After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 73: Someone was beaten to death
Rong Peilan returned to Yuhui Garden, and when she came to her senses, she was already sitting in front of the dressing table.

In front of her was the jade hairpin that the princess gave her in the name of a wedding when she first went to the princess's mansion for an appointment.

She picked up the hairpin and suddenly realized that this hairpin looked very much like the one on Rong Linggao's head.

Her pupils shrank slightly. Daddy would never wear a hairpin like this! They were all wooden hairpins he carved himself.

Rong Peilan stood up suddenly, and the hairpin in her hand was thrown out, hit the small table, fell to the ground, and broke into two pieces.

Qingtan heard the noise in the next room and walked in quickly.

The young lady's face looked bad, and there was a broken hairpin on the ground.

Qingtan stepped forward and supported her, "Madam, do you want a doctor to come and see?"

Rong Peilan shifted her gaze away from the two hairpins somewhat stiffly.

"No, it's okay."

Qingtan helped her onto the couch before picking up the broken hairpin.

"threw!"

The young lady suddenly became excited.

Qingtan was stunned and turned around to leave.

Rong Peilan stared at the hairpin in Qingtan's hand, and suddenly called her, "Wait a moment."

Not only is the Marquis' Mansion in a precarious situation right now, but throwing away such an eye-catching thing like this would probably only lead to unwarranted suspicion.

She sighed, "Find a handkerchief to wrap it up and put it in the closet."

Qingtan: "Yes."

When Ji Yunzhang came back from the study after finishing his work with Wei Chiyi.

But I saw that her eyes were lifeless and she was staring into nothingness.

"Miss?"

Ji Yunzhang noticed that the young lady had been absent-minded since she accompanied Jin Wenyao back from the banquet.

The same thing happened the last time I came back from the Princess's Mansion.

He opened several makeup boxes on the dressing table, and the hairpin that he had seen kept there was gone.

He walked to Rong Peilan's side, bent down and held her face.

"My lady, I have already said that I will protect you for the rest of my life."

"If you have any problems, I will be there to protect you."

Rong Peilan's lips trembled slightly, and when she raised her eyes again, they were already full of tears, "Could it be that my father was really killed by the eldest princess who loved him but could not get him?"

Ji Yunzhang was stunned and held her in his arms.

"Since the death of the Prince Consort and the Duke, the Princess has rarely been out and about."

"Perhaps it was the regrets of her youth that made the princess wear such a hairpin."

Rong Peilan buried her face in his arms and shook her head gently.

"I met my cousin from Fengyang at the Princess's Mansion today."

"Cousin?"

Ji Yunzhang only knew that the young lady had two uncles in Yanjing, and had never heard of any other relatives.

He sat down next to her. "I've never heard you mention it before."

Rong Peilan shook his head, "I don't know much either."

"I only know that my father's hometown is Fengyang. There are only two brothers in the family. My uncle has been farming in Fengyang. My father stayed in Beijing after he finished high school."

"When my father resigned from his post, he took my mother and me back to Fengyang. That was the first time I met my cousin."

"Later, when I was eight years old, we returned to Beijing and deliberately took a detour to Fengyang. That was the second time I met my cousin."

"They begged my father to take them to Beijing, but he refused."

"Today, I met him, and he said he hooked up with the most noble woman..."

"Husband, but he is dressed exactly like father."

"If he hadn't spoken, I would have really thought that it was my young father who had traveled through time to come back to find me."

Ji Yunzhang frowned. It would be too unbelievable if the eldest princess took his wife into the palace just because her cousin looked like her father-in-law.

I have never heard of the eldest princess's hobbies.

He pursed his lips, then looked at her with burning eyes, "My lady, this matter involves the royal family, it is difficult to explain, you must not casually tell others about it."

"I'll ask someone to investigate how your cousin came to Beijing and was taken into the princess's mansion." Rong Peilan nodded distractedly.

She thought she was unlucky as her aunt said, so her father and mother died one after another.

There is a story behind my father's departure, but what about my mother?

She had never thought that her father would be involved in these struggles. He was obviously a man who would rather travel the world and not even be an official. How could he possibly curry favor with the powerful?

The past is too confusing, like a thick fog. Even though you know there is a mountain ahead, you can't get around it.

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"It's terrible! A soldier killed someone!"

"What big soldiers? They are the black armored soldiers of Xinling Hou."

"The Black Armor Army killed someone!"

At the gate of Xinling Marquis's mansion, an old woman was sitting on the ground crying.

There was another person next to her, lying on the door panel, covered with a white cloth.

Everyone around was pointing fingers.

The Ji family had been marching for decades, and the Black Armor Army had made great achievements in battle. The Western Jin Dynasty was fought under the leadership of the Black Armor Army led by an old general himself.

If it weren't for the Ji family's bloody battles, there would be no peaceful life today.

The old woman touched her chest excitedly, "My eldest grandson! You are only seventeen years old! You haven't even got married yet, why is your life so miserable!"

Seeing that the old woman looked so sad and didn't seem to be faking it, the bystanders became hesitant again.

There was a curious person nearby who lifted a corner of the white cloth.

The person under the white cloth had a crooked nose and there was dried blood under his nose.

This man's entire face has turned gray, he is really a dead person!
The busybody was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

As he crawled backwards, he kept muttering, "It's really a dead man!"

Everyone nearby saw it and their faces changed drastically.

The Black Armor Army really killed someone.

The door of Xinling Marquis's Mansion creaked open, and Ji Zhenming, Ji Yunzhang and Qiu Rui came out.

Rong Peilan and Zhong stood far away inside the door.

The Black Armor Army will report every detail of their daily affairs to the Marquis.

This incident was no exception. It was just that Qiu Rui stood up for a decent woman yesterday and punched a scoundrel.

There is absolutely no possibility of killing anyone.

Rong Peilan saw the old woman rushing towards Qiu Rui as soon as she arrived.

"It's you! It's you who beat my eldest grandson to death!"

"You bastard! Give me back my grandson!!"

Qiu Rui's cold face was covered with frost. He stood there motionless, allowing the old woman to beat him.

"I didn't beat him to death. The people who gathered outside the gambling house yesterday can testify that he walked away in a swagger."

The old woman cried until she was hoarse.

"You're the one who beat him to death! He vomited blood when he got home. So much blood!!"

"There was no time to send him to the hospital, he died! He was only seventeen years old!!!"

More and more onlookers gathered at the gate of the mansion, pointing and talking.

Ji Yunzhang's face was filled with worry, and he couldn't help but scold in a low voice, "Haven't I already reported it to the police? Why haven't they come yet?"

"Coming, coming." The servant pointed ahead.

The Jingzhao Yin came hurriedly with the coroner and soldiers.

"I am late, I hope you will ..."

Jingzhao Yin touched the sweat on his forehead and wanted to salute first, but was picked up by the impatient Ji Yunzhang.

"It would be better if you knew it was too late to start."

"This man died after returning home, but he blamed it on the Black Armor Army. Examine him carefully to find out how he died."

But the old woman threw herself on the person on the ground and did not allow anyone to approach.

"What are you doing! Who dares to touch my grandson?"

(End of this chapter)