Chapter 2891 - 2892: Feeling Sorry for Him

Chapter 2891: Chapter 2892: Feeling Sorry for Him

Bai Ruozhu inspected around but found no signs of poison, evidently the other party hadn’t tampered with the Guest Palace, or rather, hadn’t infiltrated it at all.

"I know!" She slapped her head, realizing she had been thinking along the wrong lines.

The situation at that time was too sudden, her first thought was that there might be a Poison Master on site. However, many Poison Masters are proficient in poison but not good at martial arts, as most of their time is spent researching and creating poisons rather than focusing on martial arts or inner strength.

Thus, Poison Masters often hide in the shadows, like the one who infiltrated the Bai Residence earlier, adept at disguises and concealment, cautiously staying hidden.

And the Guest Palace, being the emperor’s domain, is guarded openly by guards, and secretly by Shadow Guards, along with Yin Yang Masters, which makes it risky for a Poison Master to show up, fearing no return.

Therefore, he’s hiding somewhere, having poisoned in advance, and this place is most likely the Sun Residence!

"Jianqi!" Bai Ruozhu called for Jianqi, "Take some of our people to observe the Sun Residence, see if any special individuals have entered there recently, or if there are newcomers or anomalies; if found, don’t act, avoid direct conflict with the Poison Master, and report back immediately."

"Yes." Jianqi accepted the task, and Bai Ruozhu gave him some Detoxification Pills to distribute among the dark guards accompanying him.

Achun’s arm was still in pain, so she had to return to accompany him; otherwise, she would have ventured to investigate the Sun Residence as well, since the Poison Master was beyond Jianqi and his team’s capability to handle.

"Ruozhu is back, let’s go eat, don’t just stand around here." Gao Zhou grinned upon seeing Bai Ruozhu, "Found proof to prove your innocence?"

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him, "No, isn’t dad skilled? Let dad handle it."

"You..." Gao Zhou was about to refuse when Chushuang pinched him quietly, saying, "We shouldn’t stay idle, let’s handle it, you take good care of Achun."

Mother-in-law was so understanding, Bai Ruozhu felt a little embarrassed; they weren’t idle at all, always helping to look after Little Dengdeng.

"Thanks, mom." She genuinely felt lucky to have such a good mother-in-law, far better than the past Gai Yalai.

Luckily, this one is genuine, and Gai Yalai was just a fake, otherwise, she’d have had a headache later.

This time Little Dengdeng didn’t fuss to stay and sleep with mom; he knew his dad was injured and didn’t want to disturb his dad’s rest.

As Gao Zhou and the others left, Bai Ruozhu felt somewhat emotional, "Dengdeng has grown up."

"Our son has always been considerate, like me." Jiang Yichun boasted, "When I was young, my mom was kidnapped, and dad lost his mind searching for a long time, it was Nanny Zhang who took care of me, she later said I was particularly easy to take care of."

Nanny Zhang didn’t come this time, earlier Bai Ruozhu’s situation was too dangerous, making it inconvenient to have too many people around.

"Later, let Nanny Zhang take care of Dengdeng, she’s family too." Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.

Jiang Yichun reached out, pulling her to sit beside him, with a somewhat dejected expression, "My arm has been hurting all along, do you think there’s a problem, will it need to be amputated later?"

Amputation...

Bai Ruozhu immediately became nervous, grabbing his hand, "No, with me here, I will definitely cure you."

"Actually, losing it wouldn’t be too bad, anyway there’s still the other hand, definitely better than Huilin." Jiang Yichun suddenly reflected, "That guy got a mechanical arm, practicing day and night for a long time to handle it naturally, it’s not a part of the original body after all."

Bai Ruozhu thought the mechanical technique-made arm would be easy to get used to, unaware of such hardships behind it.

Jiang Yichun chuckled, "He wouldn’t say it himself, a guard close to him secretly told me, I teased him for quite a while."

Saying he was teasing, his eyes turned red, actually feeling sorry for Senior Fox.

She also felt sorry for him, hugged his neck, saying, "It’ll get better, Senior Fox is doing well now."

"No way, I need to recover soon; can’t be a one-armed hero being mocked by him." Jiang Yichun laughed again, "Didn’t you say there’s a hero Yang Guo with one arm who was particularly handsome and liked by many women?"

Bai Ruozhu glared at him, "Where did you get the focus from? The focus is many women liked him, yet he was devoted to Little Dragon Girl, waiting for her for eighteen years, that’s why I said he was handsome."

"I’m very devoted too, don’t you find your husband handsome?" He said, leaning in, his warm breath on her neck made her itch, softening her heart.

A night of entwining, after the Dancing Girls appeared, the two finally reconciled, primarily because Bai Ruozhu felt sorry for him, naturally softening her heart.

Meanwhile, Ao Song took Zhao Shu and Astrologer to the brothel, luckily Bai Ruozhu didn’t know, or she would have been thunderstruck.

Generally, women would only bring male friends to a brothel, not someone they admired; perhaps Ao Song just considered the Astrologer a friend.

"Since you’re soft-hearted, come take a look yourself." Ao Song saw Zhao Shu hesitating at the Main Gate, unable to hold back.

"Whether to save her, you decide; I’ll only help this once, consider it a gesture of apprenticeship." The Astrologer said.

Zhao Shu nodded, "Thank you, master."

He was indeed conflicted; he didn’t like Kuai Xian, who always relied on her Grandpa being the Village Chief, often behaving rudely. Additionally, Kuai Xian had always looked down on him, even leading others to bully him.

Those were childhood incidents, he wouldn’t hold grudges against a little girl, or he wouldn’t have pretended to be foolish, enduring for ten years.

But they grew up together, weighing heavily on his conscience.

Ao Song whispered to the Astrologer that Zhao Shu’s reluctance showed he was sentimental, but saving Kuai Xian would indicate indecision, hindering him from achieving great things.

The Astrologer laughed at her overthinking, but she replied, "In our family, such choices are faced from a young age, the tests are harsh, but you must choose, just feel at peace."

Zhao Shu wasn’t aware of Ao Song and Astrologer’s private chats, but he was seeking peace within; he didn’t want to save Kuai Xian, but if he could help a little, he would.

If he saved her, how would he face Bai Ruozhu’s dark guard Wei Ba?

Kuai Xian couldn’t be unaware her actions would cause harm, yet she proceeded, her choice must bear consequences.

Tonight at Yicui Building, business was mediocre; after all, the city had an assassination attempt targeting the emperor on his northern patrol, causing officials to restrain themselves.

The madam saw three unfamiliar young gentlemen and approached them with a smile.