Chapter 35 The Prince needs to have the will to survive

The Duke's Mansion, Luoya Residence.

Since Jiang Yunzheng gave him acupuncture that day, the poison in Qi Yunshen's body was temporarily suppressed.

Except for Qi An, Qingying and Jiang Yunzheng, no one in the Duke's Mansion knew that Qi Yunshen was poisoned. Qingying had no choice but to kidnap Doctor Luo, who was traveling near the outskirts of Beijing, and bring him back.

Doctor Luo was an imperial physician in his early years. He disdained to stay in the Imperial Hospital to treat the harem, so he went to work as a military doctor for the old duke, and pulled the old duke back from the brink of life and death countless times.

It was Doctor Luo who diagnosed Qi Yunshen's poison back then.

At this time, Doctor Luo frowned, kept pulling out the few strands of hair he had, and then sighed.

Qi Yunshen twirled the jade ring on his thumb, his expression indifferent, as if someone else had been poisoned. He asked, "How long can he live?"

"Young Master, success depends on human effort. Although there are few records of the poison of the White Bone and Green Water Grass, it is not impossible to cure it. The people below will do their best to find an antidote." Doctor Luo paused, looked at the silent Qi Yunshen, and continued, "But the most important thing is that Young Master has the will to live."

Outsiders may not know, but a few close people know that since Xu Jingyang's death, Qi Yunshen has appeared as deep and unfathomable as usual, but he is already dying inside. If it weren't for the little guy, Qi Yunshen probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.

Qi Yunshen's gaze fell outside the window.

Qingying left Luoya Residence, feeling angry but with nowhere to vent, so he simply climbed out of the yard and headed towards the Stone Mansion.

Guarding the Stone Mansion was a piece of cake for a secret guard like Qingying. As soon as Qingying arrived at Qihuaju, he saw Jiang Yunzheng crawling out of a dog hole not far away.

Qingying: ...

Qingying followed Jiang Yunzheng silently until she saw Jiang Yunzheng walk to a brokerage firm. The owner of the brokerage firm took Jiang Yunzheng to see several houses.

Jiang Yunzheng seemed not very satisfied.

After Jiang Yunzheng left, Qingying went into the dental clinic and got some information from the owner.

Jiang Yunzheng...what are you buying the house for?

After looking at the house, Jiang Yunzheng went to the tofu pudding shop in Xishi. Mrs. Yang was teaching the chef how to make tofu pudding.

He didn't notice the green shadow following behind him at all.

Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month, and the shop officially opened. The shop has a good location and is next to a restaurant, so many passers-by came in soon.

The store offers dine-in and delivery.

Jiang Yunzheng was helping out in the shop. Not long after, a carriage drove up to the roadside. A servant jumped out and said to Mrs. Yang cheerfully, "Boss, one serving of beef and tofu pudding. No green onions. The beef should be firmer, and more peanuts should be added."

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Yang was stunned.

Jiang Yunzheng turned around when she heard the voice. Mrs. Yang had already come back to her senses and dressed up. The curtain of the carriage on the side of the road moved slightly.

After the boy bought it, he returned to the carriage and handed it to the person inside.

Xu Qingsong took it with red eyes, "Go into the palace first."

Qingying was only staring at Jiang Yunzheng the entire time and didn't notice anything unusual about the carriage. After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Qingying told Qi An everything she had seen that afternoon. Qi An pondered for a moment and asked, "Isn't there an empty house across from the Duke's Mansion?"

Qingying suddenly realized: "Just in case, Jiang Yunzheng is one of the few people who knows about the White Bone Green Water Grass. Since Jiang Yunzheng knows that the prince has been poisoned, it is better to keep Jiang Yunzheng under our noses and keep an eye on her."

Secondly, if the prince gets poisoned again, it will be convenient to find someone.

Qingying turned and left: "I'll go tell the prince!"

