In the reception room of the General's Mansion, General Zhao Xian listened to Wei Jingzhuo recount his experience of going to the Western Rong, and looked at Su Wan, saying, "So my granddaughter-in-law is the legendary goddess?"

Su Wan laughed and said, "That's nonsense, it's just rumors circulating in the streets."

Zhao Xian stroked his beard and said, “Ah, you can’t say that. Although the King of Xirong has invaded our Great Jin many times, my granddaughter-in-law was able to cure the King of Xirong’s heart disease and bring peace between the two countries. This is a great achievement. I must reward my granddaughter-in-law with a treasure.”

Su Wan was delighted to hear about the treasure and asked with a smile, "Grandfather, what kind of treasure is it?"

“Wait, let’s go to the dining hall for dinner first,” Zhao Xian said with a smile as he stood up. “As for the baby, I’ll tell you after we finish eating.”

As everyone got up to leave, Zhao Xiyue walked into the hall, first bowing to Wei Jingzhuo and smiling, "Brother Jin, I slept in and got up late, so I'm late." She then turned to Su Wan and bowed, "Greetings, Cousin-in-law."

Wei Jingzhuo and Su Wan both nodded to Zhao Xiyue.

Zhao Xiyue's gaze swept quickly over Wei Jingzhuo, a blush creeping across her face. She ran up to Zhao Xian and whispered something in his ear.

Seeing her acting mysteriously, Su Wan asked, "Xi Yue, is something the matter?"

After hearing this, Zhao Xian nodded and said, "I see. It's quite rare for Miss Bai to have such a kind intention."

"Miss Bai?" Su Wan felt the surname sounded familiar. "Which Miss Bai?"

Zhao Xian laughed and said, "Which Miss Bai could it be? Miss Bai Zhiyi from the capital has also come here with His Majesty's envoy."

Wei Jingzhuo said coldly, "Why is she here again?"

Su Wan gently squeezed his arm and whispered, "You're just that capable; wherever you go, she goes too."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Wei Jingzhuo's face as he said to Zhao Xian, "Grandfather, His Majesty's envoy has arrived. Why hasn't he come out yet?"

Zhao Xian said, "You mean that Eunuch Yang from the capital? He was supposed to come out early this morning. He caught a chill last night and now he has a high fever, it's burning hot. We don't need to worry about him."

Su Wan thought to herself, "This eunuch brought the emperor's decree, which has made A-Jin uneasy. It's a good thing she's sick; at least A-Jin can have a meal first. I'll go see this eunuch later to see what the emperor means."

She took Wei Jingzhuo's hand and said, "Ah Jin, let's go."

Zhao Xiyue helped Zhao Xian, Su Wan linked arms with Wei Jingzhuo, and several servants followed behind as they left the reception room.

As Su Wan descended the steps, she saw a maid helping Bai Zhiyi walk towards her. Bai Zhiyi's face was covered with a white cloth, and she didn't know why.

"This humble woman greets Your Highness," Bai Zhiyi said, bowing with the help of her maid. "This humble woman has taken the liberty of preparing a banquet to welcome Your Highness and wash away the dust of your journey."

Wei Jingzhuo snorted, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Su Wan asked curiously, "Miss Bai, what happened to your eyes? Why are they covered?"

Bai Zhiyi didn't say anything, but just sighed and secretly pinched the maid's arm.

The maid understood and said with a hint of sadness, "My young lady knew that His Highness was coming back, so she specially cooked a meal for him. But halfway through, the hot steam got into her eyes, and now she can't see because of the pain."

Wei Jingzhuo coldly replied, "The General's Mansion has its own cooks; this is completely unnecessary."

Zhao Xiyue, unaware that Bai Zhiyi was acting, was deeply moved by Bai Zhiyi's sacrifices. Seeing Wei Jingzhuo's coldness, she couldn't help but say, "Brother Jin, Miss Bai was injured while welcoming you. You...you can't be so cold, okay?"

Su Wan also felt a little guilty.

No matter how much trouble Bai Zhiyi causes, if she really got injured while cooking for Wei Jingzhuo, we can't ignore her kindness.

She left Wei Jingzhuo and went to Bai Zhiyi, saying, "Miss Bai, are your eyes hurting a lot right now?"

Bai Zhiyi recognized Su Wan's voice and gritted her teeth inwardly, but her face showed a sorrowful expression as she said, "I'm fine. It doesn't matter if Your Highness is cold to me; it's just a misunderstanding. I'll lead the way to the dining hall."

Seeing her pitiful state, Su Wan said to the maid, "Let me help Miss Bai walk."

Bai Zhiyi couldn't very well refuse, so she could only feign concern and say, "Miss Su, thank you very much. Ah, I wonder when I'll be able to open my eyes again."

Su Wan helped her walk ahead and said, "It's alright, I'll take a look at you later."

After walking a while, there was a shallow puddle on the road. Su Wan didn't notice it, but Bai Zhiyi saw it through the gap in the white cloth.

It's easy to make her pretend to be blind, but she wouldn't be so happy to step into a puddle. Being a clean freak by nature, she instinctively walked around to the side, but stopped when she felt it was inappropriate.

Su Wan was puzzled when she saw Bai Zhiyi suddenly turn the corner. Wasn't Bai Zhiyi supposed to be blind? Looking down at their feet, she saw a puddle in front of them and immediately understood.

She knew Bai Zhiyi was pretending to be blind, so she reached out to take the white cloth covering Bai Zhiyi's eyes and said, "Miss Bai, let me take off the cloth bandages covering your eyes so I can see how your eyes are."

Bai Zhiyi quickly reached out to stop her, laughing, "No, the doctor said my eyes can't be exposed to light for the time being..."

Su Wan deliberately teased her, "Wouldn't there be no light inside the house then?"

"Candlelight...candlelight won't work either, haha."

Su Wan didn't point it out, just chuckled and turned to the maid, saying, "You help Miss Bai up."

Bai Zhiyi knew that Su Wan had probably noticed her hesitation at the puddle. But Wei Jingzhuo was right behind her, and the lie had already been told, so she could only grit her teeth and keep going.

Su Wan returned to Wei Jingzhuo's side and said in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, "I just asked about Miss Bai's condition. Miss Bai burned her eyes with steam while cooking..."

Bai Zhiyi was initially worried that Su Wan would expose her trick, but when she heard that Su Wan was actually covering for her, she was overjoyed and turned around to say, "That's right."

Su Wan continued, "The doctor has already examined Miss Bai and said that her eye injury is quite serious and she needs to rest for a week."

Bai Zhiyi was even happier and nodded, saying, "That's exactly what the doctor said."

Wei Jingzhuo nodded and said, "Is it just rest and recuperation? What should we pay attention to?"

Su Wan said, "The doctor instructed that I should not eat greasy or spicy food during my recovery period."

Zhao Xiyue took it seriously and asked, "It seems that all the doctors say that, so that means Miss Bai can't eat meat?"

Su Wan replied with a smile, "Yes. Miss Bai, that's what the doctor told you, right?"

Bai Zhiyi was on the verge of tears, but forced herself to say, "It's like this. The doctor said... I can't eat meat."

The maid whispered in her ear, "Miss, this is terrible. We bought eight dishes and a soup, all of them meat dishes. You won't be able to eat them all."

"It's alright," Bai Zhiyi gritted her teeth and said softly, "Eight dishes aren't enough for so many people anyway. I'll just drink some water. As long as I can dine with His Highness... I'll just drink water."