Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 110 See Through
After dinner, many maidservants carrying copper basins came out from all around the mansion and stood in front of everyone for people to wash their hands, and then brought a cup of green tea for rinsing their mouths.

When everyone came out of the hall, the sky was as dark as splashed ink, only a few stars in the distance remained.

"It's getting dark, everyone might as well stay and rest for one night before leaving." Jing Ning turned to face the group of people behind him, Zheng Anyan laughed hurriedly, "Yeah, it's not safe to go on the road so late."

"No need." Just when everyone was hesitating, Xiao Lin stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and gave Zheng Anyan a slight slap, "I still have important things to do, so I'll take my leave first."

Zheng Anyan nodded, it was not good to stay too long.

"Then Lan Yao, Yan and elder brother have to stay! You have nothing to worry about!" Jing Ning smiled with folded arms.

Lan Yao and Zheng Yanhe looked at each other, and nodded with a smile, Zheng Anyan hurriedly ordered his servants to tidy up two good rooms for the two of them to stay in.

After everything was settled, watching Zheng Yanhe and Lan Yao enter the room, Jing Ning also brought Wen Xing back to his room.

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound in the sky, rolling thunder and lightning fell on the top of the distant mountain, and a gust of wind blew through the window behind Jing Ning abruptly.

"Miss!" Wen Xing was startled, and hurried over, but Jing Ning was faster than her, turned around and closed the window and inserted the bolt.

"It's raining really fast." Jing Ning listened to the sound of rain falling on Ye Shao's roof outside the house, and made himself a cup of tea.

"Oops!" Wen Xing stood up suddenly, "I just left the freshly washed clothes to dry in the backyard! It's raining suddenly, I have to pack them up quickly!" Turning around and walking quickly outside the door, Jing Ning hurriedly stopped him, "It's raining so hard outside, why don't you get sick from getting drenched!"

Wen Xing took out the oil-paper umbrella from the cabinet and smiled at Jingning, "It's okay! There's not much to dry, and I'll be back soon." He picked up the wooden bucket to prop up the umbrella, and stepped into the pouring rain.

Zheng Yanhe on the other side hid under the eaves, full of self-blame.

If he hadn't been greedy for the moonlight just now, if he hadn't gone out, he would have stayed inside the house, and he wouldn't have been drenched half-drenched by the sudden heavy rain and couldn't go back to his room.

"Brother Yanhe!" Zheng Yan and Zhengchou didn't know how to go back, when they suddenly heard a small female voice behind them.

"Xiu Ning!" Zheng Yanhe was overjoyed, he saw her at the dinner table just now, and wanted to talk to her, but she was driven away by Zheng Anyan's wave, so he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"Brother Yanhe, why are you here?" Zheng Xiuning popped out half of his head from the crack of the door and looked at him.

"I just saw the moonlight just now. I wanted to enjoy the moon, but I didn't expect it to rain suddenly." Although Zheng Yanhe was clammy and uncomfortable, he still smiled when facing Zheng Xiuning.

"Come in to hide from the rain?" Zheng Xiuning smiled sweetly, Zheng Yanhe looked happy, Zheng Xiuning quietly opened the door, and Zheng Yanhe sneaked in while no one was looking.

Zheng Xiuning hurried forward, and accidentally touched Zheng Yanhe's body with her fingertips, "It's all soaked!" She retracted her hand.

"It's okay." Zheng Yanhe smiled, "It's really comfortable in the room, it's cold and damp outside." He flicked his sleeves, and the water dripped on the floor.

A trace of unhappiness flashed in Zheng Xiuning's eyes, but it was quickly buried by a smile.

"Come, have a sip of hot tea." She brought a cup of tea for Zheng Yanhe, Zheng Yanhe took it, and drank it down.

"There's nothing to be courteous about, Xiuning?" Zheng Yanhe frowned, looking at Zheng Xiuning with a half-smile.

Zheng Xiuning did not dodge, but took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from the small box behind him.

