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Chapter 193 Xie Wan'er is in trouble
"You suspected Jian Shuyan back then?" Xie Wan'er asked in surprise.

Liang Jiang shook her head: "No, she was just being clever. Later, she acted a bit too strangely, and I felt something was wrong."

I originally intended to investigate secretly myself, but I didn't expect your cousin and I to have the same idea.

Xie Wan'er clapped her hands excitedly. Her eyes sparkled with excitement: "Tell me, how do we expose her? I've disliked this woman for a long time."

Liang Jiang wasn't in a hurry: "Wait."

"But when will Lao Qian wake up? It's been so long already."

“I don’t know.” Liang Jiang shrugged. “What we told the outside world was that Lao Qian would wake up in a day or two, just to make the other side desperate and expose their true colors sooner. In reality, nobody knows when he will actually wake up.”

"Then..." Xie Wan'er's eyes rolled around, "What if I find a way to kidnap that Granny Sun who's next to Jian Shuyan? What do you think?"

“No,” Liang Jiang said immediately. “Jian Shuyan can mobilize those men in blue and direct Yu Shu, which means that the people around her are definitely not simple and are not ordinary people who are afraid of death. If you can’t get anything out of them, you will be in a very passive position and unable to extricate yourself.”

"Why are you such a spoilsport, just like my cousin?" Xie Wan'er said, a little annoyed. "You're fearless in a fight, but you're always hesitant and indecisive. If this drags on any longer, my cousin and that Jian Shuyan will be married by then, and Old Qian might not even wake up!"

This is not impossible.

However, this is the first time someone has said that he is hesitant in his actions, when he was clearly a workaholic in Xiliang.

She did not offer any explanation.

She would not act rashly if there were any other options.

Seeing Xie Wan'er's eyes flicker slightly, clearly indicating she was plotting something, he gave her a few words of advice out of concern, telling her not to act rashly, lest she find herself in a passive position later.

But who knew that Xie Wan'er would let it go in one ear and out the other, forgetting her instructions in the blink of an eye and immediately causing trouble.

Two days later.

It's Qixi Festival, the annual festival for praying for skill in needlework.

According to Chang'an customs, on the Qixi Festival, people set up altars to burn incense and kneel to pray to the Weaver Girl for skill, visit temple fairs, release river lanterns, eat Qixi fruits, and observe spiders for clues. The streets and alleys are decorated with Qixi lanterns, making it a very lively place.

Madam Liang said, "It's a holiday after all, let's have a family reunion dinner together."

Liang Jiang returned a little earlier today.

Knowing that her mother liked the sweet and sour squirrel fish from Zuixianglou, Liangjiang sent Yuhua to Zuixianglou to order a few dishes after finishing her business and returning home.

As soon as they got off the carriage, they ran into Liang Su and Liang Wendong, who were about to go out.

Liang Su was dressed in an ethereal white robe, with a light green gauze over it. Her thick, black hair was styled into an exquisite and lively snake bun, adorned with two strings of lily-of-the-valley glass hairpins. She carried an ivory palace lantern with a lady painting in her hand. As she walked, a fragrant breeze wafted by, and the lilies of the valley clashed together, making a tinkling sound.

This outfit is extremely elegant and simple, without any ostentatious luxury, yet it reveals meticulous attention to detail in every aspect.

Especially her delicate eyebrows and captivating eyes, revealed through the pale green veil, were meticulously drawn, with a pear blossom decoration between her brows, making her look like a fairy on the water. Even Liang Jiang, a woman, was mesmerized by her beauty.

Liang Su and Liang Wendong walked and talked and laughed, but when they saw Liang Jiang, they immediately fell silent, exchanged a glance, and their eyes flickered with guilt.

Liang Wendong spoke first, somewhat awkwardly: "Big sister's back?"

Liang Jiang nodded: "Are you going out? Aren't you going to have dinner?"

Liang Wendong shook his head: "We're going to release lanterns, but I'm afraid if we go too late, we won't find a place to stay by the river."

Liang Jiang nodded. Unmarried young men and women always look forward to such festivals with longing and hope.

Liang Wendong and Liang Su immediately brushed past her and got into the carriage parked outside.

