The night deepened.
The west courtyard still had lights on.
Xie Jiang leaned against the bedside, not yet asleep.
Suddenly, the window was gently tapped.
Xie Jiang unhurriedly got up and opened the window. No one was outside. A letter was placed on the windowsill.
Her trip to the capital this time was to torment her enemies, so naturally, she wasn't truly alone.
The bandits who had pursued Xu Shuyao at the foot of Xian Mountain were dispatched without a single question. The envelope contained information about the mastermind behind it all.
The Marquis of Nanxiong's Estate?
It seemed somewhat familiar.
The heir of the Marquis of Nanxiong's Estate, Lu Baofang, had a personal grudge with her brother, Song Ze. It wasn't something that should have been taken seriously, but Lu Baofang was petty and vengeful. To humiliate her brother, he resorted to such despicable and vile methods.
Xie Jiang continued to the next page.
Then her brows shot up.
Lu Baofang's hobbies were so monstrously wicked…
He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind!
She hadn't intended to deal harshly with the Marquis of Nanxiong's Estate. After all, a jumping clown was not worth mentioning. A mild lesson would have been more than enough to show them courtesy.
But since Lu Baofang was courting death, she didn't mind putting in a little more effort and letting the Lu family be ruined and their lineage extinguished.
…
The next afternoon, Old Madam Xu woke up. The Duke of Wei's Estate was overjoyed, shaking off the gloom and oppression of the past few days.
Although Old Madam Xu's conscious time was brief, and she couldn't even speak a few coherent sentences, it had already far exceeded everyone's expectations.
Even the two imperial physicians attending Old Madam Xu marveled. Seeing that the Old Madam was beyond the help of medicine and only had the last breath hanging on, she was actually saved so quickly through acupuncture and herbal medicine!
Their reputation for being masters of both medicine and poison was truly well-deserved!
Xie Jiang received countless thanks and flattery, even the Duke of Wei and the Second Master Xu made an appearance.
Who had the patience to deal with these irrelevant people?
Did they think their few words of thanks and insincere gestures were so valuable?
Xie Jiang couldn't be bothered to listen to them finish, and turned to leave.
If they were truly sincere, they would have cleaned up Xu Hengyan and sent him to her room. Less talk.
The Duke of Wei and the Second Master Xu were slighted but couldn't retaliate. The Old Madam's condition had just begun to improve, and they still needed to beg the poison doctor to continue treating her.
Xie Jiang, her face pale and spirit weak after the acupuncture, prepared to take a nap.
Xu Hengyi followed her closely, being incredibly long-winded for his age.
“…Who would have thought that there would be poisonous insects in the plum grove of Ganyuan Temple? And with so many people present at the time…”
As he spoke, he couldn't resist gossiping, “Grandmother invited a group of young ladies of suitable age to admire the plum blossoms, all for my second brother’s marriage. My second brother is truly… more interested in the wheat in the fields than in girls…”
“So many imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital, what were they all eating? And so many renowned doctors in the common folk, where did their reputations come from? They claimed to have never seen such poisonous insects…”
If they had seen them before, how could they have poisoned your grandmother? The poisonous insects raised by Yi An were not something those people could detoxify.
“Originally, even if the Imperial Hospital and the folk doctors were useless, there was still my elder brother. My elder brother’s medical skills are very good, but he just happened to be nowhere to be found to gather herbs…”
There were no such coincidences; it was all man-made, naturally.
“I wonder who is more skilled between you and my elder brother, in terms of medical skills?”
What was the point of comparing medical skills? She wanted to compare something more interesting.
“Where is Young Master Xu?”
“My second brother? He went to the Ministry of Agriculture.”
“He holds a position in the Ministry of Agriculture?” Xie Jiang asked knowingly.
“Not exactly. My second brother is the magistrate of Ninghe County. He just worries a lot. With spring plowing approaching, he’s discussing seeds with people from the Ministry of Agriculture.”
“That’s like a true official. He knows how to farm?”
“He probably doesn’t know how to farm, but he often patrols the villages during the busy farming season. My second brother worries about the common people not having enough to eat and is constantly thinking about how to grow more grain.”