Chapter 426 - 140 Ordering_4
"Once she has seen Lady Ji, give her the medicine," Madam Jiang the Elder’s eyes were cold and focused, "the sooner she’s on her way, the sooner she can atone for her sins." After she said this, she closed her eyes once more, as if she’d fallen asleep.
The nursemaid remained silent for a long while and said nothing more.
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Inside Yaoguang Mansion, Jiang Youyao paced anxiously around the room.
Ji Shuran had been locked up, and no one else was allowed near. She couldn’t visit Ji Shuran, and in fact, Jiang Youyao didn’t dare to see her either. Even on normal days, the severity of the crimes Ji Shuran confessed to was too shocking. Not to mention the charge of adultery - Jiang Youyao knew the Jiang Family would never let Ji Shuran off lightly.
Xue Fangfei, once the pride of Yanjing for her beauty and talent and the Madam of the Top Scholar, was caught in an adultery scandal, and even now, when people spoke of her, they only labeled her "the harlot." Now that Ji Shuran took her place, one could only imagine what people would say if it got out: the very scandal of adultery involving Madam Chief Minister of the current government would be an even juicier topic than that of the Madam of the Top Scholar.
Fortunately, Madam Jiang the Elder had already taken care of it. The indentures of the servants in the yard were all in the old madam’s hands, ensuring no word would get out. Even so, Jiang Youyao was still fretful. And there were the looks from the other branches of the family, particularly from Lady Lu in the past two days; her mockery made Jiang Youyao wish she could crawl into a hole and disappear.
With Ji Shuran disgraced, people looked at her as if she were dirty too, as though she was the adulteress. But she wasn’t. She was the legitimate daughter of the Jiang Family, truly nobility by birth. No one could take that status from her, not now, not ever!
"Miss... what should we do... The old madam is being too adamant," said Jin Hua, the maid.
"Has there been a reply to the letter I sent to my aunt?" asked Jiang Youyao.