Chapter 175 – Pain, Lost Memories
There was a scene that seemed to be very clear. In that scene, a girl who looked delicate and gentle was holding her hand and playing with her by the water. Sunlight shone on her face, which had an unhealthy green and pale color.
But her smile was sweet and happy.
That girl was the little elder sister that she had always remembered. Her memory suddenly jumped to that terrifying time. That weak girl gulped and spat out large mouthfuls of blood. She lowered her head powerlessly, but she still smiled warmly at her.
Wei Yuewu felt an inexplicable pain in her heart. The pain was so strong that she involuntarily covered her chest with one of her hands.
“Miss, what’s wrong with you?” Jin Ling came in with a cup of tea in her hands. She saw Wei Yuewu clutching her chest with one hand and bending over the table. She hurriedly put the teacup aside and came over to help her up.
Wei Yuewu calmed down, and the pain receded like tides, as if all her previous feelings were just hallucinations.
“I’m fine. I remembered something.” Wei Yuewu sat up and frowned. She reached out to wipe away the two drops of tears from the corners of her eyes. She could clearly feel the pain in her heart. When the older girl vomited blood, she also felt pain in her heart that made it hard for her to breathe.
“Is it related to the Marquise?” Jin Ling asked carefully.
Wei Yuewu shook her head. She did not know why she was so obsessed with the girl in her memory.
However, she did not know who this girl was. She had also checked the few young ladies of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, but none of them could match the girl in her memory.
Of course, that girl was dressed beautifully and served by a lot of people, so it was impossible for her to be a maid servant.
However, she could not find such a person. This girl seemed to be a crucial link in her incomplete memory, but this link was missing.
After calming down, Wei Yuewu took the wet towel that Jin Ling had handed her and wiped her face. Then, she asked softly, “Is Shufei back?”
“Shufei hasn’t come back yet, but she sent a little maid over to tell me that the guests all spoke highly of the pastry of our mansion and said that the plum blossom dew was as delicious as the dew made by some of the big powder shops in the capital.”
Jin Ling said meaningfully.
Wei Yuewu smiled sweetly. Well, those comments meant that the madams and young ladies who had tasted the dew suspected that it was bought from outside, rather than being handmade by Wei Yuejiao for the banquet, as was claimed by Wei Yuejiao.
Once suspected of telling a lie, a person would lose credit for everything she said. What was more, Wei Yuejiao also used this as an excuse for her disappearance, and when she appeared again, she even changed her clothes!
“It was done by Wei Fengyao’s people. Yan Feng said that he couldn’t make a move at that time. There were a lot of guards, including some hiding in the dark at that time. However, with His Highness being here, he believed nothing bad would happen.” Jin Ling reported, “Who would expect that Wei Fengyao was so vicious. She actually wanted to kill Miss.”
“I was careless this time!” Wei Yuewu smiled faintly and blinked with a cold expression. “But she also forgot that this is not Prince Nan’an’s Mansion, but the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang!”
“Miss, did you mean… that she would be reprimanded?” Jin Ling understood, but she still asked hesitantly.
“Just watch! This matter is not over yet!” Wei Yuewu smiled and said meaningfully.
The Madam Dowager’s reaction was really strange. With such strange reaction, the subsequent things would become even more interesting. What she was sure of now was that the Madam Dowager did not have any kindness for her, but her reaction at that time was also a true reflection of her feeling.
Coincidentally, she had been unable to find a breakthrough. Perhaps this matter could help her sort things out better…
Moreover, this Wei Fengyao, the wife of the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an who used Wei Yuejiao to attack her ruthlessly rarely had a chance to return to the mansion. Therefore, she would not let this chance be wasted in vain!
Right now, there was only one thing that allowed Wei Yuejiao to find a breakthrough. If she could think of this, it was highly likely that Wei Fengyao also thought of it. Therefore, all she needed to do was just waiting for the situation to escalate!
The banquet held by the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang could be considered a success. Of course, the accidental collapse of the platform must be excluded.
