Chapter 283: Gone Mad
When Jiang Jing was summoned to the yamen, she still thought she had unintentionally committed some mistake, such as a medical incident.
However, she was summoned to the yamen just to confirm a book.
Jiang Jing saw that book, her fingers gripping it tightly, her eyes full of sorrow.
“Where was this found?”
“Prime Minister’s Mansion.” Zhou Wangshu said, “We have already interrogated Prime Minister Wang’s confidant. This book was robbed by them from a family of healers. They originally wanted that couple with superb medical skills to complete the face-changing task, but that family refused to do so no matter what, and thus they were massacred. If they had agreed at that time, Prime Minister Wang would have succeeded in his conspiracy long ago, and there would be no current peaceful and prosperous era. Jiang Jing, your parents preferred death over submission and are heroes who saved the world.”
“Brother-in-law, you must make him pay the price.” Jiang Jing’s eyes brimmed with tears.
“Don’t worry.”
Jing’an Marquis Manor. Jiang Yihuan was dragged out by two household servants and thrown into the hall.
Marquis Jing’an sat above, looking coldly at Jiang Yihuan.
Jiang Yihuan looked around and cautiously asked, “Marquis, what is this about?”
“Whose illegitimate child is that idiot exactly?” Marquis Jing’an looked at Jiang Yihuan coldly.
A flash of fear appeared in Jiang Yihuan’s eyes: “That is the marquis’s child. Marquis, do not listen to others’ nonsense…”
“Previously, the matter of you and Prime Minister Wang’s son-in-law who lives with the wife’s family was exposed, and this marquis turned a blind eye, pretending to know nothing. But now, even a lowly slave can get into your bed and father such an illegitimate child that this marquis has raised for so long. Are you taking this marquis for an idiot?”
“Marquis, I do not know what you are talking about. The child is yours!”
“Is that so? That lowly dog slave is already in prison. Perhaps this marquis should throw you in there to reunite with him, and take your illegitimate child along. How many of the prison’s punishments do you think you could endure? Confess honestly now, and this marquis can spare your life. If you dare to deceive this marquis further…”
Marchioness Jing’an said from the side, “Younger sister, just confess. Do not be so obstinate.”
“Spare me your false sympathy. You cannot wait for the marquis to cast me aside, so that no one can shake your position as marchioness. You have no child, so you want to slander mine as not being the marquis’s. My child is of course the marquis’s. Marquis…”
“Marquis, there is something you do not know yet.” Marchioness Jing’an said, “I am already pregnant, now three months along, and the fetus is stable.”
“Really? Madam, you are pregnant?” Marquis Jing’an looked at her in shock.
“Yes! Marquis, we have our own child now.” Marchioness Jing’an said, “Although he is not the eldest son…”
“Who says so? Your child is the eldest son.” After Marquis Jing’an spoke, he shouted outside, “Men, throw this woman and her child out of the marquis manor. From today on, do not allow her to set foot in the marquis manor again. She dared to confuse the marquis manor’s bloodline and deceive this marquis. Break one of her legs as punishment.”
“No, Marquis, no…” Jiang Yihuan struggled, still wanting to beg for mercy, but Marquis Jing’an could not even be bothered to spare her a glance.
He carefully helped Marchioness Jing’an up, cherishing her like a treasure: “Madam, I will help you back to your room to rest.”
Jiang Yihuan held that idiot son with one arm, the other arm hanging down, her face swollen beyond recognition like a female ghost, walking on the street like a wandering soul.
“Clearly in the dream I lived very happily, Xiao Yanci doted on me so much. Why has it become like this now?”
“Su Yaoguang, it is all her fault. She is the one who caused me to become like this. Su Yaoguang, where are you? I want to kill you…”
Several beggars looked at Jiang Yihuan walking into the alley like a ghost, each revealing a lecherous expression.
“The clothes on this woman are not cheap, and her jewelry is decent too. She looks like an idiot…”
“Little beauty, leave all your valuable things behind…”
Jiang Yihuan screamed, “Get away, do not touch me.”
“She is crazy.” The beggars said disdainfully.
“Although she is crazy, she is not bad-looking…”
The several beggars exchanged glances, revealing a knowing look.
In that narrow alley, the screams of a woman came out one after another. However, in this busy market, the noisy sounds drowned out her screams, and no one paid any attention.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yihuan emerged with disheveled hair, her clothes torn to shreds, her face swollen so much that her original appearance could not be seen, walking out in a dazed and foolish manner like a living corpse.
The child in her arms had no breath left.
“Hahaha…” Jiang Yihuan laughed as she walked, “Hahaha…”
The people around looked at her with fearful eyes.
“She is a lunatic. She will not hit or kill someone, right? Stay away from her.”
“She is holding a child, right? So pitiful, to have such a mother…”
“I think it has no breath left. Look at how she holds the child—if it were alive, how could it not be crying?”
Zhang Pandi and Zhang Yingdi returned from outside, followed by several servants, each carrying various boxes in their hands.
The two saw there was a commotion and squeezed in for a look, recognizing Jiang Yihuan and the child she held.
“Has this woman gone mad already?” Zhang Pandi noticed that Jiang Yihuan’s mental state was off.
“Serves her right. Over these years, how many bad things has she and her mother done? Now she has finally met retribution.”
A maidservant said, “I am a girl from Jing’an Marquis Manor. The child in this woman’s arms is an idiot, and moreover not Marquis Jing’an’s seed. After the marquis found out, he drove her out. She was already acting a bit crazy then, and now she seems even crazier.”
“These clothes… She was probably bullied just now. Also pitiful.”
“If you pity her, you might need to wash your eyes.” Zhang Yingdi said, “She and her mother loved hooking up with men the most. Back in our hometown, they had quite a few lovers. That mother-daughter pair did every evil deed, born bad seeds.”
“So she is such a bad person. Never mind her, let’s go.”
Jiang Yihuan lunged at Zhang Yingdi: “Mother, Mother, you are back…”
Zhang Pandi pushed Jiang Yihuan away: “What madness is this? Who is your mother?”
“Mother, do not leave Huan’er. If you are gone, no one will dote on Huan’er. Mother…”
Zhang Pandi and Zhang Yingdi hurried away.
Here Jiang Yihuan met retribution, while over there Xiao Yanci was enduring various severe tortures.
Su Yaoguang looked at Xiao Yanci hung on the pillar. There was not a single intact piece of flesh on his body. A bucket of salt water was poured over him, and immediately his screams shot up to the clouds.
“Xiao Yanci, does it hurt? This is nothing. When you went back on your word and betrayed kindness, did you not think there would be such a result?”
Xiao Yanci looked weakly at Su Yaoguang: “Give me a quick death!”
