The passers-by are vicious

"I sent someone to find the antidote, so I sent it here specially." Chu Yueze curled his lips and took out a white porcelain bottle with cracks from his sleeve and handed it to her.

Jiang Wanwan's eyes lit up when she saw this. She took the porcelain bottle from his hand with excitement and held it tightly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

A long-lost smile finally appeared on her depressed face. She looked at him gratefully, and she couldn't wait to find her sister to detoxify her.

Chu Yueze naturally saw her anxiety, so he said sympathetically, "I've brought a doctor with you."

"Okay, thank you Yue Ze." Jiang Wanwan smiled sincerely and nodded. Then she lifted her skirt and led the doctor to the remote place where Jiang Wanli lived.

Bai Hongwen raised his lips and spoke in a gentle voice, with a meaningful tone: "I didn't expect Brother Yue Ze to be so resourceful and get the antidote so quickly. Did you find the murderer?"

"Don't worry about that, Hongwen. I will find out myself." Chu Yueze's expression was cold and his voice was flat as he glanced at him indifferently.

"It seems that the murderer is no ordinary person, otherwise why would it take Brother Yue Ze so long to investigate." Bai Hongwen said with a smile.

"He is indeed quite capable, but my people are not pushovers and will find out eventually." Chu Yueze looked normal, but with a cold gleam in his eyes.

"Then I will wait until Brother Yue Ze catches the murderer, and then come to congratulate him."

"In this corrupt world, it is rare to see someone dare to poison someone in the imperial city."

Bai Hongwen seemed to be sighing about how uncommon it was, but he was actually saying, Look, someone is actually doing it right under your nose. As the fifth prince, if you can't catch the person, wouldn't you be laughed at?

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two people was a little tense. These two friends of many years had a rift because of a woman.

But both of them are rational people and will not fall out with each other. Moreover, the friendship of many years will not be easily dissolved. After all, they are good friends.

Although neither of them spoke, they both agreed that it was fair competition.

偏房

Jiang Wanwan walked hurriedly to her sister's residence, unable to hide the joy on her face.

Wait until you reach the door of the side room.

"Sister, the fifth prince has been found..."

But I saw a maid standing at the door of my sister's house, covering her mouth and screaming in fear.

"Actinium——".

Jiang Wanwan was frightened, her heart was beating wildly, and she had a bad feeling in her heart.

She took a step forward with trembling legs. When she saw the figure hanging on the beam, her vision went dark and her hands grew weak. The porcelain bottle, which she regarded as a life-saving straw, fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

"Snapped".

The pieces of the porcelain bottle flew everywhere, and the pills inside had rolled to Jiang Wanwan's feet, but she could only hold on to the door frame with a trembling waist and barely had the strength to walk in.

"elder sister."

Her eyes were red and filled with tears, which silently slid down her cheeks.

Staring blankly ahead, the thugs in the pavilion took Jiang Wanli's body off the beam and placed it on the mat and on the ground.

Jiang Wanwan rushed over, knelt on the ground and held her sister in her arms.

Although Jiang Wanwan looked at the face that could not be seen clearly due to the poisoning, she was sure that this was her sister.

Jiang Wanli's body had begun to stiffen, her eyes wide open and ferocious, as if filled with helplessness and despair.

"Why are you……."

"We've already found the antidote, how could this happen?"

When Chu Yueze and Bai Hongwen heard the news and rushed over, they were both standing at the door. Although they were very worried, no one made a sound to disturb the woman who was hugging the corpse and crying.

After the madam ordered people to bury Jiang Wanli, she just looked at Jiang Wanwan, who had not yet come to her senses, and left with a sigh.

She couldn't help feeling a little sad, but she had some guesses about Jiang Wanli's death, but she never mentioned it.

One has died, at least save the other.

Due to Jiang Wanli's death, Huajian Pavilion resumed business after closing for a few days.

After all, in this era where class is more important than anything else, the death of a dancer would not cause any big waves.

The living need to live.

What's more, human life is actually the least valuable thing, not to mention that the life of a dancer is nothing but a thing not worth mentioning in the eyes of those people.

No need to care.

In the room, Jiang Wanwan tightly grasped the handkerchief left by her sister and sat there woodenly.

There was a small white flower in her hair, and the eyes on her usually charming and beautiful face no longer had the liveliness they used to have, but were instead dead silent.

Chu Yueze, who was standing at the door, stretched out his hand, paused in the air for a moment, and quickly retracted it. He just stood there until the guards came to look for him, and then he left.

As soon as he left, Bai Hongwen came over from the other end and also stood at the door, but did not go in to disturb her.

Recently, the three of them have been investigating the truth behind Jiang Wanli's death. After all, they always feel that it is not a simple suicide.

Jiang Yunan had been hiding at home drinking to relieve his sorrow. He himself did not dare to come for fear of causing...

Chu Yueze and Bai Hongwen took turns to come, and left secret guards to protect her safety.

day after day

Jiang Wanwan was depressed until she went to the madam's room to ask to go out and burn incense for her sister.

Just when I was halfway there, I ran into the madam and the old man who had treated my sister's face before, walking quickly towards the backyard.

What needs to be so careful?

Jiang Wanwan clutched her handkerchief and followed carefully behind.

Watch the madam take the doctor to the small door.

When the doctor walked out of the small door with the medicine box on his shoulder, he couldn't help but turn back and whispered, "The medicine is only available in the Lin family, so don't investigate this matter any further..."

"Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut." The madam responded quickly.

Jiang Wanwan's eyes narrowed when she heard everything.

Jiang Wanwan returned to the room and sat in front of the bronze mirror and thought for a long time until the candle burned out.

She put on the red silk flower again, painted a flower ornament on her forehead, and took out a jade hairpin from the jewelry box, which was her most beloved item left by her sister.

She brushed her fingers lightly over the patterns, then inserted them into her hair, and then lightly applied lip balm.

The gold-patterned bracelet on her wrist made a "ding-dong" sound as Jiang Wanwan raised her arm.

In the private room

The woman was dressed in red, her beauty flowing with the air, her smile like a fairy, her waist swaying, and the gold ornaments on her body making a "clang clang" sound.

When she felt the man's gaze on her, she raised the corners of her mouth into a seductive smile, and her red sleeves began to dance with her, spinning and swinging in front of the man's eyes.

Chu Yueze opened his palms and let Hongxiu stroke across his palms.

It’s hard to tell the expression on his stern face, but there’s a hint of obsession in his eyes, not just about the dance or the person…

It wasn't until Jiang Wanwan finished dancing and walked over that he came back to his senses.

His thin lips were slightly raised in a smile. Under the candlelight, his handsome eyebrows curved and his eyes were as gentle as melting ice and snow.

He held out his hand to her.

Jiang Wanwan just smiled seductively and put her hand on it.

As the curtains in front of the bed fell, the candle seemed to have burned down to the bottom layer, and the candlelight flickered.

Finally goes out.