Chapter 107 Counterattack against Qin Yurong
The butler begged for mercy again, "Please, please don't kill me! I'll tell you, it was our madam who sent people to arrest you."
"Who is Madam? Qin Yurong?"
The butler nodded and shook his head repeatedly, "...Yes."
"Why did she take us here? Just say it all in one breath, don't beat around the bush." Yun Zhaoxue kicked her.
She has no patience.
"Take him away... I don't know either..."
Yun Zhaoxue said calmly, "If you don't know, then go die."
With a flick of his wrist, Zhuiying sliced through his neck, and blood gushed out instantly, spreading along the cold blade.
The butler nearly wet himself in fear, trembling all over. "No, no, no, I... I remember, I was going to feed you this..."
His trembling hand reached into his clothes, trying to find something.
It took me ages to get it out.
Zhuiying immediately reached in and pulled out a packet of powder. "What kind of medicine is this?"
Upon opening and smelling it, I thought, "This is an aphrodisiac."
Yun Zhaoxue guessed that if they wanted her dead, they should have just ordered someone to kill her instead of poisoning her.
"Give me medicine and then arrange a man for me? Again with this trick? Can't you come up with something more original?"
The steward shook his head and said, "No, after giving the medicine, send...send to a brothel where a thousand men ride and ten thousand men sleep."
Yun Zhaoxue pretended to rummage in her sleeves a couple of times, then took out a few black poison pills from her spatial storage and held them in her palm, letting Hongzao and Lvzhi feed them to each of them.
She said, "This is a poison that can cause one's intestines to rot and die within three days without an antidote."
"Put this packet of medicine on Qin Yurong and secretly send her to a brothel. Do to her what she tells you to do. If you succeed, I will have someone give you the antidote. Do it without anyone knowing, and you will all live. If you are betrayed, you will all die. Do you understand?"
After the five men took the poison, they felt a fire burning inside their bodies, instantly spreading throughout their internal organs, as if they had swallowed a piece of charcoal instead of poison. Without suspicion, they quickly nodded and said, "We understand."
...
After taking a bath at the inn, Yun Zhaoxue went downstairs to meet up at the clinic.
I happened to overhear a conversation between an old lady and the innkeeper.
“Mother, I often hear guests say that the Princess Consort of Zhenbei is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside. When the Prince of Zhenbei and the Crown Prince had an accident, she single-handedly helped the entire Prince’s mansion. Everyone praises her as a good person, unlike what you said, that you kindly helped her find a doctor and then falsely accused you of stealing money. Isn’t there something wrong with that?”
The old woman shook her head and sighed, "I knew that's what I told her. Maybe it fell somewhere. I told her to go back and look for it. But she insisted that I stole it. I really didn't steal it. She said herself that she was the Princess of Zhenbei. Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to her and spoke up for her. I had no way to defend myself."
Yun Zhaoxue could guess about 70-80% of the conversation from the two people. Yang Shi hadn't come to the city, so someone must have been impersonating her, and that person was Wu Shi.
The old woman hoped her son would go with her to explain to the "Princess of Zhenbei" that the fifty taels were given by her son, not stolen.
She had lived an upright life and never stolen anything. It was heartbreaking to be falsely accused of stealing money after living most of her life.
The shopkeeper nodded, "Madam, please wait here for me a moment. I'll go tell the staff and be right back."
This matter must be made clear. Weishi County has received kindness from the Prince of Zhenbei. If this matter is not made clear, it will spread like wildfire, and his mother may be drowned in spittle, and someone may even die.
Yun Zhaoxue walked towards them, "Auntie, you've been deceived. She's not the Princess of Zhenbei."
The old woman asked in confusion, "What? She's not her? Then who is she?"
...
A large group of people came to both sides of the road in front of the clinic, carrying live chickens, pork, eggs and vegetables and handing them to Wu.
At this time, there was still a quarter of an hour left. Everyone else rushed to buy things and hadn't returned yet. Only Wu, a convict, was at the door.
Wu has already received many benefits, and he has so much on his back and in his hands that he can't take any more.
She only took the expensive items, such as chicken, cured meat, and eggs, refusing all the vegetables, fearing her identity would be exposed. After accepting the items, she started to shoo people away, saying, "That's enough, that's enough. I can't take any more. Stop crowding around here and go back quickly, or the guards will come and scold you."
"Your Highness, let us escort you to the city gate, or we can take these things to the troop."
"Yes, yes, I'll send some too."
"Me too, me too."
Wu didn't want them to see her off at all. "Oh dear, this is not good. The convoy is far from the city. No need, no need. Go back quickly."
She walked through the crowd and saw Yun Zhaoxue walking towards her, and her heart skipped a beat.
She waved to the crowd, "You really don't need these, this is enough. Go back and do what you need to do."
"Your Highness, let us escort you there."
The people insisted on seeing her off, and Wu was so anxious that she wanted to use a stick to drive them away.
Yun Zhaoxue had already walked over. "Oh, what good deed did you do? So many people are giving you gifts."
Wu glared at her and retorted irritably, "What's it to you? If they don't give it to you, your jealousy won't help."
After saying that, she said to the people, “Everyone, go back quickly and do what you need to do. Your presence here will only make things difficult for me. I will remember your great kindness today.”
"Your Highness is too kind. It was the Prince of Zhenbei who saved the lives of everyone in our county. He is our great benefactor. We are here to express our gratitude with something."
Yun Zhaoxue feigned surprise: "Princess Consort? Prince Zhenbei? Second Aunt, when did you become the Princess Consort of Zhenbei?"
Everyone was stunned. Had they made a mistake? Was this person impersonating the Princess Consort of Zhenbei?
Madam Wu pulled Yun Zhaoxue aside, turned her back to her, and whispered, "Let's discuss something. Don't expose me. I will give half of everything to the eldest son's family."
Once she got rid of those people, she reneged on her debt.
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