Chapter 369 Give me the antidote!
The sky gradually darkened, and the inky sky was dotted with stars.
Jun Tianyi stood in front of the bronze mirror and slowly inserted a green jade bamboo hairpin into his hair crown.
This hairpin was given to him by Jiang Rumin in the third month of their acquaintance.
I still remember that day when she stood under the pear tree, holding the brocade box in her hands and looking up at him, with tender affection in her eyes and eyebrows.
When she handed him the box, her tone was still a little shy, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for teaching the bad guys a lesson for me yesterday. This is a small gift from me. I hope you don't mind it."
When he opened the box and saw the bamboo hairpin inside, he knew what she was thinking.
Bamboo is upright, noble, pure and elegant. Using bamboo to describe a person is a very high compliment.
In her heart, he used to be a man of high moral character.
Unfortunately, the world is unpredictable and he and she eventually drifted apart.
But it doesn’t matter. With his perseverance, he can bring back the broken relationship.
"Master, Miss Jiang is here."
Listening to the report from the guard outside the door, Jun Tianyi responded: "Let her in."
The next moment, the door creaked open.
Jun Tianyi had his back to the door, feeling mixed emotions that were hard to describe.
When he saw Jiang Rumin again, he felt anticipation, joy, and resentment.
Whenever he thought of all the hurtful words she had said to him, he felt as if there was a knot of pent-up anger stuck in his chest that he couldn't relieve.
If he didn't insist on making peace, Jiang Rumin would forget about him completely, right?
"Master... I didn't expect you had such a good place. I have come to your place as you wished, so can we discuss the terms?"
A long-lost voice reached his ears, and Jun Tianyi slowly turned around.
The new dress he prepared for Jiang Rumin today was exactly the same as the light blue skirt that Jiang Rumin wore on the day they first met.
At this moment, she is still as elegant and refined as in my memory.
"Minmin..." Jun Tianyi called her softly and walked closer to her step by step, "You are finally back to me."
"That's not the right word to use."
Jiang Rumin looked indifferent, "You can only call her back if she is willing, but you are using coercion, and... you have long been expelled from the royal family and demoted to a commoner. This python robe is no longer suitable for you to wear."
She looked at Jun Tianyi's inky black brocade robe with python pattern and found it ridiculous.
This man was hiding everywhere, not even daring to go out, yet he insisted on wearing this set of clothes that symbolized his status as a prince.
What? Can he satisfy his vanity by showing off in front of Concubine Yi's subordinates?
"This is the dress I was wearing when you and I first met."
Jun Tianyi looked at Jiang Rumin's cold expression and felt upset. "And the green skirt you are wearing. You were wearing a skirt like this that day. Don't you remember it?"
She even forgot what happened on the day they first met...
Jiang Rumin was speechless.
What's the point of remembering these useless things?
Did he think that replicating the clothes he wore on the day they first met would impress her?
What a stupid mind to come up with such an idea.
Jiang Rumin despised him in her heart, but she didn't intend to tear her face with him directly. She just said indifferently, "You said in the letter that if I want to save Si Niang and the others, I will come to meet you alone. I did as you said. Not only did I come alone, but I also let your people take away all the self-defense medicines on me. Is that sincere enough? Now it's your turn to hand over the antidote."
Seeing Jiang Rumin staring at him intently, Jun Tianyi was silent for a moment, then took another step forward, "Minmin, I..."
Jiang Rumin quickly took a step back, "Give me the antidote. You have already done many things that are bad for me. Do you want to break your promise to me again?"
"I don't want to break my promise to you." Jun Tianyi quickly explained, "If I had the antidote, I would definitely give it to them, but I tell you the truth, I just captured this silver fox recently, and I don't know how to cure its poison."
After hearing this, Jiang Rumin laughed angrily, "I don't know how you dare to use it? If you make up a lie, make it more reasonable!"
He was still as despicable and shameless as she had imagined.
"Minmin, I definitely didn't lie to you about this. This silver fox accidentally broke into my territory. I've never seen a fox like this before, and I know very little about it. I only know that its claws are poisonous, but it gets along well with me and won't hurt me, so I dare to use it."
"You don't even know how to detoxify. Just because it won't hurt you, you dare to use it. Have you ever thought about what would happen if one of your subordinates was accidentally injured by the silver fox? They can only wait for death, right? You are still like this. You only consider your own gains and losses in everything, and completely ignore the safety of others."
