Chapter 339 – Evidence, Counterattack At The Bedside
“Evidence? Eldest Sister, y-you must be mistaken! Did you say that Sixth Younger Sister has something to do with this matter? Where do you get the evidence?” Wei Qiufu could not break free from Wei Yuewu for a moment. Her eyes flashed, and she asked in surprise. She stepped forward and tried to force Wei Yuewu to take a look at the “evidence” in Wei Fengyao’s hand.
However, Wei Yuewu loosened her grip and smiled faintly at Wei Qiufu, who was already walking over. “Fourth Elder Sister, Eldest Sister is confused, but why are you also confused like her? Eldest Sister was shot by an arrow. I was standing outside at that time and was very far away from you two. Are you implying that I was the one who shot the arrow?”
Wei Yuewu stretched out her hand, donning an extremely innocent expression. “Eldest Sister, if you really have any evidence, just give it to the Crown Prince and ask him to investigate it for you. Maybe you can find the person who shot you at that time.”
“Don’t you want to come over to take a look?!” Wei Fengyao grunted sinisterly.
“No thanks. Regardless of whether you have the evidence or not, you should hand it over to the Crown Prince. I’m sure that His Highness can prove my innocence.” Wei Yuewu smiled and retreated a little, distancing herself away from Wei Fengyao.
Her words agitated Wei Fengyao, who glanced at Wei Qiufu who was standing not far away. Wei Qiufu understood and gritted her teeth. She looked at Jin Ling who was behind Wei Yuewu. It was such a good opportunity that she really should not waste it.
“Sixth Younger Sister, why don’t you come over and take a look? You should tell Eldest Sister directly if there’s something off. Why should we bring the matter between us sisters to the Crown Prince?” Wei Qiufu walked over with a smile on her face and reached out to grab Wei Yuewu’s hand. Her tone was gentle, but she exerted great physical force as she dragged Wei Yuewu toward Wei Fengyao’s bed.
On the other side, Ming Yan reached out and stopped Jin Ling.
Wei Yuewu was feebler than others, so, as Wei Qiufu exerted force, she easily dragged Wei Yuewu forward a few steps. Upon the sight, Jin Ling was anxious. She pushed away Ming Yan who was blocking her and shouted, “Fourth Young Lady, why are you dragging our Miss?”
As Jin Ling spoke, she reached out and grabbed Wei Yuewu’s other hand, forcefully pulling her back. Jin Ling was stronger than Wei Qiufu, so she managed to pull Wei Yuewu back toward her.
“Hey, drag that wretched girl over here!” Wei Fengyao panicked and ordered her maids furiously.
With that, Wei Fengyao’s two maids rushed over to help Wei Qiufu pull Wei Yuewu.
“How dare you!” Wei Yuewu’s face turned cold, and she shouted at the two maids. The two maids froze and did not dare to go forward.
“Eldest Sister, I don’t know what both of you mean. Why must you drag me over to see the evidence? If there is any evidence, just give it to the Crown Prince. Why do you have to take it out privately and drag me over to see it? It seems as if you two are trying to plot against me.”
Wei Yuewu was soft-spoken as ever, but her words were sharp and stern.
She should have been in an extremely miserable state since she was being pulled by Jin Ling and Wei Qiufu like a dummy. However, there was an inexplicable momentum in her that made her look not only not miserable, but also righteous and resolute.
“Hah! What a sharp-tongued wretch! Don’t think that we can’t do anything to you because we have no evidence. I’ll scratch your face today!” Wei Fengyao suddenly sat up straight, put her feet on the ground, and rushed towards Wei Yuewu fiercely. She extended her arms and long nails toward Wei Yuewu’s fair and delicate face.
The imperial doctor in the Palace prescribed medicine for Wei Fengyao due to her injury, and she smeared a portion of the medicine in her handkerchief.
Wei Qiufu also said that all the medicine was slightly poisonous. No matter what kind of medicinal powder was, as long as it touched the wound, it might have an unexpected effect. Therefore, Wei Fengyao smeared her long nails full of the medicine that the imperial doctor had given her, as well as some other medicinal powder.
She wanted to scratch Wei Yuewu’s face and smear all of these medicinal powders into Wei Yuewu’s wound. She wanted to disfigure her…
No one expected that Wei Fengyao would get out of bed regardless of anything.
Wei Fengyao was quite a distance away from Wei Yuewu previously, but she had suddenly closed the distance between the two of them when she got up and landed on the ground. She extended her arms, desperately trying to scratch Wei Yuewu’s tender face with her sharp nails. Panicked, Jin Ling yanked Wei Yuewu hard, and the latter lost her balance and fell to the ground.
At the same time, Wei Fengyao also fell down.
“Bitch, you…” Wei Fengyao shouted indignantly despite the enormous pain all over her body.
“Shut up!” The door of the hall was pushed open. The Crown Prince Wen Tianyao and the Fourth Prince Wen Yi stood at the door with gloomy faces.
A few eunuchs and guards stood respectfully behind them.
Wei Qiufu was startled for a moment, and her face turned pale. She never thought that the Crown Prince would appear at this time. Had they just arrived or had they been here for a while?
Wei Fengyao also suddenly came to her senses when she saw the Crown Prince’s cold and angry face. However, she was injured, to begin with. At this moment, she closed her eyes and fell to the side, pretending to faint.
This was originally her plan to clear her name after scratching Wei Yuewu’s face. She wanted to claim that she accidentally injured Wei Yuewu because of the illusion she had after the serious injury.
