Chen Yao's small courtyard, at the Jiang family mansion.
"Mistress, no!" She cried rushed to her mistress. She heard a hiss as she got closer, "Young miss, are you hurt. Oh no", She grabbed her mistress's arm and led her to the seat. "I will go get some medicine and ice. Hold on" she said rinning out of the room. There was no medicine in the house, the last set they received the day they arrived at the capital was now depleted.
The previous batch wasn't much, since every necessity given to her mistress were usually smaller. She was left with only one option, which was heading to the steward to ask for a fresh batch. She pushed the door back and stretched out her leg to leave but gasped as she came face t face with a strange man. The man held a sword to her neck, "get inside " the man said bringing the sword closer.
