青春期撞上更年期第1部

“What is she doing at the gate? Ask her to go back!” Shao Jing said unhappily and waved his hand. He thought that the gate the servant mentioned was the gate of his courtyard.

“Your Grace… So… so many people are watching… I don’t dare to pull Madam Jiang,” the servant said with a bitter face.

He was a servant guarding the main gate, who specially reported the guests’ arrival to the people inside. The Marquis Xing’s Mansion used to be very prosperous. There were visitors at the gate from time to time, and sometimes there were gifts and invitation cards. There was indeed a lot of profit at the gate, and the servant was very busy.

Things were different now. There were very few visitors.

Today, Prince Chen and his wife came over. The servant felt that everything would be fine today, so he rested by the small house at the gate. Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on the gate. He came out lazily and wanted to see who it was.

Seeing the person in front of him, he didn’t recognize her at once. Her hair was disheveled and her face was dirty. Even her clothes were in a mess. At first glance, she looked like a beggar. He immediately said impatiently, “Leave… Go away. This is not a place for you to ask for money. Go somewhere else. Don’t hinder people from coming and going here.”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and gave her a push.

The woman was pushed to the ground and fell heavily. She screamed, attracting the attention of passers-by. Some people stopped advancing, not knowing what had happened.

The reputation of the Marquis Xing’s Mansion was not good now. Everyone knew that this family had no courtesy, justice, or integrity. They just acted like a noble family.

The Madam of the mansion was like this, and so was the First Miss. Even Marquis Xing didn’t look like a good person. Otherwise, how could he be demoted again and again? He was supposed to be a powerful official in the imperial court, but now he was degraded so quickly.

Some sharp-eyed people found that although the woman’s clothes were messy, the material she was wearing was not bad. She didn’t look like a real beggar.

An old maid suddenly rushed over from the crowd, went straight to the woman, and cried loudly, “Madam… Madam… why are you like this…”

She reached out to pull the woman who fell to the ground.

“Is she… a Madam?” Everyone looked at each other. Those who didn’t want to watch the fun also stopped. It was obvious that something was wrong.

Which Madam was pushed out by a servant of Marquis Xing’s Mansion? What was Marquis Xing’s Mansion up to? What did this Madam want to see Marquis Xing’s Mansion about?

The servant was so scared that he shivered. It turned out that the woman was a Madam. He looked at the woman in front of him carefully. She was half picked up by the old maid, and her hair was scattered, so he couldn’t see her face clearly. But was she a Madam?

There were only a few Madams in the mansion. She couldn’t be the Third Madam or Old Madam. As for Madam Jiang, she hadn’t shown up in public for a long time and had been in her courtyard. How could this woman be a Madam?

Thinking of this, the servant became bolder. He put his hands on his hips, pointed at the woman, and said loudly, “Where are you from? How dare you claim to be some Madam? Our Madams are all in the mansion. Who are you trying to pretend to be?”

“She’s actually an imposter?”

The onlookers looked at the flustered woman and then at the old maid who comforted her. They felt a little strange. Was she really pretending?

The older maid was so angry that she turned around and said with hatred, “Nonsense! This is Madam… How dare you do this to her… Is it the Marquis… Is it the Marquis’s order…”

The servant also got mad and shouted, “Crazy old woman, where do you come from? What nonsense are you talking about? Men, throw them out.”

The other servants at the gatekeeper’s door came out with sticks, trying to drive away those who made trouble. Everything in the Marquis Xing’s Mansion was not going well, and the Master of the mansion was in a bad mood. They’d better not report such a small matter and just needed to drive those people away. “It seems that they want to blackmail us.

“We’ll just beat them up until they leave.”

The servants were about to step forward fiercely, but the unkempt woman suddenly stood up straight and pulled her messy hair behind her head, revealing an extremely thin face. Her face was gloomy with some viciousness, and her eyes seemed to be coated with venom. She looked coldly at the servants in front of her.

When they saw her face clearly, those servants suddenly stopped and trembled in horror. Madam Jiang had always been in charge of the affairs of the Marquis Xing’s Mansion. The servants were very scared when they saw Madam Jiang’s face. At first glance, their legs went limp.

“Madam… Madam…”

“How dare you be so presumptuous in front of Madam? Do you wish to die?” The old maid rebuked harshly.

“Greetings, Madam Jiang.” The servants threw away the sticks one by one, bowed, and saluted. They were no longer as arrogant as before. For a moment, they couldn’t figure out why Madam Jiang would come in from outside.

“Is she really the Madam of Marquis Xing?” The onlookers looked at each other. “Is she really the Madam of Marquis Xing with this appearance? How did she end up in such a sorry state?”

“Go and report to Shao Jing that I’m back. I… I’m not dead… I’m back!” Madam Jiang said with hatred. Although she was trembling slightly with the old maid’s help, her eyes were cold.

How could the servant dare to offend her under the current situation? They hurried to report her arrival to Shao Jing.

