Chapter 353: One poisonous plan fails, another poisonous plan arises

Over at the quiet room, the blind old woman had already woken up.

To avoid postoperative infection, Du Ruo fed her two anti-inflammatory pills and gave some postoperative instructions, such as paying attention to rest, not rubbing her eyes with her hands, and not lowering her head for a long time, so as not to cause the newly implanted artificial lens to shift.

The blind old woman thanked her profusely.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Du Ruo urged Jiang Li to buy something to eat.

They couldn't go out the main gate, but there was a public kitchen inside the venue, and the dishes were very rich, so there was no need to worry about going hungry.

"What does my wife want to eat?" The young couple stood at the door of the quiet room, and Jiang Li asked softly.

"Scrambled eggs with chives, pork stewed with vermicelli, cabbage and tofu pot, plus a bowl of pork rib and lotus root soup... Oh right, don't forget to buy more pastries, eat them when hungry later."

Du Ruo reported a pile of dish names without politeness.

She was a super rich woman now, so naturally, she wanted to eat whatever she wanted, no need to wrong herself.

Jiang Li was even more reluctant to wrong his beautiful wife, so he agreed readily.

He turned and was about to leave.

The door of the next quiet room suddenly creaked open, and someone ran out, shouting at Jiang Li: "Official Jiang, please wait a moment!"

The young couple turned to look in unison.

Slender figure, red lips and white teeth, wearing a simple white long gown—it was Mo Changsheng.

"That, can I trouble Official Jiang to bring me some food? Anything is fine, I'm not picky."

Mo Changsheng scratched his head, looking very embarrassed. "I have to guard the patient here, I can't leave..."

Jiang Li nodded. "Can."

It was just a small effort. Although this Mo Changsheng might become his wife's strongest competitor tomorrow, he was not the type of narrow-minded person, so he wouldn't lose face for the other party in such a small matter.

Du Ruo didn't care at all, pushing Jiang Li. "Then hurry up, I'm starving."

Jiang Li said "Hmm" and left.

Until his tall and straight back disappeared around the corner, Du Ruo withdrew her gaze and turned back, intending to enter the room.

"The relationship between Official Jiang and Mrs. Jiang is really good, it's enviable." Mo Changsheng sighed.

Du Ruo had to stop and smiled. "Yes, my husband is very good."

Mo Changsheng didn't say anything, just tilted his head and looked at her, his two eyes flashing with curious light, like a young child seeing a novel toy, full of desire to explore.

Du Ruo rolled her eyes. "What are you looking at?"

Mo Changsheng's harmless face was full of surprise. "You really look like my master."

Du Ruo: "..."

Still not finished? Is it appropriate to keep emphasizing that she looks like a man? If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have given him some mute medicine!

She took a deep breath.

Forget it, don't argue with a fool.

"Seeing that your medical skills are quite good, your master must be even more amazing, right? What is his name? What is his title? Why didn't he come to participate in the Medical Conference?" Du Ruo asked with a chuckle.

"My master..."

Mo Changsheng's mood was obviously low. "My master doesn't like me, so he doesn't want me to mention his name outside..."

Du Ruo raised an eyebrow. "Why? I think you are quite good."

Besides his mouth sometimes being quite annoying, there didn't seem to be any problems elsewhere.

"Maybe it's because I'm disobedient." Mo Changsheng pulled the corners of his mouth. "Master always scolds me as a rebellious disciple."

Rebellious disciple?

Du Ruo scanned him from head to toe. "Doesn't look much like it."

"Don't judge a book by its cover." Mo Changsheng smiled. "I didn't expect Mrs. Jiang to know medicine, and her medical skills are so superb, even double pupils can be cured."

As the topic turned, "By the way, Mrs. Jiang, who taught you your medical skills?"

Well, this is a boomerang.

Du Ruo gave an awkward smile. "Coincidentally, my master doesn't like me either, so he doesn't want me to mention his name outside."

Mo Changsheng: "..."

After a long while, he sighed. "Then we are really fellow sufferers."

"Who says not?" Du Ruo laughed.

