Chapter 23
Ulterior motives
The night view of the capital city was inexplicably beautiful. The Guanhe Tower was brightly lit, guests were coming in like clouds, and everywhere one could hear the guests' teasing and the sweet words of the beauties.
After reporting Xu Zhiyan's name, the waiter led them to the private room on the second floor. When they passed a private room called Peony Garden, Jiang Zhaoying paused and turned to look at the waiter.
Shu Yun put a small silver bean into his hand, and the waiter smiled.
"It's the second young master of the Song Mansion, ma'am."
It was indeed Song Mingji. Even with such a big thing happening in the mansion, he was still in the mood to come out and drink.
Really...
Very interesting.
Jiang Zhaoying blinked and smiled after a while. Then she took out two silver bills and handed them to the waiter.
"Call two beauties for him. If he asks, just say you are familiar friends. Don't say anything else."
"yes."
The waiter nodded in agreement, then led them to a private room called Peony Garden. When they opened the door, the tempting aroma of food wafted from inside. Presumably Xu Zhiyan had ordered quite a few delicious soups.
Hearing the noise at the door, the handsome young man sitting by the window turned around. The coldness in his eyes instantly faded away, and he walked towards her with gentleness.
"They are right next door. Eat something first. You must be hungry after being busy for so long."
Jiang Zhaoying looked at the shredded pork soup, plum ginger, red dates and blood bird's nest, steamed lamb, and five-song chicken wings in front of her... Her eyebrows curved, as they were all her favorite foods.
"I'm really hungry."
When Shu Yun and Shu Yu heard her say this, they hurried forward to help their young lady with her things, but were stopped by a slender and white hand. Xu Zhiyan pointed to the small table on the couch.
"You guys must be tired too, go and eat something, I'll serve Ying'er."
Jiang Zhaoying pursed her lips and smiled as she listened. When she was a child, every meal she ate was contributed by Xu Zhiyan. At that time, she did everything else quickly except eating, which was particularly slow.
Xu Zhiyan and Jiang Zhiyu took turns feeding her, and sometimes a meal would take a long time.
"Thank you, Master Xu."
Shu Yun and Shu Yu's faces flushed. After they bowed, they walked towards the couch with a giggle. After getting on the couch, Shu Yu looked at the two masters, then leaned over and spoke to Shu Yun.
"Shu Yun, don't you think it would be great if the young lady married Young Master Xu?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Shu Yun hurriedly covered Shu Yu's big mouth. Although she felt regretful in her heart, there was one thing that made her very confused.
She could see that Young Master Xu liked the young lady.
But why didn’t Young Master Xu ask for marriage from the master? Since the master knows everything about me, he should agree.
My wife said in her notes that if you like each other, stay together, and if you don’t like each other, break up. There are not so many responsibilities and duties in life. They are just excuses given to others by lazy people.
"Eat more."
Lower your eyes.
Looking at the slender Jiang Zhaoying beside him, Xu Zhiyan's eyes were gentle and he was busy with one thing after another with elegant movements, wishing he could push everything in front of him in front of Jiang Zhaoying.
"I am a big eater now. Sometimes I can eat two bowls of rice."
"That's good, just put on some more meat."
The waist is like a willow branch, it is too thin. Girls should be white and plump, so they look strong.
Shu Yun and Shu Yu looked at the young lady, who was relaxed and smiling, and they began to eat seriously.
Bang……
There was a sudden sound of something being smashed to the ground, followed by the sound of disorderly footsteps and objects colliding.
"Princess, Princess."
"Tingyun..." It was the prince's voice. "Why is she like this? Go and get the imperial physician."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Jiang Zhaoying glanced at Shu Yun, who quickly slid down from his seat, picked up a cup of tea and immediately slipped out.
Everyone in the private room suddenly stood up and listened attentively to the noise outside.
No surprise.
When Shu Yun screamed, the tea fell to the ground.
"Hey, this is the Tianshan tea prepared for Doctor Qiu. It costs five taels of silver per cup."
Doctor Qiu is a very famous doctor in the capital. The guard who rushed out subconsciously wanted to run forward, but then he was stunned and grabbed Shu Yundao.
"Who did you just say?"
Shu Yun looked innocent and pointed to the third floor.
"Today is the day when the doctors discuss medical skills. They are all upstairs. Don't you know, little brother?"
"really?"
The guard's face lit up with joy when he heard this. When he saw Shu Yun nod, he hurriedly thanked him, turned around and asked his brothers to call the imperial physician, while he ran upstairs.
Shu Yun hurriedly picked up the tea bowl on the ground and ran into his private room in a flash.
"Miss, it's done."
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, then she and Xu Zhiyan stood up and walked to the terrace, approached the common wall between the two private rooms, and listened quietly.
Then he frowned.
Princess Tingyun was indeed ill and unconscious, with a pale face.
Shu Yuze stood at the door and looked out from time to time. After a while, she ran over and said.
"Miss, all the doctors are down."
The young ones ran faster, and the old ones walked behind. A total of more than twenty people rushed over.
Shen Liuguang asked the guards to guard the door and let the doctor with the best medical skills go in first.
