Chapter 91: Duplicity
Duan Jiu couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, if you're going to tear down someone's plaque, there has to be a good reason, right?"
Pei Jing raised his eyes and squinted, "I don't even need a reason to kill someone, so how can I need a reason to tear down a plaque?"
A restaurant is really bold. They dare to rely on anyone without even thinking about whether the girl is reliable or not.
Duan Jiuxin said that it was not them who needed it, but me who needed it. I was suspicious by nature and would feel uncomfortable if I didn't figure it out.
"Then... let's tear it down." Duan Jiu said.
The secret guard received the order and was about to withdraw when Pei Jing asked again, "You haven't finished yet. What happened after she met Zhao Xingbang?"
The secret guard returned to his original position and continued, "Zhao Xingbang came down not long after he went in, and he was cursing as he left."
"Swearing?!"
"No." The secret guard quickly corrected himself: "He just mumbled something, saying that he had to pay for the meal. The Jiang family is really poor."
After saying this, he looked carefully at the prince's face.
Pei Jing leaned back on the soft pillow, clenched his fist and coughed twice, "I see."
Duan Jiu quickly said, "I'll have someone prepare another bowl of medicine."
That night, Pei Jing came back from the palace and got caught in the rain. Unexpectedly, Eunuch Meng, who was in his fifties or sixties, was fine in the rain, but Pei Jing, who was in good health, fell ill, so his trip to Tingquan Mountain was delayed.
"How did the Jiang family raise their daughter? They can't even afford two taels of silver, and they even have to pay for meals."
Duan Jiu guessed what Pei Jing meant and asked tentatively, "Then... should we give Miss Jiang Er some pocket money?"
Pei Jing hesitated for a moment. "I said I'd give her the cold shoulder, so how could I turn around and send her money? Wouldn't she be so proud of herself then?"
Duan Jiu secretly complained: You are not just treating her coldly, you are clearly sending someone to watch her every day.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Pei Jing say, "You go!"
"Ah?" Duan Jiu was bewildered. "What are you going to do?"
"What else can I do?" Pei Jing said, "Of course I won't give her any money. Since you suggested it, you can give it to her. It will be deducted from your monthly allowance."
Duan Jiu: “…”
Pei Jing's eyes turned cold. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Duan Jiu was struck by a sudden disaster, and he could only bite the bullet and say, "No, no problem, I'll send it to Miss Jiang Er later."
"How much?"
Duan Jiu thought that if he gave ten taels, the prince would probably scold him for being stingy, so he gritted his teeth and gave a hundred taels. Anyway, the prince was usually quite generous to his subordinates, so he could give him a hundred taels if he gritted his teeth.
Duan Jiu tentatively stretched out a finger, "One..."
"Then it's one thousand taels." Pei Jing said firmly.
Duan Jiu wanted to cry but had no tears, "But I can't even come up with a thousand taels."
"I'll give you an advance." Pei Jing added, "Send it to her when you get back. Tell her it's from you and has nothing to do with me."
"……yes."
"What else?" Pei Jing asked again.
The secret guard saw Duan Jiu winking at him, but he didn't know what it meant.
"Later, Miss Jiang Er returned home and met Mr. Wei Sanlang at his residence."
Duan Jiu closed his eyes and thought it was over, then he heard Pei Jing burst into a violent coughing fit.
Pei Jing coughed so hard that the corners of his eyes turned red. He clutched the edge of the bed until his knuckles turned white. Duan Jiu quickly handed him some water.
The secret guard added tremblingly: "Yes, yes, it was the Third Young Master Wei who took the initiative to visit..."
This time, Pei Jing did not get angry. He drank some water to calm down, then slowly lay back on the bed, pulled up the quilt, closed his eyes, and looked quite peaceful.
The secret guard and Duan Jiu looked at each other, neither of them understanding why he suddenly lay down.
"The imperial physician has been waiting outside for a long time," Duan Jiu asked cautiously, "Does the prince want to summon him?"
Pei Jing closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "No need."
Duan Jiu was in a dilemma. "If you delay seeing a doctor, how long will it take for the prince to recover from this illness?"
