You expect me to serve your mistress? The mistress is driving this scumbag and his entire family cra

Chapter 96 The White Jade Guanyin is Stolen
After enjoying themselves, Baili Shouyue returned to his lodgings, while Gu Xizhi took care of sending Liang Jiang back to the Duke's mansion.

The road was sparsely populated, and Guan Qi drove the carriage very fast.

Gu Xizhi frowned slightly, clearly displeased.

Seeing this, Liang Jiang assumed the bumpy carriage ride was causing discomfort to his shoulder injury, and asked somewhat apologetically, "Is your injury really alright? Does it hurt a little?"

Gu Xizhi shook her head: "Your medicine is very effective."

"Are you afraid to drink because of your injury?"

Gu Xizhi stared at her for a long time, then said in a serious tone, "I've quit for two years."

"why?"

"Because I'm afraid that if I drink too much, I might crawl into someone else's closet."

Liang Jiang couldn't help but chuckle: "What's so special about that? I've crawled through them too."

"When?" Gu Xizhi immediately asked impatiently.

Liang Jiang tilted her head and thought about it seriously: "When I was in Yuhua Mountain, I once got into trouble and was afraid of being punished by Master Wu, so I hid in Master Wen's book box and fell asleep."

Then my Confucian master, abandoning his usual refined demeanor, unleashed a furious rage on my martial master. The entire Jade Flower Mountain was ablaze with lights; everyone stayed up all night, searching everywhere for me.

"Besides this time? For example, after returning to the capital?"

Liang Jiang thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "Yes."

Gu Xizhi's heart tightened: "When?"

The carriage suddenly stopped. Guanqi lifted the curtain and said, as if to take credit, "Miss Liang, we have arrived at the Duke's mansion."

Due to inertia, Liang Jiang's head hit the carriage with a "thud," and she even felt a little nauseous.

She rubbed her head, which had been throbbing from the bump, bent down and climbed out of the carriage. She jumped down, and the cool breeze made her feel much better.

It was already past midnight, and the sky was full of stars.

The door to the Duke's mansion opened a crack, and someone poked their head out to look around.

Liang Jiang immediately forgot what she had just said and waved to Guan Qi and Gu Xizhi: "Then I'll go back first, you two take care."

Guanqi immediately cracked his whip and left. After the carriage had been gone for a while, he couldn't resist his curiosity and turned to ask Gu Xizhi, "Your Highness, have you ever crawled into someone else's wardrobe before?"

Gu Xizhi lowered the carriage curtain and simply replied with a single word: "Get lost!"

Guanqi dared not ask any more questions, but he was still very puzzled as to why his prince was so concerned about whether that young lady had ever crawled into the closet.
Why is his curiosity always so peculiar?

Surely the two of them can't possibly squeeze into a closet, right?

The next day, the Empress Dowager held her birthday banquet.

Yu Ma got up early in the morning to prepare Liang Jiang.

Liang Jiang rubbed his head, which was aching from the hangover, and took a few sips of the hot and sour soup that his mother handed him. He felt a little better after that.

Madam Liang frowned and looked at her: "Where did you go last night? How could a young lady come back in the middle of the night, reeking of alcohol? What kind of behavior is that!"

Liang Jiang admitted her mistake in a low voice: "It won't happen again."

Lady Liang then asked, "I heard that a carriage brought you back last night. Who was it?"

Liang Jiang replied evasively, "It's just a friend I've known for a long time. I'll explain to my mother when I get back."

Madam Liang stared intently at her and said solemnly, "I know you're successful now and have many friends. But there's something I must tell you beforehand."

Liang Jiang sat up straight and listened attentively.

Lady Liang then said, "Firstly, the capital is not like Yuhua Mountain. You must be careful with your words and actions and not act as willfully and impulsively as before."

Liang Jiang nodded obediently: "Daughter understands." "Secondly! And most importantly, be careful in making friends, especially with men in the royal family. Do not get too close to them, and do not have any involvement with them."

Liang Jiang was taken aback: "Why?"

Wasn't Mother always very grateful to Prince Pingxi and the Marquis of Huaiyuan's mansion? She even took the initiative to ask me to help Gu Xizhi find Jin Shouxing. Why is she now asking me to keep my distance?

