After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

As Physician Jiang watched Lu Huai go mad, his expression remained unchanged: "I never intended for her to marry me!"

Lu Huai laughed and pointed at Physician Jiang: "You are so hypocritical! Everyone knows that you love Xie Chaoyun. For the sake of her reputation, you are willing to marry a woman you don't love, making yourself look like a divorcee in everyone's eyes. Now you are pretending here, saying that you never thought of marrying her."

Physician Jiang pursed his lips: "Your Excellency is mistaken. What I meant was that I never thought of her marrying me, not that I never thought of marrying her. Marriage was her decision, but taking her as a wife was one-sided. Everyone knows that I love her, and I do not deny my feelings for her, but I never thought of using these feelings to hold her hostage."

Physician Jiang turned his head and looked at Xie Chaoyun, who was standing in the courtyard, seemingly lost in thought: "As for my marriage, it has nothing to do with her; it was my own karma. I needed a wife to help me deal with the Jiang family's pressure to get married, while she needed a husband to help her deal with her marriage. We hit it off immediately and made a deal."

Lu Huai waved his hand: "Nonsense! What woman would trade her life's most important matter with someone? Everyone knows that you betrayed her because of Xie Chaoyun."

Physician Jiang smiled and gently shook his head: "Just because Your Excellency hasn't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist in this world. At least, I have encountered it, and Yunniang knows the truth and won't be bound by these opinions."

Lu Huai became anxious: "So what? We still have Yuan'er between us! With Yuan'er as our bond, she will forgive me sooner or later, and we will still be husband and wife."

Physician Jiang said calmly, "Yunniang has forgiven you, and your family of three is reunited. I will continue to bless you as before. However, based on my understanding of Yunniang, she will not forgive the Marquis, much less reconcile with him."

Physician Jiang, with his back to Lu Huai, waved his hand and said, "Qingzhi, see the guest out!"

Qingzhi slammed the door shut, then opened it a crack and said to Jiang Huai, "There's something I'm afraid to say, Physician Jiang, but I'll say it. My lord, stop daydreaming. My young lady would never accept a piece of trash like you!"

After saying that, he closed the door again.

By this time, a large crowd had gathered on the street. Seeing Lu Huai being driven out by the general's men, they looked at each other in bewilderment and began to whisper amongst themselves. Lu Huai, still concerned about his reputation, saw the gate was tightly shut and left, covering his face.

Inside the mansion, Physician Jiang approached Xie Chaoyun and told her about the situation inside and outside the city. The villagers outside the city had already returned to their villages, and her second brother, Xie Yubai, was handling the aftermath. Those inside the city had also been properly settled; the bodies of the dead, like those of the strange people, were cremated and hidden in the desolate mountains ten miles outside the city.

All the spies from Southern Chu have been captured, and the stolen, poisoned grain has been recovered. Regarding those involved with the Xie family, her elder brother, Xie Yu'an, has also submitted a memorial to the Emperor along with relevant evidence. Although the Emperor has issued a punishment, it is not severe, and he has told Xie Chaoyun not to worry.

In addition, he also talked about some things related to the Lu family.

The atrocities committed by Old Madam Lu against her concubines and the execution of servants have been exposed. All seven bodies were unearthed from Fangfei Courtyard. The government office has posted notices everywhere, announcing a public trial. He had already visited the Commandant's prison before coming to the General's Mansion. He didn't go alone; Commandant Ma invited him. Old Madam Lu's illness has relapsed, though not as severe as it was at the Marquis's Mansion, she is still acting strangely.

"Old Madam Lu is feigning madness?" Xie Chaoyun frowned. "If she thinks she can use this to evade the government's investigation, she's just being clever."

