Chapter 127 – A Half-Eaten Pill
Wei Yuewu frowned and looked at the small brocade box on the table. She gasped slightly and instructed in a low voice, “Put it away!”
Jin Ling immediately understood and hastily put the small brocade box into her pocket before she could take a closer look.
On the other side, Wei Yuewu kicked the quilt to make it look loose and pulled the quilt on her face high, as if she was hiding under the quilt in a hurry.
Shufei hurriedly put down the gauze tent for her.
After a while, Wei Qiufu’s gentle voice came from the door. “Is Sixth Younger Sister feeling better? I have come to see you.”
With that, Wei Qiufu walked over. Jin Ling nervously turned around and looked at the gauze tent. It looked like she was trying to stop someone. She hurriedly went forward to meet Wei Qiufu and said, “Fourth Young Lady, didn’t I tell you to sit outside for a while and wait there while I came in to see if our Miss was awake?”
She had asked Wei Qiufu to take a rest outside.
“Sixth Younger Sister was so badly injured that she hasn’t woken up yet. How can I sit there doing nothing?” Wei Qiufu frowned. Anyone who looked at her would think that she was really concerned about Wei Yuewu’s injury. She couldn’t even sit still for a moment.
Wei Yuewu was in the tent, seeing through Wei Qiufu putting on a show of deep sisterhood soberly. It had been a long time since she fainted from her injury. Wei Qiufu had only sent a maid to keep an eye on her. After the maid was driven away, she could not sit still and could not wait to personally investigate the situation.
“Fourth Young Lady, our Miss hasn’t woken up yet. You…” The two maids knew what their master was planning, so they naturally stopped Wei Qiufu from coming forward.
“She hasn’t woken up yet. Is there anything wrong? I’d better take a look at her first!” Wei Qiufu’s gaze fell on the quilt that was faintly bulged in the tent.
She could not see the person inside clearly. There was only one outline, but even so, she still noticed that the quilt bulged a bit too much. How could a skinny person like Wei Yuewu make such a tall outline? It was very likely that she hurriedly hid herself under the quilt and most of her body was crouched, which was why she had formed such an outline.
Sure enough, Wei Yuewu was pretending to be seriously injured. Otherwise, there was no need to avoid her like this.
“Fourth Young Lady, imperial doctor Chen said that our Miss is very weak. She may not wake up for a while, so we must take care to prevent her from being exposed to the wind. Fourth Young Lady, You…” Jin Ling said embarrassedly, her hand blocking in front of Wei Qiufu without the slightest intention of letting Wei Qiufu go inside.
Wei Qiufu even saw a trace of panic in her eyes.
There must be something fishy!
“In that case, I feel more obliged to take a look. Otherwise, I won’t be at ease.” Wei Qiufu took two steps forward and Jin Ling had no choice but to take two steps back. Her body was already tightly pressed against the bed.
“Fourth Young Lady, you should come and see our Miss tomorrow. Our Miss was so badly injured and she can’t be exposed to the wind. I understand that Fourth Young Lady has come with good intentions to see our Miss. But if something really happens, our Miss’ life will be in danger. Please forgive me, Fourth Young Lady!”
Her meaning was clear: no concession.
“I just take a look and will leave after I am relieved!” Wei Qiufu refused to budge.
Seeing Wei Qiufu pressing forward step by step without the slightest intention of leaving, Shufei rolled her eyes and had an idea. She knelt down with a plop at Wei Qiufu, as if Wei Yuewu’s life would be in danger if Wei Qiufu insisted to go forward. “Fourth Young Lady, our Miss really hasn’t woken up yet!”
However, this exaggerated performance made people even more suspicious.
Wei Qiufu didn’t expect Wei Yuewu’s maid to actually play such a trick. For a time, she couldn’t force Shufei too much.
“Your Miss really hasn’t woken up yet?” Wei Qiufu asked again.
