Miss Yu was merely a girl who hadn't been married. Even if she pestered them a lot and Zhu Lei couldn't do anything to her, as they were in public and he believed in keeping distance between men and women. But Mrs. He, a granny who was fierce and used to disciplining maidservants, personally going there to solve the problem was going out of her way to help Ji Qubing.

If it had been Mrs. Wan who had spent so long dealing with the issue, Wei Changying wouldn't have been so surprised. After all, during these days, she had realized Mrs. Wan was a kind person who tried never to offend anybody. However, Wei Changying knew Mrs. He well, so after she had arrived there, shouldn't Mrs. He who had always been decisive and capable have already quickly got rid of Mrs. Yu?

On hearing Wei Changying's words, Mrs. He looked a bit annoyed, saying, "It did take me a really long time to get rid of Mrs. Yu. Young madam, you don't know. It is because of that foolish Jiang Zheng..." Since Jiang Zheng had saved Wei Changying and her brother from the assassins last year, Mrs. He who had been mean to him changed her attitude. So she hadn't been calling him the foolish guy when talking about him, instead, she called him guard Jiang.

Now as Mrs. He suddenly scolded him again, Wei Changying was curious, asking, "What did Uncle Jiang do? Didn't he wake up two days ago, and he still doesn't look very healthy now?"

When Jiang Zheng was healthy and energetic, he couldn't win an argument with Mrs. He, let alone when he was unwell. How had he been able to annoy her?

Mrs. He said angrily, "Yu Fu is no doubt a heartless snob! The reason why his second daughter went to the Ji Family to pester them was that he knew he couldn't hide the truth anymore, so he wanted to ask for forgiveness! Everyone in that family is calculating. No one should trust them! However, Jiang Zheng didn't think so. After I got rid of Mrs. Yu, I thought I should check on him in case you asked about him, young madam. So I went into his room but heard Jiang Zheng say it was a pity that I got rid of Mrs. Yu!"

"He felt sorry for that?" Wei Changying was greatly shocked, asking, "Uncle Jiang... He is fond of Mrs. Yu?"

When Jiang Zheng first joined the Wei Family, he was poor and blank. If he hadn't been good at martial arts and if the manager of the Wei Family hadn't liked him and accepted him as a guard, he would have been unable to pay off his debts, bled dry by the armed escort agency and the owner who didn't receive his goods, let alone try to find a wife.

He gradually paid off his debts in the Wei Family, but as he was getting older, he gradually lost interest in getting married. Because most of his relatives, his friends, and his parents had passed away, no one urged him to start a family. Later on, he was chosen to teach martial arts to Wei Changying. With a valued disciple, he became important. So suddenly many matchmakers came to him, even Madam Song asked Jiang Zheng once. However, Jiang Zheng wasn't sure how long Wei Changying would be interested in martial arts, so he was worried that the wife married him because he taught the First Miss of the Wei Family and she would turn against him when he lost this privilege.

After all, after Jiang Zheng's father lost the goods, the armed escort agency that several generations of the Jiang Family had worked for turned their backs immediately, forcing Jiang Zheng to give up the freedom he had and to seek protection by joining the Wei Family in Fengzhou.

Having experienced that, Jiang Zheng politely declined all those matchmakers and Madam Song. As Mrs. He, who was Wei Changying's wet nurse and was a much more important character than martial arts instructor Jiang Zheng, kept scolding him, everybody was afraid that they would offend Mrs. He, so no one mentioned marriage anymore.

Since then, Jiang Zheng had been all alone. Everyone thought that he would be alone all his life, that he would be taken care of by Wei Changying for the rest of his life, and that his disciple Zhu Lei would attend upon him when he was dying.

Now on hearing Mrs. He say that Jiang Zheng thought it was a pity to get rid of Mrs. Yu, not only Wei Changying but also Zhu Lan and other maids were very surprised. The hands on Wei Changying's shoulders stopped massaging her.

Mrs. Huang said surprisedly, "Could it be that guard Jiang went to the Yu Family's naan bread shop before because...?"

So Jiang Zheng had given so much of his business to his old friend with other intentions?

Everyone took a tumble.

While Wei Changying was pondering whether to agree, disagree or to consult Madam Su, she heard Mrs. He who didn't know whether to cry or laugh say, "Young madam and Sister Huang, what are you thinking? That old guy Jiang Zheng is old. If a little girl could still seduce him, he would be truly foolish and like a man who has never lived!"

