The Ninth Princess Reigns Supreme [Transmigration] - Chapter 32

Concubine Shi always acted decisively, and the matter of Liu Ruyun’s poisoning was quickly settled. With both human and physical evidence, she had no choice but to admit it.

Liu Ruyun was, after all, a concubine’s daughter from the Duke’s mansion, and Ning Ziling had not suffered any real harm, so Concubine Shi gave the Duke of Chu some face. She did not punish her according to the law but simply revoked Liu Ruyun’s status as a companion and sent her back to the Duke’s mansion from the palace.

Ning Zichun and Concubine Li were also implicated, which was a disaster for them. Not only were they fined a month’s salary, but they were also confined for a month to reflect on their actions in the palace.

Before Liu Ruyun left, she specially sent someone to give Liu Li a letter with only two big words on it:

Retribution.

Liu Li glanced at it and had it burned, thinking that this unlucky child, why didn’t she write something else in her neat regular script? She had to write such an unlucky word, tsk, tsk, tsk.

As for the truth of the matter, Liu Li had no intention of exploring it. Anyway, it had nothing to do with her, and it was better to mind her own business.

At the same time, Fifth Princess Ning Ziling also made a small mistake and was punished by Concubine Shi to reflect on her actions behind closed doors.

“Mother!” Ning Ziling was naturally active and was very unhappy to be suddenly confined in the palace. She kept pestering Concubine Shi, “Who on earth is gossiping to you?”

Concubine Shi said coldly: “Do you think it’s very secretive to secretly go to County Princess Chun Ning to practice martial arts? There are countless eyes staring in this palace. If you don’t calm down, I won’t be able to protect you if you incur the emperor’s displeasure.”

Ning Ziling was very careful when she went to Liu Li’s place. She didn’t meet anyone along the way and didn’t even bring a servant. She thought she was foolproof, but she was caught by Concubine Shi as soon as she went back.

She couldn’t figure out how the news was leaked and was so angry that she smashed many things in the palace and made a big fuss.

Later, the chief servant beside Concubine Shi secretly told her that it was a eunuch on duty in the imperial kitchen, who was the partner of a servant beside Concubine Li, who told Concubine Shi about it.

It was Ning Zichun’s good deed again!

Ning Ziling was so angry that she couldn’t wait to rush to Ning Zichun’s palace to punch her, but they were both in confinement and couldn’t even go to the Imperial Academy.

Although Liu Li found out about this later, she had a premonition when she saw that Ning Ziling had not come to the Imperial Academy for several days.

She was originally worried that Ning Ziling would come to disturb her every day, but she didn’t expect this problem to be solved so easily.

Anyway, Ning Ziling’s side mission was completed, and it was no problem for Liu Li not to contact her.

With Ning Ziling’s connection, Liu Li quickly contacted the weapon shop. According to the prompts given by the system, she wrote down all her requirements in the letter she sent and customized a special bow.

The weapon shop also quickly replied with the estimated completion date. Liu Li calculated that there was still plenty of time before Ning Zisheng’s birthday and that it was completely timely.

Although Liu Li’s birthday was only a few days away from Ning Zisheng’s, she was not interested in celebrating her birthday. Her mind was full of completely eliminating Emperor Jiacheng’s big hidden danger.

Since she was going to poison the emperor, she certainly couldn’t do it carelessly. She had to plan carefully.

On the first day that Ning Ziling and Ning Zichun were absent from the Imperial Academy, Liu Li looked at the empty seats and felt a little uncomfortable.

She turned her head and saw that although Ning Zisheng had put away her smile, the joy in her eyes could not be hidden.

“Your Highness is in a good mood?” Liu Li thought that she found the two of them noisy. Indeed, without them, it was very quiet.

Ning Zisheng pursed her lips meaningfully, her eyes glancing at Liu Li, making her panic, but she didn’t say anything.

When Ning Ziling and Ning Zichun were absent for a month, Liu Li couldn’t sit still.

During this time, Liu Li secretly investigated many things and finally came to a conclusion—it was more difficult than climbing to the sky to tamper with Emperor Jiacheng’s food.

Emperor Jiacheng’s daily food was handled by the head chef of the imperial kitchen, and someone was watching the whole process. There was no chance to tamper with it during the process of serving the dishes. In addition, before the emperor ate, he would not only use a silver needle to test for poison but also have a special servant taste it. Only after it was completely determined that it was safe would it enter the emperor’s stomach.

Liu Li pondered for a long time and felt that she had no chance of success. Of course, if she joined forces with Ning Zisheng, it would be different.

But… she was not sure that Ning Zisheng would agree to this.

Especially when Ning Zisheng suddenly brought up an old score after a long time. One day at noon, she suddenly mentioned it casually:

“…After all, you and Fifth Sister have a friendship of bathing together.”

Liu Li: ?

No wonder Ning Zisheng’s favorability hadn’t increased for a long time. It turned out that she was secretly holding a grudge again.

She knew that Ning Zisheng was well-informed, but she didn’t know that Ning Zisheng was so resourceful that she knew everything that happened in her palace. In the original story, Ning Zisheng’s “little ears” were clearly only Xiao Rui?

Or was it that the favored one’s luck was too heaven-defying, so that Ning Zisheng had the added bonus of “always hearing key information when eavesdropping”?

In short, Liu Li was speechless and had to say with difficulty: “It’s not what you think…”

“What I think depends entirely on what the county princess does.” Ning Zisheng smiled, “I thought that since the county princess and I made a promise, she would be willing to share everything with me, instead of saying nothing to me.”

Liu Li was speechless for a moment, thinking that Ning Zisheng’s possessiveness towards friends was too strong. Was this a characteristic of teenage girls in their teens?

