After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the whole family went crazy

Chapter 21, Trapped in a Coffin

Jiang was frightened when he heard Yaoyao's inner voice.

"Quick! Qiu'er, go look for it near the bun shop on the east street."

She pushed Qiu'er out of the door, "We have to look for it in the bun shop too, go quickly!"

Seeing that Jiang was so anxious, Qiu'er didn't dare to delay at all, "Yes."

Mrs. Jiang was anxious in the room, and she hammered her palms.

Jin Yi, please don’t let anything happen to you.

[Mom, stop turning around and look outside the door. 】

[The second brother is back, he was not made into a bun. 】

Jiang couldn't believe what he heard.

So fast!
  She took three steps at a time, and as soon as she reached the door, she saw Qiu'er and Su Jinyi.

Su Jinyi's hair was messy, with a few weeds sticking out of it.

His face and body were covered with mud marks.

Jiang didn't notice that Su Jinyi was injured and breathed a sigh of relief.

People safe is good.

"Jinyi, where have you been this night? I'm worried to death."

Su Jinyi scratched her head guiltily, "I'm sorry, mother."

"The buns from that bun shop yesterday were very delicious. I had nothing to do in the evening, so I went to walk around there."

"and then?"

[Second brother, were you frightened when you saw the shopkeeper of that bun shop making buns with human flesh? 】

How could I be so timid?
  Su Jinyi couldn't help but refute Su Yaoyao in his heart, and he deliberately increased his volume.

"That's just an ordinary bun shop, nothing fancy."

It's not the human meat buns Yaoyao talks about at all.

"When I was about to go home, I met two men in black with extremely high martial arts skills. They were talking about protecting the former prince."

"I eavesdropped a few words and accidentally made some noise. They discovered it, and then I was knocked unconscious."

Su Jinyi touched the back of his neck and hissed in pain.

"I don't know who knocked me unconscious, but it was so cruel."

He remembered that he seemed to see a red patch of clothes before he fell into coma.

Among all the people he knew, only Gu Hongling loved wearing red.

Could it be that Gu Hongling knocked her unconscious?

Su Jinyi shook his head and quickly rejected the idea.

Gu Hongling went to bed early every night, so how could she be following him?

[The person who knocked out the second brother should have lured the man in black away, so that the second brother would be safe. 】

[Thanks to him, otherwise with the little effort of my second brother, I might have died last night. 】

"It's good to come back safely."

Jiang stepped forward and plucked the weeds from Su Jinyi's head, and then patted the dust off Su Jinyi's body.

"Jin Yi, where is the jade pendant you always wear around your waist?"

Su Jinyi touched his waist.

"It was still there last night. It must have fallen near the bun shop."

[It would be better if the second brother’s jade pendant was picked up by ordinary people. 】

[But if it is picked up by those two men in black, something serious will happen. 】

Jiang looked at Qiu'er and said, "Qiu'er, go find the jade pendant."

"Yes."

"Jin Yi, you should go back and freshen up first."

"Okay, mother."

As soon as Su Jinyi left, Su Chenghua walked in carrying a food box.

"Qingwan, come and have breakfast. I made chicken soup and meatloaf for you."

"You have just given birth, you should drink more chicken soup to replenish your health."

Su Chenghua placed everything in the food box on the table.

In order to win over Jiang, he risked his life.

Before dawn today, I went to the small kitchen to make chicken soup for Mr. Jiang.

Liu Xiaoqin had begged him to cook many times before, but he never agreed.

Mr. Jiang is in a good mood today.

[Daddy, what were you doing earlier? 】

[Why didn’t you come when my mother just gave birth to me? Why didn't you come when mother was in confinement? 】

[You just came now, it’s too late! 】

"Seunghwa, I just want to see my missing dowry quickly."

Jiang didn't even look at the food on the table.

"I don't have the appetite to eat these things. You can take them away."

She would bring up the dowry over and over again to see how long Su Chenghua could endure it.

Su Chenghua's hand that handed the chopsticks to Mr. Jiang paused, his expression extremely exciting.

Mrs. Jiang picked up Su Yaoyao and went directly to Su Jinyi's courtyard for breakfast.

After breakfast with Su Jinyi, Qiu'er also came back.

Qiu'er's expression was not very good, "Madam, I searched carefully and didn't see any jade pendant."

Su Yaoyao frowned, she had to prepare for the worst.

[Mother, isn’t there a banquet in the palace today? Let’s enter the palace early. 】

Hopefully a solution can be found in the palace.

Jiang didn't know what Su Yaoyao's plan was, but she knew it was right to listen to her daughter.

