Chapter 156 - I’m Already Here, so Why Are You Panicking?

When Song Yixiao arrived at Ruyi Garden herself, it was already late.

But there were still five or six armored guards under the high-hanging lamps at the gate.

Song Yixiao headed in with cold face. Suddenly, two halberds crossed in front of her with a clunk. The left guard said gruffly, “Since the heir of the prince is still ill and lying on the bed, we are under orders by Her Highness not to let anyone in. Please don’t disturb him!”

“What if I make sure to disturb?” Song Yixiao had a disdainful glance at the white tip of the halberds and said scornfully, “Aunt Daiguo doesn’t even care about her niece’s life anymore. Compared with that, what does the life of a ‘niece-in-law’ matter, who was going to be forced to die by her?”

She raised her steps towards the inside when saying as if she didn’t see the blades close at hand. Although the two armored guards were murderous, they actually didn’t dare to let her crash into the blades. Seeing this situation, they had to withdraw the halberds hurriedly.

But they also didn’t dare to let her in. They stretched out their hands subconsciously to block the door, “Madam…”

“I am the wife of Duke of Yan, and how dare you, as my aunt’s guards, humiliate me in public?” Song Yixiao looked at their arms and keeping sneering, “If you touch any corners of my garment, you’ll regret later!”

With that, she stepped forward again. The two armored guards were soaked with sweat, and how could they dare to touch her?

But duty called, the two distraught armored guards, suddenly took out their halberds, the tips of which dragged out several sparks on the bluestone floor tiles in front of the door. The sparks were especially eye-catching in the snowy night. Liyu, who was behind Song Yixiao, thought they were going to commit murder and screamed out in fear!Read more chapters at Lisnovel.com

Amidst the piercing sounds of stone and iron, the two armored guards didn’t hit Song Yixiao, but kneeled heavily on one knee in front of her! They turned the tip of the halberd to their own throat, saying in a deep voice, “We’re under orders by Her Highness to guard this place. If we can’t stop you now, we are sorry to disappoint Her Highness! How can we face Her Highness again? What we can do is to commit suicide!”

They pressed her with their lives!

“Damn it!” Song Yixiao was anxious and angry. She was not very merciful, but she wasn’t at the point of treating human lives like grass. How couldn’t she hesitate?

However, these two underestimated her when they tried to stop her this way!

The cold and angry face turned overbearing in an instant. Song Yixiao raised her chin slightly, with her eyes and eyebrows full of arrogance, “It’s OK if you want death! But I promise that your entire family would die a horrible death if one drop of your blood was spattered on my skirt and my maids’!”

The two armored guards were holding their halberds and were about to die for righteousness. But when they heard this, they almost lost their breath!

As the saying goes, even insects were greedy for life. In order to complete the task assigned by Daiguo Grand Princess, they were even willing to sacrifice their lives. The reason why they did like that was just in case of any trouble for their family because of their failure in their mission. Now that Song Yixiao pinpointed their weaknesses, how could these two soldiers not hesitate?Read more chapters at L isnovel.com

What Song Yixiao wanted was to let them hesitate!

“I, as the Lady of Yan, can just threaten you and your family. And Miss Nie, who is now critically ill in Yaohua Venue, is the apple of Jinguo Grand Princess’ eye! If something happens to her, do you really think that Aunt Daiguo and Uncle Marquis Fuyang can protect you?” She deliberately lowered her voice and snapped, “Don’t forget that when Aunt Daiguo and Uncle Marquis Fuyang see my mother-in-law, they also have to call her ‘Sister’ respectfully!”

She added, “Besides, nothing happens in Ruyi Garden now, so obviously Cousin Zifu is not in a serious condition! Otherwise, why else would Aunt Daiguo send you to guard here? If Cousin Zifu was really in a critical condition and was seen by me, could I still drag Master Shaoge to Yaohua Venue and ignore his life?”

“Aunt Daiguo is keeping Master Shaoge for nothing more than a precaution!”

“She loves her son with all her heart, which is known to all. Does she expect to hide it from my mother-in-law afterwards?”