In the end, she pursed her lips as if resigned.

Liu Li didn’t like to coax people, but she had made an exception countless times in front of Ning Zisheng, not only because she was the favored one but also because she couldn’t bear to deprive the faint light in her indifferent peach blossom eyes.

After all, Ning Zisheng’s only friend was herself.

So she just sighed and said, “Okay, as you wish.”

Ning Zisheng naturally heard the trace of helplessness in her tone and was stunned for a moment.

She quietly loosened her hands behind her back. Inside were a few leaves that had been shredded by her fingers, unrecognizable in their original shape. They quietly fell into the lake as her fingertips drooped, like a clump of green algae floating on the water.

Knowing that too much force would backfire, she still wanted to hold on tightly.

Was she wrong?

Ning Zisheng’s eyes fell on a small wooden box in Liu Li’s book bag. She had seen it more than once, but she had never seen Liu Li take it out, so she couldn’t help but ask, “What is this?”

“Oh?” Liu Li took out the small wooden box along her gaze and opened it for Ning Zisheng to see.

Inside the wooden box, a beautiful white velvet cloth wrapped a round pill, which was filled with a faint bitter taste, but it was not unpleasant. It was the reward issued by the system that day.

Ning Zisheng took a light sniff but couldn’t identify what kind of medicine was inside, which surprised her: “This is?”

Liu Li was afraid that it would damage the medicinal properties if it was left outside for too long, so she quickly closed the box. After hesitating for a moment, she replied: “…A medicine that can make men impotent.”

She saw Ning Zisheng’s pupils shrink, and then asked: “For life?”

“That’s not the case.” Liu Li said, “It will return to normal in a year or so and is harmless to the body.”

The men commonly seen in the palace were eunuchs or princes. Liu Li had no grudges against them. Who was this medicine for and why was it for was obvious.

Ning Zisheng looked at the wooden box thoughtfully: “When do you want to do it?”

Liu Li: “Huh?”

“In two days, Empress Jiang’s mother will enter the palace to visit her relatives, and many juniors should come with her.” Ning Zisheng’s thoughts jumped quickly, “The Duke of Jiang’s mansion has a tea plantation with a good harvest, and they will definitely offer some tea leaves to Ning Yucheng as usual.”

Ning Yucheng was Emperor Jiacheng’s real name.

Liu Li was completely confused. She had just taken out the pill, and Ning Zisheng had already thought of everything. Wasn’t this too fast?

But thinking about Ning Zisheng’s hatred for Emperor Jiacheng, it was understandable.

Back then, her mother, Chu Yan, was a naive young girl who had just entered the palace and was suddenly favored.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Emperor Jiacheng accused Chu Yan of deliberately seducing him and climbing onto the dragon bed. However, the fact was that Emperor Jiacheng had randomly summoned a concubine after drinking, but he was unwilling to admit his drunken absurdity afterward.

Emperor Jiacheng had three thousand concubines, and Chu Yan was the only one who had been favored but not promoted. Since then, she had lived in loneliness with Ning Zisheng for more than ten years.

Whenever she saw Chu Yan’s expression of suffering from illness, Ning Zisheng thought that the man high above, with his golden exterior, was nothing more than a clump of extremely filthy rotten things inside.

Even though Liu Li knew how much Ning Zisheng disliked the dog emperor, she couldn’t help but hesitate a little, after all, the progress was really a bit fast: “When will the Jiang family enter the palace?”

“Five days later.”

“This…” Liu Li pondered, “Is there enough time to prepare?”

“We can also wait for another opportunity. But if we delay one more day, your mother will be harassed by him for one more day.”

These words hit Liu Li’s weak spot. Thinking that the dog emperor might come to harass Bao’an again at any time, she became angry and immediately agreed: “Okay.”

Speaking of which, doing things with Ning Zisheng was quite exciting.

••••

Duke of Jiang’s Mansion, the Jiang family.

“Yuzhang.” The Duke of Jiang looked at his son coughing and felt very sorry for him. “Don’t you feel any better?”

Jiang Yuzhang leaned on the couch, his pale skin covered with cold sweat, and he barely shook his head: “Father, don’t worry, I’m fine.”

“His illness…” The Duchess of Jiang sighed and didn’t continue.

They had only one son, Jiang Yuzhang, but they didn’t expect him to be a sick man. The doctor predicted that he wouldn’t live past the age of twenty-five. What should they do? Should they give the position of heir to their daughter?

The Duke of Jiang thought of the verbal betrothal between Jiang Yuzhang and County Princess Chun Ning and couldn’t help but worry.

As the saying goes, marriage can bring good luck. They were eager to make this marriage happen as soon as possible. But County Princess Chun Ning would not reach her coming-of-age ceremony for another three years, and they didn’t know if Yuzhang’s body could last until then…

“Father.” Jiang Yuzhang supported himself and said, “Five days later, when we enter the palace, I want to ask County Princess Chun Ning’s opinion in person, and then…”

“Nonsense.” The Duke of Jiang put on a straight face. “The marriage was personally arranged by her father, the Duke of Chu, how can County Princess Chun Ning push it away if she wants to?”

Jiang Yuzhang had his own insistence: “Father, forced melons are not sweet.”

He remembered Liu Li’s slightly resistant look at that time and felt a pain in his heart. But who could he blame? He knew very well that this sick body wouldn’t last for many years. If he got married, he would only ruin County Princess Chun Ning’s good years.

The Duke of Jiang was annoyed by his son’s stubbornness and didn’t know what to say to him, so he immediately walked away.

The author has something to say: =w= A certain secondary CP is quietly mentioned.

Don’t worry, the blackening value is slowly accumulating.

Thank you very much.