Chapter 394 A Mess
The soldiers of Tianshu Camp searched for Jingxin for a long time but couldn't find her. They were about to go back and ask everyone to look for her when they saw Jingxin coming out from the darkness in the distance.
"Abbot Jingxin, where have you been?"
Jingxin clasped her hands together and said, "I went to the dense forest to change clothes. I kept you waiting for a long time. It's really my fault."
The deputy general nodded slightly, "You are too polite, Master. But I am afraid you will be in danger if it takes too long."
Jingxin smiled lightly, "On the way back, I met a vicious cat with bared fangs and claws that blocked my way. I had to take a detour to avoid it before I was able to return."
The deputy general said, "It is common to see wild animals in the wilderness. Fortunately, it was only a cat. If a wolf, tiger or leopard had injured the abbot, I would have been scared to death."
Jingxin smiled and said nothing more. She looked back in an inconspicuous dark direction and walked away.
Before forcing himself to take the poison, the black-tailed boy once said that it was colorless and tasteless and even the palace doctors could not diagnose it.
Even if he told Tianshu Camp and found Qiao Wanyan, and the imperial physician could not diagnose any poison after examining her pulse, he would only be accused of being a Buddhist disciple who slandered an innocent woman.
Why rush?
Those who killed the master should be tortured slowly.
On the other side, the secret guard returned to Qiao Wanyan and reported in a low voice.
Zi Yuan: "Miss, what should we do with Qiao Chuxue?"
Qiao Wanyan looked at the boundless sky and said, "If you want to kill someone, you should choose an auspicious day. Today is really not a good day to kill someone. I can only blame He Zhiyu for sending the person to me today."
Ziyuan nodded, "Miss is right!"
Qiao Wanyan ordered: "Jingxin is a person who should not be easily trusted. The Queen Mother's palace and the manor outside the city are in two different directions. We will not return to the capital today. We will stay at the manor for one night to avoid leaving the capital at night and returning to it and attracting attention."
As long as we go back to Zhuangzi and carefully identify ourselves, we will find no evidence.
"What about Qiao Chuxue?" Zi Yuan looked back at the woman in the pit who had no strength to struggle anymore.
Qiao Wanyan turned her head and looked at her. "Bury the scratch on your face and leave immediately for the village."
The second branch of the Qiao family held a birthday party for their second son, and invited all the young men and women from the capital to join in the fun.
Everyone in the capital knew that Qiao Jibai was the new top scholar, a junior whom Minister Qiao valued very much, and he was promoted not long after entering the officialdom, so he had a bright future.
Naturally, those shrewd people in the capital urged their children to attend the banquet.
The Shen family also sent people there, firstly to find a young man from the capital for the young lady who had just returned home, and secondly to make it look like a good thing.
When Qiao Wanyan was worshipping with her father at the ancestral temple, she heard Manager Chen come in and say that the young master and young lady of the Shen family had also arrived.
Minister Qiao said, "Yanyan, your father has heard about what happened at Huibao Tower that day. But you don't have to be too hard on them because of your father. The Shen family's fate is almost over, so there's no need to waste your energy."
Qiao Wanyan's expression changed slightly, "My daughter knows."
Minister Qiao smiled, knowing that she understood. He never shied away from talking about court affairs in front of his daughter.
Zi Yuan walked in at this time, "Miss, the Tenth Princess and Miss Guo are here."
Minister Qiao said, "Go ahead."
The back garden of the Qiao family’s old house is very large and well maintained.
The blooming flowers and lush greenery have created a very beautiful picture. Young women in colorful and luxurious dresses gather in twos and threes, making it very lively.
The moment Qiao Wanyan appeared in the back garden, the bustling crowd suddenly quieted down and looked at her in twos and threes.
Shen Lingyi also saw her, and saw that those women who were originally chatting and laughing walked towards her very naturally, raised false smiles and surrounded her and complimented her.
Shen Lingyi had never seen such a face before.
Whether in my hometown or in Beijing.
Qiao Wanyan had a gentle smile on her face and easily got along with the people around her.
"Second Miss, the clothes you are wearing are made of Xiangyunsha? I'm so envious. I heard that this material is very rare and has complicated craftsmanship. In the whole capital, no one else has the good fortune to wear such fine material except the second lady."
Qiao Wanyan has a lot of good things, and everyone in Beijing knows this.
There was no other reason, just because Qiao Wanyan had a royal businessman grandfather who loved her very much.
She was the first one to have it in the capital.
She was also the first one to own something that was not available in the capital.
"By the way, Second Miss, you......"
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard a very loud voice.
"Sister Wanyan!"
Jiang Qiyun waved his hands and smiled ostentatiously, "Sister Wanyan, today is your cousin's birthday. I thought about your brother's birthday and your sister's hard day, so I specially prepared a gift for you to make it up to you!"
Everyone was silent.
Is this close?
Why do you have to force yourself to give a gift?
After a moment of silence, everyone was collectively shocked. Something was wrong. Something was absolutely wrong.
We all live in the capital, so whenever someone holds a banquet, they visit each other.
Who doesn't know that the mischievous little devil in Marquis Jing'an's Mansion and the second young lady in the Minister of Revenue's Mansion are quite incompatible?
In order to protect the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, the young marquis had been sarcastic with the second young lady many times and even warned her in person. Why is it that now...
It feels like all of my soul has been taken away and my mind is empty?
What did they miss?
Qiao Wanyan felt a little embarrassed when she saw Jiang Qiyun holding the gift with his smiling hands. Could it be that the love poison that Chen Che fed him was mixed with an idiot drug?
He Baozhu came to the rescue and said, "Jiang Qiyun, there are only women here, don't you think it's inappropriate for you to come here suddenly?"
Jiang Qiyun was silent for a moment, "Then I am a woman now."
Crane Pearl: “.........”
When she was in modern times, there were countless friends around her who were bootlickers, but the fact that they were bootlickers to this extent was really an eye-opener for her.
"You are a woman? It doesn't matter if you are a slut. You don't care about reputation, so Wanyan doesn't care about reputation?"
Chen Che came out from nowhere, grabbed Jiang Qiyun by the back of his collar and pulled him backwards, intending to drag him away.
Jiang Qiyun struggled to break free, "How dare you scold me? I think you are tired of living!"
Shen Che sneered, "You're scaring me. I'm really scared. I'm so scared."
Jiang Qiyun frowned, "Then go die, why are you still alive?"
In a blink of an eye, the two of them were arguing fiercely and even gave up their place, fearing that the young marquis would be unhappy and start a fight and hurt them.
Shen Lingyi walked to Qiao Wanyan and said, "Aren't you going to take care of it? Isn't it because your young master would quarrel with others? This is the Qiao family's banquet, and you are a member of the Qiao family. It's inappropriate for you to watch this like nothing happened, right?"
"What does it have to do with you?"
"Is it your turn to mind your own business?"
Two voices came out at the same time. Shen Lingyi looked over in disbelief. She couldn't believe that she was speaking for him, but he actually teamed up with the person she had just quarreled with to be mean to her.
At that time, Xu Shujian was walking towards this side.
The breeze reveals the moon, and a gentle warmth appears on the face as clear as blue waves.
"Second Miss, Minister Qiao wants you to come over."
Shen Che shouted angrily: “Xu Shujian, you bitch!”
The back garden was in chaos.
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