“Remember what your mother says!” Madam Liang’s tone was firm and unquestionable.

Liang Jiang replied somewhat guiltily, "My daughter understands."

Madam Liang then gave her a deep look and instructed Yu Ma, "Help the young lady tidy up."

Liang Jiang got up to wash up, and Yu Ma changed her into a simple, moon-white, floor-length silk dress, covered with a smoky green gauze. Her hair was styled into a flying fairy bun, with a light green and translucent white jade gardenia flower pinned to the side, with two tassels hanging down, the ends of which were small flower buds waiting to bloom. When she walked, they would occasionally bump against each other, making a crisp and melodious sound.

Her attire was simple yet elegant. Although not ostentatious, it still possessed a refined and otherworldly charm, graceful yet dignified, perfectly complementing Liang Jiang's temperament.

The coachman had already prepared the carriage, and the master and servant came out with the jade Guanyin, just as they were walking towards Liang Su.

Liang Su dressed up very carefully today. Her delicate face was lightly made up, her eyebrows were like green mountains, her lips were like cinnabar, and her cheeks were flushed with powder, giving her a delicate and shy beauty.

In particular, her cherry blossom pink belted skirt accentuated her slender waist, making her walk as graceful as a willow swaying in the breeze, evoking a sense of pity and tenderness.

Liang Su sizing up Liang Jiang without any restraint, then glanced at the carved box in Yu Ma's hands before walking straight past her and moving on.

Liang Jiang didn't take it to heart. After greeting Madam Liang with Yu Ma, when she left the mansion, Liang Su and Liang Wenshi's carriage was still parked at the gate, not yet gone.

Aunt Yu first put the birthday gifts into the carriage, then turned around, grabbed a stool, and helped Liang Jiang into the carriage.

Liang Jiang lifted the elaborate hem of her dress, about to get into the carriage, when two people suddenly rushed out from the side and grabbed her skirt from both sides.

"Princess, my husband is innocent!"

"My father has already realized his mistake. Please forgive him for the sake of our kinship."

Liang Jiang looked closely and saw that they were none other than Qin Gui's wife and daughter.

The two knelt down with a thud, clutching Liang Jiang's skirt and pleading pitifully.

Yu Ma and the coachman immediately went to help her up: "We'll talk about it when the princess returns. There are people coming and going on the street, it's not good to be seen like this."

Qin Gui's wife simply sat on the ground and refused to get up: "My husband is about to die, I don't care if he looks good or not. If the princess doesn't agree, my daughter and I will kneel here today and not get up."

Liang Jiang said coldly, "Since you're not afraid of losing face, then fine. Aunt Yu, go back to the manor and call a few people out to talk to the villagers coming and going on the street and tell them what wrong Qin Gui did and whether he should be held accountable."

Qin Gui's wife remained seated on the ground, saying, "Princess, you are truly heartless! Not only have you captured my husband, but you also want to drive us to a dead end? I don't want to live anymore!"

She cried and threw a tantrum, screaming and wailing as she expressed her grievances.

As expected, Aunt Yu obeyed and turned back to the mansion to call for help.

A moment later, he brought out a few old women. They stood in front of Qin Gui's wife, but before they could even speak, the mother and daughter scrambled to their feet, dusted themselves off, and slunk away.

Liang Jiang was somewhat suspicious and didn't quite understand what the mother and daughter were trying to do.

You might say she came to ask for something, but she doesn't have the attitude of someone asking for help at all.

You said you came here to vent your anger by cursing yourself, but you knelt on the ground and only vented your anger for half a day.

Liang Jiang glanced suspiciously at Liang Wenshi's carriage ahead. The curtain on the carriage window swayed slightly, and then the coachman cracked the whip and drove away.

Completely bewildered, Liang Jiang led Yu Ma into the carriage. The more she thought about it, the more suspicious Qin Gui's wife and daughter's behavior seemed, as if they had ulterior motives. As her gaze casually swept over the gift box, a thought suddenly struck her.

She took the gift box, opened it, and was taken aback.

The white jade Guanyin statue inside the gift box had vanished, replaced by a stone.

Yu Ma was immediately dumbfounded: "This, I just checked this gift box before leaving the mansion, how could it have turned into stone?"

(End of this chapter)