Chapter 28: Xie Lingxi Only Loves Her

Old Consort Xie frowned, “Rong’er just married into the King’s mansion. This is inappropriate…”

How could someone take a concubine immediately after getting married?

“Wait another two months, it’s not urgent.” Concubine Zhao said.

Old Consort Xie didn’t retort this time. For her, she protected Jiang Rong because of Xie Lingxi…

If Xie Lingxi liked this woman, she naturally wouldn’t object.

“This commoner is of humble appearance and low status. I dare not presume.” Qiuniang declined, kneeling down in panic.

Concubine Zhao smiled slightly, “Look, she’s not greedy or envious. This is a good character. Quickly thank the Old Consort.”

Qiuniang was very embarrassed. As a “servant” bought back, she had no right to refuse…

“I don’t like her.” Xie Lingxi coldly refused.

“But you saved her…” Concubine Zhao looked at Xie Lingxi in astonishment.

If it wasn’t for coveting beauty, what reason could make a dissolute young man save someone?

“I couldn’t stand Zhou Hongyang. I snatched her just to go against Zhou Hongyang.” Xie Lingxi said casually.

This was quite in line with the actions of a dissolute young man.

Concubine Zhao was speechless.

Xie Lingxi’s gaze fell on Jiang Rong’s face again. She sat calmly beside her grandmother. When the topic of taking a concubine came up, her expression remained composed from beginning to end, without any change.

She seemed to have already anticipated the outcome.

Jiang Rong was indeed very confident. Because Xie Lingxi only loved her in his life, how could he take a concubine?

Feeling Xie Lingxi’s gaze, Jiang Rong smiled sweetly at him, her face full of obedience.

Understood, understood. You won’t take a concubine, you only love me. I can understand even without a declaration through your eyes. I love you too!

Back to Jinyuan.

Xie Lingxi went to the study. Qiuniang bowed to Jiang Rong:

“This commoner has been mourning for her father recently and has not yet met the Heir’s Consort. This commoner… this maidservant greets the Heir’s Consort!”

She felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Although she refused to be a concubine and the Heir had no interest in her, she was saved by the Heir after all and was almost given to the Heir… With such a status, few mistresses would not care.

“You may rise. Zhou Hongyang killed your father, and I can avenge you. Are you willing to be my confidante and work for me?” Jiang Rong looked at her and smiled.

Ying Xia had been sent away on an excuse. Now, the one by her side was Cui’er. This earth-shattering statement stunned both of them…

Qiuniang came back to her senses and kowtowed:

“The Heir saved this maidservant, so the Heir’s Consort is this maidservant’s master. I should go through fire and water for the Heir’s Consort to repay your kindness. Whether you avenge this maidservant or not, this is what this maidservant should do.”

Then she said worriedly, “Zhou Hongyang is the son of the Minister of Justice. This maidservant knows that murdering the son of a high official is a capital offense, and I dare not… dare not implicate the Heir’s Consort…”

“Don’t worry, I naturally have my own way, but it will take some time to plan.” Jiang Rong smiled slightly.

In her previous life, she had killed Zhou Hongyang.

It was just killing him again.

Qiuniang was shocked and delighted, at a loss. She heavily kowtowed to Jiang Rong:

“The Heir’s Consort’s great kindness, this maidservant will be shattered to pieces to repay it.”

She didn’t expect that the Heir’s Consort would not only not mind her awkward status at all, but also be willing to take her as a confidante and even avenge her…

“Rise. If you die, you won’t be able to repay me…” Jiang Rong chuckled and said:

“I want you to open a bookstore…”

Jiang Rong explained her arrangements in detail.

Qiuniang was flattered, “This maidservant is worried that I cannot handle it…”

Her father was a scholar, but he never passed the imperial examination. Qiuniang followed him since childhood and learned to read and count. She was the one who kept the accounts for the noodle stall, but she had never done such a big business…

“It’s okay, I think you can.” Jiang Rong waved her hand, “I’ll leave it to you.”

