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Jiang Yuyue carefully examined the servant's attire and found that it was somewhat similar to the clothing of the servants who had followed Song Jinwan earlier.

Song Jinwan's people?

"Has Song Jinwan gone mad?"

Jiang Yuyue lowered her eyes and pondered. She had felt something was strange when Song Jinwan snatched the Blood Heart Mushroom from her at the pharmacy earlier that day. Although the Blood Heart Mushroom was indeed a rare tonic, it was not worth Song Jinwan paying such a high price.

The more I think about it, the more something seems off.

She and Song Jinwan were complete strangers before today's conflict. If Song Jinwan wanted to vent her anger because of the farce just now, she could have simply stood up and snatched her medicine, just like before. Why wait until she saw what Song Jinwan had bought before buying it all?

Besides, this medicine was bought for Xie Jinglan, not for Jiang Yuyue's own use. Could it be...?

A figure immediately flashed into Jiang Yuyue's mind. If this was not Song Jinwan's doing, then it must be related to Xie Yunqi.

Jiang Yuyue knew that Xie Yunqi knew their movements, but the problem was that Xie Yunqi and Xie Jinglan were brothers.

Could it be that Xie Yunqi is even wary of this half-brother, fearing that he might recover and seize power from him in the Xie family?

But it doesn't make sense either. Xie Yunqi has climbed up to the princess, and as the eldest son, he can easily control the Xie family. There's really no need for him to covet a useless person...

Filled with doubts, Jiang Yuyue took the medicinal herbs home.

"Young mistress has come to brew the medicine again. You must be very tired."

Jixiang hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Jiang Yuyue only responded absentmindedly and then began to decoct medicine for Xie Jinglan as usual.

Compared to her usual self, she seemed somewhat quiet and reserved today.

It was unusual that Jiang Yuyue didn't joke with him. Xie Jinglan noticed something was wrong and, seeing her thoughtful expression, knew that something must have happened.

With just one glance, Jixiang understood what he meant.

"Young Master, your clothes seem to be dirty. Let me take you inside to change."

Finding an excuse, Jixiang pushed Xie Jinglan to the backyard. The hidden guards immediately appeared and knelt down in front of Xie Jinglan to pay their respects.

"Your Highness."

What happened today?

Xie Jinglan's tone was indifferent, while the guard immediately replied.

"Your Highness, today Miss Jiang was harassed by Princess Hua Jin while she was out buying medicinal herbs. Princess Hua Jin forcibly took away a herb called Blood Heart Fungus. Afterwards, a servant from the princess's residence followed Miss Jiang and bought up all the medicinal herbs she had purchased."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Jinglan's expression suddenly darkened, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and the atmosphere around him instantly turned icy.

"Are you really tired of living? Do you really think my people are so easy to bully?"

Upon hearing his words, Jixiang's expression hardened. This prince was always extremely protective of his own, and it seemed that Princess Huajin was going to suffer a loss.

However, Xie Jinglan also knew that although Princess Huajin, Song Jinwan, was arrogant and did nothing to hide her actions, she was capable of robbing people in the street. But her petty theft of following Jiang Yuyue to buy out medicinal herbs was not the work of Song Jinwan.

Things have actually started to get interesting.

The guard then added, "However, Miss Jiang also received two valuable gold hairpins and several hundred taels of silver from Princess Huajin."

"..."

Hearing this, Xie Jinglan paused. Sure enough, Jiang Yuyue was still the same Jiang Yuyue, and she would not let him suffer too much.

Then Jixiang pushed Xie Jinglan back into the courtyard. At this moment, his expression had returned to normal, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

"Just in time, the medicine was ready."

When Jiang Yuyue saw him come out, she poured the medicine from the medicine pot into a bowl, carefully blew on it to lower the temperature, and then brought the spoon to Xie Jinglan's lips.

Xie Jinglan didn't speak, but instead looked at her with a probing gaze. Jiang Yuyue felt a little uncomfortable under his strange gaze and touched her face.

"What? Is there something dirty on my face?"

"You're coming home later than usual today."

Xie Jinglan asked casually, "Was something that kept you waiting?"

When he asked, Jiang Yuyue hesitated for a moment. She wanted to tell him the whole story, but she thought that he would be upset if he knew that she had been harmed by her own brother, so she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

"Nothing happened that delayed me."

Jiang Yuyue chuckled lightly, "Little Liu was lazy today and slept in for half an hour, forgetting to wake me up, which is why I'm a little late."

After saying this, Jiang Yuyue made a slight complaining gesture.

"I've already done you a favor by buying the medicinal herbs for you. Are you going to find fault with me just because I was a little late?"

Seeing that Jiang Yuyue refused to tell the truth, Xie Jinglan did not press her further. He opened his mouth to drink the medicine that was being fed to him, his expression unreadable.

Perhaps noticing that Xie Jinglan seemed to be in a bad mood, Jiang Yuyue started chatting with him casually.

"Although this house is in a good location, it is precisely because of its good location that it is always noisy and cannot be quiet outside."

“Once the weather gets warmer, you should feel much better. Then we’ll move to the Summer Palace again. The scenery there is beautiful, and it’s perfect for recuperating. It’s much more comfortable than staying here.”

As she was reminiscing, an untimely remark from the doorway interrupted her.

"That would be futile."

Jiang Yuyue turned her head and saw that it was Baili Zixuan, who had come to check Xie Jinglan's daily pulse.

Baili Zixuan passed by her, speaking frankly without any reservations, "He has no chance of surviving. It's a miracle that he's managed to hold on until now with this broken body. Why bother with all that trouble?"

Xie Jinglan remained noncommittal, but Jiang Yuyue was struck by a chord deep within her heart and immediately retorted without thinking.

“You’re wrong about that. People say you should enjoy life while you can. Even if you don’t live long, it’s better to have fun while you’re still alive than to be locked up in the yard staring at the sky all day!”

Seeing her strong reaction, Baili Zixuan only glanced at her with slight surprise and did not continue to argue with her.

Even though he knew Jiang Yuyue, he didn't know her character.

To be honest, he didn't know why Jiang Yuyue cared so much about Xie Jinglan, but that wasn't something he was concerned about.

Baili Zixuan walked up to Xie Jinglan and reached out to check his pulse.

"It's a little better than it was a few days ago."

Baili Zixuan's diagnosis reassured Jiang Yuyue somewhat. "As long as she takes the medicine according to the prescription every day, her condition should be stabilized."

Speaking of the prescription, Jiang Yuyue wanted to find an opportunity to ask Baili Zixuan about it in detail.

After all, she knew perfectly well that Xie Jinglan's illness was not a hidden ailment at all, but was clearly caused by poisoning.

Given Baili Zixuan's medical skills, he should have been able to tell, so why did he never mention the word "poisoning" from beginning to end?