“Hmm.” Shen Yuan nodded. “I always felt that the Shen family was hiding some kind of secret, a secret that no one else knew.”
Recalling the way Shen Wei looked at her, Shen Yuan felt that the Shen family members were all stranger than the last.
Xiao Ling said, "I will go to the Shen family to investigate tomorrow."
"No rush!"
Shen Yuan advised, "Your injuries haven't fully healed yet, so it's not advisable to take any more risks. Besides, the guards of the Shen residence are all veterans who have followed General Shen through thick and thin on the battlefield. They are all highly skilled and not so easy to deal with."
Xiao Ling felt that Shen Yuan's words made sense, so he put the matter aside for the time being.
He paused for a moment, then asked, "Who exactly arrested you? Do you have any suspects in mind?"
Shen Yuan shook her head.
All she knew was that it was a woman, but she had no idea what the woman looked like or what her identity was.
Moreover, she really couldn't understand how she could have encountered an enemy so soon after arriving in the capital. What kind of deep-seated hatred could make them so determined to take her life?
unless……
A new thought suddenly occurred to Shen Yuan. She leaned close to Xiao Ling's ear and whispered, "Is it possible that the people who tried to kill me both times didn't really want to kill me? Instead, they wanted to kill Shen Yunjin!"
"After all, I have no enemies in the capital, and Shen Yunjin and I look extremely similar. Maybe they thought I was Shen Yunjin, which is why they captured me. The person who captured me might even be related to the Shen family!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Ling, wanting to hear his opinion.
Xiao Ling pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Your whereabouts are not the same as Shen Yunjin's, and you don't have any maids or servants with you. As long as that person follows you for a day or two, they will know that you and Shen Yunjin are not the same person. The person who captured you obviously followed you for a long time before they were able to make their move."
Shen Yuan: "You mean, those people came for me?"
Xiao Ling: "Mm."
Shen Yuan felt that Xiao Ling's words made a lot of sense, so she overturned her previous guesses and reorganized her thoughts. After a while, a sudden inspiration flashed in her mind.
"Do you think the person who wants to kill me could be Shen Yunjin, or someone from the Shen family?"
"Because I have the same face as Shen Yunjin. Shen Yunjin is as precious as gold and jade, while I am as worthless as grass. I even got into a fight with her at a jewelry shop. So the Shen family can't tolerate me, and that's why they want to get rid of me?"
After hearing this, Xiao Ling felt that Shen Yuan's guess was unlikely, but then he thought that there were many narrow-minded and dark-minded people in the world, so Shen Yuan's suspicion was not impossible.
So Xiao Ling said, "I will keep an eye on the Shen family these next few days."
Shen Yuan's gaze fell on the neatly folded red fox fur cloak on the table. She had already begun to suspect the Shen family. If she had the chance, she would go to the Shen residence to investigate herself.
Who on earth wants her dead so badly?!
Seeing that Shen Yuan was engrossed in analyzing the murderer while holding the teacup, Xiao Ling couldn't help but urge her, "Drink it quickly, it'll get cold soon."
The ginger tea was sweet, spicy, and irritated the tongue and throat, so it wasn't very pleasant to drink. But thinking that it could ward off a cold, Shen Yuan still obediently drank two large bowls.
After all, drinking ginger tea is much better than being sick.
As night deepened, Shen Yuan returned to her room after drinking ginger tea. She had once again faced life and death tonight, leaving her exhausted and sleepy. She fell into a deep sleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
Seeing that Shen Yuan was fast asleep, Xiao Ling took all of Shen Yuan's clothes outside.
He took out several silver notes from Shen Yuan's innermost clothing and stuffed them under her pillow. Shen Yuan, as before, kept all her money in the innermost garment.
After taking out the silver notes, Xiao Ling carried the clothes to the well in the courtyard and drew up several buckets of water.
Clothes that get wet will develop a damp, musty smell if not washed promptly, and this smell is difficult to remove. Therefore, they must be washed immediately.
The next morning, Xiao Ling was no longer in the courtyard. Shen Yuan was once again speechless when she saw the clothes drying in the yard.
This time, Xiao Ling not only washed her outer skirt, but also her underwear.
Shen Yuan wanted to bang her head against the quilt; she simply didn't know how to face Xiao Ling anymore.
After being blown by the night wind all night, the clothes were completely dry.
Shen Yuan blushed and took the clothes inside.
After coming out of the house, Shen Yuan looked at the red fox fur cloak drying in the yard.
What merit or ability does she possess?
She actually made the dignified Ninth Prince her laundry servant!
For the next few days, Shen Yuan stayed in the courtyard, researching how to extract saccharin, then make it into sugar powder to coat the pills.
When Xiao Ling was injured last time, she brewed a very bitter medicine for him.
Even Xiao Ling couldn't drink that medicine, let alone anyone else.
If she were to encounter someone seriously ill again, and she prescribed this medicine, but the person couldn't drink it and vomited it up, then there would be no way to cure the illness. So she wondered if there was a way to make the medicine into pills and then coat the pills with a layer of powdered sugar.
The pills taste sweet, making them easier for the patient to swallow.
The reason she bought so much sugar yesterday was to try and improve the taste of the medicine.
Shen Yuan had this idea and began to try it.
In the middle of the trip, Shen Yuan went to the General's Mansion because the cloak that Shen Wei had lent her had been dried. She scented it with incense, then put the clothes in a brocade box and asked Xiao Ling to deliver it to the General's Mansion.
She didn't go because she didn't want to run into Shen Yunjin, nor did she want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings for General Shen because of her face and status.
To her surprise, seven days later, Shen Wei arrived at the small courtyard she had rented with a group of servants.
Xiao Ling was chopping wood in the courtyard when he heard the commotion outside the gate and went inside.
Shen Yuan glanced at Xiao Ling. She remembered that Xiao Ling had said that he had met General Shen when he was young. Twelve years ago, it was Shen Wei who was ordered to escort him to Qingyun Mountain.
Now, in the eyes of the court officials, the emperor and his concubines, Xiao Ling has been sent to Qingyun Mountain; in the eyes of his fellow disciples on Qingyun Mountain, he has long been missing; and in the eyes of Xiao Yunyan and her group, he died on Nanlu Mountain two years ago.
If he were to appear in her yard at this very moment, it would indeed be difficult to explain.
Seeing Xiao Ling return to the house, Shen Yuan walked to the courtyard gate and opened it.
She glanced at Shen Wei standing in front of the carriage outside the door, and curtsied to him: "This humble woman, Shen Yuan, greets General Shen. May I ask what brings you to my humble abode?"
"A-Yuan, I am your father!"
Shen Wei slowly stepped forward, his eyes reddening, his gaze fixed on Shen Yuan. His eyes were filled with unmistakable joy and excitement, overflowing with love for his daughter whom he had lost and found again.
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