Chapter 204: I Miss You
This time, Ruanxi who came back to her senses knew this was their probe, her footsteps did not stop, instead she walked even faster.
Until her figure disappeared, Jiang Rui frowned tightly, “Elder Brother, do you think she really isn’t Ruanxi?”
He had just wanted to probe a bit earlier.
Because generally, when people are unconscious or subconsciously reacting, they can’t pretend.
The reason he shouted at her was just to make her reveal a slip-up when she was off guard.
But the person ahead seemed not to hear at all.
“Whether she is Ruanxi or not, I’m not certain either, but to avoid any mistakes, you need to handle things on your side as quickly as possible. No matter if she is Ruanxi or not in the end, she must die.”
As he spoke, Jiang Kui’s face was full of sternness.
For some reason, Jiang Rui felt a bit of mercy, “Elder Brother, do we really have to kill her mother?”
Jiang Rui knew very well what Jiang Kui was doing and what he wanted, but thinking about how Ruanxi had never done anything wrong and had always been pushed forward by their Jiang Family.
If they really killed her, it seemed a bit unreasonable.
As soon as his words fell, Jiang Kui’s fierce gaze fixed on him, his voice like shattered ice, “Jiang Rui, put away your sympathy, don’t forget our grand plan, don’t show womanly kindness. Do you want to betray the Jiang Family?”
Jiang Rui’s heart surged with shock, he restrained his emotions and quickly said, “Elder Brother, I have never forgotten, I know I was wrong, but”
“Third Brother, I always thought you were smart.”
Jiang Kui directly interrupted his words.
Jiang Rui’s body stiffened, a chill running down his back.
Jiang Kui said darkly, “You saw the fate of Second Brother and Fourth Brother, and Third Sister for not listening. If you don’t want to follow in their footsteps, just follow the original plan properly.”
“Yes.”
Cold sweat broke out on Jiang Rui’s body, but his face remained fully respectful.
Thinking of the fates of Jiang Linlei and Jiang Changjun, and Xue’er, he felt a bit confused.
They had always listened to Jiang Kui, but in the end they still met tragic deaths, whereas Ruanxi was disobedient but seemed to gradually change her own fate.
He didn’t even know now if everything he was doing was right.
**
The next day, Ruanxi who had recovered her energy ate and not long after, Yushui whom she had sent to gather information came in.
“Crown Princess, Third Young Master Jiang is staying overnight at the Imperial Advisor’s Tianming Pavilion tonight.”
Emperor Qin believed in the Astrological Mansion so much that he specially allocated a vast palace to Jiang Kui, letting him live directly in the palace.
Ruanxi’s eyes flashed, “Got it, you continue watching Tianming Pavilion, notify me immediately if there’s any movement.”
As soon as her words fell, the person Wei Chang had left behind brought her good news, “Crown Princess, there’s movement over there.”
Unexpectedly so soon, Ruanxi had Yushui dress her as a palace maid and immediately went out.
Arriving at the Cold Palace one step ahead of Jiang Rui.
Hiding in the crevice where Wei Chang had pulled her to hide last night.
Not long after, Jiang Rui arrived at the Cold Palace.
This time, perhaps due to worry about being discovered last night, Jiang Rui was exceptionally cautious.
After entering the Cold Palace, he didn’t rush to the room, instead turning to the courtyard, pacing back and forth several times, and only after confirming no one was following did he enter the room.
Ruanxi knew he was very cautious, so she didn’t dare come out again.
Sure enough, not long after, Jiang Rui turned back again, and only after confirming no one was following did he enter with peace of mind.
Ruanxi waited several minutes, confirming he wouldn’t come out, before quietly approaching.
Just as she got close, a coquettish voice came from inside, “Third Brother.”
Ruanxi’s footsteps halted.
Although she couldn’t see the scene inside, that coquettish voice made even her feel her body go half limp, let alone Jiang Rui, a grown man.
Peering through the crevice, Ruanxi saw a pair of slender white hands, boneless like, climbing onto Jiang Rui’s neck, with Jiang Rui holding her waist.
With a hint of reproach, “Things have been chaotic lately, didn’t we agree not to meet for now, why won’t you listen.”
“I missed you?”
Not long after, disharmonious sounds came from inside.
Palace maids do hard labor long-term, their hands wouldn’t be so fair and soft, it seemed the person inside was from the Imperial Harem.
Ruanxi’s eyes widened round, thinking in her heart if Jiang Rui had gone mad.
He even dared to touch the Emperor’s woman, did he think his life was too long?
Enduring the disgust, Ruanxi wanted to see clearly who the woman inside was.
Wanting to see clearly who the person inside was, Ruanxi carefully leaned forward.
Suddenly, a snap.
She hadn’t noticed a branch underfoot, and in this quiet night, this tiny sound startled the adulterous pair inside.
“Who?”
Ruanxi’s face turned pale with fright, and on reflex she rushed into the darkness.
Jiang Rui closely followed, chasing in her direction.
With the footsteps behind getting closer, Ruanxi’s tension rose to her throat.
She could only quicken her steps,
In her daze, a shout came from behind, “Third Brother.”
The footsteps of Jiang Rui behind seemed to stop, and as Ruanxi let out a breath of relief in her heart, she kept running while tilting her ear to listen to the movement behind.
“Why are you here?” Jiang Rui frowned tightly at the woman in front of him.
“I came to see who it is.”
This voice was extremely familiar.
And the sound of ornaments on her waist clinking as she walked.
She really wanted to stop and see who that woman was, but reason held, and taking advantage of Jiang Rui stopping, her footsteps sped up a lot.
Suddenly, she seemed to see light not far away, her eyes lit up, and she madly ran toward that direction.
And Jiang Rui behind also noticed, his face instantly darkening.
The woman saw it too, her face turning deathly pale with fright, immediately turning and walking in the opposite direction, soon disappearing from the Cold Palace.
Jiang Rui glanced at the woman’s back, said nothing, just went toward the Cold Palace, quickly cleaning up the things left behind earlier.
“Third Young Master Jiang, this is the Cold Palace, why are you here?”
Not long after, countless torches appeared at the entrance, surrounding him.
Following was Wei Chang with a serious face, his stern questioning voice full of gravity.
Jiang Rui straightened his back, merely staring coldly at him without answering.
Wei Chang stepped forward, a half-smile playing at his lips, “For Third Young Master Jiang to appear in the Imperial Harem in the dead of night, if my father emperor wakes and learns of this, who knows what would happen?”
Jiang Rui’s face twitched, but it quickly vanished, his gaze sweeping over the guards holding torches, “Crown Prince is joking, I was just passing by coincidentally. But Crown Prince, bringing so many people here so ostentatiously all of a sudden, may I ask what this is about?”
