Chapter 335: The Self-Torture Scheme
"Miss, have you forgotten to mention the matter of Brother Shan in the bandit village? The Third Prince has many capable people around him. If we find Brother Shan, maybe we can also go to the Eighteen Villages to find the antidote." Hua Qing remembered this matter after leaving the yard.
"No need to say more." Xiao Jiuyue pursed her lips, put on a stern face, and went straight home.
Donggui looked at Hua Qing, her eyes seemed to be asking: What's wrong with the young lady?
Hua Qing shook her head, her eyes full of confusion. The Third Prince was handsome, of noble birth, and his horoscope matched that of the eldest lady. They were destined to be together, so why did the eldest lady seem to... not like the Third Prince very much?
After returning to the temporary rented house in Donglin County, Xiao Jiuyue just entered the yard and saw Luokui and Lianxin napping at the kitchen door.
"Miss, you're back?" Lian Xin rubbed her sleepy face. When she saw Xiao Jiuyue, she immediately stood up and said, "I'll go cook noodles for you."
Luo Kui was leaning on Lian Xin. When Lian Xin stood up and walked away, Luo Kui's body fell down. Xiao Jiuyue stepped forward and let Luo Kui lean on his legs.
"Lianxin, why are your shoulders getting thicker?" Luokui muttered. When she opened her eyes and saw the pitch-black pants, she fell back in fright. When she looked up and saw Xiao Jiuyue, she excitedly said, "Miss, you're back? Are you hungry? I'll go make dinner!"
Luo Kui quickly went into the kitchen. The fried eggs were ready, and she cooked the noodles very quickly.
"Miss, the noodles are cooked." Luo Kui brought out the noodles and asked, "Miss, how is the Third Prince? Have you found a way to detoxify him?"
"No need to look for it. Hua Qing said that the Third Prince will be able to detoxify tomorrow." Xiao Jiuyue ate noodles in big mouthfuls. He was really hungry after climbing the wall and walking all the time.
"That's great." Luo Kui praised sincerely, then looked at Hua Qing and Dong Gui who were eating noodles beside him and asked, "Hua Qing, do you know how to make an antidote?"
"No." Hua Qing quickly ate the noodles, not even leaving out the last bit of soup. She burped contentedly and said, "I figured it out!"
Luo Kui: “…”
This, can this be accurate?
"Miss, is Hua Qing's calculation accurate?" Dong Gui asked.
Xiao Jiuyue took a bite of the poached egg and asked, "Hua Qing, is it accurate?"
"Exactly!" Hua Qing said confidently, patting his chest and saying, "Donggui, trust me. The Third Prince's status is noble, and he will be absolutely fine. Aren't the Crown Prince's personal guards always guarding the Third Prince? The Crown Prince has so many capable people around him, they are definitely better than us."
"Isn't it said that the royal family has no family affection?" Dong Gui's mouth twitched, and she said, "I heard that the Third Prince grew up in the cold palace."
"What? There's something else going on? Tell me about it quickly." Hua Qing started gossiping again.
After Xiao Jiuyue finished her noodles, Lian Xin came over with clean clothes and said, "Miss, you can take a bath after a while."
"Well, everything is ready, and you should go to bed early." Xiao Jiuyue sat on a chair by the window, with a cup of tea and a book, which made her feel extremely calm in the silent night.
After watching it for the whole time, Xiao Jiuyue took a shower, changed her clothes and lay on the bed. She folded her hands on her abdomen and closed her eyes, seeing Jun Lie's pitiful look.
His voice was low and weak, yet indescribably charming, especially when he called her "Jiuyue". His voice was like a hook or feather, brushing against her heart.
Xiao Jiuyue raised her hand and placed it on her heart. As an orphan since childhood, she had long seen the warmth and coldness of human nature. Later, she worked part-time in a hospital for a period of time and saw a lot more. Death is not scary, what is scary is the exposed human nature!
She had witnessed with her own eyes that a woman worked like a slave for her family, earning money by cleaning to support her family and send her children to college. However, after she fell ill, her husband took the money and married someone younger and prettier. The children disliked her because she was a cleaner and were unwilling to acknowledge her.
I have also seen cases where a pregnant woman's husband's family was reluctant to pay for a caesarean section, so they forced her to give birth naturally to save money, resulting in two deaths in the end.
She has seen too many things like this, so she never expects love. She only likes money and wants to make more money.
After her rebirth, Xiao Jiuyue cherishes the Xiao family very much. No matter it is the old lady, the beautiful mother, or the naive brother who is often deceived by her, no matter when, they always stand behind her and give her the most firm support.
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The sound of the falling rain woke Xiao Jiuyue up.
"Miss, the sky seems to have fallen apart today. It rains non-stop." Lianxin came into the house with water for washing. "The thunder last night was even more terrifying."
"It's raining so heavily, I hope it won't last too long." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were filled with worry. The rain outside was pouring down, and if it continued for a long time, it would be bad for the crops that were maturing in the fields.
"Yes, I heard that the water level rises in Donglin County as soon as it rains." Lianxin said worriedly, "Miss, it shouldn't rain this hard in Fu'an Village, right?"
The Xiao family has planted a lot of grain this year, and the entire Lancang County is planting grain together with the young lady. If the grain is destroyed because of rain, will those people blame the young lady for it?
"Fu'an Village is far from Donglin County, so it's not certain." Xiao Jiuyue changed into her new clothes, opened the window, and watched the heavy rain falling from the sky. She asked, "Did Hou Jian speak?"
"Not yet. However, Hua Qing will interrogate him today. I think he can find out something." Although Lian Xin had never seen Hua Qing interrogate anyone, she had heard from Luo Kui that Hua Qing directly used medicine, and those bandits were so scared that they almost wet their pants.
"Where is that bloody man?" Xiao Jiuyue asked again.
"Jin Wen brought the patient back yesterday and gave him some medicine. The doctor said that he just needs to be taken good care of."
Lianxin got up early and prepared all the questions that the young lady would ask. Luokui came in with the buns and soy milk she had made that morning and asked, "Why didn't the young lady ask the Third Prince?"
Xiao Jiuyue picked up the bun and stuffed it into her mouth, lowering her eyes and saying firmly, "He will be fine."
"Miss, you're amazing! Donggui just came back soaking wet and said that the prince's men went to the capital to find the antidote." Luo Kui said to herself. After she was happy, she said, "Miss, I thought you would ask the Third Prince for my silver as soon as you woke up!"
Luo Kui covered her purse and reluctantly gave Lian Xin a hundred coins. She said, "Lian Xin, I want to eat the meat pie from the shop at the end of the alley. I want three!"
"Buy it." Lianxin took out a hundred dollars. Not only could she buy meat patties, she could even buy braised pork.
"When did you defeat Lianxin?" Xiao Jiuyue chuckled. She didn't ask because she knew that Jun Lie would be fine. She was in a daze yesterday, but she was woken up by the rain today and came to her senses. When she thought about it carefully, what happened yesterday might not be a self-torture trick played by Jun Lie on the prince.
With the trust of the prince, Jun Lie's situation in Shengjing will surely be better in the future.
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