How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 53 A fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

After the dog Sheng left, Qian Chunhua began to wonder what had happened. How could her chubby little cousin have become so thin and dark-skinned? Didn't her grandfather take two thousand taels of silver with him when he left? Could it be that her grandfather really sold her little cousin as her third aunt said? But her little cousin just said that her grandfather hadn't wronged her?
Qian Chunhua felt increasingly dizzy as she thought about it, and eventually fell asleep.

Outside, Qian Laifu wanted to go in and ask his eldest granddaughter how she had been doing these past two years, but he was afraid that she might do something rash if she found out the truth.

Qian Laifu was so worried that he kept going to the window to check if his granddaughter had returned.

On the other side, Master Jiang was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt that there was someone else beside his bed.

Master Jiang sat up abruptly in bed. As soon as he sat up, he saw a woman standing beside his bed.

The woman was wearing a dog-head mask.

Master Jiang immediately recalled what happened on the Lantern Festival. "Are you the owner of Taipingpu?" It is said that the woman was wearing a dog-head mask at the time.

The woman nodded.

"I came to find you because of the loyalty and bravery of your Jiang family, and I couldn't bear to see you do the work for someone else."

"Secondly, it is for the sake of the people. If the banner of your Jiang family falls, the border will definitely be in chaos, and the people will suffer when the border is in chaos."

"Thirdly, even if you're crippled, you must read the letter I wrote to the Emperor."

Master Jiang was stunned. "You... what do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is that this invasion by the Northern Barbarians is likely a trap set for your Jiang family, especially for your eldest nephew. Your eldest nephew is likely to face great danger on this journey."

"As for who set this up, you'll have to investigate that yourselves. Your Jiang family has power, soldiers, and money. Whoever wants to take over your Jiang family without firing a single shot could be someone who covets your family, someone who fears your family, or someone who has a national or personal grudge against your family. Your Jiang family wiped out the Northern Di royal family thirteen years ago. Can you guarantee that no one escaped?"

"That's all I have to say. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

After saying that, the woman left.

The woman was very fast; before Master Jiang could even finish saying "Please wait a moment," she had vanished.

Master Jiang pinched himself hard to make sure he wasn't hallucinating, then immediately called in his personal servant. "Prepare the carriage; I'm going to see the Duke off."

"Huh?!" The servant was a little confused. Ever since his second master was injured, his second master had stopped seeing the Duke off.

Second Master Jiang took a deep breath. "What? I can stand up now, and you still won't let me go see the Duke off?"

How could he dare refuse? "I'll go prepare the car right away."

"hurry up."

"Yes."

A moment later, Second Master Jiang left the mansion in a carriage.

After seeing him leave the mansion, Xiaogou Sheng and Dong Laoqi returned to their small courtyard.

When Qian Laifu saw his granddaughter return, he immediately whispered, "Your eldest cousin is asleep." Seeing that there was no movement in his eldest granddaughter's room, he secretly pushed open a crack to peek in, and only felt relieved when he saw that his eldest granddaughter was asleep.

Xiaogou Sheng: "..." Is her older cousin too trusting of her or too carefree?

The puppy rubbed its face. "I'm going to take a nap too. I didn't sleep at all last night. I'm going to sleep in my older cousin's room."

"Go on, go on, Grandpa will watch over you."

The puppy said "okay" and went inside to sleep.

Qian Laifu looked at Dong Laoqi. "You should go to sleep too, you haven't slept all night either."

"I'm fine." Old Dong walked to the table and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Go and rest for a while, I can keep watch over things by myself."

Old Dong took a sip of tea. "If your eldest granddaughter wakes up and finds out she's been scammed and starts threatening suicide, do you think you can silence her instantly?"

No. "Thank you for your trouble. Have some tea, have some tea." On the other side, Master Jiang kept urging the driver to hurry up.

The coachman was afraid of not being able to catch up with the Duke, and also afraid of jostling Master Jiang. Master Jiang was able to stand up with great difficulty.

The coachman was sweating profusely with anxiety. After much commotion, he finally came up with an idea. "Second Master, why don't you send your servant to inform the Duke first, lest he leave without permission?" All the men in the Duke of Jin's household knew how to ride a horse.

Upon hearing this, Master Jiang immediately sent his servant to deliver the message. The servant had come out on horseback.

The driver breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he didn't have to live in fear anymore; he could finally drive the carriage in peace.

When Second Master Jiang's servant arrived, Duke Jin was about to mount his horse. The servant quickly called out, "Duke, please wait, Second Master Jiang has come to see you off."

The Duke of Jin was puzzled. His second brother had clearly said yesterday that he wouldn't come to see him off.

The old lady frowned upon hearing this. Why is this child so troublesome? He just started showing signs of improvement and now he's running off again.

The second wife heard this and scolded Master Jiang.

Duke Jin thought for a moment and looked at his eldest son. "You take your men and go first. I'll catch up with you later."

"Understood! Set off!"

After the heir apparent of the Duke of Jin left with his entourage, the Duke of Jin looked at his mother. "Mother, I'll go greet my second brother."

"Go quickly, go quickly," the old lady said, waving her hand. "Give him a good scolding when you get there."

The Duke of Jin replied with a "good" and rode away on horseback with his guards.

After welcoming Master Jiang, the Duke of Jin handed his horse to the coachman. "I'll drive the carriage."

"Yes."

After taking his seat, the Duke of Jin looked at his guards and the others and said with a smile, "You all stay away. Your old lady asked me to give your second master a good scolding."

The group smiled and split into two groups. One group ran forward, and the other ran backward.

Duke Jin waited until they were far away before asking in a low voice, "What happened?"

Second Master Jiang recounted what had just happened. “Brother, that lady used just a shop name to get the Censorate, the Imperial Observatory, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Justice, and even the Emperor to stand up for her. With just one letter, she raised several million in military funds for the Emperor. We cannot ignore what that lady has to say.”

The Duke of Jin tightened his grip on the reins. "That lady said the young master's journey is fraught with peril?"

"Ah."

"That lady said she couldn't bear to see us doing all the work for someone else?"

"Hmm. Big brother, has something come to mind?"

A fierce glint flashed in the Duke of Jin's eyes. "As soon as I received news of the Northern Di invasion, I sent your sister-in-law to the Jiang family to see if they wanted to break off the engagement or wait until the war was over. You know, once the war starts, it won't be over in three to five years."

"The Chiang family said they didn't want to break off the engagement, nor did they want to wait until the war was over to get married. They wanted to get married as soon as possible. At the time, I thought I had good judgment and found a good in-laws for your nephew."

"Now it seems they had already hooked up with someone else."

Grandpa Jiang felt sorry for his nephew for three seconds. "What do we do next?"

The Duke of Jin closed his eyes briefly. “Mother and my third brother need to know about this. If that girl from the Jiang family says she’s pregnant, don’t worry about whether she’s really pregnant or not. Just treat her well and make sure she doesn’t get hurt.”

Is it true or false? "You mean, the person who orchestrated this scheme wants to use that girl from the Jiang family's womb to gain our family fortune and our military power?"

"Yes. When your sister-in-law went to the Jiang family, the Jiang family, besides wanting to get married as soon as possible, also made a condition."

"What conditions?"

(End of this chapter)