Fearing that Mo Changsheng would continue to dig into her background, Du Ruo hurriedly used the excuse of taking care of the patient and slipped away.

Half an hour later, Jiang Li finally returned with the food.

He first sent a portion to Mo Changsheng next door, then closed the door and set the food on the table.

The couple and the blind old woman had a beautiful meal.

Just after eating, the blind old woman groped to help clean up, but was stopped by Du Ruo.

Du Ruo helped her to sit on the edge of the bed and smiled. "Oh Grandma, you don't need to do these things. What you need to do now is listen and rest well, so that your eyes can recover faster."

The blind old woman thanked her and said "Hmm."

There was only one bed in the quiet room, which was naturally left for the patient.

Du Ruo originally planned to lie on the table for a night, but Jiang Li disagreed, worried that she would be uncomfortable sleeping, so he didn't know where he got a bamboo couch and two clean quilts.

It was a bit crowded, but the young couple didn't mind.

Especially Jiang Li, who didn't know how much he enjoyed the taste of holding the soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms!

But it stopped there. There was another person in the room. Although she was blind and couldn't see anything, the more she couldn't see, the more sensitive her ears were.

He didn't want his intimacy with his wife to be overheard by outsiders.

Just like that, one room, two beds, three people, four walls, gradually merged into the dark night.

It was almost winter, and the cold wind blew outside.

The leaves were blown rustling.

Even the tiles on the roof couldn't bear it, making a "da da da" groan, as if a cat with superb light work was running on the wall.

The man on the bamboo couch opened his eyes abruptly.

He listened intently for a while, and couldn't help but frown.

Someone?

And listening to the movement, it seemed to be making trouble only on the roof of the quiet room he lived in.

Jiang Li intuitively felt something was wrong.

So he lightly released his wife in his arms, turned over and got out of bed, touched two flying knives from under the pillow, quietly opened the door and walked out.

He jumped onto the roof.

The wind was strong, the moonlight was cold, pouring down like water, illuminating everything in the world just right.

Opposite stood a person, wearing a night suit. Seeing Jiang Li suddenly appear, he was not panicked at all, as if he had expected it.

"Who are you? What are you doing?" Jiang Li asked in a deep voice.

"Official Jiang doesn't need to be so defensive, I have no malice, I just want to make a deal with you."

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes.

This voice... it was actually a woman.

He didn't respond, waiting for the other party to say the following.

The woman's light work was excellent, just a light touch of her toes, and she flew down in front of Jiang Li.

She was also straightforward, directly pulling off her face towel, revealing her true face.

Although she was already in her forties, she had fine eyebrows and a straight nose, and her appearance was not bad. It could be seen that she was a rare beauty when she was young.

Seeing that face, Jiang Li's heart moved slightly. "It's you?"

In order to better protect the Prince of Yu, Jiang Li had long since figured out the situation at the scene, especially the medical envoys from the Ghost Fang Kingdom and the Fenglin Kingdom, which were his key monitoring targets.

If he remembered correctly, this woman in front of him was the aunt beside the Fourth Princess of the Fenglin Kingdom.

It seemed to be called Zhaoyue.

Didn't expect it, she was also a practitioner.

"It seems that Official Jiang is not only good at martial arts but also has a particularly good memory." Zhaoyue smiled. "I think you are also a straightforward person, right?"

The wind was cold, Jiang Li just wanted to go back to the quilt, impatient to go around in circles here. "Aunt Zhaoyue, speak directly."

"Sure enough, straightforward!"

Zhaoyue didn't drag her feet either, directly getting to the point. "Two requirements. First, I hope the eye patient treated by Mrs. Jiang can continue to be blind; second, in tomorrow's last round of competition, if Mrs. Jiang meets our Fourth Princess, I hope Mrs. Jiang will be sensible and not try too hard."

The implication was not to let Du Ruo perform too brightly and steal Xiao Minjun's limelight.

Jiang Li curled his lips coldly. "What if I don't agree?"

"Official Jiang, don't be in a hurry to refuse." Zhaoyue skillfully showed her trump card. "I think you should know very well who the backer of our Fourth Princess is, right? If the Empress Dowager knows that the Fourth Princess has been bullied, she will definitely be thunderously angry. When the time comes, if she descends a crime, your wife will suffer, and maybe even your official position, Official Jiang, will be implicated."

