novelhk Chapter 386 Adopted Daughter
Chapter 386 Adopted Daughter
The door opened, and Madam Ji came out tremblingly, leaning on a cane and supported by a nanny.
The moment she saw Ji Zihang, she rushed over and hugged him in her arms.
Madam Ji cried bitterly, "Hang'er, my good grandson, you are finally back!"
"Look at you. You've become so skinny because of starvation in the Dali Temple. I'm so sorry for you!"
Meng, Ji Nanchuan and Ji Qingqing followed behind. When she saw Ji Zihang, Meng's eyes also turned red!
Unexpectedly, in just half a month, her youngest son, whom she was most proud of, turned into this.
How could Ji Zihang now look like he did before when the moon was bright and the wind was gentle?
Ji Nanchuan frowned when he saw the two women crying at the door.
"Okay, it's good that Hang'er is back. Let's go in and talk first!"
Old Madam Meng took Ji Zihang's hand and returned to Ruyi Hall.
As soon as he stood still, Ji Zihang knelt down immediately, his voice choked with sobs.
"Grandma, father, mother, I am sorry for being unfilial and making you worry!"
Madam Ji's heart tightened, and she immediately said, "What does this have to do with you? You were framed."
She helped Ji Zihang up, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she actually started cursing in front of everyone.
"It's all Ji Yuntang's fault. In order to prevent Hang'er from participating in the Canglang Poetry Contest, he came up with such a despicable method to force him out."
"If Qingqing hadn't become the Crown Princess and asked His Royal Highness for help, our Hang'er wouldn't know how much suffering and pain he would have to endure in the Dali Temple."
In fact, Ji Zihang did not suffer any hardship in the Dali Temple.
Except for the fact that his living environment was a little poor, almost every meal he had in Dali Temple included wine and meat.
Ji Huaiche would not allow the jailers to mistreat him, nor would he allow them to lynch Ji Zihang.
Therefore, when Ji Zihang came out, apart from looking a little disheveled, he had basically no injuries on his body.
Despite this, Old Madam Ji still felt that Ji Zihang had suffered greatly in the Heavenly Prison.
And all this is all thanks to Ji Yuntang.
"Ji Yuntang is an ungrateful bastard, worse than a beast. Our mansion shouldn't have brought her back to help Qingqing marry. We should have let her be abused and tortured by her adoptive parents and die in the small mountain village."
"God, please open your eyes and take a look. Ji Yuntang has done so many bad things, why don't you send down thunder to kill her?"
Madam Ji's scolding became more and more unpleasant, and everyone present frowned.
Meng had never expected that the old lady, who always had a kind face and claimed to be elegant and noble and was a model of ladies in the capital, could actually say such ugly words.
Ji Zihang didn't think it was a big deal. He hated Ji Yuntang to the core, so no matter how harsh the words were, he didn't find them offensive.
He knew that he was able to get out this time thanks to the help of the prince.
When he was in the Heavenly Prison, he already knew that Ji Qingqing had received the imperial decree granting her marriage and would soon be moving into the Eastern Palace!
Of course, the reason why the prince helped him was all thanks to Ji Qingqing.
Ji Zihang looked at Ji Qingqing, his dark eyes hiding a flash of sadness.
He clenched his fist and said, "Qingqing, Third Brother's life was ruined by Ji Yuntang. Third Brother underestimated her!"
"The hope of revitalizing the Yongning Marquisate from now on will be in your hands. You must make Ji Yuntang pay the price."
It would be a lie for Ji Zihang to say that he did not hate the man. He was thrown into prison and labeled a murderer.
Even if he came out, the court would not dare to use him in the future unless Luo Jingshen ascended the throne. For Ji Qingqing's sake, he might be assigned an official position of the fifth or sixth rank.
Apart from this, he would have to be an idle young man, living his life in a daze, and he wouldn't even be able to step into the gate of the Royal Academy.
Ji Zihang had been expelled from the Royal Academy by Cheng Rushan.
He was the first one to be expelled from the academy in this way.
All the scholars and students who used to be on good terms with him distanced themselves from him, declaring that they no longer wanted to be friends with a hypocrite who had attempted murder.
Overnight, he fell from heaven to hell, from a favored child of heaven to a hypocrite despised by everyone. This huge psychological gap made Ji Zihang unable to cry even if he wanted to.
He knew that even if he killed Ji Yuntang, nothing would change!
His life and his lofty ambitions have basically been ruined!
If he wants to climb higher now, he can only place his hopes on Ji Qingqing.
Ji Qingqing has been able to get whatever she wants in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion during this period. After hearing what Ji Zihang said, she seemed even more proud.
Who would have thought that in the end, everyone in the Yongning Marquis' Mansion was still counting on her.
She has been living under someone else's roof for seventeen years, and finally she can hold her head high!
Ji Qingqing sneered, with a hint of ridicule, "Don't worry, Third Brother, I'm not as ruthless as some people. The Marquis' Mansion adopted me, so they are my benefactors. I will "remember" all the kindness you have shown me!"
"When I become the Crown Princess in the future, I will definitely repay you well."
She spoke very seriously about the words "remember" and "repay", but Ji Zihang, Meng and others did not find any problem. They just felt that Ji Qingqing was much more conscientious than Ji Yuntang!
It was worth it for them to bring her home and raise her as their own daughter for seventeen years.
Meng and others did not notice it, but that does not mean that others did not notice it.
Hua Feixue was wearing a red dress that fluttered in the wind. She was leaning against the wall outside Ruyi Hall, holding a leaf in her mouth, with a hint of interest in her eyes.
"Adopted daughter? Interesting."
Isn't this an ungrateful person?
During this period, there were always screams coming from the woodshed in the backyard. Hua Feixue couldn't sleep because of the noise, so she would sneak out to see what was going on.
And every time, she saw Ji Qingqing holding a whip and beating the young woman in the woodshed fiercely.
The woman was beaten beyond recognition, with almost no intact part of her skin.
Especially the face, which was covered in blood and had dozens of wounds from a dagger, each of which was deep enough to reveal the bone.
Even so, Ji Qingqing didn't let her die and forced her to keep alive with drugs.
Hua Feixue had met many people and dealt with women with deep thoughts, but she had never seen a woman as bad as Ji Qingqing.
In front of others, she is a little white flower as gentle as water.
Behind people's backs, she is a cruel and heartless black-hearted person.
Hua Feixue really wanted to help tear off her mask and let people see Ji Qingqing's other side, but considering her identity and situation, she still didn't want to wade into this flood.
However, she developed some interest in the real daughter of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion.
This daughter must be a powerful character, as she can make the family of Yongning Marquis’ Mansion hate her so much.
I just wonder when she will have the chance to meet this real daughter?