Jiang Rumin sneered, "It's really pitiful that they have a master like you."
"Am I so cold-blooded in your eyes?"
Jun Tianyi frowned, "Silver Fox will not attack others without reason, unless you take the initiative to provoke it. It can distinguish between friends and foes. If a stranger approaches, it will normally just stay away, so none of my subordinates have had any accidents so far. I am not as selfish and immoral as you think. How many misunderstandings do you have about me?"
"misunderstanding?"
Jiang Rumin's face showed a mocking expression, "How many sins have you committed? Do you need me to help you count them?"
"Let's not talk about the distant past, just take the Silver Fox as an example. In order to test whether my medical skills can detoxify, you used my neighbor as a test subject. After confirming that I was helpless against the Silver Fox's poison, you let the Silver Fox scratch Si Niang and the others, and then used their lives to force me to surrender."
"You never take human life seriously, and you always say that the strong are respected, so you don't even blink when you sacrifice innocent people. If every strong person treats human life lightly like you and bullies the weak without restraint, then is this world still decent?"
Jun Tianyi did not agree at all with Jiang Rumin's criticism.
"They are innocent? They are not innocent at all."
"What do you think your neighbor is a good man? He drank and gambled all day long. He was a burden to his family when he was alive. His death was not unjust. As for Hu Si Niang and the others, they were my enemies. Why should I have mercy on my enemies? If you want to blame someone, blame them for joining Song Yunchu in the first place. Otherwise, they would not be the ones who are unlucky today..."
As Jun Tianyi spoke, he saw Jiang Rumin's livid face and realized that he had angered her again. He paused for a moment and then softened his tone, "Minmin, don't blame me. If I had the antidote, I would give it to you for your sake, but how can you ask me to give you something I don't have?"
"You will give it to me for my sake, right?" Jiang Rumin quickly took over the conversation. "Then put the silver fox in a cage and send it to Ruihetang. I heard that the antidote to the silver fox can be found on the silver fox. Let the shopkeeper study it. If Si Niang and the others can be rescued, I will forgive you. What do you think?"
Jun Tianyi was speechless.
"Why, is my request too much?" Jiang Rumin said coldly, "Didn't you always hope that I would forgive you? As long as you hand over the Silver Fox, I will never mention your past mistakes again."
"Go and lock up the silver fox right now and send it to Ruihe Hall before midnight. I want to see it being sent in with my own eyes. You can send your men to watch me, but don't try to lie to me again."
After Jiang Rumin finished speaking, seeing that Jun Tianyi was still silent, she lowered her eyes to hide the cold light in her eyes.
Of course she could never forgive him, not in this lifetime.
But she would always try to trick him into giving her the antidote. What if he fell for it?
But judging from the current situation, she can't be deceived.
As expected——
"Minmin, Silver Fox has been with me for these days, like a family member. I can't hand him over to outsiders."
"But I can promise you that after I have taken my revenge and everything is settled, I will never hurt anyone again. By then, we will leave this place and travel around. I will be a good person and try my best to satisfy you."
Jiang Rumin only regretted that he did not have peerless martial arts at the moment.
How satisfying it would be if I could kill the person in front of me with one slap.
Never mind...she had to calm down.
She is responsible for the lives of four people and cannot fail.
Jun Tianyi has become very suspicious after experiencing so many setbacks, but fortunately, he is still a self-righteous person. If she can grasp the right measure when talking to him, she can make him let down his guard.
"Satisfy me? Don't you think that's ridiculous? When I was having a hard time, you didn't show any consideration for me. Now that I have earned wealth and glory with my own ability, you want me to hide with you everywhere? You are really very good to me!"
"You don't come when I need you, and when I don't need you, you haunt me like a ghost! I must have done something wrong in my past life, so I have to meet someone like you in this life!"
Jiang Rumin became so excited that she reached out and pushed Jun Tianyi hard.
Jun Tianyi didn't hide at all and let her vent her anger by scolding him.
The strength she applied seemed to him like a tickle and couldn't hurt him at all.
He was even a little pleased that she could express her unhappiness.
Minmin was still blaming him. In fact, he was not afraid of being blamed by her, but what he feared most was that she ignored him.