“Yes, our Miss hasn’t woken up yet! When she wakes up tomorrow, I will inform Fourth Young Lady immediately. Fourth Young Lady, it’s getting late. You should go back now.” Jin Ling said with a smile, but Wei Qiufu detected some uneasiness in her eyes.
What caught her attention even more was that the feet in the quilt moved slightly, as if the people inside was sleeping uncomfortably so that she deliberately raised her feet. Now, Wei Qiufu was certain that Wei Yuewu was not asleep under the quilt.
And she had remained awake all the time…
Perhaps she hid into the quilt in such a hurry that she didn’t lie down properly for a while. She felt uncomfortable and couldn’t keep her posture any longer, so she lifted her feet!
Wei Qiufu thought she had basically figured out what had happened. She stopped advancing and sat down on a stool at the side. She signaled for Shufei to get up and asked with concern, “What did the imperial doctor say about Sixth Younger Sister’s injury?”
“The imperial doctor said that our Miss was seriously injured and her health condition was not good. Probably she wouldn’t be able to recover for a while. She needs to rest properly for a period of time. Fourth Young Lady, our Miss almost died!” Jin Ling wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with red eyes.
Shufei, who was kneeling on the ground, stood up and took out her handkerchief to wipe tears.
Actually, this wasn’t completely fake. The two maids were so distressed that tears were about to fall when they thought of how badly their Miss was injured and how she had to endure the injury.
“This… How about inviting another imperial doctor to take a look?” Wei Qiufu suggested, “After all, the medical skills of the imperial doctor of the Duke of Yan’s mansion may not be as good as the imperial doctors from the Palace!”
What she said was extremely tactful, and there was a hint of her concern for Wei Yuewu.
The two maids were unable to make a decision for a while. They exchanged a glance. Shufei even secretly glanced at the bed a few times, as if she didn’t know what to do.
“Could it be that you two don’t want Sixth Younger Sister to get better?” Seeing that the two maids couldn’t make up their minds, Wei Qiufu shouted harshly with a stern expression.
Her words were way beyond what could be endured by the two maids. They looked at each other and did not dare to oppose Wei Qiufu.
“Yes, it’s up to Fourth Young Lady!”
“I will listen to Fourth Young Lady!” The two of them took a stand one after the other.
“Alright, then I won’t disturb Sixth Younger Sister. Tomorrow, I’ll bring several imperial doctors to check on her injury. Now we are on this mountain, and there are only me and Sixth Younger Sister. I have to make a decision for Sixth Younger Sister.” Seeing that her goal had been basically achieved, Wei Qiufu stood up and was about to leave.
Her gaze swept past the place where Wei Yuewu had slightly moved her feet and she felt proud in her heart. Now it wasn’t the time to tear the mask off Wei Yuewu’s face. She would let more people see…
Shufei nodded in agreement obsequiously and sent Wei Qiufu out.
When Wei Qiufu’s footsteps were far away, Jin Ling hurriedly lifted the curtain and checked Wei Yuewu’s conditions. Her Miss was not in a good condition, and she had been hiding in the quilt for a long time. It would be too bad if something happened to her.
Jin Ling lifted the quilt and saw Wei Yuewu. Although she was pale and weak, she did not faint. Jin Ling heaved a sigh of relief and pulled the quilt up for her. She anxiously asked, “Miss, how are you feeling?”
“I’m fine!” Knowing that Jin Ling was worried about her, Wei Yuewu shook her head gently. The corner of her mouth curved up slightly. “You go to the kitchen and order some ‘nice’ food for me. At this time, there should be no food or dishes left!”
“Yes, I know. When Shufei cooked medicine in the courtyard of the heir-apparent, His Heir-apparent sent someone to bring some stewed soup to you in a medicine pot. No one will know. I will let Shufei serve you some soup.” Seeing that Wei Yuewu was about to get up, Jin Ling stretched out her hand to help Wei Yuewu sit up and placed a pillow behind Wei Yuewu’s back.
“How come the Heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State was here?” Wei Yuewu leaned back and asked while flashing her long eyelids.
