Jiang Nianjiao raised her eyebrows, obviously interested in this so-called truth pill.
After all, if this pill is as effective as the little palace maid said, maybe she can use it on Chen Jinghuai.
After all, instead of trying to trick the opponent, it would be easier to use medicine directly.
However, although Jiang Nianjiao was moved, she did not take what the maid said completely seriously.
She removed the small wooden stopper from the celadon bottle, and then poured out all the pills in the bottle.
There were only two pills, no more than the size of a pearl, and they were completely black.
Although the medicine is scarce, it is sufficient.
Jiang Nianjiao weighed the pills in her hand, looked at the little palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Is this medicine really so magical?"
The little palace maid nodded quickly.
"I don't believe it, how about you prove it to me?" Jiang Nianjiao said slyly.
Cuiqiao is indeed the maid who has been with her for many years.
Almost as soon as Jiang Nianjiao's eyes glanced over, she understood Jiang Nianjiao's intention. She took a pill from Jiang Nianjiao's hand, and before the little palace maid could answer, she pinched the palace man's chin, and He pressed the pill into the palace maid's lips.
The little palace maid obviously subconsciously wanted to spit out the pill.
Cuiqiao threatened, "I'll kill you if you dare to spit it out."
The little maid had just seen Cui Qiao's tricks, so naturally she didn't dare to resist at this moment. She just silently swallowed the pill. When the pill melted in her lips and throat, the maid's eyes obviously began to lose focus.
Jiang Nianjiao waited for a moment and then asked, "What's your name?"
The maid just looked at Jiang Nianjiao blankly. After a long while, she replied in a slow and demented voice, "Chi An."
"Which palace is it from?"
The young palace man continued to answer in a slow voice, "There is no assignment yet. I am doing some odd jobs in Yeting."
Jiang Nianjiao held up the box of rouge again and asked, "What is this?"
"The rouge given by His Highness Ninth Prince."
"What do you want this rouge for?" Jiang Nianjiao continued to ask.
The little palace maid who was slow to respond said shamefully expressionlessly, "Guard Rui who protects the inner city is so handsome. I want to dress him up to show him."
Upon hearing this answer, Jiang Nianjiao and Cui Qiao were both stunned.
It seems likely that this truth pill is real.
After all, when a girl has just started to fall in love, she usually hides her feelings when she likes someone, fearing that others will find out.
Even the more courageous palace servants would be somewhat shy when talking about the person they like.
But at this moment, if she could say such things without any expression on her face, she was probably either out of her mind or she was telling the truth.
Afterwards, Jiang Nianjiao asked some other questions. Although the little palace maid answered slowly, she looked like a fool.
But basically this little palace lady still has something to say.
Whatever Jiang Nianjiao asked, she would answer.
In order to prevent other side effects of this medicine. They only waited for a full hour.
While waiting, Jiang Nianjiao naturally did not leave Cui Qiao idle. She only asked Cui Qiao to go to Yeting to confirm whether what the little palace maid named Chi An said was true or false.
After realizing that what she said was indeed true.
And it was also confirmed that the little palace maid had no other adverse reactions after the medicine took effect.
Jiang Nianjiao then returned the confiscated rouge box to the maid.
But before returning the rouge, Jiang Nianjiao ordered Cui Qiao beside her to use a jade hairpin to take out most of the rouge in the box.
The little palace maid looked at the rouge box that was suddenly mostly hollowed out, and felt a heartache in her heart.
I don’t know which palace this young master is from, he’s like a wild goose plucking his hair! This heart is too dark.
But having something useful is better than nothing.
Therefore, the little palace maid felt distressed, but when Jiang Nianjiao returned the rouge box to her, she quickly took it, as if she was afraid that Jiang Nianjiao would regret it if she was late.
After Jiang Nianjiao took the half of the rouge, she did not embarrass her again. She just let Cui Qiao carry the little palace maid out of the hospital.
And she herself put the handkerchief half wrapped in rouge into her sleeve.
Although this rouge is nothing more than a piece of cake for her, since her aunt is also in the palace, she still plans to find someone to check the ingredients of this rouge in order to prevent it from flowing into Yuxiu Palace.
Although there are mostly imperial doctors who diagnose diseases in the imperial hospital, Su Zhirou and his father are exceptions. These two people have extensive research on poisonology.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao left the study and did not go back directly. Instead, she only waited in the main hall for Su Zhirou or her father, Imperial Physician Su, to report back to the Tai Hospital.
The main hall on duty was empty except for the medicine boys coming and going.
The light rain that had stopped for a while today started to rain again.
After Zhao Lang was confessed by the little palace maid under the old tree, he didn't know where he went to fool around at this time.
She originally thought that Doctor Su or Su Zhirou would come back soon, but she didn't expect to have to wait all morning.
It was not until noon that Su Zhirou, carrying a dripping oil-paper umbrella in one hand and a medical box in the other, entered the hall together with a fat middle-aged imperial physician.
As the two walked, they were still talking. The middle-aged imperial doctor said, "Medical Officer Su, I think there will be nothing to do in the afternoon. Since His Highness asked you to stay in Yunfu Palace to take care of you, you can take care of it after lunch." After using the wound medicine, let’s continue to take care of him in Yunfu Palace.”
Su Zhirou naturally did not shirk, and both of them had serious expressions on their faces, but they did not notice Jiang Nianjiao sitting in the corner.
It wasn't until Jiang Nianjiao took the initiative to call Su Zhirou that Su Zhirou discovered Jiang Nianjiao.
