The Double-Chapter 665 - 207: Return

"No,"

Jiang Yuanbai’s voice was decisive and left no room for doubt. He said, "The last incident happened on your way to the Ye Residence. Who knows if there are still assassins at large in Yanjing City? If you make an appearance, danger is inevitable. If you want to see them, they can come to the Jiang Residence, but for the next few days, it’s best you don’t go out."

Jiang Li sighed in her heart. She had anticipated Jiang Yuanbai would say something like this. Before she could even argue, Jiang Yuanbai had already left the study, leaving no room for discussion.

There was nothing Jiang Li could do.

Upon her return to Fangfei Garden, she ran into Tonger and Bai Xue, who had just received the news and were about to rush out. Seeing Jiang Li, Tonger’s mouth turned down and tears rolled down her cheeks. She said, "Miss, you’re finally back. I thought I would never see you again...sob..."

"I’m alright. But you," Jiang Li took her by the hand to look, "you took a knife for me... Are you sure you’re ok?"

Tonger, hiccupping, shook her head: "The master had a doctor look at me. It’s nothing serious. I can still look after you like before. But miss, you must’ve suffered a lot. Those thieves are just hateful. I heard you were taken to Huangzhou, and there’s still fighting going on there... I was really worried, afraid something would happen to you." She was genuinely concerned for Jiang Li, who in turn had to comfort her: "I’m really fine, look, I’m here in one piece now."

Bai Xue also came over, more silent than Tonger, but she too couldn’t help her eyes reddening. She said, "It’s all because of my uselessness, for not keeping a close eye on you. You wouldn’t have had to suffer like this otherwise."

Jiang Li softly said, "I know what happened at the Duke Residence. If you hadn’t sought help from the Duke Residence, Duke Su would not have found out about my disappearance so soon. You did well, Bai Xue, thank you."

Bai Xue looked at her, not knowing what to do.

After seeing Qingfeng and Ming Yue, Jiang Li returned to her room. After shutting the door and confirming multiple times that Jiang Li truly did not have a single scratch, Tonger finally eased her worries and turned to ask about something else. She said, "I heard that miss was rescued, but I don’t know by whom... Miss, earlier you mentioned the Duke Residence... was it the Duke?"

Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping hadn’t told anyone else about this, and Jiang Li didn’t hide it from the two maidservants, simply saying, "Yes."

Both Tonger and Bai Xue knew of the deep connection between Jiang Li and Jih Heng, so they were not surprised. Tonger even said, "The Duke really is a good man, helping miss time and again. It shows he truly cares for you as one of his own. Miss, you’ve been in Huangzhou with the Duke these days..." She glanced cautiously at Jiang Li, who immediately understood the unspoken implication.

Jiang Li gave a faint smile and said, "We didn’t meet every day. He had matters to attend to, so he entrusted me to others."

Tonger uttered, "Hmm," her previous expression fading somewhat. However, her words stirred up an inexplicable emotion in Jiang Li, leaving her feeling somewhat troubled.

She stood up, walked over to the desk, and said, "Bai Xue, help me grind some ink. Now that I’m back at home, I should meet with my uncle and cousin. Since my father won’t let me out, I’ll have to ask them to take the trouble to come here."

Bai Xue hurried to prepare the ink and paper for Jiang Li.

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Inside the Ye Residence in Yanjing City, a servant rushed to Ye Mingyu, who was sitting in the courtyard lost in thought, holding a letter. He said, "Master, there’s a note from the Jiang Family!"

Ye Mingyu frowned, "A note from the Jiang Family, what’s there to see? What is Jiang Yuanbai thinking? I won’t accept it!"

"It’s not from Prime Minister Jiang, it’s from Miss Biao, a note from Miss Biao!" the servant explained.

"Jiang Li?" Ye Mingyu leapt up from his chair, snatched the note from the servant’s hand, and after confirming it was indeed from Jiang Li, he was at first stunned and then burst into elation, saying, "Jiang Li is back!"

He was ecstatic! Ever since Jiang Li had been kidnapped twenty-some days ago, a lot had happened in Yanjing City: Empress Dowager Liu being put to death, Prince Cheng fleeing, and then troubles in Huangzhou. When Ye Mingyu first got the news of Jiang Li’s disappearance, he had his friends from the martial arts world look for her, but to no avail. A few days later, to his surprise, a letter from the Jiang Family arrived, saying that Jiang Li had been found and was in Huangzhou.

Ye Mingyu was about to send someone to fetch Jiang Li when he was stopped by Jiang Yuanbai, claiming it was Jiang Li’s own decision. At first, Ye Mingyu didn’t believe it, but when Jiang Yuanbai showed him a letter from Jiang Li, he reluctantly backed down.