amaotonovel Chapter 601 Old Secret
Chapter 601 Old Secret
However, the wound on his chest seemed to be in danger of bursting at any time.
When it came time to pay the medical bills, Ji Nanchuan couldn't come up with that much money, but he was too embarrassed to ask for credit.
In the end, Xia Chuhe took pity on him and helped pay his medical expenses of eight hundred taels of silver.
Seeing how generous Xia Chuhe was and how she took out so much money without even blinking, Ji Nanchuan liked her even more.
"Chu He, today's matter is all thanks to you, otherwise I don't know what to do."
Xia Chuhe smiled at him and said softly, "We have known each other for a while. It's just a small favor for me to help you. Don't take it too seriously."
Ji Nanchuan nodded, without any guilt on his face.
He said: "Chu He, when you have time, you can come to the Marquis's Mansion as a guest. My mother hasn't seen you for a long time. She will definitely be very happy to see you."
Xia Chuhe had a good impression of Madam Ji before. She was a very kind old lady.
Now that she heard that the other person was sick, she thought about it and felt that she should go see him.
Thinking of this, she agreed, "I happen to be free tomorrow, I'll go see Madam Ji."
Ji Nanchuan was overjoyed and asked happily: "Okay, where do you live? Do you need me to send someone to pick you up tomorrow?"
Xia Chuhe shook her head. "No need. We have our own carriage. We can come here tomorrow."
She exchanged pleasantries with Ji Nanchuan for a while, then left the yamen on the grounds that it was getting late.
Sitting in the carriage, Luzhu said to Xia Chuhe: "Madam, the Marquis of Yongning doesn't look like a good person at first glance. You must not be fooled by his sweet words."
Xia Chuhe glanced at her and sighed softly.
"I hadn't seen him for 25 years, and I had no idea he would have changed so much."
Even his previously comfortable facial expression looked very different, with calculation and cunning in his eyes.
Ji Nanchuan now made her feel very uncomfortable.
Suddenly thinking of something, Xia Chuhe said to Luzhu: "Go outside and investigate the relationship between Princess Ye Ji Yuntang and the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, as well as what kind of person she is and whether her medical skills are good or not. I want to know everything."
This time she came back not just to go back to her hometown, but to investigate something that happened twenty-five years ago.
This matter involved a royal scandal, so she didn't dare to make it public.
She originally wanted to investigate secretly, but she ran into Ji Nanchuan as soon as she came back.
Thinking back then, she really liked Ji Nanchuan and had fantasized about marrying him one day and having children with him.
But who would have known that one month before the two were talking about getting married, Xia Chuhe's parents suddenly decided to move the whole family away from the capital.
And we had to pack our bags and leave the city overnight, the sooner the better.
The decision came so suddenly that Xia Chuhe didn't even have time to say goodbye to Ji Nanchuan properly.
She just hurriedly wrote a letter, asked someone to deliver it to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion, and handed it to Ji Nanchuan, then left the capital overnight with her parents.
Xia Chuhe was quite young at that time, and she didn’t understand why her parents suddenly chose to leave the capital?
You know, the Xia family has lived in Dongchen Country for generations, making a living by doing some clothing and cloth business.
Although the family is not wealthy, the business is big and there is a steady flow of income every day.
Leaving like this would mean cutting off all sources of income, and the shop that he had worked so hard to run would also close down.
Xia Chuhe was very reluctant to leave, as she still loved Ji Nanchuan, but she could not persuade her parents.
Later, some bad things happened, which made her realize that it was the wisest decision for her parents to leave the capital.
Xia Chuhe still can't forget the scene of her parents being stabbed on the road.
In order to protect themselves, they were stabbed more than 30 times by the black-clad assassins and died with their eyes open.
Xia Chuhe hid behind a big tree, not daring to even breathe, for fear that the other party would discover her.
It rained heavily that night, with thunder and lightning coming one after another, and she cried inconsolably.
She dug the hole and buried her parents with her own hands, but she could never forget what they said to her before they died.
"Chu He, don't go back to the capital."
Later, Xia Chuhe fainted on the road due to illness and was rescued by a young scholar passing by.
The other person was from Nanning, came from an average family, and was a very honest scholar.
After a long period of contact, Xia Chuhe let go of Ji Nanchuan and developed feelings for the scholar.
The two got married naturally, and a few years later they had a son and a daughter, and lived a fulfilling and happy life.
After Xia Chuhe married into Nanning, she started a cloth business in Nanning according to the experience passed down by her parents.
The business is getting better and better, and my husband's family is getting richer and richer.
But who would have thought that the other party actually brought back a young lady at noon one day.
The woman was the daughter of a Shangshu, had a very high status and was very beautiful. She said frankly that she wanted to be the scholar's wife.
She also said that as long as the scholar married her, her father would help pave the way for him in the future, and his official position in the court would become higher and higher.
This is something that Xia Chuhe, a businesswoman, cannot give.
Xia Chuhe ran to question the scholar, but the scholar simply gave her a letter of divorce and told her to pack up and leave. She instantly felt hopeless.
The man whom I have loved for so many years would be so cruel to me because of official interests.
Later, when she was packing her luggage, she unexpectedly discovered that there was something else hidden inside the jade pendant that her parents left her.
There was a note inside the jade pendant, on which was written some words that Xia Chuhe found unbelievable.
She was shocked after reading it and quickly stuffed it back into the jade pendant.
It was then that Xia Chuhe realized that the death of her parents might be related to the secret on the note.
They saw things they shouldn't have seen in Dongchen Country, so the other party was eager to kill them to silence them.
But she was lucky and escaped the disaster.
Now that this incident happened more than 20 years ago, Xia Chuhe still cannot forget the scene of her parents' tragic death.
The moment she learned the truth, the hatred that had been suppressed in her heart burst out again.
So, after careful consideration, she took away all the scholar's money and decided to return to Dongchen Kingdom to investigate the truth behind her parents' death.
However, how easy is it to investigate this matter relying on her own strength?
The other party is a member of the royal family. His status was extremely noble twenty-five years ago. Twenty-five years later, he would be even more difficult to deal with.
Xia Chuhe originally wanted to test Ji Nanchuan to see if he could help her.
But after their contact today, she found that Ji Nanchuan was full of lies, greedy and unreliable.