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Chapter 236: Life-threatening

Moreover, if something happens to Jiang Yuyue, Prince Jing will definitely investigate. If she is at the scene of the incident, she will be discovered. Xie Zhi has no intention of getting herself involved.

Better safe than sorry. She had painstakingly planned everything she had achieved, so how could she possibly allow herself to be exposed?

Watching the carriage disappear into the distance, Xie Zhi felt a surge of joy. Just as she turned to return to her residence, a person suddenly darted out from the crowd and a handkerchief smeared with sleeping pills was abruptly covered with her mouth and nose.

"Well……!"

Xie Zhi struggled instinctively, but she had no skills to defend herself, and the drug was too potent. Within a few breaths, her body went limp.

……

At that moment, Jiang Yuyue was doing her makeup inside the house.

Jasmine's nimble fingers styled Jiang Yuyue's hair into a neat and beautiful bun. Just as she was about to look for a hairpin in the jewelry box, Jiang Yuyue looked towards the corner of the room.

"Go and bring me the jewelry from there so I can take a look."

Jasmine did as she was told. These items were sent by the Prince Jing's mansion yesterday. They were all rare treasures that money could not buy, including a lot of jewelry for young ladies.

Jiang Yuyue's gaze swept over the jewelry, finally settling on a jade hairpin shaped like a begonia flower. "I'll wear this one."

Jasmine reached out and gently inserted the hairpin into Jiang Yuyue's hair. The hairpin was of excellent quality and would enhance her young mistress's appearance when worn. Jasmine would have praised it long ago, but today she frowned.

"Miss, are you really sure?"

Jasmine lowered her voice, "Wasn't it a bit too dangerous, given how suddenly it happened?"

"We can't delay any longer."

Jiang Yuyue remained calm. "Just do as I instructed yesterday. Go and harness the carriage first."

Jasmine sighed inwardly, but still nodded.

After Jasmine went inside to report that the carriage was ready, the two of them walked out of the house together. Jixiang had already received a reply from Song Jinglan, so this time she did not continue to obstruct them, but instead introduced someone to Jiang Yuyue.

“Miss Jiang, this is Yueying, His Highness’s personal guard. It’s inconvenient for this servant to go with the ladies’ gathering, so Yueying will act as your coachman and accompany you.”

Yueying stepped forward and bowed. This was not their first meeting. Seeing that Song Jinglan had sent this skilled person to "protect" her, Jiang Yuyue's expression shifted almost imperceptibly.

"Please thank your Highness for me."

Jiang Yuyue said with a smile, "It's about time, let's set off."

Jasmine helped Jiang Yuyue onto the carriage. As soon as they entered the carriage, they saw Xie Zhi, who was bound hand and foot and unconscious.

Xie Zhi was wearing the exact same clothes as Jiang Yuyue.

She had originally hired a coachman, but she really didn't expect Song Jinglan to send this idiot "Moon Shadow" to her. Thinking that this person was quite skilled, Jiang Yuyue couldn't help but worry, wondering if he had noticed that there was an extra person in the carriage.

Fortunately, Xie Zhi's mouth was gagged, and since she was currently unconscious and breathing very weakly, it should be difficult to detect her.

Yueying cracked the whip and started the carriage, heading towards Mount Putuo. When they reached the mountainside, Jiang Yuyue inside the carriage suddenly exclaimed, "Oh dear!"

Hearing the commotion, Yueying quickly stopped the carriage. "Miss Jiang?"

Jasmine poked her head out and said, "Miss was drinking tea earlier, and the mountain road was bumpy, so her clothes got stained with tea. Please step aside for a while, as Miss needs to change."

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Yueying immediately got off the carriage. Although Jiang Yuyue was inside the carriage with a curtain for privacy, how could he get close to the future princess while she was changing clothes? Therefore, to avoid suspicion, Yueying retreated to the side of the road and did not stare at the carriage.

Seeing that he had indeed walked away, Jasmine nodded to Jiang Yuyue, who then patted Xie Zhi's face without any hesitation.

Xie Zhi's head was spinning. When she slowly opened her eyes, what she saw was Jiang Yuyue's smiling face.

Jiang Yuyue!?

Xie Zhi nearly screamed at the sight, and the next instant, a cold dagger was pressed against her throat.

"Sister Xie Zhi, how have you been?"

Jiang Yuyue's smile remained unchanged, while Xie Zhi's pupils constricted, her eyes filled with terror. How could she be here?!

Xie Zhi suddenly realized that her hands and feet were tied. She remembered that she had just seen Li Shiying off, and Jiang Yuyue should be preparing to go up the mountain to meet her and walk into the trap she had set. How come she was captured and brought to Jiang Yuyue instead?

"Do not be afraid."

Jiang Yuyue spoke softly, her smile still warm, "I heard that you went to Huangquan Lane yesterday... What would a young lady be doing in a place like that?"

Hearing this, Xie Zhi felt a chill run down her spine. How could Jiang Yuyue know her whereabouts so well? Could it be...?

Unfortunately, Xie Zhi's mouth was gagged with a rag, so no matter how much she tried to explain and beg for mercy, she couldn't speak and could only manage to make some soft "woo-woo" sounds.

Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Yuyue looked at Jasmine. Jasmine took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Yuyue with a particularly solemn gaze before getting off the carriage.

Yueying stood at a distance, watching Jasmine walk towards him alone, and couldn't help but feel a little strange. Jasmine then handed him the food box in her hand.

"These were originally some snacks that Miss bought as a greeting gift for the daughters of officials, but unfortunately the tea was spilled on them just now."

Jasmine said regretfully, "Miss said you walk fast and would like to trouble you to go to the pastry shop and buy another batch of these."

Yueying hesitated slightly upon hearing this. His Highness had given him the task of protecting this Miss Jiang, and if he left now…

Seeing that Yueying hesitated, Jasmine continued, "Miss has a special status. If you want to get along well with these daughters of officials, the first impression is the most important. I'll have to trouble you to make the trip."

Upon hearing this, Yueying nodded in agreement. After all, it wouldn't be convenient to turn the carriage around and go back, as it would be too late to make the invitation, and it wouldn't be as convenient as him going alone.

"Then please wait here, Miss Jiang."

Yueying reached out and took the food box. "I'll be back in about fifteen minutes."

In the next instant, Moon Shadow's figure swiftly leaped to the treetops like a ghost, disappearing from Jasmine's sight moments later.

Jasmine sighed inwardly upon seeing this, then quickly returned to the carriage and knocked on the window as a reminder.

Hearing the commotion, Jiang Yuyue knew that Yueying had been successfully distracted. Although Xie Zhi did not know what the two of them were plotting, she was certain that Yueying had discovered her plan to kill Jiang Yuyue.

Seeing the increasingly terrified look in her eyes, Jiang Yuyue's smile grew even brighter, but to Xie Zhi, the smile seemed to carry a deathly meaning.