In the evening, Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng leaned on the soft couch and talked after taking a bath.
Yu Zheng told her that tomorrow Zhuiyun would take someone to escort her back to Shangjing, so that she would not have to rush on the journey and stay overnight at a post station or inn instead of sleeping in the wild.
After listening to Yu Zheng's detailed explanation, Jiang Shu said, "Zhui Yun is coming with me, so you don't have a right-hand man by your side."
Yu Zheng held her hand and said, "It doesn't matter. It's not important to escort you with food and grass. Wait until he escorts you back to Beijing and then meet me in Yicheng."
Yu Zheng arranged it well, and Jiang Shu remained silent for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Seeing her low mood, Yu Zheng asked warmly.
Jiang Shu took a deep breath, raised his eyes and looked at Yu Zheng and said seriously: "I want to go to Yicheng with you."
Yu Zheng was startled when he heard the words, his dark eyebrows slightly twisted and he said seriously: "Yicheng is not as dangerous as Pingyang. It is dangerous and chaotic. I will be very busy when I get there and have no time to take care of you..."
Jiang Shu interrupted him and said, "I know."
"Don't worry, I won't drag you down by running around. I can settle accounts and take care of general affairs. I can help you handle the rear affairs of the army and relieve you of some troubles."
"I know that life or death is unpredictable, so I want to be with you. No matter what happens, we will face it together. Even if it does happen, we will have less regrets."
Jiang Shu looked at Yu Zheng steadily, his almond-shaped eyes full of determination.
"Shu'er..." Yu Zheng sighed deeply, hesitantly.
He was happy that Jiang Shu went with him, but he didn't dare risk her safety.
"Husband, I can't go back to Beijing with peace of mind alone. Just let me go with you. I promise I won't be a burden to you." Jiang Shu hugged Yu Zheng's arm tightly and looked at him eagerly.
Facing Jiang Shu like this, Yu Zheng had no choice but to compromise and nod.
After getting the answer, Jiang Shu was overjoyed, and his depressed mood suddenly became lighter.
Yu Zheng looked at her smiling face and said slowly: "Before you go, you have to promise me something."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Shu was confused.
Yu Zheng said solemnly: "If anything happens, I will arrange for someone to escort you away first. You must not be willful then. You must leave. Ziyou is still waiting for you in Beijing."
Jiang Shu was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally nodded heavily.
"Okay, I promise you."
Yu Zheng took her and stood up and said, "I'm going to write a letter to my mother and concubine. You can also write one to your father-in-law and mother-in-law."
If you don't go back to Beijing, you have to tell your family.
The two of them sat in front of the writing desk. Yu Zheng studied the ink for Jiang Shu and asked her to write first.
Jiang Shu took up his pen and wrote a letter home to Jiang's father and Jiang's mother under Yu Zheng's gaze.
At the end of the letter, Jiang Shu repeatedly stated that she was only going to help Yu Zheng take care of the military's rear affairs and would not go to the frontline battlefield. If there was danger, she would evacuate first, so that Jiang's father and Jiang's mother not to worry.
After writing the letter, he put it aside to dry. Jiang Shu stood up and asked Yu Zheng to write.
Yu Zheng writes very fast, his pen is like a swimming dragon, and his handwriting is beautiful.
The two of them wrote the letter, put it in an envelope, and handed it to the guards to send back to Beijing tomorrow.
It was getting dark, and Yu Zheng said to Jiang Shu, "Go to bed early. It will be very difficult to start the journey tomorrow."
Jiang Shu responded and walked to the bed with him.
Just as he was about to take off his shoes and go to bed, he suddenly heard panic shouting outside.
Because he was far away, he couldn't hear clearly, so Jiang Shu called Leng Xing to ask.
"What happened?"
Leng Xing said through the door of the house: "The Lu Mansion is in trouble."
Lost? Where did the water leak?
Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng hesitated for a moment, then put on their coats and left the hospital for inspection.
"...The water is leaking, hurry up and put out the fire..."
In the southeast of the backyard, fire was blazing into the sky, and servants in the mansion were running around in a hurry with buckets of water.
