"Hmm..." Bai Nuo groaned heavily and closed her eyes again. She had a fever, she knew it.

Granny Wang rushed over, but Bai Nuo was completely unable to open her eyes at that time. She only vaguely heard Doctor Sun say that she had caught a cold, and then heard Granny Wang instruct Peony and Peony to go and brew medicine and to go and find Hu Mingmei. After that, she had no idea what was going on.

When she regained consciousness, Hu Mingmei was already sitting on the edge of the bed, and the lights in the room were on and burning brightly.

Seeing that she was awake, Hu Mingmei naturally touched Bai Nuo's forehead and asked softly, "Does your head still hurt?"

Bai Nuo nodded, opened her mouth, but found that her throat hurt terribly and she couldn't say a word.

“I came back at noon, and you’ve been sleeping since noon. It’s past 5 pm now.” As if knowing what Bai Nuo wanted to say, Hu Mingmei explained to Bai Nuo one by one, “How did you catch a cold? The weather in the capital is not like back home. Even in spring, it’s still very cold.”

Bai Nuo shook her head. She didn't know what was wrong either; she had just woken up feeling strange.

Bai Nuo rested her head on Hu Mingmei's lap, facing him, but she could smell a faint scent of rouge on him, which made her feel nauseous. She vomited by the bedside with a loud "whoosh".

Hu Mingmei was very worried and quickly patted her back, "Nuonuo, are you alright?"

Bai Nuo pushed him away with difficulty, saying, "Why do you smell like rouge? It's making me feel nauseous. Go away from me."

Seeing Bai Nuo vomiting violently by the bedside, Hu Mingmei really wanted to help her up, but seeing that she was in this state because of him, he didn't dare to help her. He could only watch Bai Nuo finish vomiting and then lie back down. Only then did he say with annoyance, "You lie down properly, I'm going to take a shower."

"Bring Peony in!" Bai Nuo said.

Hu Mingmei's expression changed slightly, then she nodded and said "Okay" before leaving.

Perhaps because Peony and Peony had been waiting outside, Peony came in right after Hu Mingmei left.

"Madam, are you looking for me?" Peony stood at the head of the bed.

Bai Nuo leaned back, and Shao Yao quickly went to help her. Bai Nuo looked at her with her head down, supporting herself, and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you dare to look at me?"

"This servant is not afraid to look at you," Peony said, then raised her head and looked at Bai Nuo, asking, "Madam, are you feeling better?"

Bai Nuo said calmly, "Go and bring me my water."

"Oh!" Peony nodded blankly and carried Bai Nuo's water to her. "Madam, please have some water."

Bai Nuo drank the water and asked, "When you went to invite Second Master today, what was he doing, and who was with him?"

Peony replied, "Second Master only has Lu Ying by his side."

Bai Nuoxin's head kept drooping downwards. She stared at Shaoyao and said, "Shayao, do you know? You're not very natural when you lie. I didn't even know you could lie."

"No!" Upon hearing Bai Nuo's words, Shaoyao became anxious. "Madam, this servant is not lying."

“You have it!” Bai Nuo said definitively. “Your expression is even more unnatural than before. When Second Master came back, he smelled of rouge. He hasn’t come back all day, so it’s obviously not mine. Since you said there was no one else with him, does that mean the rouge smell on him is yours?”

"It's not me, it's not me!" Peony quickly denied. "I don't use perfume."

"Then tell me, who's with him? If you don't tell me, you can leave now. I won't tolerate anyone who betrays me."

She was also a woman who betrayed her along with a man.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!" Seeing Bai Nuo's angry face, Shaoyao immediately knelt down. "This servant will say that when this servant found the Second Master, Miss Zheng was by his side..." Shaoyao dared not continue.

Bai Nuo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He understood what Shao Yao hadn't said: he smelled of rouge, which belonged to Zheng Qing'er. The two of them must have been intimate.

This man had sworn to her not long ago that she was the only one for him in his life, but he got together with his cousin so quickly.

She shouldn't have trusted him.

fraud!!!

As Bai Nuo thought about it, she started to cry. When Shaoyao saw her crying, she was at a loss and stepped forward to comfort her, "Madam."

Bai Nuo covered her face, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. She managed to utter a sound, "Go out, let me have some peace and quiet."

Peony is not a peony and has no idea how to speak. Seeing Bai Nuo crying so sadly, she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only say, "Then this servant will go and bring the medicine in for you."

She thought she should hurry and call Peony in to comfort the lady. The lady was pregnant and couldn't keep crying like this; otherwise, she would ruin her health.

To her surprise, as soon as she went out, she ran into Hu Mingmei who was returning. Looking at Hu Mingmei, she remembered how she had seen Hu Mingmei interacting with Zheng Qing'er at noon.