Of course, these were not things that Cai Die could have thought of on her own. Her grandmother had given her mother some pointers, and her mother had reminded her to be nicer to Wei Shuwan in public, so as not to give others reason to think that the sisters were not on good terms.
So Cai Die pretended to be sad and raised her hand to wipe away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes: "Aunt and Third Sister have indeed suffered this time, but I went to see them before Brother came in. There are too many people here now, so I won't go over again. I might as well stay here and talk with Brother for a while."
Seeing Cai Die so heartbroken, Du Shao took out a handkerchief, went over and handed it to her, gently comforting her with a few words. Cai Die took the handkerchief, looked at the pattern of green bamboo embroidered on it, and understood the other person's thoughts.
Then, she wiped her eyes twice with Du Shao's handkerchief, and suddenly seemed to come back to her senses, saying apologetically, "Oh dear, I've dirtied my brother's handkerchief."
"It's alright," Du Shaowen said with a smile.
Cai Die still looked somewhat guilty, then suddenly remembered something, took out her handkerchief from her bosom, and handed it to him with a shy expression: "If you don't mind, brother, please use mine first..."
Du Shao smiled as he took the handkerchief and carefully put it into his sleeve pocket: "Thank you very much, Sister Caidie."
A handkerchief, such an intimate item, is not something to be given away lightly; once given, it signifies a declaration of affection. The exchange of handkerchiefs between the two was a mutual expression of their feelings.
Cai Die was overjoyed, thinking that as long as she could arrange the marriage while Wei Shuwan was unconscious, everything would be fine. It would be best if Wei Shuwan could wake up a little later, so that she could smoothly marry into the Vice Minister's mansion and then she could truly rest easy.
While the two were deeply in love at Zhaoshui Hall, everyone in Fuquxuan was gathered around Wei Shuwan's bedside, waiting for a miracle to happen.
Yuan Que took the medicine pot out of the food box, poured out a bowl of medicine, and then put the remaining medicine back into the food box to keep it warm with a small hand warmer filled with charcoal. Then he brought the bowl of medicine to the bedside and presented it to Li Qingchen.
Li Qingchen took the medicine, but his heart was pounding. It wasn't that he doubted Lu Beixing's medicine, but rather he was having a headache about how to feed it to Wei Shuwan.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't repeat his previous trick. He could only scoop up a small spoonful and try to feed it to Wei Shuwan, hoping she would swallow it on her own.
However, Wei Shuwan had been unconscious for several days and had no strength to swallow the medicine herself. The medicine she was forced to drink immediately spilled out again, and Li Qingchen quickly took a handkerchief to wipe it off for her.
He sighed silently, just as he was thinking about how to get some alone time, when Zi Qiao spoke up understandingly from behind: "Young Prince, the young lady can't take her medicine right now. The first few times, I had to use my internal energy to force her to take it."
Li Qingchen paused for a moment, then handed over the bowl: "Alright, you can feed him then."
Zi Qiao smiled and took the medicine bowl, then glanced at the people gathered around the bed and said apologetically, "Please excuse us, Madam and Master..."
Wei Wen's face tightened: "Why do I have to avoid you when I'm just giving you medicine?"
"Madam, you may not know this, but when I use my strength to feed the young lady medicine, I need to loosen my clothes, otherwise my internal energy cannot be channeled into my chest cavity, and I will not be able to force the medicine down."
Since they had to undress, everyone had no choice but to move to the outer room to wait. As Li Qingchen walked out, she cast an approving glance at the young maid, noting that her maids were indeed just like her.
Using internal energy to administer medicine requires undressing and avoiding contact, a process so tedious that it would take an unknown amount of time to finish a bowl of medicine. Wei Ping, preoccupied with her future son-in-law who was still drinking tea in the front hall, asked Wei Wenshi, "Mother, why don't I go to Zhaoshui Hall to entertain Young Master Du first?"
Lady Wei Wen had the same thought in mind, so she deliberately raised her voice a little, as if she were speaking to Wei Zheng sitting opposite her: "Alright, we can only cause trouble here and can't help much. Let's go to the front hall first, and come back after we've fed the medicine."
After saying that, Wei Ping helped him out of Fuquxuan and headed towards Zhaoshuitang.
Wei Zheng sat silently in his chair, while Li Qingchen got up and walked into the courtyard, seemingly just wanting to stretch his legs. But as soon as he was out of sight of those inside the house, Li Qingchen used the landscaping rocks to leap onto the eaves!
Then, following the eaves, they went to the back window and climbed directly into the inner room through it.
As soon as he landed, Li Qingchen saw Zi Qiao looking up expectantly. Faced with the little maid's eyes, which seemed to be waiting for a savior, Li Qingchen looked away uncomfortably.
Everyone else avoided it, but how could he display his "inner strength" in front of a little maid?
Zi Qiao handed over the bowl, which Li Qingchen took. He then pointed to the window facing the front yard, indicating that she should go and keep watch there. Zi Qiao immediately understood, tiptoed to the window, and peered through a narrow crack at the people coming and going in the yard, her back to the house.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Qingchen quickly drank a large mouthful of the medicinal soup and bent down to feed it to Wei Shuwan mouth-to-mouth.
However, he was in a bit of a hurry and didn't realize that the medicine was a little hot until it touched Wei Shuwan's soft and cool lips. So he didn't dare to feed her the medicine directly, but held it in his mouth for a while.
But he did not get up again.
This feeling was very different from the previous times. His contact with her was not with an immediate task, but a long and quiet time together, as if everything in the world had stopped.
The presence of a maidservant keeping watch behind him added an extra layer of mystery to the affair. Li Qingchen couldn't quite describe the feeling, but this was probably why some people enjoy having affairs.
The medicine in his mouth gradually became less hot, and Li Qingchen finally passed it to Wei Shuwan. Then he got up and took another mouthful. Just as he was about to bend down to feed her again, he suddenly heard a shocked yet restrained noise from behind him.
Li Qingchen turned his head and saw that it was indeed Zi Qiao, whose eyes were as big as copper bells. She was covering her mouth with both hands and looking at him in utter horror.
Li Qingchen almost spat out the medicine in his mouth, but thinking of its preciousness, he gritted his teeth, held it in his mouth, closed his eyes, and, like a hero facing his death, bent down and fed the medicine to Wei Shuwan.
Zi Qiao was shocked. So this was the "internal strength" that the young prince had mentioned!
But this just looks like taking advantage of someone in distress. Should I tell the girl the truth after she wakes up?
If I tell her, will the girl be unhappy and blame me for not stopping her?
Zi Qiao wasn't sure about Wei Shuwan's reaction, so after thinking for a moment, she moved her hands, which were covering her mouth, to her eyes.
Forget it, I'll just pretend I'm blind.
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