Chapter 383: The Eve
Zhao Muning quickly pressed a healing pill into her younger brother's mouth. Her outward expression remained composed, but the worry in her eyes was impossible to hide.
"What are you still standing there for? Take us to our rooms."
Zhao Muning supported her younger brother and spoke sharply to the attendant, who seemed to have frozen in place.
At those words, the attendant came back to his senses and answered quickly, leading Zhao Muning and her companion up the stairs.
Zhao Muning swept the inn with her eyes as she went, and though she was still deeply concerned about the poison in her brother's wounds, she was no longer as panicked as she had been earlier.
Because she knew perfectly well that Li Musheng, the Eighth Prince of Great Li, was in this inn.
Having learned Li Musheng's true identity from the Great Xuan emperor's own mouth, Zhao Muning had followed various clues and guessed that the carriage that had earlier forced its way into Xuanan City was very likely connected to Li Musheng. And after several days of quiet investigation, she had located where Li Musheng's group was staying.
She had originally had no intention of coming to disturb him. But Zhao Kuang had poisoned the princes, and her younger brother had been among the victims.
Had she not noticed the warning signs in time and managed to get him away with the help of her two Senior Aunts, her brother would almost certainly have died at Zhao Kuang's hands.