Wei Changying always thought that the words of a stable and capable person like Mrs. Huang made sense. So after hearing Mrs. Huang talk about it, even though Wei Changying still thought that Jiang Zheng was a lot older than Mrs. He, she bore it in her mind.

When Mrs. He brought the steamed lotus seed cake over, Wei Changying gave a hint to Mrs. Huang, prompted her to leave, and kept Mrs. He in front of her. Taking small bites on the cake, she asked Mrs. He without showing her true intention, "Granny He, what do you think about Uncle Jiang?"

Mrs. He had been glared at by Mrs. Huang yesterday for being disrespectful when she mentioned Jiang Zheng. Mrs. Huang also disciplined her later in private, saying that she, the wet nurse, shouldn't despise the person who Wei Changying respected. As it wasn't like how it had used to be when Wei Changying had still been a Miss and had been spoiled by Old Madam Song. Now that Wei Changying was the wife of Shen Cangfeng, who loved his wife so much and had left for the frontier to fulfill his duty. Wei Changying had lost her support both inside and outside, and she needed to be careful. If outsiders heard about this issue, they would probably say that Wei Changying was useless as she couldn't even control her wet nurse.

Mrs. He had always been loyal to Wei Changying. When she had mentioned Jiang Zheng earlier, she had insulted him as she had been used to insulting him since Fengzhou. After Mrs. Huang's glare, Mrs. He was totally frightened, thinking how she could make up for it now.

Therefore, on hearing Wei Changying's words, she said without thinking, "Guard Jiang is loyal to you, young madam. He is honest and kind, and he is highly skilled in martial arts, so he is an excellent person."

On hearing what she said, Wei Changying almost dropped the lotus seed cake from her hand, thinking, "My God! So Granny He is actually interested in Uncle Jiang? After all these years, I'm so used to hearing my granny scold Uncle Jiang that I have never noticed it!"

Being surprised, she was just staring at Mrs. He.

It was the first occasion Mrs. He praised someone whom she had been insulting. So seeing Wei Changying reacting like that, she was a little embarrassed, thinking that she had been so eager to make up for it but had gone too far. So it was no wonder that the young madam doubted her. As she was thinking this, her face flushed slightly red. She then thought she was no longer a young girl but still not very wise, being unworthy of her granny role.

When Wei Changying saw her face turn red, she believed Zhu Lei's speculation even more. Holding the lotus seed cake, she froze for a moment, then composed herself, and said, "Granny He, what do you... what do you think about Zhu Lei?" She had wanted to ask her about Jiang Zheng directly, but she thought twice since Mrs. He was a person with a temperament as "insulting those whom she didn't like as well as those whom she liked". Wei Changying thought it was better to implicitly ask the questions in case Mrs. He started to insult Jiang Zheng out of being embarrassed or just from habit so that she wouldn't be able to pursue the conversation.

If Mrs. He was fond of Jiang Zheng, she would love his disciple. If not, knowing what kind of person Mrs. He was like, Wei Changying thought she would call Zhu Lei stupid, having no good words for him either.

However, on hearing her words, she thought, "Why did the young madam ask about Zhu Lei? Right, Zhu Lei is idiot Jiang Zheng's disciple, another stupid guy. But he is valued by that idiot Jiang Zheng who is a martial arts master, so he must be good at martial arts, too. Is our young madam trying to recruit this stupid guy?"

She thought Zhu Lei was young, skilled in martial arts and looked like a simple man, so he could always be useful. So she nodded and said, "He seems honest and tolerant." She then thought that the reason why Wei Changying thought Zhu Lei was good must be Jiang Zheng. So she added, "After all, he is the disciple of guard Jiang. I guess he will also be loyal to you, young madam."

On entering into Wei Changying's head these words got interpreted differently. She believed Mrs. He was trying hard to praise Zhu Lei.

Sighing deeply and thinking of her own insensitivity, Wei Changying found it was totally unbelievable and felt incredibly frustrated. She felt that Zhu Lei was really sharp and insightful, saying, "Zhu Lei is truly great and very insightful."

Mrs. He always bowed to her, so she just said casually, "Young madam, you are right."

Wei Changying thought she had successfully sounded out Mrs. He's thinking. Her wet nurse and her instructor were both her own people, but her wet nurse was closer to her. So even if Jiang Zheng and Zhu Lei had this intention, Wei Changying wouldn't agree to it without Mrs. He’s agreement.

But now Mrs. He had revealed her own feeling...

Wei Changying decided to call Mrs. Huang over later to ask her to give hints to Jiang Zheng and Zhu Lei so that they could take the initiative.

