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Chapter 223 I'll Take Your Lives

Moreover, the inner palace and the outer court are interconnected, and Jiang Yuyue and Song Jinglan have a child, which will involve the matter of establishing an heir.

Even if she didn't have those intentions, her Mo'er, as the eldest son, would inevitably attract attention. Could she protect Mo'er and withstand the machinations of the court and the harem?

Just thinking about it made Jiang Yuyue feel physically and mentally exhausted. For the past two years, she had schemed and plotted to ensure that her family could live a peaceful life. Now that things had finally come to an end, she really didn't want to jump into another fire pit.

After much deliberation, Jiang Yuyue remained determined to leave Song Jinglan. When she returned home and opened the courtyard gate, her younger brother Jiang Huanxi immediately came to greet her.

"Where has my sister gone again?"

Jiang Huanxi hurriedly asked, a hint of nervousness in her voice, "Could it be that the matter with Prince Ning is not yet resolved?"

"Of course not."

Jiang Yuyue smiled and comforted her, "Prince Ning has already been escorted out of the city. I just went out for a stroll."

"They should at least let us know when they go out."

Jiang Huanxi frowned, but the joy of going home quickly overshadowed his worries. "While you were resting just now, my parents and I discussed it and decided that the capital city is not as comfortable as our Jinling."

"I don't think our family will come here again. We'll sell all the houses we bought in the capital in the next couple of days. Once we have the money, we'll set off back. Sister, go and bring Mo'er back. Our family will go back to Jinling City to live our lives."

Upon hearing Jiang Huanxi's plan, Jiang Yuyue nodded with a smile, but there was a hint of evasion in her eyes.

She hasn't told her family about Song Jinglan yet, and now it seems best to keep it a secret for the time being, since telling them would only cause them more trouble.

Just as Jiang Yuyue was about to speak, she noticed Xiao Liu standing to the side, looking hesitant. Thinking that Xiao Liu might have something important to say, Jiang Yuyue patted Jiang Huanxi on the shoulder.

"Then I'll leave these trivial matters to you. I was quite frightened when I thought about going to court today, so I need to go back to my courtyard and rest for a while."

"it is good."

Jiang Huanxi nodded repeatedly, looking at her with great tenderness, "Sister, please rest well, leave these things to me."

After dealing with Jiang Huanxi, Jiang Yuyue gestured for Xiao Liu to return to the courtyard with her. Once they were alone, Xiao Liu finally spoke.

"Miss, we have more news from the people keeping an eye on the second branch of the Xie family. They say that the whole family arrived in the capital a few days ago."

Oh?

This surprised Jiang Yuyue. Back then, Xie Zhi had sensed something and left the Jiang family in a hurry. She hadn't let this group go and had been sending people to keep an eye on them.

Jiang Yuyue remembered clearly how Xie Zhi had instigated Xie Yunqi to kill her in her past life. She was vengeful and would never let Xie Zhi go.

However, there was another reason why she kept Xie Zhi alive.

That's because this person's figure is 80% similar to hers.

Jiang Yuyue originally had a backup plan. After all, when she didn't know that Xie Jinglan was Prince Jing, she wasn't entirely confident that she could contend with Xie Yunqi, who was the prince consort. Therefore, she was prepared for failure, which was to use Xie Zhi as a substitute and stage a fake death to escape.

However, Xie Jinglan turned out to be the famous Prince Jing. As a result, Xie Zhi was no longer of any use. But now that she had arrived in the capital by such coincidence, it had indeed provided her with a way to escape.

"Keep an eye on her for now."

Jiang Yuyue said, "Now that she's come to the capital, and the Ning Prince case is making headlines, she'll probably find out about me soon."

Xiaoliu was somewhat puzzled, but she nodded nonetheless, "Yes."

……

Xie Zhi's family did indeed arrive in the capital a few days ago. When they left the Jiang family, they took a lot of valuable items with them. They pawned and sold some of them, tightened their belts and lived frugally for two years. However, they did not have a proper income. Now they were completely out of money and used their last bit of travel money to arrive in the capital.

The former Master Xie Zhongchang looked at the dilapidated courtyard they had rented with disdain in his eyes. "What's the point of coming to the capital? Five taels of silver and you can only afford this shabby house? If we were in the countryside, we could have a comfortable big courtyard!"

"countryside?"

Xie Zhi sneered. Ever since she insisted on kicking out the crippled Xie Jinbo, she was like a completely different person. Now she had the power to say anything in the family.

“If we stay in the countryside, we’ll eventually run out of money. You have neither land nor money. If you don’t find a way to earn some income, our family will starve to death sooner or later.”

Xie Zhongchang looked at his daughter and felt extremely unfamiliar with her. He was also somewhat afraid. If Xie Zhi hadn't insisted that his family move out of the Jiang residence, they would probably have been burned to ashes long ago.

"Alright, alright, let's all get along peacefully as a family."

The second wife quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, grabbing Xie Zhi's hand. "Zhi'er, you've always been resourceful. We only have a few taels of silver left. Since you want our whole family to come to the capital, do you have any good ideas?"

"You don't need to worry about that."

Xie Zhi was very impatient with her foolish parents. "Just wait for news at home. I have my own ideas."

Seeing her like this, Xie Zhongchang and his second wife didn't dare to ask any more questions. They just sighed silently and started cleaning the courtyard.

Xie Zhi dressed herself up and went out. She hadn't wasted her time in the capital, but had inquired around. After hearing about the case of Prince Ning, she felt a chill in her heart.

The fact that Jiang Yuyue personally went to the court to identify Prince Ning and Xie Yunqi was widely known throughout the capital. Although Xie Zhi didn't know where she got such great ability to do all this, she was more grateful that she had run away with her family in time.

If that's the case, then according to Jiang Yuyue's calculations, their family's fate might not be much better than Xie Yunqi's.

Although Xie Zhi felt a little scared, she couldn’t help but feel a little happy thinking about the fate of the eldest branch of the Xie family. Originally, the eldest brother and sister and her good-for-nothing second brother were the most powerful, but now some are dead and some are crippled. In the end, isn’t it only Xie Zhi who is laughing last?

Thinking of this, Xie Zhi sneered inwardly. Now that Jiang Yuyue had gained power, she would not be content to continue living such a poor life.