Beauty Pills?
Jiang Li was somewhat surprised. Why would the system give her such a reward?
After carefully reading the description of the Beauty Pill, a plan formed in her mind.
If she wanted to secure a smooth divorce, relying solely on the Yin family’s disdain for her would not be nearly enough.
Although every member of the Yin family was an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, they valued their reputation and vanity above all else. Without a powerful and sufficient reason, the Yin family would never release her.
Therefore, she needed to find someone who could back her up.
Jiang Li thought of two people.
One was the Eldest Princess Rong’an, who bore a scar on her forehead, and the other was the First Prince, who had a prominent birthmark on his left cheek.
Perhaps she could use the Beauty Pills to approach them, allowing them to become her pillars of support for her divorce in the future.
However, although the Jiang family was considered wealthy, they had no foundation in the imperial court and had never associated with the princess or the prince before. Gaining an audience with them would not be easy.
Jiang Li suddenly remembered that in her past life, shortly after her wedding, she had heard that the Eldest Princess Rong’an’s only daughter, County Princess Baoqing, had gone missing.
It was not until a year later, when the imperial court captured a ring of human traffickers, that County Princess Baoqing’s whereabouts were finally discovered.
Unfortunately, by that time, County Princess Baoqing had already been sold to a place hundreds of miles away from the capital, where she had suffered endless abuse and torment.
Even after being brought back to the capital, she had lost her mind.
Furthermore, the other young girls who had been abducted along with County Princess Baoqing did not make it back alive.
Since she intended to help, she would find a way to rescue them this time and hand those human traffickers over to the government.
Because too much time had passed, Jiang Li could not remember many of the specific details clearly.
Returning to the Yin manor, she bowed to Madam Fan and returned to the Qinghe Courtyard with reddened eyes.
Having failed to seek medical help and suffering terribly from her headache, Madam Fan did not bother to spare Jiang Li another glance.
Once back in the Qinghe Courtyard, Jiang Li carefully recalled the events of her past life.
If she remembered correctly, it should be on the tenth day of the month when County Princess Baoqing, acting out of playfulness, secretly slipped out of the Princess Manor.
It was also many years later that Jiang Li heard a rumor stating that the reason County Princess Baoqing had been targeted by the human traffickers—aside from her fair and lovely appearance—was because she was dressed in the clothes of ordinary commoners.
Even when those human traffickers came to the capital to abduct people, they did not dare to recklessly lay hands on the families of court nobility, let alone the daughter of the Eldest Princess and the maternal niece of the Emperor.
But none of that was a justifiable reason for abduction.
Jiang Li planned to make preparations in advance to ensure she could rescue County Princess Baoqing flawlessly when the time came, while also capturing all of the human traffickers together.
She was born into a prestigious family; her grandfather was a great scholar of the previous dynasty, and her grandmother was a renowned talented woman.
Her father, however, chose to enlist in the army, earning military merits on the battlefield to become a general.
While fighting on the battlefield, her father met her mother, who was traveling with her maternal grandfather for business. The two developed feelings for each other and, with the blessings of her grandparents, married at the border.
Jiang Li was born at the border and had lived there for a few years during her early childhood.
It was not until she was five years old that she was sent back to the capital to live with her grandparents.
Yet very few people knew that Jiang Li had trained in martial arts with her parents when she was young. Her martial skills were not exceptionally high, but she knew enough fist and footwork that ordinary people could not easily get close to her.
Before her parents met with their accident, they had specially sent several guards to protect her in secret.
After all, both of them were on the battlefield where their help could not reach her in time, and they feared their young daughter might suffer grievances.
Even the maids by Jiang Li’s side possessed a fair amount of martial skills.
Jiang Li instructed Wang You to have people keep a close eye on County Princess Baoqing and see where she usually went after slipping out of the manor.
After Wang You withdrew, Jiang Li questioned Bai Zhi privately.
“Bai Zhi, under what circumstances would you steal property from the Yin family’s storehouse?”
