Chapter 33

◎Could it be that the seduction failed? ◎

Since returning from visiting Xue's father, Xue Lingyu seemed to have fallen into an icy abyss, remaining melancholy all day long. Jiang He wanted to ask her something, but didn't know where to begin.

Too much has happened between her and Xue Lingyu.

Since Xue Lingyu did not agree to change the house for her father, Jiang He sent several more servants to serve him personally.

The wedding dress that Xue Lingyu lingered in the shop for a long time last time was also sent to the Jiang residence by the shopkeeper.

Her thoughtfulness and meticulousness, and how well she did everything, made Xue Lingyu feel ashamed.

He wasn't taking his anger out on Jiang He for any particular reason; he just hadn't been feeling well lately, but he hadn't caught any illness, nor had he had any headaches or fevers.

The weather got cold, and he assumed that he had caught a cold because he was not careful. He simply asked Yang Le to get him some medicine to treat the cold.

Although Yang Le was Jiang's father's man, she knew that Xue Lingyu was now valued by Jiang He, so she dared not be careless at all. She went to the clinic run by the Jiang family and found a doctor who was on duty. She then got the medicine according to the symptoms of a cold.

On his way back, he happened to run into Jiang He, who was returning from the shop, at the entrance of Liushui Xiaozhu.

Xue Lingyu was left at Liushui Xiaozhu, and the servants from that courtyard all came to serve her, as did Yang Le.

Jiang He recognized Yang Le as Xue Lingyu's attendant, who was holding a medicine bag. Upon seeing her, Yang Le seemed startled, and her expression turned somewhat strange.

This aroused her suspicion.

Yang Le's legs went weak under her gaze, and she stammered as she confessed, "Greetings, Miss. I was ordered by Young Master Xue to go to the clinic to get medicine for my cold."

"Why are you acting so suspiciously when you're getting medicine?" Jiang He's first thought was that Xue Lingyu was sick.

They spent every day together, how could she not know he had caught a cold?

She took the medicine that Yang Le had prescribed and strolled back into the house to look for Xue Lingyu.

Yang Le breathed a sigh of relief only after she had walked quite a distance away.

The young lady's eyes just now looked as if she wanted to devour him.

Getting medicine didn't need to be done in such secrecy, but he remembered the people he had met at the clinic and dared not make a sound.

If the young lady or the master found out, he would probably be in big trouble, so this secret could only be kept in his heart.

Since Young Master Xue is so favored, Miss will certainly not do anything to him.

Yang Le was trying to convince herself.

Xue Lingyu lay on the bed, feeling listless all over, but when he saw someone come in, he thought it was Yang Le, so he sat up and asked, "Did you get the medicine?"

When Jiang He appeared in front of him, Xue Lingyu was stunned to see that she was holding a medicine packet in her hand.

He didn't actually want Jiang He to know that he was feeling unwell. It was such a trivial matter that a dose of medicine would be enough. If Jiang He found out, she would definitely call Doctor Ji to come to the mansion to examine him.

Jiang He found his behavior strange, but her expression remained unchanged. She placed the medicine on the table, walked to the bedside, and touched Xue Lingyu's forehead. Seeing that he did not seem displeased, she said thoughtfully, "How come I didn't know you were sick?"

Xue Lingyu looked down at his lower abdomen. He didn't seem to be sick, but he always felt a dragging sensation in his lower abdomen, and it felt extremely cold. Even during the day, he had to stay in bed and couldn't get out of bed.

"I just feel inexplicably cold. I might have caught a cold. Maybe I'll feel better after taking the medicine." Xue Lingyu glanced at the medicine packet and wanted to call Yang Le to brew the medicine, but Jiang He suddenly grabbed his hand.

Xue Lingyu looked at Jiang He in confusion.

"It's best to wait for the doctor to come and see you. All medicines have side effects, and you shouldn't take medicine casually if you're not sick."

Xue Lingyu was stunned for a moment, thinking that just as he had thought, Jiang He would still ask a doctor to take his pulse.

In Jiang He's view, however, he was hesitant.

When a woman hesitates to ask a doctor to examine her pulse after falling ill, Jiang He naturally has a bad feeling about it.

While waiting for Doctor Ji to arrive, Xue Lingyu asked Jiang He again, "Where is Yang Le?"

Not knowing whether the matter he had specifically instructed Yang Le to handle had been done well, Xue Lingyu felt both guilty and conflicted with Jiang He present.

Could it be that Yang Le has confessed everything? That's why Jiang He came in carrying the medicine bag herself, and she looked rather unwell.

Jiang He replied indifferently, "I don't know."

The whereabouts of a servant are not something she should concern herself with.

