Inside Fuqu Pavilion, Ziqiao had been called away by her brother Xue Lun to say a few words. When she returned, she found that Miaoxiang was not in the courtyard either. After waiting for a while, she saw Miaoxiang return, clutching her lower abdomen, her face pale.
"What's wrong with you?" Zi Qiao hurriedly stepped forward to support Miao Xiang.
Miao Xiang shook her head: "It's nothing."
"You say it's nothing? Look at your face, it's whiter than the silkworm cocoon paper a girl uses to write on!"
Under Zi Qiao's repeated questioning, Miao Xiang finally whispered somewhat embarrassedly, "It's just that my period has started."
Zi Qiao understood and advised her to go back and rest, "Don't worry, I can keep an eye on things by myself."
Miaoxiang had just returned to her room when someone came over. Ziqiao was surprised to see such a rare guest: "Miss, what brings you here?"
To Cai Die, the words "cousin" were truly grating. If it were up to her usual temperament, she would definitely have argued with this clueless maid. After all, this morning her grandmother had announced in front of everyone that she would take her mother's surname, Wei, and be a descendant of the Wei family, just like the third and fourth young ladies.
However, since she had come to Fuquxuan tonight to sabotage the show and watch the drama unfold, Cai Die decided to swallow her anger for the time being and said amiably, "I have an important matter that I need to ask Third Sister for help with. Is Third Sister inside?"
Zi Qiao's expression tightened for a moment, but she quickly came up with a solution and said naturally, "Yes, yes, but my young lady is taking a bath right now, which might be inconvenient. Perhaps you could come later, Miss..."
"It's alright, we're all girls, what's there to be afraid of? I can even go in and help my third sister rub her back!" As she spoke, Cai Die walked past Zi Qiao and went inside on her own.
Zi Qiao was immediately startled, not expecting the other party to be so impolite. However, since the other party was, after all, her mistress, she couldn't really hold her arm and prevent her from entering. She could only run a few steps quickly: "Then this servant will go and inform the young lady first. The water has just been brought into the clean room, and the young lady may not have undressed yet!"
After saying that, Ziqiao ran to the window and called out, "Miss, are you taking a bath? My cousin says she has urgent business and needs to see you right now!"
In fact, the people inside had already noticed the commotion outside before Zi Qiao reminded them and had taken precautions in advance.
Seeing Zi Qiao's guilty look, Cai Die understood what was going on. It seemed that Wei Shu Yao hadn't lied to her. She had been somewhat skeptical when Wei Shu Yao had said it before, but now she believed it completely. There really was something shameful going on in Wei Shu Wan's room.
However, she wasn't in a hurry to rush in before Zi Qiao. Her task tonight was simply to stop the man from escaping. As for exposing something that would offend people, she didn't need to get involved; Wei Shuyao would handle that.
Butterfly deliberately lingered outside for a while, giving the people inside ample time to hide, before calmly pushing the door open and going in.
"Third sister, am I bothering you at this hour? The maid in your courtyard said you are taking a bath. How about I help you wash your back?"
Cai Die entered the room and stood still, a smile plastered on her face. After speaking, she found no living person. Her gaze swept around discreetly, finally settling on the rosewood cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl against the east wall.
It seems this is the wardrobe where Wei Shuwan hid her man, as Fourth Sister mentioned.
At this moment, Wei Shuwan came out of the clean room behind the screen, straightening her clothes as she walked, with a faint smile on her lips: "Since my cousin is here, I'll wash later. Fortunately, I haven't gone into the water yet."
The word "cousin" stabbed Cai Die in the heart again, and she thought to herself that this master and servant were indeed equally annoying!
A few glistening water droplets clung to Wei Shuwan's hair, making it seem as if she had just taken a bath. Cai Die knew she was just playing along with the maid's words, but she didn't want to expose her.
"Third sister, I've come to see you so late because I really have something I'd like to ask you for help with."
"What's wrong, cousin?"
"Sigh~" Cai Die sighed and raised her hand to rub her temples, looking pained. "I don't know why, but ever since I came to Shengjing, I've had trouble falling asleep. Tonight, when I was worrying about it, I suddenly remembered that you are good at blending all kinds of incense, so I thought I'd ask you to blend one for me so I can get a good night's sleep."
Blending calming incense isn't difficult, but making a single incense seal takes quite a while. Wei Shuwan went directly to the incense table, took a sachet from the drawer, and handed it to Cai Die:
"This is a calming sachet that I prepared beforehand. My cousin puts it by her pillow before going to sleep and just takes a sniff from time to time."
Looking at the sachet that Wei Shuwan handed over, Cai Die did not take it, but gave an embarrassed smile: "I... I heard that sachets are not as effective as burning incense."
Wei Shuwan turned around without changing her expression, took out another one from the drawer, and handed it over along with the previous one, saying, "Double the effect is about right."
Butterfly was somewhat stunned. "You can do that?"
Wei Shuwan nodded firmly, looking at her intently, waiting for her reaction.
Cai Die felt a little embarrassed. She had originally planned to wait until Wei Shuwan made a sachet, and then the person Wei Shuyao was waiting for would arrive. However, Wei Shuwan was not following her plan at all. If she accepted the two sachets, wouldn't she have no reason to stay?
However, Butterfly still reached out and took it. After taking it, she couldn't wait to bring it to her nose and smell it. She immediately sneezed!
"As expected, I still can't stand this fragrance."
“But even if we burn incense, it’s the same kind of incense. I don’t think my cousin can stand it.”
"How will we know if we don't try? Maybe I won't have such a strong reaction to incense?" Cai Die persisted.
Wei Shuwan seemed to see through her thoughts and gave a faint smile. This smile puzzled Cai Die. Just when she thought that Wei Shuwan would not follow her plan tonight, Wei Shuwan surprisingly nodded.
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