Wei Changying said with emotion to Mrs. Huang, "Granny, you are totally right. Zhu Lei looks coarse but he is surprisingly insightful! I had never realized this during all these years, but he sees what's going on! I am so ashamed that I have stopped them from being together!" So, Mrs. Huang had no other doubts, just saying, "Guard Jiang has never married. If sister He married him, she would be a proper wife. It will give her more dignity than being married to any of those widower managers out there."

"It's better for the men to take the initiative here." Wei Changying said, "I still need you to do this, granny. Tomorrow we just say you will deliver some food and something useful to Uncle Jiang, so you go there again, tell them what we think but don't make it too obvious in case we make Granny He lose face."

Mrs. Huang smiled, saying, "Young madam, don't worry about it. I see sister He as my own sister. I won't make her feel bad." And she added, "This boy Zhu Lei is good. Though he is his disciple, he treats guard Jiang as his real father. If he can be like this to sister He, it will be wonderful."

"If he really does what he says, I will promise him a bright future!" Wei Changying said with confidence, "Granny He and Uncle Jiang are the people I grew up with. If their descendants show filial obedience, are considerate to them, and never do anything undutiful, I will treat them well even if they are not servants in our house. Zhu Lei's martial arts talent won't be wasted!"

Mrs. Huang smiled, saying, "With young madam's words, unless Zhu Lei is really too stupid, he will treat guard Jiang and sister He like his own parents!"

Wei Changying and Mrs. Huang had discussed, wanting to find a husband for Mrs. He in case she became lonely and miserable in her old age, but they hadn't found a suitable one. This time there was finally a candidate who had never been married and had an important place in Wei Changying's heart. He also had an obedient disciple who promised to treat Mrs. He as his mother. Both the mistress and the maidservant thought that there should be no delay over this.

The next day, Mrs. Huang went to the kitchen and took a basket of snacks. On the pretext of looking after Wei Changying's instructor, she got to the Ji Family. She greeted Ji Qubing, told his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter to leave, and went straight to Zhu Lei. As Zhu Lei had brought the matter up first, Mrs. Huang didn't have to talk to him euphemistically, saying, "Child, I told our young madam about what you said yesterday, and she was very surprised."

Zhu Lei said quickly, "Teacher himself often says he is not good enough for Granny He..."

"That is not the issue." Mrs. Huang smiled, saying, "You know. Although our young madam only calls guard Jiang 'Uncle Jiang', actually she regards guard Jiang as her teacher. Sister He is young madam's wet nurse. But in young madam's view, guard Jiang is no less important than sister He. It's just that in the past few years, sister He has always been... towards guard Jiang, so young madam thought that sister He disliked guard Jiang, therefore she is surprised."

Zhu Lei realized that something was going on. He could tell from Mrs. Huang’s words that Mrs. He did like Jiang Zheng. He shook suddenly in surprise and froze for a long time, and then he said, "Teacher is much older than Granny He, so he has been afraid to speak of his true feeling..."

"Sister He has a bad temper. No wonder guard Jiang is afraid." Mrs. Huang nodded understandingly, saying, "But though she has an evil tongue, she is kind and incredibly caring. Otherwise, seeing how Old Madam and Madam have loved young madam so much, they wouldn't have allowed her to accompany young madam all these years. Don't you agree?"

Zhu Lei said reluctantly, "Granny, you are right."

Mrs. Huang closed her speech politely and went to Jiang Zheng's room. She asked him how he was through a screen and tried not to make her intention obvious, saying, "Guard Jiang, please don't take what sister He had said so seriously. She knows what kind of person you are. She was just so angry that she said all that."

Jiang Zheng had begun as an armed escort. As an armed escort, he relied on his martial arts skills and good relationships with others to make a living, so he understood how the world worked and how to interact with others. As Mrs. Huang was being very polite, he became even more polite, saying quickly, "Mrs. Huang, you are right. I thought it through afterward. Since I'm feeling unwell these days, I was impatient and misunderstood Mrs. He's good intentions."

Mrs. Huang thought to herself that Jiang Zheng was truly interested in Mrs. It was clearly Mrs. He was at fault, but Jiang Zheng took it that it was his fault. She then said, "Sister He has been feeling very guilty these days, saying that she was too impatient that day."

Then she changed the subject, comforted him a bit, left snacks with him, said goodbye, and left.

As soon as she left, Zhu Lei lifted his robe and knelt down immediately in front of his bed, feeling too deeply for tears and saying, "Teacher, I'm sorry. I did something you wouldn't like!"

Jiang Zheng was baffled, "What's wrong?"

"I seem to have done something stupid." Zhu Lei said slowly and cautiously.

