"I, I, I rest assured?! Don’t mess with me, this is my own grandson, who do you think you are to act so recklessly?!" Madam Sun spoke in exasperation.
Xin He simply gave a glance to Madam Song. Understanding the look, Madam Song shot a stare at her two brutish maids behind her, "Didn’t you see Madam Sun is about to faint? What are you standing around for? Quickly, support Madam Sun!"
The two burly maids responded loudly and rushed over to "support" Madam Sun, making her unable to move any further.
Madam Sun only brought two personal maids with her. However, Madam Song was different. She came into this courtyard to find someone and brought four to five of her own tough maids. The entire room was nearly filled with her people.
Even though this was Sun’s courtyard, Madam Sun indeed had few people she could count on there. Her distant resources could not extinguish immediate needs - even if her maids wished to resist, they simply couldn’t because they were heavily outnumbered.
Madam Sun was stupefied, she never expected that the gentle Madam Song of noble birth, would also act so outrageously, even letting others lay hands on her directly!
"How dare you! You’ve gone too far, ... dare to..." Madam Sun was struggling furiously.
The two brutish maids were smirking, "Madam Sun, stand stably, be careful not to fall. If you’re feeling faint, quickly find somewhere to lie down. At your age, you have to be especially careful not to fall."
Madam Sun was so angry she leaned back, "You are the one who’s going to collapse! Let go of me, let go of me!"
While the uproar was going on, Xin He was quietly instructing Xiaoyu, "Go find a few needles, not the ones used for embroidery, but big coarse ones used for sewing shoe soles. Five should suffice, let’s see if I can awaken Miss Song."
At these words, Song Ya Lan almost flipped her eyelids, her body trembled, but fortunately she was covered with a quilt, her actions were not noticed by the bystanders.
Madam Song was also terrified at these words. She had just understood Xin He’s hint and controlled Madam Sun according to her wishes. She was waiting for her next move, but she never thought Xin He could be so ruthless.
"This, this, this is not right." Madam Song stuttered in panic.
If one of those needles goes down, wouldn’t it kill people? And she asked for five needles!
Xin He comforted Madam Song by patting her hand, "Madam Song, please rest assured, this is a special home remedy from my family. It works best for people who struggle to regain consciousness. As long as these five needles are respectively pricked into the patient’s nose, shoulders, and palm, under the intense pain stimulus, the patient can typically regain consciousness."
Madam Sun nearly popped out her eyes out of shock, "You...you...you, are you trying to kill someone?!"
Originally, Madam Song was also shocked. But seeing Xin He winking at her privately, she inexplicably calmed down somewhat, pulling out a stiff smile, "Since you are confident, I can rest assured."
Madam Sun almost fainted. People both inside and outside the room were all shocked.
Soon, Xiaoyu brought the five large, coarse needles used for sewing shoe bottoms, "Madam, your servant is going to acupuncture Miss Song."
Xin He was originally intending to do it herself, but remembering that Song Ya Lan might get emotional and cause a fuss in a bit, perhaps it would not be convenient for her since she was pregnant, so she just nodded her head, "Start from the nose. Remember, use force. After inserting the needle, don’t be in a hurry to pull it out. First, insert it, then wait for my command."
Xiaoyu nodded earnestly, "Madam, don’t worry, your servant understands!"
She said, holding the shiny large needle, walked to the bedside of Song Ya Lan. Raising her hand high and lifting the needle, she was about to prick her decisively.
However, just when the needle was about to fall on Song Ya Lan, she screamed "Ah!" and pushed Xiaoyu away, jumping up from the bed.
Xin He was surprised, "Oh, Miss Song actually woke up by herself?"
Song Ya Lan panicked and then started cursing loudly at Xin He with her finger pointed at Xin He’s nose, "You evil woman! You actually want to prick me directly with a needle. How ruthless you are!"
Xin He blinked again, "Miss Song, weren’t you unconscious? How do you know that I asked someone to needle you? Could it be that Miss Song, while unconscious, could also hear us talking?"
Song Ya Lan was so choked by her words that she remained speechless.
Madam Sun’s face became utterly ghastly, looking at Song Ya Lan with eyes filled with disappointed frustration.
Madam Song sneered, "I think the play couldn’t carry on! Song Ya Lan, you’ve made such a ruckus, have you had enough! You caused a huge trouble and didn’t say anything about it. You also ran away and hid by yourself. Today I came to take you home, you even pretended to jump into a lake and passed out. How dare you!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Song Ya Lan’s face alternated between green and white because of the reprimand, she opened her eyes wide and said, "Aunt, you can’t slander me like this. I was forced by you to nowhere until I jumped into the lake at last!"
"So according to you, Miss Song really did jump into the lake, but only pretended to be unconscious. This is simply unbelievable," Xin He laughed softly.
"Shut up!" Song Ya Lan, being driven to desperation, yelled at Xin He.
Madam Song said irritably, "You are the one who should shut up!"
She then shouted, "Attendants! Take Miss Song back to the Song family. Our family’s daughter cannot lose face in public!"
As soon as the words fell, two brutish maids rushed up and grabbed Song Ya Lan, one on each side. They dragged her out by force.
Naturally, Song Ya Lan was unwilling to go back. Wouldn’t she suffer a horrible death if she went home? So she started struggling desperately.
There was an uproar in the courtyard all at once.
Xin He furrowed her brows. She was about to say something to Madam Song when Shulan hurried in. She whispered in Xin He’s ear, "Madam, it’s bad, the master is here."
Xin He was surprised, "What is he coming for?"
Soon, she widened her eyes and said, "He doesn’t know about this, does he?"
Shulan quickly replied, "No, he doesn’t. A servant from the master’s side came to inform us just now, saying that when the madam is ready to leave, he will wait for the madam outside."
Xin He finally relaxed a little, "That’s better."
From the sound of it, it seems that Marquis Mu was simply coming to pick her up. As for the incident at the Sun family, he probably didn’t know yet. Otherwise, with his temper, he might slap Song Ya Lan to death on the spot.
"Madam, maybe it’s better if you leave first. It’s too chaotic here. The madam is still pregnant, be careful not to get hurt. And the master is waiting outside." Shulan suggested.
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