Reborn, I was pursued by the Prince of the Broken Sleeves

Outside the front hall of the incense room, Bai Huayi led Xueying and stood under the eaves.

Her gaze swept over Madam Lin's shoulder and landed on the doorway of the inner hall: "Madam, this little maid is ignorant. She brought vegetarian food, but when she didn't see the person, she took it back. How can that be reasonable?"

Lin stood at the door, not moving an inch. "Thank you for your concern, Miss Bai. Man'er was frightened yesterday, and her old illness has relapsed. I'm afraid she won't be able to receive guests."

"Where?" Bai Huayi smiled faintly, "I have the best female physician by my side. Hearing that you were ill, I brought her here specially..."

Lin pretended to be calm, but her hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly and nervously rubbed together.

Inside the room, Tao Hong gestured for Ru Yi to lie down, and while lowering the bed curtains, she instructed, "Just lie in there and pretend to be sick."

Ru Shuang felt a little panicked. "What if she lifts the curtain?"

Tao Hong glanced at Qing Luan beside her, "Qing Luan is so skilled, how can we let her succeed?"

She twisted the handkerchief in her hand and said indignantly, "How can the girls in the Prime Minister's mansion be like leeches, biting and refusing to let go?"

The three were discussing their options when they heard a soft knocking sound from the window.

"dong dong dong"

Three long and one short.

It was their secret code with the girl.

The three were overjoyed and hurriedly opened the window.

A figure climbed into the house, his face dirty, his clothes half-wet, and there were faint traces of blood on his back.

“Miss…” the three of them said in unison.

"Quick, help me to bed." Su Manman was exhausted and too weak to move.

The three of them helped her to the bedside and quickly removed her wet clothes.

The skin on his back was a bloody mess, with some wounds charred and others still oozing blood, studded with grit and loose soil—a truly gruesome sight.

Tao Hongru's eyes suddenly turned red, and Qingluan also secretly tightened her grip on the long sword at her waist.

“Young lady, what’s wrong…” Tao Hong asked, her voice choked with emotion.

"It's a long story. What's going on outside?" Su Manman winced in pain, gritting her teeth as she put on her clothes.

While helping to fix her hair, Tao Hong briefly recounted what had happened that day.

Su Manman leaned back on the soft pillows, and after listening, a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

Ye Zhi sent Bai Huayi to test her, how could she let go of the opportunity to teach Bai Huayi a lesson?

She took out a medicine bottle and said in a deep voice, "Later, we'll put on a good show."

Upon hearing that they were going to act, the three maids' eyes lit up.

"it is good."

At this moment, Lin's voice came from the doorway, "If Miss Bai forces her way in and passes on her illness, what will happen?"

"I did this voluntarily, so please don't take it to heart, madam."

A figure flashed at the doorway, and Bai Huayi walked straight into the house.

Qingluan, with a stern face, stopped them. "Miss Bai, please stop. My young lady's old illness has relapsed, and she is unable to receive guests, lest she be exposed to her illness."

It's just another case of feigned illness; who are you trying to fool!

Who are you trying to scare!

Bai Huayi glanced at Qingluan's blocking arm, her fingertips unconsciously digging into her palm.

Chen Jianye's deep voice still echoed in my ears: "If she wasn't at the Su residence last night... then it confirms her affair with Prince Qi."

This thought gnawed at her like a venomous snake—as long as Su Manman's disguise was torn away, Ye Zhi would lose interest, and the position of Princess Jin would be rightfully hers.

Thinking of this, she turned around, glanced at Madam Lin, and asked disdainfully, "Miss Su is ill, and I kindly brought the female physician here, but you and your servants blocked her from entering. What is the reason for this?"

Her pretty face was instantly filled with anger: "My kindness has been trampled on like this. I will definitely go to the Empress Dowager and tell her what I did to offend the Su family?"

In short, what a huge accusation to pin on the Lin family.

The current Empress Dowager has a great fondness for Bai Huayi.

Bai Huayi's aunt, Consort Bai, was also the emperor's favorite concubine.