Qi An couldn't stop the person. When he chased after him, Qingying came out of the study covered in dust.

Qi An: "What does the master say?"

Qingying's face fell: "The master said he is not that weak yet."

Jiang Yunzheng described the several houses they had seen today to Song truthfully. Song frowned and was generally not satisfied with any of them. Either the location was too remote, or the houses were in disrepair.

If you need to repair it, it will be time-consuming and laborious.

After a moment's contemplation, Song said, "Yun Zheng, I have another house on the outskirts of the city. It's a bit out of the way. If we can't find a suitable one in the end, we can move there first."

Jiang Yunzheng had no other opinion on where to live.

Wu You is still guarding the inn. Jiang Yunzheng ordered Wu Lu to put Doctor Zhou's prescription into Qiu Nong's room.

Soon the tenth day arrived.

In the morning, the first person to knock on the door of the Shi Mansion was the officers and soldiers of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

The housekeeper hurried to Qin's courtyard to report, "Madam, the government has come to report that you have mortgaged your silk shop in the south of the city to the Yu family bank. This morning, Mr. Yu went to the shop to ask for the deed, but the shop manager couldn't produce it, so Mr. Yu sent a servant to move the goods to pay the money."

"As a result, the shop's former owner, Li, happened to see this. He got so angry that he started a fight with Boss Yu. He was injured and went straight to the police to report it!"

Qin just felt that it was over.

As soon as the housekeeper saw Qin's expression, he knew the truth and couldn't help but feel contempt. When the eldest lady was in charge, the mansion had never been short of money, let alone exchanging the shop for money. What's more, the shop was the eldest lady's dowry.

I haven't heard the accountant mention any debts recently...

I never thought that Qin would actually do such a shameless thing!

Qin told the housekeeper to get out and paced around the room. She pinched the old woman's wrist and said, "Didn't Doctor Zhou say that Shopkeeper Li wouldn't live for many more days? You old fool are still causing trouble for me!"

"Madam, what should we do now?" Fifteen days ago, Qin was in urgent need of one thousand taels of silver. She had no choice but to ask Mrs. Zhang and her husband to pay the one thousand taels in the name of the silk shop.

Qin originally thought that Song would not live for more than two days. After she got the deed to the silk shop, she could hand it over to the money house and take back the remaining two thousand taels.

Mrs. Zhang's lips were trembling, and she looked nothing like her usual arrogant and domineering self.

"Madam, Boss Yu recognized my face, I..."

A rare look of anxiety appeared between her brows. She glared at Mrs. Zhang fiercely, "What have you done, you old hag?! Didn't Boss Yu agree to extend the deadline by a few days that day?"

Mrs. Zhang had a bitter face and tears streaming down her face. Who knew that Boss Yu would change his mind at the last minute?

Qin frowned tightly. If this incident got to the government, wouldn't everyone in the capital know that she had embezzled Song's dowry?

She suddenly felt overwhelmed and felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.

"Hurry up and take the money to settle it privately. If you're not willing... just spend more money."

Mrs. Zhang said in embarrassment: "Madam, we have no money in the yard."

Qin's eyes sternly said, "If you don't have money, then use the official account. I'm the mistress of the mansion, how can I not spend such a small amount of money?"

All the accounts of the Shi Mansion were handled by the accounting office, who was Shi Tian's confidant. Every time Qin wanted a sum of money, she had to take out a note and go to the accounting office to get the money.

On the surface she was a lady, but in reality she didn't even have the right to take the money. If anyone told others about it, they would laugh at her.

Thinking of this, Qin felt even more sad.

Another maid outside hurriedly said, "Madam, the soldiers are coming in directly!"

Qin sneered: "How dare you! Who dares to arrest me? I am the wife of the current Minister of Revenue!"

The soldiers rushed into the yard, and the servant next to Boss Yu also came and pointed at Mrs. Zhang: "My Lord, this is the money house where the old woman and her husband came from!"