Fortunately, nothing serious happened. Only Third Miss Wei, who had just returned to the capital, was mentioned by others from time to time as a subject of laughing joke and mockery.
Those who attended the banquet today all had a high status. After all, coming to a banquet without being invited wasn’t something that could be done at will.
Wei Fengyao took a few mouthfuls of food at the banquet and under the pretext of feeling uncomfortable, she returned to the courtyard where she lived before her marriage.
Although she had been married with the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an, due to her special status and the fact that there weren’t many masters and mistresses in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, the courtyard she lived before her marriage was still preserved. However, there was only one old maidservant guarding the gate of the courtyard that used to be clean and tidy every time she returned. The courtyard wasn’t cleaned at all.
How could she, the noble wife of the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an, not be angry upon seeing this? Her face turned pale with anger.
If her mother was in the mansion, how could she allow her courtyard to be in such a state?
But now it was not the time to bother about this. She brought quite a few servants with her. She sent one of them out on an errand, and the rest of them started cleaning the courtyard. Soon, the main room was cleaned up.
It was at this time that Wei Yuejiao came in.
“Eldest Sister, are you looking for me for something?” Wei Yuejiao smiled and walked in.
“It’s nothing big. I just want to tell you about what happened at the banquet. Third Younger Sister, grandmother asked you to go back and have a rest. I’m afraid you don’t know what happened at the banquet, right?” Wei Fengyao looked quite relaxed and she asked someone to serve tea to Wei Yuejiao.
After learning that Wei Yuejiao had come to the courtyard, Concubine Huang did not dare to show slackness, and she hurriedly asked someone to send water and tea over.
“What rumors are there?” Although Wei Yuejiao was extremely annoyed that Wei Yuewu had escaped one disaster, her expression remained calm as usual. She took a sip of the tea that the maid had offered her.
“Third Younger Sister, didn’t you know they all said you had no sense of shame?” Wei Fengyao asked in surprise.
“What?” Hearing this unexpected news, Wei Yuejiao could no longer hold the teacup in her hand. It slipped and shattered into pieces on the ground. A few drops of the hot tea were even dipped into her hand, causing Wei Yuejiao to scream in pain.
“Third Younger Sister, take care not to get scalded. Although your reputation isn’t too good now, there’s still no concrete evidence. People are just gossiping.”
Wei Fengyao’s eyes flashed with a trace of disdain as she expressed her false concern. She felt that her status was noble, but she was still so kind to a concubine-born daughter. She even remembered that before she was married, she had to refrain from competing with this concubine-born daughter, which made her extremely disdainful.
Who knew what Grandmother was thinking about that she actually let such a concubine-born daughter climb above the heads of all the other legitimate daughters of the mansion.
“Eldest Sister, tell me clearly, what did you mean by saying my reputation wasn’t too good?” At this moment, Wei Yuejiao didn’t care about the droplets of water on her hand. She grabbed Wei Fengyao by the hand and asked anxiously.
“Previously, an old maidservant and a maid said that they saw the Sixth Younger Sister hanging out with a lad servant, but when the Sixth Younger Sister appeared on the platform, everyone thought that it was you. Coincidentally, you weren’t there at that time. After a long time, you came back, but obviously you had changed your clothes. Third Younger Sister, what do you think others would say about you in this situation?”
Wei Fengyao’s face was filled with worry, and she scolded Wei Yuejiao softly with a bit of concern for her, “What happened to you? Why didn’t you come over earlier? Look, everyone now thinks that person is you. Grandmother even thought that you were such a disgrace that she didn’t allow you to attend the banquet!”
“Slap!” Wei Yuejiao’s delicate face turned ashen. She put down Wei Fengyao’s hand and slapped heavily on the table. She suddenly stood up. No wonder she felt that when the servants in the mansion saw her, their expressions were strange. So this was the reason.
Those people actually thought that she was the person who was seen by the maid and old maidservant to be hanging around with a lad servant!
