The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

Shangguan Hanque frowned, wanting to speak, but seeing Jian Yue squat down, he thought for a moment, then shut his mouth and looked at Jian Yue and the mother and child.

The blind old woman's eyes were cloudy, but she heard Jian Yue's footsteps approaching. Immediately, her nerves tensed, and she hugged the man's head tightly. Jian Yue stopped, looked at the man in her arms, and then said softly, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

Upon hearing this, the old woman loosened her grip slightly, but still held the man tightly, bowing her head to Jian Yue and saying, "Thank you for saving my life, young lady. This old servant kowtows to you here."

As she spoke, she was about to get up and kowtow to Jian Yue. Jian Yue quickly supported her shoulders, and the old woman suddenly shrank back. Jian Yue paused, then put her hand down and said, "No need, it's just a small favor. But do you have a place to stay? If this injury isn't treated, it's easy for it to become infected and worsen."

The old woman remained silent, but the foolish young man in her arms began to laugh. Not only did he laugh, but he also waved his limbs around, almost kicking Jian Yue. Chu Tianyi pulled Jian Yue aside in time to prevent her from being kicked.

Chu Tianyi stared silently at the young man, his hand on the sword hilt shifting slightly. His icy aura betrayed his displeasure. Jian Yue stepped forward and placed her hand on his, saying, "Young Prince, you should go back."

Chu Tian paused, looking down at his own hand, which was still covered by Jian Yue's hand. The delicate touch was a sensation he had never experienced before, which stirred his heart.

Jian Yue noticed that Chu Tianyi was acting strangely. She turned around and saw that Chu Tianyi was staring at her hand that was covering the back of his hand. She immediately withdrew her hand and looked at him with feigned confusion, asking, "Young Prince?"

Chu Tian snapped out of his daze, turned to look at Jian Yue, then lowered his eyes and said, "Be careful, you can come to me if anything happens."

Jian Yue nodded: "Yes, I know."

Chu Tianyi glanced at Jian Yue silently, took out a jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to him. Jian Yue saw it but did not move. He said, "Take this. If you need anything, bring this to me. You can enter the palace of a non-royal king without any hindrance."

Jian Yue lowered her eyes for a long while before accepting the jade pendant, thanking Chu Tianyi, and then leaving.

Jian Yue held the jade pendant, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

With a sigh, Jian Yue decided not to think about these things anymore and walked towards the mother and child again. Seeing this, Shangguan Hanque finally couldn't help but say, "You have already saved them, you have done more than enough."

Jian Yue shook her head, her brows furrowed. She did not answer Shangguan Hanque's question, but squatted down to look at the man in the old woman's arms. After examining him closely for a while, she whispered, "His head seems to be injured. Don't exert any more force, otherwise it will get worse."

Upon hearing this, the old woman paused for a moment, then released the man's head, moved her hands to his shoulders, and continued to hold him tightly. Her cloudy eyes wandered around, as if searching for something.

Jian Yue followed her gaze and looked around, but saw nothing. Then she noticed that the old woman had closed her eyes. She frowned and asked, "Can you get up? You need to go to the clinic, I..."

Before she could finish speaking, the man in the old woman's arms suddenly stopped laughing, sat up abruptly, his eyes bulging as he stared intently at Jian Yue. Jian Yue was startled, and then saw the man suddenly leap onto her.

Jian Yue was startled and jumped up, taking two steps back. She saw that the man had already struggled to his feet. If the old woman hadn't been holding onto his shoulders tightly, he would have already fallen to Jian Yue's side.

"No clinic, no clinic, no clinic..."

The man struggled desperately, repeating the same action over and over. The old woman's withered hands bound him tightly like golden hoops, preventing him from moving an inch.

She seemed used to this kind of thing; her face didn't show the panic she had before, and she just kept saying comforting words.

"Okay, no clinic, no clinic, we won't get medicine, we won't take medicine, that's it, that's it, be good."

As the old woman murmured, the man gradually quieted down, but the next moment he looked at Jian Yue and smiled, laughing foolishly as he sang: "The young lady picks flowers by the roadside, the young man watches, suddenly dark clouds come, a heavy rain is about to fall, the good man runs away, the young lady chases after him, everyone says that love between lovers and vows of eternal love are nothing but smoke and clouds on paper and flowers in a mirror, ahahahaha."

The voice was very soft and somewhat indistinct, but Jian Yue's expression changed after listening to it only once. She stared intently at the man, watching his mouth as he sang the lyrics.

After a long pause, he suddenly said, "Fine, I'll do a good deed this time and see this through to the end. Since you're not going to the clinic, come to my house! My servants are all soldiers, and they're very good at bandaging wounds."

Seeing your tattered clothes, and knowing that the old clothes your mother left you are still here, I figured they were useless to you, so I gave them to you to help you get through the winter.

