I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

There was only one day left before the birthday banquet of the old lady in Marquis Xie’s mansion, and another incident broke out in the capital, becoming the talk of the people on the streets.

Father Jiang was once again reported in the court by someone, and the person who reported him was Grand Secretary Xue.

The cause was simple: Jiang Hao owed more than one thousand taels of silver to the gambling house and maliciously refused to repay the debt.

After gambling, Jiang Hao owed money. He went out to drink and was beaten up by Jiang Yuan and his men. He has been lying in bed, unable to get up. He was thinking about his gambling debts, but didn't dare to say it.

Jiang Huai won the top spot in the imperial examination, and his father had never hidden anything from him. When he was beaten for going out drinking, his father felt more distressed than blaming him. Thanks to this, his life was a little better.

Aunt Qiu was reluctant to nag him about studying every day in front of him.

Because of Jiang Huai, the mansion held a grand banquet and spent a lot of money. The servant beside him heard Aunt Qiu complain about this to the maid beside her.

At first, the grandmother did not agree to hold the banquet. She thought that Jiang Huai and Jiang Yuan refused to come back, making Jiang Zhou, their father, look so rude and unfilial. She wanted to notify the clan members and remove them from the family tree.

She was an old lady from the countryside with no vision or sense of the overall situation. Jiang Zhou talked to her for a long time and analyzed the interests involved before she reluctantly agreed to put the matter on hold for the time being.

Jiang Hao was terrified. He had no money and was injured so he couldn't go out to borrow money. He didn't dare tell his parents. He could only think that this was the Jiang Mansion anyway and those people from the gambling house couldn't come to the mansion to ask for money.

Unexpectedly, the people from the gambling house actually came to ask for money.

When Jiang Hao heard the servant's report, he was stunned. Father Jiang and Aunt Qiu were not at home that day. They accompanied their grandmother to burn incense.

He was afraid of being found out, so he got confused and asked someone to say he was not there and kick the person out.

The servants of the Jiang residence were arrogant. Seeing that the other party was just a clerk in the gambling house and unable to drive him away, they simply beat the man in the street. They also accused the gambling house of extortion and slander, and threatened to report to the police and have the gambling house closed down.

The owner of the gambling house went straight to the government office and produced those IOUs. There were also many witnesses on that day, so this was a done deal and could not be faked.

The young master of the Jiang family not only owed money but also beat someone up for no reason. The prefect wanted to cover up for him but he couldn't, after all, there were many people outside watching.

As the official in the capital, he is not like the officials in other places. In other places, the emperor is far away and the sky is high. To put it bluntly, he can cover the sky with one hand.

He is not like that. He is working under the nose of his boss, and his office is full of royal relatives. If there is any mistake, it will be reported directly to the chairman of the headquarters.

The yamen runners came to Jiang's house to arrest someone. Jiang's father was at home. After hearing what happened, he cursed the unruly people for talking nonsense. He also said that Jiang Hao was seriously injured and the yamen had not yet found out who had beaten him. So it was impossible to take him to the yamen now.

After the prefect showed the IOU to Jiang's father, and there was testimony from the people, it was indeed Jiang Hao who owed the money first and then beat people.

Cases were handled one by one, and the fact that Jiang Hao was beaten was not fully clarified, but it did not delay the investigation of his cases of beating others.

He owed 1,500 taels of silver, plus interest, a total of more than 1,900 taels. He also injured someone and had to pay compensation, a total of 2,500 taels.

The matter has been settled.

However, the news of this matter spread in the capital, and early the next morning, the Grand Secretary wrote a memorial to report Jiang's father, with the same words, such as not educating his son well, etc.

He had originally planned to attend the birthday banquet of the old lady in the Marquis' Mansion, but the Emperor ordered Father Jiang to reflect on his mistakes at home for three days and not to leave the mansion.

Jiang Wan was fully prepared, but was again confined to her room. She was so angry that she started crying and making a fuss. She made trouble for her grandmother, Aunt Qiu, and even ran to Jiang Hao's room and gave him a good scolding.

Father Jiang was so angry that he wanted to beat Jiang Hao again, but Aunt Qiu stopped him by crying and begging.

When he was alone at night, Father Jiang seemed to feel a little regretful. If Yun hadn't died, even if she treated him coldly, Jiang Huai would never not return to this home.

With Yun in his hands, it would be easy for him to control Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai. He should not let Yun die so easily. If he had found a doctor at that time, she might have been able to hold on for a while, half a year. Even if it was only half a year, the dowry and the top scholar would still belong to their Jiang family.

Without Jiang Wan, Jiang Yuan felt a little bored at the banquet in the Marquis' Mansion. She thought she could meet Jiang Wan and see what new jokes she could come up with so that she could find a reason to start her road to revenge. Unexpectedly, Jiang Hao really delayed things.

The post was sent to Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai separately, so the brother and sister took a carriage to Marquis Xie's Mansion early in the morning.

The location of Marquis Xie's Mansion is not in a prosperous area, but close to the edge of the capital, in the south, with its back against the Nanshan Mountains. The entire mansion is much larger, and an area of ​​the forest is enclosed in the mansion's courtyard.

Lord Xie was also a military commander. His mansion had a whole bamboo forest, a martial arts training ground, and so on. There was also a running stream in the inner garden that was connected to the stream outside the city.

Jiang Yuan thought that the Qu Marquis Mansion was already very big, but when he arrived at the Xie Marquis Mansion, he found that it was even bigger.

Qu Ying had mentioned this to her before. The reason was that before the eldest princess married the marquis, the late emperor allocated houses to them and let them choose from several of them.

At that time, Marquis Qu was engaged to the eldest princess. The princess's mansion was in the city center, so in order to be closer to the princess's mansion, the marquis chose the current house.

Lord Xie's original wife was from the countryside. Lord Xie was afraid that his wife would be out of place in the capital, so he wanted to live in a more remote place and chose this house.

It took more than half an hour for the carriage to arrive. When I got off the carriage, I saw Xie Yunxiao standing at the gate with a few people standing in front of him.

The older one, with a full beard and a burly build, looks like a military commander. He must be Lord Xie.

Following behind him was a thin man in his thirties, who should be Xie Yunxiao's elder brother, Xie Yunfeng.

Behind Xie Yunxiao, there was another person who looked older than Xie Yunxiao, but with an average appearance, and was slightly inferior in height and temperament. He stood behind Xie Yunxiao with his head down.

Judging from afar, Lord Xie must be very fond of his eldest son, because no matter who the visitor was, the marquis would smile and welcome them into the mansion together with his eldest son.

When he looked at Xie Yunfeng, his brows were relaxed and full of kindness.

On the contrary, Jiang Yuan looked at his two sons behind him for several minutes, but Lord Xie did not even glance at them.

Seeing Xie Yunxiao's somewhat sad expression, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Huai looked at each other. They saw heartache and sympathy in each other's eyes.

"Zichang, second sister." A soft voice came from behind. It was Lu Chuan and Zhou Qian'an. The two of them came together.

Jiang Huai looked at the carriage behind the two and asked, "Why are you two, where are your two uncles?"

"They have arrived. The two of us agreed to come together. The elders came for Lord Xie, and we came for Yun Xiao." The two raised their chins proudly.