The Minister of the Ministry of Justice felt a bit uneasy.
"Suddenly, what are you doing?" The Minister asked displeased.
Gu Ning was even more displeased. "...You old fool, why didn’t you ntion such important news earlier?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice felt wronged, "I just rembered now, it’s not like I did it on purpose. Why are you so anxious?"
"What, did soone in your family get invited by the Scholar for special tea?" The Minister speculated based on Gu Ning’s reaction.
"Not my family, it’s the little Commandery Princess." Gu Ning said, "Do you know, Princess Jing Shu drank his weird tea and fainted."
"What?" The Minister’s heart sank, as if a sword had been suspended over his head, he was almost scared to death.
He thought that last ti when Gu Ning took Jing Shu away from the Scholar’s house, it was really because, as the rumors from the Scholar Mansion suggested, Jing Shu was in poor health, and Gu Ning only took her away when he saw sothing was wrong.
Gu Ning continued, "I’m still investigating the origin of that tea to see if it really ca from the Scholar’s hotown. Didn’t expect it to be related to a serial murder case? And you already have clues here... but you didn’t say a word?"
Gu Ning was furious.
"Do you think I wanted this?" The Minister sighed, "Alright, now is not the ti to scrutinize these things, hurry up, go check on the Commandery Princess’s household, is the Princess okay now?"
"I’m going now." Gu Ning said, "Let’s prepare on both ends. You should send soone to the Scholar Mansion to have a look again? By the way, send soone to tell His Majesty about this, His Majesty needs to know, we can’t hide it from him."
"Okay, listening to you, I’ll do it right away."
The two of them went their separate ways.
Gu Ning first arrived at Jing Shu’s ho, found Jing Shu’s brother to inquire, and learned that Jing Shu was not at ho. Not only was she not at ho, but she had gone to the Scholar Mansion early in the morning and had been there for quite so ti.
Upon hearing this, Gu Ning nearly cursed.
This girl, why doesn’t she listen to him?
Must the Scholar sell her out before she realizes that the Scholar is a demon, and not the gentleman she imagined?
Sigh.
Grumbling, Gu Ning headed for the Scholar Mansion.
...
Ti rewinds to an hour ago.
When Jing Shu arrived at the Scholar’s mansion, the Scholar warmly welcod her and personally prepared the tea for her that he had given her to drink the other day.
After Jing Shu drank the tea, she took out the tribute oranges she brought along, "Champion Scholar, these are tribute oranges given to by my aunt. There are too many, I can’t finish them. I thought you might like them, so I brought so for you to taste, please do not disdain them."
Song Zhixiu looked at the tribute oranges on the table, such things were rare in the Imperial City, especially during this season. For ministers and noblewon to receive even one from His Majesty was considered a supre favor.
Yet Jing Shu brought him seven or eight at once, all looking in excellent condition.
From her words, it seed her family still had more, and her family couldn’t finish them all.
This girl really lives in a wealthy nest!
"Why are you just looking at them? Try so?" Jing Shu said, "Or should I peel one for you myself?"
Song Zhixiu hesitated and said, "...Alright," watching Jing Shu’s untouched cup of tea.
After peeling the orange for Song Zhixiu, Jing Shu handed it to him, "Champion Scholar, have so?"
Song Zhixiu looked disdainfully at Jing Shu’s hands holding the orange. He actually didn’t like others peeling oranges for him, especially won, he found it dirty.
But he lowered his eyes in disdain as Jing Shu didn’t see the contempt in his eyes.
Seeing him not taking the orange for a long ti, Jing Shu thought he was overwheld and uneasy, she urged, "Champion Scholar, quickly take it? This tribute orange is delicious, don’t be uneasy, eat quickly, these are all for you, if it’s not enough, I can get more from ho for you!"
"Oh..."
Song Zhixiu still didn’t take the orange, his mind was in turmoil.
Seeing this, Jing Shu said, "Why aren’t you taking the tribute orange? Don’t you like it?"
"No." Song Zhixiu took the orange from Jing Shu’s hands, symbolically eating a segnt, then looking at the tea beside Jing Shu, "Your Highness, you haven’t tasted the tea I prepared for you?" After a pause, he added, "If you don’t drink it soon, the tea will get cold!"
"I’ll drink it now, don’t mind , keep eating the tribute orange?"
Jing Shu said with a smile, lifting the tea and drinking it all in one gulp.
"Want more?" Song Zhixiu asked with a smile.
"Yes, pour so more." Jing Shu said, grinning, "I just feel Scholar’s tea is particularly delicious, one sip makes want another."
"If you like it, drink more."
"Okay!"
Jing Shu was coaxed into drinking several rounds of tea.
A little dizzy from drinking, about to faint, Song Zhixiu stepped forward and patted her shoulder, saying, "Your Highness, I’ll take you to a good place, want to go?"
Drowsy, Jing Shu said, "What kind of good place? Is it fun? If it’s fun, I’ll go with the Champion Scholar, if not..."
Song Zhixiu continued her words, "If it’s not fun, you wouldn’t go?"
Jing Shu waved her hand, "No, even if it’s not fun, I’ll still go. After all, it’s recomnded by the Champion Scholar!"
"Hahaha... alright..." Song Zhixiu laughed satisfyingly.
After laughing, he had the maid support Jing Shu to follow him out of the mansion.
Jing Shu was a bit dizzy and had no idea where Song Zhixiu was taking her, until the effect of the drug wore off and she no longer felt dizzy, she realized she was in a dilapidated storage room.
The storage room was filled with various clutter and an extrely unpleasant rotten stench emanating from sothing unknown.
"It’s so slly!"
Jing Shu muttered to herself, resisting the urge to leave the place.
But as she tried to move, she found she couldn’t. She was tied to a pillar, her limbs bound, the ropes fastened tightly, preventing any movent.
She wanted to shout for help, but sothing was stuffed in her mouth, preventing her from calling out.
Where is this place?
Who tied up here?
Champion Scholar, where are you?
Didn’t you say you were taking to a fun place?
A flood of questions filled Jing Shu’s mind, coupled with the unfamiliar surroundings, amplified her inner fear, she was terrified.
Scanning her surroundings frantically, she tried to locate sothing familiar to suppress her fear, even if just a little.
But she couldn’t find anything.
Everything indicated she had been kidnapped by villains.
She had never been tied up like this in her entire life!
What to do now?
So young and in her pri, not yet betrothed, nor having children, with a bright future ahead, she really didn’t want to die!
Aunt, save !
Song Er, save !
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