To the southeast, that's where the owner lives, and Lu Mingke and Su Rou's yard is also there.
"What's going on?" Jiang Shu was confused, how could such a good person catch fire?
Yu Zheng muttered: "Go and have a look."
First, Lu He was suddenly ill, and now there was a fire. There were not so many coincidences in the world, so something must have happened to the Lu family.
Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu followed the firelight and came to a courtyard.
Servants carrying buckets of water crowded around outside the courtyard but did not even go in to put out the fire.
Full of doubts, Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng entered the courtyard and saw Lu Mingke, Su Rou, and Mrs. Lu standing in the courtyard.
"Why are the prince and princess here? It's dangerous here. Please avoid it." Madam Lu was shocked.
Lu Mingke and Su Rou turned around when they heard the sound, their expressions were very ugly.
"Hahaha……"
Jiang Shu was about to ask what was going on when he suddenly heard a crazy laugh coming from the front.
Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu took a closer look and realized that there was someone on the roof!
Shen Qingrong!
What was she doing on the burning roof?
At this moment, Jiang Shu suddenly understood that this was Shen Qingrong's yard.
She looked around and saw that all the houses in the courtyard were on fire. The flames shot up to the roof and surrounded Shen Qingrong.
"Hahaha... died of a sudden illness? I won't let you have your way. I have the final say on my own life..."
Shen Qingrong was wearing a gorgeous dress, standing precariously on the ridge of the roof, looking down at the people in the courtyard, laughing and talking like crazy.
"What's wrong with her?" Jiang Shu asked in surprise.
She had only seen Shen Qingrong in the morning, and she was quite normal then. Why did she go crazy after only half a day's work?
"She..." The family scandal was not publicized, and Mrs. Lu didn't know what to say.
Lu Mingke frowned and said solemnly: "Please also ask the prince and princess to be witnesses for the Lu family."
Witness what?
"Shen Qingrong colluded with his aunt to murder his father-in-law and poison his husband. After the conspiracy was exposed, he committed suicide in fear of crime."
Lu Mingke's words were clear and Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng were shocked.
No wonder Lu He suddenly fell ill, that's why.
As for poisoning her husband, they saw that Lu Mingke was safe and sound, so they thought they were discovered before they could succeed.
Jiang Shu suddenly remembered that Su Rou was restless that afternoon, and it turned out that something like this had happened.
And what Lu Mingke said just now clearly meant that he had no intention of saving Shen Qingrong.
That's why the servants carrying buckets of water were asked to stay outside the hospital and did not enter the hospital to put out the fire.
It is true that the fire was too big to save, but it could not hide the Lu family's determination to end Shen Qingrong.
Going with the flow is also going with your heart.
"Hahaha……"
Shen Qingrong continued to laugh wildly on the rooftop. She looked in the direction of Shangjing, then turned to Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng.
She is unwilling to do so.
If Yu Zheng had accepted her letter and married her as his concubine, how could she have ended up in this situation?
But before he died, he could still see Yu Zheng, which gave him some comfort.
Shen Qingrong looked at Yu Zheng and smiled foolishly, as if he had forgotten that he was in a sea of fire.
"Crack--" The house made a crackling sound after burning. The fire became stronger and stronger, burning Shen Qingrong's face red.
Shen Qingrong set the fire himself.
She didn't want to die quietly, she wanted to die vigorously.
Because she was under house arrest, only her personal maid was left in the courtyard, while the others were guarded outside the courtyard.
After nightfall, Shen Qingrong and his maid poured the kerosene originally used to help Aunt Bai escape all over the house in the courtyard, then lit it himself, and then climbed up the ladder to the roof.
"Lu Mingke, please treat Xingyuan well, otherwise I will become a ghost and stalk Lu Sui'an every night, making her live in peace."
Shen Qingrong warned bitterly.
Su Rou's heart trembled after hearing this, but before she could scold Shen Qingrong angrily, she saw tongues of fire rushing up to the roof. There was a loud "boom", the roof collapsed, and Shen Qingrong instantly disappeared into the sea of fire.
