Xiang Jie had not arrived yet, Qi Yuan arrived first.
When Xiang Rong saw her, she couldn’t help feeling guilty. “Yuan Jie’er, I’m sorry. Our family failed as hosts, and that’s why something this serious happened.”
Madam Xiang was also embarrassed. “Yes, Yuan Jie’er, we truly owe you an apology. For this matter, we will certainly give the Qi family an explanation. Since Lang Ge’er was injured, we will do everything we can to invite famous doctors to treat him.”
It was indeed necessary to invite famous doctors.
But there were famous doctors already at home.
Qi Yuan sat beside Shen Jialang’s bed and softly asked him, “Can you bear it?”
Shen Jialang nodded firmly, yet also felt apologetic toward Qi Yuan. “Sister, I’ve caused trouble for you.”
If not for him insisting on going out, if not for him making a fuss about coming, this wouldn’t have happened.
Qi Yuan immediately said, “What does this have to do with you? Should people never go out for their whole lives just to avoid accidents? Today you both did very well, braver than I expected.”
They had never been her burden.
People cannot live alone; they must have someone to care about and be attached to.
And Shen Jialang and Qi Yunzheng had always trusted her wholeheartedly, and had always been living seriously and working hard.
In today’s incident, if not for Shen Jialang and Qi Yunzheng’s excellent riding skills, she would not have had enough time to test which set of dog-whistle commands controlled the pack.
When dead soldiers go out on assassination missions, they inevitably encounter all kinds of situations.
Especially since many households keep dogs.
Back then in the Shadow Guard camp, there had been specialized dog trainers who taught them how to deal with various kinds of dogs.
So it truly is fair in this world.
The more skills you learn, the fewer times you will need to beg others in the future.
She patted Shen Jialang on the shoulder. “You did very well, extremely well. Leave the rest to me.”
After speaking, she turned to Madam Xiang. “Madam, this matter has nothing to do with the Xiang family. Your hunting dogs were switched by someone, and someone issued commands for the pack to attack my younger brothers.”
What?!
Madam Xiang’s pupils widened, and goosebumps instantly spread across her body.
What?!
Who could be so vicious as to replace all the hunting dogs in their household?!
And what were they trying to do?!
The room fell silent, and for a moment Madam Xiang didn’t even know how to react.
At this time, Duchess Cheng had not seen Qi Yuan. She had originally intended to catch up to Second Madam Qi to argue things out, but after only a few steps she was stopped.
Turning her head, she discovered it was Feifei, the senior maid beside Ling Qiang.
The moment she saw her, Feifei hurried forward and whispered into the Duchess’s ear, “Madam, the young lady asked me to pass a message to you.”
Granddaughter was still more important than verbal arguments. The Duchess walked a few steps, bringing Feifei along as they passed around the corridor pillars and down the steps. “What is it?”
Feifei quietly revealed Ling Qiang’s plan in full.
The Duchess had never expected that her granddaughter had silently done something so major.
She suddenly raised her head and stared at Feifei. “Then now that b*stard…”
Feifei lowered her voice even further. “Replying to Madam, the person has already been inside that room for quite a while.”
The Duchess narrowed her eyes and couldn’t help laughing.
What kind of day was today?
Why were all the good things happening at once?
That brat from the Qi family had been bitten half to death by dogs, and that b*stard was now in the same room as Qi Yuan…
Tsk tsk!
The resentment she had been holding in finally cleared completely.
She immediately turned and instructed Feifei, “No need for me to call anyone to go look, you go…”
These children were still too young and inexperienced.
Though bold and capable, they were still not thoughtful enough.
Why should she bring people to catch adultery?
At a time like this, when everyone was present, as long as that room caught fire, everyone would naturally rush over.
Wouldn’t that be even more seamless?
She smiled and narrowed her eyes. Ever since the incident with the Liu family, she had never truly been happy.
But now, she only wanted to laugh out loud.
Good.
Today really was one dramatic show after another.
On Madam Xiang’s side, before Xiang Jie had returned, the household steward’s wife hurriedly ran in. “Madam! This is bad, one of the guest rooms in the back courtyard has caught fire!”
Misfortune never comes singly!
Madam Xiang nearly fainted.
What was going on, why had everything happened all at once today?
She never wanted to host any banquet again!
Whoever wanted to host one in the future could do it!
But future matters were for the future, right now the fire was urgent. She pressed Xiang Rong’s hand. “Rong Jie’er, stay here with Yuan Jie’er. I’ll go take a look first.”
A fire in the guest rooms was a major matter, and they didn’t even know whether anyone was resting inside.
If a guest happened to be trapped, there was no telling how it would be resolved.
Overwhelmed, she hurried out and rushed toward the back courtyard.
Since most of the guests had brought children, and Duchess Cheng kept saying nearby, “We still don’t know where our Ah Qiang is!”
Ling Qiang had not appeared at all.
But the Duchess was not worried.
After all, it was Ling Qiang’s trap. Her absence now must be to keep herself uninvolved while reasonably drawing the guests over to watch the excitement.
Since that was the case, she naturally couldn’t waste the scheme her granddaughter had carefully arranged.
With the Duchess shouting like this, everyone couldn’t help but grow anxious.
Water and fire show no mercy, who wouldn’t worry about something happening to their own child?
Madam Xiang had never felt so exhausted; she was utterly frazzled and could only hurriedly say, “As soon as the fire started, the household servants discovered it. Everyone, don’t panic, don’t panic, we’ll go take a look together.”
She felt like dying; she truly couldn’t imagine how today’s events could possibly be resolved.
In fact, the fire was not large. By the time Madam Xiang and the others arrived, it had already been extinguished. Only the door was charred black, and the windows looked ready to collapse from the burning.
But overall, the damage did not seem too serious.
Madam Xiang first silently recited a prayer of thanks in her heart, secretly relieved that nothing major had happened.
Then she heard the Duchess urgently ask, “Is there anyone inside? With so much smoke, even a healthy person would probably faint. Didn’t anyone go in to check?!”
The servants truly hadn’t, they had all been focused on putting out the fire.
Only after the Duchess said this did Madam Xiang react. “Right, right, quick, send someone in to check whether there’s anyone inside!”
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