Yun Jinnian gestured to Hei, who imdiately invited the Duan Family mbers inside.
Not many people ca: the elderly Mada Duan, Duan Qing, Duan Qing’s father, and a few uncles, totaling seven people.
All seven of them were rather wary upon seeing Duozhu.
Duan Qing handed the worn-out brocade box to Duozhu, "Senior, if you are the person my great-grandfather spoke of waiting for, then this brocade box is what my great-grandfather left for you!"
Duozhu hesitated for a long ti before finally taking the brocade box.
The brocade box was very old, but it was made of extrely fine wood, aged but not rotted.
Looking at the key, Duozhu’s eyes instantly reddened.
Pulling out a red cord from her neck, to which a key was attached on the other end, she inserted the key into the keyhole, and with a click, the lock opened.
Mada Duan imdiately beca excited, "So you truly are the person my husband ntioned!"
"Is there another key?" Duozhu asked.
"Before my husband passed away, he expressly wished to be buried with that key, saying the person who ca must have a key, and also that among his burial items was a painting and a wedding dress!"
Duozhu clenched her fist tightly.
Upon opening the box, there was only a letter inside.
Stack upon stack filled the box.
The letter on top was sealed with wax, Duozhu took the letter, tearing it open only to see handwriting that was familiar to the bone.
There was love, and there was hatred.
But after reading the letter, Duozhu instantly wept like rain.
She had toiled for decades at the bottom of the valley before climbing up, filled with resentnt, never ceasing to wonder if he actually loved her. But she never imagined that he had spent twenty years looking for her, and upon discovering the truth, had not the courage to live on, cruelly killing his wife, and being buried with her portrait and wedding dress.
"What is love in this world, that demands life and death vows!" Duozhu said, then turned her head to Yun Jinnian, "You give them the antidote now!"
She rose, clutching the box, and left the room.
The Duan Family mbers imdiately sank into their chairs, sweating profusely.
Fortunately, fortunately...
As for what was written in the letter, Duan Qing and the others did not dare to ask, nor dared to chase after Duozhu.
The issue was resolved more easily than they had imagined.
"Commandery Princess..." Duan Qing called softly.
Yun Jinnian rubbed her forehead, "Let’s go back to the Duan Family, I will prepare dicine for you!"
After taking the dicine, they would still need rest for a while, not to ntion that the detoxification process itself would take a considerable amount of ti.
"Thank you for your trouble, Commandery Princess!" Duan Qing bowed with his fists clasped.
"Let’s go!"
Together they returned to the Duan Family, and Yun Jinnian got busy.
She retook pulses one by one, preparing dicines, "Rember, you must not mix them up, and you certainly cannot take soone else’s dicine!"
"We will rember!"
Ruan Wanrong watched Yun Jinnian busy herself for a long ti before approaching her, "Jinnian, I’ve prepared so food, you should co eat in my courtyard, and we can talk as well!"
"Alright!"
Yun Jinnian stood up, stretching her limbs.
Sitting for so long, she was indeed very tired.
They arrived at Ruan Wanrong and Duan Qing’s courtyard, where the al was already laid out, and Duan Qing had also co over after grooming and changing clothes.
"Let’s keep the al simple today, and soday I’ll treat you to a good al at Huiquan Tower!" Ruan Wanrong said.
Perhaps it was the knowledge that the poison could be cured that lightened her mood, making her seem more radiant.
"Alright then, I won’t hold back when the ti cos!"
"Between us sisters, there’s no need for formality!"
The food was light, very much to Yun Jinnian’s taste, and since she was really hungry, she ate a few more bites than usual.
After the al, Duan Qing found an excuse to leave, giving space to Yun Jinnian and Ruan Wanrong.
Ruan Wanrong hesitated for a while before asking, "Jinnian, once the poison is gone, how soon can we expect to conceive a child?"
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