The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"I saw you had a runny nose yesterday, you must have caught a cold."

Mentioning this made Chen Qing furious. "If you hadn't let me take off my clothes, would I have gotten typhoid fever? Would all this mess have happened?"

Chen Qingsheng was emaciated, his hair was disheveled, his cheeks were sunken, and his eyes were wild, making him look like a crazy madman.

"Qingsheng, I know I was wrong. Calm down."

"How can you expect me to remain calm? I fell into your trap step by step like prey. Now look what you've done, you've succeeded, you've won." When Chen Qingsheng said this, He Ye had a strong suspicion that he could jump out of bed. Luckily, that scene didn't happen, otherwise she really couldn't bear to look at him.

"Qingsheng, I have never plotted against you. I would have had the desire but not the courage."

It's less about Chen Qingsheng falling into He Ye's trap and more about him falling into Cheng Feng's trap. Cheng Feng used all sorts of manpower and methods to lure, drive, and capture the prey for He Ye's sake.

"Then tell me, why did I suddenly take off my clothes in your room that day?"

"Because your clothes have ink on them!"

"Where does ink come from?"

"I accidentally knocked over the inkstone!"

"Lotus Leaf, do you think I'm a fool?" Chen Qingsheng flopped onto the bed and began to cry, his thin frame barely supporting his clothes. With each sob, his whole body trembled.

He Ye glanced at the door and then at the pitiful Chen Qingsheng. "Don't cry. I'm already disliked. If people find out you've cried because of me, how am I supposed to explain it to Aunt Yuhua?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingsheng jumped out of bed, his nose practically dripping with snot. He Ye quickly handed him a handkerchief.

"No one saw you come in, right?"

Lotus Leaf truthfully reported: "I met Aunt Yuhua."

Chen Qingsheng collapsed onto the bed in despair. "I've been scolded terribly by my sister-in-law these past few days, all because of you... You better leave now, or I'm sure I'll get scolded again today!"

He Ye had no choice but to leave the herbs she was carrying and leave Chen Qingsheng's house. She encountered Chen Qingsheng's eldest sister-in-law when she entered the courtyard, and encountered Chen Qingsheng's second sister-in-law when she left.

Chen Qingsheng's second sister-in-law, Jin Feng, was chosen for him by Cheng Feng through a matchmaker. Although she had been married for over a month, she knew everything about the family. This was because Yu Hua was naive and talkative, unable to keep things to herself, and told Jin Feng everything. Yu Hua was wholeheartedly devoted to the family and to Chen Qingsheng, while Jin Feng was different. Under the matchmaker's guidance, she knew that the Chen family relied on the Prince Pang's Mansion for their livelihood, and that the Prince Pang's Mansion was their family's backer. Therefore, she was very affectionate towards He Ye when she saw her.

"Miss Lotus Leaf, when did you arrive?"

He Ye's face flushed slightly; she shouldn't have come. "I just arrived a little while ago!"

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave after just arriving?"

"I brought some medicine for typhoid fever to Qingsheng. I put the medicine on the table and then came out."

"I'll be preparing medicine for my third uncle in a bit. We're tidying up your and Qingsheng's wedding room right now. Would you like to come in and take a look?"

At this moment, Yu Hua opened the window and said to Jin Feng, "Jin Feng, come in and make the bed."

"Oh, coming..." Jin Feng was still young, and when she heard Yu Hua calling her in an unfriendly tone, she dropped the lotus leaf and ran away.

Lotus Leaf stood alone in the courtyard, looking dejected, and then awkwardly left.

Not only the Chen family is busy, but the Prince's Mansion is also busy. Usually, Yu Hua takes care of all the trivial matters in the Prince's Mansion, but now Shang Xi has to handle them personally.

Holding two lists of dowry items, she checked them over and over again, afraid of forgetting anything. He Ye's marriage to Chen Qingsheng was a disaster for the Chen family, but a great blessing for the Prince's mansion. The maids were so eager to help He Ye get married that they were willing to scrape together every penny to add to her dowry, making He Ye's marriage a matter of great importance to everyone in the Prince's mansion.

Cheng Feng sat there with a smile, watching Shang Xi busy herself. When she saw He Ye come in, Cheng Feng scolded her playfully, "Look how busy your aunt is. Where have you been?"

"...I'll go see Chen Qingsheng and bring him some medicine!"

"Hmph, he's a walking pharmacy, he might have to take medicine for the rest of his life!"

Shang Xi turned around and glared at Cheng Feng, "You've gone too far, look what you've done to Chen Qingsheng."

"Why did I punish him? It's because he was so ungrateful. If he had been more considerate and agreed to marry He Ye earlier, would I have tormented him? Look at how much effort I put into getting him a wife. I used all my resources and spent a lot of time and money. I even picked out his second brother's wife. Otherwise, the three brothers in the Chen family would have remained bachelors."

Shang Xi couldn't stand it anymore. "Stop pretending to be a good person. If you hadn't sabotaged things, Yu Hua would have already arranged a marriage for Chen Qingsheng. Don't think I don't know you bribed the matchmaker. Look at the kind of people you had the matchmaker choose for Chen Qingsheng: a pockmarked face, a hoodlum's brother, and a deaf-mute beauty. Only your Wan family would do something so despicable."

Cheng Youning kicked the door open and came in from outside. "Mother, why did you bring up the Wan family when you were scolding Father? This is not a good habit of yours. If my great-uncle finds out, he will scold Father for being useless and say that Mother is improper."

"Your great-uncle still owes me a pair of cat's eyes!"

"Grandpa didn't forget, so he had me bring it."

Cheng Youning moved her chin, and Qiao Rong presented the pair of cat eyes.

Shang Xi opened the wooden box and saw a pair of honey-yellow cat's-eye stones gleaming with a mysterious light, just like the eyes of a kitten, noble and gorgeous. Shang Xi was delighted, "What beautiful cat's-eye stones!"

Lotus Leaf also said, "These are just like a kitten's eyes, so beautiful!"

Cheng Youning sat next to Cheng Feng, looking like he knew everything. "This is the best cat's eye stone. It was a tribute from another country. There are only a few pairs in total."

Shang Xi took one out and played with it in her hand, praising, "It is indeed a good thing."

Before Shang Xi could even warm the cat's eye in her palm, she heard Cheng Youning say, "Mother, this thing is useless to you. Give it to me, and I'll embed these cat's eye pieces into the hat ornament."

Cheng Feng couldn't help but laugh, "Son, I guess your mother can't give it to you."

"Why? I'm Mother's only good son! If you don't give this to me, who will? Right, Mother?"

Shang Xi glanced at the father and son and said with a smile, "It's part of He Ye's dowry."

He Ye hurriedly waved her hand, "Auntie, I don't want it, give this cat's eye to my brother."

"Take whatever I give you. You can use this cat's eye pattern to make your hairpin more playful."

Cheng Youning persisted: "Mother, you insisted on giving me lotus leaves even though I didn't want them, and now I want them but can't have them!"

Shang Xi said, "If you want to go find your great-uncle, this is what I got from him."