Pei Yan's tears had already rolled down. Her face turned pale, and she bit her teeth tightly and shook her head desperately: "No..."

Jiang Hong was suddenly struck by such a fearful and resistant look, and his heart suddenly seemed to be hollowed out, filled with coldness, helplessness, pain, and despair.

He clenched his fists, looked at Pei Yan with cold eyes, and sneered: "Why, Crown Princess, are you feeling ashamed? But in my opinion, when you were flirting with Gu Wen just now, you didn't have the slightest sense of shame!"

He pushed Pei Yan away and said, "Stop daydreaming. You will never escape from my grasp. Besides, does Gu Wen really want a woman I've played with before?!"

He smiled coldly, flicked his sleeves, turned around and left without looking back.

Pei Yan slid down from the rockery in a daze and fell to the ground. She curled herself up, and then curled herself up again, until her whole body was tightly embraced by her own arms.

The rugged rocks lengthened her shadow through the silvery light. The thin shoulders in the shadow kept shaking. Sobs gradually rose, intermittently, and the crying was low like a nightmare that could never be broken.

The depression that had been accumulating in her heart for many years burst out in an instant, and she felt broken and empty.

Only the last bit of consciousness remained, swaying in the residual wind of the summer night, like a fragile gossamer that would break in an instant and shatter between heaven and earth.

The moonlight was chilly that night, so chilly.

……

The stars flickered, and the short three days were just a blink of an eye.

Lin Shuning has completely changed her life these days. In just one week, she earned one thousand taels of gold and two thousand taels of silver from Jiang Yu. She was too lazy to collect the money from the clinic and stayed at home all day making medicine and upgrading Xiaobai.

A few days passed peacefully like this, and then it was time to give Jiang Yu acupuncture.

Chen Zhao was still waiting for her at the back door. After informing Lin Shuning and Lian'er, they quietly slipped out of the back door and went to Prince Rui's Mansion.

With the experience from last time, she was familiar with the route this time. She didn't even need Chen Zhao to lead the way and she came to Jiang Yu's room on her own.

The sky was gloomy today and there was a drizzle outside, so the house was very dark. Lin Shuning heard no sound in the house and thought that Jiang Yu was resting, so he walked in quietly and lit the candle on the Wolong lamp stand.

The flickering candlelight came on, Lin Shuning raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction, and when he turned around, his eyes met with the person lying on the bed.

"Did I wake you up?" Lin Shuning asked a little embarrassedly. Jiang Yu was still a patient and the toxins in his body were still deep, so it would be good for him to get more rest. This was why she was worried about whether she would disturb him.

"No, I haven't slept." Jiang Yu said lightly, his voice a little hoarse.

Lin Shuning walked over and lit the candle on the lamp stand beside his bed: "Since you are not asleep, why don't you turn on the light? It's pitch black and you can't see anything."

Jiang Yu didn't say anything, just looked out the window quietly.

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Lin Shuning did not ask any more questions. He took out the silver needle from the medicine box and said, "As usual, take off your clothes."

Jiang Yu didn't hesitate this time and took off his clothes quickly, revealing his strong waist and abdomen.

I go!

Lin Shuning glanced at him several times and sighed in his heart, why did his figure look even better than a few days ago?

Jiang Yu's ears blushed, but his lips slightly raised, forming a curve of joy.

Lin Shuning swallowed his saliva, then straightened his face, inserted the silver needle into his acupuncture point, and asked: "How does it feel? Is it different from the previous few days?"

Jiang Yu's brows were clear and he exhaled: "I feel that the force of the silver needles is stronger today. It seems that the meridians in my body have been opened up. My body feels very relaxed."

"That's good," Lin Shuning was very satisfied. She blinked, and in the half-bright light, her sparkling eyes sparkled like waves. "This is a silver needle that I spent a lot of money to make specifically for you. It is very precious. I worked very hard to detoxify you."

That's right, she carefully asked the gourd "baby" in the space to spend an hour to make the silver needle. As for the heavy money, it costs ten taels to activate the gourd baby once, and the material cost is forty taels. Isn't it a bit heavy when added up?

Since she is so dedicated, give her some more gold coins!

Jiang Yu met her cunning gaze, his eyes were deep and dark with a smile, and his divine light was intoxicating like wine.

"Thank you for your hard work," he smiled as he looked at the table beside the bed. "The things in that box were prepared by me for Miss San this morning. It's just a small token of my gratitude, but it can't compare to Miss San's deep affection for me as she stayed up all night worrying about me. I hope Miss San will forgive me."

Lin Shuning's eyes brightened, and he quickly took out the brocade box and opened it. Inside lay a silver note worth five hundred taels.

She grinned, her white teeth sparkling just like her mood at the moment: "You are worthy of being our wise, brave, and generous Prince Rui! Don't worry, I will treat you seriously until you are fully recovered, in good health, and eat everything you want!"

With just one sentence, she made a net profit of four hundred and fifty taels of silver. She is truly a genius at making money.

Chen Zhao, who was patrolling outside, had just passed over the roof when he heard Lin Shuning praising Jiang Yu for his generosity.

His footing slipped and he nearly fell off the roof in a split.

He looked up at the sky silently, choking with tears.

Their master is not generous at all, it is obvious that he has been blinded by the beauty trap!

……

The sky gradually darkened, and the endless red in the sky gradually faded, replaced by dark blue, and then black ink. The light and shadows on all sides dimmed, wiping out the shadows of people.

The sky was filled with stars twinkling strangely, floating unsteadily among the faint clouds, just like the changeable human heart.

"Hahahahahaha, once that woman died, the clues were completely cut off. I'm afraid Liu Tianguang will never know until his death that we have already planted such a deep chess piece next to him. Hahaha... I really didn't make a mistake about her!"

A full-bodied, deep and powerful laugh suddenly rang out from a hidden secret room: "What a good way to find safety in a dangerous situation. Not only has it successfully solved the issue of military pay, but it can also continue to advance our grand plan!"

In front of him, a man in a black robe stood with his hands behind his back, staring into the darkness. He sneered coldly, and shadows shifted in his sinister black eyes. He turned his head slightly and said, "It went smoothly... Let me ask you, Jiang Yu clearly used his internal energy because he was trapped in an assassination attempt, but why haven't I seen any signs of the poison taking effect on him so far?"

“This…” The black-robed man frowned and said suddenly, “The poison is so strong, he must have blocked the news as usual and pretended to be fine to lure the snake out of its hole.”

The man standing with his hands behind his back did not speak. He twisted his fingertips slightly and said after a moment of silence: "Who has Jiang Yu been in contact with recently?"

At this time, a man in a black robe sitting behind him spoke in a respectful voice: "Recently, there is an old man around Jiang Yu. He is not tall and looks quite old. I heard that he is a coroner. He was the one who found out the poison in Liu Tianguang's body. Jiang Yu attaches great importance to this old man. He has killed the people we sent to investigate him several times. So we still don't know who this old man is."

"Is there anyone else?" A faint light flashed in the man's eyes, and he looked even more sinister.

"On the day of the assassination, the third young lady of the Shangshu Mansion appeared on Jiang Yu's boat. Could it be that she was the one who treated Jiang Yu? I heard that she had treated Yun Sheng's wife on the street not long ago and stabilized her pregnancy..."

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