C11 Chapter 11

As a nationally ranked master the academy deeply valued and trusted, Chu Jiuge was the kind of person who, at worst, chose not to throw her weight around. There was no way she’d let anyone bully her by leaning on power.

Watching Yuen Yunhua use her family’s influence to order the constables to arrest her, Chu Jiuge suddenly felt like all her years as the country’s top miracle doctor had been for nothing.

She had treated countless powerful people over the years, yet whenever someone gave her trouble, it had never once occurred to her to call in those favors and crush them.

Well... mostly because she didn’t dare.

At first, the constables had shown some restraint, focusing only on capturing Chu Jiuge. But when they still couldn’t seize her after a while, they worried Xiao Jing’an and Yuen Yunhua would be displeased. Gritting their teeth, they finally stopped holding back.

At that point, dodging alone was no longer enough. Chu Jiuge had no choice but to fight back, and the moment she did, she directly snapped the leg of a constable beside her.

A sharp crack rang out. Whether it was the constables in the middle of the fight or Xiao Jing’an and Yuen Yunhua, everyone froze in shock and stared at Chu Jiuge in disbelief.

This was Great Miss Chu?

“You forced my hand.” That was exactly why Chu Jiuge had never wanted to strike first. She might not know how to fight in the usual sense, but she knew every dirty trick in the book. Once she made a move... it usually ended in death or injury.

A broken bone was minor.

While the constable was still stunned, Chu Jiuge stepped forward and struck his hand with her right palm. Another crack sounded. The constable cried out in pain, and the spear in his hand dropped.

The instant it fell, Chu Jiuge caught it.

“Quick, take her down!” The lead constable instantly sensed trouble when he saw Chu Jiuge armed. He barked the order for his men to charge, but before the words had fully left his mouth, the spear in Chu Jiuge’s hand flew out with a sharp whoosh and stopped right at his throat. “Tell your men not to move.”

“Y-you... what are you trying to do? I’m an officer of the court. If you kill me, that’s a crime.” The lead constable went rigid, too scared to move an inch.

“I can go with you to the authorities.” Chu Jiuge glanced at Yuen Yunhua and knew there would be no peaceful end to this. But she could go to the magistrate’s office—there was no way she was going to the Xiao family or the Yuen family.

Tomorrow she was to be married off to North County. Out of respect for the North Duke, the authorities probably wouldn’t do anything to her. But the Xiao and Yuan families were a different story—she could walk through their door one moment and turn up dead in some “accident” the next.

“Fine, let’s go...” Seeing this, Yuen Yunhua knew Chu Jiuge wasn’t easy to handle. He was just about to agree when a heart-wrenching cry suddenly rang out: “Young Master, Young Master... don’t scare me like this! Young Master, Young Master...”

“Help! Somebody, help! Save him! Young Master, Young Master...”

“Where is everyone? Where is everyone? Master Danqing, I know you’re here. Please, save my young master.”

...

The first two cries hadn’t drawn much attention, but the moment the man shouted “Danqing,” Xiao Jing'an and Yuen Yunhua both turned to look. “That’s the Xie family’s carriage.”

“The Xie family? Third Young Master Xie Xuan?” Xiao Jing'an asked.

Yuen Yunhua nodded. Ignoring the injury on his face, he grabbed Xiao Jing'an and headed for the carriage. “Come on, let’s go take a look.” But he didn’t forget to order the guards to keep an eye on Chu Jiuge. “Don’t let her get away.”

“Yes, sir.” The three guards from the Xiao family had already taken a dislike to Chu Jiuge. At that moment, they didn’t care whether the order had come from their own young master or not. They obeyed at once and surrounded Chu Jiuge.

Now, even if Chu Jiuge seized the officer in charge as a hostage, it wouldn’t help. The Xiao family wouldn’t give the authorities any face.

Chu Jiuge silently cursed her bad luck. For the moment, there was nothing she could do.

When you’re outmatched, sometimes all you can do is endure it.