Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 337 Oh dear, you guys have dragged me down with you too!

Seeing Madam Jin rush out like a whirlwind, Madam Yan didn't have time to care anymore. She immediately sent someone to the Jin family to inquire about the situation, while asking Yan Qu, "Where is your father?"

"I am here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Shu strode back, looking very hurried.

Madam Yan hurriedly asked, "Why did word suddenly come to the Jin family? And what about the Embroidered Uniform Guard again? Didn't we already discuss this with He Ping last night?"

"It's obvious that He Ping didn't listen to me at all!" Yan Shu entered the study and slammed his fist on the desk. "I was actually fooled by him! Last night I clearly explained the pros and cons to him, but he wouldn't listen to reason!"

Madam Yan stepped forward: "This is not in line with He Ping's nature. He is no pushover. How could he openly oppose our Yan family?"

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has a long history of ruthless tactics, far surpassing even those of the Yan family. The fact that He Ping has been able to remain in the position of Commander-in-Chief for decades speaks volumes about his cunning and shrewdness.

Now that the Jin family cemetery has been discovered, suspicion will naturally fall on the Yan family. Yet he still insists on reporting to the palace. What? Isn't he afraid of getting into trouble?
"This is not the time to talk about this. You—" Yan Shu dismissed Yan Qu, "find out where your elder brother is. Tell him to go to the palace immediately and find Gao Hong to inquire about the situation at Qianqing Palace!"

Yan Qu left.

Madam Yan paused for a moment, then said, "Where is Lan Chu? He has many ideas; why don't we find him and discuss it?"

Yan Shu paused upon hearing this, then waved his hand and said, "Go!"

The commotion in the front yard was quite a scene, and the guards who were keeping watch outside the mansion gate had already sent the news to Shen Zhui in the back yard when Madam Jin drove away in her sedan chair.

Shen Zhui took out the terrain map that Lu Jia had drawn for him from his pocket, looked at it, gestured to the guard next to him, and then hid in the shadows.

Before long, flames rose from the base of the wall on the other side, and then the sounds of shouting and yelling to put out the fire all carried in that direction!

Taking advantage of the moment, Shen Zhui covered his face, leaped off the wall, and rushed to the back window with lightning speed. He pushed the window open and jumped in: "Hey!"

Jin was startled and quickly got up from the ground.

Shen Zhui grabbed her arm: "Do you want to live or die?"

Even if Madam Jin was domineering, she was still just a woman confined to the inner quarters. She had never seen such a scene before. Even with the obvious answer, she was speechless!

Shen Zhui said, "Your father has been taken to the palace. Your mother came by earlier, crying and shouting that she wanted to find you, but she turned back halfway. Do you know why?"

Ms. Jin shook her head.

"The Jin family is going to have their property confiscated! The Embroidered Uniform Guard has already surrounded your house. They've discovered that the Jin family helped the Yan family embezzle 300,000 taels of military pay. Do you think the Yan family will obediently confess?"

Jin was already trembling when she heard the beginning, and her body stiffened when she heard the end!
Shen Zhui continued, "When the Emperor punishes the Yan family and they face a crisis, he will definitely push you out to take the blame, or simply silence you."

"You're a member of the Jin family, and you're just one step away from being abandoned. Do you think they'll maintain this marriage alliance, or will they cut ties with the Jin family decisively and clear their own name?"

Jin's body swayed like a leaf in the wind!
What the Yan family will do is obvious.
Madam Yan had already planned to kill her last night!

With the Jin family in trouble, how could they possibly keep her?

She screamed and lunged towards the door, yelling, "Let me out! I'm going to sue them! I'm going to sue them—"

Shen Zhui pulled him back: "Stupid woman! This way!" After saying that, he turned around and jumped out of the window again. With a few leaps, he grabbed Jin Shi and jumped over the wall!
The back and forth, though seemingly complicated, actually took only a short while. By the time the fireworks on the other side were extinguished, everyone came to their senses and realized that the Jin family's side had been lost. When they ran back and found the place deserted, they immediately panicked and scattered to search for the missing people!

At this moment, Shen Zhui had already led the Jin family towards the Jin family's direction!
If Jin Shi had some doubts when she heard Shen Zhui say that the Embroidered Uniform Guard had done this or that to the Jin family, she thought it was impossible for such a coincidence to exist. This secret had been hidden for eight years, and the moment she learned the truth was the moment the secret was exposed!

When she arrived at the gates of the Jin residence and saw the imperial guards in their flying fish robes completely surrounding the Jin family, her heart, which had been pounding all the way, shattered completely!
This is her home!

Her final resting place!

She has already been abandoned by the Yan family. If the Jin family is gone, where can she go?

Moreover, the 300,000 taels of silver were not in the hands of the Jin family; that was a crime committed by the Yan family!

She glared at Shen Zhui with bloodshot eyes: "Take me to the palace gate! Immediately, right now!"

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When the news of Jin's disappearance reached the front yard, Madam Yan, who was lighting calming incense, suddenly trembled, and a stick of incense snapped in two!

The sky outside the window was already bright, but it was still dark and gloomy. The dark clouds that had suddenly appeared in the early morning were now gathered in the sky, like a huge lid hanging overhead.

She suddenly turned around and strode towards the backyard: "What are the guards doing? Have they searched the whole place?"

"We've searched the whole place! There's no trace of her! The guards were only gone for a few moments, and the door was locked! The back window is about a meter off the ground; there's no way she could have climbed out!"

"But she just ran away, didn't she?!"

Madam Yan stood frozen on the spot, her meticulously maintained face contorted in shock. "The door is locked. Besides escaping through the back window, how could someone possibly turn into thin air and escape?"

"It's so obvious that someone tampered with it to take it out, can't you even see that?"

The servant who was supposed to answer was speechless when asked the question, and took a half step back and lowered his head.

Madam Yan roared, "Send guards to chase after them! Search the entire city, dig three feet into the ground, find them! We spend tens of thousands of taels of silver a year supporting so many people, and they can't even guard a gate? Why don't they just die?!"

The servant left, pissing himself.

Unable to contain her anger, Madam Yan continued walking toward the courtyard where Jin was being held.

Lu Ying's voice rang out from behind: "Mother! Father has arrived."

Madam Yan stopped and looked back; her eyes still gleamed with a scarlet fire.

Lu Ying paused, then lowered her head. She then walked with Yan Shu to his study after they returned.

Lu Jie's voice came through the open window: "How did things turn out like this? How did the Jin family get involved in the military pay case again? I thought Shen Bo was talking nonsense when he complained in the palace, but it turns out this is true."

"The Jin family set a trap for Jia'er, so it was really to get revenge on the Shen family? How could you be so foolish? Of all people to marry Liang'er, you had to marry the daughter of such a family!"

"Now look what's happened, we're covered in dust, aren't we? The timing of their marriage was so coincidental. The Emperor has investigated the Jin family, and he'll probably investigate the Yan family too. My Lu family will probably be entangled in the Embroidered Uniform Guard and questioned a few times as well!"