A gust of cold wind hit her face, startling Jiang Mingwei, who quickly covered herself.
Hearing the clashing of pearls and jade, a voice trembling with sobs reached my ears.
"Miss!"
Hua Cui ran into the house, lifting her skirt. The moment she saw Jiang Mingwei, tears welled up in her eyes, and she rushed towards her, hugging her tightly.
"Miss, I missed you so much! You have no idea how scared I was!"
She was incredibly strong, and Jiang Mingwei felt like she was being squeezed so tightly that she couldn't breathe, and her face gradually turned blue and purple.
"Good Flower Extract, let go of your young lady first, I'm suffocating!"
Jiang Mingwei reached out and gently patted her. Hua Cui snapped out of her daze, quickly released Jiang Mingwei, and looked at her with concern.
"Miss, are you alright?"
"Falling off the cliff is nothing serious, but you almost strangled me to death just now!"
Jiang Mingwei smiled gently and said in a soft tone.
"Don't worry, your young lady is very lucky. She's perfectly fine, without a single problem."
Even so, Jiang Mingwei was only wearing a bodice at the moment.
His exposed arms were covered with tiny scratches and purplish bruises.
Even if they didn't lose their lives, it's clear that things aren't as good as they claimed.
Hana's eyes were blurry with tears. She pursed her lips to stop herself from crying, and just murmured to herself.
"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright! As long as you're alive, that's more important than anything else..."
After the maid left, Hua Cui personally bathed Jiang Mingwei, removed her jeweled clothes, and changed her back into her usual attire.
"Miss, you don't know, but after you and the Second Master fell off the cliff, you terrified Madam and the Duchess of Huaiguo. They searched for you to no avail, and had no other choice but to let me take your place and pretend to stay at the Princess's residence for a few days."
"As for Second Master, he's a man, so no one will question him. The only way to avoid suspicion when you two return is to separate you. Otherwise, people will probably gossip and criticize you behind your backs!"
Jiang Mingwei nodded, understanding dawning on her.
Just as Wei Jing had told her.
The world is as ridiculous as ever. Men can do whatever they want, but she, as a woman, will be humiliated if she doesn't return home without a reason.
You always end up getting hurt, being a woman is really tough!
"They are both very thoughtful. I must thank them properly after I meet them."
Jiang Mingwei murmured, feeling incredibly grateful to the two of them.
Hua Cui paused slightly as she washed her, her expression complicated, hesitant as to whether or not she should say anything.
Noticing her hesitation, Jiang Mingwei turned her head and asked suspiciously, "Something on your mind?"
Hua Cui pursed her lips, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "It's about the eldest young master."
Jiang Mingjin?
Jiang Mingwei frowned slightly. If Jiang Mingjin knew that she had fallen off a cliff, he would probably be overjoyed. Why did he suddenly bring him up?
"You speak, I'm listening."
So Hua Cui told Jiang Mingjin about his strange and crazy behavior on the day Jiang Mingwei fell off the cliff, and even scolded him without hesitation, but he said that he just didn't want his younger sister to die...
Later, he even covered for the two of them.
And they came to ask several times yesterday if they had found them.
"If the eldest young master cared about Miss, how could he have said such hurtful things? In the past, when he saw Miss, it was no different from seeing an enemy; he wished he could strangle you to death. But that day, he said he didn't want Miss to die..."
"But I was still too angry, so I scolded him! I originally wanted Miss to ignore him from now on and let him fend for himself, but now... Miss, you should figure it out yourself. I really can't guess what the young master is thinking!"
Hua Cui rolled her eyes and muttered something under her breath.
Jiang Mingwei chuckled, imagining the appearance of Jiang Mingjin that Hua Cui had described, which truly surprised and shocked her.
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether her blood-related brother didn't want her to die.
Some feelings are simply too complicated...
After bathing, she went to express her gratitude to the Grand Master.
Wei Jing was standing at the gate of the courtyard waiting for her.
The two entered the house together, raised their hands to thank the lady, and before they could kneel down, she stopped them from getting up.
"Get up quickly, why should you kneel? I am relieved that you two are back, why would I ask you to kneel? I have been so anxious and distressed ever since you disappeared!"
"Thank goodness you're both alright. Falling from such a high cliff, you two not only survived but were also not seriously injured. You're truly lucky!"
Zhang Yongzhi had been staying at the Princess's residence for the past few days, and now that she saw the two of them return, she looked pleased.
"Yes, it's good that you're alright. It's really rare. But... how did you two manage to survive?"
Wei Jing cupped his hands in greeting and replied, "There is an extremely deep lake below the cliff, so nothing happened."
The two then nodded in understanding.
"I heard that General Wei suffered some minor injuries?"
The Empress Dowager asked with concern, "Should we have a physician come and examine you? Rest assured, he will be a physician I trust and will not reveal what happened between you two."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I am now fully recovered."
Wei Jing thanked her in a low voice, glanced at Jiang Mingwei beside him, and said softly, "Sister-in-law has already taken care of things at the bottom of the cliff for me."
What was originally a perfectly normal remark, when it reached the ears of Da *** and Zhang Yongzhi, caused them to exchange a glance, a faint smile appearing in their eyes.
To show his concern, the emperor still wanted to ask the imperial physician to examine him again.
Helpless, Wei Jing had no choice but to lift his sleeve and show the woman his bandaged wound.
Seeing that the bandage was intact, the woman smiled and nodded.
But suddenly, his gaze fell on the vermilion mole on the inside of Wei Jing's wrist—
Her expression changed slightly, and she stared at him for a long time!
So much so that when Wei Jing was about to lower his sleeves, she suddenly shouted at him sternly.
"Don't move!"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense and solemn. Jiang Mingwei looked at the head of the room in confusion, and followed her gaze to the mole on Wei Jing's wrist.
Even if it's dazzling, isn't it just a mole?
Why did the big boss look so shocked?
Forgetting the difference between men and women, the woman, her hands trembling, grasped Wei Jing's wrist and examined the mole.
She looked up at Wei Jing again, repeating this several times.
After a long while, she chuckled softly, but it was a suppressed sob. Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and her expression was extremely sorrowful.
"No wonder I felt so familiar with you when I first saw you. I thought it was just my imagination, but now I realize... I was the one who was foolish!"
"We couldn't find him no matter how hard we looked back then; it turns out he took him away!"
"It's all fate, all fate! I don't even know if it's a blessing or a curse for you..."
The woman was both crying and laughing, muttering to herself.
Jiang Mingwei keenly sensed that it was probably related to Wei Jing's background...
Does the big boss know something?
Seeing that things were not going well, Zhang Yongzhi quickly grabbed the woman's shoulder, forcing her to separate from Wei Jing, her expression inscrutable.
"Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood today and probably needs to rest. Why don't you two also go and rest first?"
"It's getting late, let's head back tomorrow!"
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