It had to be said that Xie Yanqing’s monetary offensive was quite effective.
Jiang Yueyao held the jade pendant in one hand and pearls in the other.
She felt this future brother-in-law was quite excellent.
At least much better than that crazy male lead.
The best way to prevent her sister from being targeted by a madman… was simply to place someone reliable by her sister’s side.
This Young Marquis Xie was even willing to die for her sister in the book, so he definitely wouldn’t harm her.
Moreover…
Most importantly…
Jiang Yueyao noticed her sister seemed to avoid meeting Young Marquis Xie’s gaze.
This matter showed promise.
Thus, Jiang Yueyao began earnestly recalling the plot related to Xie Yanqing.
[I remember the process of the Loyal Marquis Manor being framed was somewhat similar to the Jiang family’s situation]
[Someone also placed letters forged in the Loyal Marquis’s handwriting in his study, falsely accusing him of colluding with Northern Liang to rebel]
[Actually, the emperor didn’t believe it at first, after all… he had just won a great victory at the border. Claiming the Loyal Marquis was colluding with Northern Liang? That would be utterly foolish]
[Unfortunately… later, weapons and armor were discovered at the Loyal Marquis’s estate outside the city, along with even a dragon robe, leading to the family’s confiscation and exile]
[To be honest, the current emperor was relatively merciful—even with the dragon robe evidence, he didn’t order executions. Still, the Loyal Marquis ultimately died]
[So regarding the Loyal Marquis Manor’s confiscation, one aspect was the letters, but more crucially, it was those weapons and armor]
[What should be done?]
Jiang Yueyao rubbed her forehead.
Her head ached, feeling as if it were growing a brain.
Such matters weren’t her forte.
Although Jiang Yueyao considered herself an intelligent beauty who had even made it to university in her previous life…
Truthfully… university students like them, raised in greenhouses, probably wouldn’t survive three episodes in ancient times.
The current problem was: she knew the Loyal Marquis Manor was heading for disaster but didn’t know how to warn them.
However…
Young Marquis Xie gave Jiang Yueyao a deep look.
“My apologies for disturbing you today. Yuansong and Yuanbai have already arrived at the gate with the luggage and supplies. You must have much to attend to, so I’ll take my leave now.”
“Once you’re settled, we should gather properly and drink to our hearts’ content!”
He had obtained the most critical information from Jiang Yueyao.
Xie Yanqing was eager to return home and verify it.
If it were true… then their Loyal Marquis Manor would owe Jiang Yueyao an enormous favor.
……
“He’s leaving already?”
So straightforward?
Jiang Yueyao rubbed her forehead again.
She hadn’t figured out how to warn her future brother-in-law yet.
“He probably has urgent matters to attend to.”
Jiang Yuehua patted her younger sister’s head.
My sister is truly the most adorable Little Fairy in this world!
With her sister’s reminder, she needed to take action as well.
She absolutely couldn’t let the Loyal Marquis Manor be wronged like this.
For a battlefield general to die not in combat but from sinister schemes was the greatest disgrace.
“Come, sister will take you to see your two elder brothers.”
“Yao Yao, you haven’t seen them for years. I wonder if you’ll still recognize them.”
[Wow, the Songbai Brothers!]
[Hurry, hurry! Sis can’t wait any longer]
[By the way, these two should have prepared gifts for me, right?]
Jiang Yueyao rubbed her fingers together, full of anticipation.
……
At the main gate of the Jiang Manor.Servants were bustling in and out like flowing water, carrying items inside, while two handsome young men stood to the side whispering.
Jiang Yuanbai: “Why did Young Marquis Xie leave so soon? I thought he came all excited to see Yuehua, and would at least stay for a meal.”
Jiang Yuansong: “Young Marquis Xie also has plenty of luggage and supplies to deal with, so he must have returned to handle his affairs. And… stop making assumptions about our sister.”
