Chapter 135
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince," Yingning greeted.
Yan Qizhen immediately walked up to her, his voice extremely gentle: "Zhaoning, I have already said this."
There's no need for such formalities between us.
Yan Qizhen smiled, seemingly unable to hide his joy at having met his beloved.
"Zhaoning, I've come today to invite you to Minshan. Are you feeling any better?"
"Thank you for your concern, Fourth Prince. After taking the imperial physician's prescription for a few days, Zhao Ning is now fully recovered."
"Then I can rest assured."
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Yingning got into the sedan chair.
Today, Yan Qizhen sent a refined sedan chair adorned with auspicious dragons and clouds to fetch Yingning to travel together to Minshan.
Ying Ning sat upright on the left, and Yan Qizhen sat on the right.
Between the two was a small tea table, on which a kind of Minchao pastry had been prepared in advance by the prince's servants. The round, peach-colored fruits looked very appetizing.
Yan Qizhen said to Ying Ning:
"Zhaoning, you may try this pastry."
"This pastry has recently become very popular in the capital, so I asked my servant to buy some. I wonder if it suits your taste."
Yingning gently picked up one with her delicate hand.
She parted her red lips slightly and took a bite.
The fragrance of peach blossoms immediately fills the lips, and the tip of the tongue can feel the overflowing aroma.
“Indeed excellent,” Ying Ning said, noticing a glimmer of light in Yan Qizhen’s eyes as she looked up.
He was dressed in a misty blue robe, and his eyes were filled with tenderness.
Yan Qizhen was perfectly suited to this elegant color of robes, and he also had a very faint cinnabar mole on his earlobe, which, upon closer inspection, revealed a hint of tenderness.
"As long as Zhao Ning is happy."
He continued, "Recently, there is a rather elegant scene of flowing water and hanging flowers in Minshan."
"I found some free time today and wanted to go and watch it with Zhaoning."
Although Yan Qizhen had sensed something was off about the woman before, he assumed it was because his sudden coldness had upset Ying Ning.
Today's trip to Minshan is intended to repair the relationship between the two.
"Zhao Ning thanks Your Highness in advance."
Yan Qizhen wanted to pour Yingning a cup of tea, but when he raised his arm, he paused noticeably, as if he had some difficulty moving.
"How is the Fourth Prince's injury?" Yingning asked directly after noticing this.
Yan Qizhen was visibly taken aback, but quickly regained his composure.
"I've been resting for the past few days, and the wound is fine now."
"That's good." Yingning took the teacup he handed her.
After Yan Qizhen withdrew his hand, there was a hint of curiosity in his tone:
"By the way, was Zhao Ning also invited by the Empress that day?"
"Yes, Her Majesty the Empress sent an invitation. Zhao Ning happened to be free that day, so she went to ask Her Majesty the Empress for a cup of tea," Ying Ning said, putting down her teacup.
"So that's how it is." Yan Qizhen continued.
"I was quite surprised to see Zhao Ning at the birthday banquet that day."
He smiled slightly and said:
"However, it was during this birthday banquet that I realized how good Zhao Ning's kung fu was."
Yan Qizhen was referring to Ying Ning's act of using her whip to stop the Jinyiwei assassins in Qinyuan Palace. It seems that Ying Ning's martial arts skills left a deep impression on him.
"The people of the Western Regions have always recognized the strong through martial arts."
"I just learned a few tricks in my spare time."
"Compared to the Imperial Guards and the Sixth Prince, we are really just showing off our limited skills."
"Zhao Ning is being modest."
At this moment, Yan Qizhen couldn't help but glance at Ying Ning's waist and noticed that she wasn't wearing a silver chain like that night, but rather several intricate copper bells around her waist.
Today she wore a striking red dress, with several zither-shaped trumpet vine ornaments adorning her earlobes. Her black hair was styled in a simple bun, and the corners of her phoenix eyes were tinged with a hint of vermilion.
She has a lively and expressive gaze, and acts spontaneously.
After Yan Qizhen withdrew his gaze, he seemed to have thought of something: "A while ago, my guards found a divine physician who is said to be good at treating poisonous bodies. I have already sent someone to invite him."
"If nothing unexpected happens, we can bring him to the capital in a few days."
Yingning lowered her eyes, her expression remaining unchanged.
Since Bai Yingning and Bai Chuning came to the Min Dynasty, Yan Qizhen has sought out many "famous doctors" to visit Bai Chuning in order to "help" them.
Unfortunately, most of these people were Yan Qizhen's subordinates.
The poison in Bai Chuning's body was developed by a martial arts practitioner under Yan Qizhen's command.
Bai Yingning concealed her and Bai Chuning's identities and sought out several imperial physicians in the palace for diagnosis, but none of them came up with any results.
It seems the antidote is still in Yan Qizhen's hands.
........
Thinking of this, Yingning looked up and couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Your Highness has indeed had a lot to worry about Chu Ning's matter."
"Zhao Ning is here to thank Your Highness."
Seeing the woman's moved expression, Yan Qizhen immediately replied:
“Zhao Ning, I’ve said it before.”
“A-Chu’s affairs are your affairs, and therefore my affairs.”
"I won't abandon it."
Yingning smiled coldly to herself: "But I've been very worried lately, and I think there's something fishy about A-Chu's matter."
“He hadn’t made any enemies when he first arrived in the Min Dynasty, so how could he have been poisoned?” Ying Ning interrupted Yan Qizhen.
Yan Qizhen was an excellent disguiser, and he also pretended to be puzzled:
“I sent people to check the site of the assassination, but there was no trace of it.”
"It must have been that when you left the Western Regions, the person who poisoned you followed you out and seized the opportunity to strike."
Yingning glanced at Yan Qizhen discreetly, her tone now tinged with suspicion:
Is that really the case?
Yan Qizhen was slightly taken aback, but he did not expect that Ying Ning would once again begin to doubt the matter of being poisoned back then.
"Zhao Ning, do you not believe in me?"
Yan Qizhen was somewhat saddened, but Ying Ning did not come to comfort him.
The woman in front of him simply shook her head, her usually serene face showing a rare hint of seriousness.
"It concerns A-Chu. No matter who it is, I will be wary of them."
"However, since this person dared to scheme against Ah Chu..."
"Then you'd better give it to me, and be prepared to pay the price!" Ying Ning said quietly.
Yan Qizhen noticed a resolute look in her phoenix eyes.
Since entering the Min Dynasty, she rarely referred to herself as "this palace" in front of him.
Yan Qizhen was somewhat surprised when he heard Ying Ning's words.
He knew from the beginning that Princess Zhaoning and this young prince from the Western Regions had a very good relationship.
Yan Qizhen had a general idea of the route from the Western Regions Kingdom to the capital of the Min Dynasty.
Along the way, the two siblings got along well. Yan Qizhen thought it was because Bai Yingning, as the eldest sister, took good care of the young prince.
After all, everyone in the royal family is cold-blooded and ruthless.
Even in front of their own brothers and sisters, they will secretly harbor some of their own schemes.
Although Yan Qizhen showed no outward expression, he was constantly thinking in his heart.
What extent is Bai Yingning capable of doing for Bai Chuning?!
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