When Xi Tao saw the candlelight and came to the upper room, Ji Shu was the only one in the room, she was sitting on the bed, but she was holding a big red post in her hand, a thick one.

"Miss woke up, why don't you call a slave? Dinner is ready, the young master and the young lady are waiting for you. ”

"Bring me my box."

Xi Tao answered, went to the outside and came in with a locked box carved with vermilion lacquer, Ji Shu took out a small key from under the pillow, opened the box, and inside was a stack of silver tickets printed with the Zhao family's money bank, as well as some slightly old jewelry and small toys, this box is Ji Shu's treasure box.

She carefully put the red book in, Xi Tao stood aside, looked at the words on the book, and exclaimed:

"Miss, what is this booklet?"

"It's the bridal list prepared by the general, and he just brought it."

Xi Tao was so frightened that she couldn't close her mouth, how many things do you have to remember in that thick gift list? Did the general bet his entire net worth!

Xi Tao realized that the general and her young lady were not impulsive, but it was precisely because of this that things were tricky.

The Ji family obstructed in every way, even if Ji Chengfeng and Wen Huanting lobbied in it, there was no way to suppress a filial piety, and it would be difficult to leave, let alone stay with the general.

“…… Miss, it's late at night, let's go to dinner first. ”

Xitao couldn't bear to pour cold water on Ji Shu, and gently persuaded her.

Ji Shu locked the box and said slowly: "Don't worry, you can help me get some paper and pen first." Then ask someone to pass a message to the teacher, and ask him to leave Brother Yuan in the Guozijian for the time being, he happens to be taking an exam these days, so don't let people distract him by talking nonsense in his ear. ”

"The slave knows."

Xi Tao found someone to go to Guozijian, and gave Ji Shu pen and ink to take to the wing.

Ji Shu had already changed her clothes, she sat down behind the bookcase, and quickly wrote a letter to her home by candlelight, she put down the pen and dried the ink, folded it and handed it to Xi Tao.

"I'll deliver the letter to the palace tomorrow and give it to my aunt, saying that I haven't seen her for a long time and miss her, and I will say hello to her."

Ji Shu's aunt is only a few years older than her, and she was elected to the palace six years ago, and now she is a concubine.

Xi Tao carefully put away the letter and answered yes.

On the other side, in the Ji Mansion, Ji's father, who couldn't wait for Ji Chengfeng and Ji Shu, was furious in the hall:

"It's the other way around! It's all reversed! More than ten years of sage books, read into the belly of a dog! I didn't even go home! Hurry up and ask someone to find it! Let them get me back quickly! ”

The steward reluctantly asked Ji's father to dissipate his anger, and ran out of the corner gate to let the nursing home carry the lamp to the streets and alleys.

Ji's mother was so angry that she sat aside and cried, "A daughter's family, she doesn't return at night, and she spreads it out to tell others what others think of the Ji family, Shu'er is becoming more and more willful!" ”

"What's going on! Tossing and making noise in the middle of the night! ”

Mrs. Ji walked into the house with a dragon-headed cane, and there were several flower-like girls behind her, all of whom were young ladies of the Ji family.

Ji's mother stepped forward to help her sit down, crying and said, "Old lady, Shu'er, Chengfeng and Huanting, they haven't come back yet!" ”

"Huh? It's going to be curfew soon, why haven't people come back yet! ”

Old Madam Ji asked, and then shook her head, "No, Shu'er is in the Wuding Marquis Mansion, how do you know that she didn't go home?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji's father and Ji's mother's expressions stiffened, and Ji's mother wanted to be vague: "Old lady, it's okay......"

"Don't lie to me! Is there something wrong? ”

Old Madam Ji saw at a glance that there was a ghost, and knocked her cane on the ground, "Say!" ”

The matter of the Marquis of Wuding Mansion is too big, and the guests do not dare to say it outside, and the rumors have not spread for the time being, and the girls in the Ji Mansion are also very puzzled.

The fifth girl in the third room was worried: "Could it be that the eldest sister has an accident!" ”

"Auntie, say it quickly!"

