"Wanwan, are you feeling unwell? Is it serious?"
Gu Tingchen's lips were tightly pursed, and he managed to raise his eyebrows: "I asked the court doctor to come over and take your pulse."
Looking at his sweaty face, Ye Wanshu was slightly distracted, and her heart was inexplicably stunned for a moment.
In her memory, he was always worried about her when she was a child. The boy back then was always very patient and would be extra attentive to her no matter how small the matter was. But ever since she married into the Duke's Mansion, all she saw was his coldness and indifference.
It turns out that he can care for someone as simply as he did when he was a child.
It’s a pity that everything can’t go back.
"Gu Tingchen, you treated me badly in my last life, and now you're still plotting against me. It wouldn't be too much for me to tease you one more time before I leave."
After mumbling something silently in her heart, Ye Wanshu finally said, "It's nothing serious."
If I really pretended to be sick at this time, it would definitely arouse his suspicion. Ye Wanshu pretended to be hypocritical: "I'm just tired of socializing. I simply don't want to go out to meet people. I just want to stay in Cuiweitang and accompany my cousins."
"Of course, I won't force you to do anything you don't like, but today is a rare occasion for all the dignitaries in Lin'an City to gather together, and I want everyone to get to know you."
Gu Tingchen said solemnly: "After all, you and I are going to get married..."
"Since my cousin said he wouldn't force me, why bring it up again?"
Ye Wanshu interrupted him: "I'm not interested."
"Then I'll stay with you." Gu Tingchen sat down next to her and glanced at Mu Qingqing out of the corner of his eye. "It just so happens that we brothers and sisters haven't been together like this for a long time."
"Okay."
Ye Wanshu winked at Xingtao, and the little girl calmly handed a glass of wine to her. The amber light in the wine made her eyebrows and eyes look like cold stars.
"I prepared a glass of wine for my cousin, but I don't know if he dares to drink it."
Ye Wanshu handed the wine directly to him, staring at him intently.
"Prepared just for me?"
This sounded very strange, and it made Gu Tingchen a little at a loss: "Wanwan, what do you mean? Why did you prepare a glass of wine just for my cousin?"
Ye Wanshu didn't hide her feelings at all. She smiled coldly and said, "Because I had Xingtao drug this wine. If you drink this wine, I can take Qingqing away from the Duke's Mansion tonight and go to Yuezhou together."
Hearing this, Mu Qingqing and everyone else broke out in cold sweats, but Gu Tingchen felt that she was deliberately teasing him.
Who would tell others their intentions so openly?
"Wanwan, stop it," Gu Tingchen said, "Are you dissatisfied with your cousin or testing him? I promised you I wouldn't drink anymore."
"I'm not making a fuss." Ye Wanshu's eyes darkened slightly. "Aren't you just worried that I'll take Qingqing away from Lin'an? It's a good opportunity for me to tell you now. I must take her away."
Gu Tingchen was about to argue, but when he thought of the maids in the kitchen, he suddenly lost his confidence.
Apparently, she discovered it.
"Since my cousin refuses to drink the wine I prepared, I can only drink it myself."
Ye Wanshu made a move to feed the wine into her mouth. Seeing this, Gu Tingchen quickly snatched it away: "Since you prepared it personally for my cousin, how can I let you down?"
Seeing his Adam's apple rolling as he approached the rim of the cup, but subconsciously sniffed it first, Ye Wanshu smiled and said, "My cousin seems to have no trust in me right now. If I say this wine is drugged, then it must be drugged. Are you really planning to drink it?"
"Alright, Wanwan, stop teasing your cousin. I know you're blaming me for letting those maids from the kitchen come over and disturb everyone's peace."
Gu Tingchen sniffed lightly and said, "I'll drink this glass of wine."
After he finished speaking, he drank the wine in his hand without hesitation, and everyone was stunned.
Is this ok?
"Wanwan, I never let you down."
Gu Tingchen drank the wine carelessly, then tilted the glass to show Ye Wanshu with a smug look on his face.
Just as I forced a happy smile, something suddenly felt wrong. I felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground, feeling powerless.
"Wanwan, you... you really put drugs in the wine?" He struggled to open his eyelids and stared at Ye Wanshu.
"Yes, I never lie. I said I drugged her and I'm going to take Qingqing away tonight."
Ye Wanshu said sincerely, "Cousin, could it be that you really don't trust me at all?"
"You..." Gu Tingchen was furious, but the effect of the knockout drug was too strong and he fainted.
"Carry it in quickly."
Ye Wanshu whispered instructions to the maids, holding the unused medicine in her hand, and slowly turned her gaze towards the outside of the courtyard: "It's their turn next."
After Chunhong, Xingtao and the others carried Gu Tingchen into the house, Ye Wanshu and Mu Qingqing followed in and asked Gu Tingji to invite the group of rough women in to have a drink in the name of the young master.
The maids had all seen the young master marry into Cuiweitang, and when he suddenly gave such an order before he even came out, they dared not refute. They just thought that the young master and his cousin were getting along happily and were rewarding everyone with wine, so they all went in happily.
Gu Qingmian and Gu Tingji led Caiju and Qiuli to coax a group of old women to happily drink the wine mixed with knockout drug. Soon they all lay down on the table.
It was already dusk. Gu An had been dealing with the guests alone in the outer courtyard for a long time, but he still didn't see Gu Tingchen leave. He couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. Although he hoped that he would spend more time on his niece, he should also consider the occasion and not let him ignore the guests in the courtyard on such a day.
After the guests left, someone was sent to Cui Weitang to call him over for questioning.
As Ye Wanshu led Mu Qingqing out of the house, they heard rustling footsteps outside. Gu Tingji was smart and guessed that it was his father calling someone over.
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