The letter was soon delivered into Jiang Yaoji's hands. She never expected that even after Ji Yunxi had obtained Feng Xingzhi, she still refused to give up.
She couldn't understand what use these people she had locked up were to Ji Yunxi, that it was worth her coming to ask for them again and again.
Furious, Jiang Yaoji stood up, her eyes cold.
Just then, Lu Shu walked into the room. Seeing her like this, he asked curiously, "What's wrong, Mistress Jiang?"
Jiang Yaoji looked at him. She originally wanted to tell him to get out, but suddenly, as if remembering something, she lowered her eyebrows and said aggrievedly, "Ji Yunxi has kidnapped your master again and tampered with his memories. Now she's using Jiang Yin to threaten me to hand you over. She wants to keep you and Feng Xingzhi firmly under her control."
Hearing this, Lu Shu, who now regarded Ji Yunxi as a big villain in his mind, thought that his master was once again in her hands and his memories were altered. This definitely wouldn't do. He roared angrily, "Impossible! We must rescue the master!"
Jiang Yaoji sneered inwardly, her eyes full of mockery. No matter how powerful you are, Ji Yunxi, as long as I have these people in my hands, you won't dare to do anything!
"Of course we'll rescue them. But in the future, Feng Xingzhi will surely be bewitched by Ji Yunxi and keep speaking for her. You must stay true to yourself and not be influenced by him."
Lu Shu nodded. "Don't worry. I will never be bewitched by that bad woman!"
Jiang Yaoji thought it was really funny. What a fool! The more she thought about it, the funnier it seemed, and her eyes became more and more strange.
Suddenly, a servant rushed in in a hurry. "Mistress! The people from Yuechen are here."
Jiang Yaoji paused. She had momentarily forgotten about the people from Yuechen. She had made a big show of doing many things before, and it would be hard for Yuechen not to know.
Now that she had embarked on this path, there might be no turning back.
Calmly, Jiang Yaoji asked, "How many of them are there?"
"We're not sure yet, but there are quite a few."
It seemed that Yuechen was definitely coming to cause trouble. Jiang Yaoji said impatiently, "If that's the case, just kill them. Don't bother reporting to me anymore."
Jiang Yaoji's subordinates were very surprised. They had been following her for a long time and naturally knew that the people from Yuechen used to be on good terms with them. But now, were they really going to turn against them?
Moreover, Jiang Yaoji had been injured a few days ago. If they were to break off relations now, their chances of winning were slim. In the end, it would be their own lives at stake. It wasn't that they were afraid of death, but who wouldn't want to live if they could?
One of the subordinates carefully said, "Mistress, are we really going to break off relations with Yuehua Palace completely?"
Jiang Yaoji rolled her eyes, clearly dissatisfied with his words. "What do you mean? Are my words of no use now?"
"No!" The subordinate was startled and quickly knelt down. "I didn't mean that. It's just... I thought you were injured and Master Feng is not here. If we break off relations with the people from Yuechen directly, wouldn't it be..."
Jiang Yaoji instantly appeared in front of him and grabbed his neck tightly. "So, you're questioning me? You think I can't do it?"
The subordinate's face turned red, and he trembled as he said he didn't dare.
Lu Shu watched from the side and felt a little strange. Jiang Yaoji was really cruel. What the subordinate said wasn't wrong. On the contrary, it made a lot of sense.
Jiang Yaoji seemed to realize that Lu Shu was watching her. She let go of her hand, and the subordinate coughed continuously.
"If I don't kill them today, Yuechen won't spare me either. Just do as I say and do it quickly!"
The subordinate didn't dare to say anything more and quickly took the order and ran out.
Lu Shu thought that it was their business and had nothing to do with him, so he decided not to comment and turned to leave. Who would have thought that Jiang Yaoji suddenly called him back.
Just as he turned around, Jiang Yaoji suddenly thought that if Lu Shu showed up in front of the people from Yuechen and injured them, Yuechen would hate Ji Yunxi even more and would also turn their attention to her.
"Lu Shu, I have an improper request."
Lu Shu looked confused. "Please just say it, Mistress Jiang."
She stepped forward and changed her arrogant attitude. "Please help them, Young Master Lu. I haven't fully recovered yet. Although these subordinates were just punished by me, they are still lives. The people from Yuechen are cruel. I'm afraid they won't be able to come back alive."
Lu Shu didn't think there was anything wrong with it after hearing this and nodded in agreement.
Lu Shu caught up with the subordinate who had just been punished and asked, "Where are the people from Yuechen? I'll go with you."
The subordinate glanced at him and immediately understood what Jiang Yaoji meant. He felt helpless. Lu Shu was being used as a sword and didn't even realize it.
But who was he to say more?
"They're in the bamboo forest in the east city."
Lu Shu saw that his expression wasn't good and thought he was still hurt from before. He patted his shoulder and walked forward.
He followed the people from Wangyue Pavilion and Jiang Mansion to the east city. Sure enough, there were quite a few people from Yuehua Palace. One of them asked, "Where's Jiang Yaoji?"
Lu Shu instinctively wanted to respond, but then thought that he wasn't really one of Jiang Yaoji's people, so why should he speak up? He stood at the back and didn't step forward.
Those subordinates naturally didn't say anything either. They just tightened their grips on their swords.
The disciple from Yuehua Palace standing in the front frowned. Their behavior was completely different from before. Had Jiang Yaoji really betrayed Yuehua Palace?!
The more she thought about it, the more she was convinced. Her eyes darkened. "What do you mean by not saying anything? Do you want to be enemies with Yuehua Palace?!"
Those people still didn't say a word.
Someone walked up from behind and whispered in her ear, "It seems that Jiang Yaoji won't show up now. Just kill them and then go deal with Jiang Yaoji!"
Before they could make a move, the people from Wangyue Pavilion and Jiang Mansion suddenly attacked. They rushed into the enemy's ranks at an extremely fast speed, dispersing them and attacking quickly and fiercely.
The people from Yuehua Palace were caught off guard. Seeing that they couldn't fight back, more than half of them were already dead or injured.
The woman quickly shouted, "Retreat quickly!"
Lu Shu didn't want to leave any survivors. He stepped forward and slit a man's throat with his sword.
The remaining few people didn't want to fight anymore when they saw this scene. They tried to break through the encirclement and ran away. Before leaving, they glanced at Lu Shu as if they wanted to remember him firmly.
Lu Shu and the others wanted to chase after them, but Jiang Yaoji suddenly walked out from somewhere. "There's no need to chase. Just drive them away."
The people from Yuehua Palace fled back in a sorry state and immediately reported to Yuechen, "Your Majesty! We didn't see Jiang Yaoji. Before we could even mention what you had ordered, Lu Shu led people to attack us. But those people seemed to be from Wangyue Pavilion and Jiang Mansion. We don't know what's going on with Jiang Yaoji!"
Yuechen sneered after hearing this. "This is just perfect. I've been worrying about not finding an excuse to deal with Ji Yunxi and the others. Now I have a very legitimate reason."