The Double-Chapter 500 - 154: Searching for Medicine_3

Princess Yongning thought of this and stood up, "I’m going to Prince Cheng’s Mansion."

Mei Xiang hurriedly followed her.

...

Tonger returned in the afternoon, while Bai Xue didn’t come 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 immediately returned to his residence and didn’t come 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 medicine, as it seemed 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 someone pretend to have a casual conversation that Xiao Deyin would overhear. With a guilty conscience, Xiao Deyin would naturally be both alarmed 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 something indescribable. After all, she believed she had done nothing wrong to Xiao Deyin. Merely 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 somewhat 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 something?"

"She once harmed a person," Jiang Li said, "What I’m doing is simply helping her remember the sins she has committed. Otherwise, over time, 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 harmed someone?! That really doesn’t seem apparent!"

Indeed, who could tell? After all, no one would believe that someone who desires nothing would harm others. Even Xue Fangfei, who was a close friend, had not seen it coming, let alone outsiders. freeweɓnovel.cøm

Just as she finished speaking, someone 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 came 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 medicine." 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 medicine isn’t in the pharmacies, perhaps it is in the hands of some renowned doctors. After all, it’s a special remedy..."

"Special remedies without verification lack assurances, and should there be a threat to life, somebody 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 troublesome. 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 detrimental 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 seemed 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 garment 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 moment, and then it passed.