sjar Chapter 612: The Defeat of the Marquisate
Chapter 612: The Defeat of the Marquisate
He climbed onto the horse with an extraordinary posture.
One person riding a horse can produce the force of an army of thousands.
Ji Yuntang seemed to see the shadow of His Royal Highness the Night King three years ago here.
The two of them rode very fast and covered hundreds of kilometers in three hours. When they were hungry, they stopped and took some food from the space to eat.
After filling our stomachs, we continued on our journey.
At the same time, in Yongning Marquis Mansion.
At noon the next day, Xia Chuhe, accompanied by her personal maid Luzhu, arrived at the Yongning Marquis Mansion in a carriage.
The servants guarding the gate had heard that a distinguished guest would be coming to the Marquis' Mansion today, so they stood at the door waiting early.
Eight servants, four men and four women, stood in two rows.
When they saw Xia Chuhe coming over, they exchanged glances, as if confirming each other's identities.
They had already seen this face in the portrait that Ji Nanchuan brought.
The difference is that the woman in the portrait is obviously younger and more beautiful.
And now, her face is still very beautiful, but her figure has become a little fatter, although the impact is not significant.
The servants knew that this was the person Ji Nanchuan had instructed them to treat well today.
Ji Nanchuan was not there, Meng was also put in solitary confinement, Old Madam Ji was unable to get out of bed, Ji Qingfeng was injured and unconscious, and Ji Huaiche was also recovering from a broken leg.
The only master in the mansion with a healthy body is the third young master Ji Zihang.
Ever since he was expelled from the Royal Academy, Ji Zihang rarely went out.
He locked himself up at home and did nothing but read books.
Ji Nanchuan often advised him to go out for a walk and not to give up on himself, but he never listened and became more and more autistic.
Later, Ji Nanchuan no longer made any demands on Ji Zihang.
Now, some people in Yongning Marquis' Mansion are in jail or injured. He only hopes that his most beloved youngest son can be safe and sound and not cause any more trouble.
If anything happened to Ji Zihang again, he would probably collapse.
It is for this reason that Ji Nanchuan is particularly tolerant towards Ji Zihang.
It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t need to go out when a distinguished guest comes to his house.
Ji Nanchuan will arrange everything in advance.
Something happened in the palace today, and Emperor Jingyang sent someone to tell him that he wanted to discuss some important matters with the ministers.
Ji Nanchuan was one of the people who was called away temporarily.
That's why Xia Chuhe didn't see anyone when she came over.
Several servants came forward to greet her warmly, "Your servants greet Madam Xia. Our Lord has important business to attend to in the palace, and he specifically asked us to take Madam Xia in."
"Please ask Madam Xia to come with me."
Xia Chuhe nodded, "Thank you very much."
Luzhu followed Xia Chuhe, holding two exquisite wooden boxes in her arms. These were a set of tea sets that Xia Chuhe had personally selected for Ji Nanchuan, as well as supplements that she wanted to give to Old Madam Ji.
Hearing this, she showed dissatisfaction on her face and whispered: "Madam, I think we shouldn't have come today. How can the host arrange maids to receive guests with gifts?"
"If word gets out that the Yongning Marquisate is acting this way, wouldn't everyone be laughing?"
She looked at the gift in her arms and felt a little depressed.
If she had known that the people in Yongning Marquis' Mansion treated guests like this, why would their lady have spent thousands of taels of silver to give them gifts?
Xia Chuhe glanced at the servants leading the way in front of her, and after making sure that they didn't hear her, she whispered, "Luzhu, this is not our home, don't talk nonsense."
"Since I promised the Marquis yesterday that I would come to see Madam Ji, I must come. How they treat guests is their business. We have to do our own things well so as not to lose courtesy."
Luzhu pursed her lips and said, "Madam, I have learned from your teachings. I will remember them."
Ji Nanchuan was not in the mansion, and there was no one in charge of the affairs in the mansion.
Xia Chuhe put down the tea set and took Luzhu directly to Changsongyuan where Madam Ji lived.
Unlike the Changsong Courtyard in my memory, this place used to be filled with flower sheds, chrysanthemum gardens, green vines and weeds, and hundreds of bamboos planted under a two or three meter high rockery.
Every summer, the green shade is like a tent, the water in the pond is sparkling, and it is a beautiful sight.
Now, there is no bamboo to be seen outside the corridor, only a bare rockery.
The water in the pool below has dried up, as if no one has taken care of it for a long time.
Led by her maid, Xia Chuhe walked through the Moon Gate. The situation inside Changsong Courtyard made her even more sad.
In the entire courtyard, there was really only a stone table and four stone benches left, and basically nothing else.
She vaguely remembered that Madam Ji loved to grow flowers and plants. The yard used to be full of flowers and fragrance, but now it is just a desolate place.
It can be seen that the Yongning Marquis Mansion is now truly defeated.
She was only sad for a moment, then she took the tonic from Luzhu's hand. Xia Chuhe said, "Just wait outside. I'll go in to see Madam Ji and come out later."
Luzhu nodded and only reminded: "Then Madam, please be careful."
It’s not that she is too alert, but the Yongning Marquis Mansion makes her feel very uncomfortable.
She always felt that there was no good person in this mansion.
Xia Chuhe said nothing and walked into Madam Ji's room.
As soon as she entered, she smelled a pungent odor, accompanied by a bitter medicinal smell, which was very unpleasant.
The whole room seemed as if it had not been ventilated for a long time.
Just as Xia Chuhe was about to open the window, a maid came out. When she saw Xia Chuhe, she warmly grabbed her hand and said, "Madam Xia, do you still recognize me?"
Xia Chuhe was stunned. She thought for a while before she realized that the person who came was Nanny Wang who was beside Old Madam Ji.
Thinking back to the time when she came to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, she had met him before.
Xia Chuhe calmly withdrew her hand and called out.
"Madam Wang, long time no see, how are you?"
Nanny Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "I am fine, but our old lady is not in good health."
"Madam Xia, you should go in and see her. The old lady has heard that you are coming today and has been talking about you."
As she spoke, her hand naturally took the gift that Xia Chuhe brought.
"This gift, I will help the old lady put it down first."
Xia Chuhe glanced at her, walked around the magnolia screen outside, and walked into the room.
Old Madam Ji was lying on the bed, with a deathly look on her pale and bluish face. She opened her dead fish-like eyes and looked at the bed curtains above her head.
When she found Xia Chuhe coming in, she struggled to sit up, but her body didn't move at all after squirming for a long time.