one person? Who is it?"

Gu Yun looked at him with a half-smile: "Are you curious?"

Huai Sheng shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'm not curious."

"Then why don't you hurry up and send the gold to the accountant and steward? Are you waiting for me to do it myself?"

Huaisheng scratched his head and smiled憨厚ly: "Yes...right, this is the IOU that Young Master Chi asked me to give you."

Gu Yun took the slightly yellowed paper, saw the amount on it, and smirked. This was going to be a move to empty his house.

You bastard, Chi Qi'an!

"What about others?"

"After you left, Young Master Chi left the manor, and I don't know where he went."

"Okay, you go down first!"

……

After returning to the capital, Chi Qi'an did not want to alert the enemy, so he planned to stay at Gu Yun's place until the celebration banquet was held.

He stood in front of the General of the State's mansion, staring at the large characters on the plaque above the gate.

This place feels so unfamiliar. Come to think of it, it's been eight years since he last came back.

Inside the mansion, in an open space.

General Chi Lu was wielding a large sword with practiced skill, but his age made him unsuitable for wielding weapons.

After only a short while, he was so tired that he squatted down on the ground.

Chi Lu slowly stroked his beard, muttering to himself, "That brat is going back to the capital soon. I haven't seen him for two years. I wonder how many feet he's grown?"

Chi Qi'an observed the old man from a corner, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.

How did he get so old?

Chi Lu seemed to sense something, and turned to look at that corner, only to see snow falling from the leaves.

"I'm getting old! I'm not as agile as I used to be..."

He stood up and continued practicing with his broadsword.

Chi Qi'an hid behind the wall, listening to the sound of the old man wielding his sword and spear, and left after a while.

-

Kunning Palace.

After Jiang Qiao left, Lou Zhuxin fainted from anger.

Jiang Shuhuan rushed here as soon as she received the news.

"Mother, are you alright!"

Lou Zhuxin had already woken up. Looking at Yongning, who was standing by the bed with tears streaming down his face, her heart softened.

She still has Yongning; she cannot fall.

Two lines of clear tears streamed down her cheeks. "Yongning, Mother will be alright. This harem belongs to both of us. If anyone dares to bully us, Mother will make them die."

Jiang Shuhuan's eyes reddened slightly: "It's Jiang Qiao, isn't it? Your son will go to Father. Father loves us so much, he will definitely help us get revenge."

Lou Zhuxin tried to dissuade her: "No, don't go. Mother has her own plans."

Jiang Shuhuan didn't understand.

Lou Zhuxin stroked the cheek of the person in front of her and wiped away her tears.

Her Yongning is still young, and no one can stand in her way.

……

Jiang Ji punished everyone in the Imperial Medical Academy, and he also learned a big secret.

If he hadn't punished the people of the Imperial Hospital today, he wouldn't have known that the entire Imperial Hospital was under the protection of Consort Zhu.

So, was it her doing that the Empress Dowager fell ill and... that Bai Mian was sick and no one was treating her?

Jiang Ji refused to believe that her childhood sweetheart, someone so wonderful, would do such a thing.

"Li Dequan".

"The slave is here."

What kind of person do you think Consort Zhu was?

"Consort Zhu is virtuous and kind, and she helps the Emperor solve his problems. She is a rare confidante."

Jiang Ji found it laughable as he watched the flickering candlelight in the room.

"A confidant? What a confidant."

Li Dequan was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.

Jiang Ji's thoughts were in disarray, forming a jumbled mess: "Li Dequan, notify the Embroidered Uniform Guard to intensify their investigation into the origins of the Night Spices."

"Yes."

Jiang Ji looked at the calligraphy and painting that Lou Zhuxin had given him on the wall and said softly, "Zhuxin, how I wish it wasn't you who did it. I can forgive anything else, but this time... no..."

The painting depicts a girl wearing a felt hat, her features blurred. If one looks closely, one can see that a small hole has been cut out of the pear blossoms in the painting.

Jiang Ji was unaware that there had once been a character for "sleep" in this small hole.

……

The day before General Jinghong's victory celebration banquet.

Inside Cining Palace.

The medicine prescribed by the carefree divine doctor was quite effective, truly living up to his reputation as a divine doctor.

The Empress Dowager is in better spirits than before.

Jiang Qiao brought Jiang Yanchuan to see her again today.

"Grandmother, I am so happy for you that you are getting better."

The Empress Dowager looked at her with loving eyes and said, "I also feel a bit better."

"Grandmother will get better and better, and live to be a thousand years old!"

"Chang Le is joking. I don't want to live that long. I've seen too much suffering in this world. I'll just let nature take its course."

Jiang Qiao didn't say anything.

The Empress Dowager slipped the red agate bracelet from her wrist onto Jiang Qiao's hand. The red agate bracelet looked lustrous and beautiful on Jiang Qiao's hand.

"Changle, this was given to me by my mother when I was still a girl. Now I am giving it to you, hoping that you can carry my hopes with you and live a good life."

"Thank you, Grandma Huang."