She believed that no one would blame her after she sustained such a serious injury.
But now, she had to pretend to be unconscious after failing to hurt Wei Yuewu. This annoyed Wei Fengyao to the core.
“Fourth Young Lady, please let go. If you continue to pull our Miss, you’ll break her hand!” Jin Ling came over and slapped away Wei Qiufu’s hand, shouting anxiously.
The Crown Prince’s face became increasingly gloomier. Wei Qiufu only felt that her entire body was going to sink. With her wobbly feet, she knelt down with a thud and cried out with a slightly trembling voice, “Your Highness!”
Sullen, Wen Tianyao stepped inside. The Fourth Prince followed closely behind, but his eyes fell on Wei Yuewu, who was carefully helped up by Jin Ling.
“Your Highness!” Wei Qiufu called out again with a trembling voice.
“Royal Brother, Fourth Miss Wei is calling you! I wonder when you belonged to someone else!” The Fourth Prince stopped in front of Wei Qiufu and mocked with a sneer.
These words reminded Wen Tianyao of the same remark he had heard before, claiming that he was Wei Qiufu’s, and it enraged him. He was the future ruler of the country, but he had never thought about himself being possessed by others. Everything in this country would be his, but Wei Qiufu had the nerve to say that he was hers.
Wei Qiufu had gone way too far!
Did she intend to usurp the throne?!
Thinking of this, Wen Tianyao squinted, and his expression became gloomier. After Wei Qiufu heard the Fourth Prince’s words clearly, her whole body went jelly and trembled.
She clearly knew that she shouldn’t have said such a thing willfully. At that time, she didn’t have time to refute the remarks because Wei Fengyao had lost her mind and she only wanted to help drag Wei Yuewu over to her.
“Guards, fetch the imperial doctor!” Wen Tianyao walked in front of Wei Fengyao and looked at her as he ordered coldly.
“Yes!” The eunuch, who was guarding the door, immediately retreated. Because Wei Fengyao was seriously injured, the imperial doctor had been staying in a small room at the corner last night. When the eunuch called him, he immediately came over.
The maids trembled and helped Wei Fengyao back to the bed. After such a torment, Wei Fengyao really fainted from the pain.
“Your Highness, I’m afraid that Her Heiress-apparent’s hand…” The imperial doctor put his hand on Wei Fengyao’s pulse and was stunned for a moment. He looked up at Wen Tianyao and said, “Her injury did not heal completely yet. After the fall just now, she suffered some impact, and I’m afraid that her hand is broken permanently.”
The imperial doctor did not know what had happened here. The maid only said that Wei Fengyao had accidentally fallen to the ground. He felt helpless as he had already warned her to rest well and not hurt her hand again, but she fell to the ground and was hit heavily. Why couldn’t she take good care of herself after such a serious injury?
“Go, invite His Heir-apparent over!” Wen Tianyao thought for a while before ordering the eunuch beside him.
The eunuch took the order and invited Wen Ruoming over from the open space outside the hall.
In fact, the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince came together with Wen Ruoming. When they walked to the door, they heard that there was a dispute inside, so they stopped. They did not expect that the situation would develop to this point. None of them expected that the Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an, who had always been dignified and polite in front of others, was actually like a shrew.
Wen Ruoming felt embarrassed and waited outside the door. When he heard the Crown Prince’s calling, he had no choice but to get in.
His eyes coldly swept over Wei Fengyao, who had fainted on the bed. Because of the injury, Wei Fengyao didn’t apply makeup to her face, exposing the old scars. She couldn’t look uglier at this moment.
Then, Wen Ruoming thought about how he was scolded by his grandmother yesterday as well as his mother when he went back because of Wei Fengyao. At this moment, he felt that Wei Fengyao was ugly and vicious, and he regretted marrying such a stupid and evil woman.
Although he did not come in just now, he heard everything clearly. The wicked Wei Fengyao wanted to put all the blame on Sixth Miss Wei for no reason, so she ganged up with the well-reputed Fourth Miss Wei to drag Sixth Miss Wei over and scratch her face.
Well-reputed?
Wen Ruoming’s face twisted in an indignant grimace. Back then, he married Wei Fengyao because she was well-reputed! From the looks of it, it seemed that the so-called well-reputed rumors were fake. Now, the infamous Sixth Miss Wei turned out to be better than both ladies.
However, he could not interfere with Wei Qiufu’s matter. After all, she was a potential candidate to enter the Crown Prince Mansion.
However, judging from the situation, he predicted that Wei Qiufu had lost her chance. She was probably not a virtuous and dignified woman as she looked on the surface. She could be so harsh and cruel to her own sister. If she entered the Crown Prince Mansion and gained power, all of the Crown Prince’s women would suffer.
“Her Heiress-apparent’s hand is broken permanently,” Wen Tianyao asserted indifferently without looking at Wei Qiufu, who had collapsed to the ground.
“So be it!” Wen Ruoming snapped emotionlessly. Yesterday, his mother told him that they couldn’t break the alliance with the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang that was built through the marriage, so he should treat Wei Fengyao just as another woman they needed to feed. After all, they could afford to feed an extra mouth.
This remark made Wei Fengyao, who had just slowly woken up, cough twice in anger and then faint again.
“Royal Brother, what about her?” The Fourth Prince pointed at Wei Qiufu, who was still lying limply on the ground, and asked indifferently.
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