Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Just as Ji Yueru finished eating breakfast, Zhiyi entered the room with an envelope.

"Madam, this was just delivered by the gatekeeper. He said a woman claiming to be from the Ji family asked me to give it to you."

Now that Ji Xian and Aunt Qiu are definitely keeping a close watch on Chen Shi, it's quite surprising that she was still able to send someone to deliver a message to her.

[Mommy, open it and see what's written on it?]

Open the letter, and the first page is filled with repentance.

Ugh! It made me want to throw up.

"Then we won't watch it."

Ji Yueru glanced at it twice, too lazy to read any further, and put down the first page to look at the second page.

"Ru'er, when you have time, come to the manor to visit your mother. Also, write a letter to your three uncles and tell them that my situation is very bad and I need their help. It would be best if you three uncles could come to the capital."

"I'm at my wit's end. The Ji family has locked me up and won't let me see anyone. I'm only given a tiny bit of food and water each day. If this continues, I'll really die."

If Ji Yueru had seen the letter in her previous life, she would have rushed back to the Ji family mansion to support her mother.

But this life is different. Now that she knows what her biological mother did, her heart is not softening at all.

Mother, don't listen to her. She's only bowing down to you now because she has no other choice.

"Don't worry, Mother knows everything."

But I still have to go to the Ji family's house.

Why?

"Now that Chen is locked up, Ji Xian and Aunt Qiu are living a very comfortable life."

They hurt my daughter and me so badly in our past life, how can they live a peaceful life?

Supporting the Chen family would only cause them to fight each other, disrupting the Ji family's peace and leaving Ji Chunjiao without any backing.

[Mother is so thoughtful. Let's go to the Ji residence now.]

"Zhiyi, have someone prepare a carriage for us to go to the Ji residence."

"Yes, madam."

"Oh, right, call the Mo brothers, Mo Wen and Mo Da, along."

The two of them were undoubtedly skilled enough to defeat Princess Changping's guards, and the Ji family was a prestigious place, especially since she was pregnant.

She wouldn't risk her life for the Chen family. With her two brothers protecting her, her and An'an's safety was guaranteed.

At the gate of the Ji residence, the gatekeeper, seeing Ma Nian from the Marquis of Anshun's residence, thought he was seeing things. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, and realized that the person getting off the carriage was none other than the Second Miss. He quickly scrambled into the residence to report.

The servants in the mansion were truly frightened by the Second Miss's outburst last time. In just one instance, she shattered the established image of Ji Yue Ru in the Ji family before her marriage.

Now, all the servants in the Ji household have the same thought when they see Ji Yue Ru.

The second young lady is someone you can't mess with now.

"Master and Madam, something terrible has happened! The Second Miss is back!"

After Chen was imprisoned, the servants in the mansion began to address Aunt Qiu as "Madam".

As for Madam Chen, all the servants in the mansion referred to her as "that person," without even a proper title. One wonders what Madam Chen would think if she heard that.

With the gatekeeper gone, no one stopped them at the gate, and Ji Yueru led her people swaggering straight into the mansion.

"Master, the second young lady is back! What should we do?"

"What are you panicking about? I'm her biological father. Do you think she would kill her own father?"

Aunt Qiu was very flustered.

Ji Yue Ru certainly couldn't do anything to Ji Xian, but she might be able to.

Although I didn't witness the fierceness of the manor during my last visit, I heard a lot about it from the servants.

"Go, stop that rebellious daughter. We absolutely cannot let her see Chen Shi."

If she were to send a letter to the Chen family in Jiangnan, and the Chen family still cared about that wicked woman, all our previous plans would be in vain.

Ji Xian stood up, with Aunt Qiu following behind him. On their way, they encountered Ji Yueru, the mistress and servant, who was heading to the main courtyard.

"You rebellious daughter! How dare you come back!"

"Guards, throw this rebellious daughter out of here!"

Ji Xian took the initiative, since he didn't have much to say to his second daughter anyway.

The servants of the Ji family surrounded the house with knives; there were at least thirty or forty of them, indicating that the Ji family had come prepared.

Ji Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't see the maid who had been by the side of the rebellious daughter last time.

That maid's injuries from being beaten by the martial maids of the Prince of Qingyang's mansion must still be healing, which is really good.

"Attack them all!"

Ji Xian raised his hand and waved it downwards, and the guards, all holding knives, rushed towards the master and his servants.

Mo Wen and his brother Mo Da drew their swords from their waists.

"Protect the lady!"

Don't worry, Mother. Mo Wen and Mo Da are very skilled; these good-for-nothings are no match for them.

"Yes, Mother isn't worried at all."

Zhiyi and Shuyi were very nervous, but they remembered to protect the lady in the middle, while Mowen and Moda stood on either side of the three of them.

They fought off the guards who charged at them, one by one; they fought off the guards who charged at them, two by two.

It's not that the two brothers are bragging, but they didn't even want to use the guards from the Ji family as practice targets.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the guards of the Ji family were lying on the ground, and groans could be heard everywhere.

Ji Xian and Aunt Qiu were so frightened that they huddled together, their faces completely pale.

They had no idea where Ji Yueru had found such formidable guards; the two of them had taken down all the guards of the Ji residence.

At first, Zhiyi and Shuyi were nervous, but halfway through the fight, they were no longer nervous at all. With Mo Wen and Mo Da around, no one could hurt the lady in the slightest.

Ji Yueru glanced at Ji Xian and Aunt Qiu, then turned and headed towards the courtyard where Chen Shi had mentioned in the letter that she was being held.

She didn't want to say a single extra word to the two of them, leaving it to Chen to handle herself.

[Mom, after I'm born, you have to find me a martial arts instructor. I think if I know martial arts, I'll definitely be the coolest guy in the capital.]

"Okay, Mother will definitely find one for you in the future."

Ji Yue Ru would never refuse her daughter's request to do anything.

The further west you go, the more desolate it becomes, and there are no servants to be seen on the road.

Before even reaching the courtyard gate, one could hear an old woman's cursing from afar.

"Pah! Do you really think you're still the matriarch of the Ji family like before?"

Things are different now. You're not even as good as the lowest-ranking servant in the Ji family anymore.

You still want to file a complaint? Go ahead and complain to whoever you want. See who will listen to you in this mansion!

Let me tell you, eat it or don't, it's up to you. If you don't want to eat, then go hungry. Let's see how many days you can go hungry.

As the old woman finished speaking, two blackened cornbread buns were thrown out from the gap in the courtyard gate, which was secured by a thick iron chain, followed by Chen's hysterical voice.

"Ji Xian! Qiu Yi! Even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go!"

"Go ahead and shout, no matter how loud you shout, no one will listen to you."

As the old woman spoke, she sat back down on the recliner at the entrance of the courtyard. As soon as she lay down, she found herself face to face with Ji Yueru and her servants.

The old woman was so frightened that she fell off the recliner and onto the ground.

"Ouch!"