She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

When Lin Zhengwen returned home and heard about the farce, he was so angry that he scolded Lin Xiuyao and deducted a month's salary from her pay.

Lin Xiuyao has never admitted to what she has done, but this time she was punished by her father just because of a casual remark from Ye Qinxuan. How could she swallow this insult!

He immediately rushed to Ye Qinxuan's courtyard to cause trouble for her. He thought there would be a big fight, but to his surprise, the two of them came out holding hands peacefully.

However, Lin Qingwei was not interested in any of this. She returned to Qinghui Hall to enjoy her leisure time and even refused when Ye's people came to invite her to dine together. With the day of entering the palace approaching, she did not want anything else to happen, so she avoided things as much as possible.

On a summer evening, while it was still slightly light, Lin Qingwei was too lazy to move after having dinner and returned to her room. Peizhi, who was in the courtyard, saw all this and immediately and quietly left Qinghui Hall. She didn't return until it was completely dark.

By the light of the candle, Lin Qingwei changed her dressing.

The wound from her previous nighttime visit to the Duke's mansion had not fully healed, and given the summer heat, the wound was prone to infection, so she secretly asked Chunqi to go out of the mansion to get some medicine.

She ultimately didn't use the medicine Pei Zhaoan gave her.

She had just finished changing the dressing when she heard that familiar sound from the window again. Compared to her previous aversion, this time she felt a bit more anticipation...

Worried about Lin Qingwei's injuries, Pei Zhaoan, carrying new medicine, skillfully scaled the walls of the Lin residence and found his way to Qinghui Hall. He was preparing to climb in through the window when he turned around and was confronted with a bloody dog's head. Even he, a ruthless killer, was startled.

Lin Qingwei watched from behind with great interest: "I thought the Grand Secretary was fearless."

“That won’t stop you from deliberately scaring me.” Pei Zhaoan looked at the dog’s head hanging in mid-air and said, “That’s Princess Huarong’s black dog.”

"Yes."

She specially cut off the black dog's head and brought it back to the Lin residence, originally intending to use it to scare Zhao Huarong, but she didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

Pei Zhaoan didn't find it strange at all. He walked over and placed the medicine bottle on the table: "It's good to hang it here. It can keep out people with ulterior motives."

Lin Qingwei sat down opposite him and poured him a cup of tea: "Does the Grand Secretary include you among those with ulterior motives?"

He raised an eyebrow and smirked: "You're getting bolder and bolder."

Back then, when she came to me with that jade bead in her hand, asking about Xu Hanzhang's matter, she must have heard something, because she would tremble with fear even at the sight of me.

She has changed so much.

Lin Qingwei blinked. No, she thought. She just realized that Pei Zhaoan wasn't as scary as she had imagined. Besides, she had something he wanted. Even if it was for those things, Pei Zhaoan wouldn't touch her.

If that's the case, what's there to be afraid of?

"I haven't asked the Grand Commander what business he has with me today?"

Pei Zhaoan pushed the medicine bottle over: "After all, your injury was caused by me, so I have a responsibility to heal you."

The small bottle I gave her last time probably wasn't enough, so Pei Zhaoan went to find some new herbs and prepared a new one to give to Lin Qingwei. Girls definitely don't like having scars on their bodies.

Before Lin Qingwei could say anything, Chunqi's voice rang out from outside the door.

"No! You can't go in! The young lady is already asleep!"

"These are tonics that Madam specially ordered to be sent to the young lady," Xiaohe said, holding the bird's nest. "I saw that the light in the young lady's room was still on. How could she have gone to sleep? We are both maids, and we will be punished if we do not do our master's job well."

"Then just give it to me directly, I'll take it in to Miss in a bit."

Xiaohe felt strange and craned her neck to look inside, but Chunqi blocked her way.

"Alright, alright, if you have any dietary restrictions, please remember to tell me next time."

Xiaohe handed the things in her hand to Chunqi and left Qinghui Hall in a bad mood, muttering that the candlelight was clearly on, and that Lin Qingwei must be deliberately not opening the door to avoid giving the madam face.

Just then, Ye Qinxuan came out for a walk after dinner to clear her head. She heard Xiaohe's complaint and walked over with a smile to ask what had happened.

Upon seeing that it was someone from the lady's family, Xiaohe immediately added fuel to the fire and launched into a tirade of complaints.

"Miss, you don't know, the eldest young lady has quite the airs! Madam kindly asked me to bring the eldest young lady some bird's nest to try, but she deliberately made things difficult for me, refusing to open the door and hiding in her room, I don't know what she's up to! The candles are clearly on!"

"Is your relationship with your aunt very bad?" Ye Qinxuan actually already knew a little about it from Lin Xiuyao, but she still asked this question on purpose.

"Yes!" Xiaohe lowered her voice, "It was really bad before, but I don't know why, recently, Madam has suddenly become even nicer to the eldest young lady, even better than to the second young lady!"

"Is it better than treating Jingxuan, my younger brother?"

Xiaohe shook her head and said, "No, that's not true. Madam and Master naturally dote on the young master a little more, since he's their only son!"

"Oh, that's how it is."

Ye Qinxuan comforted Xiaohe a few more times before letting her leave. After turning around, she looked in the direction of Qinghui Hall with a wicked smile.

Chunqi only pushed open the door after confirming that Pei Zhaoan had left. She placed the bird's nest that Xiaohe had brought in front of Lin Qingwei and said that it was sent by the Ye family. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the familiar small porcelain bottle on the table and her eyes widened in shock.

A whole bottle! How many precious medicinal herbs would it take to make this!

"Miss, I suspect the Grand Chamberlain likes you."

Lin Qingwei almost spat out the water in her mouth: "Chunqi, I suspect you're a little mentally unstable. What makes you think that?"

"I'm just saying this because I've never seen the Grand Chancellor care about any woman like this before."

In fact, from the very beginning, Pei Zhaoan's change of mind and letting Lin Qingwei take the place of Miss Lin in the Lin family was already very unlike him. The thing in Lin Zhengwen's hands was really quite significant, not only related to Prince Duan, but also somewhat connected to what he himself was looking for.

Such an important matter was immediately entrusted to her based on Lin Qingwei's words, regardless of whether she was trustworthy or not.

Pei Zhaoan is not someone who easily trusts others, yet she repeatedly yielded to Lin Qingwei. Coupled with what she heard from Xia An, it's really hard not to be suspicious!

Lin Qingwei, however, did not think so: "He cares about me because he's afraid I'll die before he gets what he wants. Isn't that a bad deal?"

"That's possible." Chunqi was caught in a dilemma, deciding to gossip about it next time she met Xia An!

"The medicines from outside can never compare to this. From now on, Miss, please continue to use the medicines sent from the Grand Secretariat."

Lin Qingwei nodded. The palace selection would take place in less than half a month, and it would be difficult to explain the scars on her body. Nothing was more important than entering the palace, and she could not afford to make any mistakes in this matter.

However, something still happened.