After steadying himself, Fu Cheng quickly turned back to ask, “Young Mistress, Third Miss, are you alright?”
When the carriage tilted, Yu Yi had already held onto Yu Xin. Hearing Fu Cheng’s concerned inquiry, she replied, “We’re fine. Brother Fu, what happened?”
Fu Cheng angrily said, “It was that gentleman’s carriage that suddenly swerved in front of us…”
A servant from the luxurious carriage came down, pointing at Fu Cheng and reprimanding him, “How dare you speak like that? You clearly rammed into our carriage from behind, how can you say we hit you?”
“You’re the one talking nonsense!” Fu Cheng immediately began arguing with the servant.
The man in the luxurious robe got out of the carriage and directly approached their carriage, loudly asking, “Are you ladies alright?”
Yu Yi responded clearly, “Sir, there’s no need to worry. Just move your carriage aside and let us pass. The two carriages are now locked together, and if you don’t move, we can’t proceed.”
The man laughed and said, “If the miss is fine, please come down and take a look. Your carriage has damaged ours, so even if we wanted to move, we couldn’t.”
Yu Yi said, “It was clearly your carriage that hit us. How can you falsely accuse us?”
The man said, “Let everyone judge. Before getting out, your carriage was behind ours. Who hit whom?”
Yu Yi quietly told Yu Xin to stay in the carriage and got out herself, coldly asking, “Sir, by rudely blocking our path and persistently following my sister and me, what exactly are your intentions?”
Seeing her get out, the man grinned, “Just have a cup of tea with me to apologize, and I’ll let this go.”
Yu Yi’s face turned cold, “I haven’t even asked you to compensate for the damage to our carriage.”
The man deliberately misunderstood, “The miss wants compensation for damaging our carriage? No, no, just come to the teahouse and serve me a cup of tea, and that’ll be fine. I’m very reasonable.”
Yu Yi narrowed her eyes, a barely perceptible cold smile playing at the corner of her mouth. However, since the man in fine clothes was persistently entangling her, she might as well serve him a cup of “good tea.”
Just as she was about to agree, a familiar voice coldly rang out from behind: “Young Master Ma, are you bumping into someone’s carriage again?” She quickly swallowed the words “okay” that were about to escape her lips and turned back.
Where the crowd parted, Guan Yue was leading a horse towards them.
However, she could only look “helpless” at Guan Yue, “expecting” him to help her out of this situation. She curtsied to Guan Yue: “Chief Guan.”
Guan Yue returned the courtesy: “Miss Yu.”
Young Master Ma did not fear a mere constable, but Guan Yue was after all a government official from the capital prefecture, and he seemed to know these two women. Although the Ma family was wealthy, they were not considered a powerful clan, and it was not worth offending someone from the Six Doors for two strangers. He tried to appear nonchalant: “Chief Guan, what are you talking about? I was just having a friendly discussion with this Miss Yu.”
Guan Yue knew his true nature but did not expose him. He walked between the two carriages and said: “Young Master Ma, your carriage is blocking the road, right?” He hardened his expression and asked the carriage driver: “Are you sure you were driving properly?”
The driver looked somewhat timid towards Young Master Ma, who gave him a look to maintain his stance. At this moment, Fu Cheng had already stepped forward and righteously explained what had just happened.
Guan Yue continued: “Young Master Ma comes from a wealthy family. Surely a small carriage damage would not be a concern?”
Young Master Ma was cornered. He could not easily say he was concerned about such a small expense, but he was reluctant to let the Yu sisters leave so easily, and for a moment did not know what to say.
Guan Yue added: “Would Young Master Ma do me a favor and let this matter rest?”
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Young Master Ma now understood the situation. It seemed Chief Guan not only knew this Miss Yu but was also standing up for her. Since he knew these sisters were surnamed Yu and were of such outstanding appearance and character, he could investigate their background later. Today, he did not need to clash with this Chief Guan. He had originally just been bored after eating and drinking, wanting to tease these sisters for fun. Seeing the current situation, he laughed: “Since it’s someone Chief Guan knows, I’ll give him face.” He then instructed his driver to move the carriage and clear the road.
Chapter 84: Yu Yi’s Spacetime (19)
Seeing the man in fine clothes clear the road, Guan Yue bowed to him: “Thank you, Young Master Ma.”
Young Master Ma laughed: “Chief Guan is too polite.” Then he got into his carriage and left.
Guan Yue turned to Yu Yi and asked: “Miss Yu, are you returning to the manor?”
Seeing Yu Yi nod slightly, Guan Yue said: “I will escort you back.”
Yu Yi secretly resented his meddling, which made her owe him a favor, but she had to thank him: “Thank you, Chief Guan, for helping me out. But the journey back to the manor is long, and I would not dare to trouble Chief Guan.”
Guan Yue gently patted the neck of his blue-and-white horse: “It’s no trouble. I was going to ride out of the city anyway, and this fellow always takes an hour to calm down.” As he spoke, he mounted his horse.
The blue-and-white horse immediately became restless, stomping its front hooves as if eager to gallop. Guan Yue tightened the reins to restrain it and looked back at Yu Yi.
Yu Yi could not refuse and curtsied to him: “Then I’ll trouble Chief Guan.”
Fu Cheng drove the carriage in front, with Guan Yue riding beside them, one carriage and one horse leaving the city gate, traveling in silence.
With Guan Yue present, Yu Xin also remained quiet. Yu Yi felt irritated, wondering if Guan Yue’s sudden appearance and insistence on escorting them back meant he had discovered something and was now suspicious of her.
After pondering for a while, she lifted the carriage curtain and asked him: “Chief Guan, has there been any progress in my late father’s case?”
Guan Yue replied: “There are no public updates on this case at the moment. As a mere constable, I am not privy to the specific proceedings of the Ministry of Justice. However, if Miss Yu wishes to know the progress, I can ask some friends in the ministry to inquire.”
Yu Yi expressed gratitude: “I thank Chief Guan in advance.”
“No need to be polite, Miss Yu,” Guan Yue turned his gaze to Yu Yi, carefully observing her expression. “Regarding your father’s case, I find the fire at Chancellor Chen’s residence quite suspicious. What are your thoughts on this matter?”
Yu Yi calmly stated: “I have no sympathy for Chancellor Chen’s death.”
In fact, I find it quite satisfying. As the saying goes, evil begets evil. Those who have committed wrongdoings will feel guilty; this is retribution, heaven’s way of making Chancellor Chen atone for his sins.”
Guan Yue looked skeptical: “If we’re talking about feeling guilty after committing sins, the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s treason case was nearly a year ago. Why would Chancellor Chen not feel guilty earlier or later, but specifically shortly after you left the education house? Isn’t the timing a bit too coincidental?”
“Actually, it’s not a coincidence,” Yu Yi said calmly, looking at Guan Yue. “After leaving the education house, I visited Chancellor Chen. You know I encountered Bai Xiu at his residence. Chen and Bai thought the matter was over, but they did not expect me to visit again. They became anxious, fearing I would discover their plot against my father, and lived in constant fear, which led to their eventual fate.”
