Impersonating Li Jinghe
Li Jinghe looked at the medicine in her hand. If he hadn't been watching her the whole time...
He even suspected that she had drugged the medicine.
Seeing that he didn't move, Su Yuexing pushed it forward a little further and said, "Hurry up and drink it, don't worry, it's good stuff!"
Li Jing slowly took it, closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
He was stunned when he opened his eyes and saw what Su Yuexing was holding.
Su Yuexing smiled and held the food to his mouth, urging, "Hurry up and put it in your mouth!"
Li Jinghe froze, slightly opened his mouth, and put the thing in his mouth.
The bitterness in his mouth was quickly dispelled and replaced by sweetness, and at the same time, a sweet feeling began to fill his heart.
Su Yuexing handed him the remaining candied fruit from the cloth bag, saying, "This should be enough for you to eat for one to two months."
Li Jinghe was stunned, looking at the candied fruit in his hand, and said, "You came here to give me candied fruit?"
Su Yuexing nodded and said, "Yes."
“My younger brother is also in poor health. Every time he finishes taking his medicine, I will stuff honey coins into his mouth like this.”
She glanced at the sky outside and said, "I should go back now." Then she ran out.
Halfway down the road, she remembered something and quickly ran back, saying, "If you see Li Jinghe, give this to him and tell him to come to Xinning Garden. I want to see him."
Li Jinghe nodded slightly.
"Thank you," Su Yuexing said, turning to leave.
Li Jinghe slowly gripped the cloth bag. Why would she suddenly care about me?
When Xie Xuanye returned, he saw something in Xie Xuanye's hand and tried to take it from him, but Xie Xuanye dodged him.
"What is it? You won't even let me see it?" Xie Xuanye asked curiously.
"It's nothing," he said, putting the cloth bag into his arms.
Xie Xuanye sat on the stool, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "How stingy! You won't even let me take a look."
Li Jinghe looked at him and said, "You seem to have a lot of free time?"
Xie Xuanye paused in his drinking, put down the teacup, and said, "No, I just came back from being busy outside."
"Do you know that the county magistrate in your county is a big corrupt official!"
“I caught the young master of the Wang family next door forcibly abducting a woman on the street.”
“How could I stand idly by? So I taught him a lesson, and he dragged me into the yamen.”
"That county magistrate knew he was the son of the Wang family, and he was such a sycophant! You didn't see it!" Xie Xuanye slammed his fist on the table in anger.
"After that, he wanted to sentence me, and I was so angry that I beat him up and then ran away from the yamen."
Li Jinghe wasn't surprised at all by his way of doing things, and said, "Then you'd better be careful when you go out in the future."
"Your portraits might be everywhere on the streets now."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Xie Xuanye said.
Li Jinghe's eyes flickered, and he said, "Do me a favor."
Hearing his words, Xie Xuanye exclaimed in disbelief, "What? Li Jinghe! Is there anything you can't do?"
Li Jinghe looked at him calmly.
Xie Xuanye felt uncomfortable under her gaze and said, "Tell me, what is it?"
“Impersonate me and go see Su Yuexing,” he said.
Xie Xuanye asked in surprise, "What did you say!"
"You want me to impersonate you and then go see your wife!"
"Why is that?" he asked, puzzled.
Xie Xuanye lowered his eyes and said, "You don't need to know that."
Xie Xuanye stood with his hands on his hips, pacing back and forth in front of him. "I really don't understand, why don't you go see her yourself?"
"She is your wife."
“I know,” Li Jinghe said calmly.
Xie Xuanye shook his head and refused, saying, "No! Last time I met you, I almost had no descendants."
"There's no guarantee that nothing will happen during this meeting."
Li Jinghe pushed his wheelchair to the desk, picked up a pen, and began to write.
"What are you doing?" Xie Xuanye stepped forward to look.
Seeing the words "To the Marquis of Anyang" written on the paper, he quickly took it. "Well, Jinghe, you're playing me like this, aren't you?" Xie Xuanye said.
Li Jinghe put down his pen and said, "I don't like to force people."
"Isn't this forcing someone?" Xie Xuanye placed the paper in front of him and questioned him.
Li Jinghe looked away and replied, "I just suddenly felt a pang of regret for Uncle Xie, so I wrote a letter to say hello."
Xie Xuanye gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think I'd believe you?"
Li Jinghe spread his hands, looking like he didn't care whether he believed it or not.
Xie Xuanye lowered his head helplessly and said, "Fine! I agree!"
A triumphant expression appeared on Li Jinghe's lips.
"Dongyang," he called out.
Dongyang rushed over from outside upon hearing the sound, "Young master, you called me."
Li Jinghe instructed, "From now on, in front of the young mistress, I am Young Master Xie."
“And he is me,” Li Jinghe said, pointing at Xie Xuanye.
Dongyang looked puzzled, but still bowed his head and said, "Yes."
Early the next morning, Dongyang came to report: "Young Madam, the young master requests your presence."
Standing beside him, Cao Lü's face lit up with joy. "Then I can finally see the young master!"
Once the young master sees me, he won't like a wild girl from the countryside!
The grass-green heart was filled with joyful thoughts.
“I’ll be there shortly,” Su Yuexing replied.
Cao Lü rolled her eyes and smiled, "Young Madam, let's go see the young master. I'll dress you up nicely."
