"Ha! Bai Mengying, the real show has only just begun!"
After muttering to herself, Qiao Zixi inadvertently met Su Muxi's probing gaze.
He quickly looked away and hid behind a pillar.
She didn't dare to look at Su Muxi, perhaps because her father had repeatedly warned her not to provoke Su Muxi, or perhaps because she was too ashamed to face Su Muxi again...
These past few days she has truly thought things through and regretted it.
Su Muxi was really good to her, but she targeted Su Muxi time and time again.
Even so, Su Muxi never harmed her.
It seems that Bai Mengying's seemingly crazy clinging to Zheng Yi was Su Muxi's doing.
Su Muxi had never treated her like this before.
She felt she should be grateful…
Su Muxi looked coldly at the insane Bai Mengying, feeling no sympathy whatsoever, only that Bai Mengying deserved it!
As for the relationship between Qiao Zixi and Bai Mengying, she didn't want to care. As long as it didn't affect her, she was willing to watch the two dogs fight each other.
While everyone's attention was on Bai Mengying, Su Muxi took out a handkerchief and secretly picked some flowers and leaves from the orchid.
After doing all this, they pretended nothing had happened and quietly left with Bai Zhi.
As for what will happen to Bai Mengying afterward, she has temporarily lost interest.
What interests her more right now is the unique orchid cultivated by Ye Zerui.
After returning to the palace, Su Muxi summoned Ge Mao and explained the origin of the orchid. The two studied it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
After thinking about it, Su Muxi decided to ask Ji Cheng, hoping to get some useful information from him.
Ji Cheng is now able to sit up, and it's only a matter of time before he can move around freely.
Ji Cheng seemed very excited when he saw Su Muxi coming over.
She struggled to sit up and looked at Su Muxi with delight in her eyes.
"Why has Your Highness come? Is there something you need to see me about?"
Su Muxi didn't waste any words and asked directly, "Have you ever seen the peculiar orchid that Ye Zerui has cultivated?"
Ji Cheng nodded, "I have seen it. The Second Prince has a special courtyard in his backyard, which is planted with orchids."
Su Muxi pressed further, "Then do you know the uses of this orchid?"
Ji Cheng asked in confusion, "What's the use?"
"Could it be that Ye Zerui planted those orchids just for ornamental purposes?"
With such a short flowering period, Su Muxi didn't believe that Ye Zerui would have a particular fondness for this type of orchid.
Ji Cheng thought for a moment and honestly replied, "The orchid has a special fragrance. After the flowering season, His Highness will have people pick the petals and make them into perfume powder."
Perfumed powder is generally a favorite item of women, and the Second Prince, fearing that the news would spread, specifically instructed the servants in the mansion not to mention it.
Even servants are forbidden from mentioning this matter among themselves; otherwise, if discovered, they will be chopped up and used as fertilizer.
"Does Ye Zerui use that face powder often?"
If one had a courtyard full of orchids, the amount of perfume powder made from them would be more than one person could use.
Ji Cheng hesitated, "...Maybe..."
Although I was previously the Second Prince's personal guard, the Second Prince's actions are always unpredictable. Therefore, this is all I know.
Su Muxi didn't make things difficult for Ji Cheng, nodded, and prepared to leave.
But as soon as he turned around, Ji Cheng called him back.
"Your Highness! Wait!"
McQueen said unhappily, "Don't push your luck, kid! Although the princess saved you, you can't have any unrealistic fantasies about her!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Cheng blushed and hurriedly explained, "No, I only feel gratitude towards the Princess, I have no other thoughts. I... I just wanted to ask how Shi Qiang is doing."
Su Muxi had promised him that she would help him rescue Shi Qiang.
However, when Shi Qiang was mentioned, Su Muxi and Mai Kun both frowned.
"What happened to Shi Qiang?!"
Su Muxi said in a low voice, "He's dead."
Upon hearing this, Ji Cheng's eyes instantly reddened.
He shouted at Su Muxi, "You promised me you would rescue Shi Qiang! Why didn't you go sooner?! Why did you wait until Shi Qiang was dead to go?!"
As he spoke, he tried to get out of bed, but McQueen kicked him back onto the bed.
"Why are you yelling at my princess! The day she agreed to your request, we sent people to rescue him, but he's already dead!"
Ji Cheng lay on the bed, his eyes gradually becoming vacant.
He muttered to himself, "Shi Qiang saving me must have been discovered... How could you be so foolish... Why did you save me..."
Seeing Ji Cheng like this, Su Muxi felt sorry for him and said softly, "Since Shi Qiang traded his life for yours, you should live on even more, and live on for Shi Qiang's sake as well."
Upon hearing this, Ji Cheng's eyes gradually lit up. He clenched his fists and said hatefully, "I will avenge Shi Qiang!"
He was sold into the Bai family when he was young, and was later chosen by Ye Zerui to become a guard.
He always felt that he was just a servant, and that whatever his master did to him was only natural.
But after arriving at the Prince of Yong'an's mansion, he realized he was wrong.
Although the master is the master, the servant is also a human being.
At the very least, the servants of the Prince of Yong'an's mansion would not be subjected to beatings or scoldings at will, nor would they lose their lives for displeasing their masters.
"The Bai family kept a private army in the Black Ox Mountain, three hundred miles outside the city."
Ji Cheng originally didn't intend to tell anyone about this, because if he did, many people would surely die.
Among the private soldiers kept by the Bai family, there were several who had been sold into the Bai household along with him.
But if he doesn't speak up, will those people get a good ending?
He was wrong before.
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