Fifteen days. Xie Qiqi set this as her departure date and began to plan in secret.
She spent five days recuperating in the palace, during which she devoted herself to accompanying Moyuan. Moyuan had already found replacements for Jiang Xing and Yinchen, allowing them to return to Xie Qiqi’s side, their official positions remaining unchanged. In addition, Moyuan handpicked a group of capable, martial arts-trained palace maids to assist her; they were to accompany Xie Qiqi on her travels after the fifteen days were up.
Jiang Xing and Yinchen, having learned that Xie Qiqi had once again been kidnapped by Zhou Ling, cursed Moyuan behind his back. In a fit of rage, Jiang Xing went straight to the Jinyiwei prison, hauled Zhou Ling out, and whipped her thirty times. The Jinyiwei, acting on instructions from Luo Dong, turned a blind eye to Jiang Xing’s vent of anger. In their eyes, Zhou Ling was already a dead woman; even if Jiang Xing had killed her, it would simply be recorded as "suicide out of fear of punishment."
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