Chapter 101: Was your hand stung by a bee?
"...Fortunately, Mrs. Lu arrived in time, and nothing happened between Erlang and Huadan. The guests also understand the truth and will not spread the news."
Song Lingyi frowned.
The actress certainly didn't drug the man just to offer herself to him.
In the garden pavilion, Xiao Mingyi had said twice that even if he didn't stop the marriage, it wouldn't happen, which meant he knew what was going to happen tonight. But since he said it but didn't stop it, it definitely wasn't him who did it.
Could it be Princess Changyang who did it?
No, she was infatuated with Pei Zhao. Even if she wanted to stop the marriage, she couldn't drug him or force another woman on him. Ruining Pei Zhao's reputation wouldn't benefit her in the slightest.
Who could it be?
While he was thinking, he suddenly heard Xiang Madam calling out, "Lingyi's hand is also injured. Doctor, please take a look at her and apply some medicine."
Except for a few people who knew about it, everyone else was a little surprised.
"Lingyi, how did you get hurt?" Wang asked hurriedly.
Song Lingyi subconsciously covered the back of her hand with her sleeve, embarrassed to say it was an injury from the fight. Her fiancé was still there, and she hadn't forgotten Xiang's scolding, and she was afraid Pei Zhao would dislike her rudeness.
“I…I am…”
Pei Zhao's gaze fell on the back of the girl's hand. The scars there clearly didn't look like scratches, but more like they were caused by fingernails.
"But what happened?" he asked.
Seeing that her niece was too embarrassed to speak, Lu Tanwei spoke for her, "It's the girls from the Zhao and Lin families who were taught a lesson by A Qian. They colluded with the daughter of Lord Wang's family to make random plots about Ling Yi behind her back. It's really too much."
"How can this be possible!"
Wang was furious and worried when she heard this: "Girls, why can't you talk to each other peacefully? How could you hit Lingyi?!"
“…”
“…”
The uncle and nephew were speechless and looked at each other guiltily.
Seeing the subtle atmosphere, Wang Shi felt something was wrong. Thinking of the momentum of her niece teaching Lu Qian a lesson before, she covered her lips in surprise and said, "Oh my God, it can't be..."
"Don't worry, Lingyi didn't suffer any loss. Instead, the three girls were beaten by her and were covered with bruises. But this is what they deserved. After all, they are daughters of wealthy families and they can't control their words." Xiang said.
Wang frowned.
In front of so many people, she couldn't say too much or ask too many questions about the fight, after all, she had to consider her niece's face.
"Is this matter resolved?"
Lu Tanwei comforted him, "Of course it's been resolved. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally came forward to punish those gossipy girls and forbade the matter from being spread outside. Not many people know about it."
While the elders were talking, Song Lingyi had already sat down next to Pei Zhao, and the doctor was applying medicine to her.
The two became extremely silent.
The doctor applied medicine and bandaged Song Lingyi's wound, and gave her a few more instructions, "If you want to avoid scarring, you must eat a light diet and avoid salty foods..."
After a long while, Song Lingyi said, "Brother Jianzhi, do you have any idea about what happened today?"
Pei Zhao hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
He seemed a little absent-minded, probably because he was worried about something. He sighed and said, "Second Uncle will find out everything. Don't worry, just take care of yourself."
"It's just this little injury..." Song Lingyi smiled casually, raised her right hand, and suddenly saw that it was wrapped like a dumpling. She pursed her lips and was speechless.
"Doctor, is it necessary to bandage this small wound like this?" If it's any later, it will have scabbed over.
The doctor was sorting through his medicine box, not even looking up, and said nonchalantly, "Apply the medicine. This bandage will heal faster."
It saves you from fighting with others and causing new injuries.
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It was a quarter of an hour later when I returned to the front yard.
The guests in the front yard were all talking about the romantic affair in which a courtesan drugged and seduced Pei Erlang. Princess Changyang was extremely anxious and was about to go and ask for clarification. As she walked out of the side hall, she saw Pei Zhao coming up the corridor. He was tall and graceful, with eyes as bright as stars.
Before Princess Changyang could come forward to offer her condolences, he saw a girl in red clothes rush out from behind him, and the smile on his lips immediately faded a little.
"Your Highness, the Princess is well." Pei Zhao bowed with his hands in a polite yet distant manner, and the girl in red clothes beside him also followed suit.
"No need to be polite."
Princess Changyang glanced at the red-robed girl's hand, which was wrapped like a rice dumpling, and frowned slightly as she asked curiously, "Did Sister Song get stung by a bee?"
"...It's just a minor injury." Song Lingyi said with resentment.
"Since it's just a minor injury, Pei Erlang and I have something to talk about. Sister Song, please leave first." Princess Changyang said as a matter of course.
“…”
paralysis!
Whose engagement party is this? Why are these brother and sister trying to steal the show more than the other?
"I am engaged to Lingyi, Princess, please feel free to speak frankly." Pei Zhao said.
Princess Changyang pursed her lips. Even though she was dissatisfied, she always remembered her brother's words and did not dare to lose her temper.
"I heard that the actress who came to perform in the mansion today drugged you. Is this true?"
Pei Zhao's brows were stern, but his voice was gentle. "She didn't drug me. Someone wanted to ruin my reputation and disrupt our marriage. I woke up in time, and nothing happened between us."
Hearing this, Princess Changyang breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that nothing happened. This matter must be thoroughly investigated. Otherwise, I will ask my brother to investigate. The Pacification Bureau is very efficient..."
"No need." Pei Zhao refused decisively. "This is the Pei family's family affair. Please don't bother Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Song Lingyi noticed that Princess Changyang looked unhappy and immediately said, "I'm going to the side hall first. You two can chat slowly."
If she doesn't leave now, he will definitely take his anger out on her, and she doesn't want to be the scapegoat.
After returning to the side hall and sitting down, the women were still chatting animatedly, still unaware of what had happened in the garden pavilion.
Lu Yu suddenly saw her cousin's hand, which was wrapped like a rice dumpling, and was shocked: "Oh! Cousin, did you get stung by a bee?"
“…”
Song Lingyi slowly turned her head to look at her, with a forced smile: "I just got a minor injury and bandaged it to scare people." She glanced around and changed the subject, "Where's Sister Pei?"
"Just now she heard about Pei Erlang and Hua Dan, and rushed to the backyard."
"But we all went back to the front yard and didn't meet her along the way." Song Lingyi frowned.
The corridor is deep and the pillars are lit with candles.
Pei Ling and her maid Cui Xin were originally heading towards Weirui Hall when they suddenly saw two figures flash past from the end of the corridor. They immediately plucked up the courage to follow them and followed them all the way to the woodshed in the backyard.
The actress was locked up in the woodshed, guarded by five young and strong servants.
The master and servant were standing at a distance from each other and saw with their own eyes the two dark shadows climbing into the woodshed yard. After a long while, there was no movement.
"Miss, let's go tell the lady." Cui Xin urged in a low voice.
Pei Ling's eyelashes were half closed, as if she was lost in thought.
The two figures looked familiar, sneaking into the woodshed. They must be in cahoots with the actress. The servants were all in the front yard, so by the time they found them, they might have already fled.
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