Meixiang soon received a message from the elder's wife.
The elder lady urged her to act quickly, but she encountered difficulties.
That guy named Xiuyu followed her way too closely, almost never leaving her side except when she went to the toilet or slept.
She couldn't find an opportunity to act alone.
Moreover, for some reason, the inspections at the Ji residence have been very strict recently, especially the guards in the Imperial Hospital of Jin, who patrol the entire courtyard every few days, as if they are on guard against something.
What's even stranger is that Meixiang always feels that these guards are always around her, as if they are watching her intentionally or unintentionally.
She sensed the tense atmosphere and dared not act rashly.
What Meixiang didn't know was that Physician Jin had long believed she was a traitor within the household.
Now that Ji Rong is acting strangely, she is naturally the first person to be monitored.
That night, she lay down as usual, preparing to go to bed.
As night deepened, Meixiang heard a noise coming from the bed opposite hers, followed by a knock on the door and someone leaving.
Opposite is Xiuyu's bed.
Meixiang peeked out and saw the direction Xiuyu had left in; she must have gone to the restroom.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
These past few days, Xiuyu has been watching her like a criminal, giving her no respite.
Now that she finally had some free time, she took out the note from under her pillow and read it carefully.
That was an instruction given to her by the matriarch of the Yuan family, instructing her to lead Physician Jin to Xiangming Residence.
Physician Jin rarely shows his face, so she rarely gets to see him.
Moreover, with Xiuyu by his side, this matter becomes even more difficult.
Meixiang was racking her brains for a solution, but before she could come up with anything, the door opened and Xiuyu returned.
She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
Once the other person was in bed, he secretly lifted his eyelids again.
In a hazy state, I saw a flash of golden light on the embroidered jade bed, and with a click of the lock, the light suddenly disappeared.
Meixiang was stunned for a moment, thinking she had misread it.
At this moment, Physician Jin was sitting in his room, unable to sleep.
He was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.
Just now, a guard came to report that there was unusual activity in the direction of the servants' quarters of the Ji residence.
As he listened to the guard's description, the sweet and pungent smell, the eerie golden light, were exactly the same as the Miao witchcraft described in the book.
Moreover, that location was Meixiang's room.
He had known all along that Mei Xiang was up to no good, and now this conclusion was confirmed.
Considering Ji Rong's unusual state, he guessed that Mei Xiang would soon take action.
Imperial Physician Jin barely slept all night.
The next morning, sure enough, Meixiang kept passing by her courtyard, glancing inside from time to time, looking as if she had something on her mind.
Physician Jin became suspicious and walked out of the courtyard.
"What do you do?" he asked Meixiang. "Why are you lingering here?"
Meixiang said, "This servant was just going out of the manor to buy some things and was passing by when I disturbed you, sir."
Leaving the residence?
Physician Jin's heart stirred.
The maidservant couldn't hold back any longer.
Following her might lead us to the person behind it all.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
Meixiang's mind raced, and she replied, "Near Xiangmingju."
A glint flashed in Physician Jin's eyes: "I also need to go out on business, and it just so happens that we are going the same way. You can ride in my carriage."
Meixiang was overjoyed.
She was just wondering how to lure Physician Jin out of the house when this was like a pillow for her when she was sleepy.
It also allows you to get rid of Xiuyu, that burden.
Everything was perfect.
"Thank you, sir!"
Mei Xiang readily agreed and boarded Physician Jin's carriage, heading towards Xiangmingju.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, many people were traveling, and the horse-drawn carriages could no longer move when they reached the vicinity of Xiangmingju.
The group had no choice but to get out of the carriage, park it at the entrance of the alley, and take a shortcut through a side alley.
Even in the narrow alley, people and peddlers still came and went. Physician Jin had Meixiang walk in front while he kept a close eye on her movements.
Unbeknownst to him, as he reached the intersection, two hands suddenly reached out from the alleyway and forcefully dragged him inside.
Before Physician Jin could cry for help, he was pinned against the wall.
The man was extremely skilled; before he could even see what was happening, the two guards who had caught up with him were knocked unconscious.
He was terrified, staring in horror at the person in front of him.
It was a man in black, who looked very young, with a smug look in his clean-cut eyes.
It looks familiar, but I can't quite place where I've seen it before.
At this critical juncture, Physician Jin had no time to think. He clasped his hands and stammered, "Good sir, there may be some misunderstandings from time to time. I have no grudge against you..."
"Misunderstanding? You're overthinking it."
The man sneered and pulled out a dagger from his sleeve.
"Old man, I don't want to take your life, but unfortunately, you've messed with the wrong person."
He looked in the direction Meixiang had walked and said slowly.
"There's nothing I can do about it; it's your fault for knowing too much."
Physician Jin understood almost instantly that this man was in cahoots with Mei Xiang!
They lured him here on purpose to silence him.
"You, you're from the General's Mansion?" Physician Jin exclaimed excitedly. "Let me tell you, I'm doing these things on the Emperor's orders. If you dare kill me, that's a capital offense!"
The man chuckled.
"Your Majesty? We will not let any of those who dare to oppose our former master get away with it!"
"...Master?"
Physician Jin took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.
"As expected, I guessed right. It was all the Yuan family's doing!"
The man didn't deny it; instead, he chuckled and pressed the dagger against the man's neck.
"It doesn't matter if you find out, since you won't live past today anyway."
"So what if it's His Majesty? The old master has endured for many years, all for this day! Now the brothers are in ambush in the capital, everything is ready. Even if His Majesty had nine lives, he probably wouldn't live past the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"You, you actually dare to rebel?"
Physician Jin's eyes widened.
Even if the matriarch of the elders was resourceful, she was still a woman confined to the inner quarters. What could she possibly use to plot a rebellion?
"Could it be... that not only she, but also General Song, no, the entire General's Mansion was involved?"
Has the Chengping General's Mansion gone mad?
The man smiled dismissively, remaining noncommittal: "With so many questions, you should ask the King of Hell."
The dagger hadn't penetrated far when blood appeared on Physician Jin's neck.
Physician Jin knew that he was in grave danger.
He was old and was so frightened that his face turned pale and he almost fainted.
Just as he felt the dagger about to pierce his throat, a loud shout suddenly came from the alley entrance: "Who goes there!"
When Physician Jin turned his head, he saw that it was soldiers from the patrol battalion passing by.
He scrambled forward, shouting excitedly, "Help! Help!"
The officers and soldiers rushed over and rescued him.
The man in black had already scaled the wall and disappeared without a trace.
Physician Jin, having survived the ordeal, leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
At this moment, Meixiang also returned.
After walking a distance, she noticed that Physician Jin's men hadn't followed, so she turned back to look for them, only to witness this unexpected scene.
Before she could speak, Physician Jin pointed at her and shouted.
"Take him down! Take this thief down!"
He clutched the wound on his neck and said excitedly.
"I want to see His Majesty! I want an audience with the Emperor!"
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