"What's wrong with Wan?"

Everyone looked at Jiang Shuwan, who was also by the bedside checking on Pei Shushu's injuries, but her right hand was strangely half-raised.

"Miss, your hand is injured." Qingxing also noticed something was wrong. The maid lifted Jiang Shuwan's sleeve and discovered that her right hand was broken.

Madam Chang hurriedly said, "Grandma, I saw it clearly. The Fourth Miss was too sudden. No one had time to react before she came to her senses. Even the Fourth Madam couldn't stop her. On the contrary, the Young Madam reacted very quickly and grabbed the Fourth Miss's skirt."

"So she's the Crown Prince's wife. No wonder Shushu managed to survive despite her resolute act of crashing into him."

"Thanks to the Crown Prince's wife."

The third wife and Madam Pei both praised Jiang Shuwan, and the fourth wife rushed over, kneeling down with a thud as an elder, her eyes filled with sincerity, wishing she could give her her life.

"Princess's wife, your fourth aunt thanks you so much. You saved Shushu's life. Your fourth aunt will repay you by serving you like a slave from now on..."

"Fourth Aunt, that's too harsh. Get up quickly."

The fourth wife was so grateful that she couldn't stop talking and even knelt down before her. Jiang Shuwan was still clear-headed and dared not accept such a gesture. She quickly reached out to help her up, but the moment she moved her hand, she felt a heart-wrenching pain.

"Fourth sister-in-law, get up quickly. Look, you've aggravated the young master's wife's injuries."

"Quickly summon the imperial physician and ask him to examine Wan'er."

There was another flurry of activity, and the room only quieted down after Jiang Shuwan's right hand was bandaged.

The maids orderly took the prescription from the imperial physician to get the medicine, while the fourth wife knelt by the bedside, tears streaming down her face as she cared for Pei Shushu, whose face was wrapped in a white cloth.

The bleeding on Pei Shushu's forehead had stopped, but the white cloth was still soaked with crimson blood. Seeing that shocking color, the fourth wife was reminded of Pei Shushu's resolute act of crashing into something.

If Jiang Shuwan hadn't reacted quickly, her daughter would have really killed herself by hitting her head on the wall.

Suddenly looking up, the fourth wife's gaze fell on the fourth master's face.

Hiding in the crowd, the fourth master was terrified. He covered his face, which was scratched bloody by his fourth wife, and his mouth, which was missing half a tooth, and looked at the people in the room for help.

"I'm injured too, let the imperial physician take a look at me as well."

"..."

Nobody paid him any attention.

The Fourth Master was so angry he nearly fell over. "This is outrageous! I'm still the master of this manor!"

"How can you treat your master like this?!"

"..."

Many maids and old women came and went, but no one paid him any attention.

Everyone treated him like he was invisible.

Inside the house, everyone except the fourth wife who stayed to take care of Pei Shushu moved back to the original tea room.

At the entrance to the courtyard, the torrential rain had stopped sometime earlier.

After the rain, the sky was a clear, deep blue, and the air was incredibly fresh.

Jiang Shuwan stood under the bougainvillea at the entrance of the courtyard.

The bougainvillea was battered by the torrential rain for an hour, and its petals were scattered all over the ground. It looked like it was about to die, but as soon as the rain stopped, it perked up again.

Life is tenacious, even if it's just a single flower.

Under the tree, Jiang Shuwan saw the imperial physician off.

"Thank you, Imperial Physician. Today, my younger daughters were arguing and accidentally pushed my fourth sister, causing her to hit her head. Thanks to your skillful hands, the fourth sister was saved, otherwise, something terrible would have happened."

"My fourth sister is young and an unmarried daughter, so it's not good for her to cause trouble. I would like to ask the imperial physician to help cover things up."

As she spoke, she pulled a large silver note from her sleeve. "This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it."

Jiang Shuwan was very generous; the imperial physician's eyes turned red as he stared at the five hundred taels of silver.

His annual salary is only this much.

Quietly slipping the silver note into his sleeve, the imperial physician coughed twice. "Young Madam, you're too kind. You just accidentally injured your hand today, so I came to examine you. I don't know anything else."

Thank you.

Jiang Shuwan nodded with a smile and instructed a servant to personally escort the imperial physician back to his residence.

After the imperial physician left, Qingxing was still confused.

"Miss, why did you keep the fact that Fourth Miss was injured a secret? In my opinion, it should have been made public. Gambling to the point of driving his own daughter to suicide, I wonder how Fourth Master will ever have the face to show in public again!"

"Silly girl, you may feel good doing this, but what about Shushu?"

"With a father like this and this mess, even if the engagement is called off, Shushu's reputation will be ruined."

"Miss, this is so unfair! It was clearly the Fourth Master who did this terrible thing, but in the end, only the Fourth Miss is the one who got hurt."

"The world is like this, and life is hard for women!"

Jiang Shuwan sighed and walked inside. Halfway there, Qingxing realized what was happening.

"Miss, you just said that the Fourth Miss can break off this engagement... Miss, do you already have a way?"

“There are two.”

"!"

Qingxing was surprised.

"Miss is amazing! There weren't any just now, how come there are two now?"

"Whether it will work out or not is still uncertain, let's go in first."

Once inside, the atmosphere was indeed very heavy.

Pei Shushu vowed to die rather than marry, and they naturally didn't want her to die young, but they couldn't think of a way to break off the engagement.

After all, when she heard the whole story, Madam Pei immediately said she was willing to spend 100,000 taels of silver to ask the other party to break off the engagement.

The other party refused to back down, which suggests they were after people.

I really don't know what to do.

Pei Shushu has survived now, but if the engagement isn't called off, she might try to kill herself again...

Thinking of this, both Madam Pei and the third wife felt a jolt in their hearts. The former had always liked Pei Shushu very much, and the latter, although not from the first wife's family, had watched Pei Shushu grow up since she was a child.

They were all family, bound by blood, so how could they bear to see Pei Shushu die?

Wen, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying the show.

"I don't know if it's bad luck for the Marquis's mansion or bad luck for Madam Jiang. When I was in charge of the household, everything was fine and everything went smoothly. But as soon as Madam Jiang entered the mansion, everything turned upside down and mistakes started to happen frequently."

"Grandma, why don't we find some time to go and offer incense? Who knows, the Marquis's mansion might be plagued by villains lately."

Hearing her pointed remark, Jiang Shuwan didn't tolerate her at all.

"Madam, what are you saying? Did your daughter-in-law force you to lend money at exorbitant interest rates?"

"you!"

Wen was speechless, her chest heaving with anger. Seeing that she couldn't out-argue Jiang Shuwan, she resorted to shamelessness.

“Jiang, I may not be as eloquent as you, but the Marquis’s family has indeed been plagued by bad luck since you were married. If you are capable, then you should resolve this matter. I heard that you and Fourth Sister are getting very close.”

"We're family, you can't just stand by and watch someone die, can you?"

Seeing Wen's confident expression that she had no way to help, Jiang Shuwan chuckled and shook her head.

She ignored Wen Shi, that clown, and turned to Madam Pei, saying, "Madam, it's getting late. That cripple is not related to us. We can't let him stay at home for dinner."