Chapter 19
The next day, Su Qingqi first congratulated her eldest sister, then told her what her second sister had said to her that night and implicitly reminded her to be careful, then got on the carriage that came to pick up people from the Huaining Marquis’ Mansion.
She didn’t know how much impact her words had on Su Qingwan. With Su Qingwan’s intelligence and delicate mind, she thought more than Su Qingqi and even vaguely discovered some clues that had never been discovered before.
In the inner room, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, Su Qingwan, wearing a honey-pink Su satin dress inlaid with silver threads, sat upright on the couch, stroking the teacup in her hand with a thoughtful look in her eyes. If one looked closely, one could even see the hidden anger in her eyes.
“Mammy, do you think my inexplicable uterine coldness has anything to do with my second sister?”
Madam Zhao was furious: “Except for the Second Young Lady, who is proficient in medicine, I can’t think of anyone else who could have drugged you without leaving any trace. Madam, do you still remember that the Second Young Lady often hung around you for more than two months before you got married?”
“Now that Mammy mentioned that, I also remembered that my second sister was particularly attentive during that period. I still can’t forget the purse with a strange fragrance tied around her waist. No wonder I couldn’t find out who in the Marquis’s Mansion had done something to me. It turned out to be a traitor in the family. It’s a pity that my mother was deceived by her.”
Su Qingwan’s pretty face was full of coldness.
“It seems that the problem lies with the purse with the strange fragrance. I still remember that the second young lady said that she wore it because she particularly liked that smell, and she wore it for more than two months. However, the second young lady has lived in the Marquis’ Mansion for more than two months, and she has worn purses with various scents every day, but the only one missing is that strange fragrance…” Madam Zhao carefully recalled the second young lady’s various behaviors after she moved into the Marquis’ Mansion and finally found a clue.
Su Qingwan closed her eyes and stroked her still-flat belly. When she thought of the tremendous pressure she had to endure over the years because of her uterine cold and inability to conceive, she wished she could tear the culprit to pieces.
If it weren’t for her third sister, even if she got rid of the blood-sucking poison, it would be hard to say whether she could sit firmly in the position of the prince’s wife in the future, not to mention that there was a two-faced second sister who secretly encouraged the third sister to seduce Xiran.
This is simply unbearable!
“Mammy, I want to write my mother an urgent letter home.”
Not to mention that Su Qingqi’s unintentional and kind reminder exposed the second girl’s secretive actions. Su Qingqi was diligently making the five-color medicinal soup in the Huaining Marquis Mansion.
Lord Chu, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was watching attentively at the door of the small kitchen.
This was the first time that Lord Chu saw his Ah Qi making medicinal soup. It seemed no different, but Chu Yi had tried it secretly before and failed every time. He knew that this must be the special ability that Ah Qi mentioned.
“My Lord, when did you come?” After Su Qingqi prepared the second dose of medicine, she told Chu Yi to seal the earthenware jar. When she turned around, she found My Lord Chu at the door and couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.
“When Ah Qi started to boil the second earthenware pot of medicinal soup.” Lord Chu sniffed the rich medicinal fragrance escaping from the air and suddenly felt relaxed all over.
At this time, a black-clad guard came in quietly and bowed to Lord Chu: “Master, the Fourth Prince is here to visit.”
“Let him go to the waterside pavilion in Wanchun Garden.”
“Yes.” The black-clad guard bowed and quietly retreated.
“Aqi, accompany me to meet the Fourth Prince.” Lord Chu invited gently.
Su Qingqi thought about it and did not refuse, but she still asked Lord Chu for permission to let Minglan come in to help her with her appearance to avoid being rude.
When Su Qingqi pushed Lord Chu to Wanchun Garden, Lord Chu discovered that the Fourth Prince did not come alone. There was also the beautiful and charming Princess Yaru and her brother, the eldest son of Prince Yu, Li Can. Princess Yaru was also accompanied by a beautiful woman in a white floor-length dress with plum blossom patterns.
This woman looked very familiar. She was Su Qingqi’s second sister, Su Qinghan.
Lord Chu curled his lips playfully and smiled softly, “Ah Qi, are you surprised?”
Su Qingqi twitched the corner of her mouth and said nothing.
Her eyes were attracted by another young man. The man was wearing a light purple bat-patterned casual suit and a white jade hairpin crown on his head. He had a slender figure, stern facial features, and a natural noble look. This man should be the fourth prince of the current dynasty—His Royal Highness Prince Yong.
If she remembered correctly, he was one of the people in the pavilion that her second sister had been paying attention to during the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
Has my second sister’s fellow villager forgotten the warnings from her father and stepmother?
Lord Chu quietly introduced to Su Qingqi the identities of the people in the pavilion. When Su Qingqi pushed Lord Chu into the pavilion, she bowed and saluted them.
Then she greeted her second sister, Su Qinghan, and stood beside Marquis Huaining.
Uncle Chen ordered tea and snacks to be served and then left.
Princess Yaru was arrogant and looked down on Su Qingqi, but Prince Li Can smiled at her and praised her, “This must be Miss Su San, who was said to have been granted marriage by Lord Chu. It’s better to meet her in person than to hear about her. Miss Su San is even better than I imagined. Lord Chu really has good taste!”
He took a closer look at this, Miss Su San. She was dignified and beautiful, graceful and elegant, and she moved gracefully. She looked extremely harmonious standing next to Lord Chu. What a perfect couple!
It’s a pity that he didn’t live long!
Prince Li Can secretly felt regretful. He thought that Miss Qinghan was the better choice. She was beautiful and elegant and had superb medical skills.
“Thank you for your praise, my Lord. I am just a weak girl, far inferior to Princess Yaru.” Su Qingqi bowed slightly.
Princess Ya Ru snorted. She was smart enough!
Su Qinghan glanced at her third sister and felt a little annoyed. She didn’t expect that the fourth prince would ask her to come to the Huaining Marquis’s mansion to see Lord Chu.
“I wonder what important matter Prince Yong has brought to my residence?” Marquis Chu asked with a smile. As the only marquis who was exempted from formalities in front of the emperor, he did not need to perform formalities when meeting the prince.
When the Fourth Prince, Prince Yong, faced Lord Chu, he smiled faintly: “This Miss Su Qinghan’s medical skills are even better than the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. I was thinking of asking her to diagnose Lord Chu. Maybe she can find a prescription to treat the terminal illness.”
The second sister’s medical skills are better than those of the imperial physician… Su Qingqi was surprised. Could it be that the second sister’s fellow villager has some golden finger?
Or was she originally studying medicine?
If that was the case, why didn’t the second sister cure the eldest sister’s uterine cold? She also encouraged her to seduce her brother-in-law. She remembered that her stepmother Han didn’t do anything to the second sister but treated her well.
Her second sister is so weird!
“Your Highness Prince Yong is thoughtful!” Lord Chu raised his lips, glanced at Su Qinghan, and rejected her directly: “Even Master Liaokong of Ganye Temple is helpless against my terminal illness. Miss Su is only sixteen or seventeen years old, so I won’t bother her.”
Everyone understands the implication!
Unless Su Qinghan can cure Lord Chu’s terminal illness and prove herself.
But can she?
Cannot!
So Su Qinghan felt very aggrieved!