"Where did this medicine powder come from?" the master of the Jingxin monastery asked casually as he took a clean cloth and wiped away the powder mixed with blood on Qin Wanru's wound.
No one noticed darkness flickered over her eyes and eyebrows. Her hands trembled a little. But soon she held one hand tightly. When her hands were raised again, they were not trembling at all.
"Is it the man's medicine? After all these years, did he finally show up?"
"It must be the medicine from the doctor who was called by grandma!" Qin Wanru looked at the wound on her arm with a little confusion since she really didn't know.
"Please ask old Mrs. Qin, which doctor gave her the medicine powder after going back." The voice of the master of the Jingxin monastery was soft, but there was a kind of heaviness which could be heard by Qin Wanru in her voice. Qin Wanru titled to look and thought, "Does the medicine have a problem?"
"OK, I will ask grandma after going back and then take a message to you!" Qin Wanru smiled and said. The master of the Jingxin monastery had cleaned her wound during the conversation. Then she picked up a bottle, sprinkled the wound with medicine powder again, and then covered the wound carefully.
After everything was done, she got up and cleaned her hands in a basin on one side.
Qin Wanru got dressed again with the help of Qing Yue.
After expressing her gratitude to the master of the Jingxin monastery again, Qin Wanru left money and took Qing Yue down the mountain. But as she approached her own mansion, she was stopped.
"Is Second Miss of the mansion of Qin inside the carriage?"
The voice sounded familiar!
Qin Wanru blinked her eyes and knew what was going on. She left the mansion quietly so no one would know unless someone had been kept an eye for her carriage outside. She left in a hurry, so she had no time to tell anyone.
At this time, no one could stop her outside the mansion except for the First Young Master of the Qi Family.
Qi Tianyu hadn't figured it out and certainly would not give up. She smiled with extreme coldness. Now since he was here, she would save a lot of trouble.
Qing Yue lifted the carriage curtain. "This is Second Miss of our mansion," she said as she was looking outside. And when she saw Qi Tianyu with his servant standing in front of the carriage, she had a cooler expression immediately with a bit of anger on her face. Qi Tianyu had been nice to Qin Wanru in the past, so it was unexpected that he wanted to kill Qin Wanru.
"First Young Master of the Qi Family, our Second Miss did not concern with you. Why did you stop her?"
Qing Yue saw clearly that Qi Tianyu protected Qin Yuru and had found that if her Young Madam had been on the bridal sedan chair, she would lose all her reputation now, so she did not like Qi Tianyu at all.
"Sister Wanru, can I have a word with you?" Qi Tianyu ignored Qing Yue and said bitterly with his eyes falling on the half-fallen carriage curtain.
Both Qin Yuru and he lost reputation because what had happened yesterday. He had been a fine young master who was praised by everyone, but now he was picked on, which made Qi Tianyu who was such a proud man almost unbearable.
"First Young Master of the Qi Family, what are you going to say?" Qin Wanru said in a faint cold voice and did not get out of the carriage.
In the previous life, Qi Tianyu made her notorious and didn't stop hurting her. After that, he went to the capital and got number 3 in national civil examinations. After he became an official, he even helped Mrs. Qin and her daughter to humiliate her. He didn't listen to her explanation and said he would trample her into the dirtiest mud.
And they indeed did it.
Qin Wanru would not like to see such a selfish and headstrong person again.
"Sister Wanru, was...was sister Yuru really not willing to do it?" Qi Tianyu said in pain. He always thought Qin Yuru loved him in a deep and unchangeable way. He never expected that he would be abandoned by Qin Yuru in such a dishonorable way.
"Qin Yuru was forced, wasn't she?"
"First Young Master of the Qi Family, this is between you and my eldest sister. Does this have anything to do with me?" Qin Wanru sneered mercilessly.
"Sister Wanru, you... how can you be so mean now?" Qi Tianyu looked at the half-closed curtain sadly. He did not understand why she became so mean now. Qin Wanru had been a lovely girl who would show a cute and pretty smiling face to everyone.
"Was she still the smiling little girl he knew?"
