Volume 2 Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Act With Her to Swindle a Medicinal Pill

“What are you wasting words for? Did you bring the item?” Yao Mowan immediately seized this moment to question Yan Nansheng with a completely serious expression.

“What… what item?” responded Yan Nansheng in shock as he reflexively covered his chest with his right hand. Yao Mowan was very happy to see this. It seemed he had brought what she wanted.

“Of course, a miracle cure! You’d better not tell Mowan that you came empty-handedly? If that’s the case, you’ve come for nothing!” Yao Mowan gave Yan Nansheng a meaningful look.

“I don’t have anything like a miracle cure! And didn’t he just taken medicine?” Yan Nansheng refused to admit it even as he pressed his hand more protectively over his chest.

“Didn’t you see how he responded to the medicine? Forget it, since not even you care, what is Mowan worrying about?” Yao Mowan stopped looking at Yan Nansheng and turned to focus on eating.

“Is his illness really that severe? Or was it… poison?” Yan Nansheng scrutinized Ye Junqing closely. As of now, Ye Junqing was coughing so much he could barely breathe. Upon seeing this, although Yan Nansheng still wasn’t sure of the situation, he still took out the ‘Nine Revivals Pill.’ This pill really could be counted as a miracle cure this it could cure a hundred types of poisons and illnesses. In all of Phoenix Feather Manor, there were only three of these pills. Back then, Yin Xue had given a very vague description of the situation, so he was worried that something had really happened to Ye Junqing and brought this with him just in case.

“What are you doing?” The moment Yan Nansheng took it out, Yao Mowan reached for it with her eyes shining.

“How do you expect him to take the medicine like this?” Yao Mowan ignored the doubt on Yan Nansheng’s face and snatched the ‘Nine Revivals Pill’ out of his grasp. Then she turned her back to Yan Nansheng and walked to Ye Junqing’s side. She quickly moved her hand that was holding the pill in a motion towards Ye Junqing, then went back to the table to sit down.

“He’s taken it?” Everything had happened to fast. For some reason, Yan Nansheng felt that something was off.

“Of course. It’s not like Mowan’s sick, what use would Mowan have for that crappy thing?” As Yao Mowan replied this in an annoyed tone, she slipped the pill into her sleeve.

“Crappy thing? That can’t even be bought with a thousand taels of gold!” Yan Nansheng looked towards Yao Mowan with pain and anger on his face. However, when he saw that Ye Junqing wasn’t coughing anymore, he felt a bit more relieved.

“Junqing, do you feel better?” Yan Nansheng slowly walked to Ye Junqing and looked him over again. There wasn’t much change except for the fact that he wasn’t coughing anymore.

When Yan Nansheng saw that Ye Junqing still didn’t want to speak to him, he could only shake his head and leave.

“Yin Xue!” The moment Yan Nansheng left, Yao Mowan called out Yin Xue and passed the ‘Nine Revivals Pill’ to her. She only turned around to thank Ye Junqing after Yin Xue left.

“Who are you using it to save?” Ye Junqing couldn’t suppress his curiosity.

“Just as passerby, you don’t know the person.” Yao Mowan replied lightly, but she was inwardly praying that the medicine would make it in time. Jian Chen would be a very good tool for her to destroy Ye Hongyi’s hypocritical appearance.

“If Yan Nansheng found out that you took his ‘Nine Revivals Pill’ to save a passerby, he’d kill you in anger.” Ye Junqing stated the unexaggerated truth.

“If Yan Nansheng found out that you had cooperated with Mowan to swindle away his treasure, would he kill himself in anger?” Yao Mowan’s soft dark smile was extremely glaring to Ye Junqing. He had asked himself more than a thousand times if this two-faced woman really was Moxin’s sister. Was she? Was she really?

The night before the date that Ye Hongyi had arranged for Jian Chen to enter the palace, Yao Mowan finally met the person that Consort De was so in love with. His handsome jade countenance was unhealthy pale. Even after taking the ‘Nine Revivals Pill,’ Jian Chen still looked extremely weak.