Jiang Zheng had never married. Since he had accepted Zhu Lei as his disciple, regarding him as his only heir, he loved and valued him as his own flesh and blood. He spent whatever he earned from the Wei Family over the years on him, worrying that he hadn't treated him well enough. He had always been very tolerant to Zhu Lei. So seeing Zhu Lei being anxious like this, he was surprised. He knew his disciple was from a poor family but had always been sensible. And Zhu Lei had been looking after him all these days, so he couldn't have caused much trouble out there. At most, he might have been disrespectful to the people from the Ji Family or Mrs. Huang and Mrs. He who had come to visit. So thinking this way, he was relieved, saying, "Every young man will make mistakes. Get up and talk first. A man should have dignity and should not grovel. Even if I am in front of you, you shouldn't just kneel down."

Zhu Lei was afraid at first. But after Jiang Zheng asked him repeatedly, he got up cautiously, telling everything that had happened to him, "A few days ago, Mrs. He, Madam Wei's wet nurse, came over and was very disrespectful to you. Teacher, you thought she is a woman so you chose to pass it over. However, she was getting more and more aggressive! Seeing a harridan like that, I just hated this. But since you are injured, I know that we still need Madam Wei's help to allow us to seek medical treatment here at Miracle Doctor Ji. Mrs. He is a close maidservant of Madam Wei. If we offended her, it wouldn't be good for your recovery. I tried to find a solution that will neither make us offend Madam Wei nor will allow that Mrs. He to come and insult you in the future."

Jiang Zheng's head started to ache, thinking about Mrs. He, he then snorted, "You are completely right. That harridan doesn't approve of young madam doing martial arts but doesn't dare to say it to Old Madam and Madam, instead, she vents her anger on me! There has been no stop for all these years. If she hadn't been a woman or young madam's wet nurse, I would already have punished her!"

Then he said, "It's fine if you want to punish her, but did Mrs. He or Mrs. Huang find out? It will be okay as long as you didn't overdo it. When young madam mentions it, I'll take care of it for you."

He thought to himself that he had been teaching Wei Changying for more than ten years and had been called "Uncle Jiang" by her. So even though he was not as close to her as Mrs. He and Mrs. Huang, the grannies who were with Wei Changying all the time, he would still be able to resolve the issue for his disciple.

But Zhu Lei went all bashful, and then said, "Granny Huang didn't realize it, but she seems to have believed it and that Mrs. He... Mrs. He... really... really... you..."

On hearing what he said, Jiang Zheng was confused, saying, "You must start from the beginning. What are you talking about?"

"I think that Mrs. He takes every opportunity to insult you, which is truly detestable! But because she is someone close to young madam, it would cause much trouble if I complained to her directly to shut her up. Therefore, as Granny Huang came here yesterday, I grabbed the opportunity when she was leaving and I..." Zhu Lei mumbled for a moment and then finally decided to say it in one go, "I asked Granny Huang deliberately if Mrs. He had a crush on you for a long time. Anyway, I turned Mrs. He’s disrespect towards you into her love for you…"

"It could work in that way?!" Jiang Zheng froze, looking extremely annoyed and awkward. He though he was repressed by Mrs. He, the harridan, for so many years. But why hadn't he himself come up with such an idea to end it forever? Though being annoyed, he couldn't stop praising his disciple, "You are truly my disciple, really smart! You did well, very well done!"

What was there to blame him for? If he hadn't been injured, Jiang Zheng would have wanted to give him proper rewards!

However, Zhu Lei said guiltily, "Teacher, please allow me to keep telling you. I had thought that in this way, Mrs. He wouldn't dare to disrespect you again in the future in order not to have such a reputation. But Granny Huang actually took this seriously, so she went back and said it to young madam. Today, before Granny Huang came in, she spoke to me outside, saying... saying that Mrs. He really likes you and she suggested that you and I should take the initiative!"

Jiang Zheng was dumbfounded!

The room went dead silent for a while...

Jiang Zheng suddenly got up! He grabbed the vase beside him without looking at it, and threw it at Zhu Lei, beating the bed and saying furiously, "You useless thing! This is such a lousy idea! I have been trying hard to avoid Mrs. He, the harridan, all these years. If I married her, there would be no peace in my future life!"

Zhu Lei dodged aside miserably and said with an awkward smile, "Teacher, teacher, please calm down! As the saying goes, 'A woman follows her husband no matter what his lot is'. Teacher, even if you opened your door and educated her publicly, young madam wouldn't be able to say anything, which would also be..."

"You stupid thing!" Jiang Zheng kept furiously beating the bed, "What do you know? Mrs. He, the harridan, is unbelievably fierce! I tried to frighten her in the past, bravely putting the tip of my shiny silver lance close to her throat, which even made young madam scared. However, the harridan kept arguing back to me with rage. Such a harridan, such a harridan can never be subdued by martial arts!"

He almost burst in tears, "You disobedient thing. You are trying to kill me!"

Not caring that he had just said to his disciple, "A man should have dignity and should not grovel", Jiang Zheng looked around the room to find a handy tool, ordering Zhu Lei, "You b*st*rd! Come over at once and kneel down!!!"