Yu Hua, who followed behind, couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't believe it when Aunt Qiao said that the Second Miss had a date with Young Master Chu on Qixi Festival. But looking at the Second Miss's attire today, it must be true."

Liang Jiang asked casually, "Which Young Master Chu?"

"Princess, don't you know yet? At the last poetry gathering, Young Master Chu Xiucheng of the Grand Tutor's Mansion matched the Second Miss's couplet. It seems that the two are mutually attracted and have made an appointment to release lanterns and go boating on the lake tonight."

Liang Jiang was somewhat surprised: "Did the Grand Tutor's mansion send people to the last poetry gathering?"

"Invitations were sent out, but Young Master Chu didn't come at all; the invitations were sent out later." Liang Jiang smiled. "The second branch of the family is usually quite flamboyant, but this time they were surprisingly low-key, not letting a word out. I didn't even know."

After all, the Grand Tutor's Mansion was a prestigious and powerful family, home to members of the imperial family and the royal family—the ideal man that so many people dreamed of.

Although Liang Su had the title of Duke's Mansion, the Second Master Liang was at most a lowly sixth-rank official.

Even if Liang Wendong does inherit the Duke's mansion in the future, Liang Su is still climbing the social ladder.

If it were before, Liang Su would have been eager to show off to him long ago, right?

I remember when Gu Xizhi sent me a visiting card, it made Liang Su presumptuously imagine all sorts of things and have so many fantasies about him, which he then flaunted to me again and again.

Back at the residence, I took a simple bath.

The food from Zuixianglou was then delivered.

Moreover, it was personally delivered by the manager of Zuixianglou.

Upon meeting Liang Jiang, the shopkeeper briefly reported on the whereabouts of Master Liang that he had been monitoring over the past few days.

Then, recalling the last time she visited the Duke's mansion, Liang Su impersonated Liang Jiang and appeared at the poetry gathering, she told Liang Jiang about it.

Liang Jiang was immediately stunned. Why was Liang Su impersonating her? Did he want to ruin her reputation?
No wonder Gu Xizhi said those inexplicable things last time.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

After dismissing the manager of Zuixianglou, Liangjiang immediately instructed Yuhua to go and inquire about the events at the poetry gathering that day from Qiaoniang.

Yu Hua had just stepped out the door when she came back.

"Princess, someone from the Prince of Pingxi's residence has arrived."

"Who?"

"The attendant who serves the prince."

Watching the game?

Liang Jiang had no choice but to get up. As soon as she stepped out of the back courtyard, she saw Guan Qi pacing around anxiously like an ant on a hot pan.

She felt a chill run down her spine; something must have happened.

Liang Jiang immediately stepped forward: "Guanqi, what's wrong? What happened?"

When Guanqi saw her, it was as if she had seen a savior. She rushed forward in three steps: "Princess, something has happened. My lord sent me to ask you if Old Qian has woken up yet?"

"Not yet," Liang Jiang asked curiously, "What happened?"

Guanqi stamped his foot: "Sigh, this old Qian, it's been so long, why isn't he awake yet? Isn't this just delaying things?"

"My mother said his pulse was normal, so he should have woken up long ago. I'm afraid he injured his head that day. What exactly happened?"

"It's all because Princess Wan'er was being reckless. Now the Minister's Mansion has turned the tables on her and they're going to the palace to complain to the Emperor."

Liang Jiang was taken aback: "Could she have really gone to find Aunt Sun, who works for Jian Shuyan?"

"That's right!" Guanqi said helplessly, "She saw that old woman as skinny and timid, and thought she was easy to deal with, so she sent two people to devise a plan to kidnap her."

Who knew that the old woman was cunning? She kept her composure and didn't resist. Instead, she pretended to tremble and acted as if she was very scared.

As a result, the two people sent by Princess Wan'er underestimated their enemy and directly interrogated the old woman about the assassination attempt on Consort Xie that day.

The old woman refused to speak, and the two men were about to torture her, but they were quickly overpowered and killed, tied up like dumplings.

Liang Jiang roughly understood what had happened: "Then, Granny Sun pressed the two of them to find out who had ordered them, and the two of them confessed that it was Princess Wan'er?"

(End of this chapter)