Seeing that the princess already knew about Wan'er's situation, Jiang Yuwei quickly offered words of comfort:
"Your Highness, please don't worry. Wan'er is much better now. How can you, a junior, visit her? After she rests for a few more days, I'll have her come to keep you company every day. Just don't find it troublesome!"
The princess burst out laughing upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words.
"You, you, you're such a smooth talker. Once Wan'er is better, we'll have her come over. I haven't seen her in a while, and I'm starting to miss her."
As Jiang Yuwei helped the princess lie down, she nodded in agreement.
After lying down, the princess took Jiang Yuwei's hand.
"Yuwei, don't worry, I won't let Wan'er suffer for nothing. Once I've recovered, we'll make that Aunt Lin pay double."
Upon hearing the princess's words, Jiang Yuwei's eyes immediately reddened. It turned out the princess knew all along, but she herself was in dire straits. So Jiang Yuwei wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, then got up to remove the needles from the princess's arm before tucking her in.
"Your Highness, you don't need to worry about anything right now. We juniors will take care of things outside. Just focus on getting better so we can plan for the future later."
The princess looked at Jiang Yuwei with satisfaction and nodded.
"Okay, I'm a little tired too. You should go back and rest, Yuwei."
Jiang Yuwei took the princess's pulse again, then slightly adjusted the previous prescription. Just then, Wang Ma returned, and Jiang Yuwei handed the prescription to her, saying:
"I trouble you, Wang Ma, to prepare the medicine for the Princess according to this new prescription starting today. You should still be the one to decoct the medicine; no one else should be allowed to do it."
Wang Ma took the prescription and carefully put it in her bosom before saying to Jiang Yuwei:
"Alright, Madam Jiang, I'll go out to get the medicine for the Princess in a bit. Your two maids have been settled. The head maid said they'll be trained in about three days, and then we'll send them to your courtyard to serve you."
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
"Thank you very much, Madam Wang. The Princess needs to rest for a while, so I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei left the princess's room. She hadn't been back to Jinglan Pavilion to see Wan'er all morning, and she was getting anxious. So she quickened her pace and left Diancui Courtyard to go to her own courtyard.
They had only walked a few steps when they bumped into Aunt Lin, who was leading a group of maids and servants towards Diancui Courtyard.
Jiang Yuwei was afraid that if she saw Aunt Lin, she would be tempted to attack her, so she tried to take a detour to avoid running into her. However, Aunt Lin saw Jiang Yuwei from afar and coldly shouted:
"Halt! Who's there?!"
Hearing her call out like that, Jiang Yuwei had no choice but to stop and turn around to bow to Aunt Lin.
Aunt Lin strode up to Jiang Yuwei, looked at her coldly, and said:
"Oh, so you're that general's wife, aren't you? You're quite the social climber. Now that the Princess Consort has you, she doesn't even respect the physicians of our Prince Jing's residence anymore, and actually has a lowly woman like you serving her. I think the Princess Consort has really gone senile!"
Hearing Aunt Lin speak so disrespectfully to the Princess behind her back, Jiang Yuwei clenched her fists involuntarily.
"Aunt Lin, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei turned to leave.
Seeing this, Aunt Lin shouted sternly:
"Stop right there! Did I say you could leave?"
Jiang Yuwei bit her lip, suppressing the urge to punch someone, and looked up at Aunt Lin with a slight smile.
"Is there anything else you need, Aunt Lin?"
“If you were smart, you would know that the old woman lying in Diancui Courtyard is no longer alive. Right now, I am the master of the Prince’s Mansion.”
Jiang Yuwei hadn't expected Aunt Lin to be so arrogant, so she looked up at her and said calmly:
"The master of the Jingwang Mansion should be the Prince Jing himself, right? If I remember correctly, you are just a concubine, or a servant who serves the Prince and Princess. How can you think you are the master of the Jingwang Mansion?"
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Aunt Lin's face turned pale with anger. She was usually very sensitive about others mentioning her status as a concubine, and now a mere general's wife had so bluntly exposed her and uttered such unpleasant words.
She reached out to slap Jiang Yuwei's face, but Jiang Yuwei, not one to back down, grabbed Aunt Lin's wrist, causing Aunt Lin to cry out in pain.
"Aaaaah, you vile bastard, let go of me!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei squeezed Lin Yiniang's wrist hard, then suddenly let go. Lin Yiniang lost her balance and fell straight backward.
"Ahhh..."
A quick-thinking maidservant rushed forward to support her, preventing Lin Yiniang from falling to the ground.
Aunt Lin clutched her numb wrist, finally managing to steady herself. She turned and glared fiercely at the maid beside her.
"Are you all blind? Can't you see this bitch hurt me? Go and beat her up!"
Upon hearing this, the maids and servants naturally dared not disobey Aunt Lin, and the group rushed directly towards Jiang Yuwei.
Jiang Yuwei had already taken out a dagger from her bosom and was ready to make her move. Ever since Ning Wan was injured last time, Jiang Yuwei had always carried something for self-defense with her, and she never expected it to come in handy today.
Just as the group rushed towards Jiang Yuwei, a cold voice rang out from behind her.
"Let's see who dares to touch the princess's guest!"
Upon hearing this, the group of maids and servants suddenly stopped and turned around to look. They saw Ning Zixuan with several guards, coldly staring at the person in front of them.
The group was so frightened that they immediately knelt down on the ground.
"Your Highness, please spare us! We didn't mean to!"
"Yes, it was Aunt Lin who told us..."
Seeing this, Aunt Lin suddenly shouted:
"All of you shut up! If you've made a mistake, admit it. Listen to the young master's reprimand obediently, and don't make him angry!"
As she spoke, Aunt Lin turned and smiled slightly at Ning Zixuan.
“Your Highness, what brings you here? I was just thinking of checking on the Princess Consort’s health, but I ran into Madam Jiang, and I was really afraid that her medical skills were inadequate and she might harm the Princess Consort again.”
As she spoke, Aunt Lin took out a handkerchief and began to wipe away her tears.
"Who would have thought that I had only asked a few questions, but Madam Jiang started cursing and even hit me. My maids and servants couldn't stand it, so they stepped in to help."
Jiang Yuwei was astonished by Lin Yiniang's ability to distort the truth. No wonder Prince Jing had only had her as his concubine all these years; it turned out she was quite cunning.
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