Chapter 253: A Near Miss
Seeing this, Liu Liu immediately said, "My young lady said that you don't have to apologize, sir. Thank you for saving my life today."
Upon hearing this, Song Yanjun revealed a handsome smile.
"Where do you live, young lady? I'll have someone take you back."
He Zhiyan shook his head at him, then pulled Liuliu's sleeve and signaled with his eyes.
Liu Liu said: "Sir, you have something to do, so there is no need to come. Please help us find a driver."
Song Yanjun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take good care of the medicine shop and leave when you have recovered your strength."
He Zhiyan nodded and smiled.
Song Yanjun quickly left the inner room, gave some instructions to the medicine boy, and then returned to the alley he had just come from.
Several guards had tied up Lei Shun. When they saw Song Yanjun coming over, one of them asked, "Prince, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Song Yanjun said, "Lei Shun was injured after taking a hostage. I just sent him to the hospital."
"Bah! This bastard is so brave that he even dares to threaten the prince with hostages." The guard said with disdain.
Song Yanjun asked someone to take Lei Shun to the Ministry of Justice Prison: "Tell someone to be careful and watch him so he doesn't run away."
"Yes, Prince." After the guard finished speaking, he saw Song Yanjun looking around, so he asked, "What are you looking for, Prince?"
"Driver."
He was so focused on Lei Shun that he didn't even notice if there were anyone else around.
The guard understood and pointed at the unconscious man lying on the side of the carriage and said, "Your Highness is talking about him. I just checked him out and he's not seriously injured. He may have been hit somewhere and fainted."
Song Yanjun looked in the direction of his finger, frowned in confusion, and then said, "That should be it. Wake him up and let him go to Chen's Pharmacy to find his master."
The guard responded and then pinched Dafu's philtrum.
As soon as Dafu woke up, he felt a terrible pain in his chest. When he opened his eyes, he saw guards in yamen uniforms surrounding him. He was so frightened that he almost fainted.
"I'm glad you're awake. Your master is at Chen's Pharmacy, so hurry there." The guard said, and left in a hurry.
Da Fu stared at it blankly for a long time before he got up and drove the carriage to Chen's Pharmacy.
"Miss, Miss..." Da Fu shouted as he walked in.
Liu Liu heard the sound and came out from the inner room.
"Liuliu, are you okay? Where's the eldest lady?" Dafu asked nervously.
Liu Liu said, "The young lady was frightened and suddenly fell ill, but she is safe. Dafu, you stay here and I will go to Chunmanlou."
It was already more than half an hour past the agreed time of Si hour, and in order to avoid worrying Miss Lu San and the others, she had to go and report it now.
Dafu asked, "Can you do it alone?"
"Sure, this place is very close to Chunmanlou." Liu Liu said and left.
In the private room of Chunmanlou, Lu Xiang absentmindedly watched the lively dragon boat race on the river, glancing towards the door from time to time.
"Is it because the wife of Marquis Wu'an didn't agree with her going out that she didn't come?" Qiao Jingru guessed.
They all knew how difficult it was for He Zhiyan to go out. The wife of Marquis Wu'an was also her stepmother, so it was common for her to suppress her eldest daughter.
Lu Xiang thought so too: "After this, go to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion and ask."
Qiao Jingru looked at her and said, "Will Madam Wu'an not even let us in?"
"Impossible." Lu Xiang smiled and said, "Even if she looks down on me, the daughter of a minister, she still has to consider the Empress's face."
He Zhimin was so keen on making friends with her so that she could curry favor with Song Zhenzhen, that the wife of Marquis Wu'an did not dare to turn her face away.
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Yunzha opened the door and saw that it was Liuliu. He immediately said happily, "Liuliu, why did you come just now?"
Lu Xiang and Qiao Jingru immediately stood up and walked over, but they only saw Liu Liu at the door and did not see He Zhiyan.
"Liuliu, isn't your eldest daughter here?" Lu Xiang asked.
Liuliu ran here, so she was exhausted and panting: "Miss... Miss can't come today."
Qiao Jingru hurriedly brought a cup of tea to Liu Liu: "Drink some water first, sit down and talk slowly."
Liu Liu took the tea and drank it in one gulp, then went into the house and sat down. After taking a moment, she said, "Miss Lu San, please forgive me, Madam. My young lady cannot keep the appointment."
"Is it the wife of Marquis Wu'an who doesn't allow her to go out?" Qiao Jingru asked.
Liu Liu shook her head, "No, I and the young lady have already left the house, but unexpectedly we ran into the prince of the Duke of Anguo catching bandits. Our carriage accidentally ran through them, and the young lady was taken hostage by that person. She got sick because of the shock and is now in Chen's Medicine Shop. I'm afraid that the two masters are waiting anxiously, so I came here to report."
Lu Xiang was shocked and asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?"
"There are some scratches on the neck, but they are minor injuries. It was a bit scary when the disease broke out. Now I have taken medicine and I am stable." Liu Liu said.
Qiao Jingru: "Fortunately nothing happened. How could we run into bandits in broad daylight? The security in the capital is too unreliable. Xiangxiang, let's go see Zhiyan."
Having said that, Qiao Jingru stood up.
Liu Liu hurriedly said, "Miss Third, Madam Lu, please calm down. It's not appropriate to make it public if something happens to Miss Third."
Lu Xiang understood: "I understand, sister-in-law, let's go to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion to visit him tomorrow."
Qiao Jingru blinked and came back to her senses after a while.
He Zhiyan was kidnapped by bandits, which can be considered as physical contact. If this matter were to be made public, even if He Zhiyan was implicated innocently, rumors would inevitably spread.
"I'll take my leave first." Liu Liu stood up and said.
"Well, A'man, take Liuliu to the pharmacy." Lu Xiang ordered. Bandits are rampant in the capital, it is too unsafe, so it is better to let A'man take Liuliu to the pharmacy.
Liu Liu thought about it and decided not to refuse, so he bowed and said, "Thank you, Miss Third."
Then left.
Qiao Jingru drank a sip of tea to calm herself down, then said, "It was too dangerous. It's really not safe to go out now."
"It's okay, it's okay." Lu Xiang said.
After the dragon boat race, the two had lunch at Chunmanlou before leaving.
When I was going down the stairs, I ran into Lu Chao and Rong Yin at the entrance to the second floor.
Qiao Jingru looked at the two people who were talking and laughing, her face suddenly turned pale, her hands gripping the handrail tightened, her heart felt heavy and depressed as if it was filled with lead, even her breathing was slightly painful.
Lu Xiang was walking behind Qiao Jingru and saw her stop, so he walked to her side in confusion. Before he asked her why she didn't leave, he also saw the close relationship between Lu Chao and Qiao Jingru.
Rong Yin saw Qiao Jingru first, and immediately showed a look of fear as if she had seen a ferocious beast. She deliberately leaned close to Lu Chao and said weakly: "Master, look..."
There was a doting smile on Lu Chao's lips.
Looking in the direction Rong Yin pointed, his smile suddenly froze, and he said with half surprise and half embarrassment: "Third... Third sister...you are here too."
But his eyes glanced at Qiao Jingru and then quickly retracted.
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