The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

Chapter 24 The Invention of Badminton

At this moment, Feng Jingxin only wanted to leave. He no longer had the strength to answer Feng Xiao's question. Fortunately, a man next to him kindly answered his question.

While taking Feng Jingxin's pulse, the doctor asked where she felt unwell. After a long examination, he finally gave his diagnosis and said to the princes, "Your Highnesses, this young lady is fine. She will recover in a couple of days. I will prescribe a gentle remedy later. Please have her maid come with me to get the prescription." With that, he picked up his medicine chest and left.

Feng Jingxin's maid glanced at Feng Jingxin, and with her permission, left with the doctor.

The fourth prince, who was hiding behind Prince Rui, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Feng Jingxin was alright. Fortunately, no one had died, otherwise he would have been severely punished by his father.

Prince Rui sensed the relaxation of the person behind him, turned to look at the Fourth Prince, and said coldly, "Remember to apologize to Father Emperor when you get back."

Feng Xiao, having finally understood what had happened, glared angrily at Li Muxia, who was wiping away tears. He was also furious but had nowhere to vent his anger. Li Muxia had used the excuse of saving Jingxin to do this, and if he made things difficult for her now, he would definitely be criticized. He could only swallow this bitter pill.

He picked up Feng Jingxin, who was lying on the ground, and bid farewell to the three princes and the headmaster before leaving.

After this incident, the football match was forced to end prematurely. Seeing that the matter was resolved, the headmaster told everyone to disperse, and the princes gradually left the football field.

As Prince Rui left, he glanced at Li Muxia one last time. He had seen it clearly: this woman had deliberately pounced on Feng Jingxin. Although he didn't know what grudge they had, he despised the underhanded tactics of women in the inner quarters. This incident had tarnished Li Muxia's previously good image of saving people in Prince Rui's eyes.

Prince Chen was the last to leave. Seeing Li Muxia's pretentious act, he snorted coldly and left with Prince Duan.

After watching Jun Mochen leave, Shangguan Wenya quickly bid farewell to Li Muxia and the others, and followed Jun Mochen away, just wanting to catch one more glimpse of that ethereal figure.

Looking at Li Muxia, who was still heartbroken, Li Anjin comforted her, "Alright, Muxia, it's not your fault. You were just trying to help."

Hearing her older brother's voice, Li Muxia slightly raised her head. Seeing that almost everyone around had left, she stopped her performance, smiled sweetly at Li Anjin, and there was no trace of tears on her face. "Big brother, how was it? My acting was pretty good, right?"

Seeing that Li Muxia had stopped acting, Li Anran happily hugged Li Muxia's arm and said, "Sister Xia's acting skills have improved. Even your brother was fooled."

Li Anjin was surprised. He didn't understand what Li Muxia's purpose was in doing this. He looked at Li Muxia and Li Anran with a puzzled expression.

Li Muxia no longer intended to hide it from Li Anjin. After all, she was about to leave, and to prevent Feng Jingxin from causing any more trouble, she had to tell her older brother about this matter, just in case. She said, "Brother, this is a long story. Let's talk about it as we walk."

On the way back, Li Muxia told Li Anjin the truth about Li Anran falling into the water at the palace banquet. Li Anjin was so angry that he wanted to find Feng Jingxin to ask her what was going on, but Li Muxia and Li Anran stopped him.

“Brother, five years have passed since this incident. We didn’t expose her then, and going back now without evidence will only cause unnecessary trouble. Let’s try to avoid contact with them in the future. But if they still dare to provoke us, we can’t be pushovers and let them bully us. We have to fight back when necessary.”

After hearing Li Muxia's words, Li Anjin's understanding of Li Muxia was refreshed. Was the clear-headed and thoughtful cousin in front of him really the Li Muxia he knew?

When Li Muxia and the others arrived at their courtyard, Cui'er had already returned and reported on how she had found a craftsman to make badminton shuttlecocks that day. Li Muxia was quite happy, knowing the shuttlecocks would be finished in three days.

And so, Li Muxia spent three days happily in anticipation. When Cui'er brought the badminton racket to Li Muxia, Li Muxia, who was stretching with Li Anran, immediately stopped, took the racket, and carefully examined its elasticity and resilience. She felt it was very good. Even the shuttlecock was made exactly like the blueprint she had drawn. It looked like the base was made of some kind of animal sinew and was quite elastic.

Li Anran, standing next to her, also asked with curiosity, "Sister Xia, what is this?"

Seeing that the actual product far exceeded her expectations, Li Muxia said happily, "This is badminton. Come on, let me teach you how to play."

After saying that, he pulled Li Anran, called Cui'er, Hong'er, and Chunxing, and went to the open space in the courtyard. He briefly explained how to play badminton and the rules of the game, and then personally demonstrated the movements.

Everyone listened attentively, and the more they listened, the more eager they became to play; everyone was itching to try. As soon as Li Muxia finished explaining, they automatically formed teams and started playing.

At first, Li Anran and his team were a bit stiff, but after a few rounds, they became more and more skilled and can now play several rounds without dropping the ball in each group.

When they first started playing badminton, everyone was very interested and no one wanted to stop.

Half an hour later, Li Muxia told everyone to rest and stop playing for the day. Seeing everyone looking disheveled and still wanting more, Li Muxia explained with a smile, "This is all for your own good. You've just started playing badminton, so you can't play for too long. Otherwise, I guarantee you won't be able to lift your arms tomorrow."

Seeing that the others believed him, he continued, "We've played for quite a while today, so let's stretch together later, otherwise your arms will suffer tomorrow."

Li Anran and her maids obediently put away their badminton rackets and then stretched with Li Muxia.

While stretching, Li Anran asked, "Sister Xia, how did you come up with such a fun badminton game?"

Li Muxia smiled slightly and said, "I don't have that much ability. I saw this in a miscellaneous book and thought it looked interesting, so I asked Cui'er to try it out."

Li Anran nodded as she looked at Li Muxia, but in her heart she was thinking: It seems that I need to read more books in the future, and I want to be as capable as Sister Xia and know so many things.

After stretching, Li Muxia said to Cui'er, "Cui'er, tomorrow go and make a few more badminton rackets. I plan to give one to each of Grandpa, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, and Eldest Brother, and three more to the Shangguan family. You and Hong'er can keep the two rackets in our yard."

Just as Cui'er was about to reply, Li Muxia added, "Oh, by the way, make more of those badminton shuttlecocks so we can replace them if they get damaged."

Cui'er happily accepted the task and went down to prepare bath water. After playing for so long, everyone was sweating profusely and looked extremely disheveled. It was time to take a good bath.

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