In her previous life, Qiuniang managed her business and gradually stood out…

Jiang Rong took a thousand-tael silver note from her dowry box and handed it to Qiuniang, asking her to prepare for opening the bookstore…

Then she carefully counted her dowry again.

There were over 30,000 taels of silver deposited in the bank.

There were seven shops. Three pharmacies on the North Street of the capital, one silk shop, one rouge shop, and one jewelry shop on the West Street, and one restaurant on the East Street.

There was also a villa located outside the city.

Jiang Rong’s index finger rested on the deed of the villa, a trace of recollection flashing in her eyes.

Her mother came from the Bai family of Xinglin in Jiangbei. Her family had been practicing medicine for generations, and her mother was also a well-known female physician.

Two months after Jiang Rong was born, she died in a bandit attack.

This villa was her mother’s private residence. There was a library inside, containing her mother’s precious manuscripts.

For a physician, these manuscripts were her life’s work.

In her previous life, Jiang Rong didn’t know how to handle her mother’s relics. Because medical skills and other techniques were often kept secret, they could only be temporarily sealed.

It wasn’t until two years later, when her cousin from her maternal grandmother’s family came to the capital from Jiangbei. She then learned that her mother had always had a wish to organize her life’s learning into a book and spread it throughout the world, so that more people could be free from illness…

Unfortunately, in a summer thunder and fire, everything in the villa was burned down.

This was a great regret for Jiang Rong, not being able to fulfill her mother’s wish.

Now it was still time to make amends.

The next morning, in the Songhe Hall.

“Yesterday, I returned to the Jiang family, and my aunt returned the shops to me. In the next few days, I plan to visit the various shops… There is a villa outside the city, which was my mother’s former residence. I want to go and see it today…” Jiang Rong looked at Old Consort Xie and said.

In aristocratic families, the rules were strict.

To go out, one needed to ask for permission from the elders. When Jiang Rong was in the Jiang family before, Mrs. Chang always kept her at home and rarely let her leave the house, not letting her escape her control.

“Rong’er, you can make your own decisions. You don’t have to ask me about everything. Bring more guards when you go out.” Old Consort Xie said with a smile, being very lenient with her.

After coming out of the Songhe Hall, Jiang Rong immediately ordered someone to hitch the carriage and prepare to go outside the city.

Xie Lingxi followed her closely.

“Husband, do you have time to accompany me?” Jiang Rong’s dark eyebrows raised slightly, her eyes curved, and her voice was filled with a hint of joy.

She knew that her husband seemed like a dissolute young man with nothing to do, but in fact, he was very busy.

Jiang Rong never bothered him during the day and didn’t interfere with his important matters.

She just waited for him to come back every night to sleep together.

“Mm.” Xie Lingxi nodded.

He wondered if there was any record of the Nine Great Miraculous Medicines in that person’s manuscript.

He looked at Jiang Rong, who was smiling brightly in front of him. Within a month, she had to take the second miraculous medicine…

To treat the miraculous poison of the Yellow Springs, one needed to gather the Nine Great Miraculous Medicines.

Taking two miraculous medicines before the poison acted could extend one’s life for half a year. Taking two more within half a year could extend it for another year.

Only by taking the remaining five miraculous medicines before the end of one’s life could one be cured.

The little girl’s smile was bright and radiant.

Today was already the seventh day, only twenty-three days left…

Xie Lingxi’s eyes couldn’t help but darken a little.

“Husband, why are you unhappy?” Jiang Rong reached out her slender finger and tugged at his clothes, gently shaking it.

Xie Lingxi’s sword-like eyebrows raised slightly, “No.”

“You clearly had unhappiness written on your face just now!” Jiang Rong looked at him suspiciously.

Xie Lingxi was slightly stunned.

Because she was about to die, was he… very unhappy?

Xie Lingxi stopped his thoughts, his narrow eyes looked at Jiang Rong, and he reached out and rubbed her little head:

“You saw it wrong.”

“That’s true. It’s your honor to be able to go out and play with me. You should be very happy.” Jiang Rong nodded to herself.

Xie Lingxi was momentarily dumbfounded. Ah, these words… unbelievably reasonable.