When Yu Xingze heard the servant's report, he was so furious that his face turned green.
Later, after making careful inquiries, he learned that when the teahouse opened, not only Yu Zixi's playboy friends showed up to support it, but even the Prince's Mansion sent someone to present a congratulatory gift.
That prince was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager, and even the current emperor would show him some deference.
Yu Xingze was secretly shocked and had no choice but to silently swallow his anger. He didn't dare to act recklessly anymore.
Later, when Yu Haiming heard about this, he quietly asked Ruan Niang, "Is Miss Cuihuan's elder brother really the owner of a brothel? Should we go and claim kinship?" This earned him a good beating from Ruan Niang.
After that day, Cuihuan looked at Wei Dongling differently.
Every day, she would make different midnight snacks for Wei Dongling, serving her all kinds of sweet soups, tremella, lotus seed, fermented glutinous rice and sweet dumplings. Watching Wei Dongling drink them up silently with a satisfied smile on her face.
Wei Dongling lowered her head and touched her round, bloated belly, asking, "Huanhuan, have I gained weight recently?"
Cuihuan touched her little belly and said in surprise, "No way. Aren't you always like this?"
Wei Dongling: ...
At night, Wei Dongling slept with a flushed face. Her soft snores were extremely endearing.
Cuihuan climbed onto the bed and was about to take off her clothes when she heard a soft cough outside the window. Looking up, she saw Yu Zixi sitting on the window sill. He looked tired from his journey and craned his neck to look at Wei Dongling in the bed.
Cuihuan quickly got out of bed, curtsied, and then got up to pour tea for Yu Zixi.
"How has she been recently?" Yu Zixi walked over and sat down by the bed. The oil lamp on the table shone on Wei Dongling's rosy face. He reached out and gently pinched it.
Cuihuan replied in a soft voice, "Miss Wei has been a bit depressed about the case of rehabilitating Prime Minister Su. However, when she's unhappy, counting money can cheer her up again."
Yu Zixi couldn't help but smile, his dark eyes shining like stars.
Cuihuan handed over the teacup and asked in a low voice, "You just came back from Yan Gu Mountain? How is Master today?"
Yu Zixi took the teacup and said, "Last time I refused to go with Master. He was really angry, and he has been keeping a close eye on me recently. I came here to see this girl while he was out. I'll go back soon."
Cuihuan nodded and told Yu Zixi about the encounter with Yu Xingze.
Hearing that this girl was so sharp-tongued that she almost made the Second Young Master Yu vomit blood, Yu Zixi's eyes were filled with a smile. He reached out and gently stroked Wei Dongling's delicate little hand.
When she was sleeping, her face was flushed, her beautiful eyebrows were relaxed, and her slightly pursed red lips were as beautiful as petals. Yu Zixi lowered his eyes and looked at her with joy in his heart. He gently ran his finger across her lips. This made the little girl who was sound asleep wrinkle her eyebrows in itchiness and impatiently wave her hand to drive him away.
Cuihuan hesitated for a long time and then asked hesitantly, "What do you think of Luo Xunlong, Young Master?"
Yu Zixi withdrew his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know much about him. But he seems to be a straightforward and hearty person. He should be okay."
Seeing Cuihuan biting her lips and saying nothing, Yu Zixi joked, "Are you interested in him?"
Cuihuan blushed so much that she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
Yu Zixi nodded seriously and said, "I'll talk to Master about it for you in a few days?"
Cuihuan blushed and said anxiously, "Don't say anything, Young Master! It's still too early to tell!"
After eating and drinking to her heart's content, Wei Dongling slept until dawn. She stretched lazily and felt something hard beside her hand.
She took it out and was shocked to find that it was a shiny little gold ingot.
Wei Dongling widened her eyes in surprise and shouted, "Huanhuan! Huanhuan! I seem to see a gold ingot! Pinch me quickly. Am I dreaming?"
Cuihuan was tidying up her clothes behind the screen. She poked her head out and said with a smile, "Bite it and see if it's real."
Wei Dongling opened her mouth and bit the gold ingot. She almost broke her teeth. She exclaimed in surprise impatiently, "It's really real!"
Cuihuan laughed until her waist bent.
Lord Shen took the unconscious witness back to his mansion and took good care of him. Ruan Niang would go to check on his condition every day.
Uncle Li was worried that Lord Shen might encounter danger, so he took Luo Xunlong, Old Brother Qin and Yu Haiming. The four of them took turns to protect him day and night.
Fortunately, not many people came to drink hot tea in hot weather. When they were really busy, the chubby Lin Baiwan would take Master Lin and cook tea themselves.
One day, Wei Dongling was busy greeting customers at the door. When she looked up, she saw the carriage of General Qi's Mansion passing by slowly. Wei Dongling felt a pang of sadness in her heart and couldn't help but follow it to take a look. Just then, Qi Jinxuan lifted the curtain to look at the street view. Her eyes turned, and the two of them locked eyes.
Qi Jinxuan was extremely shocked. Her originally calm eyes immediately frowned when she saw the figure in the teahouse. She turned her face away in disgust and angrily closed the curtain.
The carriage disappeared around the corner. Wei Dongling stood there in a daze, looking blankly. A customer at the table next to her called her to add tea, but she didn't respond.
A Cheng quickly responded and ran over to add some tea.
"Miss Wei!" A Cheng walked over after he was done. Seeing Wei Dongling standing there pale and dazed, he quickly reached out to push her and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Only then did Wei Dongling come to her senses. She lowered her eyes and said with a bitter smile, "It's okay. I just saw someone selling candied haws. I suddenly got a craving for them!" After saying that, she turned around and walked away quietly.
A Cheng was extremely surprised. Could there be candied haws for sale in the capital in July? Did Miss Wei see it wrong?
In the late afternoon, Ruan Niang came back in a hurry.
She grabbed Wei Dongling and pulled her to a quiet place in the kitchen. She exclaimed excitedly, "Girl, my Nine Needles for Reviving the Yang technique has worked!"
Wei Dongling asked in surprise again and again, "Do you mean the unconscious one? Is there any improvement?"
Ruan Niang nodded and said firmly, "There was a reaction when I pricked the acupuncture points today. I believe he will wake up in a few days!"
Wei Dongling was so excited that she paced around. "That's great! Ruan Niang, you're amazing! We have to guard even more closely these days. We mustn't let anything go wrong again!"
Ruan Niang nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry. Brother Lang and the others are following him closely. There won't be any problem."
Sure enough, as expected, the witness who had been in a coma for so many days woke up on the second night. Luo Xunlong rushed back and took Ruan Niang to reexamine him.
Wei Dongling was so happy that she drank two more bowls of fermented glutinous rice and sweet dumplings. She was so bloated that she couldn't move on the bed.
Cuihuan came over and chatted with her about gossips. "Some customers who were drinking tea today were talking a lot. They said that a domineering princess sneaked out of the palace to play some time ago and didn't return all night."
Wei Dongling raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Is it Princess Murong Qi?"
Cuihuan waved her hand and said, "I didn't hear clearly who they were talking about. But do you remember the last time we accidentally met the young master of the prince's mansion going out at midnight? He was going to look for that princess."
Wei Dongling nodded. Just thinking about that bad experience that night made her feel stuffy in her heart.
Cuihuan added, "It is said that someone saw Young Master Yun drinking with that princess in the Lake Heart Pavilion. Maybe they drank too much and that's why they didn't return all night. This made the emperor extremely angry, and he punished Young Master Yun to be confined to his mansion for a month!"