Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Shen kept lifting the handkerchief in front of Qian Shu, her eyebrows raised, and asked fiercely, "Where's Green Book? Where's Qingyin's medicine? How can you be so useless? You can't even do a simple task?"

Qian Shu was truly wronged by the scolding, especially since the other party was Madam Shen. She had no choice but to explain to Madam Shen, "Madam, Sister Lü Shu was locked in the woodshed by the old lady's maid. The medicine is still in the kitchen. I just finished decocting the medicine and came back to inform you."

The smoke that just drifted out of the kitchen was from Qian Shu brewing medicine. She originally intended to stay in the kitchen, but fearing that her prolonged absence would anger the madam, she could only threaten the maid to watch the fire so that she could personally return to explain the situation to the madam and take credit for it.

Madam Shen thought Qian Shu's return was foolish and had no intention of rewarding her. "Since you're brewing medicine, why did you come back? Why don't you go back and watch the fire? Qing Yin is waiting for this bowl of medicine to save her life."

The physician had just said that Xiao Qingyin's recovery depended entirely on the effectiveness of this medicine, but it hadn't been prepared yet, which was quite frightening.

Qian Shu was given a severe scolding by Madam Shen, and she held back her tears as she ran back to the kitchen.

She took a couple of steps, but then, as if remembering something important, Madam Shen called her back. "Qianshu, come back. What happened to Lushu?"

Qianshu said a lot of things, but Shen only heard about the medicine being decocted and didn't pay attention to Lüshu. Now, when she thought back, she realized why Lüshu hadn't brought the medicine back on time.

Fearing she might have misheard, she scolded Qian Shu back.

Qian Shu wiped away her tears and recounted to Madam Shen, "Sister Lü Shu was locked in the woodshed by the old lady's maid because she quarreled with Xuan Hua in the eldest young lady's room. The second young lady's medicine was left in the kitchen, and those old women just sat by and did nothing, making excuses that they didn't know how to brew medicine." As she finished speaking, Qian Shu cried harder and harder, as if she was using her feelings of heartache for her young lady to cry out her own grievances.

"Stop crying." Madam Shen tapped her head with her finger, impatiently stopping the disheartening sobs.

Qian Shu sobbed, trying to hide her emotions, "I was just worried about the Second Miss!"

Madam Shen completely ignored why she was crying. "Lvshu and Xuanhua had a fight, and Lvshu was locked in the woodshed. What about Xuanhua? Was she locked up with her?"

Hearing that the maid who was decocting medicine had been locked up by the old lady's servants without regard for the time, Shen was already furious. Knowing that it was because of a conflict with Xiao Fengyi's maid, she felt even more disgusted and thought that Xiao Fengyi was a jinx. This resentment could only be dispelled when she heard that Xuan Hua had been locked up in the same way.

To her surprise, Qian Shu's stammering answer left her furious with nowhere to vent her anger.

“Madam, um… I heard from those maids that Xuanhua wasn’t locked up, but returned to Qingya Courtyard.”

"Why is only Green Book involved in the argument? That old hag is so unfair! Isn't Qingyin her granddaughter? Only Xiao Fengyi is?!"

Shen couldn't help but voice her thoughts, and even called Liu a shrew.

The incident originally started with two maids arguing, but she dragged the two young ladies of the Xiao family into it.

Her eyes flickered, and Shen remained silent for a long time, thinking that she couldn't settle accounts with the old lady, so she could only go to Xiao Fengyi.

Qian Shu really didn't want to hear the lady slander the old lady, fearing that these words would reach the old lady's ears and that she would be accused of instigating her master to insult the old lady.

She made an excuse, saying, "Madam, Miss's medicine needs to be prepared. I'll go check on it."

Unaware of her thoughts, Madam Shen waved her hand and said, "Go quickly and come back soon. Miss is waiting to take her medicine."

Qian Shu felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly left the troublemaker, who was brewing a bloody storm.

Xuan Hua's concerns were not unfounded; the Shen family was indeed going to cause trouble for Xiao Fengyi, but not tonight, but tomorrow.

She muttered to herself, "Let's see how Qingyin's medicine goes tonight. If she wakes up, I'll take Xiao Fengyi's life tomorrow. If she doesn't wake up, I'll make her pay with her life."

After making a silent vow, Madam Shen returned to her daughter's room.

Numbly watching her daughter groan and remain unconscious, Madam Shen could only clench her hands tightly. She watched Qian Shu bring the medicine, watched Xiao Qishan and the physician leave, and watched the maids give her daughter medicine. Looking at her blood-soaked back, Madam Shen repeatedly tightened her wrists.

"Xiao Fengyi, you just wait."

The following day, at Seiya-in.

Xiao Fengyi finally woke up amidst the birdsong and fragrant flowers. Feeling the gaze that had been fixed on her, she got up from her desk and found herself draped in a man's cloak. The person standing beside her was none other than Ye Si, who had been waiting for a long time.

Xiao Fengyi rubbed her eyes, and was still a little dazed when she saw Ye Si. "What time is it? You're finally back. Did you deliver the secret letter to Feng Xingye?"

Ye Si clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Miss, it is already 3:45 AM, and dawn is approaching."

Xiao Fengyi looked at the half-light sky and realized it was indeed morning. "Ye Si, you're usually so quick. Why did it take you so long to come back from your late-night chat at Prince Zhao's residence?"

Ye Si bowed his head and clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Miss, I overestimated myself. The Prince Zhao's mansion was indeed a den of dragons and tigers, full of traps. If it weren't for my good skills, I might have already been captured by the guards."

Xiao Fengyi recalled that she had gone there so many times without being stopped, and figured that Feng Xingye must have spoken to the guards. "Did you deliver the secret letter to Feng Xingye's study?"

Ye Si did not look up and continued to say to Xiao Fengyi, "I did not enter the area of ​​Prince Zhao's study, but the secret letter has been taken away by the guards. I saw it from the eaves. They have already handed the secret letter to Prince Zhao himself."

"Now that you've handed it over to King Zhao himself, have you revealed your identity?"

This is what Xiao Fengyi cares about most. If Ye Si reveals his identity in front of Feng Xingye, it means that she will also reveal her identity.

Ye Si replied earnestly, "Reporting to Miss, Ye Si did not carry any items to identify himself, nor did he reveal any special skills. Although his whereabouts were exposed, his identity was not."

"That's good." Xiao Fengyi was slightly relieved, but then she thought of something, "Your skills are so good, I thought you could deliver the secret letter to Feng Xingye quietly, but now it seems that's not possible!"

Ye Sishen agreed, "Miss, the layout of Prince Zhao's mansion is even more meticulous than I imagined. It's already a miracle that I was able to get in."

"Ye Si, you don't need to underestimate yourself. It's not a miracle that you were able to get in; it's because you're very skilled," Xiao Fengyi said, raising her hand.

Receiving his master's praise, Ye Si, who had been bowing his head, also smiled.

Xiao Fengyi stood up and returned the cloak to Ye Si, saying, "Help me select a few capable fighters from the spy camp to guard Qingya Courtyard."

Ye Si took the cloak and looked at her in confusion: "Miss, isn't it enough that Qingya Courtyard has me and Ye Liu as guards?"