Chapter 64 - Take You for a Good Show

Shen Ninghua coldly glanced at him and said, “The First Lady has been trying to make trouble for me. Now that you’ve given her my handle, I’m afraid that she is currently waiting for me at my Yingyue Courtyard.”

Chu Junyi smiled mysteriously. “Ninghua, at least we are in a cooperative relationship. How could I harm you?”

Shen Ninghua looked at his peerlessly handsome face and frowned. She wasn’t accustomed to this face. “This face of yours is too flashy.”

Chu Junyi said helplessly, “Ninghua, this is my true appearance.”

“Impossible,” Shen Ninghua frowned. “Didn’t you show me your true appearance that day?”

Chu Junyi walked over to Shen Ninghua and put her hand on his own. A mocking light flashed in his eyes. “How about finding it out for yourself?”

Shen Ninghua carefully felt it with her hand and asked with interest, “How did you manage to do it? You lied to me?”

“I didn’t mean to lie to you. I just used you to test my disguise skills.” Chu Junyi was quite proud of his success in deceiving Shen Ninghua.

“What do you have to do with the Qi family in Nanjiang?” Shen Ninghua’s thoughts stirred. She suddenly remembered the Qi family that was famous for its disguise skills. It was said that the Qi family had studied disguise techniques for generations. Children’s appearances were changed by their parents when they were born. When they grew up, they could change their own appearances. Some people never revealed their true appearances to others from birth to death.

Chu Junyi smiled and said, “You will know later. I will let you meet someone. Ye Yi, come out.”

Shen Ninghua turned her head to look at the person who walked in from the door. Ye Yi had actually disguised himself as Chu Junyi the way he looked in the Xiao family.

“Greetings, Master. Greetings, Miss Shen.”

Shen Ninghua immediately understood Chu Junyi’s plan. “You let Ye Yi disguise himself as you, so that he could temporarily replace you in the capital. Are you planning to personally go to Ping City?”

“Right.” Chu Junyi stood at the window. The breeze coming towards him made him squint his eyes in satisfaction. However, what he said caused Shen Ninghua’s heart to sink. “The plague in Ping City has already begun.”

“What?” Shen Ninghua was shocked. “It’s only been ten days. How could it be so fast?”

“The Pan River destroyed the mountain. Many animals on the mountain were drowned. At this time, the people there didn’t have the effort to bury human corpses, let alone animals. The plague was caused by the corpses of animals. It is estimated that the news will arrive at the capital tomorrow at the latest.” Chu Junyi turned around and looked at Shen Ninghua with a serious expression. “Ninghua, I need the real prescription.”

Shen Ninghua remained silent for a long time. Then she turned around and walked behind the desk. She picked up a brush and started writing quickly. Fifteen minutes later, she stopped writing and said, “These are the complete prescription. They could effectively cure the plague.”

Chu Junyi’s eyes lit up as he took the prescriptions and looked them up carefully.

Shen Ninghua said, “The first prescription is the most complete. But it requires many different kinds of medicinal ingredients. The flood in Ping City is serious. It will take a long time to gather so many medicinal ingredients at once. The second prescription is the simplified version. The effect may be slightly modest, but the medicinal ingredients are also simpler and can temporarily relieve symptoms. The third prescription is the simplest and can only be used for prevention.”

Chu Junyi looked at the three pieces of paper in his hand as if they were precious treasures. “Ninghua, I don’t know how to thank you.” The prescription to cure the plague was priceless. If Shen Ninghua handed it over to the emperor, she could trade for much bigger benefits.

Shen Ninghua smiled nonchalantly. “For the sake of our good cooperation, I’ll give you this prescription for free. I don’t need your thanks. I just hope that you don’t cause trouble for me with this prescription.”

Chu Junyi carefully put away the prescription. “Don’t worry. Rather than causing trouble for you, the prescription will make a great contribution to you. Ninghua, I can tell that your heart is not with the Shen family. But sometimes, a family is not something you can leave as you wish. If you want to break away from the Shen family, you need a new identity. This is a good opportunity.”

Shen Ninghua shook her head. “I understand what you mean, but I don’t need another identity.” With a higher status, there would be more trouble. It would be easy for her to obtain an identity with the help of the royal family, but she did not want to be tied to the royal family.

“This matter is not urgent. Let’s wait for the matter in Ping City to settle down before we operate on this.” Chu Junyi looked at the sky outside and said, “It’s almost time. I’ll take you to see a good show.”

“What good show?”

“You’ll know when you get there.” Chu Junyi instructed Ye Yi to return to the Xiao family, then he hugged Shen Ninghua by the waist and jumped down the building.

Hearing the wind whistling past her ears, Shen Ninghua felt her heart trembling and tightened her grip on Chu Junyi.

Feeling her emotions, Chu Junyi’s eyes warmed up and he laughed out in a low voice, “Haha, don’t be afraid.”

As they landed firmly on the ground, Shen Ninghua’s expression was still slightly tense. She pushed Chu Junyi away and walked towards the door. Chu Junyi chuckled and followed behind her unhurriedly.

At this time, two carriages collapsed to the ground on the only way which must be passed from the Palace to the Shen Mansion. The reins in the front of the two carriages were cut off, and the horses pulling the carriages were nowhere to be found.

The ground was messy and covered in blood. The sounds of weapons colliding could be heard from not far away. A group of people were still fighting.

