Seeing that the matter was resolved, the princess had no desire to stay for dinner and instead instructed the maidservant serving her:
"Help me back to the courtyard. I'll have the kitchen prepare a bowl of porridge for me and bring it over later."
The maidservant nodded hurriedly in agreement.
Seeing that the princess was about to leave, Jiang Yuwei hurriedly instructed her:
"Your Highness, please go back and get some rest. Don't overthink things."
The princess nodded and had her maid help her leave.
Now that Lian Yao had finished eating, she looked up at Jiang Yuwei and said with a smile:
"They don't know that you are the most capable person in this mansion."
After saying that, he got up and left without waiting for Jiang Yuwei's reply.
Jiang Yuwei exchanged a helpless glance with Ning Zixuan before speaking:
"Your Highness, what are your plans? It's no wonder the Princess is anxious. At your age, it's indeed time for you to get married and have children."
Ning Zixuan gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"I've said it before, it doesn't matter who I marry if it's not that person."
Jiang Yuwei frowned and looked at Ning Zixuan.
"Since you already have someone you like, why don't you pursue her and marry her? That way, you won't have to worry about the princess."
Ning Zixuan looked up at Jiang Yuwei, and after a long while, he slowly spoke:
"It's impossible between us."
"What's impossible? Could it be that the person you like is already... is already dead?"
Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Zixuan in shock and asked.
Upon hearing this, Ning Zixuan frowned even more deeply, looking at Jiang Yuwei with an expression as if she were an idiot, and muttered:
"He's not dead, he's perfectly fine."
After saying that, he got up and left.
Jiang Yuwei stood there, scratching her head in confusion, muttering to herself:
"Since he's not dead, why can't they be together? Hmm, I guess our young master is just having a one-sided love affair. Sigh, what a pity. I never thought that with the young master's family background, he would still have to have a one-sided love affair. Life is unpredictable, life is unpredictable."
Jiang Yuwei shook her head as she led Ning Wan back to her own courtyard.
"Wan'er, you should stay in our courtyard today and let Sixi help you practice calligraphy. Your grandmother is in a bad mood today, so don't bother her. You can go to her place tomorrow."
Ning Wan nodded obediently, took Sixi's hand, and went back into the house.
Jiang Yuwei then turned to Xia Yue and said:
“Xia Yue, today I’ll go with you to the house on Jin Street to see Qiu Yue. Judging by the time, it’s about time to give her acupuncture.”
Xia Yue nodded and followed Jiang Yuwei to Jin Street.
When the two arrived at the house, they saw that Old Wang was already preparing to finish work. Jiang Yuwei quickly stepped forward to stop Old Wang and said:
"Manager Wang, I bought a shop on Golden Street and would like to ask you to help with the renovations. I'll have Xia Yue take you there in a bit."
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei took out a blueprint and handed it to Old Wang.
“I’m going to use this room to open a shop. The decoration will be different from other places. I’ll have to trouble you to make a row of cabinets for me on the first floor according to the blueprints.”
Old Wang took the blueprints, glanced at them, and nodded, saying:
“This thing can be made with blueprints. But now that we’ve finished the work on your house, there’s another job coming up. It’s a simple job, but it will take two or three days.”
Jiang Yuwei pondered for a moment,
"It's alright, I can wait two or three days. I'm drawn to your skills, and I really wouldn't trust anyone else to do it."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei paid the remaining wages to Old Wang and made an appointment with him to continue the repairs at the shop on Jin Street in three days.
Seeing that things were arranged properly, Jiang Yuwei went into the courtyard and instructed Tie Zhu, who was still tidying up the trinkets:
"Tiezhu, go to Fish and Bird Alley and tell your parents to move all their things over here in the next few days, clear out Lin Feng's house, and remember to clean it up. They can live in this house from now on, so it will be more spacious."
Tie Zhu nodded happily in agreement.
Jiang Yuwei handed the key to Tie Zhu and instructed him:
"Give this key to Aunt Zhou. It will be more convenient for you to visit Daya when they move in."
When Tie Zhu saw Jiang Yuwei mention Daya, he blushed and nodded, saying:
"Alright, thank you, Madam. I've noted it all down. I'll have them move over in the next few days."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and went to Qiuyue's courtyard. Right now, she needed to quickly give Qiuyue acupuncture.
"Madam, you've arrived?"
Jiang Yuwei was startled by Qiu Yue's voice and paused for a moment, but then she remembered that Xia Yue must have taught her to call her that, so she didn't find it strange and smiled at Qiu Yue.
"Okay, go lie down on the bed, I'll give you acupuncture."
Qiu Yue nodded and obediently lay down on the bed. Jiang Yuwei first took her pulse and saw that her blood and qi were flowing smoothly, and her body had basically recovered.
Xia Yue has been taking very good care of Qiu Yue these past few days, bringing her medicine and food every day. As a result, Qiu Yue's health has recovered quickly. Now her face is fuller, her blood and energy have improved a lot, and she looks much better.
After Jiang Yuwei finished giving Qiu Yue acupuncture, she felt a little tired, so she lay down on the soft couch in Qiu Yue's room for a while and fell asleep in a daze.
When Jiang Yuwei opened her eyes again, she saw a figure climbing up the roof beam from a chair. Remembering that she was currently in Qiuyue's room, Jiang Yuwei jolted awake and struggled to get up from the soft couch.
Only after seeing clearly the person standing on the chair did he breathe a sigh of relief and say:
"Qiuyue, what are you doing up there? Come down quickly, don't fall, I haven't removed your needles yet!"
Hearing Jiang Yuwei's voice, Qiu Yue stretched upwards with all her might and took out a black box that was placed on the roof beam. Then, she slowly moved down, holding onto a chair. Jiang Yuwei, below, worriedly supported her and scolded her playfully:
"Qiuyue, how could you do something so dangerous? If you fall and get hurt, wouldn't all the medicine you drank earlier be wasted?"
As soon as Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, Qiu Yue, with red eyes, knelt down in front of Jiang Yuwei with a thud.
"Madam, I remember, I remember everything! I... I'm innocent! Waaah..."
Seeing that the silver needles had been removed from Qiu Yue's body, Jiang Yuwei quickly helped her sit down on the edge of the bed and took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears.
"Qiuyue, you really remember everything? Do you know who you are?"
Qiuyue nodded through her tears.
“I was originally the second young lady of the Sun family, named Sun Qing. I was only eight years old when our family was ambushed. At that time, I was small, so my mother hid me in the dog hole in the courtyard.”
As she spoke, Qiu Yue looked at Jiang Yuwei with a sorrowful expression.
"That night, I witnessed the horrific assassination of my entire family, and afterwards I went insane."
As Qiuyue spoke, she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said sadly:
"After I went insane, I forgot everything from before. I only remembered that my father told me to stay in this house and guard the things on the roof beam."
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