“That person is not me!”
Wei Fengyao wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief and sighed. “I know that person isn’t you, but what can you do about it? Everyone else thinks that you and Sixth Younger Sister are sisters. If it wasn’t Sixth Younger Sister, it would definitely be you!”
“I… I’m going to tell them the truth!” Wei Yuejiao turned around and was about to leave.
Wei Fengyao’s leisurely voice came from behind her, “Third Younger Sister, who are you going to see? I heard that your reason for leaving the banquet was to cook flower dew, but there was no shortage of pastry made from flower dew. Moreover, everyone was familiar with the taste of the dew. It was a special kind of flower dew made by several famous powder shops. It was actually not rare.”
“Wei Yuewu, that little bitch, I won’t let her off!” As Wei Yuejiao uttered these words, her feet went limp and she almost fell down. Fortunately, Jinzhu was quick to help her.
At this moment, she understood that something had gone wrong. Needless to say, Wei Yuewu was involved. She clenched her teeth tightly and her eyes shone with venom and hatred.
Wei Fengyao smiled. She was satisfied with Wei Yuejiao’s reaction. “Third Younger Sister, sometimes you can actually turn others’ trick to your own use.”
The fiercer the battle within the first branch was, the better. She didn’t like either Wei Yuejiao or Wei Yuewu. As for Concubine Dong whom mother had mentioned, she really did not care about her at all. She was just a concubine, and mother took her too seriously. Could it be that a concubine would be able to climb onto the head of the legitimate wife?
Even if she was elevated to the position of Marquise Hua Yang in the future, she would still have to salute her, the wife of the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an, when the two of them met. After all, she was not Eldest Uncle’s first legitimate wife. Although she was a senior, her background was too humble to compare with hers.
“Eldest Sister, what should I do?” Wei Yuejiao also knew that Wei Fengyao was telling the truth. She gritted her teeth and returned to sit down. In this situation, the more she explained, the more seriously her reputation would be damaged. According to her original plan, Wei Yuewu was expected to suffer all these.
“Third Younger Sister, I don’t ask for anything. I just hope that you could let Eldest Uncle put in a good word for my mother in front of my father in the future. After all, my mother ought to be fetched back as early as possible.” Wei Fengyao spoke with a serious expression.
This was Wei Fengyao’s condition for helping her, and Wei Yuejiao felt relieved after hearing it. In fact, she was also on guard against Wei Fengyao. But now that Wei Fengyao also needed her help and Lady Li was involved, it was natural for Wei Fengyao to help her as an exchange.
Second Uncle had always listened to father, and father loved her the most. If Lady Li wanted to come back, seeking her help was indeed the right thing to do.
She had been back to the mansion for some days, and she had naturally found out that this shrewd and capable Second Aunt had not really gone back to her parents’ house to recover from illness. Instead, she made a mistake and was abandoned by Second Uncle so that she had to go back to her parents’ house.
“Alright, Eldest Sister, don’t worry. Just leave the matter with Second Aunt to me. As long as the incident at the banquet can be settled, I guarantee that Second Aunt will be fetched back immediately.”
Seeing Wei Yuejiao talking big as if the entire mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was under her control, Wei Fengyao sneered in her heart. Indeed, she was a concubine-born daughter who did not know her place. She really thought that she was Eldest Uncle’s legitimate daughter. As a matter of fact, she saw with her own eyes how Eldest Uncle had treated Wei Yuewu like the apple of his eye when Wei Yuewu was a little girl. It was completely different from the laissez-faire attitude with which he treated Wei Yuejiao now.
“Come here, I’ll tell you in detail…”
Although she disliked Wei Yuejiao, she didn’t reveal anything on the face. She waved at Wei Yuejiao, who hurriedly tilted her head over. The two of them began to whisper to each other!
While the two of them leaned their heads against each other discussing how to frame Wei Yuewu, an uninvited guest paid a visit to Wei Yuewu.
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