Her guards

Chapter 57 The Fiancé's Care
Yang Luo looked at Zhu Yunxiao.

Although they had met before, Zhu Yunxiao had no idea she was there because she was sitting in the teahouse next door, looking down at him from above.

This was the first time the couple had met in this lifetime.

Unlike the sorrowful times when he prayed before the Buddha for his wife, and unlike the tender times when he came to welcome her, Zhu Yunxiao now looked at her with a cold expression and icy gaze.

He stepped forward and stood in front of Jiang Rui.

“This young lady may question my character,” Zhu Yunxiao said coldly, “but please do not harm my fiancée.”

Jiang Rui reached out and grabbed Zhu Yunxiao's sleeve, saying urgently, "Yunxiao, this has nothing to do with you. Go to the banquet quickly."

Disputes between women are generally easy to resolve, but if men get involved, they will be criticized and deemed to lack gentlemanly conduct.

Seeing Zhu Yunxiao speak, Qin Ying could no longer remain in a daze.

“Young Master Zhu, you’ve misunderstood. We were just joking, we weren’t arguing,” she said quickly, then gestured to Yang Luo, “Miss Liu, please apologize to Miss Jiang.”

But Yang Hui, who was standing to the side, was not going to let this opportunity pass and shouted, "She was not joking. Miss Liu looks down on all of us. In her eyes, there is only the princess."

The other young ladies also realized what was happening. Although they were annoyed by Liu Chan's rudeness, they would lose face if they made a scene in front of Zhu Yunxiao. Some pulled Yang Hui away, saying, "Stop talking and don't make things worse." Others, like Qin Ying, tried to persuade and explain to Zhu Yunxiao, "Young Master Zhu has misunderstood. Don't be angry. It's a misunderstanding."

Jiang Rui also shook Zhu Yunxiao's sleeve forcefully, urging him to "hurry up and go."

Amidst the noise, Yang Luo remained silent, her expression calm, making no attempt to avoid Zhu Yunxiao's gaze.

Zhu Yunxiao frowned slightly, looked away, took Jiang Rui's hand, and turned to walk outside. "I'll take you home."

Jiang Rui didn't realize what was happening and was pulled outside.

Qin Ying called out "Hey!" a few times and chased after them, but Zhu Yunxiao was tall and strong, and he quickly pulled Jiang Rui downstairs and left.

At this time, people were coming and going in Dengyun Tower, and Qin Ying did not dare to shout loudly, lest she lose face if she made a scene. She could only watch the two walk away.

Only when they reached the bottom of the stairs and the servants brought the carriage did Zhu Yunxiao release Jiang Rui's hand.

"Yunxiao, this is a small matter," Jiang Rui said helplessly. "Why do you have to get angry with a woman?"

Zhu Yunxiao looked at her and said, "This is no small matter; she is humiliating you."

Seeing his tense face, knowing he was protecting and worried about her, Jiang Rui, no matter how cold she appeared to outsiders, was still just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. Her heart was soft and sweet, yet tinged with bitterness: "My family is poor, so it's inevitable that we're looked down upon. It's also my fault that you've suffered."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who said you come from a humble background? His Majesty will be the first to not forgive her." Zhu Yunxiao interrupted her coldly, then said solemnly, "Arui, you must not belittle yourself, otherwise you will be insulting Uncle Jiang."

At this point, she turned cold, clenched her hands, and looked upstairs.

"I will never allow anyone to insult Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Rui smiled and gently shook his arm: "Alright, it's not that serious. Miss Liu is young and just arrived in the capital. We just had a little argument."

Speaking of which, I also glanced upstairs.

"Actually, she still respected my father."

As for why they treated her so badly, she was somewhat confused.
“Don’t associate with her anymore,” Zhu Yunxiao said. “After all that commotion, this woman didn’t say a single tactful word, and her eyes showed no remorse whatsoever.”

Who is this woman? Her hostility couldn't have come out of nowhere.

The thought flashed through his mind, and he hissed.

"Yunxiao, don't be angry," Jiang Rui said hurriedly, feeling a pang of pain in her heart as she looked at his pained expression.

She's the one who dragged him down.

Zhu Yunxiao wasn't in pain because of a woman's words; it was because his leg injury was hurting again.

It's strange, I was hit by that beggar's stick, and so many days have passed, but it hasn't gotten better; in fact, it's getting worse.
It even somewhat affected his ability to ride a horse.

Could the bone be fractured?

You should go see a doctor.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Jiang Rui about these things, nor would he explain that they had nothing to do with her.

“I don’t care what she says about me,” he said. “But if she speaks ill of you again, you should immediately tell the instructors that someone of such poor character cannot remain in the National Academy.”

