Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 936 Coming back to the light?

Ning Xiuyuan was startled when he finished speaking. His expression changed. He frowned and said disapprovingly, "You are too bold! You even dare to plot against His Majesty's body. Do you really think that those imperial doctors are vegetarians? Or are you sure that even if something goes wrong, that kid surnamed Chen will definitely not betray you?"

When he said this, he was jealous, even he himself hadn't noticed it. After he finished speaking, he sneered and advised earnestly, "Ningning, human hearts are the most unreliable. Don't think that Chen Yinuo seems to be closer to us because of Chen Song's relationship, but he is a member of the Chen family after all. When there is a conflict of interest, he will naturally put the family first. By then, even I can't save you!"

Ji Wuyan tilted her head and looked at Ning Xiuyuan leisurely. The frowning man seemed to have never been so heartbroken. The fingertips of his right hand pointed at her forehead again and again from a distance, but in the end he was reluctant to let it fall on her forehead.

This man... Even though there is an obvious "squeeze" in his words, so what?

Ji Wuyan grinned at him, looking heartless. When the other party was about to get angry, she grabbed his hand and acted coquettishly, "I'm not such a silly person. Chen Yinuo is indeed one of the few people in the Chen family who has not grown into a crooked tree, but even so, I will not hand such a big handle to him! Besides, this prescription was sent by you. Even if I don't consider myself, can I not consider you, my third brother?"

Ning Xiuyuan snorted lightly, but his expression softened a lot. A hint of anger could be seen at the corners of his mouth, but he still held back and said nothing.

You can't be too nice to this girl, otherwise she will become more and more lawless.

He pursed his lips and said nothing. Ji Wuyan didn't care. She continued to shake his hand, smiling flatteringly as she explained, "What I mean by a last gasp is that your Majesty's current condition looks more like a last gasp, not that I used the tiger and wolf medicine to make him have a last gasp. I just used the medicine to temporarily suppress the poisonous insects in his body and make him sleepy, but this trick is ultimately a temporary solution and it won't last long. That's why I say it's like a last gasp."

"How long can it be suppressed?"

Ji Wuyan thought for a moment and answered honestly, "It could be as short as three to five days, or as long as seven to eight days. And the poisonous insects gradually wake up, so it looks like your majesty is gradually returning to his previous state. No matter how the imperial doctors investigate, they will only conclude that the prescription is ineffective, but they cannot prove that there is a problem with the previous prescription. Don't worry, third brother. No matter how eager I am to achieve success, I will never lose my mind or be blinded."

Ning Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief quietly, but still frowned, thinking that the little girl was really brave. He wanted to give her a good scolding so that she would remember it, but she grabbed his hand and called him "Third Brother" in a soft voice, and he couldn't keep a straight face at all.

What can they do? There is always a self. If it really comes to that, they still have the ability to send people out of Yanjing City safely. As long as they are out of Yanjing City, the royal family and the court, who are now holding their own agenda, really can't do anything to them.

But he would never say these words to Ji Wuyan, otherwise this girl would make a hole in the sky of Yanjing City. He pondered for a moment before slowing down his voice and asking, "You took great pains to give Chen Yinuo the credit of saving the emperor, but was it really just to break up the marriage between the You and Chen families?"

Ning Xiuyuan's expression eased a little, and Ji Wuyan immediately let go of his hand, propped up his chin and smiled smugly, as if to take credit, "Of course not. Although he promised You Feng that I would help him cancel the engagement, he broke his promise to me... Humph, both the You and Chen families are not good people, but they are birds of a feather, a perfect match! It's just that the old master Chen is greedy. He wants to marry into the You family and the Gu family. I'm stuck with Lin Yi and can't leave, so naturally I can't let those old guys from the Chen and Gu families get away with it."

"Father has already made trouble in Jiangnan regarding business matters, and now I just want to add more fuel to the fire in the Chen family. Brother, I got the news that the girl that the Chen family and Gu family are marrying is not the granddaughter of the old patriarch, but is fostered under his name for the purpose of marriage. She is the granddaughter of the second elder, and the second elder is the confidant of the old patriarch..." "Third brother, think about it, the old patriarch has only one child, Chen Jiahui, who is disgraced, destined to have no descendants, and has lost the last life-saving talisman of the royal marriage. How can he inherit the Chen family? Seeing that the eldest branch of the family has no successors, doesn't the former confidant have any other ideas? The girl who is clinging to the Gu family is from his second branch... I heard that the second branch has a large population." She supported her chin with both hands and grinned, like a beautiful big-tailed fox. As she whispered, cunningness was revealed in her eyes. "What could be more despairing than being betrayed by a confidant?"

The girl with bright eyes and white teeth smiled wickedly and cunningly, with a hint of danger.

What is more despairing than being betrayed by a close friend is probably being backstabbed, framed and abandoned by the entire family and elders whom you trust and rely on wholeheartedly.

This kind of despair was experienced personally by the brilliant young man on that snowy day many years ago, and from then on his wings were broken and he never recovered.

In comparison, the hurt from someone's betrayal is never that severe.

Mr. Chen always disapproved of her revenge, and even more disapproved of her committing a sin in order to help him get revenge. However, she had always been vindictive and would never let go of any grudge... Besides, she didn't force them to perform this play. She just built the stage. It was up to them to decide whether to perform the play or not, and how to perform it. Even if it was a sin, it was not her turn to be involved.

Her smile gradually changed from evil to icy cold, like a beast that had been dormant for too long in the snowy winter night and finally waited for her prey.

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Ji Feng, who had gone prepared, stayed overnight at the Shen family. Zi Qiu was worried about Ji Wuyan after all, and even though he knew he could not help, he still came back without stopping after seeing Ji Feng off.

Old Madam Ji did not come back either. She only sent a servant from the Shen family to pass on a message, saying that Madam Xu liked lively occasions, so she would accompany her on her last journey. She did not mention Ji Feng at all in her words. However, Ji Wuyan knew that the old lady had guessed something from her action of sending Ji Feng over. The old lady felt that she could not help because of her old age, so she did not say a word and just cooperated silently.

Even Zi Qiu went to bed early after nightfall. Although he was worried and couldn't sleep at night, he was still rational and didn't make trouble.

Before leaving, she only asked Ning Xiuyuan to take good care of her daughter.

Night...finally fell.