At this moment, Yuange came in, glanced at Xue Lingyu, walked straight to Jiang He's side, and whispered a few words in her ear. Jiang He's eyes suddenly changed, and she said in a deep voice, "Then bring them all in."

Yuange bowed and accepted the order.

Soon after, Doctor Ji and Yang Le entered the room, but Yang Le was escorted in by Ji Xue.

Yang Le looked extremely disheveled. He hadn't expected to be exposed so quickly, and now he could only keep pleading with Xue Lingyu for mercy.

"Young Master Xue, please save me! I went to get the medicine as you instructed. Besides, I am just a servant girl, and I would never dare to have any intention of harming anyone."

Xue Lingyu was completely confused. He looked at Jiang He and asked, "What happened?"

Jiang He looked at Yang Le, who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and sneered, "I saw him acting suspiciously at the courtyard gate just now. If he was just getting medicine, it wouldn't be this bad, but if he did something else and deliberately wanted to be discovered, what would happen?"

Xue Lingyu had known Jiang He for so long, but this was the first time she had ever seen her stare at someone with such a terrifying look.

"I don't understand," Xue Lingyu said, seeing that Jiang He didn't seem inclined to continue. She then asked Yang Le, "What did you do wrong?"

Although Yang Le wasn't his person, she had served him for so long, and the two of them at least had a master-servant relationship. Now that Yang Le had somehow offended Jiang He, he was determined to find out the truth.

Xue Lingyu treated his servants very well, and Yang Le had never suffered any hardship while following him. Now, seeing him ask her so sincerely, Yang Le's heart suddenly ached.

But compared to his master, he was ultimately going to let him down.

He pointed to the medicine packet on the table, then closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, saying, "Young Master Xue, you despise Miss, so naturally you wouldn't want to have her child. I don't know how you used to prevent pregnancy before, but this time you ordered me to get the prescription for a contraceptive decoction. I dared not, but I had no choice but to obey your orders. I pretended to get the prescription for typhoid fever, but in reality, I did this for you..."

Upon hearing this, Xue Lingyu was the most surprised.

His eyes widened in disbelief; he had never expected Yang Le to utter such slanderous words against him.

"Who taught you to say that? I never told you to do such a thing." Xue Lingyu almost lost his composure, looking at Yang Le with a face full of disappointment.

Yang Le lowered her head even further, but still couldn't resist adding fuel to the fire, confirming the matter.

"But Miss dotes on you so much, and Young Master has been married into the household for so long without conceiving. Isn't that enough to explain things?"

This is common knowledge, and it's also no secret that Xue Lingyu had a grudge against the Jiang family in the past. This really gave Xue Lingyu a reason to do these things.

"I just want an explanation from you," Jiang He suddenly spoke.

Xue Lingyu didn't know how to explain, and finally condensed all her words into a dry sentence: "I did tell him to get the medicine, but it was definitely not a contraceptive."

His words were so weak that they could not prove his innocence at all.

If the medicine is tested and proven to be a contraceptive, it's practically a death sentence for him.

He had no connections in the Jiang family and no one who fully trusted him.

At this moment, Doctor Ji, who had been quietly standing to the side, stepped forward, opened the medicine packet, and began to identify the herbs one by one.

Not long after, she put down the medicine bag and said to Jiang He, "Miss, this is indeed not medicine for treating colds."

Yang Le suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Doctor Ji could finish speaking, he added, "It's not a contraceptive, but rather a tonic to strengthen a woman's body."

Dr. Ji felt somewhat embarrassed to say this in front of so many people.

Yang Le stood there, bewildered. He couldn't understand why such a mistake could occur when the other party had clearly stated that everything was arranged perfectly.

He only realized what was happening when his eyes met Jiang He's.

Nothing escapes Miss's notice.

"Yang Le, I have always treated you well, why would you want to harm me?" Xue Lingyu really didn't understand why Yang Le would do this.

“Young Master Xue has indeed treated me well, and I sincerely want to serve you. However, you should know that I came from the master’s courtyard, so there are naturally feelings that are hard to sever.”

"Are you saying that everything you did today was taught to you by your father?" Jiang He sneered.

First Yangtao, then Yangle, these two brothers really have a deep friendship.

The music played in silence.

Yangtao is his older brother. The two of them grew up in the lord's courtyard since they were little, but not many people knew that they were brothers. They all thought that the lord had given them similar names.

In addition, after his brother's accident, he did not contact him in order to protect him, so many people felt that he had no relationship with Yang Tao at all.

Jiang He walked up to Yang Le, raised a chilling smile, and said in a tone as cold as ice, "I'm curious what Yang Tao promised you that would make you do such a treacherous thing, but I do regret letting him live now."