Doctor Qiu was helped into the private room by the guard.
Raise your eyes.
He was startled by the cold and fierce figure sitting on the couch. There were guards standing around him, with weapons flashing coldly on their waists. The gauze curtain on the small bed in front of the window where one could rest had been drawn, but one could vaguely see that a girl was sick.
Seeing this scene, he knew it must be someone from the government. Just as he was about to salute, the prince spoke coldly.
"Go see her."
Doctor Qiu nodded, then put down the medicine box, covered Princess Tingyun's wrist with a handkerchief, and took her pulse carefully.
"Heart disease?"
After Doctor Qiu finished speaking, he took a step back and motioned for another doctor to come over and take the patient's pulse.
Jiang Zhaoying's long eyelashes flickered slightly when she heard this.
Heart disease attacks very quickly and if it is not treated quickly, it can be fatal. But generally speaking, maids usually carry medicine with them. Why did it happen so suddenly this time?
"It's a heart disease."
More than ten doctors gave the same diagnosis, and finally everyone looked at Doctor Qiu, who frowned.
"It is a heart disease, no doubt, but this young lady seems to have been born with poison, so when the disease breaks out, it is particularly ferocious and can threaten life at any time."
Jiang Zhaoying, who was standing by, suddenly remembered that after Princess Tingyun's mother, Concubine Quan Zhaoyi, helped her, she brought a gift to the palace to express her gratitude.
Queen Quan held her hand and said tearfully that she once had a daughter as beautiful and well-behaved as her, and if they had not been so careless, she would have lived a good life.
Seeing her crying because she missed her daughter, Jiang Zhaoying's eyes also turned red.
so.
Is it because the disease is poisonous?
"Medicine for heart disease is easy, but this poison..."
Several doctors spoke softly, with a hint of embarrassment in their eyes, saying that the young lady had to take medicine for this poison, otherwise she would not be able to bear it.
"Strange, this lady's body should have recovered, why is she still like this?"
…
Jiang Zhaoying paced back and forth, her eyes flickering, and took out the detoxification pill from her arms.
"What is it?"
"Detoxification pills, Second Brother, my mother made a lot of money and prepared a lot of medicine."
Jiang Zhaoying explained softly.
But.
If the detoxification pill was sent at this time, the prince would probably suspect Xu Zhiyan of having ulterior motives. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that he happened to have such a medicine?
But if you don't go.
The doctors simply couldn't prepare such an effective detoxifying pill in a short time. Jiang Zhaoying knew the origin of the medicine. Her mother had explained it in her notes. She was worried that her child would be poisoned, so she spent a lot of money to prepare these things in advance.
Each of them has five pills of this medicine!
"I'll go."
Xu Zhiyan was aware of the worry in her eyes. She was a married woman of the clan, so it was not appropriate for her to show up at this time. Only he could go. Patting her shoulder, he held Jiang Zhaoying's hand, pried her hand open and took the pill away.
"Even if the prince has doubts, he won't say or do anything to us before the earthquake happens!"
Jiang Zhaoying nodded, and when Xu Zhiyan left the private room, she took a few steps forward, lifted the curtain a little, and watched the movements nearby quietly and covertly.
Bang……
Anger surged from that side again, and then Shen Liuguang’s voice was heard.
"You are all famous doctors in the capital. Is it so difficult for you to work together to make a medicine?"
In the room.
The doctors all had cold sweats on their backs. Doctor Qiu held a very high position in the capital, so naturally he was at the forefront. When it came to talking about medicine, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Making medicine is not difficult, but how to make a medicine that can completely eliminate this poison is difficult. It has been a long time, and we have no way of knowing what poison the young lady has been poisoned with. If you give us time, the young lady can't wait. If we make medicine now, I am afraid that the young lady will not have a good effect after taking it."
"Right now we can only prescribe a prescription to wake the young lady up first, but whether she can survive or not depends on whether she can survive tonight."
The prince's handsome face was gloomy and his eyes were sharp, and then he suddenly remembered what Quan Zhaoyi seemed to have said.
She once said sadly that Tingyun reached a difficult time when he was fifteen years old.
If he can't get through it, Tingyun might die.
What should we do?
"Master, this matter cannot be delayed. The young lady's illness is too urgent. We have to go and make medicine."
Regardless of success or failure, they have to try, otherwise they can't just watch people die.
The prince nodded, and Shen Liuguang asked the guards to lead them out to get busy. As soon as he finished giving the order, a guard came in.
"Sir, Master Xu is outside."
"Xu Zhiyan?"
The prince raised his long eyelashes slightly, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light. Xu Zhiyan has appeared more frequently recently, and he must know something when he came here.
"Enter."
Upon receiving the order, the guard hurriedly turned around to welcome Xu Zhiyan in.
Xu Zhiyan bowed, then opened his palm, and a pill appeared in front of Doctor Qiu.
"This is a detoxification pill, Doctor Qiu, please take a look."
Several doctors immediately gathered around. Doctor Qiu took the pill, smelled it carefully, and then nodded.
"This is indeed a rare and miraculous medicine, but this young lady is weak and the medicine is very strong. I don't know if she can bear it..."
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