Soon, Ziqiao and Miaoxiang discovered that although this thing looked bulky, it was extremely easy to use! Wei Shuwan used it to give Li Qingchen medicine, and the process was smooth and unobstructed. Soon, a bowl of medicine was finished.
"The girl still has—"
Before she could even utter the word "solution," Zi Qiao saw the young prince's mouth after the fire tube was removed... and she immediately choked, swallowing the two words back down.
Li Qingchen's originally sharp and fierce thin lips were now stained black by the fire-blowing tube, making him look like a smoked sausage.
Wei Shuwan looked at his current appearance and laughed so hard she almost fell over.
Just then, the voices of two maids came from the courtyard: "Fourth Miss, please wait a moment. Let me go and inform them that our young lady is still taking a nap..."
"Yes, Fourth Miss, please don't leave in such a hurry."
...
Zi Qiao's brow twitched: "Oh no, young lady! If Fourth Miss finds out that the young prince is here, things will get really bad!"
"Go out and stop her," Wei Shuwan ordered, forcing herself to remain calm. She then quickly pulled a blanket over Li Qingchen, covering his face as well. Afterward, she went to the screen and carefully observed the commotion outside through the gaps.
The three outside the screen started arguing. Wei Shuwan didn't know why Wei Shuyao was so angry. The maids in the courtyard couldn't stop her. Now that Ziqiao and Miaoxiang had gone out, she didn't hold back and used all her strength.
"Where's Wei Shuwan? Tell her to stop hiding! Come out and see me if she dares!"
Shouting, Wei Shuyao used all her strength to punch the two obstacles in her way. As a mistress, even though she had hit Zi Qiao and Miao Xiang, the two women did not dare to fight back in kind and could only continue to spread their arms to stop her.
"Fourth Miss, please calm down. My lady went to bed last night and has finally fallen asleep. Please let her get a full night's sleep!"
"Yes, Fourth Miss, no matter what important matter is, please come back in an hour. I guarantee my young lady will be waiting for you here."
...
However, in her rage, Wei Shuyao wouldn't listen to any of this. She slapped the two maids across the face, then moved a bench over the wall and pushed them out the door, sending Ziqiao and Miaoxiang flying.
Just as the two were about to come in to continue blocking them, the door slammed shut with a loud bang and was bolted shut from the inside.
Wei Shuyao was relieved to have won her first battle, and her fighting spirit was even stronger. She rushed straight into the inner room!
Seeing that she had no help, Wei Shuwan had no choice but to step forward herself. She grabbed a glass of cold water from the table, walked around the screen, and appeared in front of Wei Shuyao.
"Fourth Sister, did you drink too much in the front yard and come here to cause trouble? Well, I'll have to help you sober up first, lest you cause a big disaster today!"
As soon as she finished speaking, all the water in the cup was splashed onto Wei Shuyao's face.
When the cold water was poured over her head, Wei Shuyao immediately shuddered and seemed to calm down a bit.
"Alright, speak now. Why are you so angry and causing trouble here?" Wei Shuwan's tone was calm, but her bright eyes held a hint of authority.
"Third sister," Wei Shuyao said through gritted teeth, offering Wei Shuwan the last vestige of respect, before speaking bluntly:
"You've known Du Xun for a long time, why didn't you tell me?"
"That day I took out the hairpin and passed it around to everyone to see. You knew it was yours, so why didn't you say a word about it?"
"You've been watching me get caught up in this mess all this time without saying a word of advice, just waiting for me to make this huge fool of myself today, haven't you?!"
After being bombarded with three questions, Wei Shuwan finally understood the reason for her anger. It seemed that this Young Master Du didn't like her, which was why she was taking her anger out on her.
Wei Shuwan found it both amusing and speechless, and explained in a cold tone, "I don't know the person you're talking about, but if he says he knows me, then he's probably seen me somewhere before, but I don't remember him at all."
"As for that hairpin..." Wei Shuwan was too lazy to go into details, so she turned around and walked to the dressing table, casually opening a few jewelry boxes.
Wei Shuyao stared in disbelief at the dazzling array of jewelry and jade inside. No wonder Wei Shuwan had sent her a whole box full of jewelry and ornaments; it turned out that was just the tip of the iceberg.
"What do you mean?"
Wei Shuwan felt a little sorry that Wei Shuyao still couldn't understand what she was trying to say, and asked her in a sympathetic tone, "Do you think I would remember what a hairpin looked like?"
Yes, she shouldn't remember. After all, who would remember a drop of water in the ocean? It's a stroke of luck for that hairpin to even recognize a little bit of its name.
"Furthermore, you said you wanted to see me make a fool of myself, but you've only been in the capital for a few days. How many people in Shengjing even know you? In the end, the jokes you make will only be remembered by the Wei family of Shengjing."
"You!" Wei Shuyao was indignant, but the logic behind her words seemed to make no mistake.
Wei Shuyao felt stifled and decided to give up on reasoning, tearing off the mask of civility and saying, "Wei Shuwan, you've been jealous of me since we were little, which is why you've always targeted me, right?"
"Back then, the fame of Weimen Shuangshu was widespread in Wu County, but you resented me for stealing your limelight and instead spread rumors about being the 'Number One Beauty of Jiangzuo'! You created such a title just so you could marry a good husband?"
"But unfortunately, you had bad luck and ended up marrying into the Song family. However, the young master Song has a pure and innocent cousin in his heart and doesn't even look at you!"
Wei Shuyao vented her resentment incessantly, her features almost contorted. She walked around Wei Shuwan for a short distance, and just as she was about to reach the same side of the screen, she suddenly let out a "uh" and fell to the ground.
Wei Shuwan turned around to look at her in a daze, completely unaware of what had happened. Then she saw a piece of silver the size of a peanut roll out from the side of her head, which looked very much like the ones she had given to Li Qingchen yesterday.
Wei Shuwan suddenly looked up and met a pair of deep, narrow black eyes.
"You...you're awake?"
"You can't see it?" Li Qingchen asked playfully, with a hint of mockery in his voice.
"It seems the Sheng family's medicine really works." After saying this, Wei Shuwan turned her gaze to Wei Shuyao on the ground, and her heart suddenly trembled: "You killed her?"
Since it was him who made the move, it was different from the actions of others.
Li Qingchen said coldly, clutching his chest as he returned behind the screen and sat on the couch: "I kill people, but I don't kill indiscriminately. She was just knocked unconscious by me. Have someone carry her out."
Relieved that she was still alive, Wei Shuwan untied the rope and let Ziqiao and Miaoxiang in, instructing them to carry Wei Shuyao back to the main courtyard. She told them that Wei Shuyao had fainted from emotional distress and that her uncle and aunt should not worry too much.
However, Madam Meng was no pushover. As soon as she saw her daughter walk out and come back lying down, her anger, which had just subsided, surged up again. She immediately ordered people to carry Wei Shuyao back to the old lady's room!
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