Jiang Yi was secretly delighted; this was exactly what he wanted.
He had no intention of giving up on treating Prince Matthew. Prince Matthew's utility was immense; he could be used to continuously expand his influence in the business world and also serve as a protective umbrella for the Tiansheng Group.
With Prince Matthew's backing, few people in Eagle Country would dare to lay a hand on the Tiansheng Group.
"Thank you, Prince Matthew. You've been so good to me; if I don't agree now, I'd be too ungrateful!"
Jiang Yi feigned overwhelming emotion.
"From this moment on, you are my right-hand man. Like Tracy, you are the most trusted person by my side. Follow me, and you'll surely rise to prominence!"
Prince Matthew began to paint a rosy future for Jiang Yi.
However, the nobles present frowned.
"Prince Matthew, Jiang Yi is from Huaxia. There's never been a precedent in our Eagle Country for a Huaxian to hold a Marquis title!"
"Exactly! How can a Huaxian be worthy of a Marquis title?"
"This is no small matter; we hope Prince Matthew will reconsider."
…
The nobles objected to granting Jiang Yi the Marquis title because none of them held such a high rank.
"All of you, shut up! Do you wish to rebel? Anyone who opposes this matter further, I will have executed right now!"
Prince Matthew said in a deep voice.
Seeing Prince Matthew's fury, the nobles dared not speak further and fell silent.
"Tracy, you and Jiang Yi may leave first!"
Prince Matthew addressed Tracy. "Regarding the task I just assigned you, discuss it properly with Jiang Yi. If this task is completed, there will be a great reward!"
"Yes!"
Tracy responded and then led Jiang Yi out of the hall.
Prince Matthew also asked Lord Baron to leave the hall and discuss the assigned task.
Upon reaching the courtyard, Jiang Yi stopped and asked Tracy, "What exactly did Prince Matthew task us with?"
Lord Baron also looked at Tracy curiously.
"Father wants us to release Victor!"
Tracy replied.
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Yi continued to inquire.
"Prince Matthew suspects that someone might be behind Victor's actions. Prince Matthew wants to find out who that person is. He wants me and Lord Baron to secretly cooperate with you to rescue Victor and then lure that person out!"
Tracy explained.
Hearing this, Jiang Yi couldn't help but smile inwardly.
He had been wondering how to rescue Victor, and unexpectedly, Prince Matthew was proactively asking him to do so.
This couldn't be called a coincidence; it was simply incredible luck!
"Let's put on a good act later, make sure Victor doesn't suspect we deliberately let him go!"
Tracy advised.
"Alright, but Prince Matthew's bodyguards might have to suffer a bit!"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow.
"You don't need to worry about them. You just need to make Victor believe that you risked your life to save him!"
Tracy said. "Oh, and take Charles with you as well. Father wants to know who in the Eagle Country's royal family is behind Charles, whether he's one of the King's men!"
"Understood!"
Jiang Yi nodded. "Let's start now!"
With that, Jiang Yi walked directly towards the courtyard where Victor and Charles were held.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Jiang Yi was stopped by several bodyguards.
"Mr. Jiang, you are no longer a prisoner. Apart from Miss Tracy and Prince Matthew, no one else can enter here!"
The leading bodyguard said.
"I need to go in to see Charles!"
Jiang Yi stated.
"As I said, you cannot enter. Without Prince Matthew's orders, you are not allowed to step inside!"
The leading bodyguard said indifferently.
"Is that so?"
Jiang Yi uttered two words and then directly struck down the leading bodyguard.
The other bodyguards were stunned by this sudden action. Before they could recover, Jiang Yi acted again, taking them all down.
Upon entering the courtyard, Jiang Yi disabled over twenty more bodyguards.
These bodyguards had no idea what was happening.
Within minutes, Jiang Yi had subdued all the bodyguards in the courtyard.
Seeing this, Victor immediately understood that Jiang Yi had come to rescue him.
When Jiang Yi opened the cell door, Victor cooperatively walked out.
Jiang Yi glanced at Charles and then went to open Charles's cell.
This left both Victor and Charles stunned!
"Why are you saving Charles? He framed you before, nearly causing Prince Matthew to execute you!"
"Besides, taking Charles along is a burden. It will lessen our chances of escape!"
Victor shouted at Jiang Yi.
"I have my reasons for saving him!"
Jiang Yi said to Victor, then looked towards Charles.
"You schemed to harm me before. You now have two choices: First, tell me who is behind you, and I'll take you with me, sparing your wretched life. Second, you can stay here and wait for Prince Matthew to execute you tomorrow. Without me to get you out, you can't escape!"
"If I tell you what you want to know, will you really save me?"
Charles asked Jiang Yi with doubt.
"If you don't believe me, then forget it!"
Jiang Yi said, turning to leave with Victor.
"Wait!"
Charles called out to Jiang Yi. "Even if I don't believe you now, I have to believe you, because this is my only chance to live!"
"Good that you know!"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow.
"My dealing with you also has something to do with Jiang Wanli!"
"A while ago, someone sent by Jiang Wanli found me and gave me two companies, asking me to help kill you. At the time, I was jealous of the favor you received from Prince Matthew and wanted to deal with you. Those two companies were quite valuable, so I readily agreed to Jiang Wanli!"
Charles confessed.
Hearing this, Jiang Yi let out a cold laugh. The person who instigated Charles against him was indeed Jiang Wanli!
"I've told you what you wanted to know. You must take me out of here immediately, or my foster father will execute me tomorrow!"
Charles urged.
"Follow me!"
Jiang Yi said and walked directly towards the outside of the courtyard.
However, as soon as he stepped outside, he was blocked by over thirty bodyguards.
The bodyguards charged towards them, attempting to stop Jiang Yi and the others.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yi engaged.
After taking down several bodyguards, Jiang Yi led Victor towards the gate.
Charles was being surrounded, but Jiang Yi had no intention of rescuing him.
Prince Matthew had asked him to find out who was behind Charles. Now that Jiang Yi had figured it out, he had no intention of saving Charles along with them.