Shen Ninghua was held by Chu Junyi and hid in a nearby pavilion. She frowned as she looked at the scene below. “Did you arrange the carriage with the Shen family’s logo?”

‘”Yes, someone had been watching you since your carriage entered the Palace. My people secretly noticed that they were lying in ambush on the road from the Shen Mansion to the Palace. I had them bring you to my residence in advance. Then, I ordered people to continue driving the carriage to the Shen family as a cover. As I expected, something happened halfway.”

“Do you know who wants to kill me?”

“I will know soon.” Chu Junyi looked at the fierce battle below. “I’ve ordered my people to keep a prisoner who can furnish information.”

They were standing very close to each other. Chu Junyi’s breath was spitting out in her ears. Shen Ninghua felt a little uncomfortable. However, when she turned to look at Chu Junyi, his gaze was focused on the battle below and he didn’t seem to notice at all. So she felt like she was thinking too much.

“The Shen family must be in a mess now. Take advantage of the mess to send me back. If you find out the identity of the person who wants to kill me, send someone to tell me.”

“If you go back now, the First Lady must have set up a trap for you to fall.”

Shen Ninghua smiled faintly. “It’s almost two hours since I came out of the Palace. She received the news and must have spent enough time arranging for it. If I go back too late, that would be bad.”

“Alright, then I’ll send you back first. I’ll have Ye Yi deliver the news to you when I get it.” Chu Junyi jumped down from the pavilion with her in his arms. He leapt away from the street where the battle was taking place and soon arrived outside the Shen Mansion. “I will leave for Ping City tonight, so I won’t specifically bid you farewell.”

Shen Ninghua nodded. “Alright, I know.”

Seeing that Shen Ninghua walked towards the Shen Mansion without stopping, Chu Junyi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. “Ninghua, won’t you say a few more words to me?”

Shen Ninghua turned around and said, “I almost forgot. Pay more attention to the news about Yun Chuan and tell me when you find him.”

Chu Junyi choked. Hearing her words, he felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. He sighed slightly and curled his lips. “Be careful in the Shen family.”

“Yes, I will. You…have a good trip.” After Shen Ninghua finished speaking, she strode around the enclosing wall and walked towards the back door of the Shen Mansion.

Hearing the last four words, Chu Junyi faintly curled up lips, and with a flash of his white clothes, he disappeared from where he was.

Shen Ninghua turned around, took a look and quickly left.

The sudden knock on the back door woke up the lad servant who was dozing by the door. He almost rolled on the ground and immediately scolded, “Who is it? Knock! Knock! Knock! Like you are running for your life!”

Shen Ninghua slightly frowned as she stared coldly at the lad servant who opened the door.

When the lad servant saw Shen Ninghua, his legs softened and he knelt down immediately. “Eldest Young Lady…Eldest Young Lady, please spare my life. I didn’t know it was you knocking on the door.”

Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes and looked at him. She took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and threw it in front of him. “How’s it going in the mansion?”

“Eldest Young Lady, I only heard that Madam called Master to Yingyue Courtyard. Nothing else happened.”

“Alright, you keep guarding the back door.”

“Yes, yes, as you ordered.”

Shen Ninghua walked forward as she thought in her mind. Madam Zhao must have thought that something had happened to her on the road. Therefore, she couldn’t go back directly at this time. She suddenly thought of something and changed into a different direction. She picked a deserted path and walked towards the Second Lady Su’s courtyard.

At this time, in Yingyue Courtyard, the First Lady stood beside Shen Dong with her hands covering her belly. Bai Ruo, Qing Que, and the other maids knelt on the ground, and the atmosphere in the room stagnated.

“Master, Ninghua’s whereabouts are still unknown. Send someone to look for her first. I’ll let someone deal with these servants for the time being.” Madam Zhao stared at Qing Que on the ground with an unclear expression in her eyes. These little bitches had helped Shen Ninghua a lot. As long as they fell in her hands, she would never let them live!

Bai Ruo raised her head and said respectfully, “Master, Miss was invited to a banquet by Princess Anning. It is natural if she was delayed on the road a little. She was just two hours late. Perhaps there was something on the way. She is far from missing.”

Madam Zhao looked at her coldly. “Bai Ruo, you’ve been serving Ninghua for a long time. I thought you were a loyal servant, but I didn’t expect you to be so thoughtless about your mistress. Master, I don’t think we should keep these servants anymore. If they stayed in Yingyue Courtyard, something else might happen.”

Hong Ling gritted her teeth. If she wasn’t worried about her Miss, she would kick Madam Zhao out of Yingyue Courtyard right now!

“Master, madam, we are all loyal to Miss. We won’t have any complaints at all even if we need to die for Miss. Your ladyship kept saying that Miss is missing and that we have something to do with it. Why do you sound like that you know something that goes on behind the scenes?”

Madam Zhao’s face blushed and she took a deep breath. Suddenly, she covered her belly and leaned against Shen Dong. “Ah, my belly…”

Shen Dong’s expression changed as he hurriedly ordered Wang Fu, “Go get a doctor.”

Madam Zhao leaned weakly against Shen Dong. Her eyes were filled with tears. “Master, as your wife, I wholeheartedly care about Ninghua. Now that even maidservants dare to question me like this, what face do I still have…In the future, even when the baby is born, he will also be laughed at. If so, it would be better not to let him be born.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? The baby is also my son. Whoever dares to be disrespectful to him will be punished without delay! Someone, drag these bold maids down and give them 30 strokes!”