Chapter 30-Part 2

Others saw it as a lively event. Jiang Zhi was genuinely worried. However, every time he went to the Crown Prince’s mansion to see his brother, he was told that his brother had caught a cold, and the Crown Prince ordered him to recuperate well and not to receive visitors.

If it weren’t for the Crown Prince’s mansion of the Great Qi, Jiang Zhi would have forcibly barged in!

In the end, in desperation, he even intercepted the Crown Prince’s carriage and horses yesterday.

Could the crown prince’s carriage and horses be stopped by ordinary people? At the time, the guards accompanying the carriage wanted to apprehend him immediately.

The usually cold-faced Crown Prince was surprisingly affable, only telling him that the carriage was moving fast and that if he rashly came out like this, he might get hurt if he was hit. As for his brother, he was just recuperating in the mansion, and he would be able to see him eventually.

After saying these words, the Crown Prince didn’t say much more and ordered the carriage to move on.

After several unsuccessful attempts to find him, Jiang Zhi was anxious and restless day and night, unable to eat or sleep properly, and blisters even formed around his mouth.

Today, when other embassy members saw Jiang Zhi, they couldn’t help but laugh heartily and say, “Young master, we haven’t seen you in a few days. Why is there a blister around your mouth?”

These embassy members were people who enjoyed seeing others in trouble. Seeing that the Bo state was weak and that this little embassy member had angered the Crown Prince and had no chance of turning things around, they couldn’t help but feel a bit of schadenfreude and intended to tease Jiang Zhi a bit.

However, Jiang Zhi was accustomed to their open mockery and subtle sarcasm. He didn’t want to be around these people anymore. After leaving the Ministry of Rites, he wanted to return to his mansion.

However, a few people refused to let him go, pulling him aside and mentioning that he had attended previous gatherings, and now it was his turn to host, so why was he hurrying back to his mansion?

Jiang Zhi was already annoyed in his heart, and being pulled around by people made him even more frustrated. He reached out to push the crowd away but accidentally touched the face of a Cai state embassy member. This Cai state embassy member’s name was Cai Yong, who was usually quite domineering among the embassy members. Now, being touched by Jiang Zhi, he became even more unwilling to let go, and with his attendants, he rushed up to strike Jiang Zhi.

Seeing this, Bai Ying, who was following behind Jiang Zhi, became anxious and quickly reached out her arm to protect him, but she was not trained in martial arts like her younger sister and father, so how could she avoid the punches and kicks of these men?

Just as the two were being surrounded and beaten, suddenly Cai Yong was grabbed by the collar and fiercely slammed to the ground.

Immediately after, the others were also slammed to the ground, one after another, with loud thuds.

Everyone looked up, trembling in fear, only to see a purplish-blue-faced fury standing there, glaring with thick eyebrows. With one hand, she lifted Cai Yong up like a chicken and said fiercely, “Which one of you dared to lay a hand on my eldest young master?”

Cai Yong, being lifted by the collar, was unable to catch his breath and struggled desperately. Gasping for air, he said, “Who are you, crazy woman? Do you know who I am?”

“Your arrogance makes it seem like a royal procession is passing through. You, a Cai state embassy member, dare to make a scene in Luo’an City?” At that moment, a handsome young man stepped down from a luxurious carriage nearby, speaking proudly.

This young man was none other than young master Jiang, who had been missing for many days.

Those who had assumed he was dead were dumbfounded, suspecting they were seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

But Jiang Zhi, seeing his sister, couldn’t help but burst into tears of joy. Ignoring his injuries, he rushed forward and hugged his sister, his tears streaming uncontrollably.

Jiang Xiurun never expected to see her brother in such a wounded state again.

In her previous life, he had intercepted Qin Zhao’s carriage and was nearly beaten to death by him.

She had to bow to Qin Zhao and express submission in order to get the chance to see her brother.

At that time, seeing her brother on the brink of death, she was filled with grief and indignation but was powerless to change the fate of the two siblings.

Yesterday, she had heard the Crown Prince mention that her brother had intercepted the Crown Prince’s carriage again.

People thought of her brother as useless, but for Jiang Xiurun, he was the only person in this world she cared about and the only one worth protecting.

The bond between the two siblings, supporting each other in adversity and relying on each other for survival, was known only to them.

Today, when the Crown Prince announced that she could leave the mansion to see her brother, she came to the Ministry of Rites to find him, but she didn’t expect to encounter the scene of her brother being bullied.

How dare a small Cai Kingdom embassy member be so arrogant? Jiang Xiurun’s face turned cold as she spoke, “Beat him! Just leave him with a breath!”

Following Feng Liwu these days, Jiang Xiurun hadn’t learned anything, but she had learned about being fierce and stern by about sixty percent.

This time, without Qian’er’s intervention, the guards from the mansion stepped forward and quickly knocked Cai Yong to the ground.

Seeing Cai Yong bleeding from his nose from the beating, other embassy members who were familiar with him couldn’t bear to watch. They came forward one after another and said, “Young master Cai, how can you be so unreasonable? That young master Cai is about to be beaten to death by you. How can you provoke conflicts between two countries like this?”

Jiang Xiurun raised her head high, perfectly imitating the appearance of an arrogant and domineering person, and said disdainfully, “Just now, when Young Master Cai hit my brother, there was no hesitation or restraint, nor did any of you intervene to stop him. How is it that when I strike back a couple of times, it leads to conflicts between two nations?”

The crowd was momentarily speechless. Then someone else said, “How can the state of Bo be compared to the state of Cai? I’m afraid your father, the emperor, would even flatter the emperor of Cai if he saw him!”

This remark caused uproarious laughter among the crowd.

This was because during the alliance meeting of the emperors two years ago, the emperor of Bo had been excessively obsequious, flattering powerful nations everywhere and even forcibly claiming relatives. It was truly contemptible.

Jiang Xiurun understood that they were mocking her father’s actions, which made her feel chilly inside, but she remained calm on the surface.

Now that they were temporarily unable to leave Luo’an, the reputation of their brothers could not be underestimated. Her brother’s character was already weak enough. If he were to be ridiculed like this for a long time, wouldn’t it make him even more ashamed and hopeless?

However, she, as a mere aide in the Crown Prince’s mansion, had no power to intimidate others. Even if she heard ridicule at this moment, she had to endure it, even if it meant gritting her teeth and swallowing her anger.

Just then, someone spoke coldly, “The state of Bo is not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as the state of Cai. But what about the Great Qi? I wonder if you can see it with your eyes?”

The crowd shifted their gaze and saw Crown Prince Feng Liwu standing in front of the mansion gate, accompanied by the minister from the Ministry of Rites.