Jiang Yuanbai: “Hey, I’m not making anything up. Even the camp dog could tell how Young Marquis Xie feels about our Yuehua. I reckon… he’ll probably come to propose before long.”
Jiang Yuansong couldn’t help but smile as well.
Young Marquis Xie’s feelings were indeed no secret to the brothers.
And they were quite pleased about the matter.
Jiang Yuanbai: “Ah, before we know it, Yuehua’s getting married. My heart aches.”
Jiang Yuansong: “Don’t worry, we still have Yao Yao.”
Jiang Yuanbai: “Speaking of Yao Yao makes my heart ache even more! Didn’t you hear what the servant reported? Yao Yao’s been constantly bullied at home, probably manipulated into foolishness. And I heard she’s as thin as a bamboo pole. How could a young girl who’s skinny as a stick be pretty? What if she’s ugly? Could she end up unmarried? So worrying.”
“Really that worrying?”
Jiang Yuanbai nodded mournfully.
“Of course it’s worrying.”
“Think supporting an unmarried sister would be a burden?”
Jiang Yuanbai shook his head. “Taking care of a sister is only natural. It’s just… my sweet, soft little sister is gone, gone…”
He suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Wait, that wasn’t his elder brother’s voice.
Turning his head, he met a pair of bright, clear eyes sparkling with mischief and… schadenfreude.
Pulling back his gaze to take in the full picture, he saw a fair and delicate young girl who appeared somewhat thin, more like a fragile porcelain doll.
Delicate and beautiful, fragile and breakable.
This, this was…
The girl blinked at him.
“Second Brother, hello. I’m that ugly, unmarriageable, worrisome sister of yours.”
As she spoke…
The playful smile vanished from the girl’s face, replaced by a pitiful expression as she turned and buried herself in the arms of Zhou Qiongying, who had just emerged.
“Mother~”
She didn’t tattle, but the effect was even more potent than if she had.
“You wretched boy, how dare you speak of your sister like that!”
“I think I haven’t been beating you enough lately!”
Jiang Zhen, who had come out with his wife, immediately delivered a kick, then feeling unsatisfied, added two more.
“Bullying your sister as soon as you return… You, go kneel in the ancestral hall…”
“Master, we don’t have an ancestral hall here. The ancestral hall is at the ancestral residence.”
“Oh right, then run laps around this street! Twenty laps!”
“Father! That many laps could kill someone!”
“Thirty laps!”
Jiang Yuanbai: …
He was wrong.
His sister wasn’t ugly, nor foolish…
He was the fool, and he was the one making a spectacle of himself!
On his first day back in the capital, Jiang Yuanbai ran thirty full laps around the street where the Jiang family’s new residence was located. By the time the moon was high in the sky and he finally finished, he was completely exhausted.
Supported unsteadily by a servant back to his quarters, Jiang Yuanbai just wanted to cry.
But he couldn’t even shed a tear.
He had sweated so much that all his moisture seemed to have drained through his pores.Unfortunately, the servant wasn’t considerate either – instead of first getting him some water, he rushed off in a hurry to find the eldest young master Jiang Yuansong.
Just as Jiang Yuanbai thought he might die of thirst first…
“Have some water.”
Warm tea was brought to his lips, carefully helping him drink it.
Feeling he had finally survived, Jiang Yuanbai then looked at his lifesaver.
What a good person.
Huh?
She looks familiar.
Not sure, let me look again.
This, this… isn’t this his little sister, Jiang Yueyao?
Jiang Yueyao waved the large meat bun in her hand.
“Second brother, you must be tired and hungry after running for so long. This is the large meat bun I secretly saved for you. Eat it quickly.”
Her expression was so concerned, her eyes so sincere.
Jiang Yuanbai was instantly moved.
That previous slyness, that business about making him run laps… must have been his imagination.
My sister is the best little fairy in this world!
Sob, I must treat my sister even better in the future!