Ji's mother wiped her tears with her fingers wrapped in a silk handkerchief, glanced at Ji's father, and cried and said, "Yes, it's Shu'er who is making trouble to make peace!" ”

Everyone in the hall was shocked, Mrs. Ji pulled Mrs. Ji to sit down, and asked her to tell her about the matter, what Mother Ji said was not bad, Mrs. Ji covered her heart when she listened to it.

"Mother! Are you alright? ”

"Ho, ho...... Wu, Wuding Marquis Mansion - too much deception!! ”

"Mother, don't get excited! That Qi Chengxu can't run, even if Qi Ye is here, the emperor can't spare her! ”

Father Ji called the house doctor to come over, tossed for a quarter of an hour, and helped Mrs. Ji into the warm pavilion kang to lie down, and she relieved her breath, and her purple lips were bloody.

But the expression is still very ugly, "I have been wronged too much......

"Having said that, now that Second Master Qi has repented, he will be severely punished, and that slut can't stay. Shu'er has been wronged by the Ji family, and if there is a grievance, he will ask her for one, and she will not be wronged in vain. As for Mrs. Qi, I don't think she will live long, people die and debts are gone, what is there to be angry with an old woman, it is really tossed to the point of harmony, but Shu'er will suffer in the future! ”

Ji's mother cried endlessly in front of the old lady's bed, "I'm all for her good, why doesn't she listen!" ”

Old Madam Ji's eyes straightened, and she suddenly became in a trance, and a voice sounded in her ears, overlapping with Ji's mother's words.

'Minmin! Mother, it's all for your good! ’

Old Madam Ji suddenly raised her hand and grabbed it to her chest, and through her clothes, the warm Buddha jade pendant was grabbed by her palm.

Ji's mother didn't realize that she was wrong, and was still crying Ji Shu didn't understand her hard work, and Ji's father sighed on the side:

"Shu'er has a wild temperament! It's been like this since childhood! It's hard to get over, who knows—hey! ”

"Don't talk about it."

Old Madam Ji covered her head and interrupted the two of them.

Father Ji hurriedly stepped forward to support his mother worriedly, and Mrs. Ji grabbed his wrist, "Don't make too much trouble in advance, hasn't Shu'er written and left the book yet, and you husband and wife don't rush to scold others and force others." This is the ...... Take your time. ”

The old mother opened this mouth, and Ji's father and Ji's mother naturally didn't dare to say anything, so they obediently answered yes.

Mrs. Ji got off the bed, stood up on crutches, took the hands of the fifth girl, and said to Ji's father and Ji's mother:

"I'll go back first. Don't tell the clan about this beforehand, you know? ”

"Yes, Mother."

Old Madam Ji led the people away slowly, and for some reason, her always straight back was a little rickety.

Father Ji seemed to have something flashing in his mind, but he didn't catch it, he rubbed the mountain root and called the steward.

"There's curfew right now. Get them all back, don't look for them yet, we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

"Yes, sir."

Father Ji originally thought that tomorrow morning, Ji Chengfeng would definitely go, and then he would carefully explore their whereabouts.

Who knew that Ji Chengfeng directly took leave, Ji's father was so angry that he held his breath in the court, and directly stood up and joined the Wuding Marquis!

Ji's father is already the second assistant of the cabinet, second only to Zhao Shoufu, and he hardly participates in any battles in the court on weekdays, but this time he suddenly stood up and joined others.

The emperor saw the excerpt and was furious, "Where is the Marquis of Wuding!" ”

Qi Chang closed his eyes and immediately walked out of the queue, "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"Bastard! Your second son Qi Chengxu fled with a military prostitute! Hide the trail! Is it true? ”

"Your Majesty...... It's all a misunderstanding, actually—"

Before Marquis Wuding finished quibbling, Qi Ye walked out of the ranks, lowered his head slightly, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has witnesses." ”

The emperor's eyes flashed, and there was a lot of infighting, and he wished for this, and readily agreed to summon witnesses to the palace.

Marquis Wuding's face turned completely pale, and after Chen Wanli and others finished telling what happened, the emperor issued an edict on the spot: "Marquis Wuding's official is demoted by two levels, Qi Chengxu is dismissed and sent to prison, and he will be detained for ten days before being convicted, and the military prostitutes who flee will be hanged to death, and they will be executed ten days later." The edict was drafted by Ji Aiqing on behalf of me! ”

"Emperor Xie—"