As she watched Imperial Advisor Ji and Madam Ji anxiously protect Ji Lan, Ji Yunkai slowly extended her left hand, exposing the sinister scar on her wrist.
She could not laugh. Not for herself. Not for the original owner.
She needed some time to recover before she could stand up again. She needed the strength to deal with the wound on her wrist, and she needed the strength to think about what she should do next.
The door was open, and the sunlight shone in. The temperature of the room was getting hotter and hotter, but Ji Yunkai felt that her body was growing colder and colder.
"I can't drag it out any longer." Although her left wrist had stopped bleeding, Ji Yunkai knew that this was not enough. She needed to sew up the wound, apply the medicine, and eat something to replenish her strength.
Ji Yunkai used the the table to help force herself to stand up, picked up the medicine box on the table, and once again sat on the floor. Right now, she did not have the strength to walk to the bedside. Getting up to grab the medicine box had already exhausted all of her strength.
Though the medicine box was small, there were a lot of things inside. There were medicines to treat external injuries, internal injuries, typhoid, and even respiratory diseases. By using the original owner's memories, Ji Yunkai found the things she needed. She took out a curved needle and thread, but she would have to stitch the wound without any anesthesia, as she could not find any.
The needle passed through her flesh, and the thread pulled at her skin. It was very painful. So much so that Ji Yunkai broke out in a cold sweat, and her tears fell uncontrollably, but she did not make a sound.
She was in pain, but no matter how much it hurt, it could not compare to her experience with the explosion. Her body, torn to pieces. It was better to die than to be in pain!
The stitches she sewn with one hand were not beautifully done. Instead, they looked extremely ugly; as if a large centipede was stuck onto her wrist. In order to prevent anyone from noticing the wound, she took a red thread from the medicine cabinet and tied it to the wound as a chain bracelet.
At this time, unless the red chain bracelet on her wrist was removed, no one would be able to tell that her wrist was injured. However, the injury that was exposed on the outside of her skin was not something that could be healed in a short period of time.
After knitting the red thread, Ji Yunkai barely managed to support herself by walking to the bed. After lying down, she was no longer able to move.
But, she was very hungry and also very thirsty right now. Whether it was physical or mental needs, she needed to replenish her spirit.
"Where are the servants? The great young miss of the Ji Family doesn't even have a single servant by her side?" Ji Yunkai lied on the bed and struggled to not close her eyes.
Previously, when she was busy sewing the wound, she was glad that no one came in to disturb her. But now, she was cold, hungry, and uncomfortable. She desperately needed someone to take care of her.
"Someone, someone!" Ji Yunkai shouted loudly, but no one responded even after a long while.
Ji Yunkai laughed coldly: "Idiots, do you think that if I die, you will have a good life?" If she died, the entire Ji Family would suffer as well.
"Someone, come!" Ji Yunkai shouted with all her might, but still no one replied to her.
"Heh." Ji Yunkai sneered. Madam Ji was really ruthless. Just based on her current predicament alone, Madam Ji did not need to make a move at all.
"As expected, the most venomous thing is a woman's heart." Ji Yunkai shook her head, but her body could no longer withstand being awake anymore. She fainted.
One breath, two breaths…. Ji Yunkai laid on the bed with her neck tilted, and did not move an inch.
Five breaths later, a black figure jumped down from the roof beam and arrived beside Ji Yunkai like a ghost. He reached out to check her breath, then grabbed her left hand and untied the red chained bracelet on her wrist. After confirming the wound on her wrist, the black-clothed man tied the red chain bracelet back up to its former position seamlessly, even Ji Yunkai was unable to find anything wrong with it.
The black-clothed man retracted his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he took out a medicine bottle from his bosom and poured out a fiery-red medicine, which he fed it to Ji Yunkai. Then, he silently left.
After the black-clothed man left, Ji Yunkai who was lying on the bed slowly opened her eyes, laughing at herself. It looked like there were a lot of people who want her life, but she just did not die. Let's see what they can do about it.
Ji Yunkai spat out the pill in her hand and sneered coldly before fainting once again. At the same time, she was glad that the other party had only given her one pill and did not directly killed her.
Her body was too weak, and the current her did not have the slightest bit of strength to fight back.
After the black-clothed man left, he came to a tea house on the west side of the city.
"My Lord." The black clothed man said as he walked into a pitch-black room and continued softly, "We've obtained the Phoenix Pendant."
"Good, is she dead?" Inside the house, someone had spoken. The person's voice had been deliberately suppressed, making it difficult to tell if the person speaking was a man or a woman.
"Replying to the Lord, she did not die. She stopped the bleeding and sewed up the wound. However, I fed her the Blood Devouring Powder, and she will die from the excessive loss of blood within three days time. Furthermore, no one will be able to find any abnormalities, so they will only think that she died from an infection caused by the wound from her attempted suicide." The black-clothed man said in a cold voice.
"Do not worry, My Lord." The black-clothed man lowered his head which had a confident look on his face.
Meanwhile, in the main courtyard of Prince Yanbei's Mansion, a well-dressed guard hurriedly walked over. He held a bamboo tube in his hands and gave it to the main courtyard manager.
When the steward opened the door to take a look, his face was solemn. He waved away the guards to retreat, then turned and walked towards Prince Yanbei's bedroom.
The steward walked into the bedroom and said through the closed curtains, "Your highness, someone has tried to harm the Young Miss of the Ji Family and had arranged for it to be a suicide." It was obvious that the other party did not want Ji Yunkai to marry the Prince of their family.
Although Ji Yunkai's life and death was small, if the conflict between Prince Yanbei and the Imperial Government were to come to light, it would not be good.
One must understand that the Ji Family's eldest daughter was originally a quasi-empress. Although she dissolved her engagement with the Emperor for some reason, a girl, who was once betrothed to the Emperor, was not someone that anyone could marry.
His Majesty had personally arranged for the marriage between the First Young Miss of the Ji Family and their master. The imperial edict said that the Emperor was moved by the affection that the Ji Family's eldest daughter had for their master.
If the First Young Miss of the Ji Family commits suicide before the marriage, that would mean she would rather die than marry. This would not only slap the Emperor's face, but it would also slap Prince Yanbei's Mansion's face as well....