Chapter 94 I’m Tired of Living
The system asked a question whose answer was obvious without having to think about it.
Jiang Fei was silent for a moment. "Then wouldn't it be enough if Wei Ciying's favorability is higher than mine?"
"Sorry, I can't find out Pei Jing's favorability towards Wei Ciying." said the system.
Jiang Fei was silent again. "I think she's definitely taller than me. She's the heroine, and Pei Jing is the second male lead. This is the trajectory arranged by the author in advance. Isn't the second male lead naturally attracted to the heroine?"
The system said mercilessly: "That was without you, a troublemaker."
"...There's no need to be so harsh." Jiang Fei curled her lips.
"Without you, she's the heroine. With you, maybe you can turn her into a supporting actress."
It was such a headache. Jiang Fei held up her forehead and said, "If I want to lower my favorability, I just need to do something crazy and commit suicide, right?"
To be on the safe side, the system decided to first ask her how she planned to commit suicide: "Tell me first."
"For example, peeping at him taking a bath, making up dirty rumors about him, for example..." Jiang Fei counted on her fingers, her eyes getting brighter and brighter.
The system has been tempered with an iron will by this host and was just speechless for a moment.
Just say, "Can you please think of something serious? I think these actions are likely to increase your favorability."
"Why?" Jiang Fei looked incredulous. "I'm such a pervert, and he can still gain favorability?"
The system was heartbroken. "Have you forgotten that this person never plays by the rules? I think if you do this, he'll probably think you're after him."
All right.
Jiang Fei closed her eyes and repeated in her mind several times that "form is emptiness". When she opened her eyes again, her eyes were clear and firm enough to almost join the party.
She patted her cheeks and said, "Okay, my mind is very clear now. Since this routine of harming others to benefit myself doesn't work, let's try something that harms others but does not benefit myself."
"For example?" asked the system.
Jiang Fei said, "Then I will scold him in the street, send him kidney-tonifying herbs with drums and gongs, and make him lose face in the capital."
The system thought about it and decided that cursing someone in public might actually work, but it wasn't sure about the latter.
…
Within three days, the news that Prince Zhaoning was seriously ill spread to everyone.
Jiang Fei hadn't left the house for the past three days, so she didn't know about the news until Jiu Tao came back from a trip and said, "There's talk outside that Prince Zhaoning is seriously ill and dying."
Jiang Fei almost dropped her teacup when she heard the news. "He's dying? How is that possible?"
Jiu Tao said seriously, "It's true. The news has spread everywhere. The firecrackers in the capital are almost sold out. They are just waiting to celebrate when Prince Zhaoning dies."
This is too... what? Jiang Fei even felt that Pei Jing was a little pitiful.
She really wanted to call the system to ask, but the system was offline the day before yesterday.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't happen. In the book, Pei Jing lived to the end. However, ever since Wei Ciying's rebirth, Jiang Fei no longer dared to believe the original work.
After all, books are dead, people are alive, and there are too many variables.
If Pei Jing really died, how could she complete her mission?
Thinking of this, Jiang Fei immediately stood up and said, "Prepare the car and go to Zhaoning Palace."
Jiu Tao responded and was about to leave when she heard Jiang Fei order her, "We need a low-key carriage so that no one can recognize us."
Half an hour later, a simple carriage drove into the street where Zhaoning Palace was located.
The Zhaoning Palace covers a vast area, with dark green walls stretching as far as the eye can see, and the ten-foot-high walls are covered with glazed tiles.
It was Jiang Fei's first time to visit the Prince Zhaoning's Mansion. Just looking at the wall, one could tell it was incredibly huge, which showed that Pei Jing was indeed favored.
Jiang Fei was looking at the grandeur of the Zhaoning Palace.
The driver glimpsed a carriage with green curtains parked at the gate in the distance and said, "Second Miss, that's the sign of the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion. The prince has guests at his mansion."
Jiang Fei shuddered. Wei Mingzhen would definitely not come to visit the patient, so it could only be Wei Ciying.
"Hurry, hurry, go around to the back door!" she hurriedly ordered the driver, "Don't let anyone from the Wei family see us."
The driver changed direction, and the carriage turned silently into the alley, circled along the outer wall of the palace for most of the way, and finally stopped at a side door.
Jiu Tao was confused. "Isn't Miss usually very good with Miss Wei?"
Jiang Fei usually conducts conversations with the system in her mind. Jiutao naturally didn't know about Wei Ciying's rebirth, so she came up with an excuse.
"I think there's something fishy about her and me being kidnapped together last time. They're not even family members, so we better be on guard."
Jiutao nodded obediently. Whatever the young lady said was right. If the young lady said something was fishy, then there must be something wrong with Miss Wei.
Jiang Fei didn't know when Wei Ciying left, so she didn't dare to enter rashly. She waited until the coachman said that the carriage of Dingyuan Marquis' Mansion had left before she gave her name.
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Inside the Zhaoning Palace, the atmosphere has been terribly low these days.
After taking several bowls of medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, Pei Jing's complexion became better and better, but his face became darker and darker.
The servants dared not even breathe, for fear of accidentally bringing bad luck upon the prince.
The maid came forward with a tray containing a bowl of soup. The soup base was thick and amber in color, with a faint medicinal smell.
Pei Jing frowned and picked up the soup. He felt like vomiting after taking so much medicine these days, and now he was drinking a soup that looked like a medicinal meal.
He picked it up and took a sip, frowning and saying, "This soup doesn't taste right. Where did it come from?"
The maid replied, "Miss Wei personally sent it here. She said it was a tonic soup made for the prince. The servants—"
It was at this moment that Jiang Fei entered following the maid's voice, and passed by the maid almost like the wind.
Pei Jing barely raised his eyes, and before he even had time to react, he saw Jiang Fei rushing towards him with a ferocious expression and overturning the bowl of soup in his hand.
The porcelain bowl broke into pieces, and the soup spilled half on the ground and half on the bed, leaving a brown stain on the brocade quilt.
Pei Jing looked at Jiang Fei in astonishment, "Why are you——"
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Fei grabbed his face and said, "Spit it out! Spit it out now!"
Pei Jing was startled by her sudden action, and then he was slapped hard on the back. Then Jiang Fei quickly picked up a bowl of water beside the couch and poured it into Pei Jing's mouth.
"Rinse your mouth! Spit it out!"
These actions were completed in almost half a minute. The maid beside her had already had a dazed look on her face, and Duan Jiu, who followed Jiang Fei into the room, was stunned.
Pei Jing did as he was told, and only after confirming that Pei Jing had vomited everything out did Jiang Fei breathe a sigh of relief.
When her hand was released, Pei Jing lifted the quilt and stood up, "Jiang Rufei, you are so bold! How dare you——"
"You're the one who's so bold." Jiang Fei glanced at the medicine bowl on the ground, then pointed at Pei Jing and said angrily, "You dared to drink what Wei Ciying gave you? I think you're tired of living!"
Pei Jing was stunned and stared at the audacious Jiang Rufei in front of him for a moment.
Jiang Fei only felt that the anger in his body receded like the tide, replaced by an indescribable expression, and there seemed to be stars twinkling in his eyes.
"Why are you so angry?"
Pei Jing raised his eyes to glance at her, then lowered them again. He looked a little guilty and whispered, "Well, at worst, I won't drink the soup she makes anymore."
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