“Why did you save me?” Jian Chen was dressed in plain garments with a simple silver hair crown binding up his hair. His clear eyes were filled with wariness and hostility. He showed no trace of gratitude despite the fact that he was facing the person who had saved his life.

“If it weren’t for me, your soul would have already departed to the Western Paradise. Can you really bear for that person to have her heart break from grief?” Yao Mowan sat down elegantly on the chair. Her delicate features were currently covered by a black veil as she lifted the silver pick on the table and started adjusting the candle flame.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” responded Jian Chen coldly.

“It’s fine, I can remind you. I hear that our current Emperor’s Consort De, Her Highness, is very devoted to the Buddhist teachings and would come to Palcho Monastery to pray every month. Every time she visits, it would at least be for five days. Sometimes it would be as much as half a month, she’s clearly very devoted!” As she spoke, she saw Jian Chen’s expression turn even more grim.

“What are you trying to say?” Jian Chen abruptly rushed towards Yao Mowan, but Yin Xue pressed him back down on the seat.

“You know very well what I’m saying! Could it be that you’ve never been suspicious about your illness?” Yao Mowan looked straight at Jian Chen as she said this coldly. Jian Chen did not speak. It seemed he intended to resist by remaining silent.

“If you want Xie Siyin to end up the same way as you, you can continue being silent.” As Yao Mowan spoke, she got up to leave. However, Jian Chen immediately stopped her.

“Who exactly are you? What do you want?” Jian Chen asked coldly.

“My name is Jing Xin, I want to save you and Xie Siyin.” Yao Mowan sat back down as she slowly said this.

“What exactly do you know?” Jian Chen continued asking coldly.

“Jing Xin only knows that no man can accept their woman betraying them, much less a monarch of a country!” Yao Mowan got straight to the point. Every word she spoke seemed to stab Jian Chen’s heart like a sharp blade.

“Siyin is my woman! She has always been!” Perhaps it was because he was too stirred up because his body trembled involuntarily, causing his sickly face to become even paler.

“Your woman? The entire world knows that she’s Ye Hongyi’s Consort De. Who could stand as witness for you?” Yao Mowan scoffed through her nose.

“Ye Hongyi, that ungrateful bastard! Back then, he had promised me and Siyin that as long as Siyin entered the palace as a consort and helped him out of that difficult situation, he would help us be together. However…” Jian Chen gritted his teeth as he clenched his fists angrily.

“However, he actually poisoned you in order to kill you off. However, what I don’t understand is why he waited seven years to make his move? And why didn’t you expose him?” Yao Mowan had already predicted this situation. She just couldn’t understand some of the missing details.

“That’s right, it’s already been seven years. He’s no longer that new emperor surrounded by threats. He no longer needs to fear anyone. Moreover, the Benevolent Prince’s health is slowly failing, so he’s barely a threat anymore. Thus, Ye Hongyi had no need to, and can no longer tolerate Jian Chen!” Jian Chen’s words caused Yao Mowan to sigh ruefully. She should have thought of this. After all, she was also someone whom Ye Hongyi had gotten rid of once he no longer had use for her.

“Then why didn’t you tell Consort De?” asked Yao Mowan.

“Telling her would only harm her. The person Ye Hongyi can’t tolerate right now is me. Siyin still feels grateful to him, so as long as I die, Ye Hongyi will probably continue to treat Siyin kindly. In addition, our situation cannot be revealed, so even if Siyin knew, all she could do was silently endure. There’s no one that can help us,” said Jian Chen bitterly.

“That’s why I say you’re really dumb and naive. You already know of how narrow-minded and heartless Ye Hongyi is, so you should’ve been able to guess that since he has decided to kill you, he definitely wouldn’t let off the woman that has a tryst with you every month! His dignity as a monarch wouldn’t allow him to ignore your doings! The strongest evidence of this is that, despite all these years, you two have never had a child.” Yao Mowan’s words were harsh but glaringly true.

“You’re saying… He had already poisoned Siyin a long time ago?” Jian Chen’s trembling voice contained endless hatred as his eyes turned bloodshot from rage.

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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira