A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

Seeing that they were already outside the palace gate, Xia Tian asked the coachman to find a slightly secluded place to park the carriage. He was not in a hurry to get off the carriage. He sat in the carriage and stared at the palace gate through the curtains.

If Shen Nian comes out later, you can see it directly.

After waiting in the carriage for almost an hour, I saw people coming out of the palace gate one after another.

Xia Tian stared at the door intently until he saw Shen Nian appear, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Shen Nian walking towards them, Xia Tian and Ningxiang got off the carriage and went to greet him.

Shen Nian spotted Xia Tian immediately and walked over quicker, "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to pick you up after work!" Xia Tian said with a smile.

Shen Nian was confused, but did not ask directly.

Xia Tian looked around, "Where are Mu Chen and Mu Feng?"

"I sent him out on some business."

"So you're on duty alone today?"

"No, Mu Feng followed me this morning and will be back soon."

As he was speaking, Mu Feng came over leading a horse.

"Madam, why are you here?" Mu Feng was a little surprised to see Xia Tian and Ning Xiang there. Madam had never been to a place where the master was on duty. "Is there something going on in the mansion?"

"No, I have something to discuss with your prince. I was bored staying in the mansion, so I came here to wait." The man driving the carriage was the groom from the mansion, so it was not convenient for Xia Tian to say it here.

Mu Feng also shut up wisely.

Seeing that there were outsiders around, Shen Nian said, "Mu Feng, you drive the carriage. Take the horses back first."

"Yes, Master." Mu Feng said, and handed the reins to the driver, "You ride my horse back, and the prince's horse will be taken back as well."

The coachman left, Shen Nian and Xia Tian got on the carriage, Mu Feng drove, Ningxiang did not get in the carriage, but sat next to Mu Feng.

"Go to Yupinxuan."

"Yes."

"Where is Yupinxuan?" Xia Tian asked curiously.

"It's a restaurant." Shen Nian said with a smile, "It's our own restaurant. I'll take you there to try it."

"Let's go home first and go another day. It's getting dark and it's not safe outside." Xia Tian thought it would be better to go back first. No matter what, those people would not take action in the Marquis' Mansion.

There are too many variables outside, and it's winter now, and it's almost dark.

She quickly whispered to Shen Nian about Shen Ning looking for her.

Shen Nian thought for a moment, nodded, and told Mu Feng to go back home directly.

Mu Feng didn't ask why he was not going again, and turned the carriage around and headed towards the mansion.

Shen Nian was thinking that Xia Tian was here and he couldn't take any risks. If someone really came to assassinate him today, he didn't want to implicate her.

After returning to the mansion, Xia Tian followed Shen Nian directly to Lingyun Pavilion.

Ningyue and her men set the table, and Shen Nian dismissed his attendants, leaving only the two of them to eat and chat.

Xia Tian recounted the whole story of Shen Ning's visit to her in detail. "I think it's better to believe it. Shen Ning can't be lying."

"Yeah." Shen Nian nodded.

"But hasn't Shen Ke always had a good relationship with you?" She also heard it from Ningxiang. Shen Ke has been very attached to Shen Nian since he was a child, and Shen Nian also protects him very much.

Shen Nian's face turned cold, "He is no longer the kid he was." Then he recounted the story of the mastermind that Mu Lin and his team had investigated during the previous assassination.

Only then did she realize that the reason Mu Feng and the others were injured so badly last time was because of Shen Ke.

Xia Tian is angry. Some people are really ungrateful and can never be tamed no matter how hard you try!

During the first dinner together, he even held Shen Nian's arm, calling him "big brother" and "big brother" all the time. I never expected he was so cunning!

It turns out that she, who grew up in a peaceful society, is still too naive!

Since Shen Nian already knew Shen Ke's true face, she was not afraid that Shen Nian would be deceived by Shen Ke. The two discussed it again and decided to pretend that they didn't know about it in public, but to step up precautions in secret.

Shen Nian asked Mu Feng to call back Mu Lin, who had been investigating outside.

