Jiang Ling and his group followed the little maid, turning left and right, passing through several gardens, gradually moving away from the crowd, and arriving at a very secluded place.
Well, it's a good place to kill people and bury the bodies.
The little maid stopped at the garden gate and said, "Miss, this is it."
Jiang Ling looked left and right, feigning confusion: "Didn't you say we were at Zizhu Garden? Why are we at Begonia Pavilion?"
There is not a single bamboo in this garden, but there are a few crabapple trees.
The little maid smiled and replied, "I just remembered it wrong. It's the Begonia Pavilion."
Wow, I got this wrong.
Jiang Ling didn't expose her and nodded, "Then where's your young lady? Isn't she waiting for me in there?"
"The young lady is in the small hall inside. Please move over, Miss Jiang." The little maid nodded.
Jiang Ling smiled faintly and was about to step inside when she saw a maid hurried over. She stopped in front of Jiang Ling and bowed, "Miss Jiang, Master Ye has sent this servant to call two guards."
"Cousin, is there something wrong?"
Jiang Ling raised her eyebrows. Are they going to send the people around her away?
Well then, I'll grant your wish.
She waved her hand, without listening carefully to what the maid said, and waved to let Xiaojia and Xiaoyi follow her.
Xiaojia and Xiaoyi were a little hesitant and not very reassured.
Jiang Ling approached and said, "Don't worry, if nothing serious happens to my cousin, you can come back to me."
She smiled, but asked the two of them in a weak voice, "Is there any way to break the effects of the knockout drug and aphrodisiac?"
The two were startled, and a serious look appeared on their faces.
Xiao Jia nodded, his lips barely moving, and replied, "Use cold water or liquorice to resolve it."
Jiang Ling nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Have Xiao Bing quickly fetch the licorice and wait in the dark for my signal."
Xiaojia and Xiaoyi responded softly, but still looked worried.
She laughed and said loudly, "Okay, go and come back soon."
After Xiaojia and Xiaoyi were taken away by the maid, Jiang Ling wondered how they were going to transfer Zizhen away?
However, she didn't expect that she would be asked to take Zizhen directly into the small hall of Begonia Pavilion, but there was no one inside.
This small hall is simply yet exquisitely decorated.
The entire room is separated by a screen. On the west side, there are four sets of tables and chairs facing each other, where you can sit down and drink tea and chat. On the east side, there is a wardrobe and a couch for people to take a nap.
There are also many bonsai decorations in the house, and the whole house is small but exquisite.
Jiang Ling admired it secretly and sat down on the chair.
Not long after she sat down, a maid came in with tea and snacks.
"Where is Miss Qiu?"
The maid shook her head: "I don't know."
She was just a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and was only responsible for providing tea and snacks when the ladies were resting. She didn't have to worry about anything else.
Seeing that her movements were natural and her expression was not panicky or inappropriate, Jiang Ling knew that she was probably just an ordinary maid.
She waved her hand to let the maid go, watched the door slowly close, and wondered when the person named Qiu Yanshuang would come.
"Miss." Zizhen was a little uneasy, "I always feel that something is not right."
The surroundings were very quiet, with only the occasional sound of wind blowing through the leaves.
And...the sound of faint footsteps.
Looks like there's someone outside?
Jiang Ling rolled her eyes and nodded, "Someone wants to harm me."
Zizhen was shocked: "What?! Is it that young lady from the Qiu family?"
But she has no connection with the young lady, so why would she want to harm her?
"I'm also wondering, is it her, or..." Jiang Ling raised her eyes slightly, her eyes gradually turned cold, with a hint of amusement, and her voice was cold and thin: "Or is it Shen Qingru behind her?"
"Shen Qingru again?!" Zizhen was angry and anxious, "Miss, let's go quickly."
She always felt that something was wrong with this place. Now that she knew someone wanted to harm the young lady, she had to leave quickly.
Jiang Ling supported her head with her right hand, listened carefully to the subtle sounds outside the door, and touched the cup of hot tea with her left hand, stroking it carefully.
"You can't leave now." She said lightly.
The footsteps just now should be someone coming to lock the doors and windows.
Zizhen shuddered and hurried over to open the door. As Jiang Ling had said, the door was locked from the outside! The windows on both the north and south sides were also locked!
She was so anxious that her face turned pale. "Miss, what should I do?"
Jiang Ling patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid. Have you forgotten? Xiao Bing and Xiao Ding are watching outside. If someone comes in to kill me, they will come to save us."
After hearing this, Zizhen calmed down a little.
Jiang Ling paced slowly, "Go see if there's any clean water behind the screen."
The Jingnan Palace also has a garden, and there are small halls in various gardens, which usually have clean water for guests to wash their hands.
Zizhen responded and hurried over. Sure enough, she found a wooden barrel filled with clean water behind the bonsai next to the couch.
"Miss, I found it." Zizhen came over and reported in a low voice.
Jiang Ling nodded, picked up the cup of tea, and without even daring to smell it, he took it directly to the bonsai beside him, poured half a cup into it, and then put the cup back on the low table without covering it with a lid.
Although there was nothing wrong with the maid who delivered the tea and snacks, there was no guarantee that the things she delivered were safe. What if someone had tampered with them?
But Shen Qingru shouldn't just put something in the tea. That's too uncertain. How can she know that she will definitely drink that cup of tea?
There must be other means.
Jiang Ling looked towards the north window, slowed down her pace and walked over, bending her fingers and tapping on the window frame, long and short.
In just a moment, Jiang Ling heard the sound of someone landing quietly outside the window, and then the window was opened from the outside.
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