Jiang Luoxue curled her lips: "Whether she's innocent or not, we'll find out by asking Jiang Ruzhu, won't we?"
"You...!" Chu Lianxin's face turned pale. Jiang Yucheng saw the panic in her eyes and coldly gave orders to his capable guards.
"Jiang Shu, go and bring Jiang Ruzhu here."
Jiang Yucheng's face had turned a deep purplish-red; he had no idea what bad luck he had been experiencing these past few days.
First, the eldest daughter caused chaos in the mansion, and the wife was no longer beautiful and virtuous. Then, theft occurred.
Now it has been revealed that An Ruzhu had an affair with her future brother-in-law.
It's like one problem after another, there's never a moment's peace.
His reputation as a minister's mansion is now completely ruined.
Jiang Shu went to Jiang Ruzhu's Ziwei Courtyard and returned to report not long afterward.
"Reporting to Master, the Second Miss is not in the manor."
A young lady from a respectable family ran out without saying goodbye or asking her parents for permission.
Jiang Yucheng nearly fainted from anger. "Go find her immediately, and bring her back to me right away."
Chu Lianxin's heart skipped a beat, and at this moment she couldn't care less about targeting Jiang Luoxue.
She knew that when her daughter left the manor, she was most likely with An Yuanxiu.
If her husband's men saw them together and brought them back in front of everyone, Ruzhu's reputation would be ruined.
Chu Lianxin secretly gave the housekeeper a wink, signaling him to find a way to inform his daughter.
Zhou Shiyu immediately understood and whispered something to a servant beside him. The servant then secretly turned and left.
The interaction between the group did not escape the eyes of Jiang Luoxue and Ye Xuanchen.
"Do you need my help?" Ye Xuanchen asked softly.
Jiang Luoxue happened to have no one else around her, so naturally she wouldn't refuse.
"Then I'll trouble General Ye to send someone to stop that servant and prevent him from having a chance to inform Jiang Ruzhu."
Ye Xuanchen secretly made a gesture, and a black shadow as fast as lightning disappeared.
Jiang Luoxue felt a black light flash before her eyes, but when she looked closely, there was nothing there, and she thought she was seeing things.
She leaned closer to Ye Xuanchen and asked softly, "Did you see anything float past you just now?"
The man leaned closer and whispered to her, "He's my bodyguard."
Jiang Luoxue: "...!"
Looking around, she realized that no one had seen the dark figure leave.
She couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.
What the hell!
Is this the legendary light-footed skill?
She became even more determined that in the future, she would try to outsmart others and avoid exposing the space and its contents if possible.
Otherwise, she couldn't guarantee that she would survive unscathed among these martial arts masters and ambitious individuals.
Seeing that she was staring in the direction the guards had left, Ye Xuanchen assumed she was worried that his men wouldn't be able to catch up with the servant, and assured her, "Don't worry, Mo Twelve is an expert at tracking, catching a servant is a piece of cake for him."
Jiang Luoxue thought to herself: I'm not worried that you won't be able to catch up with people, I'm just jealous of you!
If she had someone like that, it would be much easier for her to look up anything.
Jiang Luoxue secretly resolved that once things were settled here, she would use the prescription she had already sent out to shamelessly ask Ye Xuanchen for a master to come over.
Ye Xuanchen had no idea that Jiang Luoxue was after his bodyguards; he only noticed that the woman's eyes suddenly lit up unusually.
His heart couldn't help but pound.
The two spoke softly, as Jiang Yucheng was too consumed by anger to pay attention to anything else.
Chu Lianxin was worried that her daughter's affair would be exposed, so she was somewhat absent-minded and didn't pay attention to the interaction between the two of them.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Jiang Yuzhu was still nowhere to be found, but the people from the Dali Temple arrived first.
Ye Xuanchen didn't want the people from the Dali Temple to discover that he was there, so he gave Jiang Luoxue a wink, and the two quietly left the council hall and went to the garden.
"Thank you for today."
As soon as she arrived at the garden, Jiang Luoxue thanked him first, even though she wouldn't have lost out even if Ye Xuanchen hadn't come.
But having someone to help is always better than going it alone.
Hearing her thanks, Ye Xuanchen smiled and said, "Compared to the valuable prescription you gave me, this little favor is nothing."
Hearing him mention the prescription, Jiang Luoxue casually asked, "Can you find all the medicinal herbs listed in the prescription?"
"My people have done their best to search. Some can be found, but others are more difficult. But don't worry, no matter how difficult it is, I will have people do their best to find it," Ye Xuanchen said with a smile.
Looking at the girl in front of him who had given him her innocence but did not intend to marry him, Ye Xuanchen always felt a little guilty and wanted to do something for her.
So when he heard that she was being harassed today, he rushed over without thinking twice.
When he entered the Minister's residence just now and saw Jiang Yucheng and his wife targeting Jiang Luoxue, he felt a pang of sympathy for the girl.
Her father doesn't love her, her stepmother is hypocritical and unvirtuous, and her stepsister is eyeing her fiancé.
In this cold and imposing mansion of the Minister, he was wondering how the young lady grew up to be so big.
Thinking of the information Mo Qi had investigated, this girl had been pretending to be weak for eighteen years.
If she wasn't drugged and forced into a corner, she probably would have continued to pretend.
This girl has really suffered.
Jiang Luoxue keenly sensed the tenderness in the man's eyes.
On a whim, she decided to take this opportunity to ask him for the person.
"Um... General Ye, I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"What kind of help do you need? Please tell me, Miss Jiang."
"I want to ask you for someone who knows kung fu."
"Who do you want?" Ye Xuanchen went through his list of people in his mind, looking for those who had been in contact with Jiang Luoxue.
"I don't have a specific person in mind, nor do I need someone with top-notch kung fu skills. I just need someone who can protect me and help me gather information on a regular basis."
People with top-notch kung fu skills are too rare, and Jiang Luoxue was worried that he wouldn't want to give one to her.
Ye Xuanchen thought of the young lady's situation in the Minister's mansion, and the fact that she had been drugged the day before yesterday.
He knew that although the girl knew some kung fu, it wasn't particularly good; someone with even slightly better kung fu skills, she wouldn't be able to handle them.
She really does need one or two skilled people around her, so he readily agreed.
"Miss Jiang, one is too few. How about I give you two skilled people? One can be a bodyguard, and the other can be a maid in public."
"With this combination of overt and covert protection, your safety is more assured."
The surprise came too suddenly.
Jiang Luoxue originally only wanted one, but Ye Xuanchen gave her two at once, and they were even skilled in martial arts.
I have to say, this man is quite generous.
After the initial surprise, Jiang Luoxue wondered if they would be loyal to her, since they are Ye Xuanchen's man.
"Then, will the people you give me still be at your beck and call?"
This needs to be clarified. If the maid is not faithful to her, she will have to be careful not to reveal any of her secrets when they are together.