Since this matter concerns the Marquis's residence, Commandant Ma will certainly report it to the imperial court. Whether to conduct a secret investigation or a public trial is entirely up to the Emperor. The prefectural government has already posted a notice indicating that the Emperor intends to investigate and handle the matter strictly. Under these circumstances, it's impossible for Old Madam Lu to escape by feigning madness. Not to mention that the Imperial Hospital, headed by Physician Jiang, is not just for show, even if she truly were insane, with witnesses, physical evidence, and a complete picture of the victim, the Commandant's office can still reach a verdict.

Physician Jiang told her that Old Madam Lu was not faking madness, but was truly insane, and then told her about the day of their divorce.

“I guessed that Ji Wanwan would tamper with that cup of tea, but I didn’t expect that the old lady’s cup of tea also had some poison in it. From what Brother Jiang said, Yuan’er was the one who cured the poison? If Yuan’er can cure poison, why didn’t she cure it completely? And Captain Ma, he’s familiar with Yuan’er. Even if the old lady had a relapse, he should have gone to Yuan’er. Why did he come to Brother Jiang?”

"Because Yuan'er doesn't want the old lady to get better." Physician Jiang's eyes were filled with laughter: "No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Yunniang should be able to guess why Yuan'er did this. It was also Yuan'er who sent people to the Commandant's Mansion to report the case and dug up those seven corpses."

"Yuan'er..." Xie Chaoyun's heart sank and she didn't reply.

At this moment, a maid rushed in and reported: "Madam, Physician Jiang, someone from the Jiang family has come to report that the Fang family's daughter is threatening to hang herself, and they insist that Physician Jiang must go there no matter what."

Physician Jiang said impatiently, "What does Fang Zhi hanging herself have to do with me? Let her hang herself if she wants to."

The maid pursed her lips and looked at Xie Chaoyun. Xie Chaoyun gestured for her to step back and poured a cup of tea for Physician Jiang.

"Fang Zhi, is she that Lord Fang's daughter? I met her once at the Empress's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet. She's an exceptionally good girl. Why would she suddenly try to hang herself? The manor sent someone to invite her, so Lord Fang must have come to our manor for help. It's a matter of life and death, Brother Jiang should go and see her no matter what."

"I came today to discuss the medicinal herbs with Yunniang, but unexpectedly, the Marquis visited first, and then the Fang family caused trouble. We can only discuss the medicinal herbs another day." Physician Jiang took a sip of tea. "The list of medicinal herbs and other things are in Yunniang's study. Yunniang, please take a look first, and I will come again tomorrow."

"Brother Jiang..."

"But tomorrow is inconvenient? No problem, you can pack up the missing items and have someone deliver them to my residence."

"Brother Jiang, Yunniang heard what you said to Lord Lu." Xie Chaoyun called out to him, "Yunniang was very moved, but in Yunniang's heart you will always be Yunniang's Brother Jiang. Yunniang will not remarry, not because of Lord Lu, nor because of Brother Jiang, but because life is too short, and Yunniang doesn't want to waste any more time on these things. Once things are settled in the capital, Yunniang will go to the border to guard the border with Father. I'm afraid Yunniang will never return to the capital."

"I'm going to the border with Yunniang," Physician Jiang said, feigning ignorance. "Just like ten years ago, you'll be the female general, charging into battle, and I'll be the military doctor, treating the wounded. With my current medical skills, I'm sure we can save even more lives."

Xie Chaoyun smiled, but her eyes welled up with tears as she smiled: "We've grown up, we're not like we were when we were little."

Physician Jiang panicked: "Yunniang—"

Xie Chaoyun took a half step back: "Yunniang was trapped in the inner quarters for ten years, unable to control her own destiny. This inability to control her own destiny was Yunniang's own choice. Her identity as a daughter of the Xie family has never trapped Yunniang, and she has also relinquished her identity as the mistress of the Marquis's mansion. From now on, she can roam freely as she pleases. Brother Jiang is different. You and I both understand that what traps you is not this capital city, not whether you are married or not, nor the feelings between men and women, but that you, Brother Jiang, are surnamed Jiang and are the only legitimate son of the Jiang family."