Chapter 358
357, Sudden Heartache (2nd Update)
“Your Highness, during this trip to the Frontier, assassins came wave after wave. Fortunately, Your Highness was unharmed. Please rest assured!”
“…”
Xie Zhinuan was actually quite concerned.
It was not a matter of romantic love, she and Li Hengyi had no such love, but they did share a friendship.
As a friend, she naturally worried about Li Hengyi.
“…”
The Frontier must be very cold by now.
“Lord Liu, I would like to purchase some items. Could you help deliver them to His Highness?”
“Of course, how much time do you need to prepare?”
Xie Zhinuan thought for a moment before saying, “I’ll send them to the Governor’s Office by evening at the latest!”
“Alright!”
What Xie Zhinuan had for Li Hengyi included some handmade cotton clothes and quilts, not many, just about a dozen sets. She had a clear idea of whom they were meant for.
She also secretly took a small porcelain bottle, put two medicine pills inside, and sewed it into the sleeve of one garment. The bottle was so small that it was nearly impossible to find if one wasn’t careful.
She pressed it with her hand several times, making sure it was secure, before mixing that cotton garment with the others.
She believed that whoever received this garment would deliver it to Li Hengyi, or perhaps Yuanbao would check each piece one by one. She knew that Yuanbao was very, very meticulous.
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She wrote a reply as well, mentioning Xiaoyue and how she had escaped from the Governor’s Office, and that Yin Suwen had been chased away by her. She talked about various other trivial matters.In signing off, she added a few lines after some thought, admonishing him to be cautious and remember what he had promised her.
She also specifically had someone go to the pharmacy to buy golden sore medicine and Detoxification Pills, which were placed in a Brocade Box, and sent to the Governor’s Office along with everything else.
As Xie Zhinuan had guessed, the items were examined by someone on the way. That person was also detail-oriented, but while checking the garments one by one, he wasn’t meticulous enough and just happened to miss the hidden bottle.
The letters, however, made the schemers behind the scenes think that perhaps Xie Zhinuan and Li Hengyi had developed feelings for each other, and that Li Hengyi must have promised to come back alive to give Xie Zhinuan a title or something of the sort…
If they captured Xie Zhinuan, they could threaten Li Hengyi!
Xie Zhinuan had no knowledge of these schemes. Currently, she managed several shops in the county town, and just doing the accounting every day took up a significant amount of time. Fortunately, she had Xie Rong, whose accounting skills were indeed very strong.
He managed every aspect with crystal-clear accuracy.
Xie Zhinuan was busy settling the accounts for the Silver earned in October and then rewarding based on merit. Each of the main chefs received a bonus of over two hundred taels, which made the eyes of the three new main chefs who joined red with envy. Not to mention the sales assistants and handymen, Xie Zhinuan was generous but also demanding. Given the money involved, they were very precise in their work.
Despite earning a fortune every day, Xie Zhinuan found herself distracted during her martial arts practice.
“What’s wrong?” Xie Rong, carrying a joyfully dressed Xie Yi, came over.
Seeing Xie Zhinuan holding a sword and standing in a daze in the courtyard, he was puzzled.
“…”
On hearing his words, Xie Zhinuan snapped back to reality and looked towards Xie Rong, “I don’t know, I just suddenly felt a bit suffocated and uncomfortable!”
“Are you too tired?” Xie Rong asked softly.
His concern was unmistakable.
He even reached out to touch Xie Zhinuan’s forehead. Her temperature was normal. “No fever!”
“If you’re too tired, take a few days off. Now that we have capable people taking care of the shops, there is no need for you to oversee everything!”
“…”
Xie Zhinuan nodded silently.
She sat down on a chair to the side with her long sword.
“Third Brother, do you think something’s happened to Li Hengyi?” Xie Zhinuan suddenly asked.
“?”
In that moment earlier, she had felt an intense discomfort in her heart.
And now, the one who occupied her thoughts was Li Hengyi, off at the Frontier.
Chapter 359