Jiang He felt that she hadn't shown her power in a long time, and now these people were trying to bully her.

"Drag him away and beat him to death." Jiang He didn't listen to Yang Le's clumsy explanation any longer and made a gesture to Ji Xue.

At this point, Ji Xue also became serious, knocked Yang Le unconscious, and dragged her out.

Xue Lingyu hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself. Jiang He asked, "Do you want to plead for him?"

Xue Lingyu's heart was still pounding. If Jiang He had believed Yang Le's words just now, the two of them would probably have developed an irreconcilable rift. Although he might not be beaten to death, he would definitely be in unbearable pain.

Xue Lingyu nodded, then shook her head.

Yang Le had served him for so long, and it sounded like she was bewitched by that woman named Yang Tao.

He admitted that he had softened his heart.

The sheer ferocity with which Jiang He uttered the words "beat to death" was the first time he realized that Jiang He was truly enraged.

Xue Ji hadn't forgotten the gesture Jiang He had made earlier; he had knocked the person unconscious to make things easier.

When Yang Le woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar place.

"Miss said she's letting you off the hook because you begged the guards to save your master last time, and because you've taken good care of him these past few days. If your brother comes looking for you again, tell him to stop having any improper thoughts and to just live his own life." Ji Xue tossed a package to Yang Le.

"Miss also wants you to remember that, in the Lord's eyes, you are already a dead man."

This is a village on the eastern outskirts of the city. To merely punish Yang Le with hard labor is indeed too lenient.

Yang Le recalled the kindness her lord had shown her and couldn't help but feel guilty, tears streaming down her face.

While Mr. Jiang was embroidering, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. His head was starting to ache, so he asked in confusion, "Why is there such a loud noise outside?"

Ruiming looked outside but couldn't see anything, so he said, "I'll go outside and take a look."

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he was stopped by several burly servants.

The commotion attracted Mr. Jiang to come and see for himself.

Seeing that these servants dared to touch the people around him, he frowned and wanted to reprimand them.

At this moment, Yuange stepped forward and said, "Greetings to my lord. In response to your question, it was learned that Yang Le, who was serving Young Master Xue, was plotting to frame him. Miss has discovered that this matter is related to Yang Tao. It also seems that Brother Ruiming has a good relationship with Yang Tao. Therefore, Miss would like to ask someone to inquire about a few things."

Yang Tao is from Jiang's father's courtyard. That incident was definitely due to his lax discipline, which hurt Jiang He's pride. Now, there's Yang Le, who is even trying to frame Xue Lingyu.

Given Jiang He's temperament, this matter is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Looking at Ruiming, Jiang's father could only sigh helplessly, tacitly agreeing that Yuange could take the person away.

Ruiming pursed his lips and remained silent. He had indeed received a favor from Yang Tao, so it was normal for the young lady to want to investigate him.

After learning about Yang Le's situation, Doctor Ji took Xue Lingyu's pulse, but this time it would take longer than usual.

The pulse was normal just a few days ago, but today it showed some strange signs, which made Doctor Ji frown.

She withdrew her hand. "Young Master Xue's pulse is not ordinary. I was unable to detect it. I would be grateful if you could find someone else, Miss."

Jiang He was also somewhat surprised, "So that's how it is."

"Isn't it a cold? I've been feeling a bit cold in my lower abdomen and chest these past few days," Xue Lingyu said, still shaken, clutching her chest.

"Young Master Xue has not caught a cold. To be on the safe side, Miss, why don't you ask the imperial physician to take a look?" Doctor Ji was truly at a loss and could only advise Jiang He to seek another opportunity.

Jiang He nodded. The imperial physicians in the palace were indeed more skilled. With her brother there, it wouldn't be difficult to invite them.

After seeing Doctor Ji off, Xue Lingyu finally asked the question she most wanted to ask.

Who is Yang Tao?

As a man, he was born with a keen sense of perception. Judging from Jiang He and Yang Le's behavior, Yang Tao had probably done something that made Jiang He hate him so much that she even wanted to kill him.

One is a servant, the other is a master. Could it be that the seduction failed?

A note from the author:

Today is another day I'm looking forward to the strawberries being shipped out soon.

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[This is hilarious! They actually went to get medicine for the female lead to help her recover, hahaha!]

Did you update today? Yes. Did you water it with nutrient solution? Yes.

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Will she really run away with the baby? Xiao Xue is so delicate.

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So what was the Fifth Prince's purpose in performing this play?

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【Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes!】

Is he going to dribble away? (Gives a peek)

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Sigh, it feels too soft to let Yang Le off so easily. Shouldn't we have learned our lesson after what happened with Yang Tao? We've been so good to them, and in the end, they still betrayed us.

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