"That way, when the young master sees the young mistress's beautiful face, he will feel comfortable."
Su Yuexing frowned slightly and said, "Why should I want him to be comfortable?"
Cao Lü's expression hardened for a moment, then she coaxed, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time the young mistress has met the young master."
Su Yuexing nodded and said, "Yes, is there a problem?"
Grass Green threatened, "Of course there's a problem, a very big problem."
"In the customs of wealthy families, when a husband and wife meet for the first time, the wife should wear thick red makeup to show respect to her husband."
"If you, young mistress, don't dress up more formally, it means you're disrespecting the young master!"
Su Yuexing asked suspiciously, "Is that really true?"
Cao Lü said, "That's really true, I'm absolutely not lying to you."
"Young Madam, think about it again. On the wedding night, shouldn't the bride wear beautiful makeup when she goes to see the groom?"
"Since the lady did not see the young master on her wedding night, she will make up for it this time."
Su Yuexing nodded and said, "Alright then."
Seeing that her scheme had succeeded, Cao Lü sneered. "You wild girl, watch how I make you look bad in front of the young master!"
The other maids in the courtyard were all surprised and opened their mouths in astonishment when they saw the makeup on Su Yuexing's face.
Hua Hong stepped forward and tugged at Cao Lü, her face conflicted, and whispered, "Sister Cao Lü, isn't it inappropriate to let Madam go to see Young Master like this?"
Grass Green glared at her fiercely and warned, "Don't you dare meddle in my business!"
Hua Hong had no choice but to return it.
Looking at the many maids accompanying her behind her, Su Yuexing said, "You can all go back. I don't need you to stay with me."
Cao Lü thought to herself, "This is exactly what I wanted!" She turned to them and said, "Sisters, you can all go about your business. I will accompany the young mistress to see the young master." The other maids dispersed.
Su Yuexing was about to take the path from before when Cao Lü called out to her, "Young Madam, where are you going? Take this path to the young master's courtyard."
Su Yuexing explained, "This road is also an option."
Cao Lü said definitively, "Impossible. This road leads to the Ghost Garden. How could it possibly lead to the young master's residence?"
Su Yuexing frowned and said, "Ghost Garden."
Cao Lü immediately covered her mouth, realizing she had said the wrong thing, and said, "Young Madam, we should hurry up and leave, so as not to keep the young master waiting too long."
"Okay." Su Yuexing glanced at the road behind her before leaving.
Dongyang, who was standing guard outside the courtyard, stared wide-eyed at the thick rouge on Su Yuexing's face. "Young...Young...Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Su Yuexing asked, puzzled, "What? What happened?"
Cao Lü stepped forward and said, "Are you saying that the young mistress isn't pretty?"
Dongyang immediately shook his head and said, "No."
"Since that's the case, why don't you let us in quickly?" Grass Green said with a stern face.
Dongyang had no choice but to open the door. Su Yuexing went in, and Cao Lü smiled and was about to step in.
Dongyang, who was standing next to her, stopped her and said, "Young Master only invited the young mistress in."
Grass Green retorted defiantly, "I am the young mistress's maid!"
Dongyang said with a straight face, "That's why I said, the young master only called her 'young mistress'!"
“You…” Grass Green was furious.
Su Yuexing said, "Alright, Caolu, you stand here and wait for me. I'll be out soon."
Having no other choice, Cao Lü reluctantly agreed, saying, "Yes, young mistress."
Looking at the maid in front of him, Dongyang felt that she didn't have any good intentions.
Making the young mistress go to see the young master with such an unsightly face—her petty schemes are truly disgusting.
Once the young master finds out, you'll see what happens to you!
Cao Lü looked at Dong Yang with disdain; he really was just a watchdog.
Once I become the young mistress, the first thing I will do is to expel you from the Li family!
Xie Xuanye and Li Jinghe were drinking tea at the table.
"Why isn't she here yet?" Xie Xuanye was getting impatient.
Li Jinghe calmly sipped his tea, placed the cup on the table, looked up, and froze.
"What's wrong with you?" Xie Xuanye looked back at him with a puzzled expression.
Su Yuexing had bright red lips, huge patches of blush on her cheeks, and her whole face was as white as a ghost.
Su Yuexing stopped and frowned when she saw Xie Xuanye's appearance. He wasn't the man who had laid a hand on her last time!
Could he be my husband? Her face was filled with shock, and she dared not move an inch.
Xie Xuanye couldn't help but laugh. "Hey! What are you standing there for?"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuexing slowly stepped forward, scrutinizing him with her eyes. It wasn't that Li Jinghe was a sickly person, but judging from his appearance, he didn't seem like one.
Xie Xuanye said mercilessly, "Why did you put such ugly rouge and powder on your face?"
Su Yuexing touched her cheek, her eyes wide with shock, and asked, "Is it ugly?"
Looking at the powder on his fingers, he frowned slightly, realizing it seemed a bit excessive.
Xie Xuanye burst into laughter, saying, "Not only is it ugly, it's extremely ugly!"
Under the table, Li Jinghe kicked the person laughing loudly in front of him hard.
Xie Xuanye immediately composed himself, desperately suppressing the corners of his mouth.
But when he saw Su Yuexing's face again, he still couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Hahahaha!"
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