In her past life, Jiang Li could never understand how the maid raised by her side could possibly steal property from the storehouse.
But at that time, she was caught red-handed with the stolen goods, and since Jiang Li trusted the Yin family completely, she had never doubted the matter.
She had even felt deeply disappointed in Bai Zhi. Having been mistress and servant for so many years, Bai Zhi had chosen to use such an extreme method instead of telling her when facing trouble.
Bai Zhi was frightened. Thinking she had done something wrong, she hurriedly fell to her knees.
“This servant does not know what she did wrong; please speak plainly, Miss. Rest assured, Miss, under no circumstances would this servant steal property from the Yin family’s storehouse, unless—it was ordered by Miss!”
A sudden buzz went off in Jiang Li’s mind. So, was the reason Bai Zhi stole property from the storehouse in her past life due to this very reason?
Someone had forged her orders, making Bai Zhi mistakenly believe it was her wish, which led Bai Zhi to commit the theft.
It made sense; Bai Zhi had stayed by her side and seen all kinds of wealth, so how could she possibly look down upon the meager belongings of the Yin family?
It was she herself who had been foolish.
As for Ren Dong and her wet nurse being implicated in a murder case, it was highly likely that someone had intentionally framed them as well.
Only Wang You, who had remained consistently by her side in her past life and was naturally clever and vigilant, had managed to escape the schemes of others.
Jiang Li helped Bai Zhi up and spoke in a gentle tone, “I was just asking casually; you don’t need to take it to heart. I naturally believe in your character. But you must remember, no matter what difficulties you face, you must remember to come to me first.”
With tears in her eyes, Bai Zhi nodded, “Don’t worry, Miss, this servant will remember.”
After experiencing the incident of being driven away while seeking the Divine Doctor, Madam Fan never spoke another kind word to Jiang Li. Every time she saw her, she showed immense disdain and refused to let Jiang Li serve by her bedside.
On the surface, Jiang Li maintained a submissive and timid demeanor, but in her heart, she was glad for the peace and quiet, having no desire to deal with Madam Fan anyway.
In her past life, it was because she had shown her absolute sincerity from the start that Madam Fan had consistently pretended to be a loving mother-in-law.
Had Jiang Li behaved even slightly less perfectly, the Yin family would have exposed their ugly faces long ago.
Jiang Li only found it laughable; treating her husband’s family well had somehow turned into her fault.
However, she could also understand that the fault lay not in her goodness, but in this pack of ungrateful white-eyed wolves of the Yin family.
She wanted to see just how long Madam Fan could hold out this time without her begging Divine Doctor Bai to treat her head ailment.
Two days later, the person sent out to investigate County Princess Baoqing brought back news.
“Miss, it has been investigated clearly. Every few days, the County Princess slips out of the Princess Manor to switch identities with others. Last month, she disguised herself as an assistant in a cosmetics shop, an assistant in a clothing shop, an assistant in a jewelry pavilion, and she even stayed in a teahouse for two days. I heard she went to a butcher shop two days ago, but the places the County Princess goes to each time are different; it seems more like acting on a whim.”
Hearing this, Jiang Li suddenly recalled something.
After the County Princess was found and brought back, her emotions would completely collapse the moment she heard the word “tofu.”
Could it be that on the day the County Princess was abducted, she went to work as an assistant in a tofu shop?
These were merely conjectures, so Jiang Li ordered them to continue watching.
In two days, it would be the tenth of the month. She had to find a way to secretly slip out of the manor when the time came to personally rescue County Princess Baoqing.
Only in this way would she have the opportunity to see the Eldest Princess and present her Beauty Pills.
Right at this moment, a servant came to relay a message.
“First Young Mistress, the Second Young Master has been expelled from the academy. The Master and Madam want you to come over.”
Jiang Li’s train of thought was pulled back as scenes from her past life emerged in her mind.
This exact event had occurred in her past life as well.