Xia Tian felt relieved when he heard that Shen Nian had made all the arrangements.

Before returning to Jinglan Garden, he gave the porcelain bottle containing spiritual spring water to Shen Nian and asked him to keep it for life-saving use.

For several days in a row, Shen Nian went on duty on time. When he came back in the evening, he would first come to Jinglanyuan and have dinner with Xia Tian before going back.

They hadn't encountered anyone with ill intentions in the past few days, but the two still didn't dare to let their guard down. On the way to and from their posts, they only followed Mu Feng in public, but in fact, Mu Lin and others were escorting them in secret.

It was not until the Laba Festival, when everyone in the Marquis' Mansion had lunch at noon, that Shen Ke pestered Shen Nian with questions, and Xia Tian felt something was wrong.

Because usually when Shen Ke saw that Shen Nian didn't pay much attention to him, he would say a few words and then walk away tactfully.

But today he kept asking questions, serving tea and water, and was very enthusiastic.

Shen Nian pretended to be pestered and had no choice but to answer occasionally, pretending to refuse but drinking the tea that Shen Ke handed to him.

Xia Tian sat next to Shen Nian. When Shen Nian was pestered by Shen Ke, Xia Tian pretended to be jealous to attract Shen Ke's attention, so that Shen Nian secretly replaced the tea that Shen Ke handed over.

Shen Nian covered the changed tea with his wide sleeves and secretly handed it to her.

She sent the teacup into space, and used her mind to pour the tea in the cup into an empty porcelain bottle. She then secretly put the teacup back when no one was paying attention.

The two waited for the dinner to end and went straight back to Lingyun Pavilion.

Xia Tian took out the porcelain bottle and Shen Nian gave it to Mu Feng to take to the doctor outside for examination.

In less than half an hour, Mu Feng came back.

"The doctor said there's a colorless and odorless poison in it that can temporarily suppress a person's internal energy and won't be released until three hours later. However, if someone drinks this poison, it'll take two hours for it to take effect."

After Mu Feng finished telling the doctor the results of his examination, the room fell silent for a moment.

Looking at Shen Nian's face, which looked so gloomy that it looked like it could drip water, Xia Tian finally broke the silence. "So, two hours from now is exactly when you will be off duty. It seems like they are going to attack you on your way home today."

Today is Laba Festival, and it is customary for everyone in the Marquis' Mansion to have lunch together. It is indeed easier to do it today.

After all, Shen Nian usually doesn't come back at noon when he is on duty, so it is not easy to poison him. The poison will not take effect until two hours after drinking it, so it will be easily discovered if you drink it too early. Besides, the poison will be automatically resolved after three hours, so it will be useless if you drink it too early.

Today the timing was just right. I drank it at noon, and when the poison took effect it was time to get off duty, so it was just the right time to take action on the way.

After hearing this, Mu Feng went out to find Mu Lin.

Xia Tian took out a larger porcelain bottle, filled it with spiritual spring water and asked Shen Nian to keep it safe and never leave it.

In order to prevent the porcelain bottle from breaking during the fight, he took a water bag filled with diluted spiritual spring water and asked him to hang it on the saddle.

Now that she knew the approximate time of their action, Shen Nian did not delay any longer and emphasized to Xia Tian that she should stay in Jinglan Garden today and not go anywhere, in case someone attacked her.

Two people were left behind to secretly watch Jinglan Garden.

After everything was arranged, Shen Nian got up to go on duty.

Xia Tian also returned to Jinglan Garden and asked the servants to close the gate of Jinglan Garden and not open it for anyone who came today.

In the afternoon, Xia Tian was counting the time and was very nervous.

I always feel that time is passing very slowly today!

I finally waited until Shen Nianping's time to go home from work, but no matter how long I waited, he didn't show up.

Ningxiang saw that Xia Tian was anxious, so she sent everyone out of the room and waited alone.

He didn't even tell Ningxue about this, for fear that too many people would know and the news would leak out.

Just as Xia Tian was getting impatient, the courtyard gate opened and the servant who was sent by Ningxiang to guard the gate ran in in a panic.