She used to call him "brother Tianyu", but now she showed such a cool and distant look, which made him frustrating suddenly and sad.
"What First Young Master of the Qi Family said is really ridiculous. If I had allowed you to carry the sedan chair to your mansion yesterday and then let you launch an attack, I would have been beyond dispute. I am afraid that others would be mean to talk about me." Qin Wanru smiled with a cold voice as she said to Qing Yue, "Qing Yue, let's go home!"
She would not help Qin Yuru to explain. If they had something to talk, they should talk to each other.
Qi Tianyu knew clearly what would have happened if the bridal sedan chair had been carried back yesterday. As Qin Wanru pointed out that, he felt guilty suddenly and stepped back. So Qin Wanru's carriage passed him, leaving only one extremely indifferent sentence, "If First Young Master of the Qi Family wants to know something, just ask my eldest sister directly, but it seems that she doesn't want to see you now!"
Qin Wanru was not so easy to deal with. When facing Qi Tianyu alone, Qin Wanru had a lot of methods to make Qi Tianyu believe her. However, she was not afraid that they would confront each other but afraid that he wouldn't go.
Qin Yuru wouldn't give up. Mrs. Qin wouldn't give up. Neither would Qi Tianyu. Then just let them confront each other and prove it true.
It would be better when things got worse. Jiangzhou was so far away from the capital. The worse it became, the further it would spread.
The girl said it in a gentle voice with indifference and taunt and it made Qi Tianyu's eyes become red. He stretched out his hands and smashed hard to the tree aside. Then he turned and strode away. He could not wait. Anyway, he had to see Qin Yuru personally and figure it out, even though his father said he would not blame anyone.
He had to see Qin Yuru.
Qin Wanru had entered the room directly this time. The guards at the gates must have wondered how she got out in the first place. Nevertheless, since the general and wife only instructed them not to let her out, but did not say not to let her in, so they did not dare to stop her. Although Second Miss was never the mistress's favored daughter, Qin Wanru had always been the one old grandma doted on, and so no one in the Ningyuan Army General's house dared to be rude to her. Qin Wanru headed straight to the house where Prince Chen was. She was soon summoned into the house after waiting for a bit outside. Qin Wanru realized that Prince Chen seemed to have changed into a new of clothes within since the last time she saw him. He was currently clad in a bright red robe, which no man would have carried with grace. Only Prince Chen would have looked so stunningly handsome in such apparel. However, she also no
"Can I request that the prince help me get hold of an item?" Qin Wanru said softly, testing the water. She was certain that he had brought with him many men on this trip, given his status. Although there were only a few men here with them, Qin Wanru these were but some of the many men who showed themselves openly. There was bound to be many other men who were secretly watching over the prince. "What item is that?" said Chu Liuchen, smiling slightly with grace. It looked as if he was not the devil who provoked Qin Wanru to the point of gnashing her teeth. "A seal." Even Qin Wanru did not fully understand the use and purpose of this seal. What she knew was that Qin Yuru had used this seal to obtain favor from the Old Ladyship of Xing Kingdom, and was subsequently taken into the royal family to be taken care of as an adopted daughter for a period of time. For this reason, Qin Yuru had used her status to trample Qin Wanru underfoot and even thei
Qin Wanru walked to the table, picked up the brush, pondered for a moment then put the brush to the paper and began to paint. When she finished painting, she put down the brush and cautiously brought the painting to Chu Liuchen and said, "Please have a look, Prince Chen. This is the pattern I talked about." "This is indeed the correct pattern!" said Chu Liuchen when he set his eyes on the painting and raised his eyebrows. Qin Wanru felt a sudden bitterness in her heart as she remembered how in her previous life, she was so fearful of facing people when she entered the capital city, that she had to resort to painting to get by. For this reason, her painting skills improved leaps and bounds every day. However, her masterly painting skill did not get her anywhere. In fact, it was precisely her painting skill that led her to her tragic death, being cut in half at her waist. At that moment of death, she felt that even the sky appeared twisted. Wh