“But looking at the time, it’s been more than two hours since Master Shaoge came over, and he hasn’t been released yet.”

Song Yixiao suddenly smiled and spat out words coldly, “In my view, both of you are intrepid warriors and right-hand men of Aunt Daiguo and Uncle Marquis Fuyang. That’s why you’re entrusted with the duty of guarding the gate today! In that case, I’ll tell you the truth: Aunt Daiguo and Uncle Marquis Fuyang are not fools to do anything to you over a trifle, which would be tantamount to killing arms of themselves!”

“But the line of Jinguo Grand Princess is different! You are not our right-hand subordinates. Do you expect us to feel sorry for you?”

She flicked her sleeve coldly, “That’s all there is to it, so don’t commit suicide!”

Although her words were purely to persuade the two armored guards to give way, she did have some point. The two armored guards, even though keeping the tip of halberds at their throat, had a struggle expression on their faces.

Song Yixiao waited for a moment, but when she saw that they still hadn’t made up their minds, she felt anxious and was about to urge them again. Unexpectedly, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from behind the door!

“I was wondering who it is, shouting here at midnight, making so much noise that all of us couldn’t go to sleep!” The door suddenly opened, and the fully dressed Commandery Princess Nanzhang showed up. She looked askance at Song Yixiao, and said with lukewarm tone, “Oh! It’s Song Yixiao. I don’t mind that you make a noise here at midnight. But what do you mean by forcing my mother’s guards…?”

“Wuying is in critical condition. I’m here to find Master Shaoge!” How could Song Yixiao be in the mood for her ramblings now? She interrupted her impatiently, “Let Master Shaoge go to Yaohua Venue, and I will go before Aunt Daiguo to take the blame and be at her mercy!”

Commandery Princess Nanzhang was going to procrastinate with monologue, but Song Yixiao said bluntly that Nie Wuying was “in critical condition”. It’s not reasonable for her to not replying this, so she became surprised, and asked urgently, “What? Cousin Nie is in critical condition? Didn’t we send a maid to tell you to take good care of her? Why is she still in critical condition?”

“If the patient would be cured only by good care, why does Aunt Daiguo still refuse to let Master Shaoge return to Lunong Building?” Song Yixiao retorted with a brittle laugh, “Can’t so many people take good care of Cousin Zifu?”

“Your words seem to blame us for what Cousin Nie is suffering!” The more anxious she was, the more composed Commandery Princess Nanzhang became. She tidied her sleeves idly and said nonchalantly, “Cousin Nie is an apple of Aunt Jinguo’s eye. If something happens to her, it’s not like you’re going to get by just with great eloquence!”

Song Yixiao had a fierce glance at her as she walked around her and headed inside, “How I’ll explain to her later is my business! It’s none of your business to worry about it!”

“Who gave you permission to wander around my mother’s house?” Commandery Princess Nanzhang was not like an armored guard at the gate. They were both ladies and noblewomen. She pulled Song Yixiao’s sleeve rudely and snapped, “Do you still respect for my mother, the Grand Princess?”

“Let go!” Song Yixiao was furious and pushed her hard. Commandery Princess Nanzhang was not willing to show her weakness, “How dare you hit me? My mother didn’t even hit me!”

When the two were about to fight, a woman, who seemed to be Aunt Daiguo’s close maid, rushed there from not far away. She said warmly, “Your Highness, do not be rude! Her Highness invites Madam Song to drink tea at warm chamber first. Master Shaoge treated our prince with great care, so he was left behind to have a rest by Her Highness. He needs to get dressed and freshen up before he can go to Yaohua Venue with you!”

She added, “Her Highness had already gone to bed, but is also dressing now. She wants to accompany you to Yaohua Venue to avoid any gossip!”

Song Yixiao had prepared to be persecuted when she arrived, and from the gate, both the armored guards and Commandery Princess Nanzhang proved her thoughts. Who’d have expected that there would suddenly come out a reasonable person. She couldn’t believe it for a moment!

