flstandardbreds Chapter 157 Cutting in line?
Chapter 157 Cutting in line?
Yuanxing looked up in astonishment. Her face, which was already pale from excessive tension, turned completely bloodless in that instant.
In fact, Sheng Yunzhu didn't give her any tasks at first. She just told her to keep an eye on Lu Yangyang and to tell her if Lu Yangyang did anything unusual.
So she was relaxed at first because she didn't have much to say, except for who Lu Yangyang met and where she went.
She spoke selectively, so as not to hurt Lu Yangyang or cause Sheng Yunzhu to feel dissatisfied with her.
On the day they went to Huguo Temple, Sheng Yunzhu grabbed her at a crucial moment to shield her from the knife, and was forced to apologize by Lu Yangyang.
Sheng Yunzhu seemed to have run out of patience and began threatening her to do things.
For example, on the day of Lu Yangyang's exam, he put laxatives in Lu Yangyang's snacks; and when he learned that she had failed to drug her, he hid her younger brother and cut off her mother's medication.
Then they forced her to put a slow-acting poison that would drive Lu Yangyang insane in her food. She didn't dare, and she couldn't bear to, so she kept putting it off and used other things to appease Sheng Yunzhu.
Then today, Sheng Yunzhu told her to check the things the young master had given to Lu Yangyang, and if she couldn't find them, to steal them.
She hesitated for a long time, but unexpectedly, her clues were discovered.
At this moment, she realized that what she was afraid of was not how Lu Yangyang would punish her, but that she was afraid of leaving, of leaving Lu Yangyang, and what she would do after leaving.
She didn't know, she didn't even know if she had any chance of survival.
"Girl, I beg you, please let me stay. I can do anything for you, I can do anything for you. I beg you, please don't send me away. I, I..." Yuanxing crawled on her knees to Lu Yangyang's side, kowtowing repeatedly, hoping that Lu Yangyang would have some pity on her.
Lu Yangyang stood up and walked past her: "Your indenture is with Sheng Yunzhu. I am not your master, and you are not my person. Why would I keep you here?"
After Lu Yangyang finished speaking, she left directly.
Of course, she knew that if Yuanxing went back now, she would probably not have a good ending. Being controlled by Sheng Yunzhu and forced to do things was quite pitiful. But she didn't have such overflowing compassion that she could save all the poor people in the world.
If she continues to keep Yuanxing, she will be harming herself and Yuanxing at the same time.
Why bother?
There's no need to be so attached to things that shouldn't be.
Lu Yangyang went directly to the side hall, where Granny Shen had already set out the heated food. "Miss, please eat with peace of mind. I have already had the food changed; it hasn't been handled by Yuanxing."
Lu Yangyang hummed in agreement and buried her head in her food.
Granny Shen said thoughtfully, "I thought the young lady would go and retrieve Yuanxing's indenture and let her leave."
“She is Sheng Yunzhu’s person. Even if I give her a contract of indenture and let her leave, she still won’t be free. Why should I meddle?” Lu Yangyang replied casually.
Granny Shen was taken aback, then looked at her with satisfaction: "Young lady, you are a very perceptive person."
……
After finishing her meal, Lu Yangyang didn't care whether Yuanxing had left or not. She took the two heart-nourishing pills and skillfully went to the next room.
She first finished giving the Crown Prince acupuncture as usual, and then, noticing that the Crown Prince was staring at her, she asked curiously, "Your Highness, is there anything you want to say to me?"
The Crown Prince chuckled softly: "I thought you would ask first."
"You're talking about my older brother. Although I don't want him to leave the capital, he has his own things to do, and I believe he can do them," Lu Yangyang replied earnestly.
"You're right," the crown prince nodded.
Then he said to Lu Yangyang, "A few days ago, when you encountered the assassin on your way to Huguo Temple, Ayao entrusted me with the task of handling it. The information I received is that the person who bribed the assassin was that young master Dong's aunt. Before the incident, she had already committed suicide by poisoning herself. The clues end here."
"Someone arranged this in advance?" Lu Yangyang exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, but something's strange." The Crown Prince tapped the table lightly with his fingertips. "The other party seems to be very familiar with your whereabouts. I asked A Yao, and he said that your trip to Huguo Temple was a last-minute decision."
Lu Yangyang frowned, and for some reason, she suddenly thought of Sheng Yunzhu.
Although the entire Shengguo Duke's mansion probably knew her whereabouts, Sheng Yunzhu clearly made a last-minute decision to go with them that day.
This is too much of a coincidence.
Sheng Yunzhu probably wanted her dead more than anyone else.
The person who wanted to assassinate her must have been involved with someone who ruined someone's plans at the Chengen Duke's Mansion that day. How did Sheng Yunzhu get involved with those people?
As expected, she still had too little information.
She needs to hurry.
Thinking this, Lu Yangyang took out the heart-nourishing pills she had put in her purse. "Your Highness, do you know about the heart-nourishing pills from Qinglian Temple? I've heard they have miraculous effects and are very different from ordinary heart-nourishing pills. Has Your Highness ever used them?"
“No, not at all.” The Crown Prince looked at the heart-nourishing pills in her hand and said, “I didn’t need them before, and later… I didn’t need them either. Qinglian Temple did send some to the Eastern Palace. If you want them, I’ll have Cao Cheng give them to you later.”
Later, there was a period when he was tormented to the point of despair, and no tranquilizers were effective for him because he had taken banned drugs.
No matter how miraculous the Qinglian Temple's Heart-Nourishing Pills were, they were of no use to his leg injury, so he never touched them.
Hearing him say that, Lu Yangyang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I haven't used it before. I always felt something was strange. I felt it was strange the first time I heard it. Maybe it was just intuition. I want to try to see if I can decipher his prescription. I'm a little curious about what that mysterious medicinal ingredient is."
Speaking of this, the Crown Prince recalled something: "I am not familiar with the prescription for the Heart-Nourishing Pill from Qinglian Temple, but I can help with the prescription for the Heart-Nourishing Pill from Renxin Hall."
"Really?" Lu Yangyang looked at him with surprise.
The Crown Prince smiled slightly, “You must have forgotten that the head of the academy wanted to take you as his apprentice before. I told you that he has a junior brother who recently started practicing medicine at Renxin Hall. He would be perfect to be your master. However, you were busy with the exams at Taiming Academy at that time, so I didn’t make arrangements. Now that there’s still some time before your semester starts, you can take some time to visit him. He is extremely talented in the field of medicinal herbs. No one knows the formula for Renxin Hall’s Nourishing Heart Pill better than him.”
Lu Yangyang slapped her forehead; she had indeed forgotten about it.
"I'll go tomorrow!"
The Crown Prince had Lu Yangyang push him to the desk, took a letter from the drawer, and handed it to him: "Take this to Renxin Hall and find Doctor Wen."
Lu Yangyang happily accepted it, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
……
The next morning, after having breakfast, Lu Yangyang tidied herself up and, carrying the letter given to her by the Crown Prince, went to Renxin Hall.
Renxintang truly lives up to its reputation as the largest pharmacy in the capital. Even though it was only a little past Chenshi (7-9 AM), the entrance was already packed with people coming for consultations.
Taking advantage of her agility, Lu Yangyang quickly squeezed to the front. Just as she was about to step in, someone grabbed her by the back of her collar.
"Where did this little girl come from, cutting in line?"