Everyone stood there like statues. Shangguan Yun stared at the woman in the water, motionless, lost in his own thoughts. Yu Zixi leaned against the railing, touching his nose to hide the smile in his eyes.
Poor Qi Jinxuan. Her clothes were already thin. After soaking in the water, a large expanse of her charming figure was exposed to everyone.
The boatman couldn't bear to watch any longer and was about to step forward to rescue her. Wei Dongling made up her mind and gave Shangguan Yun a hard shove, sending him straight into the water.
The boatman: ...
Wei Dongling's original intention was to push Shangguan Yun into the water to save her young lady. Who would have thought that Young Master Yun was struggling desperately in the water, gulping down several mouthfuls of water.
Pin Haofei stepped forward to save his young master, but Wei Dongling quickly grabbed his thigh. Pin Hao couldn't reach his young master and roared angrily, "Let go of me quickly! My young master can't swim!"
Everyone: ...
Wei Dongling shouted to Qi Jinxuan, "The young master can't swim. What are you standing there for, miss? Hurry up and save him!"
Everyone: ...
Qi Jinxuan was extremely embarrassed, soaking in the water. Wei Dongling had indeed taught her how to swim so that she wouldn't drown, but her wet clothes were really too embarrassing.
She looked at Shangguan Yun. Goodness, he really couldn't swim. He gulped down several more mouthfuls of water. Qi Jinxuan quickly swam over, hugged Shangguan Yun, and lifted his chin to prevent him from drowning.
Wei Dongling on the boat showed an indulgent smile. Finally, these two had some intimate contact.
Everyone was in a hurry to fish the two people out of the water.
Qi Jinxuan wrapped herself tightly in the blanket the boatman had prepared for emergencies, her pretty face blushing with shame. Wei Dongling took a clean handkerchief and wrung out Qi Jinxuan's wet long hair.
Shangguan Yun's clothes were soaked through, and his perfect abs were faintly visible. He glanced at Wei Dongling and said unhappily, "Come here."
Wei Dongling quickly nodded and bowed, then followed him to the bow of the boat. With a look of guilt on her face, she said with concern, "Young Master Yun, don't catch a cold."
Shangguan Yun said angrily with a dark face, "Miss Wei, if you don't embroider a brocade pouch for this young master with your own hands, this matter won't be over!"
Wei Dongling wanted to cry but had no tears.
Night fell.
Lv Kou brought some glutinous rice balls in rice wine for her young lady. Qi Jinxuan was absent-mindedly thinking about something while eating. Wei Dongling, who was sitting beside her, was embroidering for the first time. From time to time, she pricked her finger and let out an agonized cry.
Qi Jinxuan stirred the glutinous rice balls in the bowl randomly. Depressed, she said to Wei Dongling, "Dongling, I feel that Young Master Yun doesn't seem very willing to talk to me."
Looking at her finger full of holes, Wei Dongling said miserably, "It's because the two of you aren't familiar with each other yet. It will be different when you get to know each other better."
"Really?" Qi Jinxuan was dejected. Looking at Wei Dongling, she asked in surprise, "What on earth are you embroidering?"
Other people embroidered flowers, blossoms, or mandarin ducks. Why did her Dongling's embroidery look so strange and horrible?
Wei Dongling said, "Hey! It's for Young Master Yu. Just embroider one randomly. Do you expect him to collect it?"
It seemed to make sense.
Qi Jinxuan said again, "Dongling, what if Young Master Yun doesn't have that kind of feeling for me?"
Wei Dongling thought of the crown prince who had come to propose marriage. Shivering with disgust, she waved her hand and said, "What are you in a hurry for? If it really doesn't work, we'll use force. If the forced melon isn't sweet, we'll eat it with sauce!"
Qi Jinxuan: ...
These days, Wei Dongling had been extremely busy. There were a large number of accounts to check at the end of the month. At night, she had to embroider brocade pouches all night, and she had to embroider two of them. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat.
She was flipping through the account books in the accounting room when the abacus was rattling loudly. At this time, Lv Kou came in with a tray.
"Assistant steward, the young lady is afraid that you'll be tired, so she specially asked someone to stew bird's nest for you to replenish your energy. Please eat it while it's hot first. Then you can get back to work."
Bird's nest?
Wei Dongling paused. Suddenly, she remembered what Qi Jinlan had said that day. Sighing, she said, "Lv Kou, I really don't like tonics like bird's nest and deer antler. Please ask the young lady not to send them to me in the future."
This was definitely asking for trouble.
Lv Kou was extremely surprised. "Assistant steward, you used to eat them quite well."
Wei Dongling explained awkwardly, "I just suddenly don't like them anymore."
Lv Kou looked down at the bowl. "It's already been stewed."
Wei Dongling waved her hand. "Hey, I'm really busy right now. You can eat it."
Lv Kou: ...
Lv Kou looked up at Wei Dongling, who was extremely busy, then looked down at the bowl. Alright then.
The accounts didn't match again. Wei Dongling angrily picked up the writing brush and was about to make corrections when she suddenly heard the crisp sound of the bowl hitting the ground. Looking up, she saw Lv Kou beside her twitching and falling to the ground, with white foam faintly coming out of the corner of her mouth.
Oh no! She was poisoned!
"Lv Kou!" Wei Dongling exclaimed. She quickly jumped up and caught the soft body of the little maid.
Wei Dongling broke out in a cold sweat. Without thinking too much, she shouted at the top of her voice, "Come quickly!" While shouting, she carried Lv Kou and rushed towards the fishpond.
The servants swarmed into the yard. They saw their assistant steward jump into the fishpond, pressing Lv Kou's head hard, making her gulp down the pond water, and then pinching her neck to make her vomit.
Looking at the people standing stupidly in the yard, Wei Dongling quickly ordered, "Someone has poisoned her! Go and get some raw eggs. Hurry up and call the doctor!"
The servants rushed off in a hurry. Someone brought some raw eggs. Wei Dongling fed Lv Kou the egg white and then stimulated her throat. The little maid couldn't bear it and vomited out all the bird's nest she had eaten.
After repeating this several times, poor Lv Kou even vomited out her bile. Only then did Wei Dongling drag her out of the water. Still in shock, she gasped for breath.
Master Qi and Qi Jinxuan rushed over in a hurry after hearing the news. They were completely stunned when they saw the scene in front of them.
All the people in the kitchen were detained and knelt on the ground.
The doctor soon arrived. Picking up the remaining bird's nest in the bowl, he sighed and said, "It's oleander poison."
Oleander!
The veins on Master Qi's forehead bulged. He scanned the people kneeling in the kitchen one by one. Everyone was so scared that they were trembling and didn't dare to say a word.
The doctor felt Lv Kou's weak pulse and said to Master Qi, "Master Qi, thanks to this girl vomiting in time, her life is saved. But she will need some time to recuperate."
Master Qi nodded with a dark face. "Thank you."
The doctor went down to write a prescription.
Master Qi stood with his hands behind his back, glaring at the people in the kitchen. He asked in a deep voice, "Who was in charge of stewing the bird's nest?"
A round-faced little maid trembled and suddenly fell to the ground, kowtowing non-stop and crying, "I'm wronged. Please investigate clearly, Master Qi! Please investigate clearly!"
Master Qi said coldly, "Was it you who stewed it?"
The round-faced little maid cried, "I did stew the bird's nest, but I would never dare to do such a thing! Please investigate clearly, Master Qi." As she said this, she burst into tears.
Her crying made Wei Dongling feel unbearable. Holding Lv Kou, she asked coldly, "Apart from you, did anyone else touch it?"