Ch 243: Lock Him Up
But he couldn’t give Yuan Xueyue any status!
After all, the Yuan family was far away in Lucheng. Marrying a woman from afar wouldn’t help the Ren family in any way!
Master Ren naturally wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen!
Not to mention a woman with a past; if her maiden family is far away and can’t offer help, she doesn’t even have the qualifications to be mentioned!
Let alone a woman who had been someone else’s concubine!
If Master Ren hadn’t been acquainted with Master Yuan, and seen that he still had the ability to turn things around and find someone to help free Yuan Xueyue, and the Prince’s Residence had no objections!
Naturally, they thought she could be freed!
Looking at these layers of relationships, it just so happened that Yuan Xiao succeeded!
Seeing Madam Ren ๏ผGao๏ผ finish her meal, she glanced at Ren Zhaoxi with a meaningful look and smiled,
“Third Young Master, don’t act on impulse, even if you love her very much.”
Madam Gao smiled, lifted her handkerchief, and left.
That’s what she said, but it undoubtedly gave everyone present the idea that Ren Zhaoxi loved Yuan Xueyue very much!
His older brothers looked at Ren Zhaoxi with strange expressions. The eldest brother said, “Third Brother, why are you still like this? Sigh, I don’t know what to say to you.”
The eldest brother left with his wife, and the second brother also chuckled and left hand in hand with his wife.
His mother and aunts also left. Only Ren Zhaoxi remained at the table. The maid, seeing the nearly finished meal, asked,
“Third Young Master, are you full? Would you like this servant to ask the kitchen to prepare a couple more dishes?”
Ren Zhaoxi said, “No need!”
He also put down his chopsticks and hurried out with his hands behind his back.
From the time he and Yuan Xueyue started interacting, the Capital City and the Ren Residence were filled with rumors about him!
Since he refused to let Yuan Xueyue in, and refused to marry her as his first wife, the moment Yuan Xueyue entered the Guo Residence as a concubine, Ren Zhaoxi completely broke down!
After all these years, he both loved and hated Yuan Xueyue!
The love was for his past incompetence, his inability to obtain her, and now he was still just as incompetent, with no improvement!
The hate was because, when she had nowhere to go, she actually chose the dead end of the Guo family!
Everyone knew about the feud between the Guo family and Prince Xian, from the time when General Guo divorced Madam Guo!
On the surface, no one knew that Prince Xian had broken into the Guo Residence, but officials and ministers with some inside information naturally knew!
The Emperor had long ago bribed Guo Liangxian. It could only be said that Guo Liangxian was a fishing pawn. After being used, he couldn’t target Dai Yixian, and the Emperor was instead threatened by Dai Yixian!
Therefore, Guo Liangxian once paraded through the streets to announce his intentions, wanting the Emperor to completely side with him, but unexpectedly, Dai Yixian had already spoken to the Emperor beforehand.
This caused a great uproar, and the Guo family ceased to exist just like that.
Ren Zhaoxi also felt sigh, how could the Prince’s Residence not know that Yuan Xueyue had escaped from the Guo Residence?
His father had previously tried to stop him, secretly disliking Yuan Xueyue’s distant background. If she were the daughter of a Prefect from a nearby area, and could be of help, that would be easier to negotiate!
Back then, he secretly pressured Ren Zhaoxi to keep Yuan Xueyue dangling, causing Yuan Xueyue to take a desperate risk and mistakenly enter the Guo family!
Ren Zhaoxi is now also brooding over this!
But alas, that was his father!
He is still a foolishly filial person.
His father, as the administrator of the Capital City, naturally had a lot of say.
Since she couldn’t be his first wife or a concubine, Ren Zhaoxi suddenly had a bold idea!
He quickly went to the side room in the front courtyard, to where Yuan Xueyue was!
Seeing the doctors coming and going outside the room, Ren Zhaoxi knew that Yuan Xueyue’s condition was fluctuating and wouldn’t get better quickly.
She had been poisoned in the Guo family!
Who was so cruel?
Ren Zhaoxi waited for the doctors to leave, dismissed the maids outside the door, looked around, and quietly entered.
Yuan Xueyue had been awake for a while, but she was in a daze, as if she were one step away from death!
She heard footsteps and noticed the movement of someone entering. She lifted her haggard eyes to look, and what entered her view was that once-familiar face!
Ren Zhaoxi!
It was him!
“You, you, how is it, you…” Yuan Xueyue’s eyes widened, her eyes bloodshot, and she stared at him with a terrifying gaze.
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Her face was full of disbelief and horror.
As if she was very resistant!
Ren Zhaoxi knew she had suffered. He hadn’t seen her in years, and he had recently heard about the suffering she had endured in the Guo family. Love and hate surged up together. Ren Zhaoxi quickly stepped forward, causing Yuan Xueyue to scream!
“Ahhhhh! Get away from me! Get away from me! Get out! Get out ahhhhhh…”
Yuan Xueyue was very agitated. Her excited gaze fixed, her eyes closed, and she fainted on the bed.
Ren Zhaoxi was stunned. He stepped forward to support her body and shouted, “Ruiyu? Ruiyu! Someone, doctor, quickly, someone!”
“……”
Yuan Xueyue’s hatred and resistance towards him were something Ren Zhaoxi hadn’t expected.
Now that she was injured and her consciousness was poor, there was nothing he could do in the short term.
Ren Zhaoxi had no choice but to sigh all day. Even though he hadn’t married, he had already lost his virginity in the pleasure houses!
Naturally, his complexion was a little more weathered.
The maids and servants rushed over. Seeing the Third Young Master outside the door, they were curious and looked at each other!
Until some of the servants went to report…
The Ren Residence study.
Master Ren was playing with peach pits, looking at the message delivered by his subordinate in an envelope, and the servant kneeling before him reporting. He was so angry that he pushed everything on the desk away!
“How outrageous!”
“What were you all doing?”
“Such an important matter, and you’re only telling me now?”
“Who exactly is feeding you? And who is your master?” Master Ren’s eyes were wide with rage.
When he heard that the Emperor had summoned him, and that the Prince had secretly left the city early in the morning, along with the complete destruction of the Guo family and other subsequent events.
The last matter was still manageable, but the first two made Master Ren realize that the Emperor was going to hold him accountable!
Things were not simple at all!
For the Emperor to summon him, he must have summoned the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and others first, and only notified him last!
Even though he was the city official in charge of the Capital City’s security, he was only a fourth-rank official, a very ordinary status!
Compared to those ministers, chancellors, and Grand Generals, he was on the sidelines!
The guard trembled, but still said in a steady voice, “I’m sorry, Master. We were abrupt. The Prince sent people to watch us and prevent us from reporting, therefore…”
“Useless! You’re all useless!” Ren Zhaoxi threw the book behind him.
The guard was kneeling on one knee, while the servants in the residence were prostrate and trembling. Finally, the servant said,
“Third Young Master’s matter… Master…”
After Master Ren calmed down for a while, he heard the servant mention Ren Zhaoxi’s matter. “Oh? What did he do?”
The servant hesitated, “He went to see Miss Yuan.”
Master Ren’s eyes widened, “Stop him! Lock him up! Without my order, he is not allowed to take a single step out of his courtyard! Give the order!”
The servant, “Yes, yes, yes!”
After the servant left, Master Ren sighed and said, “Prepare the horse, we’re going to the palace!”
As Master Ren left the residence, Ren Zhaoxi was also imprisoned!
