Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 163 A near miss

Jiang Mansion.

It was already dark.

Candles were lit in the house.

Jiang Li woke up slowly, her blurry vision gradually became clear, and fell on the man's sparkling peach blossom eyes.

"Ali, do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?" Shen Beiqi asked when he saw her wake up.

She consulted three doctors, and they all said that she was drugged and that was why she was unconscious.

But Shen Beiqi was still a little worried.

Jiang Li's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she felt very weak in her limbs.

She shook her head. "I'm fine. Where's Xingping?"

"Don't worry, she's fine."

Her mind was still a little groggy, but she still remembered that today was his birthday.

She fumbled in her arms for a moment, only to find that she was only wearing a white undershirt, and could not find the purse that she wanted to give to him.

"Where are my clothes?"

She sat up and looked at the clothes rack, but the one she was going to wear today was not there.

"Looking for this?" Shen Beiqi asked.

Jiang Li turned around suddenly and saw a wrinkled purse lying in his broad palm.

It was the one she had been embroidering for a long time.

She took it and gently stroked the glass grass embroidered on the purse with her fingertips. The pink flowers seemed to have been soaked in water and were slightly blurred.

"How did it become like this?" she lamented, "I have been embroidering it for a long time."

"You were kidnapped by men in black and fell into Jiangyang Lake." Shen Beiqi gave a brief explanation.

Jiang Li lowered her head and said nothing.

She didn't want to defend Linlang in her heart.

Even if there is any explanation to be given, it should be done by her herself.

She unzipped the drawstring of her purse, and found that the amulet had been soaked by water, leaving only a yellow, wet residue.

The amulet is ruined.

Could this be... a bad omen...

Shen Beiqi noticed that something was wrong with her expression. He took the purse from her hand and took a look at it, but he couldn't tell what was inside.

"What's in here?"

Jiang Li said unhappily, "I went to Kaiyuan Temple early in the morning and asked for a peace amulet for you."

It turned out to be the case.

Shen Beiqi smiled and stroked her soft hair, "Don't worry, even without this amulet, I will return safely!"

"you promise?"

"I promise!"

"…Then swear!"

Shen Beiqi laughed, but still raised three fingers obediently, "I, Shen Beiqi, swear to heaven today that I will return safely from this expedition, otherwise..."

She hurriedly pressed her lips against his.

She felt a burning sensation in her palm and quickly let go of her hand.

"...Okay, just talk about the front part. Today is your birthday, don't say anything unlucky."

After that, she sighed again, "It's just that I couldn't give you a decent birthday gift."

Shen Beiqi curled his lips slightly, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "It's okay, why don't you give me one..."

He deliberately dragged out his words. Jiang Li couldn't wait for the next words and turned to look at him. As soon as she turned her head, he sucked her lips.

His long fingers threaded into her dark hair, and he deepened the kiss.

When their tongues touched, he felt a long-lost feeling that was difficult to describe in words.

During this period of time, he restrained himself because he promised Jiang Cheng that he would not be rude to her before the wedding.

But today, he wanted to indulge himself a little.

Every time he went on an expedition, he never felt reluctant.

Now I feel like someone is pulling at my heart, I can't let go, and I can't feel happy even if I leave.

He could even imagine how eager he would be to return to Jiangdu City that day.

After a long time, he let her go.

After being bullied, the lips became even redder.

"You have a good rest and leave the other things to me." Shen Beiqi looked at her and said softly.

Jiang Li nodded slightly and watched him leave the room.

After Shen Beiqi left Jiang Mansion, he came to the city gate.

"How is it? Is there anything unusual?"

Yue Yang bowed slightly and said, "No suspicious person has entered the city. We have searched the area within a radius of ten miles, but have not found anyone."

Yue Yang lowered his eyes and immediately caught a glimpse of the green purse hanging around his master's waist.

That purse... is wrinkled and doesn't match the owner's usual serious temperament at all!

"Make sure every carriage entering the city has been checked?"

Shen Beiqi narrowed his eyes slightly, always feeling that today's matter was not simple.

Ari may just be a trigger.

The other party wanted to use A'li to achieve various goals, but he couldn't guess it.

Yue Yang thought for a moment and said, "There is only one car that has not been inspected."

"Who is it?" He looked at Yue Yang, "Why don't you check?"

“It’s the second young lady’s carriage, so…” Yue Yang didn’t continue.

They are all soldiers under Shen Beiqi.

Who among those present dared to stop his sister's carriage?

"Zhiyan?"

Shen Beiqi seemed to be thinking about something.

……

When Xingping woke up, she found herself on the bed from the boat.

It was her own bed!

This is simply hell!

It was dark outside. Xingping walked quickly into Jiang Li's house in her slippers.

Luo Zhi was serving the girl dinner.

"Girl, is something wrong?"

Xingping felt that something must have happened, and it must be a big thing.

How else to explain it? She was as good as dead when she fell asleep on the boat.

Perhaps it was the aftereffect of the drug, Jiang Li had a poor appetite and drank two mouthfuls of porridge before putting it down.

"Something happened, but it was safe."

Jiang Li asked Luo Zhi to take away the food, and then she thought of Lin Lang again.

It's also her fault for trusting others too easily.

But in her heart, Linlang was not an outsider, so she let down her guard against her.

I just didn’t expect that…

She sighed and asked Luo Zhi who had just returned to the house, "Did you gain anything from your visit to Huajia Lane today?"

Shen Beiqi had reminded me last time that no matter where I went, I must take Luo Zhi with me.

But today, she sent Luo Zhi to Huajia Lane to sneak into the house to look for some useful evidence.

It seems that I really need to be more careful in the future and not be so careless anymore.

Luo Zhi: "There's nothing suspicious in that house, and the banknotes are all small amounts... Could it be that Zou deposited all the money in the bank?"

Jiang Li shook her head, thinking it was unlikely. "According to Zou's personality, she would choose to hide it herself and would never choose to put it in a bank."

She loves money like her life, and any money that is not in her hands cannot give her a sense of security.

Such people would rather dig a hole in their house and bury their silver than deposit it in a money house.

"Did she go out today?"

"Miss forgot," Xingping reminded, "The master is on a day off today, why would she go out?"

Jiang Li felt a severe headache.

For the first time, I had the thought of throwing away everything.

These days...when will it end!

……

The Duke of Jingguo.

As soon as Shen Zhiyan got up, she heard Baozhu come to report that the Duke had arrived.

"Brother, are you here to see me so early in the morning?"

Shen Zhiyan asked her brother to sit down beside the couch and ordered Baozhu to serve him tea.

"You went out of town yesterday?" Shen Beiqi asked casually after taking the tea.

Shen Zhiyan didn't think much about it and nodded, "Yes, Brother Wenyuan invited me to go boating yesterday."

The young man paused while drinking his tea and looked at Shen Zhiyan sideways, "Has he ever separated from you? Or, has he ever been injured?"

Shen Zhiyan was startled when she heard this.

He did leave halfway and went to the jade flower forest with a fisherman who was rowing a boat.

He said he was going to catch a fresh silver carp and make soup for her.

Unfortunately, no fish was caught and the man accidentally fell into the lake and came back all wet.

Thinking about it now, Shen Zhiyan still finds it a little funny.

No wonder he asked her to help keep it a secret and not tell anyone that he fell into the lake.

"No." Shen Zhiyan smiled and said, "Why do you ask, brother?"

Shen Beiqi looked at her for a moment, "Really?"

Shen Zhiyan: "Of course it's true. There's no point in lying to my brother about this."