The old woman seemed hesitant, raising her cloudy eyes blankly to look at Jian Yue. The man in her arms, after finishing his song, began to laugh loudly again, the wound on his head starting to bleed, constantly wetting the old woman's clothes.

The old woman's hand inadvertently touched the bloodstains on her clothes, and she panicked, quickly nodding to Jian Yue.

Seeing this, Shangguan Hanque had no choice but to order his two personal guards to help the old woman lift the man up, and they walked slowly towards the Shangguan residence.

Jian Yue and Shangguan Hanque walked behind. Shangguan Hanque asked, "Why do we have to take them back? It'll only create more trouble."

Jian Yue smiled and said, "What's wrong? It's rare for your sister to do something good, and you don't even support her, brother?"

Shangguan Hanque frowned and shook his head, saying, "It's not that it can't be done, but these two people are too strange. Their appearance was too coincidental. Zhang Baicheng is the same. He never uses this remote North Gate on weekdays. How did he happen to use it today and have this happen? It's too bizarre. We have to be careful."

Jian Yue raised an eyebrow, stopped and looked at Shangguan Hanque. Shangguan Hanque, puzzled, also stopped and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Jian Yue shook her head and smiled, "It's nothing. I just didn't expect my brother to actually think about things and doubt others."

In the past, Shangguan Hanque would have been furious at what happened to the mother and son, and would have immediately gone up and torn the perpetrator to pieces. But now, not only did he not do that, he became suspicious, which made Jian Yue feel gratified.

In this way, there would be far fewer opportunities for others to take advantage of Shangguan Hanque's presence.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Hanque smiled helplessly and said, "You can't even say this without exposing my past? Is your brother really that bad?"

Jian Yue smiled and said, "No, it's just that I think you're very cute. No wonder you can make Sister Hua fall for you."

Jian Yue smiled and said that when Hua Xiangrong was mentioned, Shangguan Hanque's face began to turn red. However, he did not forget the previous topic and said, "You still haven't said why you let those two into the Shangguan residence? Do you know that it's easy to invite a god in but hard to send him away?"

The Shangguan Mansion was the most heavily guarded place in the capital city, second only to the imperial palace.

The guards in the mansion were all private soldiers under the command of two generations of generals. They were strictly trained, and no one had the ability to break in without being discovered, nor could anyone leave unscathed.

However, all of this is based on the premise of the General's Mansion, and many of them are designed to complement the terrain of the General's Mansion. But now, it is a time of great turmoil. Jian Yue has been assassinated, and two outsiders have been brought in. It is not very safe.

Shangguan Hanque was very worried, but he also thought that his grandfather's words had not stopped her from doing so. So when he asked now, he did not mean to blame her. He was just worried about Jianyue's safety.

Jian Yue naturally understood Shangguan Hanque's intentions. She turned around and continued walking forward, with Shangguan Hanque following. At this moment, Jian Yue slowed down, closing the distance between them. As she approached Shangguan Hanque, she whispered, "The love song that person sang, my mother sang it."

After saying that, she glanced ahead seemingly casually and said, "Oh dear, cousin, we have to hurry up, otherwise, won't they be scared when they get to the manor? The soldiers all look fierce and menacing, don't let them frighten that idiot into tears."

Shangguan Hanque stood there stunned for a moment, then his mind raced, digesting Jian Yue's words, and he suddenly understood. He quickly took two steps and said, "It's alright. Although the people in the manor are full of killing intent, that's only for fighting enemies. They would never touch the old, weak, women and children."

Shangguan Ting paced anxiously back and forth in the reception room, constantly glancing towards the front door. Finally, the door creaked open, and his granddaughter, whom he had been worrying about day and night, walked back in. He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to greet her, asking, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Jian Yue shook her head and smiled, "I'm fine. I'm sorry to have worried Grandpa. I promise I won't worry Grandpa again."

Shangguan Ting immediately shook his head and sighed, "What does this have to do with you? By the way, do you know who the assassin was? How is this related to the Qilin Pavilion?"

The matter of Qilin Pavilion being Bai Jianan's affair was something Jian Yue hadn't told anyone except Hua Xiangrong. It wasn't that she didn't trust her family, but rather that she thought Bai Jianan's forbearance must have a reason, and if she leaked this information, Bai Jianan would be in danger once it was exposed.

Now that Shangguan Ting has asked her, she doesn't know how to answer.

After thinking for a moment, Jian Yue shook her head and said, "I don't know why it was the people from Qilin Pavilion who made the move. After all, Qilin Pavilion is also involved in the young master's business and is protecting me."

Shangguan Ting frowned immediately, and Shangguan Hanque said, "Who cares about all that? We'll deal with whatever comes our way. What has the Shangguan family ever been afraid of?"

Shangguan Ting immediately sneered, "You're not afraid? What if something really happens to your sister? Do you think our mansion is made of steel? What if someone breaches it? You brute! All you know is fighting and killing, what else can you do?"