Chapter 303 (2/2)

In short, after Nie Clan had paid the consequences of the army having shoddy armory and weaponry, the army suddenly experienced smooth sailing and went on its way to a triumphal song.

Hearing these words, Ji Man nodded and asked, ”My lord, you recently have to protect Nie Clan too. You must be feeling a lot of pressure, right?”

Nie Clan continued to meet with problem after problem. As a son-in-law of Nie Clan, he naturally had to help his in-laws, but there really were too many members in Nie Clan. He could only protect some of them and not all of them. Because of the Nie Clan's ongoing issues, the emperor also felt somewhat displeased with Marquis Moyu. The first prince wanted Marquis Moyu to alienate Nie Sangyu and Nie Chenyu a bit.

However, while Marquis Moyu had become distant with Nie Sangyu, there were rumors that Nie Chenyu was an exceptional beauty. And so, even at this juncture, Marquis Moyu was still favoring her quite a bit and was even helping ensuring Nie Clan's safety for her.

The imperial n.o.ble consort felt quite relieved over this. During the Lantern Festival, she had especially bestowed gifts to Nie Chenyu. And yet, Ji Man faintly thought that Ning Yuxuan was just using Nie Chenyu to be something that would stand out the most and get shot the first.

”It's okay.” He glanced at her, then said, ”When I was younger, General Nie had helped me too. It was just that I was at Foshan at the time and wasn't able to plead on his behalf when the emperor made his judgment. Right now, I can only do my best to protect the members of Nie Clan.”

Ji Man nodded. If Nie Chenyu was the one hearing these words, she would definitely feel extremely overjoyed. She would think that Marquis Moyu loved her so much and was willing to protect Nie Clan just for her.

But, with Ning Yuxuan's remarkable ability in knowing everything that was going on, Ji Man didn't believe that he had no inkling of what was going to happen before the bubble had burst. He had brought almost his entire household to Foshan and left her behind to deal with matter on her own. And now, he had the nerve to pretend to be innocent?

Haha.

”Your older brother seems to be working very hard too.” Ning Yuxuan stretched his hand out and held her hand. ”How about inviting him over tomorrow? There are new vacancies in the imperial court. I can help him scheme a plan. This will let the other elders in your clan feel more at ease too.”

”Thank you my lord.” Ji Man nodded and saluted.

Although this should be a good thing, for an inexplicable reason, her heart kept feeling uneasy. Every day, the compet.i.tion between the first prince and third prince was become fiercer and fiercer. If Nie Qingyun was promoted at this time and the third prince failed, would he end up just being a corpse that was put on display after his execution?

A gust of wind blew over and she sneezed. Ning Yuxuan gently hugged her and quietly said into her ear, ”Don't worry. I can't bear to part with you anymore.”

Thanks. Ji Man secretly rolled her eyes as she accepted his hug. ”Sangyu believes in my lord.”

After returning to her courtyard and getting a good night's sleep, Ji Man thought that nothing big would happen until Ning Mingjie returned to the capital. She should take this time to rest up and recharge.

In the end, she had guessed wrongly. Liu Hanyun and Xis.h.i.+ were destined to not get along. Once they were brought together, their fighting would never end.

”Madam, Mistress Yun fell into water.”

Ji Man felt the beginning of a horrible headache.