Sir Song, do you want to pledge yourself to me?

Ji Nuan flung open the door and rushed to the bed like a whirlwind. Before Song Qiuniang and Xu Qing could react, she had already made a quick move and knocked Song Qiuniang unconscious.

Xu Qing was so frightened that he wanted to shout "Someone come", but just as he uttered the word "come", he felt a chill on his neck and swallowed the words back.

"What? You want to shout but you don't?" Ji Nuan's tone was a little teasing, as if he was a second-rate guy who was trying to tease a decent woman, behaving frivolously and not seriously at all.

Xu Qing shrank back in fear, his voice trembling as he asked, "You...what on earth do you want to do? My father is the Tongzhi. If you dare to attack me, don't you want to die?"

His upper body wasn't covered much to begin with, and with this movement, his chest was completely exposed. His frail frame, like a chicken, was in no way comparable to Song Jinbai's.

Ji Nuan shook her head slightly to dispel those messy thoughts and frowned unhappily.

"Tsk, cover yourself up quickly, don't let me see your eye-catching body again."

Xu Qing stiffened his neck, obediently pulled up the quilt, and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Please hold the knife steady and don't hurt me."

Ji Nuan didn't bother to look at his cowardly expression and asked directly, "Tell me, why did you collude with the bandits to attack the Chen family?"

Xu Qing quickly shirked responsibility, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "It's not me, it's really not me! It's Wen Jida, he's the one who wanted Chen Yu's life, and he also coveted the Chen family's property. He was the one who ordered Jinfengzhai to do it, it really has nothing to do with me!"

Ji Nuan scoffed, her tone filled with sarcasm: "You're clearing yourself of all charges like this? Isn't it because you covet the Chen family's fortune that you agreed to instigate Jinfengzhai to commit the crime?"

"I, I was seduced by him, so I agreed to be the middleman." Xu Qing's voice trembled even more, and he almost cried.

"Heh." Ji Nuan sneered, tightened the dagger in his hand, and continued to ask: "Where is your yard?"

Xu Qing tensed up and answered honestly, "Qingsong Courtyard, not far from here."

Ji Nuan knocked Xu Qing unconscious with a single blow. Before leaving, she thoughtfully served the two of them a set meal of multiple sex overnight, then leisurely left the room.

Xu Qingyuan wasn't as cautious as his father. Various letters and gift receipts were scattered haphazardly on his desk, a testament to his usual arrogance. This provided Ji Nuan with great convenience; she effortlessly swept away all the evidence and stored it in her own space.

She waved her hand and left the prefectural government easily, leaving the father and son to Song Jinbai's disposal. She believed that with so much evidence in hand, the father and son would have enough to endure.

Ji Nuan turned around and went to Wen Mansion again.

The Wen family is wealthy and powerful, and their mansion is quite large, which is enough to show the profound family background.

Didn't Wen Jida covet Chen Yu's family business? Ji Nuan decided to let him taste the feeling of having half of his family business evaporate overnight.

However, she did not scrape away even a layer of the soil as she did before at Cao's house, but only did a "big cleanup" of the Wen family's treasury full of gold and silver and Wen Jieda's personal small warehouse.

Looking at the warehouse that became empty in an instant, with only four walls left standing there alone, Ji Nuan smiled with satisfaction, then turned around and went home to sleep.

The next day, a strange incident spread throughout the city. The warehouse of the wealthy merchant Wen family was emptied by thieves overnight, and the people in the government office could not find any useful clues, as if all the property had disappeared out of thin air.

At the same time, the thief Ji Nuan brought Xi Que and carried bags of gifts, and strolled into the Chen Mansion leisurely.

Mrs. Chen politely asked someone to take the gift from her hand, and personally took her and Xi Que to the inner courtyard.

"Nuannuan, you're here, so why did you bring so many things? You're so polite."

"If it weren't for you this time, Master and Yu'er..." Mrs. Chen's eyes were red and she choked up before she finished her words. She gently pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, trying to stop the tears.

"That day the doorman said that Ah Fu was covered in wounds and came back alone in the middle of the night. I knew that something must have happened to Yu'er. Ah Fu has been with Yu'er since he was a child and is loyal to him. How could he leave him and come back alone? Yu'er received a letter from the master and brought people to pick them up. Now Yu'er is in trouble and the master doesn't know what's going on. I felt like the sky was falling." Mrs. Chen's voice was already filled with tears when she said this.

"If the Ji family hadn't told me early in the morning that you had left overnight to rescue people, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it until they returned." Mrs. Chen still felt a lingering fear when she recalled the scene. She held Ji Nuan's hand tightly, her gratitude overflowing with words, "Nuannuan, I'm not good at expressing gratitude, but you are our family's benefactor!"

Ji Nuan felt extremely guilty upon hearing this and quickly responded, "Madam, please don't say that. It was actually me who implicated the Chen family this time. I should apologize to you. If I hadn't offended Wen Jida without knowing the severity of the situation, he wouldn't have retaliated against the Chen family and caused them such heavy losses."

"The Wen family has been wanting to compete with us for a long time. Even if you hadn't offended Wen Jida, they would have found ways to target the master." Madam Chen didn't blame Ji Nuan. After so many years, the Wen and Chen families had been fighting each other for so long that she was no stranger to it. She just didn't expect them to be so ruthless this time, actually wanting to take over the entire Chen family.

Ji Nuan comforted her, "Madam, don't worry. The Wen family no longer has the confidence to target you. Besides, the government will also deal with Wen Jida's collusion with the bandits."

"That's good, that's good!" Mrs. Chen nodded repeatedly, the heavy stone in her heart finally falling. She mentioned Chen Yu again, "When Yu'er heard you were here, he didn't want to lie in his room to recuperate. He insisted on getting up and waiting for you in the yard. This child is so stubborn."

Mrs. Chen felt a little regretful. Master Chen had already told her that Master Song also liked Ji Nuan. Unless Ji Nuan insisted on choosing Yu'er, it would be difficult for Yu'er to get what she wanted. She hoped Yu'er would still be confused and not be too persistent.

Ji Nuan smiled and said, "He's too careless about himself. I'll go see him. I'm a doctor, and I'll tell him to stay home and take care of himself. Is Madam relieved now?"