"If Uncle Jiang isn't fond of Mrs. Yu, what did he feel sorry for?" Wei Changying was stunned, saying unthinkingly.

Mrs. He said, "Sister Huang got half of it right. Jiang Zheng used to buy naan bread from the Yu Family's naan bread shop, not just to take care of their business, but he likes Yu Yanhua, the second daughter of the Yu Family. However, he doesn't like her because he wants to marry her. He wants to introduce her to his disciple Zhu Lei!"

Wei Changying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Uncle Jiang didn't do it right. If it were like how it was before, it would be fine. However, the Yu Family had harmed him. I see that even though Zhu Lei is just an ordinary person, he shows filial obedience to Uncle Jiang. So I'm afraid even if Uncle Jiang is willing to forgive the Yu Family, Zhu Lei won't want to marry Mrs. Yu when he knows Uncle Jiang's intention."

"Exactly." Mrs. He said, "That's why I say this old guy... He can't think!" When Wei Changying mentioned Jiang Zheng, she would say Uncle Jiang. But Mrs. He always called him the old guy or the foolish guy, so Mrs. Huang glared at her. Mrs. He saw her and got embarrassed, so she changed the way she spoke, saying, "He said Yu Yanhua was beautiful, and he could tell she was a capable woman when selling naan bread. He has wanted to introduce her to Zhu Lei. After all, he knows his disciple isn't a cultured good-looking man from a noble family. So he thinks if Zhu Lei misses out on Yu Yanhua, it will be difficult for him to find a beautiful woman like her. Young madam, isn't he foolish? That Yu Yanhua, I admit she is a beauty. But in our courtyard, even Zhu Lan and Zhu Shi are much more beautiful than her! A small family like that will never produce a stunning beauty! Besides, if he wants to give his disciple a beautiful wife, even I, let alone you, young madam, will be able to guarantee to find a beauty for him! However, he just sees that Yu Yanhua and won't let her go! I couldn't stand his stupidity, so I scolded him a bit."

Wei Changying asked surprisedly, "Just a bit? Then why did you come back so late?"

On hearing her question, Mrs. He said awkwardly, "That is because... Jiang Zheng was too foolish and I didn't like it. So I said something unpleasant and then he argued with me."

Mrs. Huang asked curiously, "What did you say, sister? He argued with you?" Mrs. Huang knew Mrs. He well. She knew Mrs. He was a person who would dominate the argument with her loud voice and fierce temper even though she was unreasonable. She especially knew that Mrs. He had been scolding Jiang Zheng for more than ten years, but Jiang Zheng had never argued back as he knew there should be a prudent reserve between the sexes and had some misgivings. What was more, Jiang Zheng had been injured badly and had just woken up, so it didn't make sense that he had argued with Mrs. He when he was still unwell.

Given this circumstance, he had still argued with Mrs. He. It must be that Mrs. He had said something that touched a raw nerve.

Mrs. He became a little embarrassed, saying, "I was a bit too impatient. I just said 'The way you don't want to let go of Yu Yanhua makes you look stupid. You are a man from Jianghu, but you don't behave like a decisive capable person from Jianghu! Your real intention is not to marry her to your disciple but marry her to yourself!' So, he almost jumped out of his bed to argue with me."

"..." Wei Changying held her forehead, thinking it would be impossible for him not to argue with her as she just accused him, Wei Changying's instructor, of fornication!

Mrs. Huang also blushed, accusing her, "Sister He, you have gone too far! People who know the truth will realize that you were seeking to protect your own people. Although guard Jiang doesn't belong to our inner courtyard, he still came in our young madam's dowry after all! But if the uninformed believed your words, how could guard Jiang face them in the future? Not to mention that if Zhu Lei heard it, things would become awkward between the master and the disciple! You began with a good intention but how did it end up like this?"

Mrs. He said, "Ah, Zhu Lei said he would never marry the daughter of the person who harmed his master, but Jiang Zheng didn't want to let it go. I was impatient, thinking if I provoked him a little bit, I could definitely make him give up the ridiculous idea!"

Mrs. Huang said with a wry smile, "You... That is why you came back so late. Guard Jiang and his disciple are good-natured so they only argued with you. If it had been someone bad-tempered, they would have fought you!"