Jiang stood up and said, "Jin Yi, let's go into the palace."

……

The family of three entered the palace and walked slowly towards Chuxiu Palace. Mrs. Jiang and the imperial concubine are close friends and have not seen each other for a long time.

Now I just took the opportunity to visit her.

Anyway, Yaoyao didn't say where she was going after entering the palace.

When Jiang passed by a rockery, he happened to encounter the prince scolding Dongfang Hongzhi.

The prince is a little fat.

One leg is lame and he walks with a limp.

He kicked twelve-year-old Dongfang Hongzhi hard to the ground and cursed in a low voice.

"How could I have given birth to such a bastard like you?"

"Your Majesty praised you for your good poetry and prose. Are you very proud of it?"

"The people in this capital praise you, the great grandson, for being a virtuous person, and call me, the prince, a waste."

"You think you are more suitable to be a prince than me, don't you?"

The prince kicked Dongfang Hongzhi hard again.

"When you go back today, you will burn all the poems and essays you have written, and you are not allowed to take them out again in the future, otherwise..."

Jiang pushed Su Jinyi and urged in a low voice, "Stop looking and leave quickly."

Su Jinyi clenched her fists.

He wanted to rush over and push the prince away and save Hongzhi.

But he knew that he couldn't do that.

This was a family matter between the prince and his grandson, and he had no right to interfere.

Su Jinyi walked away quickly, with an angry look on his face, "The prince is really bad."

Jiang made a serious face and said, "Jin Yi, be careful what you say."

[Second brother, you can’t say that. 】

[His Majesty has no intention of handing over the throne. What he fears most is the overly outstanding princes and grandchildren. 】

[Dongfang Hongzhi is smart, capable, and has a good reputation. This is something His Majesty hates, even if he is his grandson. 】

[If the prince didn't pretend to be stupid and suppress Dongfang Hongzhi, then Dongfang Hongzhi would have been abolished by His Majesty long ago. 】

[Mom, you should let your second brother read more books. If your second brother is so stupid, he will only be used by others in the future. 】

[Second brother, please be more careful. 】

Jiang agreed in her heart with what her daughter said.

When I go back this time, let Jin Yi read more books.

To avoid being sold by others and having to count the money.

Su Jinyi had to admit that Yaoyao's words made sense.

It turns out that the prince is not really stupid and petty, but has been protecting Dongfang Hongzhi in this way for so many years.

Su Jinyi lowered his head, looking worried.

A family of three enters Chuxiu Palace.

The imperial concubine was very happy to see Jiang.

She smiled and pulled Jiang to sit down. She didn't have the airs of an imperial concubine at all.

"Qingwan, it's been a long time. Is this your daughter Yaoyao? She's so beautiful."

"Yeah, long time no see."

Jiang looked at the imperial concubine's red eyes, full of worry.

"Why are you crying? What happened?"

The imperial concubine wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

She lowered her head and rubbed the jade pendant in her hand, her eyes sad, "My brother is dead."

She was born in General Yongyi's mansion.

General Yongyi's mansion is full of loyal people.

Except for her and her seven-year-old brother, all the family members died in the battle on the border.

[Oh, Imperial Concubine, don’t be sad yet, your brother is not dead yet. 】

[The quack doctor didn't realize that your brother faked his death. Please send someone to the grave to take a look. 】

[Your brother is awake now and is trapped in the coffin and cannot get out. 】

[If you don’t save your brother quickly, your brother will really die. 】

Su Yaoyao raised her hand and knocked the jade pendant from the imperial concubine's hand.

"Clap."

The jade pendant fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

The imperial concubine pursed her lips tightly.

It was the only remaining relic of her brother.

Jiang was startled.

Yaoyao's movements were too fast, and she didn't even react.

Jiang looked at the imperial concubine apologetically.

Just as she was about to open her mouth, the imperial concubine shook her head, "It's okay, Qingwan."

"I had no intention of keeping my brother's relics. This jade pendant was accidentally left behind by a servant."

"Seeing my brother's belongings every day only makes me sadder and unable to get out."

"If my family knew about it, I think they would not want me to cry every day."

"It doesn't matter if this jade pendant is broken now, maybe it's God's will."

The imperial concubine picked up the jade pendant that was broken in half and handed it to the personal maid.

"Go and bury this jade pendant with my brother."

"Yes."

Mrs. Jiang pursed her lower lip, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The imperial concubine tucked her broken hair behind her ears and changed the topic.

"Qingwan, all the children of the ministers' families will come to this banquet. Do you know why?"

(End of this chapter)