"So," Hua Jin spoke again, "If any of you like Mr. Chu, you don't have to worry about me."
The tit-for-tat confrontation in the past half month has already made Hua Jin understand that if he wants to deal with her, he must go straight.
"Didn't the Emperor already grant marriage to Mr. Xie and Miss Chen Er?" Lu Yueyun blurted out, "If you still like Mr. Xie, what's the use?"
"The Emperor only granted marriage to Third Cousin and Miss Chen Er," Hua Jin pinched his palm hard with his fingertips, looked directly at Chen Anning, and said without regard for dignity, "He did not say that Third Cousin was marrying Miss Chen Er. After that, you can’t take any more concubines!”
"You want to be Mr. Xie's concubine?" Lu Yuer was shocked.
Hua Jin looked at her, "As my third cousin, even if I marry him as my concubine, it will be more honorable than marrying a mediocre man as my wife!"
"Besides, my third cousin and I grew up together. How can our childhood sweethearts' friendship be comparable to that of outsiders?"
Lu Yueyun, who was not so confident, snorted: "You are wishful thinking, Mr. Xie will not accept you as a concubine!"
"It's not you who has the final say whether you want to accept it or not!" Hua Jin turned his eyes back to Chen Anning and said firmly, "Don't forget, Princess Guangling is my biological aunt! The emperor did not give any gifts to Miss Chen Er and Before the marriage was granted to my third cousin, my aunt had promised me long ago that I would be betrothed to my third cousin. Now, I am willing to be my concubine, and my aunt has no time to feel sorry for me, so how can she refuse?"
"Second Miss Chen..." Lu Yueyun couldn't refute, so he had to tug on Chen Anning's sleeves and let her speak.
"There's nothing to say." Chen Anning comforted her calmly, "Even though Princess Guangling is her aunt, etiquette cannot be discarded, and she must always respect me as the royal wife."
"Yes." Lu Yueyun said immediately, "Princess Guangling dares to be harsh on you because of her, so you should be harsh on her! Anyway, she will definitely be the one who suffers in the end!"
Chen Anning nodded and said, "That's the truth."
Hua Jin didn't know in his heart, but on his face he stopped them with disapproval and said, "If you want to see Ronger, you can take out the antidote first."
"Then we won't watch!" Lu Yueyun pulled Chen Anning and turned around to leave.
"Miss Chen Er," Hua Jin saw them leaving like this, stepped forward to catch up, and said, "Rong'er was just a little disrespectful to you with her words. You should have punished her for so long. Your Majesty is It’s nice to have given you and your third cousin a marriage, but that’s not the reason for you to bully others!”
"If you still have some respect for third cousin, then take out the antidote."
"Don't forget, no matter how bad Ronger is, she will always be third cousin's cousin! Washington will always be third cousin's maternal home!"
Chen Anning stopped, turned around and sneered: "So what Miss Hua means is that I can only bear with your insults to me?"
Hua Jin counterattacked, "Rong'er's disrespectful words to you, my mother and I have been apologizing to you for many days. It's you who have been unreasonable and unforgiving."
Chen Anning smiled, "You also said that I will not forgive others because I am reasonable. I have already been reasonable. Isn't it up to me to decide whether to forgive others?"
"Besides, haven't I already told you about my narrow-mindedness?"
"Any question?"
Hua Jin was angry in his heart, "Miss Chen Er, this is Washington City!"
"Are you asking me to leave? Okay." Chen Anning looked at Lu Wenjun and others, "I have nowhere to go. I wonder if the Prefect's Mansion is willing to take me in for a few days."
"Of course I do!" Lu Yueyun said quickly, "Let's go pack our bags now! Whoever wants to live in Washington will live there!"
"Miss Chen Er can leave if she wants," Hua Jin's face darkened, "But you have to hand over the antidote first, otherwise..."
"Otherwise, what?" Lu Jingyun, who was walking at the end, rushed to say, "Do you still dare to take action?"
Hua Jin said nothing with a cold face, but she made it clear what she meant: she didn't mind taking action.
Although Lu Wenjun and her sisters quarreled when they met, they were still very afraid of her if they really wanted to take action.
Washington is guarding Jincheng County and indeed has a lot of soldiers and horses in its hands.
Chen Anning pulled Lu Jingyun to his side, "If she won't let me go, then I can just stay here and there is no need to argue with her. Anyway, you all know that the emperor granted me a marriage to Mr. Whatever happens, they want to get rid of me so they can replace me."
Hua Jin was disdainful: "Ms. Chen Er, do you think everyone is as despicable as you?"
Chen Anning counterattacked calmly: "Yes, I am despicable and you are noble. Even though others don't look down on you, you still try your best to be someone's concubine."
Hua Jin just released his fingertips and pinched his palms hard, "Do you think I will give up if you say this?"
Chen Anning gave her a smile, and then left with Lu Jingyun.
Hua Jin looked at her back, his expression dark and cold.
The news that Mr. Chu's father was coming caused Lu Wenjun and others to leave without staying long.
But early the next morning, everyone came over again.
Their coming and going provided a good cover for Xie Xun's absence.
In the evening, Mr. Chu's father, who arrived early, provided further cover for him.
Although the Chu family was not prominent in the court, they were unanimously welcomed by the Washington government because they owned a mine.
After dinner, take a short rest.
After diagnosis, it was determined that Chu Gongzi's father had symptoms of intracranial tumors. Chen Anning gave him a combination of Bupleurum Guizhi Ganjiang Decoction and Banxia Houpu Decoction, plus gypsum and orange peel.
After taking the combined decoction for five days, my headaches have been relieved and my appetite has increased. In addition, epigastric blockage and low back pain are gradually relieved, and the symptoms of heat in the chest and coldness in the back have almost disappeared.
After drinking for two more days, Chen Anning added gardenia and platycodon to the original recipe.
On the second day he used the new prescription.
Lu Wenjun and others, who came to Washington every day to show courtesy to Mr. Chu's father, did not come again.
In the afternoon, Xie Xun and Mr. Chu came back together.
Mr. Chu went to visit his father.
Xie Xun went back to Luoyueyuan directly.
Seeing that his brows were not relaxed, Chen Anning handed him a glass of water and asked, "Failed?"
"Xu Tianyi escaped." Xie Xun took two sips of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and said, "Pack up and prepare to return to Jincheng County."
Xu Tianyi escaped?
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows in surprise, handed Hua Rong's antidote to the maid aside, and ordered the other maids to move her luggage out, and then asked, "How did he escape?"
"It should be that when he, Lu Deqiu, and Zhao Yongsheng were coercing Young Master Chu to ask for money from the Chu family to redeem his life, Wen Baolin somehow exposed himself, making him wary, and then found an excuse to escape." Xie Xun pinched his eyebrows and said with She walked out and said, "Lu Deqiu and Zhao Yongsheng confessed to several places where he was not arrested. So far, it seems that he not only knows how to deceive, but also knows how to counter-investigation."
"The soldiers and secret guards sent out to arrest him could not find any trace of him."
Chen Anning said nothing.
Because after getting the antidote, Hua Jin, who guessed that they were leaving, chased after them.
