"It really is the mistress."
Jiang Li finally found the reason for the strange feeling he had been harboring these past few days.
He kept thinking, how could his lord be so concerned about a female healer, even sending someone to keep watch over the National Teacher’s residence? It turned out that his lord had known she was the mistress all along.
"But that’s not right, how did the mistress come to be here?"
Suddenly, he felt something was amiss and his eyes widened as he stared at Zhe Jue.
"Just a few days ago, I received a pigeon message saying the mistress was in Ya Village..."
Could it be that the mistress grew wings and flew here? Or were Yun Mo and the others completely deceived by the mistress? Had the mistress actually left Ya Village long ago and hurried to Shaohua City right behind the lord?
"You’d better not think too much about the mistress’s business," Zhe Jue told him.
He had long been accustomed to strange occurrences; hadn’t Commandery Princess Ziyou been taken away by the mistress before, and to this day, no one has seen her yet, making Jiang Zuo nervous every day?
Jiang Li did not say anything more, just nodded his head.
Elsewhere, inside the National Teacher’s residence.
Suyang had just come out of the royal palace when he heard his son’s agonizing cries and his brows involuntarily knitted together.
Upon arriving in the courtyard and seeing Steward Xin and several guards watching, yet still not seeing Lin Caisang, he felt even more uncomfortable. He gestured toward Steward Xin.
"Where is the young lady?"
"My lord, after the young lady saw the young master enter the medicinal bath, she left, saying she was going to... go shopping," said Steward Xin, not wanting to say it while looking at his master’s displeased face.
But he didn’t dare to withhold the information; with so many people in the courtyard watching, even if he kept silent, someone else would surely speak up.
This time, Suyang’s voice turned sharp.
His son was in such a state, and anyone who saw it would feel pity. What kind of person was this young lady? She was clearly a healer, yet when her patient was suffering , she actually had the mood to go shopping!
"When will she return?"
Even though he kept telling himself that he should show respect to the young lady, seeing his son in agony while she went off shopping made it impossible for him to quell the anger in his heart.
It was time to remind the young lady of her duties.
Steward Xin hesitated for a moment, cautiously glancing at Suyang.
"My lord, the young lady... she didn’t say she would come back."
Having served Suyang for so many years, Steward Xin knew well what was in his lord’s mind, not just from a frown but even from a heavy breath. His lord must be angry with the young lady now, right?
But what could he do about it?
The young lady had her own legs; could his lord really control her movements?
If that were the case, Suri’s poisoning might never be cured in this lifetime.
Suyang took a deep breath, nearly driven to the brink by Lin Caisang.
Was she born to torment him and his son? Not only had she disregarded them, but now she also treated his sick son this way—was this really acceptable?
"My lord, please calm your anger," Steward Xin quickly urged.
"Actually, I also think that the young lady being here doesn’t make any difference. The medicine has already been prepared; all that’s needed is for the young master to soak for eight hours. If she were really sitting here waiting, we’d have to trouble someone to attend to her. Now that she’s gone, it saves some trouble.
Besides, listen to the young master’s cursing. It’s probably for the best that the young lady left; otherwise, if she were to get angry from hearing the young master’s curses, that could be dangerous too."