Her biological father is the prime minister, and her future husband may be Prince Jin.

In the capital, in terms of status and position, if this young lady in front of us is second, then no one can be first.

If you anger her, nothing good will come of it.

Can……

Lin was flustered. Under her sleeves, her hands were twisted together, her palms covered in cold sweat.

Her parents were demoted to other places by the emperor, and the empress dowager also had no good feelings towards General Lin's mansion.

Bai Huayi's words could very well incur the Empress Dowager's wrath. If she were to be blamed, she and her mother would not be protected by Su Tinggui, and who knows what fate awaited them.

Today, her insistence on seeing Man'er might also be a test.

If things turn out like frost and dew, how should we end this?

As she hesitated, a few soft coughs came from inside the room, and from behind the curtain, her daughter's weak voice came, "Miss Bai, please come in."

Lin's heart tightened.

That girl, Ru Shuang, is really bold. Has she ever thought about the consequences of being exposed?

Lin forced herself to remain calm, stepped forward and blocked the doorway again, saying softly, "Miss Bai, it's not that I'm ungrateful, but that I'm preventing you from visiting me."

She looked distressed and said with difficulty, "It's just that my daughter's old illness has flared up, and her face is covered with red spots. I'm really afraid of passing on her illness to others, so I'm declining to see guests."

Bai Huayi scoffed inwardly, but her expression remained unchanged as she softly said, "Madam, please don't worry. I have a female healer; I am not afraid of catching a cold."

After she finished speaking, she took a few graceful steps, passed by Madam Lin, pushed Qingluan aside, glared at Taohong beside the bed, and said coldly, "Lift up the bed curtains so that the female physician can examine the patient."

“This…” Tao Hong glanced at her, hesitated, and did not make a move.

This little maid was clearly feeling guilty.

Bai Huayi suddenly felt that she was about to catch Su Manman red-handed. In a moment of panic, she stepped forward and yanked open the bed curtains.

"Miss Bai..." Madam Lin exclaimed, trying to stop her, but it was too late.

The curtains were lifted, and on the bed, a young girl leaned against the soft couch, her slightly damp, soft black hair falling down and obscuring her face.

Noticing the light in front of her, she moved her head slightly, and strands of hair brushed away from her face.

On her delicate face, red spots, like vines of varying sizes, snaked upwards, climbing across her pale complexion, making her face look eerie and terrifying.

Bai Huayi stared wide-eyed at the person in front of her, too stunned to react for a moment.

The girl, supporting herself on the bed with one hand, weakly sat up.

On the back of her hand, which was exposed on the bedding, were several small, reddish bumps, about the size of copper coins.

The wound was scratched open, oozing blood and oozing fluid. The edges of the wound were bluish-purple and black, looking disgusting and terrifying.

"I have only met Miss Bai a few times, I never expected her to be so kind to me."

Her voice grew increasingly hoarse, and as she spoke, she covered her mouth with her sleeve and coughed lightly a few times.

These few coughs seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and her face became even paler, with the red spots appearing even more vibrant.

After catching her breath, she spoke weakly again: "It is truly touching that Miss Bai was willing to risk her illness to ask the female physician to treat me."

As she spoke, a strange smell spread through the air.

It smelled like rotten fish and shrimp that had been sitting out for a long time, or like a broken egg in the summer. After being left out for half a month, it had a variety of sour, fishy, ​​and rotten smells that were truly indescribable.

Inside the room, two maids were hiding by the window, one with her head bowed and her mouth and nose covered with a handkerchief, keeping a safe distance.

That sharp-tongued maidservant, instead of serving by the bedside, covered her face with a veil and stood far away from the bed after the curtains were lifted.

At the doorway, Lin's expression was unreadable. She covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve, and the person who had been blocking her way just now was now reluctant to come forward.

The maid in green who knew martial arts was even more remarkable. She always protected Su Manman, but now she stood outside the door, holding onto Lin Shi, and wouldn't even come inside.

Bai Huayi panicked and withdrew her hand, loosening the curtain and unconsciously taking several steps back.