The man nodded repeatedly, indicating that he really knew nothing.
He was just a loafer on the street. Originally, he thought it would be easy to get the ten taels of silver, but he didn't expect that not only did he fail to get the silver, but he also got beaten. Now he was afraid he would end up in jail. Where could he go to seek justice!
Unexpectedly, Yi Qing changed the subject. "Just behead him on the charge of attempting to harm an official's wife. I won't pursue it anymore."
The man was greatly shocked. Lying on the ground like a dead dog, he shouted, "No, no! I know, I know. I can think some more. I'm really not the mastermind."
With Yi Qing's "help", the man remembered that the other person was a woman. He described her height, appearance, and attire.
Seeing that there was really nothing more to squeeze out of him, Yi Qing gracefully stood up and said, "My lord, I'm waiting for you to uphold justice for me."
The Magistrate of the Capital had a splitting headache. This general's wife obviously wasn't easy to deal with. But at this point, what else could he do but agree?
He sent someone to prepare a carriage and respectfully escorted Yi Qing back to her mansion.
In the carriage, Jushuang kept crying, her guilt palpable.
She felt that it was all because she had insisted on dragging Yi Qing out for a stroll that Yi Qing had encountered this disaster.
Yi Qing sighed and said, "Stop crying. Obviously, I've been targeted. If they didn't act today, they would definitely seize the opportunity to attack me tomorrow or the day after. It might even be better that it happened in the busy market. At least I've managed to escape danger. It really has nothing to do with you."
She couldn't stand such a flood of tears.
Jushuang wiped away her tears and choked out, "I'm not only feeling guilty. I also feel wronged for you because, after such a big incident, it seems that you have no one to turn to for help."
After all, Yi Qing was a widow and was easy to be bullied.
Yi Qing smiled faintly. "You've forgotten that my mother is Lady Di and my grandfather is the Duke Di."
Most importantly, she still had Xiao Tian.
But for this matter, if she could handle it on her own, she didn't want to trouble others. She didn't even think of asking for help.
She was already quite used to relying on herself.
"Alright, I'll take you home first. Otherwise, your family will be worried."
After sending Jushuang home, when the carriage rumbled towards the General's Mansion again, Yi Qing suddenly heard a series of rapid and compact footsteps.
The sound was so loud and deafening that one could tell how many people were following.
Curious, Yi Qing couldn't help but want to lift the carriage curtain and look outside.
But there was a bit of a mystery to the curtain of the Magistrate's carriage. Its design was actually quite similar to that of modern Venetian blinds. She studied it for a while before she managed to turn the curtain to the widest gap and look out.
But all she saw was the flying yellow dust. The people were long gone.
Today was really full of misfortunes. Not only had she almost been kidnapped, but now she wasn't even allowed to watch the excitement.
Yi Qing felt extremely regretful about her one hundred taels of silver.
As a successor of the socialist cause, why had she engaged in such feudal superstitions? As a result, she had almost lost her life!
Spending money to suffer. How stupid!
She angrily put down the curtain and thought that she would also order a carriage like this when she got back.
When she returned to the mansion, thinking about her appearance, she felt a bit embarrassed to show herself. So she covered her face with a handkerchief and walked in quickly.
"Madam? Madam!" The little maid at the second gate saw her and let out a shocked cry as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Yi Qing: "..." What? Am I a zombie? Why are you so shocked?"
"No, no, no, Madam. Weren't you kidnapped by others?"
Yi Qing: "You all know about it?"
Sure enough, good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spreads far and wide.
She had been beaten to a pulp in public. Such an embarrassing thing, and she had been trying to keep it under wraps and deceive herself into pretending it hadn't happened. But how could the news spread so quickly?
The little maid said, "Yes! I heard that you were kidnapped. Guard Xiao borrowed five hundred imperial guards from the palace to rescue you!"
Yi Qing: "..."
She seemed to know what the excitement she had missed was.
Five hundred imperial guards. Those were the emperor's personal guards. Was Xiao Tian trying to scare the Magistrate of the Capital to death?
Now she just wanted to know how this news had reached the mansion and got to Xiao Tian's ears!
This time, she had really made a fool of herself.
With the imperial guards mobilized, now everyone in the capital would know that she had been beaten.
She guessed that rumors would soon be flying everywhere, like "The untold stories between the widow of Xiao Jinghan and the emperor" and so on.
Mobilizing the emperor's personal guards. This was really a disaster!
Yi Qing was applying ice wrapped in a towel to her face to reduce the swelling while feeling so depressed that she wanted to bang her head against the wall.
Why did it have to be today?
Did she have to have a wedding night with Xiao Tian with a swollen face like a pig's head?
The sound of Xiao Tian's hasty footsteps sounded. Then he quickly lifted the curtain and came in. His eyes lit up amazingly when they landed on Yi Qing.
"You're okay?" He stood at the door, as if he had let out a long breath.
Yi Qing covered her face and said angrily, "What do you think?"
Xiao Tian took a deep breath, then suddenly stepped forward quickly and hugged Yi Qing tightly. He hugged so hard that he seemed to want to merge her into his own flesh and blood.
He had been summoned to the palace by the emperor in the academy. As soon as he sat down, he heard from Xiaodezi that something had happened to Yi Qing. So he led five hundred imperial guards and rushed out like the wind.
Although Xiaodezi had said that Yi Qing was safe and sound, he was still extremely anxious. He couldn't wait to see her immediately, protect her, and spare her from fear and panic.
There was nothing better than seeing her safe and sound.
"You're not allowed to go out alone in the future." Xiao Tian could almost hear his own heart pounding.
Yi Qing could feel it too.
"Are you scared?" She asked with a smile.
"Did you hear me!" Xiao Tian's voice suddenly rose, filled with thunderous anger. "If you dare to go out alone again, I'll break your legs!"
Yi Qing got angry too. "Instead of catching the bad guys, why are you yelling at me?"
Xiao Tian didn't say a word, but Yi Qing felt his body trembling slightly.
Was he really angry with her? Wouldn't he turn violent?
Just as Yi Qing was thinking carelessly, she heard Xiao Tian mutter in her ear, "Yi Qing, I'm scared."
Yi Qing, who prided herself on being invulnerable, suddenly felt her heart soften at these words.
She gently patted Xiao Tian's back. "Be good. Don't be afraid. I'm fine, aren't I?"
Xiao Tian: "..."
He gritted his teeth and said, "Shut up!"
Yi Qing: "My face hurts. I can't close my mouth."
Xiao Tian let go of her, reached out and gently held her chin, turning her swollen cheek towards him.
"Don't look. I'm too ugly." Yi Qing instinctively reached out to cover it, but was caught by Xiao Tian. Immediately, she blushed a little.
There was deep distress in Xiao Tian's eyes, which gradually turned into a raging fire.
"Good, good..." He sneered. "I'd like to see who's plotting against you behind your back!"
Feeling the killing intent emanating from him, Yi Qing felt both strange and reassured.
"How did you know something happened to me?" She asked in a muffled voice and didn't dodge anymore.
Let him look. Anyway, in the long future of living together, there would be no such thing as an image when it came to farting and burping.