CHAPTER 316: CHAPTER 316 TAKE AWAY

The servant’s buttocks were severely swollen.

He almost lay flat on the horse’s back as he ran back to the Duke Zhen Country Mansion, finally rolling off the horse and being carried into the mansion.

Peony Garden.

Princess Nanzhang was still waiting for someone from the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion to storm in.

The maid pushed aside the beaded curtain and entered the room, saying, "Princess, the servant who went to deliver the message to the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion is back."

"What was the reaction of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion?" Mrs. Zhao asked eagerly.

"... ."

"The Dongxiang Marquis Mansion was very angry."

"They confirmed the servant was spreading false news, and kicked his buttocks until they were swollen," the maid said weakly.

Mrs. Zhao, "...."

Princess Nanzhang, "...."

Princess Nanzhang felt a sense of frustration piling up in her chest.

The servant had delivered the truth.

Why wouldn’t the people of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion believe it?!

If Young Master Su were here, he’d surely give her a reason mad enough to drive her furious.

Last time, Young Master Su was spanked by the Marquis Dongxiang and was lying on the bed applying medicine.

Mr. Su came to visit him and comforted him, "Don’t be upset. Cherish these days when your butt just gets spanked."

"When you get a bit older, father won’t spare you because you’re young, and he’ll spank any part of you without hesitation. By then, you’ll realize how lucky you are now."

Although Young Master Su was young, he had seen Su Chong getting spanked.

He knew his elder brother wasn’t lying.

Being spanked on the butt was not even called spanking; that was fondness.

Thinking of his own sister who got married, and only had her butt spanked when her husband took the blame for her.

Her husband was doting to her, making everyone envious.

Moreover, his sister faked fainting more than once or twice.

She could only deceive her husband.

Want to deceive him?

No way!

Agarwood Pavilion, inner room.

As Doctor Ru said, half an hour later, Su Jin woke up.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Xie Jingchen looking at her.

She sat up and saw a silver needle placed on the small table next to the bed.

At that moment, Su Jin’s heart leaped to her throat.

She thought this silver needle was the one she used to make herself faint.

Making him take the blame first, yet she dared to faint herself.

This was an added crime.

She wondered if it was still too late to confess.

Su Jin braced herself, preparing to apologize, but Xie Jingchen beat her to it, saying, "I don’t blame you anymore."

"What?" Su Jin’s eyes widened.

"I don’t blame you for making me take the blame," Xie Jingchen said slowly.

A wave of joy surged in Su Jin’s heart.

"You said it," she said nervously.

"I’m taking it seriously."

"... ."

Xie Jingchen stared at Su Jin’s face.

Those clear eyes were like the brightest stars in the summer night sky.

After staring for a long time, Xie Jingchen couldn’t detect a hint of panic.

Why did he feel like he had been tricked?

But it was the first time the doctor had come to the mansion, and there was no way she and her maid could have bribed him to deceive him.

Xingxing brought in tea and said, "Miss, have some tea."

Su Jin was also a bit thirsty.

Xie Jingchen stayed by the bedside for a long time, then got up and went to the study.

After confirming Xie Jingchen had left.

Xingxing sat by the bed, gazing at Su Jin with her round cheeks puffed out, looking like a pufferfish.

"What’s that expression?" Su Jin asked.

"Miss, how could you pretend to faint and scare both me and the master!" Xingxing accused.

"The Old Madam even sent Mrs. Wang to reprimand the master, though she did it politely."

"Why are you, a maid, so sharp-eyed?" Su Jin’s mouth twitched.

"I didn’t see it; the doctor told me," Xingxing said.

Su Jin was slightly taken aback.

"The doctor didn’t expose me?" Su Jin was a bit surprised.

"The doctor is really good," Xingxing praised the doctor.

Su Jin held the tea cup, asking about the doctor’s appearance and age...

Xingxing, "...."

"Miss, aren’t you worried about the master? He was really scared," Xingxing thought her lady had no conscience.

Su Jin tapped Xingxing’s forehead, "He spanked me in public, why can’t I scare him a little?"

"But I didn’t spank you," Xingxing said.

"... ."

"You’re not thinking of spanking me, are you?" Su Jin looked at Xingxing.

Xingxing, "...."

There was no way to communicate with her lady right now.

When Su Jin asked about the doctor again, Xingxing just stared at her. Su Jin said, "I’m thinking of finding a virtuous doctor to whom I can pass on the art of needlework and have him detoxify Old Duke Chong."

The poison in Old Duke Chong was complex and difficult to resolve.

She couldn’t always be the one to detoxify him, and even if she was willing, Duke Chong wouldn’t agree.

The best solution was, of course, to find an antidote, but considering Old Duke Chong had been poisoned for three years and they hadn’t found the culprit in Duke Chong’s Mansion, she didn’t dare to hope too much.

It was a plan to prepare for both contingencies.

Now there was a doctor capable of discovering she used a silver needle on herself and could surmise her reasons, thereby helping her.

Sufficiently smart.

If he was also virtuous, passing on her ancestral medical skills to him would be no problem.

Xingxing recounted everything the doctor had said after arriving to Su Jin in detail.

Su Jin pondered and said, "Bring the master here."

Xingxing ran off to find Xie Jingchen.

Xie Jingchen came in and said, "You needed me for something?"

Su Jin shared her thoughts with Xie Jingchen and then added, "Find someone to test that doctor’s medical virtues."

"How do you plan to test it?" Xie Jingchen asked.

"After the pharmacy closes at night, get a seriously ill patient to go and seek his help, telling him there’s no money," Su Jin said.

"If he provides help, then bring him to meet me."

Medical skills are for saving lives.

If someone values money over life, they are not worthy of being a doctor.

She definitely wouldn’t pass on her medical skills to such a person.

Since Su Jin wanted to do this, Xie Jingchen had no objections.

He was just curious, "Why him?"

Su Jin, "...."

Xingxing, "...."

Xingxing stood aside.

Looked worried.

Looked like it was going to be exposed.

Deceiving would eventually lead to exposure, which is why one shouldn’t lie.

Su Jin remained calm, "I just thought of this method today and then met him for diagnosis, it’s fate."

"If not him, then who?"

"Should I really send someone knocking on the Imperial Physician’s door in the middle of the night?" Su Jin retorted.

Xie Jingchen was speechless.

The confidence in Su Jin left Xingxing amazed.

Then Su Jin shifted the topic, "I’ve prepared the medicine pill for Old Duke Chong, you send it to the Marquis Jibei."

The Hidden Guard fetched the pill from the bamboo house.

Xie Jingchen said, "Send it to Father-in-law."

"Also, take care of probing the doctor."

"... . Okay."

The Hidden Guard departed the mansion with the medicine pill.

And then faced a dilemma.

The young master wanted him to hand the pill to the Marquis Dongxiang.

At the moment, the Marquis Dongxiang was in the Ministry of Justice, should he deliver it there?

The pill wasn’t like other items, delivering it directly to the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion wasn’t reassuring.

So, he went to the Ministry of Justice.

"You came late, the Marquis Dongxiang went to the Ningyuan General Mansion to arrest someone a quarter of an hour ago," a government official from the Ministry of Justice said.

"... ."

The Hidden Guard then changed course and went to the Ningyuan General Mansion.

From a distance, he could see the Marquis Dongxiang riding on a horse, his confident posture commanding respect.

General Ningyuan was being captured and struggling to resist.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t break free.

The Marquis Dongxiang looked down on him from above, his voice thunderous.

"Take him away!"