Jiang Rui hesitated for a moment before deciding to file a complaint.

“This concerns the princess’s reputation,” Zhu Yunxiao said. “This kind of person cannot stay by the princess’s side. What you are doing is to protect the princess, just like your father, who was brave and capable as a general.”

Jiang Rui chuckled: "What kind of bravery is this? How can it compare to my father's?"

"Of course it counts. If you don't believe me, go ask His Majesty," Zhu Yunxiao said with a smile.

This is a trivial matter that cannot be brought before His Majesty. At this moment, the carriage arrived. Since Jiang Rui had already come out, she could not go back, otherwise she would be disrespecting Zhu Yunxiao, since her fiancé was protecting her.

"Let's go," she said. "Let's go home for dinner." Zhu Yunxiao smiled and nodded, helping her into the carriage. He then mounted his horse, and the two rode away.

On the top of Dengyun Tower, Yang Luo was also saying goodbye to Qin Ying.

"I'm sorry to have ruined your dinner party," she said. "If I have the chance in the future, I will repay you; if not..."

She looked at Qin Ying and gave a wry smile.

You met me because you were unlucky.

Hearing her say that, Qin Ying's strange intuition resurfaced, and she suddenly felt that she didn't want to blame her.

She sighed helplessly, "Don't overthink it. Although it was my banquet, you're the one who caused trouble. I'm fine."

"You've really messed up—" Yang Hui shouted again from the side, "You've offended General Liwei's daughter, and you've bullied an orphan and a widow!"

Two of the young ladies made no attempt to hide their displeasure. "Miss Liu, you've gone too far."

Yang Luo didn't speak ill of anyone else, but she didn't explain either. She didn't care what others thought of her. She simply bowed to Qin Ying and went straight out the door and downstairs.

Qin Ying did not try to persuade her to stay, as it was indeed not appropriate for Miss Liu to remain at this point.

After this commotion, those still there lost their appetite for tea and began to whisper among themselves.

"What's wrong with Liu Chan? Why is she being so rude to Jiang Rui?"

"What's so strange about that! She's rude to me, so she certainly wouldn't respect Jiang Rui!"

"Yang Hui, don't talk nonsense. She was rude to you because you attacked her first and stole your companion spot." Qin Ying corrected her impatiently, then frowned. "Strange, Miss Liu is quite respectful to Miss Jiang's father. She asked about him as soon as they met."

Why were you treating Jiang Rui badly?
"What else could it be!" Yang Hui clapped her hands again. "Of course, it's love turned to hate!"

"Huh?" Everyone looked at her.

“Miss Liu must have taken a liking to Zhu Yunxiao!” Yang Hui said knowingly. “Of course she resents Zhu Yunxiao for being so good to Jiang Rui, so naturally she doesn’t give Jiang Rui a kind look.”

After saying that, he looked at everyone again.

"Right, if you like Zhu Yunxiao, then you probably don't like Jiang Rui very much, right?"

Well, they wouldn't answer that. The young ladies glared at Yang Hui, annoyed, but something dawned on them...

Young children do indeed think like that.

Qin Ying opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back. She also remembered that when they first met, Liu Chan did indeed know Zhu Yunxiao...

It is clear that, perhaps, it is indeed possible for love to turn into hate.

……

……

Yang Luo went downstairs, and the young guards had already brought the carriage over.

“They went that way,” Mo Zheng said softly.

Yang Luo was stunned for a moment, not realizing who they were.

“That guy surnamed Zhu and his fiancée,” Mo Zheng said. “I saw them just now.”

When Zhu Yunxiao appeared, she, as the young lady's bodyguard, immediately followed her into Dengyun Tower, and thus witnessed her young lady's fiery outburst towards Miss Jiang.

She lowered her voice again and gestured with her chin toward a direction on the street.

"Should we take on both of them this time?"

Yang Luo was stunned, then burst out laughing.

Facing Zhu Yunxiao, and thinking of the hatred from her past life, she was filled with resentment that she could not express, and did things that seemed abnormal to ordinary people.

But no matter what she did, the young guard always went along with her and helped her vent her frustrations.

She is reborn, but the family she has is the enemy who harmed her.

She was all alone in this world.

Only this boy seemed to be someone to rely on.

But she kept many things from him.

“No need to kill both of them,” Yang Luo said softly. “That Miss Jiang is actually a victim as well. Zhu Yunxiao is not a good man at all. He is hypocritical and will kill her in the future in order to climb the social ladder.”

"I see," Mo Zheng thought thoughtfully. "The wealth that Zhu Yunxiao is clinging to must be Miss Yang."

(End of this chapter)