cold clothes

Yun Qiu? This person says she is Yun Qiu?

At this moment, Leng Yi could no longer distinguish right from wrong. She believed Yun Qiu as soon as she was told it, and suddenly felt relieved. Then, she recklessly tore at her own clothes.

She was in so much pain she felt like she was about to explode, and all she wanted was relief.

"Oh dear, let's go inside and do it." Yunqiu was startled by Lengyi's movements and knew that Lengyi was about to lose control, so she quickly stopped her from moving and then carried her on her back to the west courtyard.

Yun Qiu had just come out of the west courtyard and intended to watch the fireworks from the roof of the second courtyard. She had received a letter from Wang Ai earlier and learned that Ning Bi had also come to the Wang Mansion, so she also hoped to catch a glimpse of Ning Bi from afar. However, she happened to stumble upon a quarrel in the bamboo forest path, which was even more exciting than the fireworks.

Ningbi is still the same as ever; the people around her are always trying to harm her. She's so unlucky.

The west courtyard was almost deserted. Those who didn't go to watch the fireworks were either in their rooms or in the grove. Yunqiu burst into one of the rooms.

The person in the room was startled. It was a middle-aged man with a small mustache, dark skin, but a handsome and gentle face like a scholar. He stared in astonishment at Yun Qiu, who had barged in without a word, placed someone on the bed, and then told him to "close the door quickly." Without thinking, he quickly closed the door.

"What happened? Don't you want to go see the fireworks?" the man asked suspiciously, while looking at the person Yun Qiu had placed on the bed. He was surprised to find that it was a woman. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the woman's face was flushed, her body was writhing uncontrollably, and she was letting out soft moans. He knew that the woman had been poisoned by aphrodisiacs.

"It's a long story, and I don't know the details either. Anyway, Ningbi has been treated with traditional Chinese medicine, so please think of a solution quickly."

"Hmph..." The man let out a nonchalant sigh, but his expression changed drastically three seconds later. "Who are you calling aphrodisiac?"

Yun Qiu put her hands on her hips, annoyed, and said, "Wang Ai, don't be so dramatic."

Wang Ai retreated to the door in terror, covered her eyes and cried out, "What on earth happened? Xiaolian actually drugged Miss Ningbi! Now the young master is going to punish us to death!"

"There's no point in saying more now; we need to cure Ningbi's poison first," Yunqiu said, spreading her hands.

"I'll go to the palace to find the young master right now," Wang Ai said, and was about to open the door.

"Don't go!" Leng Yi cried out in a hoarse voice.

Although she was in great pain, she could still hear Yunqiu and Wang Ai's conversation, and she spoke up to stop Wang Ai when she heard that Wang Ai was going to find Zhao Yin.

She didn't want Zhao Yin to see her in such a disheveled state, absolutely not.

Wang Ai hesitated, and she and Yun Qiu looked at each other. Yun Qiu said gently to Leng Yi, "You are in a lot of pain right now and need a man to relieve your pain."

"I, I'm not a man!" Wang Ai hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, his survival instinct kicking in.

"Does it have to be a man?" Leng Yi asked, panting. "Women don't necessarily need a man to be satisfied."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiu and Wang Ai were both slightly taken aback. Yun Qiu smiled and said, "That's true. Do you want your sister to help you?"

"Uh, then I'll pass."

"You might hurt yourself in your haste, let your older sister help you."

Wang Ai just wanted to cover his eyes and ears, to avoid seeing or hearing what he shouldn't see or hear. Even if it was Yun Qiu, wouldn't the young master be angry? What should he do? Should he tell the young master about tonight's events...?

"Wang Ai, can you find some tools?"

"Where am I supposed to find those things?" Wang Ai asked in shock. "But I'll go find some sedatives. I won't bother you any longer, I'm leaving now." With that, Wang Ai left with mixed feelings.

Wang Ai left, and Yun Qiu released Leng Yi's immobilization acupoints. Leng Yi retreated in embarrassment and said to Yun Qiu, "No need to trouble Sister Yun Qiu, I can do it myself."

"Alright, I won't force you. I'll go out now. Try to be as quiet as possible, the walls here are thin," Yunqiu kindly reminded her.

Why are you so skilled at this?

"Ahem, I know..." Leng Yi said awkwardly, a wave of immense shame washing over her. She felt like she was going to die of embarrassment. Given the gossipy nature of Zhao Yin's men, she had no idea how many people would find out about what happened tonight...

Those wretched red calyxes!

After several hours of unspeakable words and actions, Leng Yi awoke from the fog, then went back to sleep as everything went black.

Yunqiu, Xiaolian, and Wang Ai looked at each other in the room. Incidentally, Xiaolian was asked by Wang Yuqing to find Lengyi, and she panicked and came to Wang Ai for help because she couldn't find her, which led to their strange meeting.

With the immediate crisis of cold clothing resolved, it's time to take stock of the whole story.

Wang Ai combined Yunqiu and Xiaolian's accounts and summarized: "Putting things together, this Hong'e is not only the Empress's person, but also a member of Hanyan Pavilion. Because Miss Ningbi won the favor of the Third Prince, she was jealous of Miss Ningbi and even came to the Prince's mansion to frame Miss Ningbi. Last night, she poisoned Miss Ningbi, but Yunqiu happened to pass by and saved her. That's roughly it."

"Hehe, thinking about it carefully, it's inevitable that I will save Ningbi. The three of us are all in the Prince's Mansion, so it's unlikely that Ningbi will really be in any danger," Yun Qiu said with a smile.

Xiaolian frowned, lowered her head and blamed herself, saying, "It was all my carelessness that prevented me from taking good care of Miss Ningbi. I will take the initiative to accept the punishment from you, young master."

"..." Wang Ai hesitated, then said with a complicated expression, "I think this matter is not good... I will report to the young master truthfully."

"Do you intend to deceive the young master?" Xiaolian exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth.

“I don’t want to, but…” Wang Ai smiled bitterly, “Miss Ningbi doesn’t want the young master to know about this, and if we report it to him truthfully, he might be furious, and it would also make us look like we’ve done a bad job… In short, it’s a disgraceful thing for both us, Miss Ningbi and the young master.”

“Hmm, I agree with Wang Ai. Although the punishment won’t fall on me, and the young master’s anger is irrelevant to me, Ningbi has a strong sense of pride and definitely doesn’t want the young master to know.” Yun Qiu narrowed his eyes and said.

"But we must tell you, young master, that Hong'e is from Hanyan Pavilion," Xiaolian said anxiously.

"That's right, so we need to embellish the facts."

Suddenly, Xiaolian thought of something and said, "How am I supposed to explain this to Miss Wang Yuqing? We need to come up with a plan for this too." After saying that, Xiaolian rested her chin on her hand in frustration.

And so, the three of them were brainstorming, Leng Yi was fast asleep, and on the other side, Hong E woke up not long after being knocked unconscious by Yun Qiu. She was furious that her plan had fallen through and left the palace to vent her anger. As for Wang Yuqing, she was so anxious that she couldn't find Ning Bi or Hong E and tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

There was also Wang Yiqing, who was lustful and cowardly. He was found unconscious on a bamboo path and was mistaken for being drunk and disorderly, which made him the subject of ridicule by many people. This second son of a concubine became the subject of another joke.

Thus, the new year begins.