Chapter 639 Someone Switched the Ointment
Miss Cheng's people had been waiting here for a long time. Ever since she was placed under house arrest, she had her maid keep an eye on the medicine that the princess sent to Miss Cheng.
"This is a medicinal ointment that our princess gave to the Third Miss." The palace maid handed the ointment to the servant at the door.
The servant took it, bowed, and said, "Yes, I'll take it in right away."
The palace maid left only after he brought it inside.
The servant boy carried the wooden box toward Cheng Wan'er's courtyard, but was stopped by a maid from the second young lady's courtyard as soon as he reached the gate.
"Give this to me." The little maid snatched it from his hand.
The servant said solemnly, "This was sent by the princess. We cannot afford to offend her if anything goes wrong."
"You don't need to worry about it." The little maid held the wooden box in her hands, raised her head, and turned to leave.
Not wanting to offend the second young lady, the servant had no choice but to obediently retreat.
The maidservant brought the wooden box to Miss Cheng's room.
"Second Miss, look, the princess has really sent something."
Miss Cheng is now lying on the bed feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"What is that?"
The maidservant approached with a bow, saying, "This is medicine the princess gave to the third young lady."
Miss Cheng suddenly opened her eyes. "Quick, let me see it."
The maidservant quickly brought the wooden box to her and opened the lid.
Miss Cheng frowned when she saw the ointment box inside, and sneered, "The princess is really capable; she has actually developed an ointment."
The maid replied, "Second Miss, please don't worry, this ointment may not even work."
Miss Cheng pointed to the cabinet and said, "There's a bottle of ointment there that looks exactly like this. Swap it with this one."
The maidservant replied with a smile, "Yes, Second Miss."
Ever since they learned that Mianmian was going to treat Cheng Wan'er's hand, the two of them had been planning this.
After the maid switched the ointment, she handed the medicine that Mianmian had placed in the wooden box to Miss Cheng. "Miss Cheng, it's a pity to throw this ointment away, and it's easy to find if you hide it. Why don't you take it and use it? Things given by the princess are naturally good, and it might even be good for your injury."
Miss Cheng hesitated for a moment, then took it in her hand. "I'll keep this. You take the one from earlier and give it to Miss Cheng."
"Yes, Miss." The maid packed the wooden box and got up to leave.
Half an hour later, she delivered the wooden box to Cheng Wan'er's room.
When Cheng Wan'er received the box, she was overjoyed and felt very grateful to Mianmian.
After opening the wooden box, she examined the second young lady's bottle of ointment closely.
Perhaps because of the years she had been victimized, she was cautious and turned the wooden box upside down. Not long after, the ointment hidden at the bottom suddenly fell out.
She immediately understood what the princess meant.
The ointment in the outer box is fake. Do not use it, regardless of whether someone switched it or not.
Only use the one box that's hidden.
She picked up the fallen box of ointment and examined it carefully against the light. There were no signs of it being loose; this was the correct one.
Cheng Wan'er carefully put away the wooden box in her hand, placed the fake one on the table, and hid the real one under her pillow, secretly applying some every night before bed and every morning.
To express her gratitude to Mianmian, she specially dried lotus seeds and made candied lotus seeds, which she would send to the palace later.
Five days later, Xiao Mianmian received the candied lotus seeds from Cheng Wan'er, and she specially set some aside to send to her older and younger brothers.
Feifei loves to eat it, but Yi'er is a bit older and doesn't like it anymore. It's been sitting on the table untouched for a long time.
The next day, Yi'er accidentally cut her leg while practicing martial arts.
Du Wanchun had the imperial physician prescribe medicine for him for a few days.
However, the medicine was very bitter and he couldn't drink it, so he had no choice but to use sugared lotus seeds to suppress the bitterness.
After eating it for several days in a row, he actually grew to like the candied lotus seeds.
The candied lotus seeds are very sweet and do not stick to your teeth. They have a refreshing lotus seed aroma when you bite into them, and you can also taste the soft and glutinous lotus seed meat.
These are even tastier than the pastries in the palace.
Yi'er made a special trip to Mianmian's room to ask her for it again.
To everyone's surprise, Mianmian had already finished eating. She smiled and said, "Big brother, if you like, I'll ask Sister Wan'er to make some more?"
Yi'er didn't know who Sister Wan'er was, only that she was a woman from outside the palace. She nodded and said, "Alright, I happen to be leaving the palace in a few days. Have her make it and leave it there. I'll go get it."
Mianmian smiled and replied, "Okay, big brother."
Inside the Cheng residence, Miss Cheng's second injury has improved considerably, but the doctor said that even if her injury heals completely, it will leave a scar.
She was extremely anxious, and the thought of having terrifying scars on her body made her feel terrible.
Miss Cheng thought and thought, and suddenly the ointment that the princess had sent her came to mind.
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