Are this couple, the fourth son and his wife, related to the King of Hell?
Why, are they too much for the underworld to handle?
"What are you still standing there for!"
Old Madame Xiao urged impatiently, "Let's go! Whatever there is to say, we'll ask it all clearly once we get there!"
"Yes, yes!" Lady Lu was panicked, yet terrified that the Old Madame would notice.
"Bring Chunniang and Zhuangge along too," Old Madame Xiao turned to instruct Mammy Liu, "take them over so Jingyi can be happy!"
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Ning'an Courtyard.
As soon as Xiao Jingyi and Jiang Lingzhi entered, Xueying and Yunrou rushed forward excitedly: "General, Madam, you have finally returned!"
Seeing Jiang Lingzhi’s state, Xueying let out an "ah" of surprise: "Madam, what happened to you?"
Jiang Lingzhi did not want her to worry, so she merely said, "I wasn't watching where I was walking and fell into a mud pit."
Xueying: "..." Madam, this servant is not a fool. Do you really think I believe that?
"Alright, go prepare some hot water. I'm covered in mud and want to wash up," Jiang Lingzhi said, thoroughly disgusted with herself.
"Yes!"
Xiao Jingyi added, "Prepare plenty; I need to wash as well."
Jiang Lingzhi: "..." It was the middle of the day; what was he talking about!
Just as she was about to tell him to behave himself, Xiao Jingyi sighed and rubbed his legs: "It is I who have implicated you, Madam..."
Jiang Lingzhi immediately found it hard to say anything further; after all, he had just woken up and was still a…
Chapter 41