“It should be the imperial doctor who told him! Miss, imperial doctor Chen said that the heir-apparent had a pill…” Jin Ling’s eyes widened as she spoke. She looked at Wei Yuewu in shock and then slowly took out the small brocade box from her pocket. She swallowed her saliva with some difficulty and anxiously said, “Miss, isn’t this… the medicine that the heir-apparent brought over?”
Wei Yuewu nodded in confusion!
Jin Ling hurriedly stretched out her hand to feel Wei Yuewu’s forehead. As expected, the forehead was not as hot as she had imagined. She was excited for a moment. “Imperial doctor Chen said that the heir-apparent only had one such pill. It was reserved for emergency use. I wanted to ask for the pill but did not dare. Who could imagine that the heir-apparent personally delivered it to you.”
So, this was a life-saving pill?
Since Yan Huaijing fed her half a pill, was it possible that he had found out her plan so that he only fed one half of the pill to her and left the other half for subsequent use in order to make sure that her plan was successfully carried out?
Well, that was probably the case. If the situation in her courtyard was too chaotic, the front yard might be alerted. It was also very likely that even Mo Huating and Wei Luowu would be alerted. At that time, if he were to take actions, he would definitely get only half the results with double the effort.
With this thought, she felt more at ease in her heart. After all, she was helping him, so it was reasonable for him to give her such a pill.
Shufei came in with the two maids from the mansion of the Duke of Yan. The two maids put down the medicine pots in their hands and bowed respectfully to Wei Yuewu before retreating. After that, there were only the three of them left in the room.
Shufei and Jin Ling each opened a medicine pot, and strong fragrance immediately filled the entire room. Wei Yuewu had not eaten for the entire day, and she felt slightly better at this time. She drank half a bowl of soup from each pot. Then, she took some medicine, half leaned on the bed and closed her eyes to have a rest while waiting for Jin Ling’s return.
Jin Ling left when Shufei was serving soup to Wei Yuewu. By the time she returned, more than an hour had elapsed, and Wei Yuewu had already finished drinking the soup.
“Miss, while I was fetching dinner for you in the kitchen, I ran into Ming Yan, who served the Fourth Young Lady. She said that Fourth Young Lady was hungry and wanted to ask the kitchen to make some snacks for her. When she saw me carrying the food box, she insisted on seeing what was inside. I rejected, and she deliberately knocked into me and caused the soup inside to be spilled.”
Jin Ling put the food box far away from the door and did not bring it in.
“Take the food box to the wing room later!” Wei Yuewu nodded. Judging from what had happened, it could be seen that Wei Qiufu was a cautious person. She had definitely kept an eye on her side. When Jin Ling went to the kitchen to ask for food, Wei Qiufu immediately got the news and sent Ming Yan to see what food she asked for.
The smell of dishes and soup braised with much oil was very strong, and one could smell it after some of the dishes or soup spilled out.
Well, in that case, Wei Qiufu should be at ease now!
The corners of her pale lips curled up. Even if Wei Qiufu was about to take actions, it would be good to cut off one of her hands.
Or she could make Wei Qiufu take actions that would lead to a series of incidents.
The front yard of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was too far away from her. But what if the entire backyard was in chaos? In that case, how could the front yard remain indifferent…
“If the Fourth Young Lady brings imperial doctors to see me tomorrow, you must remember to stop her. Just say it was my instruction. Imperial doctor Chen has treated me before, and I trust imperial doctor Chen’s medical skills. There is no need to trouble other imperial doctors.” Her long eyelids flashed as she made up her mind.
“What if the Fourth Young Lady barges in?” Jin Ling had already vaguely guessed Wei Yuewu’s intentions.
“If she barges in, then let her barge in. However, don’t let her to do so until the last moment. Make sure that she barges in impulsively!” Wei Yuewu’s eyes flashed with a trace of coldness. She waved to the two maids for them to come closer before whispering to them…
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