As night deepened, only a few shops on the quiet streets still had their lights on.
In a quiet inn, a young woman dressed in white sat with a veil on her head and innocent, clear eyes.
Standing below, Madam Yang looked rather reserved. She said cautiously, "Miss Bai, that jade pendant you mentioned, that brat Su Wan sold it. I've already sent someone to redeem it, and I expect we'll get it back in a few days."
Bai Zhiyi didn't expect that she was still a step too late.
Since she woke up from falling into the water a few days ago, she has remembered her past life.
If it weren't for her father's ambitions, she could have married the crown prince.
They all thought that the crown prince, having been deposed and exiled to the northwest, would surely meet a bad end.
But who could have imagined that the one who actually reached the summit was the one?
Two years later, he will lead an army of 200,000 from the Northwest to fight against the Western Rong and win a great victory.
That's when everyone realized that the deposed crown prince hadn't actually died.
Instead, they lived in seclusion in the northwest, fighting bitterly against the Western Rong.
After the crown prince ascended the throne, she had the good fortune to see the young emperor.
He wore a dark imperial robe, and his handsome face carried an aura of dominance over the world.
That lofty and aloof imperial demeanor inspires both awe and madness.
If it weren't for her father, she could have been the one by his side.
The emperor and her father had already agreed to let her marry the crown prince, but everything came to nothing after the crown prince was deposed.
She had no choice but to obey her father's arrangement and marry the fifth prince.
Looking back on the time she spent married to the Fifth Prince, there weren't all good times, but he was just a facade and only deceived her.
She feels disgusted even now when she recalls those days.
In this life, she will never marry the Fifth Prince again; she will silently wait for the Crown Prince to return.
No one knew that the jade pendant from his previous life was a symbol of his family's status as a reclusive family of divine healers.
Having it means you can get someone from a family of legendary healers to grant you a request.
In her previous life, she used that jade pendant to persuade a family of renowned physicians to treat the Fifth Prince. This time, she wanted to use that jade pendant to ensure the Crown Prince could live a long and healthy life.
In this life, she will marry the moonlight in her heart.
Bai Zhiyi pondered for a moment, then murmured softly, "Su Wan?"
She remembered that in her previous life, Su Yue'e had mentioned that she had a cousin who unfortunately died before getting married.
How come Su Wan is still alive and well?
She suddenly felt a sense of panic. She was able to live her life again, so why couldn't others?
Clutching the silk handkerchief in her hand, she asked Madam Yang, "Where is this Su Wanren?"
Whenever Su Wan was mentioned, Madam Yang felt a surge of resentment.
On the day the two families came to pick her up, she couldn't find Yang Yaozu. She assumed he was out gallivanting somewhere and didn't think much of it. It wasn't until the next day that someone said they had found Young Master Yang in an abandoned outhouse—it was a truly tragic sight.
Now that her nephew has been crippled by Su Wan, and that brat Su Yuze has disappeared, she wishes she could kidnap Su Wan and kill her to vent her anger.
She was both angry and anxious. She picked up a handkerchief, dabbed at her tears, and said, "That Su Wan has already married into Shigang Village. Miss Bai, what do you think my nephew will do for the rest of his life?"
Bai Zhiyi didn't know where Wei Jingzhuo was after he was deposed, so she didn't react much when she heard that Su Wan had married into Shigang Village.
Then she stood up to leave: "Redeem the jade pendant as soon as possible, and I will definitely not let anyone reveal that your Su family is exchanging wives."
If it weren't for Su Yue'e's loose tongue in her previous life, she wouldn't have known that it would be Yang's daughter who married into the Zhao family.
However, the Zhao family in the capital was already utterly corrupt, and no one was willing to marry into their family. If it weren't for Su Yue'e's large dowry, the Zhao family would probably have divorced her long ago.
She was anxious to get the jade pendant, and since she hadn't gotten it today, she wasn't in the mood to talk to Madam Yang.
Yang was not what she expected. She kept pestering her about Yang Yaozu, and when she talked about sad things, she cried and snot streamed down her face.
Bai Zhiyi, growing impatient with the pestering, said, "Since he has already been castrated, this is the only way. I know a chief eunuch in the palace. I can write you a letter to smooth things over and get him into the palace as a eunuch. That's one way out."
After she finished speaking, she picked up a pen and wrote a letter of recommendation, handed it to Madam Yang, and sent the person away.
...
Su Wan and Wei Jingzhuo had just boarded the carriage and left when the other side's people came looking for them.
The body lay cold inside the room.
“We’re too late,” someone said. “He can’t have gone far. I heard yesterday that the deposed crown prince hasn’t woken up yet. His injuries are serious. We can still catch up now.”
"Go! Chase them!"
A group of men in black split into several groups and disappeared into the dark alley.
Su Wan was looking down at the prescription written by the doctor.
The carriage was silent, the candlelight flickering, its warm glow illuminating her exquisite face, making her skin appear even whiter and more translucent. Her clear, bottomless eyes seemed to possess a magical power that could draw people in.
Seeing her furrowed brows, Wei Jingzhuo asked, "Have you noticed anything wrong with this prescription?"
Su Wan didn't hide anything and nodded at him.
Instead of answering him immediately, she asked, "Have you ever felt any discomfort before? For example, suddenly becoming irritable, or even losing control of yourself?"
Previously, when Wei Jingzhuo was being treated, he was in a coma.
She did not inquire about his condition.
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