"Such a loss that outweighs the gain is not the way a smart person acts."

She looked at Jiang Li with a high-above, winning posture.

Men, who wouldn't care about their future?

Jiang Li really lowered his eyes, looking hesitant.

Zhaoyue was not in a hurry, waiting patiently for him to figure it out.

After a full half-hour, Jiang Li finally opened his mouth: "Alright, I agree to you!"

Hearing this reply, a satisfied smile appeared on Zhaoyue's face, and the smile carried a trace of invisible contempt.

So what if martial arts are good? Isn't he still a coward who is afraid of death?

"That's settled then." After hitting a slap, Zhaoyue handed a sweet date. "Official Jiang doesn't have to feel unhappy. As long as our princess wins first place as she wishes tomorrow, she will definitely not treat Official Jiang badly. After returning to the Fenglin Kingdom, the princess will report truthfully to our Emperor and ask for credit for you from the Empress Dowager."

Jiang Li smiled, noncommittal.

Since the matter was handled, Zhaoyue didn't intend to stay long. The night was cold, and she was also afraid of the cold.

Soon she drifted away.

Until she was sure she wouldn't come back, Jiang Li jumped down from the roof, shook off the cold on his body at the door, and then tiptoed into the room.

Inside the room, the two women, one old and one young, were sleeping soundly, unaware of what had just happened.

Especially Du Ruo, like a little pig snoring, soft, glutinous, and sweet.

Jiang Li lay back into the quilt, holding her in his arms, his heart feeling soft.

After a while, he slowly closed his eyes.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Jiang Li pulled Du Ruo outside and told her everything that happened last night.

After listening, Du Ruo was stunned.

"Can it still be operated like this?"

She finally understood what Dr. Ke had said before, that the Fenglin Kingdom's medical skills were not the best, but they were almost always first.

It turned out that the truth was actually like this!

Who is Empress Dowager Guo? That is the biological mother of the current emperor, who is not afraid?

So those people from the Fenglin Kingdom took the chicken feather as an arrow to scare other contestants, which is why they were invincible.

Heh, it's really cunning.

"Husband, how could you agree to her?" Du Ruo stared at the man, looking angry.

"Silly." Jiang Li pinched her bulging cheeks and laughed. "I agreed to mine, you just do yours, it doesn't matter."

Du Ruo was confused.

What do you mean?

Seeing that Du Ruo didn't quite understand, Jiang Li explained to her: "Wife, think about it carefully, if I don't agree, what will they do?"

Du Ruo really thought about it. "Probably will have other ideas."

"Exactly." Jiang Li nodded. "If the open way doesn't work, they will definitely come in secret, such as secretly killing the patient, framing you, and creating the illusion that you failed to treat the disease and harmed a life."

"In this way, not to mention being eliminated, you will also be ridiculed and insulted by everyone. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to practice medicine again in this life."

Du Ruo felt a chill in her heart, and finally understood Jiang Li's painstaking efforts.

Jiang Li did this to stabilize that Aunt Zhaoyue, so that she wouldn't have one poisonous plan after another.

Hard to guard against.

"Husband, you are still smart!" She couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Jiang Li smiled. "That's right, there's no need to talk about any credit with bad people, just be worse than them."

As for Zhaoyue's threat, Jiang Li didn't take it to heart at all.

Empress Dowager Guo, although born in the Fenglin Kingdom, is now the Empress Dowager of Da Zhao, and will definitely put the interests of Da Zhao first.

Du Ruo being able to perform brilliantly at the Medical Conference and winning over the medical envoys of other neighboring countries is glory for Da Zhao, and the imperial court also has face. Empress Dowager Guo would be too late to reward her, so how could she descend a crime?

It would also be easy to be criticized if it spread out.

Zhaoyue saying this is just pulling the tiger skin to hold the banner.

The young couple had just finished whispering when the attendant came, saying to prepare, it was almost time to enter the venue. ===== CHAPTER 354 =====