Now he can still affect her emotions...it's a good thing.
"Minmin, I was indeed confused in the past and failed to cherish you, but are you completely blameless? You were angry with me and went to make friends with Song Yunchu, but did you ever consider me? I once thought that there was something ambiguous between you and her, and I was so angry that I almost went crazy, but fortunately she was just a fake man... Now I know that there is nothing between you and her, and I feel better."
As Jun Tianyi spoke, he held Jiang Rumin's hand tightly. "Although I am not as prosperous as before, the wealth left by my mother is enough for us to have food and clothing. I understand that you don't want to live in hiding. Don't worry about this. In fact, as long as we leave Tianqi Country, we will have a place to stay."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Let go!"
Jiang Rumin tried to pry Jun Tianyi's hand open, but Jun Tianyi held it tighter. "Minmin, I'm serious. I have already planned how we are going to live in the future. We can go to the distant Western Regions or to Miaojiang. No one will recognize me there. I will pick a good place and we will settle down with a new identity. Then you can still open a clinic and I can still open a winery. We will definitely be able to live a prosperous life."
"Give me one last chance, okay? I will make up for what I owe you, as long as you don't leave. I always feel lonely without you. I know I was sorry for you this time. I took advantage of your kindness and forced you to come to me, but I really have no other choice. If I don't do this, there will be no possibility between you and me. You can hate me or complain about me as you like, but I will never let you go again."
"You have no idea how much you mean to me. If I could, I would spend the rest of my life proving it to you."
Jun Tianyi expressed all his feelings to Jiang Rumin and looked at her with hope.
Jiang Rumin also looked at him. After a moment of silence, she asked coldly, "What about Yuxi? You said I'm very important to you, so what is she?"
The moment Jun Tianyi heard Jiang Yuxi's name, he felt almost ecstatic.
Minmin really still cares about him! If she really doesn't care as much as she usually acts, why would she still mind someone like Jiang Yuxi?
If you are heartless, you won't be jealous. To this day, she is still jealous of Yuxi and is clearly waiting for him to give a guarantee.
"I was once deceived by Yuxi and thought she was gentle and virtuous, but now I know that I was totally wrong. During the days when you and I were separated, I asked someone to secretly inquire about many past events in the Duke's Mansion. It turns out that what you said about her bullying you was true. I actually believed her instead of you at the time. I was really foolish!"
"But I won't be confused anymore, Minmin. I can swear to heaven that I will never like any other woman except you."
Jun Tianyi was so excited that he wanted to hug Jiang Rumin, but Jiang Rumin held his shoulders and pushed him away, "Stop talking, go out, I want to be alone."
“Minmin…”
"Get out!" Jiang Rumin covered her ears and turned her back.
Jun Tianyi took away her hands that were covering her ears and said, "Okay, I won't bother you. I have asked someone to prepare a room for you. You can have a good rest."
He knew that Minmin had been harboring resentment for a long time, and he couldn't expect her to come to her senses all at once. It was normal for her to be at odds with him.
At least now he can be sure that Minmin still has him in her heart, and those cold words in the past were just to punish him, not because she really doesn't love him anymore.
Jun Tianyi walked outside and called the maid.
"Take the lady to her room and serve her well. If she fails to serve you well, you will be held responsible."
Jiang Rumin turned her back to Jun Tianyi, disgust flowing in her eyes.
Madam... Oh, this person's way of expressing affection is as ridiculous as ever.
He was really self-righteous. He took the bait when Jiang Yuxi was mentioned.
She dealt with Jiang Yuxi in order to seek justice for her own suffering, but in Jun Tianyi's eyes, she was attacking her love rival out of jealousy.
That's fine, just let him continue to misunderstand like this, she doesn't even mind him being more confident.
Soon, Jiang Rumin was taken by a maid to a house opposite Jun Tianyi.
"Madam, I will be waiting outside the house. If you need anything, just let me know."
Jiang Rumin sat at the table without saying a word. After the maid left the room and closed the door, she lowered her head, opened her mouth, took out a silk thread from the right back row of teeth, and slowly pulled it out.
At the other end of the silk thread, there is a small wooden bead. The bead is hollow and can hold medicinal powder.
The wooden bead had been lodged in her throat all the way, and now that it was taken out, she felt much better.
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