The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 28

Liu Li walked out of the house. Fortunately, the doors and windows were closed just now, and the fishy smell didn’t spread too much. She couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Ning Zisheng leaned against the pillar next to her, holding a lantern and looking at her: “Did the county princess have fun scaring people?”

“…” Liu Li thought, why didn’t she realize that Ning Zisheng liked to tease people so much before? She bared her teeth at her: “Don’t I look scary?”

She felt that she had applied powder on her face, making her skin pale. With the light shining on her, she thought she must be very scary, maybe even scaring Ning Zisheng.

Ning Zisheng glanced at her and said perfunctorily: “Yes, scary.”

“Your Highness, don’t you believe me.” Liu Li “hummed” and started bragging, “Xiao Die was so scared by me that she fainted.”

“Oh?” Ning Zisheng raised her eyebrows, “I thought the county princess relied on her natural divine power.”

“…You heard that.” Liu Li thought Ning Zisheng’s ears were really good.

In short, she had finally completed the task. Looking at the system prompt “Find out the truth about Ning Rou being poisoned (1/1)” in front of her, Liu Li felt relieved.

She had specifically communicated with the system in advance this time, asking it not to give rewards immediately, at least give her some buffer time. The system reluctantly agreed.

Now, she had time to appreciate the reward.

But Ning Zisheng suddenly interrupted her again: “I really didn’t expect that the palace servant would soak the spoon in pinellia juice every day. When we went to investigate before, the spoons had been taken away by the palace servants. The empress’s people are really cautious.”

“Yes.” Liu Li was anxious to see the rewards and was a little absent-minded when talking to Ning Zisheng. But the system was stuck and didn’t load the rewards.

Then she heard Ning Zisheng suddenly say: “The county princess is so persistent in exploring the truth, it’s as if… she can get some kind of reward afterward.”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Li broke out in a cold sweat.

The system’s golden finger was a fantasy in ancient times. It was inevitable that Liu Li would reveal flaws by knowing so much information that she shouldn’t know through the system.

She had previously thought that the system would handle this. Because in front of others, no matter how unlike a person from this dynasty Liu Li’s words and actions were, no one had noticed her abnormality.

For example, the previous incident of “sudden eye disease” was heard by Princess Bao’an, but she never asked about it, and then pretended that it had never happened.

Liu Li naturally thought that this was the system’s mechanism.

But now that she thought about it, Ning Zisheng seemed to have noticed something at that time.

“Your Highness is joking.” Liu Li replied with twelve points of vigilance, “It’s all for my mother. I believe that if it were Your Highness, you would definitely do the same as me.”

She didn’t know if these words could dispel Ning Zisheng’s doubts.

The light was dim, and Liu Li couldn’t see the subtle expression on her face. She only heard Ning Zisheng pause and answer along her words:

“Princess Bao’an’s safety is naturally the greatest reward from heaven for the county princess.”

As for how much truth there was in these words, only Ning Zisheng knew.

The rewards issued by the system this time were much more normal, no longer “Ninth Princess kiss,” but real objects.

Liu Li spread out her palm and received a small wooden box the size of her palm. She gently opened it, and inside was a round pill with a bitter taste.

Huh?

Could it be some kind of advanced pill in a novel that can turn you into a cultivation master and gain peerless martial arts?

Thinking like this, Liu Li carefully checked the system’s introduction text. This pill had a simple, rude, and direct name, erectile dysfunction pill.

As for its effect, the medicine was as its name suggested. It was harmless to women, but after men took it, they would lose a very important function for a long time.

Liu Li was stunned for a moment, and her breathing almost stopped for a moment.

The system issued this thing at this time, and its purpose was self-evident. This medicine was for Emperor Jiacheng!

If he lost that ability, Bao’an’s personal safety would naturally be guaranteed.

Moreover, Emperor Jiacheng had been normal for decades. If he suddenly became impotent, he would definitely be very angry and would never let Bao’an find out about it, otherwise, where would his face go?

So Bao’an would be free from his harassment for a long time.

Liu Li was lying on the couch thinking when she heard Yu’er rushing to report: “County Princess, county princess, something happened!”

Yu’er had always been relatively calm among the servants, but at this time, she was anxious and flustered.

It was noon, and Liu Li had finished lunch. She was a little sleepy and was about to take a nap when she was disturbed by her voice: “What’s wrong? What happened?”

Yu’er held on to the edge of the couch and paused, panting: “Liu Ruyun, she committed a crime and was tied up by Concubine Shi.”

Liu Li thought it was a big deal. When she heard it was Liu Ruyun, she lay back indifferently and said casually: “What happened to her?”

This half-sister was not very old, but she was very capable of causing trouble, and she didn’t stop for three days.

“She…” Yu’er hesitated. It was news she had heard from elsewhere, and she didn’t know if it was accurate, “I heard that she intended to harm the fifth princess…”

Liu Li suddenly felt a little troubled.

She didn’t want to care about Liu Ruyun’s affairs at all, but the bad thing about ancient culture was that if there was a half-sister who committed a crime, she, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Chu’s mansion, would inevitably be implicated.

This was also the reason why Yu’er was so anxious, afraid that something would happen to Liu Ruyun and affect Liu Li.

Logically speaking, this kind of thing should naturally be reported to the mistress, that is, Princess Bao’an, but she was not a capable person.

Liu Li didn’t want to disturb Bao’an, so she made her own decision and rubbed her eyebrows: “Okay, change clothes, we’ll go to Concubine Shi’s place now.”