They could imagine what it had been like when Jiang Zheng started to argue with Mrs. He, but Mrs. He didn't apologize to him immediately so that they kept arguing. Then not until it was late, could Mrs. He get away. Knowing her granny's usual fierce behavior, Wei Changying wondered whether she had forced her way out or had just pretended to agree with Jiang Zheng so she could leave.

Wei Changying sighed, saying, "I understand. Granny He, you must be tired after your visit today. Tomorrow, Granny Huang should go there again in case that Mrs. Yu goes there to disturb them again."

Mrs. He realized that Wei Changying wasn't satisfied with her handling of things today. Knowing she was in the wrong, she whispered a "yes"... It was time to have dinner.

After dinner, Wei Changying rinsed her mouth, told her maidservants to leave, and just kept Mrs. Huang to talk with, "Granny He doesn't seem to see that Uncle Jiang still wants Zhu Lei to marry Mrs. Yu?"

"He is your instructor, so he is always on your side, young madam." Mrs. Huang nodded slightly, saying, "Sister He is a direct person. She has wronged guard Jiang this time."

As Mrs. He said, Jiang Zheng was a person from Jianghu. Everyone from Jianghu believed in doing as you would be done by. Living life as a person from Jianghu was often dangerous. If they weren't ruthless or otherwise skilled, they couldn't make people fear them, so they would end up being ambushed by their enemies!

Given Jiang Zheng's temperament and the fact that he had suffered tremendously this time, he would have been merciful if he just killed Yu Fu instead of slaughtering everyone in the Yu Family!

But now, not only he didn't want to blame Yu Fu, but he also wanted to let his only disciple, Zhu Lei, marry Yu Fu's second daughter Yu Yanhua, so as to turn the conflict into peace! There was a reason behind this aberration and it was not difficult to guess the reason. The reason also lay beneath why he had been seriously beaten by the Prince's servants in the street even though he had mastered martial arts. It was because he was afraid of the Crown Prince's power.

Or maybe, he was afraid of causing trouble for Wei Changying.

That was why Jiang Zheng didn't resist when he was slandered by the Crown Prince and beaten by his servants. Thinking he could grasp the opportunity that Yu Yanhua came to him to make amends, he could resolve this crisis.

Wei Changying sneered, saying, "Uncle Jiang shows so much consideration for me. If the Crown Prince himself came to me to settle the dispute today, I might have had to agree. But a minor person like Mrs. Yu hoped to serve him with all her heart... This is ridiculous. When have I ever been short of servants? Even if she said she wanted to serve Uncle Jiang and his disciple, she won't be able to do much. I can easily send a few people over to serve them! I can't do anything to the Crown Prince. But if I can't punish the Yu Family, everyone will be able to bully my people from now on!"

Mrs. Huang also nodded, "Young madam, guard Jiang is your instructor, so he has a higher status than ordinary servants. Now this incident has been secretly circulating all around the capital. Young madam, if you don't punish the Yu Family, other families will certainly belittle your people. Guard Jiang shows consideration for you, but he hasn't thought it through properly."

"Although Uncle Jiang can see that Yu Yanhua wouldn't have found the Ji Family without some guidance, he doesn't know that it isn't Yu Yanhua's own idea to submit herself!" Wei Changying shook her head, saying, "If I had allowed him to accept the reconciliation, I would have asked someone to tell him! Since no one has told him so, he shouldn't have wronged himself."

She added, "I finally understand what happened in the Ji Family and why they couldn't get rid of Yu Yanhua, a girl who hasn't married. Even given that Ji Qubing didn't want to be involved in the issue, but my aunt's second son and daughter-in-law were there. It turns out that Uncle Jiang wanted to compromise, but Zhu Lei refused to, however, he couldn't persuade his master. So he deliberately found an excuse to ask us to stop it."

Mrs. Huang said, "Young madam, what you say must be what has happened there."

"Granny Huang, you go over tomorrow and reason with Uncle Jiang taking all these facts, in case Uncle Jiang is so worried that he can't recover. Tell him that he doesn't need to worry about this and he should rest well." Wei Changying said, "And as Granny He said something inappropriate today, you should also console him and apologize on Granny He's behalf."

Mrs. Huang said yes to all of this. Knowing this granny was more reliable than Mrs. He, Wei Changying put her mind at ease.