Chapter 175: Volume 1_Chapter 175: The Old Master is Under His Granddaughter's Thumb

Volume 1_Chapter 175: The Old Master is Under His Granddaughter's Thumb

"My young miss is refining medicine inside; you cannot disturb her."

It was Qingyan's voice.

Yun Qiyue glanced at Xuan Ming, and Xuan Ming also looked at Yun Qiyue, looking as if he wanted to leave.

The voice outside continued to ring out.

"Refining medicine? Can refining medicine be more important than us catching an assassin?" The Imperial Guard's voice carried a hint of disdain. "If the assassin gets away, can your General's Mansion bear the responsibility?"

"The General's Mansion cannot bear it, but this Marquis can!" Yun Yongyuan's deep, angry voice rose. "Since this Marquis dared to let you search, then naturally I can let you search, but my granddaughter is refining medicine; without my permission, let's see who among you dares to disturb her."

No matter the time, place, or situation, Yun Yongyuan had practically carved the act of protecting his granddaughter into his very bones.

The Imperial Guards naturally argued for a while, but Yun Yongyuan's attitude was firm: he said no, so it was no.

If his granddaughter hadn't spoken, even if the King of Heaven himself came, it was still a no.

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, a sound came from behind the door.

Following that, Yun Qiyue was seen pulling open the door, appearing at the entrance with a cold face.

"Whoever wants to search may go in, but I will say this first: if anyone dares to damage my medicinal ingredients, even by the slightest bit, don't even think about walking out of my pharmacy in one piece."

Her voice was icy, her gaze indifferent, and her presence imposing.

After finishing, Yun Qiyue didn't care what expressions these people had; she turned and returned to the pharmacy, fussing over something in her hands, though it was clear she was preparing medicine.

The Imperial Guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

It was obvious they had been intimidated by Yun Qiyue.

When they arrived, they only wanted to catch the person quickly, but they had forgotten that Yun Qiyue herself was not someone to be trifled with.

Furthermore, Yun Qiyue was the future Regent Consort.

For a moment, they found themselves in a dilemma.

The leader of the Imperial Guards suddenly turned to look at Yun Yongyuan and said, "It is not that we are being presumptuous, but someone truly said they saw a villain heading this way."

Once Yun Yongyuan heard this, he immediately sensed there was more to the words. "Who?"

"The Sixth Young Miss of your Yun Family."

Yun Yaxiang!

The old master was shaking with rage.

He simply could not understand why, as his own descendants, the people over there could not be more well-behaved.

Back then, it was also...

After the information was revealed, the Imperial Guard leader only felt that the responsibility on his own shoulders had lightened by half.

If they couldn't find the person, then the other half of the responsibility would belong to Yun Yaxiang.

Thinking of this, he said to his subordinates: "You go in. If you dare to damage anything, you will be held solely responsible."

The few Imperial Guards below heard this and immediately wore bitter expressions.

This... was truly difficult for them.

However, since their leader had given the order, they could not disobey.

Thus, these Imperial Guards could only bite the bullet and go into the pharmacy to search.

Each of these tall, burly men walked on eggshells in the space crowded with medicinal ingredients.

Finally, after confirming every corner of the pharmacy, including the rafters, had been searched, they carefully retreated.

"No one here." After exiting the pharmacy, all the Imperial Guards reached this conclusion.

The pharmacy was only so big; apart from the roof, there was nowhere to hide a person.

Moreover, they had heard that the assassin was severely injured, and there was no smell of blood in the pharmacy.

The Imperial Guard leader glanced into the pharmacy, and after confirming it was impossible for anyone to be hiding inside, he waved his hand, letting his subordinates retreat first.

After his subordinates withdrew, the Imperial Guard leader looked at Yun Qiyue inside the room with a nervous and respectful expression, cupping his hands in apology: "Please forgive us, Miss Yun. We received incorrect information, which is why we disturbed you. Please do not take offense, Miss Yun."

Yun Qiyue continued to focus on the movements in her hands, as if she hadn't heard.

Seeing this, the Imperial Guard leader more or less understood the reason why Yun Qiyue hadn't moved for a long while just now.

It must have been because she was too focused.

The Imperial Guard leader stepped back and incidentally helped close the door to the pharmacy.

After apologizing to the old master again, the Imperial Guard leader then led his men toward the neighboring residence.

Routine inspections naturally required checking both houses.

Moreover, this matter of the Yun Family's third branch providing false intelligence was not over.

At this moment, Yun Yaxiang was still very angry.

Although her hand had been set, it was still somewhat swollen and very painful.

Furthermore, whenever she thought about how she was the one who had been wronged while her grandfather protected Yun Qiyue, she felt unhappy.

Extremely unhappy!

But fortunately, whenever she encountered those coming to search, she only needed to provide a piece of information, and Yun Qiyue would be the one in trouble.

By now, things over at Yun Qiyue's place must be in complete chaos.

A small bit of revenge; otherwise, how could she be satisfied?

"Xiang!"

Just at this moment, Li Shulan's voice came over, carrying a hint of severity.

As soon as Yun Yaxiang heard her mother's voice, she stood up in fright.

However, just as she stood up, a 'slap' landed on her face.

Yun Yaxiang covered her face in disbelief, opening her eyes wide as she looked at the person who had struck her.

"Mother—" Yun Yaxiang called out subconsciously, a trace of fear in her eyes.

Li Shulan kept a cold face, "What did I tell you? I told you not to provoke that side, so what did you do?"

Yun Yaxiang was speechless, a flicker of guilt crossing her eyes.

Mother had indeed told her not to provoke that side, but...

"Mother, I didn't want to provoke her either, but what right does she have to snatch the State Preceptor from me when she already has the Regent?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shulan frowned.

Yun Yaxiang had not told her about this matter.

Yun Yaxiang thought that since the words had already reached this point, there was nothing that could not be said.

Thus, she simply threw caution to the wind and recounted everything she had done yesterday and today.

Upon hearing this, Li Shulan's brows furrowed.

Just as Yun Yaxiang expected to be defended by her mother, she heard her say: "If you let Yun Qiyue snatch the State Preceptor away, that only proves you are useless."

Yun Yaxiang: "..."

"That's enough. Don't let me know you go to provoke that side again. Now that the Imperial Guards have come to our place, you figure out how to cover your lies yourself."

After saying this, Li Shulan walked out.

After Li Shulan left, Yun Yaxiang's expression was somewhat dazed.

Since childhood, the sisters in the family had all envied her for being loved and protected by her own mother.

But only she herself knew how harsh and strict her mother was toward her.

Tears slid from her eyes, and Yun Yaxiang wore a hurt expression...

On the other side, after the Imperial Guards left, the old master did not stay long and left with the servants, as he did not want to disturb his granddaughter from doing important business.

Feeling that it was quiet outside, Yun Qiyue walked to a Medicine shelf, reached out and pulled, and the shelf moved aside, revealing a small space inside.

If it weren't for the fact that those Imperial Guards dared not make this place too messy and thus did not dare to search carefully, this small space would certainly have been discovered.

Looking at Xuanming inside, Yun Qiyue curled her lips, "Believe that big sister can protect you now?"

Xuanming pursed his lips and said nothing.

And Yun Qiyue did not wait for Xuanming to answer, turning around directly.

However, when she turned, the color of Yun Qiyue's eyes turned a few degrees colder.

Since she had taken on the role of someone's big sister and had said she would protect him, then how could she let those who harmed him go?