Miaoxiang, who had returned early and prepared hot water, came out at the opportune moment and gently urged, "Miss, why don't you take a bath first?"
She knew that Wei Shuwan was a clean freak and that she wouldn't be able to have dinner without taking a bath and changing clothes after coming back from that kind of place.
Wei Shuwan nodded and walked into the room.
Wei Shu usually bathed frequently, simply to keep herself clean and refreshed, without finding it particularly comfortable. But this time, after being unkempt for four days, coupled with the cold winter weather and standing in the courtyard for so long, she felt incredibly comfortable soaking in the hot water filled with flower petals.
A fragrant steam rose overhead, filling the room with its aroma. Wei Shuwan slowly sank down, diving underwater like a fish, greedily enjoying the sense of security of being enveloped in warmth.
Her long, ink-black hair floated on the water's surface, entwined among the vibrant petals.
Zi Qiao was tidying up her dirty clothes behind the screen, while Miao Xiang was helping her wash her hair by the tub. Seeing that Wei Shuwan hadn't surfaced for a long time, she couldn't help but worry: "Miss, come up quickly, don't hold your breath!"
"What? Miss is holding her breath?" Zi Qiao rushed in from behind the screen, carrying her dirty clothes in her arms, looking anxious.
At that moment, with a "splash," Wei Shuwan burst out of the water, followed by a string of silvery laughter, as if she were laughing at the two silly girls who were talking at cross purposes.
Zi Qiao laughed along and took the opportunity to tease her, "Miss seems especially happy tonight, did the young prince say something to you?"
Wei Shuwan's smile vanished instantly, and she feigned annoyance to change the subject: "Why aren't you taking those dirty clothes and burning them?!"
Seeing that she was about to get angry, Zi Qiao wisely stopped getting involved in things she shouldn't be involved in, and only instructed Miao Xiang: "By the way, Madam specifically instructed that after the bath, cut off a lock of the young lady's hair and hang it on the pavilion later, saying that it can ward off evil and bring good fortune!"
"Okay, I'll go get the scissors right now!"
Before long, Miaoxiang brought over scissors. Just as she lifted a strand of Wei Shuwan's hair, Wei Shuwan snatched it back as if it were a precious treasure.
"It's just for show, why do we need so much!"
Having said that, she separated a third of that lock of hair from the lock of hair, as if she were a miser dividing her inheritance, and reluctantly handed it to Miaoxiang.
Miao Xiang smiled and took it, carefully cutting it off and handing it to Zi Qiao: "Sister Zi Qiao, is this enough?"
"Alright, alright, that's enough, or the girl will fight us to the death!"
Under Wei Shuwan's threatening gaze, Zi Qiao took the lock of hair and a basin of dirty clothes and left the house.
Zi Qiao first went to a high place on the pavilion to hang up the lock of hair, then took the basin of dirty clothes to the backyard to burn. The clothes worn in prison couldn't be kept.
In the clean room, Miaoxiang continued to serve Wei Shuwan as she bathed. When she wiped Wei Shuwan's smooth, white back with a wet towel, she couldn't help but shed tears of joy:
"Miss, you were able to return unharmed this time, all thanks to the young prince. It's a pity I didn't have the chance today, otherwise I really wanted to kowtow to him a few times!"
Wei Shuwan comfortably leaned against the edge of the tub, letting Miaoxiang scrub her back. The warm steam washed over her, and a wave of drowsiness washed over her. She drowsily comforted Miaoxiang:
"No rush, there's plenty of time later, we'll see each other every day."
Miao Xiang suddenly paused, her hands stopping their movements. "Seeing each other every day?"
Wei Shuwan suddenly came to her senses and realized what she had said in a daze, feeling slightly regretful. However, after thinking about it, she realized that this matter had to be brought up sooner or later, and besides, Zi Qiao and Miao Xiang were both from Fuyouxuan, making it even harder to hide from them than from others, so she might as well take this opportunity to tell them directly.
Having figured this out, Wei Shuwan turned around and looked at Miaoxiang, asking her solemnly: Miaoxiang, let me ask you, if one day I get married, what do you plan to do?
"Of course I'll accompany Sister Ziqiao to the young lady's wedding!" Miaoxiang said without the slightest hesitation.
"Yes, that's right~"
Wei Shuwan nodded with satisfaction, and the corners of her lips suddenly turned up: "Then when I marry into the Qiaochuan Prince's Mansion, you and Ziqiao will go with me. Wouldn't that mean you'll see the young prince every day?"
As soon as the words were spoken, a loud "bang" came from outside the screen!
Miao Xiang was stunned by Wei Shuwan's words, ignoring the noise, and stood there dumbfounded like a wooden statue. Wei Shuwan turned her head to look and saw Zi Qiao, who had just returned with an empty basin, walking out from behind the screen in a daze.
"Young lady...you...you're going to marry the Prince of Xiaoqiaochuan?"
Zi Qiao was extremely shocked, and so was Miao Xiang. The two of them stared with eyes as big as the copper bells hanging on the carriage!
Since Wei Shuwan had chosen to speak, she told them everything that Li Qingchen had said in prison that night.
Finally, he couldn't help but sigh, "So, although the Wei family escaped imprisonment, they've gotten themselves on a sinking ship..."
After listening, Zi Qiao and Miao Xiang had complicated expressions and mixed feelings, a mixture of joy and sorrow.
"How could that little Prince Qiaochuan come up with such a thing! Using this method to silence our young lady?" Zi Qiao complained indignantly.
But then she thought about the noble status of the young Prince Qiaochuan and his ethereal appearance, and felt that her young lady hadn't lost out. She sincerely exclaimed, "But the young lady and the young prince are truly a match made in heaven!"
"But if one day the schemes of the Prince of Qiaochuan are exposed, wouldn't the young lady and the entire Wei family be doomed?" Just thinking about it sent a chill down Miaoxiang's spine!
However, Wei Shuwan wasn't worried about this. After all, Li Qingchen had seized power smoothly in his previous life, so there was no possibility of him being exposed in this one. The only thing Wei Shuwan couldn't explain to the two maids was this.
However, Zi Qiao inexplicably had great confidence in Li Qingchen, "Don't worry, it won't happen! Who is the young prince?"
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