Chapter 81 : Conspiracy

                                    

                                          
Su Shi could barely control her excitement . A myriad of emotions welled up in her heart as she embraced Jiang Lisa  and said, “My poor Mei’er led a bitter life and died early, Lisa ’er has grown so much, and must have suffered a lot . All of this is the fault of this old woman . ” On seeing that Su Shi was about to burst into tears once again, Zhao Guang hurriedly came forward to pat her on the shoulder and say, consolingly, “Furen, isn’t it a good thing that Lisa ’er has returned, why are you thinking about such sad things?” 
Zhao Yi also urged her, “Zumu, now that our biaomei has returned, this should be a happy occasion . ” 
The two mistresses of the Zhao family also consoled her . Su Shi wiped away her tears and smilingly said, “Look at me, wasting precious time like this . Lisa ’er, please don’t fault this old woman . ” 
Jiang Lisa  smiled faintly but did not say anything . 
With the arrival of Su Shi, Zhao Guang and Zhao Yi did not continue inquiring into the matters of the Jiang family, but, together with Su Shi, started asking Jiang Lisa  how she had managed all these years . Jiang Lisa  told them the details, but concealed the Jiang family’s ill treatment of her . Despite this, her indifference towards them was evident, and Su Shi was able to pick up on this . Since Jiang Lisa  was unwilling to say more, she also did not press her for the details, but looked at Jiang Lisa  with eyes full of love and regret . 
Zhao Guang and Zhao Yi had previously had some understanding of Jiang Lisa , as well as of her past situation . Now, watching her attempt to lighten Su Shi’s guilty conscience with nice-sounding lies, they came to love Jiang Lisa  even more . Zhao Yulong and Zhao Feizhou had never met Jiang Lisa  before, and they only knew that a biaomei whom they had never heard of before had suddenly appeared at the General fu, so they assessed Jiang Lisa  with a lot of curiosity . 
After Jiang Lisa ’s conversation with Su Shi, Su Shi decided she wanted to go to the kitchen to personally cook a meal for her, so she called several of the Zhao family’s old maidservants to go with her, and all of the remaining womenfolk left the room . 
Jiang Lisa  looked at Zhao Guang and said, “I have something else to say . ” 
Zhao Guang waved his hand . “Come to the study . ” He turned his head to look at Zhao Yuan Jia and the others, saying, “The few of you come along, too . ” 
Zhao Yi was considered an adult, so he naturally followed behind . Zhao Yulong and Zhao Feizhou wanted to go, too, but Zhao Yuan Feng stopped them, so they left discontentedly . 
In the study, Zhao Guang sat down before asking Jiang Lisa , “What is Jiang Quan planning to do with your elder brother?” 
His first words were not about the distribution of congee, nor were they about Chong Xin farmstead, but about Jiang Xin Eunwoo  . Slightly stunned, Jiang Lisa  smiled and said, “Does this mean that Maternal Grandfather is agreeing to help me?” 
Zhao Guang stared at her as he replied, “He is our Zhao family’s grandson[1], how can I just stand by and watch without doing anything[2]?” 
[1] Wai sun ( 外孙 ) – grandson from the maternal line; daughter’s son; 袖手旁观 
[2] Xiu shou pang guan ( 袖手旁观 )- (idiom) look from the side with folded arms; to look on without lifting a finger, 
Jiang Lisa  bowed her head slightly . At the beginning, she had been unsure what the Zhao family’s attitude would be, and thus had brought Jiang Quan and Xia Yan into the conversation . In reality, the statement she has made earlier about the maidservant overhearing Jiang Quan’s plan was just a groundless assumption[3] . It’s just that, in her previous life, Jiang Xin Eunwoo  had met with a vicious attack and lost his life . On thinking about it, this would be the most likely outcome again, so even if it meant that all the Zhao family’s plans came to naught, she could not take this risk with Jiang Xin Eunwoo ’s life . She said, “It will probably take another five days for dage to reach the capital . On his way back to the capital, he will undoubtedly meet with an accident . ” She paused and looked at Zhao Guang . “Even though I don’t know what method they will use, they have sufficient means to plot against dage’s life . ”