A few men looking to be ruffians forced their way into the room where Qin Yuru and Qi Tianyi were. Qin Yuru's personal maid and Qi Tianyi's sidekick who were not fast to react were cramped behind the door and cried out in pain. The commotion had attracted much attention from outside and people started crowding into the room to see what was happening. When the people who entered the room locked eyes with those inside the room, they were both stunned. Qin Yuru seemed to have awakened from a dream. She pushed Qi Tianyu away in a hurry and turned away from the eyes of all the people. "Where are these people from? Throw them out immediately!" bellowed Qi Tianyu, dismayed. He meant these words for the ruffians who barged in. "Isn't ... this the First Young Master of the Qi Family? How does he still find the mood to secretly meet with a girl?" someone exclaimed in surprise. Qi Tianyu was well-known among the people of Ji
Qin Wanru's lips had always been bright-red in color and it was precisely why her grandmother had given her the nickname Zhuozhuo, which means 'burning'! A part of memory was gone, but she could vaguely make out that it was because of her bright-red lips which resulted in her being charged with a crime. People treated her with contempt because of them and the circumstance she was under turned for the worst. Nevertheless, she was unable to remember the concrete details. All she could remember was that all the people around were scornful. "Why? Could it be some secret recipe that you can't reveal to me?" Chu Liuchen teased as he saw her face drained of colors and he reached out his hand to pinch her cheek. He was a little too rough and Qin Wanru was tearing up from the pain. While keeping her eyes on him, she lifted her hand to grab his hand that was pinching her. The pain had made her forget about the painful memory deep in her mind.
Qin Wanru stood outside the room instead of entering it. To the maids who came up to her, she waved as an indication not to greet her, but to keep quiet. "What happened last night? Why was Yuru still out and about at that hour, and worse, to meet Qi Tianyu? How is she to save her reputation as a decent young lady?" the angry voice of Old Grandma could be heard from within the room. Following that, there was the sound of something being broken into pieces, which Qin Wanru suspected that Old Grandma must have smashed her teapot out of rage! "Mother, Yuru went out yesterday to purchase those Chinese medicines I needed. She wore the curtained hat because she was afraid people might recognize her. She didn't expect to bump into Qi Tianyu on her way and he demanded her for an explanation, which was why Yuru followed Qi Tianyu to the restaurant. Yuru didn't set up her meeting with Qi Tianyu!" Inside Old Grandma's room, Mrs. Qin was kn
"The girl was good-hearted but had bitter fate!" Speaking of Shui Ruolan, the Old Grandma sighed again and turned pale. "Grandmother, did you talk to Aunt Shui?" Qin Wanru asked cautiously. "Your Aunt Shui... After all, she could not get over it in her heart!" The Old Grandma shook her head. She did not know how to explain it because of lacking for evidence. "Grandmother, I'll go and expostulate with Aunt Shui!" Qin Wanru said. "You?" The Old Grandma looked at the little granddaughter in front of her, who was still a little child. She was not convinced by her appearance. "Yes, grandmother, let me try! I like Aunt Shui." Qin Wanru took the old lady's hand and shook it a few times. Her face became gloomy suddenly. She said on purpose, "It seems that my mother doesn't like me... I also want someone to love me!" She bit her red lips in an aggrieved way. The sad expression on her small tender face made pe
Seeing that she used such a dignified expression and statement to say such a thing, Shui Ruolan was shocked. She stretched out to reach Qin Wanru's hand, took her to the stool nearby and sat down, she also sat down in the opposite side of Qin Wanru. "Who wants to hurt you and your aunt?" "Has Aunt Shui stopped to manage things outside and asked Qionghua not to report what happened outside to you ever since she committed to the family temple in the past few days?" Qin Wanru asked. "She wanted to have some quiet time for a few days!" Shui Ruolan's eyes started to wander. "Aunt Shui should know about what happened between my big sister and Qi Tianyu. My sister wants to play up to the Duke Yong in the city, so my mother instigated Nanny Fang to tell me that I am the one that Qi Tianyu wants to marry, and asked me to agree. She also told me to hide it from Qi Tianyu, so he could be surprised when he lifted the curtain on my head whe