"This is the sachet I made for Sister Jingning!" Zheng Xiuning handed the sachet wrapped in a handkerchief to Zheng Yanhe.

"This... since the sachet is for Jingning, why are you giving it to me?" Zheng Yanhe was puzzled, "You saw it at the dinner table today, sister Jingning doesn't like me, but I, I still want to Try to have a good relationship with her, after all we are all sisters..." Zheng Xiuning said, pretending to cry, Zheng Yanhe hurriedly comforted her.

"It's all right, I'll deliver it for you." He took the sachet and was about to take off the handkerchief outside, but was stopped by Zheng Xiuning, "This handkerchief can't be taken off!"

"Why?" Zheng Yanhe was a little surprised.

"Because... because the fragrance dissipated after I took it off! Give it to Sister Jingning after it's gone, she will definitely think I'm teasing her again!" Zheng Xiuning said hastily, "But don't tell Sister Jingning, yes I sent it."

Zheng Yanhe blinked suspiciously, although he felt that something was wrong, he still put the sachet wrapped in a handkerchief and put it into his arms.

As the sound of rain outside the house gradually subsided, Zheng Xiuning pushed open the window, reached out and found that the rain had stopped, so he took out an umbrella from the cabinet and handed it to Zheng Yanhe.

"This sachet must be handed over to Sister Jingning tonight!" She warned in a soft voice, Zheng Yanhe turned his head and smiled, turned and left.

"Wen Xing?" Jing Ning was waiting for Wen Xing in the house, but found that Wen Xing hadn't come back after going out for a long time, so he held up another umbrella and was going to go out to find her.

"Wen Xing." In a corner of the backyard, Jing Ning saw Wen Xing holding an umbrella and holding a wooden basin full of clothes, standing blankly.

"What's the matter?" Jing Ning hurried forward a few steps, about to take the wooden basin in her hand, but Wen Xing suddenly turned his head, "I... I just saw that Zheng, Mr. Zheng, from the second lady's In the room... come out..."

Jing Ning was startled, hurriedly grabbed her hand, and walked quickly towards her room.

"Why is Zheng Yanhe in Xiuning's room?" Jing Ning was wondering, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, his eyes signaled Wen Xing to open the door.

"Jingning!" It was Zheng Yanhe who came.

"Brother Yanhe." Jing Ning put away his doubts and put on a smile.

"I, I'm here to deliver something." Zheng Yanhe scratched his head.

"What for?" Jing Ning asked pretending to be interested, "It's this." Zheng Yanhe took out the sachet from his arms, and carefully opened the handkerchief, "I'm giving it to you. I bought it at the market today. I never gave you a chance before!"

"Thank you!" Jing Ning also held up the sachet through the veil.

"Then, I'll leave first!" Zheng Yanhe turned and left with a smile, and Jing Ning also smiled, but as soon as he turned around, the smile was replaced by a chill.

She raised her head and said to Wen Xing, "Wen Xing, scissors." Wen Xing hurriedly handed them over.

Jing Ning held the sachet through the veil, cut it open with a pair of scissors, and then poked it in with a silver hairpin. When he took it out again, the tip of the hairpin was already black.

"This, this..." Wen Xing knelt down beside Jing Ning with a frightened plop, his face full of nervousness.

"Didn't you say that Zheng Yanhe came out of Zheng Xiuning's room? Maybe she asked Zheng Yanhe to hand over this sachet to me!" Jing Ning slammed the scissors on the table, "I'm still wondering why Wrapped in a handkerchief, it turns out that the sachet is a poison sac at all!"

With trembling hands, Wen Xing brought a brazier.

"Miss, do you want to burn it?" She asked in a trembling voice, and gently put the brazier on the ground.

"No." Jing Ning looked at the sachet and smiled thoughtfully.

"Since she wants to harm me, then I will be 'harmed' once." As she said that, she suddenly grabbed the sachet tightly in her hand.

(End of this chapter)