Yu’er naturally obeyed.

“By the way,” Liu Li said again, “Get some paper and write a letter to my father first.”

In the harem dispute, the Duke of Chu’s mansion didn’t take sides. But Liu’s father was on good terms with the Duke of Jiang, and even verbally arranged a marriage between Liu Li and the son of the Jiang family. Although Liu Li would definitely not marry into this family, her family was currently on good terms with the Jiang family.

Although the empress had no children, the Jiang family had many daughters. Liu Li remembered in the original story that there was more than one concubine with the surname Jiang in the harem, and they had children. It should be that the Jiang family sent people to the palace again during the later draft.

But Liu Ruyun went to provoke Concubine Shi at this time. She had just fought with the empress, and she came to cause trouble. It was hard to guarantee that Concubine Shi wouldn’t think too much, and maybe even think it was the Duke of Chu’s instruction.

Liu Li picked up her pen and briefly described the matter in a few lines. After the ink dried, she rolled up the paper, put it in the letter tube, and handed it to Yu’er. She suddenly asked curiously: “How do we usually send letters?”

She had given the letter to the servant directly a few times before. Now that she remembered, she was a little curious how they sent it to the Duke of Chu’s mansion.

Yu’er smiled: “Please come with me.”

The two went out of the house and walked to the window. They saw Yu’er whistling skillfully, and a snow-white pigeon flew over, obediently stopping on Yu’er’s shoulder, letting her tie the letter tube to its little claws, and then flew away.

Liu Li: …So carrier pigeons are real.

••••

In Yaochi Palace, Liu Ruyun looked at Concubine Shi and the fifth princess in front of her helplessly.

She had never seen such a scene before and was so scared that her legs were a little weak.

The news that Yu’er heard was naturally different from the real situation. No matter what, Liu Ruyun was the second young miss of the Duke’s mansion, and Concubine Shi still had to give her some face. Moreover, the facts had not been ascertained at this time, so how could she tie up Liu Ruyun casually?

Concubine Li was also kneeling with her daughter, the eighth princess. Ning Zichun naturally didn’t want to kneel to Ning Ziling and Concubine Shi, but she was forced to come by her mother, and she was full of anger.

After they had been kneeling there for the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Concubine Shi finally said coolly: “Eighth Princess, why are you doing such a big salute? I can’t bear it. Please rise quickly.”

Ning Zichun was so angry that the veins on her hands bulged. Just as she was about to help Concubine Li up, she heard Concubine Shi say: “Concubine Li, I didn’t tell you to get up.”

This was too much! Ning Zichun almost had fire coming out of her eyes.

But who told Concubine Shi to be a concubine? Even if Concubine Li hated her to the core, she just patted Ning Zichun’s hand, indicating that she was fine.

Fifth Princess Ning Ziling glanced at them with disgust. Just as she was about to say something, Concubine Shi gave her daughter a look, and Ning Ziling swallowed the words she wanted to say.

Although she was straightforward, she was also very measured and listened to her mother very much.

“Second Miss Liu,” Concubine Shi said, “I’ll ask you, did you bump into Ling’er’s servant on the road this morning?”

“…Reporting to Your Highness,” Liu Ruyun said in fear and trepidation, “That’s true.”

“Oh?” Concubine Shi raised her eyebrows, “That is to say, you admit to tampering with Ling’er’s food?”

Liu Ruyun wanted to cry but had no tears. She quickly argued: “Reporting to Your Highness, this subject only bumped into that servant by chance and left quickly. I didn’t pay attention to who she was at all, and I didn’t have time to touch the things in her hand.”

After Ning Ziling returned to the palace today, the servant also brought back the meal. It happened that she had some stomach discomfort recently, so Concubine Shi sent Imperial Physician Wang to see her.

Imperial Physician Wang looked at the table full of lunch and solemnly found something wrong. Ning Ziling also smelled an unusual smell from the food.

——After examination by the Imperial Hospital, it was found that a few dishes were mixed with medicine to fatten livestock!

That servant was someone Concubine Shi brought from her mother’s house and would naturally not betray her master. The only variable left was Liu Ruyun, who bumped into her on the road.

Moreover, she was the eighth princess’s companion study, and it was well known that Ning Ziling and Ning Zichun didn’t get along, which was very subtle.

“Is that so?” Although Concubine Shi was smiling, the smile didn’t reach her eyes, “I don’t do things to frame people without evidence. So, there shouldn’t be many shops in Xijing City that sell this kind of medicine. To clear Second Miss Liu’s name, I’ll send someone to ask at all the shops now to see if Second Miss Liu has ever bought this medicine to fatten livestock. If it’s really a misunderstanding, I’ll personally apologize to Second Miss Liu.”

Liu Ruyun immediately broke out in a cold sweat, panicked, and subconsciously turned her pleading eyes to Concubine Li and Ning Zichun, but received no response.

What to do! Liu Ruyun had listened to her mother’s words and planned to play dirty tricks on Liu Li, so she had indeed bought the fattening medicine.

If Concubine Shi really intended to investigate, she definitely couldn’t hide it, and then she wouldn’t be able to clear her name!

“Your Highness, County Princess Chun Ning requests an audience.”

The servant whispered in Concubine Shi’s ear, making her raise her eyebrows slightly. This little princess had quick ears and had come over.

Concubine Shi thought for a moment and nodded. The servant went to invite Liu Li.

System: Oh, what should I do if I’m discovered by the female lead? Waiting online, anxious TvT