Chapter 1684: Chapter 1684
Chapter 1684: Chapter 1685: Discovery of Clues
Regarding the matter of the vine branches, Su Yunjin originally intended to tell Gu Ya when he returned. However, Gu Ya came back late yesterday, and with the incident of King Chu sending someone to abduct her, Su Yunjin temporarily forgot about it. Early in the morning, Gu Ya went to the Prince Ning Residence again. To ensure Su Yunjin’s safety, Gu Ya arranged for over a dozen more guards outside the Gu Family residence, and also assigned several skilled martial artists, led by Xue Chu, to stay close to Su Yunjin.
Currently, the five or six men following not far behind Su Yunjin were all arranged by Gu Ya. Since Su Yunjin had never seen the other five men before, she didn’t recognize a single one of them. The only one she knew was Xue Chu, who had been by her side since yesterday. Today, Xue Chu remained inseparable from her as he was yesterday. Although being followed by so many men made Su Yunjin feel slightly uncomfortable, she said nothing to be safe.
With these men accompanying her, even if King Chu sent the man from yesterday again, he wouldn’t easily abduct her. This morning, while changing her clothes, Su Yunjin found the remedy Mrs. An gave to Gu Ya yesterday. Seeing this, she suddenly remembered the issue she forgot to mention to Gu Ya yesterday.
Slapping her forehead, Su Yunjin felt a bit regretful. How could she forget such an important matter? Yesterday, Gu Ya mentioned that Prince Ning would investigate the evidence and facts related to poisoning Little Tiangua. This note was evidence. The vine branches were something only the nobles of Jincheng used. Leng Jingxian came from Jincheng and was the Prime Minister’s daughter. No one else besides Leng Jingxian and her servant could be involved in using the vine branches to harm others.
When Su Yunjin initially went to town to inquire about the vine branches at more than half of the pharmacies, neither the doctors nor the assistants had heard of it. Yet, the only place that had it was the small pharmacy Mrs. An visited. It didn’t make sense that none of the other locals had heard of it, but that one pharmacy not only knew of it but also had the medicine.
Su Yunjin suddenly realized something. Holding the remedy, she dashed outside. Su Yunjin believed there must be something suspicious about that pharmacy. She needed to go there immediately and ask around. The pharmacy might have been bribed by Leng Jingxian and her servant long ago to stock the vine branches. If this were true, then all the evidence against Leng Jingxian for poisoning would be complete.
Su Yunjin hurriedly ran outside without much thought, but Xue Chu and the others quickly stepped forward to stop her when they saw her leaving.
“Madam, you cannot leave. The young master instructed us not to let you go out until he returns,” Xue Chu blocked Su Yunjin’s path. Su Yunjin halted her steps, and before she could speak, Xue Chu respectfully added, “Madam, for your safety, please go back!” Follow current novels on novel★fire.net
Fearful that if she delayed, the pharmacy’s shopkeeper and assistants might escape, Su Yunjin urgently needed to visit the pharmacy. She looked at Xue Chu, her eyes filled with anxiety, “Brother Xue, I have urgent matters to attend to outside. Please, Brother Xue, allow me to go out.”
“Madam, the young master has instructed us not to let you go out,” Xue Chu remained firm, unwilling to let Su Yunjin pass. The young master had entrusted him with Madam’s safety. What if something happened to her outside? How would he answer to the young master upon his return?