Chapter 769 What kind of medicine is this?

"So that's how it is. Why didn't she say so? I misunderstood her." Madam Guo was extremely embarrassed. "Her Majesty specifically summoned me to the palace to explain."

“Madam Guo didn’t say a bad word about her, so there’s nothing to explain. Whether before or now, what Madam Guo sees is the most authentic Lin Yu. I respect Lin Yu’s decision.” Jiang Fenghua continued, “Lin Yu is indeed an orphan, but my mother has always treated her as a daughter. Although she doesn’t have the surname Jiang, she is still a member of the Jiang family. Perhaps she doesn’t say it because she wants to find happiness on her own!”

If Madam Guo readily agreed when Lin Yu proposed marrying her younger sister to the Guo family, the Guo family might not have been worth marrying into. However, Madam Guo's attitude was very clear: she wanted to marry the girl Guo Xiao liked.

Jiang Fenghua could understand why the Guo family disliked Lin Yu because they knew she had frequented brothels. Every parent would have such thoughts. Now that she had helped Madam Guo put her mind at ease, it was a win-win situation.

At this moment, Madam Guo turned to leave, but Jiang Fenghua quickly stopped her. "Madam Guo, please don't mind. I have no other intentions. I simply want to invite you into the palace to see the real Lin Yu. Lin Yu did not lie to you."

Jiang Fenghua was afraid that her good intentions would backfire. She just wanted to resolve the Guo family's misunderstanding and stop them from defining Lin Yu's background as a prostitute.

"Your Majesty, I..." Lady Guo hesitated, "This humble woman is truly embarrassed to face Miss Lin."

"Lin Yu is very easy to get along with. I believe that sincerity can be reciprocated." Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "Madam Guo didn't care about Lin Yu's previous status and agreed to let her marry into the Guo family. She acknowledged that she is a member of the Guo family and a daughter-in-law of the Guo family. This shows that Lin Yu did not choose the wrong husband. I am very grateful to Madam. Inviting Madam to the palace was a decision I made on my own. Lin Yu did not know about it."

Madam Guo said, "My husband is still in the dark. Xiao'er didn't say anything when he came home. He has really caused us a lot of trouble. Miss Lin came to visit that day and brought us many gifts. We should have prepared a return gift, but..."

“But Lin Yu is too capricious. If she was going to visit Madam Guo, she should have invited my mother along and sent a visiting card in advance. She just went without any idea. Madam Guo and Lord Guo didn’t know beforehand, so it’s understandable that they didn’t prepare a return gift.” Jiang Fenghua gave Madam Guo a way out.

Madam Guo smiled faintly, unsure how to reply. "I will take my son to the Jiang residence to pay a visit to Madam Jiang another day."

Jiang Fenghua led Madam Guo away from the training ground. As Madam Guo left, she kept looking back, her eyes and brows full of joy. It turned out that her son had married a treasure.

Lin Yu is far superior to many pretentious girls from wealthy and powerful families in Shengjing City. The key is that Xiao'er respects no one but his wife.

Madam Guo began to worry again that her son's martial arts skills were not as good as her daughter-in-law's. A woman being stronger than a man would hurt a man's pride. She had to go back and urge her son to practice martial arts so that he could achieve great things as soon as possible. If he could become a general in the future, the ancestors of the Guo family would be laughing in their graves.

Jiang Fenghua went to the Imperial Study after seeing Madam Guo off.

Looking at the empty imperial study, there were still several stacks of memorials on Xie Shang's desk. She flipped through the memorials he had approved. Xie Shang was indeed trying to be a good emperor, and he did so many things personally.

She walked into the inner room and saw a portrait of herself hanging on the wall. In the portrait, she was wearing a white dress, and her long hair, which reached her waist, cascaded down like a waterfall. Her face was very delicate, and Xie Shang had painted her even more beautifully, making her look like an ethereal fairy.

Jiang Fenghua smiled faintly and said, "Not bad."

Seeing that the space next to the portrait was empty, she suddenly had the idea to add a few strokes. So she took the portrait off the wall and found that there was another portrait of a little girl with a veil hidden inside.

The little girl was also dressed in white, and her eyes were big and bright.

Jiang Fenghua then unveiled another portrait, which was also a portrait of a little girl. Strangely, the little girl's face in the portrait was very blurry, but he had drawn the little girl missing two front teeth.

The comical and strange portrait amused Jiang Fenghua. She remembered Xie Shang saying that they first met when they were very young.

Is this how he remembers her? How ugly!

After seeing the portrait Xie Shang painted for her, she suddenly started thinking about him.

She felt empty without Xie Shang, so she picked up the memorials he had been reviewing and read them, wanting to know what it was like for him to sit here and work every day.

Before she knew it, she had spent the entire afternoon reading.

Just then, she suddenly noticed a locked drawer next to her. She tried to open it but couldn't. "These must contain Xie Shang's important belongings!"

She then noticed a set of keys and unconsciously picked them up, thinking to herself: Why didn't Xie Shang put the keys away properly? Leaving them carelessly on the table is too dangerous. However, the Imperial Study is the emperor's important office, full of secrets. In addition to the Imperial Guards patrolling the area, there are also Imperial Guards guarding it. There should be no danger.

Something was locked in the drawer. She picked up the key and unconsciously turned the lock. Inside was a small porcelain bottle, bare and empty. She opened the lid and smelled it; it had a medicinal scent, like pills.

What kind of medicine is this?

Just then, a bodyguard dressed in black and wearing a half-mask appeared like a ghost. "Your Highness, do not rummage through the master's things."

Jiang Fenghua was stunned. "Where were you hiding? How come you walk so quietly?"

She had never met the emperor's secret guards; she had heard that they came and went without a trace, and were very mysterious.

She then asked, "What's your name?"

"My subordinates have no names, only code names."

Jiang Fenghua then asked, "What's your code name?"

"Black bee".

Jiang Fenghua then asked, "Are Ye Ying and Ao Xue also secret guards?"

Black Bee said, "They are also bodyguards, but their function is different from that of their subordinates. Their main role is to protect their master's safety closely."

"What are your responsibilities, and how many people are in your group?"

Hei Feng did not answer. "It's confidential. Your Highness cannot answer my question."

Jiang Fenghua glanced around. "So I've been under your surveillance ever since I entered the Imperial Study. When Xie Shang was here, were you also monitoring him?" Xie Shang would hug and kiss her all the time. Did his secret guards see all of this? This is too embarrassing.

Hei Feng said, "As long as Master gives the order to leave, I will stay far away and will not disturb Master, much less pry into Master's privacy. The secret guards can all be blind and deaf."

Jiang Fenghua was speechless. How could the secret guards trained by the royal family be blind and deaf? Throughout history, how many secrets of the royal family did these secret guards know? They could make a lot of money by selling them.

"Do you know where Nightshade went? Did he betray your master?"

Hei Feng thought for a moment, "Probably not, the secret guards only have two options."

"What road?"

Hei Feng added, "Whether it's a path to life or a path to death, I will never choose the path of betrayal."

Jiang Fenghua was suddenly startled. Could something have happened to Ye Ying?