There was too much information in her words, and more and more people gathered around. There was obviously something wrong here. Madam Jiang was the Madam of Marquis Xing, and she and Marquis Xing were husband and wife. Why did she come back? Where had she gone before? Was she in such a mess because she just had a narrow escape? Who wanted to kill her?

Madam Jiang had committed many crimes before, some of which had been hidden. In the eyes of outsiders, although the Madam of Marquis Xing was said to be vicious, she would not be harmed like this. After all, she was the most powerful master in the Marquis Xing’s Mansion.

Who wanted to kill her?

In addition to the Old Madam of Marquis Xing’s Mansion, there was only Marquis Xing who would have that intention in the mansion. Just now, Madam Jiang said that she was looking for Marquis Xing. Did Marquis Xing want to kill his wife?

With such speculation, some well-informed people suddenly remembered the rumor that Marquis Xing had a mistress who was going to marry into his mansion. Everything in front of them seemed to make sense.

Could it be that Marquis Xing wanted to kill Madam Jiang and make the mistress his wife? This woman in front of them looked messy and dirty, without any dignity as the Madam of Marquis Xing. Could it be that she had barely escaped from death?

This was truly a shocking thing.

People outside the mansion were talking about it. At first, they doubted it, but later they confirmed it. Some people even asked if it was because the Madam of Marquis Xing had lost her value after Secondary Consort Shao’s death that Marquis Xing tried to favor his mistress and kill his wife.

Looking at Madam Jiang’s vicious eyes, everyone knew that this matter could not be settled peacefully.

More and more people gathered around. When Shao Jing came out, the gate had been tightly surrounded. The wide space in front of the mansion was crowded, and many people had already gathered in a short time.

The Marquis Xing’s Mansion was in big trouble.

Shao Jing came over in a hurry and almost tripped on his way. “Why is Madam Jiang outside the mansion? Hasn’t she been locked up? How did she manage to come out?”

He didn’t allow anyone to visit Madam Jiang’s courtyard because he wanted to lock her up until she died. This time, he wanted to kill Madam Jiang through Shao Wanru, and then E’niang could marry into Marquis Xing’s Mansion in a justified way.

When Madam Jiang died, everything he did would be a matter of course. He had already talked everything through with Old Madam and was waiting for Shao Wanru to return to the mansion today. When she visited Madam Jiang, she would pressure her until she killed herself.

The reason would be that Madam Jiang couldn’t stand Shao Wanru’s coercion and committed suicide.

With Shao Wanru’s help, he could stay clean. He could even make approaches to Princess Chen by not holding her accountable. He could only say that it was just an accident and Shao Wanru couldn’t be blamed for it.

He just needed a rumor, a rumor that might reach the Emperor’s ears, to give a reasonable reason for Madam Jiang’s death.

As soon as Madam Jiang died, his only obstacle would be gone. In the future, he could find another way to send their daughter away. He would have a new legitimate daughter.

“But what’s going on now? How did Madam Jiang get out?” It was impossible for Shao Wanru to have released her. When Shao Wanru went to Madam Jiang’s courtyard, he secretly sent his subordinate to watch her. That man watched her leave, and nothing went wrong, but he heard Madam Jiang’s sharp voice coming from inside.

Madam Jiang couldn’t stay calm when she saw Shao Wanru, which was exactly what Shao Jing had expected. They were like fire and water. Shao Wanru couldn’t just visit Madam Jiang and say nothing else to provoke her. It was not strange for Madam Jiang to scream out of control.

For this reason, Shao Jing specially arranged for some servant girls and old maids to work near Madam Jiang’s courtyard. These people would serve as evidence to prove that Shao Wanru had angered Madam Jiang and said something bad about her. Madam Jiang took things too hard after seeing Shao Wanru and was forced to die by her.

When Shao Jing came to the gate and saw the large group of people in front of the gate, anger appeared on his face. “Why did Madam Jiang inexplicably disappear from the mansion and come to the gate? What does she want by making such a scene?” However, Madam Jiang had always been selfish. At this moment, he could only appease her to calm down and then try to make another plan.

In order to appease her, he could even agree to some outrageous conditions.

“Anyway, Madam Jiang will definitely die. I will not have her live lest she will ruin my plan.”

Thinking of this, Shao Jing felt quite relieved. He didn’t know that Madam Jiang’s temperament had changed greatly because of her daughter’s death.

“Madam… why are you here? What’s going on?” Shao Jing asked gently as he walked up to Madam Jiang, trying hard to suppress the anger in his heart and show some concern. Regardless of Madam Jiang’s dirty clothes, he reached out to help her up.

From his eyes and actions, he looked like he did know nothing and was quite considerate of Madam Jiang.

No matter what happened to Madam Jiang, he had to calm her down first.

Madam Jiang pushed Shao Jing’s hand away and shouted hoarsely and viciously, “Shao Jing, do you think it’s strange that I’m here alive? You tried your best to kill me so your mistress could become your wife. Have you got what you want by now?”