I don't know what this sentence touched Pei Jing's nerve, he suddenly changed his mind, "Forget it, let the doctor come in."
Duan Jiu quickly invited the imperial physician in to take his pulse. Fortunately, it was just a cold, and the result was the same as the doctor's in the mansion.
The imperial physician slightly adjusted the prescription, and Duan Jiu sent him out.
"I didn't dare ask while I was inside just now." The imperial physician said, "How is the prince's condition recently?"
Duan Jiu said: "The disease has been quite frequent in the past few days. The two attacks were only about ten days apart, but..."
He thought about it carefully and said, "Since that time, I haven't been sick again."
The imperial physician stroked his beard. "I see that the prince's pulse is not as congested as before, and his qi and blood are gradually becoming more stable. However, the mental illness is more serious than the physical illness. From now on, we need to find more new and interesting things to cheer him up. We should conceal the trivial matters in the palace if possible, so as not to disturb the prince's mind."
Duan Jiuxin said, "You said this too late. You were very angry just now, and you were in a good mood. Now you are so angry that you fall asleep without saying a word."
The imperial physician added, "I'll come back for a follow-up consultation in half a month. If the pulse is more stable, I might consider reducing the amount of tranquilizing medicine."
Duan Jiu nodded in agreement and sent the imperial physician out of the yard. When he came back and was about to sit down to rest, he heard a voice from inside.
"Duanjiu."
Duan Jiu walked into the inner room and saw Pei Jing lying on the bed with his back facing up, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open.
"What are your orders, my Lord?"
"The king is sick." Pei Jing murmured.
"Ah? Yes." Duan Jiu nodded and said, "The prince is ill, but if he follows the doctor's orders and takes the medicine well, he will get better."
Pei Jing suddenly turned over and sat up from the bed, angrily saying, "She didn't even come to see me when I was sick. It was all in vain that I saved her."
"But Miss Jiang Er doesn't know that the prince is ill."
"What I'm saying is..." Duan Jiu thought quickly, "If Miss Jiang Er knew that the prince was ill, she would come to visit him immediately!"
Pei Jing snorted coldly and lay back down. "Then let her know. When you go to deliver the silver, remember to remind her that I'm sick."
Before Duan Jiu could reply, he suddenly changed his mind. "No, that would seem deliberate, as if I were waiting for her to visit me. Then... you should spread the news that I'm sick."
Pei Jing turned sideways, his eyes deep, "Just say that this prince is seriously ill."
…
I am worried that the night will be long and full of dreams, and I am also afraid that the system will suddenly run out of power or go offline.
While the system was still in place, Jiang Fei went to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to visit Wei Ciying the next day.
Jiang Fei had been to Wei Ciying's yard before, and some new items had been added to the house, which showed that she was truly the apple of everyone's eye.
Wei Ciying pulled Jiang Fei to sit beside the bed and said with a smile, "You are willing to come to see me, which shows that my sister-in-law has forgiven my third brother."
"There's no question of forgiveness or not." Jiang Fei said, "I didn't blame him in the first place. He should have saved you."
Wei Ciying said, "Actually, I feel guilty too. If I hadn't rashly followed him, I wouldn't have been caught, and my third brother would have been able to save you."
Jiang Fei gently held Wei Ciying's hand and said, "Don't say that. You are also a victim."
Before coming, Jiang Fei had already planned how to test Wei Ciying.
She beckoned Jiutao to take out some things and said, "I heard you haven't been out for a few days, so I happened to buy some things to pass the time when I passed by the market."
Wei Ciying smiled and asked the maid to take over. Jiang Fei continued, "I also heard some new things on the street. Let me tell you about them."
Jiang Fei took a concubine from the Zhang family in the east of the city, but only found out that the other party was a man in the bridal chamber. She also talked about the daughter of the Li family in the west of the city running away with a member of the opera troupe...
At first, Wei Ciying tried hard to cooperate and laughed when something was funny. But later she couldn't hold it anymore and yawned frequently.
Jiang Fei knew that the time had come.
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