After Nan Wusi removed the gauze and sprinkled the medicinal powder on it, she felt a cool sensation on her wound, which greatly relieved her burning pain.
The medicine is really effective; Nan Wusi's eyes lit up as he looked at it.
At this moment, Ye Zi pushed the door open and came in, carrying a basin of water, as well as new gauze and medicine.
"Miss, why did you remove the gauze yourself?" Ye Zi asked, somewhat surprised.
"I saw a bottle of medicine on the table, so I took it and exchanged it myself," Nan Wusi said.
"Medicine?" Ye Zi then noticed that Nan Wusi was holding an exquisite medicine bottle.
"Miss, where did this medicine come from?" Ye Zi was very surprised. Had anyone come while she was away?
"Ye Zi, have you told my second brother about my injury?" Nan Wusi asked.
"No, Miss didn't give any instructions, how could I dare to say anything casually?" Ye Zi shook her head. A long time ago, Miss had taught her not to tell anyone about her affairs without permission, especially her second brother, Nan Wuyu.
Nan Wusi knew that the medicine wasn't sent by her second brother, and she began to suspect something. It seemed that it must have been sent by Xuan Li, sent by Xiao Yi. Currently, besides herself, only Ye Zi and Xiao Yi knew that she was injured.
"That's quite thoughtful," Nan Wusi thought with a hint of delight.
However, what she didn't know was that it wasn't Xuan Li who came yesterday, but Xiao Yi himself.
"Ye Zi, has any news come from outside today?"
"Miss, I heard that the second young lady of the Prime Minister's mansion was sent to the Eastern Palace last night." Ye Zi was a little excited. She had been following Nan Wusi around, so she naturally knew about Ouyang Jiangli's affairs. She knew that the woman had done a lot of bad things and had long disliked her.
She was also very pleased that her young mistress and Miss Ouyang had managed to defeat that vicious daughter so badly.
When Nan Wusi heard the news, he was not too surprised, and he didn't feel anything special. He felt neither the pleasure of revenge nor the smugness of a successful scheme.
In the original text, Ouyang Jiangli was merely a concubine of the crown prince, and she was ultimately the victor. Now, she has simply gone from being a concubine to a concubine without any official status.
But Nan Wusi could foresee that Ouyang Jiangli would not give up so easily; on the contrary, she would cause even more trouble. These rumors would fade away with time, and then she would be able to appear in front of the world in a glamorous manner once again.
Just as Nan Wusi had predicted, Ouyang Jiangli calmed down quickly after her tantrum yesterday. Now that her reputation was ruined, if she continued to act so ungratefully, she would be finished.
So Ouyang Jiangli calmly accepted this reality, put on a pitiful act, and put on a new persona.
Xiao Mu was initially furious about being confined to the East Palace, but seeing Ouyang Jiangli's pitiful and charming appearance, he stopped blaming her.
After all, it wasn't her fault; the blame lies with that blind flower thief.
After Xiao Mu figured it out, he actually felt some pity for Ouyang Jiangli, since he had genuinely intended to give her the position of a concubine.
However, this incident made it even more difficult for him to marry Nan Wusi, which gave Xiao Mu a headache.
"Is there any news about the flower thief now?" Nanwu thought to himself, wondering if Xiao Yi had handled that matter properly.
But Ye Zi shook her head and looked at Nan Wusi with a strange expression.
Others might not know, but she certainly did: the womanizer who had recently caused such a stir in the capital was none other than her young mistress.
Today is the last day of the deadline given by the Emperor. Nan Wusi is also a little anxious. If the Prefect of Jingzhao really loses his post, she doesn't know how she will face Madam An in the future.
Fortunately, news came that very evening that the flower thief had finally been caught.
He was a man of similar build to Nan Wusi, and his arm was injured. Even so, he was still undeterred and was caught red-handed by the soldiers while stealing a woman's undergarments.
Thus, the sensational case of the flower thief was solved, and the Prefect of Jingzhao was able to keep his official hat.
However, the flower thief committed suicide shortly after being imprisoned, which surprised everyone. But at that moment, who would care about the life or death of a thief?
During this period, Nan Wusi stayed in the General's Mansion to recuperate. She would only go to Mengyi Workshop on the days when she was receiving guests, because it would be difficult to explain her injury if others noticed it.
While she was busy enjoying her time as a thief, Tiger's mother brought loads of down to the General's Mansion, piling them all up in an unused courtyard.
The smell was so foul that everyone avoided the courtyard. After a couple of days, the odor permeated the entire General's Mansion.
Nan Wusi only stopped Tiger's mother from buying down after seeing the mountain of duck down. She felt that with this amount, all the ducks in the capital would suffer.
She and Ye Zi had only come once, and they found some servants to wash the duck down in a large vat, and then put it in the sun to dry, repeating this process over and over again.
Now that some time has passed, Nan Wusi took advantage of his current recovery period to come here and check on the progress.
When Nan Wusi arrived in the courtyard, the stench had dissipated considerably and was now barely tolerable. The down feathers spread on the ground looked quite pleasing to the eye.
Before it was washed, the down had various stains and bloodstains. Now, the white down and gray down are laid in two separate areas, making it look very clean and tidy.
Nan Wusi nodded in satisfaction. She planned to give the servants who specialized in handling down a generous reward.
Seeing that the duck down on the ground had been mostly processed, Nan Wusi had the people put the duck down back into bags. In a few days, when Manager Chen's batch of cloth arrived, she could hand over the duck down to the tailors along with it.
Although the process of making this batch of down jackets was very complicated, and it would cost a lot of money, and there wouldn't even be any beauty points because the blueprints weren't produced by the system, Nan Wusi still decided to do it.
Because the gap between the rich and poor in ancient times was so great, those poor families would freeze to death if they ran out of charcoal.
She hopes that while she still has the ability, she can do more for the people, even if the results are minimal, she will have done her best and be true to her conscience.
When Nan Wuyu first learned that his sister had made the entire General's Mansion stink, he originally intended to teach her a lesson. However, after hearing Nan Wusi's reasons, he felt very gratified, realizing that his sister was a woman with the world in her heart.
Finally, Nan Wuyu even gave Nan Wusi some silver, letting her go ahead and do it, which was an unexpected bonus.
Nan Wusi immediately transformed into a master of flattery, making Nan Wuyu extremely happy, and he smiled for several days in a row.
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