"She didn't do this to you on purpose. It's a fact that your medical skills are not good enough, and it was only a matter of time before someone exposed you."
“My mother’s arrangement for you to go to the frontier is the most beneficial arrangement for you.”
"You insisted on staying, and you didn't even know how to be discreet. Now that you've lost your title of county princess, who can you blame?"
Hearing Lu Ziqian's accusations, Chen Yunniang suddenly burst into tears of grievance.
"So, in the end, it's all my fault?"
"Is it that I don't want to go to the frontier?"
"How can I live with a beast like Lu Wen?"
"I may not be a skilled doctor, but I'm not one to rush into treating people. How could I dare refuse the princess's invitation?"
"Even if I deserved to lose my title, what about this? Is that something I brought upon myself?"
Chen Yunniang angrily stretched out several swollen fingers, which were purple and black, and were still in excruciating pain.
"If she didn't want to harm me, why did she bring a group of imperial physicians here, and under the guise of medical treatment, deliberately prick me?"
"Is this also my fault?!"
Mentioning this made Lu Ziqian's face even darker: "Didn't you fake being sick first?"
"Wasn't it you who brought in Doctor Zhou to frame her using the fox spirit thing?"
"The matter concerning the child has not yet been clarified, and you remain a suspect."
"I will definitely find out the truth about this matter. If you really did it, I will kill you with my own hands."
Chen Yunniang was so frightened that she backed away repeatedly, her voice trembling and choked with sobs: "You...you want to kill me?"
"Lu Ziqian, I saved your life, yet you want to kill me?"
The man's face darkened: "Don't mention the debt of saving my life to me. I've given you more than enough over the years."
“I even gave you her title of county princess, but you were incapable of keeping it.”
"I don't owe you anything anymore."
“If anyone owes me anything, it’s you. Chen Yaozu and Wang Yong both died at your hands. According to the laws of the Great Ming Kingdom, you should be beheaded twice.”
"Both times I cleaned up the mess for you, which is why you're still alive today."
"Besides, it's me who owes you a debt of gratitude, not her, and certainly not my child!"
"If you dare lay a hand on them, you have crossed my line, and I will make you pay with your blood!"
"Chen Yunniang, this is my last warning to you. If you dare to provoke her again, I will kill you with my own hands."
Chen Yunniang never expected him to say such heartless words. Her lips trembled, and she was so angry that her whole body shook.
She saw the murderous intent in the man's eyes and knew he wasn't joking.
She trembled as she pulled out the jade pendant from her neck: "Ziqian, this is what you gave me. You said you would always remember my kindness, and you also said you would marry me when you grew up."
Lu Ziqian stared at the jade pendant, then suddenly reached out and yanked it off: "You are not worthy of it now!"
After the man finished speaking, he turned and left.
Chen Yunniang stood there stunned. By the time she came to her senses and tried to chase after him, he was already far away.
Chen Yunniang sat on the ground, breaking down in tears. He had actually snatched the jade pendant.
Is he going to give the jade pendant to Su Yujiao?
That's hers, and no one can take it away from her!
Lu Ziqian took the jade pendant home. He originally intended to give it to Su Yujiao, but fearing that she might find it offensive, he put it in a drawer in his study and locked it.
He went to Su Yujiao's room, but was stopped at the door.
"Jiaojiao, I'm leaving first thing the day after tomorrow. How long are you going to stay angry with me?"
"This journey is fraught with danger. I don't even know if I'll come back alive. Are you really not going to come out and say a word to me?"
"Will you come to see me off early the day after tomorrow?"
"Jiaojiao, I will definitely take back Chimu Liaoyuan."
"Will you forgive me when I get back?"
"Jiaojiao, I will write you a letter when I get to the battlefield, and you must write back to me."
Lu Ziqian stood alone outside the door, talking to himself. The room remained dark, and there was no response.
Su Yujiao wasn't asleep; she just found it very noisy and wanted him to finish speaking and leave quickly.
Lu Ziqian stood outside the door for an unknown amount of time before leaving.
Two days later, the army set off. The man, riding his horse, kept looking back, but he could not find that familiar figure.
Su Yujiao didn't go to the city gate to see him off at all; instead, she was planning what to do next.
Lu Ziqian left, and with no one bothering her anymore, she could finally get some serious work done.
"Xiao Tao, go to Zhenqing Temple and ask if there are any Taoist priests who know how to refine pills."
"Go to the fireworks factory and find someone who knows how to make fireworks and firecrackers."
Xiao Tao nodded: "Yes, this servant will go find it right away."
Xiao Tao no longer asks questions; she just does whatever her mistress tells her to do.
Su Yujiao went to the Peony Pavilion. This was their first meeting since she last saw her with the Prime Minister's son.
"Jiaojiao, what have you been busy with lately? Why haven't you come to visit me?" Jin Mudan asked with a beaming smile.
Su Yujiao pretended that nothing had happened and smiled, "I went back to the General's Mansion with Lu Ziqian. I'm not as free to go out anymore."
Jin Mudan sighed, "I knew it would turn out this way."
"Life is hard, especially for women."
"Don't be fooled by my carefree life living alone; it's not as easy as you might imagine."
"If you can still get by, then do it. It's better than being bullied by others and having no one know if you die one day."
Hearing her discouraging words, Su Yujiao couldn't help but feel worried.
"Peony, are you having some kind of trouble?"
Why are you saying such discouraging things?
Jin Mudan turned her face away, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and forced a smile: "What difficulties could I possibly have? Don't worry about me."
"Then why are you crying?"
"I was being dramatic today. I came from a brothel, and I was just teased a few times. I have no right to feel wronged."
"I'm really fine, don't worry."
"Did you come to see me today because you need something?"
Su Yujiao was still a little worried: "Are you really alright?"
What she really wanted to ask was whether she had been bullied by Mo Lingchen.
But I don't know how to ask?
She wanted to preserve her last shred of dignity!
Therefore, she could only change the subject: "I asked you to help me find a girl who knows martial arts last time, have you made any progress?"
"Yes, there are two suitable ones, they are sisters Wei Yingzi and Wei Sashuang."
"However, they were not daughters of officials."
"The Wei family runs a security escort agency. When the agency was in debt, the Wei family parents sold their daughters to brothels to pay off the debt."
"The two girls were skilled in martial arts. The younger sister, unwilling to be humiliated, slashed her own face, while the older sister was beaten and covered in bruises while protecting her younger sister."
"I have already bought them, and they are currently recuperating in my hospital."
"However, my sister is too badly injured, I'm afraid she won't live much longer."
"I'll take you there to have a look."
Su Yujiao nodded: "Mm."
Upon seeing the two girls, Su Yujiao first treated their injuries.
My sister only suffered facial injuries and is not in life-threatening danger.
My sister's wound got infected, and she has a persistent high fever; she's very ill.
Su Yujiao immediately wrote down the prescription and asked her sister to help her prepare the medicine.
"I'm going back to get my first-aid kit; I need to re-bandage the wound."
"Um."
I was busy until late at night before my sister's condition finally stabilized.
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