Chapter 29: Testing

She glanced at Jiang Qingxi, who was full of gossip, frowned slightly and scolded: "Zi Su, pay attention to the occasion."

Zi Su hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Yes, I know I was wrong."

"That's fine. Just take a look and use whatever you find useful. It's definitely not something that would intentionally harm anyone after being offered to you by so many eyes."

Jiang Qingning wiped the corner of his mouth, feeling helpless.

"Yes." Zi Su responded and squatted on the ground to search.

She casually opened the two brocade boxes, her expression paused slightly, and she stood up and looked at Jiang Qingning solemnly.

"Miss, look at this..."

Jiang Qingning stood up and walked over. When he saw the obvious golden wound medicine, his heart began to feel cold.

"This porcelain bottle is a kind of golden wound medicine that can only be used in the imperial palace. Is Qin Xiu threatening me?"

Jiang Qingning's face was gloomy, his hands were clenched tightly in his wide sleeves, and he became wary of Qin Xiu.

"Sister is worried. He already knows that she is faking illness, and even that I am hiding here with her?"

Jiang Qingxi stepped forward and stared at the familiar golden wound medicine with some curiosity.

She had seen this thing several times in her father's and brother's study at her home in Lingnan, but she never expected it to be something from the palace.

No wonder it's so precious.

Jiang Qingxi bent down and took it in her hand, then turned around and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sister. Since he dared to give it to us, why wouldn't we dare use it? These good things are not often seen."

Zi Su kept searching: "This one too, and this box, there's even Wu Shi San for pain relief..."

Jiang Qingxi touched his chin and nodded, looking at the boxes of golden wound medicine that were sent to him, sighing in his heart.

This Prince Qin doesn't seem like the person my sister said he would plot against me.

I still have to find an opportunity to try it out.

"In any case, you will have to stay with me in the same room for the next few days. If you want to return to Lingnan, wait until you are fully recovered. I will then ask the escort agency to send you back."

Jiang Qingning tried to comfort her, feeling reluctant.

"Don't worry, sister. Now that I'm here, I will definitely stay here to protect you. I don't want to go back!" Jiang Qingxi hugged her with a smile.

Prince's Courtyard, late at night.

Qin Xiu returned to his study after finishing his shift. Qing Zhi brought him some hot soup. He took it and casually asked, "Can the herbs be delivered today?"

Qing Zhi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, my lord. Everything has been delivered according to your instructions."

He picked up the tray guiltily, picked up the empty bowl, and turned to leave.

Qin Xiu picked up the document on the table and said in a deep voice, "Stop."

Qingzhi's back stiffened, and he turned around and forced a smile: "My Lord, what's wrong?"

Qin Xiu glanced at him indifferently and said, "What are you hiding from me? If you disobey me, I will throw you into the Dali Temple's prison."

Qingzhi's face instantly turned bitter, and he honestly recounted what he had said today with his head down.

"Then why not let your young lady marry our prince? That would be the best of both worlds."

Qin Xiu's face instantly turned red all the way down to his neck, and even the hidden area covered by his collar was faintly pink. His hands trembled slightly.

"How can you say such a thing..."

Qin Xiu found it difficult to speak and uttered these words with difficulty.

Qingzhi knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowed in grievance and said, "Master, spare my life. I will never dare to do it again next time."

"Forget it, go out now. Prepare a valuable gift and come with me tomorrow to apologize."

Qin Xiu's ears were red as blood, and he closed his eyes, unable to bear to look.

"Yes, Qingzhi will definitely make amends!" Qingzhi said excitedly.

The next day.

The main courtyard of the Duke of Qin's Mansion.

The elegant lady, dressed in luxurious clothes, stood up in shock and walked forward with three parts excitement, three parts surprise and four parts eagerness.

“You mean my son brought valuable gifts to visit Ning Pavilion, and a few days ago he personally led people to weed the woman next door?

"I even heard yesterday that she was unwell, and yet she sent Qingzhi to deliver two boxes of medicinal herbs? Qingzhi even threatened that my son would marry her?"

The Duke's wife was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. Her body swayed, her eyes rolled back, and she fell backwards.

"Madam, madam, I know you are angry, but you must not get sick from anger."

"This Qingzhi is really something! Maybe our prince was just being kind and wanted to help her out because she was alone and in dire straits. But Qingzhi actually misrepresented the prince's intentions, causing people in the capital to misunderstand her."

Nanny Liu hurriedly supported the Duchess' wife steadily, pinched her philtrum with great concern, and comforted her anxiously.

"ah!"

The Duke's wife sighed, opened her eyes suddenly, looked at Aunt Liu eagerly, and grabbed her wrist tightly with both hands, "Go, go quickly!"

Nanny Liu nodded firmly: "Yes, I will go and drive them out of the capital right away."

The Duke's wife pulled her back and asked anxiously, "Why do you want to drive her out of the capital? You can't drive her out of the capital."

If Jiang Qingning is driven out of the capital, what will happen to her son who has been unmarried for four years after coming of age?

Madam Liu was dumbfounded: "What does the Madam mean?"

The Duke's wife waved her hand and said, "Go find out her horoscope, take it to Daxiangguo Temple, and ask the abbot to read it for her and the Crown Prince!"

Nanny Liu's body swayed. She felt that the way she got up this morning was not right. How come she even heard the lady's nonsense?

"Madam, Jiang is already 24 years old, and she is a divorced woman who has given birth to a child. I heard that she has a very bad reputation. Her family is a declining mansion, and her parents and brothers are now in Lingnan and have not returned." Madam Liu hurriedly reminded.

"Chengyuan is also 24. It's good that she has given birth to a child. It means that my Qin family will not be extinct. We want to spend our lives with people, not with reputation. Besides, why should the Duke Qin's Mansion use the marriage of children to seek power?"

"Of course my son... well, just go quickly. As long as Cheng Yuan doesn't bring back a man, I will accept him even if he's thirty years old."

The Duchess sat sadly in the chair, feeling that her headache had started to flare up again because her son was not getting married.

Nanny Liu figured it out instantly and ran out quickly, saying, "Madam is right. It was this servant who was confused."

Many people say that their prince likes Long Yang, but he doesn't have a concubine at the age of 24.

Whenever the Duke and his wife go out now, people talk about them behind their backs. The woman was even forced to give up her hobby of shopping.

Ning Pavilion.

Qin Xiu stood outside Jiang Qingning's courtyard, wearing a moon-white brocade robe with silver silk and flowing cloud patterns embroidered on the lapels, a white jade and glass dragon pendant hanging from his waist, and his wide sleeves were like clouds when he walked.

Zi Su walked out, came up to him and bowed respectfully.

"Prince Qin, our young lady is not fully recovered yet and is unable to get out of bed. We will not accept the gift. The young lady knows that Qingzhi's mistake was unintentional and she will not remember it."

Qin Xiu clenched his fists and asked, "Miss Zisu, can I have a few words with Miss Jiang? Just a few words."

Zi Su looked embarrassed until a low cough was heard from the room. She turned her eyes and walked to the window and opened half of it.