When Chen's father saw Chen Zhiyan return with flushed cheeks, completely unlike his dejected appearance when he left, he understood perfectly well that his son was truly under the thumb of the Sixth Princess.
I hope the sixth princess will not let my son down.
Meanwhile, Wei Wangqing strolled leisurely back to his residence, only to find Wu Changming waiting for him in the main hall.
"What's wrong?" Wei Wangqing asked, seeing the worried look on his face.
"Your Highness, I think I've caused you trouble." He said, glancing at her cautiously.
No, Wei Wangqing sighed inwardly, she hated trouble the most!
But he still said expressionlessly, "Tell me."
Wu Changming didn't notice any dissatisfaction in her expression, so he said directly, "A few days ago, when I was strolling around in the capital, I encountered a group of people. The woman in the lead claimed to be the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. She said she had taken a liking to me and wanted me to go back to her mansion with her."
"The Jiang family?" Could it be the Jiang family she's thinking of?
Wu Changming asked cautiously, "Hmm, is the Jiang family really that powerful?"
"It's alright, continue." It seems that Wu Changming isn't in the wrong either, but here, reason doesn't represent right or wrong, but rather power.
"Of course I couldn't go with her, so she had her servants arrest me. They caused a disturbance in the street, but no one did anything about it."
Upon hearing this, Wei Wangqing was certain that it was the Jiang family, apart from the one associated with Consort Jiang, that could have allowed the Prefect of the Capital to remain inactive by having the Crown Princess's father's family cause trouble in the streets.
"I had no choice but to sprinkle a little poison on them, so that they would be unable to move for several hours."
“I didn’t want to do this, but they went too far. My hands should be used to save lives, not to poison people.”
Wei Wangqing found it somewhat amusing. Wu Changming's anger wasn't about them trying to kidnap him, but rather about being forced to use poison.
"I thought that was the end of it, but they would surround me every time I went out after that."
Indeed, given Jiang Yuan's proud and arrogant nature, how could she easily let him off the hook after she had suffered a setback?
"I was so annoyed that I took a strong medicine yesterday."
Wei Wangqing's heart skipped a beat. "What kind of medicine?" Could it have poisoned someone to death?
"It's a drug that makes someone unconscious for ten consecutive days." Wu Changming was a little scared when he saw the Sixth Princess's expression change, but she was just too annoyed.
Wei Wangqing breathed a sigh of relief. This Wu Changming was truly kind-hearted. He had given her quite a fright; was this really such a potent medicine?
"And then?" Knowing his personality, he probably wouldn't care anymore. Could it be that the Jiang family, seeing their young lady was unconscious, came knocking on their door after conducting an investigation?
"Then this morning, people from the Jiang family came to demand my return, saying that if I couldn't cure their young lady, they would kill me. I didn't dare go out, so I waited for you to come back."
That's true.
"What should we do, Your Highness?" Seeing that Wu Changming seemed a little anxious, he had never seen such a scene before. When he was in the Wu Clan, he was always focused on medicine and didn't go out much. Even the few times he went out, it was mostly to the pharmacy. Who would have thought that he would encounter such a thing? These women are really too troublesome. Fortunately, he had followed His Highness from the beginning, otherwise he didn't know how much trouble he would have faced.
Yes, that's right, stay close to His Highness and don't let up.
From that moment on, Wu Changming had the idea of following the Sixth Princess.
"It's alright, this isn't your fault. However, the one who tied the knot must untie it, so you still have to come with me to the Jiang residence."
Although Wu Changming was somewhat unwilling, he had no choice but to say, "Alright."
"Could you wake her up early?" Wei Wangqing knew that doing so might be asking too much, since he was clearly not in the wrong. But if he didn't do this, the other party might not do anything to her. However, dealing with a doctor who had no power or influence and wasn't even from the Great Wei was a piece of cake.
“Okay.” This wasn’t difficult for Wu Changming, as long as the other party didn’t cause him any more trouble.
Wei Wangqing and his companion went directly to the Jiang residence.
Lord Jiang's attitude wasn't exactly friendly, but it was understandable, given that his own daughter was still in bed.
"Today isn't a day off, why isn't Lord Jiang on duty?" After all, it's quite awkward to be speechless like this.
But to Jiang Zhongzhen, these words were a blatant provocation. Jiang Zhongzhen suppressed her anger and said with a forced smile, "Thanks to the Sixth Princess."
Oh dear, Lord Jiang, if you can't laugh, then don't laugh, okay?
It's terrifying.
"Lord Jiang, it would be best if you laughed less in the future."
"Huh? What?" Lord Jiang was clearly not in the mood to react.
"It'll scare people to death," Wei Wangqing added kindly when she saw that she didn't understand.
Jiang Zhongzhen's face immediately turned terribly gloomy. "Is the Sixth Princess openly making an enemy of the Crown Princess?"
"Huh? How could this be? How did this get to the Third Princess? I just brought a doctor to treat Miss Jiang."
Hearing this, she had no choice but to lower her head. She didn't know what kind of poison this person had used, but none of the quack doctors in the capital could cure it.
However, humph, once he cures Yuan'er's illness, I will make him pay with his life.
And this sixth princess, the Crown Princess won't let her off either.
Let these two be smug for a while.
"Then thank you very much, Sixth Princess. This way, please."
Wei Wangqing felt he could almost hear Lord Jiang gritting his teeth.
Wu Changming has really stirred up a lot of hatred this time!
Wu Changming: What? Didn't Your Highness just pull that out yourself?
Wei Wangqing and the others entered the room and immediately saw the woman lying on the bed.
She looks quite presentable lying there with her eyes closed, but it's a pity that once she wakes up, she'll be a spoiled brat and a female hooligan who forcibly abducts men. I wonder how many such things she's done.
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