500: Chapter 154: Searching for dicine_3 500: Chapter 154: Searching for dicine_3 Princess Yongning thought of this and stood up, “I’m going to Prince Cheng’s Mansion.”
i Xiang hurriedly followed her.
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Tonger returned in the afternoon, while Bai Xue didn’t co back until the evening.
The two maidservants left the residence one after another, which might arouse suspicion, so they said they were going out to buy things their young lady needed.
Once they were back in the courtyard, Tonger carefully locked the doors and windows and said, “My lady, everything went smoothly.
Mr.
Xiao really did as you had predicted.
When he heard what the bystanders were saying, he imdiately returned to his residence and didn’t co out again.
I was hiding in a dark place and saw a servant girl from his residence go out to find a doctor to prescribe dicine, as it seed Mr.
Xiao had caught a chill.”
Jiang Li smiled and said, “You did very well.”
She had asked Tonger to bribe a few unfamiliar townspeople to play “Guanshan Yue” at a spot Mr.
Xiao Deyin was bound to pass by and then have soone pretend to have a casual conversation that Xiao Deyin would overhear.
With a guilty conscience, Xiao Deyin would naturally be both alard and afraid, exposing his true colors.
To drive a wedge between Xiao Deyin and Princess Yongning, she first had to make her collapse.
However, now that she was piecing together that Xiao Deyin indeed played a part in her previous life’s death, Jiang Li still felt sothing indescribable.
After all, she believed she had done nothing wrong to Xiao Deyin.
rely to covet the title of the first zither master, to strike at a friend lethally, Xiao Deyin was indeed callous.
Moreover, for Xue Fangfei herself, she had never thought about competing for any title.
Although Tonger did as Jiang Li had instructed, she was sowhat puzzled.
There didn’t seem to be any feud between Jiang Li and Xiao Deyin, so she asked, “My lady, why do you do this?
Has Mr.
Xiao done sothing?”
“She once hard a person,” Jiang Li said, “What I’m doing is simply helping her rember the sins she has committed.
Otherwise, over ti, she herself would forget, thinking she has led a pure and good life under clear skies and a bright moon.”
Tonger was surprised, “Mr.
Xiao has hard soone?!
That really doesn’t seem apparent!”
Indeed, who could tell?
After all, no one would believe that soone who desires nothing would harm others.
Even Xue Fangfei, who was a close friend, had not seen it coming, let alone outsiders.
Just as she finished speaking, soone knocked at the door, and Bai Xue’s voice was heard, “Is the young lady in the room?
I have returned.”
Tonger quickly opened the door, and Bai Xue ca in.
She had apparently been running around all day, and despite the big winter day, there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
Yet, her gaze toward Jiang Li contained an apology, “My lady, I have visited every renowned pharmacy in Yanjing City, and there is no such dicine.” She added, “It was rather conspicuous, so I covered my face with a basket hat and didn’t dare to return directly to the residence.
I made a big detour before coming back.”
This was expected by Jiang Li, who said, “Then, you have worked hard.”
“My lady, shall we look elsewhere?
If the dicine isn’t in the pharmacies, perhaps it is in the hands of so renowned doctors.
After all, it’s a special redy…”
“Special redies without verification lack assurances, and should there be a threat to life, sobody will surely investigate thoroughly.
Should they trace it back to us, it would be inappropriate,” Jiang Li shook her head, “No matter, I will think of another way; for now, that will be all, Bai Xue, you have been running around all day, you should rest quickly.”
Bai Xue nodded, and Tonger, curious about what Jiang Li had tasked Bai Xue with but not querying further, quickly followed Bai Xue out of the room.
Jiang Li was left alone in the room, sighing.
Things went smoothly with Tonger’s end, but Bai Xue’s task was troubleso.
Indeed, such matters were not easy to handle.
She couldn’t freely use the power of the Jiang Residence, or Jiang Yuanbai would discover what she was up to and demand an explanation, which she wouldn’t know how to provide.
Without any news on Jiang Youyao’s whereabouts, Jiang Yuanbai was already in a foul mood.
She couldn’t afford to cause more trouble for Jiang Yuanbai at such a critical juncture, as it would be detrintal to herself.
Lost in her thoughts, she didn’t realize that night had fallen.
Jiang Li looked up at the sky; it was already night outside, with no more human sounds.
She was about to close the window to prevent the wind from extinguishing the lamp on the table when she suddenly heard footsteps.
In the silent night, the footfalls were neither light nor heavy, neither fast nor slow, and seed to carry a magical power that irresistibly drew one’s gaze in their direction.
A face, both enchanting and breathtaking, appeared at the window, his red garnt splashed with black and gold butterflies, dazzling yet ominous.
“The Duke?” Jiang Li looked at him with surprise, but in this surprise, there was no longer the initial panic.
It was like discovering a wild beast that had wandered into the room at night—surprise for a mont, and then it passed.
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