Su Yuanyuan's eyes were as bright as stars. The vibrant and exuberant life in her eyes infected Qin Wanrong.
At this moment, Zhang Yingxue also placed her hand on top. Firmly, she said, "Yuanbao is right. I also plan to choose my own husband. Wanrong, you can too."
Zhuo Shu thought for a while and then placed her hand on top as well. "Although I'm going to marry my cousin, it's still my own choice."
More and more tears streamed down Qin Wanrong's eyes. She had always been in poor health, and this bout of crying made her almost faint.
Choking with sobs, she said, "Okay, I want to live. I want to live a good life."
Su Yuanyuan beamed happily, her eyes curving into crescent moons. "That's great!"
"But, what should I do?" Qin Wanrong wiped away her tears and frowned. "Although Father dotes on me, over the years, she has concealed herself so well. I don't have any evidence now. If I rashly tell Father about this, I'm afraid he won't believe me. Moreover, the mansion is full of her people. If I refuse to take the meals and medicinal soups she sends, it will surely arouse her suspicion. I don't know any martial arts, so I can't do anything to her..."
The more Qin Wanrong thought about it, the more she felt that she had little chance of winning. As a young maiden waiting to be married, how could she compete with the mistress of the house?
Su Yuanyuan immediately asked Xiaoba in her mind, [Xiaoba, how many days will it take to detoxify Sister Wanrong?]
Xiaoba replied, [The poison in Miss Qin's body has accumulated over time. Removing the toxins too quickly will only damage her foundation and accelerate her death. To save her, we must detoxify her while strengthening her vital energy. It will take at least fifteen days.]
Fifteen days.
Even if Su Yuanyuan went to the Qin Mansion every day to give Qin Wanrong acupuncture, as long as Qin Wanrong stayed in the Qin Mansion, the young Mistress Qin would not sit back and watch her get better. Qin Wanrong must leave the Qin Mansion for at least fifteen days.
Only after detoxifying her and collecting evidence of the young Mistress Qin's poisoning, and then letting Lord Qin know about this, could the young Mistress Qin never turn things around again. As for Qin Wanrong's marriage, they could think of another way after detoxifying her.
The conversation with Xiaoba only took a blink of an eye. Su Yuanyuan had an idea in mind. She said, "Sister Wanrong, I have a way to detoxify you. But the detoxification process will take fifteen days. During these fifteen days, you must never return to the Qin Mansion. I plan to let you stay here. What do you think?"
Zhang Yingxue thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate. If you stay in the Qin Mansion for fifteen days, it will surely arouse the suspicion of Lady Qin. Wanrong can stay at Yuanbao's place for five days, then at my mansion for five days, and finally at Xiaoshu's mansion for five days."
Zhuo Shu said, "Yingxue's idea is good. Let's do it like this."
Su Yuanyuan gave a sly smile. "We can also do it like this."
Waving her finger at the others, Su Yuanyuan told them her plan. "In this way, we can obtain evidence of Lady Qin's poisoning of Sister Wanrong. Not only can we verify where Lord Qin's heart lies, but if everything goes smoothly, we can also completely get rid of her."
Zhang Yingxue and Zhuo Shu both gave Su Yuanyuan a thumbs up. "Yuanbao, that's brilliant! You're really the female Zhuge Liang among us!"
After setting the plan, Su Yuanyuan and the others relaxed.
Since Zhang Yingxue had mentioned Su Huaisheng earlier and showed interest in the new hairpin he had carved, Su Yuanyuan called Xia Lu and asked her to go to Third Brother's courtyard to ask if it was convenient for him. She planned to take a few girls there to see his collection.
When Su Huaisheng received the message from Xia Lu, he was still worrying about what gift to choose.
"Miss said that if the Third Young Master is not convenient, then this matter will be dropped."
"Don't! Don't!" Su Huaisheng said anxiously. "Go and tell Yuanbao that I'm very convenient! There's nothing inconvenient!"
After saying that, he sneezed twice violently.
No, he couldn't let the girls catch his illness.
After Xia Lu went back to report, Su Huaisheng called his servant and said, "Hurry, bring my medicine quickly!"
...
After learning of Su Huaisheng's response from Xia Lu, Su Yuanyuan happily led a few girls towards Su Huaisheng's courtyard.
Su Huaisheng's courtyard was not too far from Su Yuanyuan's. They could reach it by walking through a few corridors.
From afar, Su Yuanyuan saw her third brother wearing a light blue robe, with a white jade belt around his waist and a white jade crown on his head, waiting outside the door. It had to be said that with this dressing, her third brother looked like a handsome and high-spirited young man.
Tsk tsk tsk, third brother was being too obvious, wasn't he? When she went to deliver medicine to her third brother yesterday, he still looked disheveled!
Su Huaisheng was standing outside the courtyard gate. He also saw the few young maidens walking towards him from afar. First, he exchanged a smile with Su Yuanyuan, and then his gaze turned to Zhang Yingxue beside Su Yuanyuan.
Tightly clenching his fists nervously, when the maidens walked in front of him, he bowed and said, "I'm Su Huaisheng, the third young master of the Prince Qingjun's Mansion. Greetings to the young ladies."
It was obvious that his voice still sounded a bit stuffy. His illness was not fully recovered yet.
Except for Su Yuanyuan, the maidens all returned the greeting. After standing up, Zhang Yingxue said, "Sorry to bother you, Third Young Master Su. We just witnessed the opening of Tianbaozhai with Sister Yuanbao today. Since the business was too booming, we didn't get a chance to go inside. We heard from Sister Yuanbao that you've been carefully carving a hairpin these days, so we thought we'd come and have a look."
Su Huaisheng smiled faintly. "Of course it's okay. Ladies, please come in."
Zhang Yingxue was extremely happy. She greeted Zhuo Shu and Qin Wanrong to follow the servant towards the room where he usually carved things.
Su Huaisheng lagged behind a bit and walked side by side with Su Yuanyuan.
Su Yuanyuan lowered her voice and whispered in her third brother's ear, "Third brother, are you satisfied with the surprise Yuanbao prepared for you?"
Su Huaisheng met Su Yuanyuan's eyes. The young maiden playfully blinked her eyes, with a smile that seemed to see through everything in them.
The young maiden's sly smile made Su Huaisheng stunned for a moment. Then his ears suddenly turned red. He frowned and said, "Little girl, what are you talking nonsense about? What surprise? It's more like a shock. Don't you forget that third brother is still ill."
Su Yuanyuan smiled again. "Is it really a shock? If it's a shock, why did third brother dress up so ostentatiously? If third brother has no such intention, Yuanbao will go and find someone else..."
Su Huaisheng quickly said, "Hey hey hey, you little girl, you're not even that old, but you have so many tricks up your sleeve? " He looked up at Zhang Yingxue, cleared his throat, and quietly stuffed a silver ingot into Su Yuanyuan's palm.
"Find out for me if the young lady from the Zhang family is engaged. If not, create more opportunities for third brother. Third brother will be extremely grateful."
Su Yuanyuan took the silver ingot, showing two small dimples as she smiled. She patted her chest. "Don't worry, third brother. Leave it to Yuanbao!"