Seeing Jiang Nianjiao taking the initiative to greet her, she was obviously a little surprised. She was surprised and said, "Miss Jiang, why are you here? But what's wrong with you?"
Although Jiang Nianjiao did have a headache that felt like it was going to explode when she first woke up in the morning, but maybe as Zhao Lang said, she had such a reaction because she inhaled too much Anshenxiang. Now after using Qingming Decoction, she has no problem at all.
Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao shook her head and said, "I have nothing to do. I came here specifically to see you."
"Looking for me?" Su Zhirou's eyes were obviously more confused.
Jiang Nianjiao nodded, and then pulled Su Zhirou back into the room.
She was too lazy to talk nonsense to Su Zhirou, and just handed Su Zhirou the rouge piece she had just obtained.
"Doctor Su, can you check the ingredients of this rouge for me?"
Although Jiang Nianjiao's words were concise and to the point, Su Zhirou was not curious to ask about the origin of the rouge. She readily agreed to Jiang Nianjiao's request.
Jiang Nianjiao thought about what she had heard from the little medicine boy in the morning that Su Zhirou had gone to take care of the injured Highness. She also thought that the purpose of her rebirth was to bring them together.
Now of course she doesn't plan to go on strike passively.
So Jiang Nianjiao asked, "I heard that His Highness was injured?"
Su Zhirou was frank, "Yes, there was an assassin who assassinated His Highness in the middle of the night last night. Fortunately, His Highness didn't sleep well at night and hid quickly. This only left a big hole in his arm."
Unexpectedly, Zhao Nianze would be assassinated, which was not in the original plot.
After all, as the eldest son, Zhao Nianze had always been very kind-hearted and rarely had any bad relations with others, even in the early days when the princes were fighting to the death for the position of heir apparent.
None of them had ever touched Zhao Nianze.
So she was still a little surprised that someone actually fell on Zhao Nianze with a butcher's knife.
"The assassin was caught?" Jiang Nianjiao asked curiously.
Su Zhirou shook her head, "Last night was too hasty. The assassin failed to succeed and did not hesitate to fight and ran away quickly. However, His Highness said that he also injured the assassin's right hand. Now the palace is issuing an order to capture the assassin. I think It shouldn’t take long for the truth about this case to be revealed.”
After hearing Su Zhirou's general explanation, Jiang Nianjiao lost interest in it.
After all, since she is determined to give up Zhao Nianze as a sidekick, she naturally does not intend to care about any of Zhao Nianze's personal affairs.
Just considering that Su Zhirou was very busy today, she only asked Su Zhirou to find out the ingredients of the rouge for her again before planning to leave. However, Su Zhirou behind him suddenly spoke with some embarrassment.
"Miss Jiang, thank you for your enlightenment a few days ago. I have thought a lot these days. I think what you said is right, and I really can't let go of His Highness."
Jiang Nianjiao was slightly surprised when she heard this.
But Su Zhirou can figure it out, which is naturally a good thing for him.
Logically speaking, she should also make some improvements to her relationship with her aunt after Su Zhirou figured it out.
After all, this can better advance the progress of the plot.
But right now she is worried about the disappearance of her uncle Gao Yizhong, so she can only shelve the matter for later.
…
It rained continuously throughout late April and early May. In the Chen Mansion, a heavy rain caused all the red flowers in the courtyard to fade away. Raindrops still fell on the partial eaves like broken strings of beads.
Bai Ruizhu, who was dressed in plain white clothes, was carrying a medicine box that had just been taken out of the pharmacy and was preparing to go to the east wing where Chen Jinghuai was.
Unexpectedly, she just walked to the corridor when a gentle and elegant young woman stopped her and called her "Ruizhu."
Bai Ruizhu turned around after hearing the words, and then only saluted the young woman, "Auntie."
The woman is Bai Suyi, the second wife of the Chen family and Bai Ruizhu's aunt.
Bai Suyi's eyes only fell on the medicine box in Bai Ruizhu's hand calmly. "Ruizhu, you go back to the house to clean up. Today we are going to Yilian Pavilion to meet Mr. Yuan introduced by Matchmaker Liu."
Bai Ruizhu didn't even refute when she heard this. She just responded in a low voice, and then she cautiously said, "Auntie, can I deliver medicine to my uncle first and then come here?"
When the woman heard this, she just said, "It's getting late, so we'd better not let them wait too long."
Bai Ruizhu refused to move after hearing this, and the woman also knew that Bai Ruizhu would probably not leave with her if she didn't see Chen Jinghuai.
Bai Suyi was not a cruel person after all. Even before the Queen personally protected Chen Jinghuai's match, she actually wanted Bai Ruizhu to marry Chen Jinghuai.
It's just that Chen Jinghuai obviously has no interest in Bai Ruizhu. No matter how hard he tries to bring her together, it seems to be in vain.
And recently I heard that Chen Jinghuai seems to be interested in the girl from the Jiang family.
Jiang Nianjiao has a bad reputation and is known in the capital to be intolerant of disdain. If Jiang Nianjiao really becomes the third son's bride in the future.
Even if Ruizhu doesn't marry the third child as a concubine, she will inevitably suffer some hardships if she continues to stay in the Chen Mansion.
A woman's youth cannot be delayed. When she sees that the trend is wrong, she naturally has no choice but to make other plans.
However, she knew that Bai Ruizhu looked obedient, but if she became stubborn, she couldn't do anything to her.
Therefore, Bai Suyi had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, you go and come back quickly."
