The Double-Chapter 639 - 193: His to_2

Although being here, watching Jiang Youyao still saddened me, after all, that suffocating stillness was no more.

From outside came the voice of a maid: "Master, Old Master the Second has arrived."

Jiang Yuanping had arrived, and Jiang Yuanbai stood up, turned his head, and saw his younger brother.

Jiang Yuanping, always smiling and looking like a good-natured person, hence earned the nickname "Smiling Tiger." But with the series of events that had unfolded recently, the smile had vanished from his face, and looking at Jiang Yuanbai, there was even a touch of solemnity.

"Big brother, let’s talk inside," said Jiang Yuanping.

Jiang Yuanbai, seeing that he seemed to have important matters to discuss, dismissed everyone around him and went into the room with Jiang Yuanping.

Once inside, Jiang Yuanbai closed the door and started with a question to Jiang Yuanping, "How are things in the palace?"

In recent days, busy with searching for Jiang Li’s whereabouts, Jiang Yuanbai had not visited the palace, which Emperor Hongxiao could understand. Thus, Jiang Yuanbai did not know the current situation in the palace and could only ask Jiang Yuanping.

"Empress Dowager Liu has been imprisoned. I originally thought that His Majesty would use Empress Dowager Liu to threaten Prince Cheng."

Jiang Yuanbai snorted coldly: "How could Prince Cheng be threatened?"

"His Majesty has the same opinion, Empress Dowager Liu is likely beyond salvation. But to humiliate Prince Cheng, he would specifically wait until after Prince Cheng takes action."

At these words, Jiang Yuanbai’s eyes showed a trace of surprise, he then nodded and said, "That’s good, if it was before that, Prince Cheng would inevitably use this as a talking point."

"Big brother, what I want to talk about isn’t this matter. A few days ago, someone saw Jiang Yuanxing going to the Right Chancellor’s Residence."

Jiang Yuanbai’s gaze sharpened: "That bastard!"

"Although I don’t know what he discussed with the Right Chancellor, big brother, I think that given the current situation, we should split the family immediately and also explain the situation to His Majesty. We cannot let Jiang Yuanxing ruin us. Otherwise, when the time comes, the entire Jiang Family, with our collective fate, would have to pay for Jiang Yuanxing’s wrongdoing. Although we kept Jiang Yuanxing initially for his usefulness later, it seems now that Prince Cheng has acted, keeping Jiang Yuanxing any longer may be inviting trouble."

"You make sense," Jiang Yuanbai looked at his younger brother, "Tomorrow I will go to the palace and explain the situation to the emperor. As for splitting the family, tell your wife to inform our mother about the sequence of events; she will understand."

Jiang Yuanping nodded, and after a while, he asked softly, "Big brother, do you think that what happened to Ah Li is related to them?"

Jiang Yuanbai was taken aback, his expression immediately darkened, and he said, "They wouldn’t dare!"

...

Jiang Li and the man and woman arrived at the entrance of the inn as night fell.

This was no longer the mountainous path along the way but inside a city. Jiang Li guessed that this place should be Huangzhou. The surroundings were different from before, and Huangzhou was different from Yanjing. The architecture in the south was more delicate and graceful.

The woman helped Jiang Li down from the carriage. The attendant only glanced at Jiang Li before looking away. The man handed over silver to the innkeeper, and then the attendant led Jiang Li and the two upstairs to their rooms.

This was a very quiet inn, so much so that it seemed as if, besides Jiang Li and her two companions, there were no other guests. After delivering them upstairs, the attendant opened two rooms. The woman took one room with Jiang Li, and the man took the other. The rooms appeared as if they hadn’t been inhabited for a long time, covered with a thin layer of dust.

Jiang Li was helped to walk inside and was then pressed to sit down on the bed. The man gave the attendant a few silver pieces, and the attendant went down to order food to be brought up.

Generally speaking, as evening came and the effects of the medicine slowly wore off, Jiang Li would no longer be completely immobile; she could move very slowly but still felt extremely weak. With such little strength, it was very difficult to either threaten others or commit suicide. Moreover, she still couldn’t speak; even if she opened her mouth, no sound would come out.

So Jiang Li simply didn’t move. One reason was to keep the two people at ease; the other was to conserve a bit of energy, although it was pathetically little, and any ordinary person could easily overpower her.

"We’ve finally arrived," the man said, patting his shoulder. "These past few days of travelling have really been exhausting."

"It’s unknown how long we will have to stay here before His Highness arrives," the woman said.

"No matter when His Highness arrives, the important thing is to take good care of this young lady," the man touched his chin, looking at Jiang Li. Whether to scare her intentionally or out of boredom, he said, "I really don’t know what His Highness is going to do to you, pretty girl. Are you afraid?"

Jiang Li looked at him expressionlessly.

Seeing her like this, the man clicked his tongue and then lifted her veil; Jiang Li’s face, marred with spots, was revealed before him. The man seemed disgusted, turned his head, and asked the woman, "Where’s the medicine?"