"That wicked woman!"
Jiang Mubai clenched his fists, his eyes filled with resentment, but now was not the time to settle scores with Ye Jintang, especially since Ye Jintang still held the token given by the Emperor.
If things were to repeat themselves, it would only put them in danger once again.
But how could he be willing to just let it go like that?
"Where is the Second Madam? Why is she nowhere to be seen?"
He remembered that Su Xuerou was released at the same time as him, but he was suddenly taken back to the palace, which delayed him even more.
According to the timeline, Su Xuerou should have returned long ago, so why is she nowhere to be seen?
"My lord, I have been guarding this place and have not seen the Second Madam. Could it be that she has returned?"
The butler looked surprised, clearly not understanding what Jiang Mubai meant.
Jiang Mubai was taken aback. Seeing that the steward's words and expression did not seem to be fake, if Xue Rou had not returned to the mansion, then she must have gone to the Minister's mansion.
Jiang Mubai felt dissatisfied just thinking about Xue Rou's actions, knowing that her mother was seriously ill.
"Go to the Minister's residence now and see if the Second Madam is there."
Jiang Mubai urged the butler.
Meanwhile, inside the Minister's residence, Minister Su was temporarily imprisoned due to his involvement in the matter of evil magic, causing widespread panic within the residence.
Su Xuerou saw Su He coming towards her, strode forward, and reached out to stop her.
"What are you doing? Get out of the way!"
Su He frowned and asked impatiently.
"What are you doing? Father is imprisoned now, Su He, do you dare to say you know nothing about this?"
What do you mean by that?
“If you hadn’t joined forces with Ye Jintang, things wouldn’t have come to this.”
Faced with Su Xuerou's questioning, Su He stood there, stunned for a moment, unable to believe it.
"You mean Ye Jintang?"
"Otherwise what?"
Su Xuerou snorted coldly, just then the voice of a maid came from not far away.
"Second Madam, the steward of the Marquis's residence is hereby ordered by the Marquis to invite you back."
Hearing this, Su Xuerou finally stopped. Seeing that Su He was still standing there, she reminded her, "Su He, even though I am just my father's illegitimate daughter, I know that we should stand together against outsiders when things happen. Don't be unable to distinguish right from wrong and put the entire Minister's Mansion in danger."
"Miss, don't listen to this second madam. She probably harbors resentment for a long time and wants to sow discord at this time."
Su He, unusually, was not angry. After a long silence, she said to the maid beside her, "Perhaps Su Xuerou is not wrong this time."
"The matter really has something to do with Yip Kam Tong."
Thinking of Ye Jintang's attitude towards her that day, Su He felt angry.
The maidservant looked worried upon hearing this. "If Miss is like this, what should we do?"
"I heard that Miss Ye has now divorced Lord Jiang."
"Hmph! What does her divorce have to do with me? Huishengtang is owned by Ye Jintang, I can always find her there."
Su He said fiercely, determined to get to the bottom of this matter from Ye Jintang!
Meanwhile, Su Xuerou had already left the Minister's residence. Cui'er, who was beside her, asked her, "Second Madam, this servant doesn't understand why you told Miss Su about this. If she doesn't believe it, wouldn't things be terrible?"
Su Xuerou snorted coldly, looking smug.
“She will believe it. Su He has always looked down on everyone because she is the eldest daughter of a noble family and because she has an aunt who is a concubine in the palace.”
“Now that her father is in trouble, you can tell from her panic that she is panicking. If Su He goes to Ye Jintang at this time, a conflict is bound to occur.”
She wanted to use Su He's influence, and even the influence of the Minister's Mansion, to completely eliminate Ye Jintang.
"Send a few people to keep watch around Huishengtang. Report to me immediately if there is any movement, especially regarding Su He."
Su Xuerou instructed the maid.
"yes."
As soon as Su Xuerou got off the carriage, she saw a figure waiting outside the Marquis's mansion.
Upon seeing who it was, Su Xuerou's face lit up with joy, and she ran quickly toward Jiang Mubai.
"Brother Mu Bai!"
Despite Su Xuerou's approach, Jiang Mubai remained cold and displeased.
Su Xuerou quickly realized that Jiang Mubai was different. She suddenly stopped and asked cautiously, "Brother Mubai, what's wrong?"
"Xue Rou, are you aware of your mother's serious illness? Why didn't you return immediately after leaving the Dali Temple?"
Jiang Mubai then launched into a series of questions at Su Xuerou.
"Brother Mu Bai, I..."
"It was because I was worried about my father being imprisoned that I thought I'd go back to the manor to check on him."
"What? Imprisoned?"
Jiang Mubai was shocked when he heard this. He thought that being suspended from work and losing his salary for a year was bad enough, but he never expected that he would be imprisoned.
At this moment, Jiang Mubai couldn't care less about being angry and asked Su Xuerou urgently, "Xuerou, how is your father-in-law now?"
"I only know that it is related to evil magic and that Taoist priest, Brother Mu Bai, but I think Ye Jintang may have discovered something, especially about her father."
It's worth noting that General Ye's sudden loss of reason was thanks to the elixir given to him by that Taoist priest; otherwise, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
But now the Taoist priest and her father, Minister Su, have been arrested, and more importantly, Ye Jintang has been implicated in the Dali Temple. All of this is truly frightening to her.
Upon hearing Su Xuerou's words, Jiang Mubai suddenly became nervous. This Minister Su was now considered his father-in-law. If he were punished, his good days would be over.
No, he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible.
However, considering the situation in the manor and his mother's serious illness, Jiang Mubai could only put these matters aside for the time being.
"Xue Rou, let's go inside and talk about it."
Su Xuerou nodded and entered the Marquis's residence with Jiang Mubai. She was even more shocked when she saw the scene before her.
"How...how could this be?"
After speaking, Su Xuerou looked at Jiang Mubai with an extremely incredulous gaze.
"Brother Mu Bai, what exactly happened? Why has the manor become like this in less than half a month?"
To Su Xuerou, the entire mansion was completely empty; all the valuable items that had been displayed had vanished, which was truly unbelievable.
But this is a Marquis's residence after all, so who would dare to be so bold? It's both shocking and unbelievable.
"These were all done by that vicious woman, Ye Jintang."
Faced with Su Xuerou's doubts, Jiang Mubai still told her the truth.
"In other words, Ye Jintang took advantage of this time..."
Jiang Mubai nodded, "Xue Rou, Mother's matter is of utmost importance now. The manor's silver has been completely plundered by that vicious woman Ye Jintang, and I'm afraid things will get worse..."
"Brother Mu Bai, you mean..."
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