After a long silence, Ye Xuanchen finally found his voice: "If that's the case, I'm afraid even the Minister's mansion won't be able to accommodate you, Miss."
Jiang Luoxue laughed, a laughter that seemed completely unconcerned: "If this place doesn't want me, there are plenty of other places that will."
"If the Minister's mansion can't accommodate me, I'll just abandon it."
Ye Xuanchen could tell from the girl's serious expression that she wasn't joking at all.
He simply couldn't understand how a civil official like Minister Jiang, who was so particular about rules and regulations, could raise such an unconventional girl as Miss Jiang!
Jiang Luoxue knew that her actions were nothing short of fanciful in the eyes of ancient people like Ye Xuanchen.
She had no intention of having any further contact with Ye Xuanchen, so she was too lazy to explain or argue with him.
Just then, the carriage stopped, and the driver announced from outside, "General, we have arrived at the Minister's residence."
"Thank you, General Ye, i am leaveing now!" Jiang Luoxue said this while jumping out of the carriage and striding towards the gate of the Minister's residence.
Ye Xuanchen lifted the carriage curtain with his hand, gazing at the girl's heroic and dashing figure.
After a moment, he instructed, "Mo Qi, go and investigate Jiang Luoxue's experiences over the years, and then report back to me immediately."
"Yes—!" Mo Qi accepted the order and left.
Seeing that the young lady had already entered the gates of the Minister's residence, Ye Xuanchen then ordered the carriage to head back.
Upon arriving at the mansion, he immediately sent someone to invite his friend Baili Miao to his study.
Since he was poisoned by the Fierce Charm Poison, it has been his friend from the Divine Doctor Valley who have been helping him to recuperate. Otherwise, even with the Cold Pool, he wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.
Before long, a gentle and refined young man dressed in white came over.
"Huaijin (Ye Xuanchen's courtesy name), is there something you need?" Baili Miao was searching for a way to overcome the Fierce Charm Poison in the pharmacy when he heard that his friend was looking for him, so he put down his medical book and rushed over.
As soon as he entered, he noticed that his friend's complexion was different from when he usually soaked in the cold spring.
In the past, after he soaked in the cold spring, his face would turn pale and his body would feel stiff and weak, and it would take him at least several days to recover.
Although he still looked unwell today, he seemed much more energetic.
"Huaijin, did you have any extraordinary encounter at the Cold Pool today? You look much better than usual." Baili Miao asked his friend curiously.
Ye Xuanchen blushed as he thought about his intimate moments with Jiang Luoxue.
He coughed awkwardly twice and then changed the subject: "Baili, I got a prescription that says can cure the charm poison in my body. Come and see if it's true."
"What prescription? Let me see it quickly." Baili Miao was so engrossed with this news that he forgot to ask anything else.
Ye Xuanchen also breathed a sigh of relief and picked up his pen and wrote down the prescription that Jiang Luoxue had told him.
Baili Miao was so excited that he almost jumped up when he held the written prescription.
"Wonderful, truly wonderful! Snow Marrow Lotus, Ice Cicada Molting, Azure Cloud Bamboo Sap, Rootless Night Dew Collected Under the Moon, Cinnabar Tears, and Thousand-Year-Old Frost Marrow."
"Hahaha, with these, Huaijin, your poison will be cured!" Baili Miao laughed happily.
He carefully checked the dosage of each medicine, and found that it was all used just right.
Only someone with extremely high medical skills could prescribe such a method.
He excitedly grabbed his friend's hand: "Huaijin, where is the miracle doctor who gave you this prescription? I want to go and visit him."
"Old Man?" Ye Xuanchen raised an eyebrow. If Jiang Luoxue knew that someone was calling her old, she would probably find it both funny and embarrassing!
For some reason, he suddenly recalled the scene from that night when they were entwined, and the girl, unable to bear it any longer, was covered in sweat and begging for mercy in a soft voice.
Distracted for a moment, he suddenly felt something stirring in a certain place.
He was startled and quickly suppressed the evil thought in his mind.
He quickly sat down in the armchair by the desk, awkwardly tugging at his clothes to hide his unusual behavior.
Baili Miao looked at him suspiciously: "Huaijin, what's wrong with you?" Why are you acting like a woman, all shy and hesitant?
"No...it's nothing. It's just that the miracle doctor left a prescription and left. I don't know where to find her." Ye Xuanchen lied subconsciously. He didn't know why, but he just didn't want his friend to bother Jiang Luoxue.
Baili Miao said with a face full of regret, "What a pity! If I had known, I would have gone out with you today. Maybe I could have formed a connection with the divine physician and discussed things with him!"
Ye Xuanchen: "..." He thought of how Jiang Luoxue dressed so gracefully and elegantly in front of him.
Baili Miao didn't notice his friend's expression. He was only disappointed for a moment before he immediately picked up the prescription with renewed enthusiasm and went out to find the medicinal herbs.
Before leaving, he muttered to himself that these things were hard to find and that it would probably take some effort to collect them all.
Not long after Baili Miao left, Mo Qi returned to report.
It must be said that Mo Qi is an extremely capable intelligence officer.
It didn't take long to investigate Jiang Luoxue thoroughly, including her life, activities, and personality during her years at the Minister's residence.
He even investigated thoroughly the matter of her being drugged while offering incense and then being chased by bandits.
That night, when Xuan Chen heard that Jiang Luoxue's father had remarried after her mother died when she was six, and that her stepmother was a wolf in sheep's clothing who had secretly tormented her, causing her to become timid and indecisive, the man couldn't help but frown.
Is Jiang Luoxue, whom Mo Qi mentioned, really the same person he met?
One was obsequious, the other was unconventional.
Their personalities are so different!
"Are you sure this Jiang Luoxue you're talking about is really the one I asked you to investigate?"
Mo Qi answered decisively, "I am certain that the person I'm investigating is Jiang Luoxue, the legitimate daughter of Jiang Yucheng, the Minister of Rites!"
Ye Xuanchen simply couldn't understand how two people could have such drastically different personalities.
Mo Qi just said that Jiang Yucheng's second wife is a woman who is all talk and no action.
Could it be... that this girl is hiding her true abilities in order to survive under her wicked stepmother?
Thinking about it this way, it does make sense.
The thought of the young girl, barely a child, having to carefully survive under her stepmother's care and having to hide her true self just to stay alive caused Ye Xuanchen a strange, pang of pain in his heart.
It felt like a needle was pricking his heart.
This girl not only didn't complain when he took her innocence, but also gave him the prescription to save his life free of charge. She was so kind-hearted.
His conscience told him that he couldn't bear to see her suffer any more.
"Mo Qi, find someone skilled in martial arts to secretly protect Miss Jiang and prevent anyone from harming her again."
"By the way, if Miss Jiang encounters any trouble, remember to report it to me as soon as possible."
Mo Qi was puzzled; this was the first time his master had shown such concern for a woman.
Could it be... that Miss Jiang will become the mistress of the General's Mansion in the future?
We'll need to find two of the best fighters to protect the future mistress.
Mo Qi was ordered to go find someone. Seeing that he was in a hurry, Yan Qing couldn't help but call out and ask, "Mo Qi, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Mo Qi stopped and replied expressionlessly, "Going to find someone to protect the future mistress!"