Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

Yan Xi's eyes moved, he pulled open the curtain and walked into the room.

Almost all the masters in the Shangshu Mansion surrounded Ji Youran's bedroom. Except for the Shangshu who was still working in the palace, the old lady, the Shangshu's wife and the eldest son were all there.

Ji Youran lay on the bed, his eyes lifeless, tears in his eyes, his face pale and weak, and he didn't open his mouth to respond no matter what others said or did.

After the doctor took everyone's pulse, he told everyone the result:

"The young lady fainted because of her emotional fluctuations. Fortunately, she was treated in time and nothing serious happened. I'll prescribe some tranquilizers. She'll be fine after taking them for a few days."

Everyone calmed down.

After sending the court doctor away, the old lady noticed Yan Xi who had come in and was standing quietly by the side, and said:

"Yanxi, I heard from Fenhe that Youran's problem today is all thanks to you. I'll give you some reward silver later, keep it."

"Thank you, madam."

Yan Xi bowed politely and thanked him, waiting for the next words.

Sure enough, "I don't know what happened today that caused You Ran's emotions to fluctuate so much. Fen He was away for a while, so I don't know the whole situation."

Yan Xi looked at Ji Youran who was lying on the bed. She noticed Yan Xi's gaze but did not move.

This means it doesn't matter.

Yan Xi then spoke and told what had just happened, without adding any exaggeration or expressing his own guesses.

But the old lady had been in the mansion for a long time, so she could guess what was vague and unclear.

This time, she really wanted to shout out again: What sin have I committed?

"You, little girl You Ran, why didn't you tell me earlier that you like the second young master?"

The old lady knew it, and the Shangshu’s wife could guess it, but the Shangshu’s eldest son couldn’t guess it, and he was surprised:

"You Ran likes Su Qian? Didn't You Ran agree to the marriage with the eldest son of the Beijing Marquis's mansion? How could this happen?"

How could this happen? It must be that something went wrong somewhere.

When the matchmaker came to the door, it was a clever servant who went to inform Ji Youran.

Probably because the young master of Beijing Marquis's Mansion was mentioned, the maids who knew that the young lady liked Su Qian told Ji Youran happily.

Ji Youran was so happy that he gave a lot of silver as a reward.

The servant received a generous reward, and although he had not finished speaking some words, he cleverly hid them.

In this way, when people mentioned Young Master Su on a daily basis, they would directly call him Young Master Su, and the misunderstanding continued.

The old lady thought for a moment and figured out the truth of the matter.

Unfortunately, it’s too late to know now.

"break off an engagement."

The old lady made the decision with absolute certainty.

"Mother, isn't this a bad idea?" The Shangshu's wife didn't expect her mother-in-law to react so decisively.

"Of course I know it's not good. But if I don't cancel the engagement, will I let You Ran marry someone she doesn't like? Although it's not nice to say it out loud, the worst that can happen is that I'll sacrifice my reputation and go apologize to the Beijing Marquis' Mansion."

The old lady was determined, and the minister's wife loved her daughter, so she acquiesced.

It was Ji Youran who was lying down who raised the objection, "If we cancel the engagement, can we find a matchmaker and go to the Marquis' Mansion to propose marriage?"

She is still thinking about Su Qian.

The old lady knocked her head in dismay, and faced her granddaughter's eager eyes. She stammered for a while and sighed deeply:

"We are breaking off the engagement. We are the ones at fault. There is no way we can change the engagement to Su Qian. We agreed to be engaged to the eldest son, but we changed it to the second son. This is unacceptable. You Ran, after all, he is the princess' child. You can't be picky."

"Then is there really no hope for Master Su and I?"

Ji Youran closed her eyes, a tear slowly flowing down her face.

In the dead silence, Ji Youran suddenly opened his eyes, his red eyes filled with obsession and stubbornness:

"I won't break off the engagement. Since there's no hope with Master Su, I'll marry the eldest master. At least I'll have more opportunities to meet him."

"What are you talking about?"

Everyone present felt as if they were struck by a huge thunderbolt that appeared out of nowhere. How could they agree to such an absurd thing?

No matter how determined the old lady was, she could not overcome her softness towards her granddaughter whom she had loved for eighteen years.

"You are not allowed to cause a scandal of brothers having one wife. Otherwise, the Shangshu Mansion will have to pretend that you are no longer a daughter."

Her only bottom line is not to make her unspeakable thoughts public.

"Thank you, Grandma."

Ji Youran got what he wanted. He leaned on Fenhe, drank the medicine, and fell asleep to recuperate his body.

Yan Xi witnessed everything and was shocked and speechless.

I guess I will have to take on more tasks.

As she thought, when the old lady saw Ji Youran fell asleep, she called Yanxi out on the pretext of getting the reward money.

"Yanxi, you've also seen this farce today. If it's exposed, Shangshu Mansion won't be able to escape, and neither will you. So, after you and You Ran arrive at Beijinghou Mansion, you must pay close attention to You Ran and don't let her make a big fuss, understand?"

"You are a good kid, you know your limits and what is right and wrong. I can feel more at ease with you by my side."

As soon as the old lady finished speaking, Nanny Zhou came over with a wooden tray with a small mahogany box on it.

The box was not big, but Yanxi was sure that there would be nothing cheap inside.

The old lady used both coercion and inducement. She said before that she and the Shangshu Mansion were in the same boat. It was true that even though she had redeemed herself, she was still restricted under the power.

At the very least, if the fact that the eldest daughter-in-law likes the second son is put in front of the princess, she will definitely not be able to escape the power of imperial power.

Yan Xi sighed with a complicated expression and accepted the wooden box.

She took her leave and left. Nanny Zhou returned to the old lady's side and asked curiously:

"Yanxi didn't say anything. What if she didn't agree?"

"She agreed. Yanxi has served me for ten years, and I know her personality. Although she is not conspicuous, she is the one who knows the pros and cons best. Even without money, she would agree."

Nanny Zhou understood immediately.

The old lady couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, wondering why her granddaughter wasn't as clear-headed as she was.

Yanxi took the wooden box back to the room, sat on the chair, and looked relaxed.

The current situation is not a bad thing for her.

After something like this happened, the old lady would definitely pay more attention to her, and then, her status in Ji Youran's side would be improved again.

Otherwise, if she had discovered this matter after entering the Bei Jinghou Mansion, her words of advice to Ji Youran would have been of little weight, and she would have been more likely to be dragged into the quagmire.

What's more, Yanxi opened the wooden box.

It was filled with two gold bars that were three fingers wide and one finger thick, as well as some scattered gold ingots and exquisite hairpins.

With this money, you don't have to worry about the rest of your life.

It's not impossible to work hard on this for two years.