Not only her, but also Commandery Princess Nanzhang was a bit incredulous, “Aunt Yu! How did my mother…”

“Your Highness, it is Her Highness’ order!” The maid glanced at her warningly, and turned to Song Yixiao, saying gently, “Madam, Please come with me!”

After a few moments, Song Yixiao was led to a splendidly furnished warm chamber, where Aunt Yu served tea in person and said, “It’s so cold and late at night! Madam, you must be tired coming here. Please have some hot tea to warm you up! Her Highness and Master Shaoge will be coming over soon.”

Song Yixiao was in doubt about these words and didn’t dare to drink the tea in her hand. Who knew if there were any knockout drops in it? She would pass out if she drank it and obviously, she couldn’t stare at Daiguo Grand Princess anymore until Master Shaoge was released.

Finding Song Yixiao was in a hesitation, the maid frowned and wanted to continue to persuade her. But she was afraid that it would make her suspicious. Then she suddenly came up with a plan. She went out on the pretext of seeing whether Daiguo Grand Princess and Su Shaoge came over. Then she found Commandery Princess Nanzhang who was returning to her room with anger, “Your Highness, Madam Song is in Warm chamber now. Please go and serve her tea to make amends!”

Commandery Princess Nanzhang widened her eyes all of a sudden and almost shouted, “Do you want me to go make amends to her?”

“Have you forgotten, Your Highness?” looking at her furious expression, Aunt Yu still remained calm and looked around before reminding her in a low voice, “You asked Her Highness before about it, but lost chance because of Madam Song’s escape from the banquet. Since she has come herself now, don’t you seize this opportunity?”

“Sad-crane?” Commandery Princess Nanzhang was startled. The anger on her face dissipated completely, and she glanced at the warm chamber with joy, whispering, “Inside?”

Aunt Yu nodded, “But she has doubts and doesn’t drink with the teacup in her hand… But if you serve the tea to make amends, do you think won’t she drink?”

Commandery Princess Nanzhang finally understand the intention of Aunt Yu to make her give in. She waved her sleeve proudly, “Let’s see how this bitch will be proud in the future!”

Unexpectedly, the moment she turned around, a thunderous sound of hoofbeats came from outside Ruyi Garden!

“What’s going on here?” It bad been so quiet in the middle of the night. Not only were Commandery Princess Nanzhang and Aunt Yu shocked at the sudden sound, but also Song Yixiao, who was in warm chamber, heard it. Song Yixiao put the teacup on the case subconsciously, standing up in disbelief and astonishment. Then she walked to the window of the warm chamber which right faced the entrance of Ruyi Garden.

In the dark night, the scattered lights were dim and miserable.

She didn’t see anything at first, but heard the thunderous sound of hoofbeats rolling in, stopping abruptly just outside Ruyi Garden!

When they came, it sounded like they rode thousands of horses. But when they stopped, it became suddenly quiet that there was only one rider.

Even an amateur like Song Yixiao understood immediately that no matter how many the visitors were, they were not ordinary.

The Su Family, Marquis Fuyang’s mansion, palace guards, and other speculations have floated to her mind. But she never expected that a moment later, the one who appeared in the scattered lights, was Jian Xubai, who was with loose clothing!

Song Yixiao stared at Jian Xubai, who seemed to have said something to Commandery Princess Nanzhang and the maid, then left them without hesitation and walked to the warm chamber. She finally sobered up when she saw this. How could she still stay there? She grabbed the skirt and rushed out!

She ran out of the warm chamber, seeing clearly the handsome man striding to her from not far away was her own husband. She rushed to him and throw herself into his arms without caring about the eyes of the public. She knew that she should tell him about Nie Wuying’s condition right now, but before she could say anything, she fell on his chest first and wailed!

“I’m already here, so why are you panicking?” Such a scene entered Jian Xubai’s eyes, making his eyes which had been as calm as the night darker for a moment. He raised a single arm immediately over his wife’s waist and took a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve with the other hand to wipe her tears slowly and carefully.

He looked past his wife, looking with deep eyes at the warm chamber she’d just run out of. An untouched cup of tea was steaming beneath the green-silk Begonia lamp. He comforted her with peace and calm tone, “Be at ease, I am here!”