"Men, see the guest out. Find twenty men to escort Boss Jiang back. Unless I give the order, do not leave the Jiang residence. Protect Boss Jiang well."

After speaking, the magistrate slowly curled his lips. He tried to touch Jiang Tian, ​​but she dodged him without any apparent effort.

But he wasn't angry; he simply said slowly, "When the time comes, I will marry you."

The twenty constables changed into ordinary clothes and stood guard at Jiang's residence, never leaving it, which already showed the county magistrate's attitude.

An Yi couldn't go in with Jiang Tian, ​​but after Jiang Tian came out, he sensed that something was wrong.

No one spoke the whole way until Jiang Tian entered the house, at which point she had a moment to call An Yi in.

Those people were quite sensible; they only stood guard outside and didn't enter the house.

However, the fact that there were guards at both the front and back gates, and that even servants were watched when they went out to buy groceries, reflected the magistrate's attitude.

Everyone was puzzled, but the leading constable chuckled and said that the magistrate was afraid someone would harm Boss Jiang, so he specially assigned a group of men to protect her.

This reason is reasonable and well-founded; in chaotic times, there will always be some people who will stop at nothing to survive.

Suddenly, the rumor seemed much more believable.

Jiang Tian was instructing An Yi at this moment: "The magistrate insists on marrying me and will come to present the betrothal gifts tomorrow. Now that there are people guarding the outside, I can't escape."

She said this in a relatively calm tone.

However, An Yi was unusually unable to calm down. He had long seen that the magistrate had improper thoughts about Jiang Tian, ​​but considering his family background, An Yi believed that he would not act recklessly.

He misjudged the situation.

“An Yi, I don’t have time to tell you much. Tonight, under the cover of night, take Brother Chen away and send him back to the capital.”

An Yi's expression changed in surprise: "Master, what do you mean by this?"

“The magistrate appears gentle and kind on the surface, but he is actually the most narrow-minded. Chen Ge is so intelligent that he has already surpassed his son at the age of two. If I really marry him, he will definitely treat my son as a thorn in his side. With this child, I will not be able to devote myself to him wholeheartedly. If I do not marry him, Chen Ge will also be blamed and become a pawn to control me.”

"In that case, you should take him to the Emperor. Although the Emperor is angry with me, he will not abandon his own flesh and blood. He will take good care of Brother Chen."

An Yi's hands clenched so tightly that veins bulged. He looked at Jiang Tian and said, "Master, I have not neglected my martial arts these past few years. I can help you deal with the people outside. If you're going to leave, then we might as well leave together!"

Jiang Tian smiled bitterly at him: "Those people didn't do anything wrong except keep an eye on me. Besides, if I leave, can all the servants of the Jiang family and my shop really leave? I am their backbone and their boss. If I can't even protect them, I will not forgive myself."

An Yi fell silent. In fact, he knew that he could knock Jiang Tian unconscious and take her away.

This made him realize that this was not what Jiang Tian wanted.

“An Yi, don’t hesitate any longer. Today is the best time. That magistrate can guess that I will send someone to take Chen Ge away, so he won’t stop me. If he acts maliciously in the future, who can protect my child?”

He felt a bitter taste in his mouth that was hard to describe.

So many times, but he has never been able to protect her even once!

But he had to admit that Jiang Tian was right.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, tonight is the best time.

He couldn't protect Jiang Tian, ​​and if he couldn't even protect her child, then he had truly lived in vain.

He knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and said with a metallic taste in his mouth, "Yes, Master."

Jiang Chen hadn't fallen asleep yet when Jiang Tian picked him up. He toddled into Jiang Tian's arms with his short legs and shouted, "Mother!"

Jiang Tian stroked his hair and smiled, "Brother Chen, do you remember? Your mother promised you that on your birthday, she would take you to that manor with the hot springs."

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up: "I remember!"

Jiang Tian continued to laugh: "Then you go with Uncle An Yi tonight. I'll go over after I finish my business."

"Then why doesn't Mother come with me?" Jiang Chen asked, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Because Mother remembers that Brother Chen promised me that you would go to that estate to prepare a gift for me. Mother wants you to go and prepare this surprise for me first, and then Mother can go and receive the gift when it's ready."

Jiang Chen's face flushed red instantly. This time, he didn't hesitate any longer: "Okay, then I'll go with Uncle An Yi first. Mother can come later; I need to make my present for a long time..."

He was still a little embarrassed.

"Mother knows."

Jiang Tian stroked his forehead again, gave him a deep look, and then handed him over to An Yi.

"Take him with you."

An Yi used all his strength to suppress the trembling in his voice: "...Yes."

When the two went out, no one stopped them.

The next day, the county magistrate sent people to formally propose marriage.

He was a scholar who considered himself better than Jiang Tian's "ex-husband" and was very concerned about appearances.

The procession that came to propose marriage made a great fuss, as if they wanted to tell the whole county that the magistrate was going to marry Boss Jiang from Huichuntang.

To the people of the county town, the two were naturally a perfect match.

The magistrate is honest and upright, and Mr. Jiang is charitable and generous. To be honest, Mr. Jiang is the one who is above his station!

The county town became unusually lively because of this incident.

Xuanyuan Ye was woken up early in the morning by the noise of the discussion.

He had never been one to pay attention to others, and the letter in his hand was more important to him than the magistrate's great joy.

In a county town not far from Anping County, the magistrate was extravagant and dissolute, using all the disaster relief funds for his own pleasure, while the people were starving to death.

Originally, Xuanyuan Ye had planned to stay in Anping County for a few more days, but due to this unexpected incident, he could no longer wait.

He left the city that very day and went to that county town.

Jiang Tian did not refuse the betrothal gifts; she calmly accepted them.

Seeing her attitude, the magistrate felt a little more satisfied.

Since ancient times, those who understand the times are wise, and Jiang Tian's approach won his approval.

Now that he had accepted the betrothal gifts, to avoid any unforeseen complications, he began preparing for the wedding according to the date he had told Jiang Tian.

During this period, Jiang Tian stayed obediently in the house and did not try to escape.

She couldn't escape either; in this remote little county, the magistrate was the only one who could rule.

If he wanted to keep someone, no one would dare let her go.

Time flies, and the wedding day arrived in the blink of an eye.

Xuanyuan Ye had just finished dealing with matters in another county and hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath when he received a message from his subordinate via carrier pigeon.

He almost forgot that he had sent his men to investigate that "Boss Jiang".

When he opened the note, he was struck dumb.

"Ms. Jiang, whose given name is Tian, ​​was abandoned by her husband and settled in Anping County three years ago. She has a son who is two years old and named Jiang Chen. The county magistrate has already betrothed her, and the two will get married today."