Yi Qing was taken to the back door of a courtyard. A female warrior stepped forward and gently knocked on the door. Soon, an old woman wearing a dark yellow robe and with wrinkled face came out.
"Where's the silver?" the old woman asked as she opened the door.
Yi Weiwei showed an impatient look on her face and nodded. The female warrior took out a silver note from her bosom and handed it to the old woman.
The old woman held the note up to the light and examined it carefully with her cloudy eyes.
Yi Qing mocked Yi Weiwei, saying, "It seems your credibility is rather low!"
Yi Weiwei snorted, "You won't shed a tear until you see your coffin."
"Me?" Yi Qing smiled casually, "Didn't you promise me a good marriage? Your parents dote on you so much. If the marriage they arranged for you falls to me, why shouldn't I be happy?"
Yi Weiwei's face immediately turned a bit ugly.
Yi Qing clicked her tongue and sighed, "Look at you. You don't want what you don't like, but you also don't want others to have it. In that case, why don't you keep them all? Anyway, you're so noble. You can keep a few male concubines, right?"
"Shut up!"
Yi Weiwei wasn't stupid enough not to hear the mockery in her words. She gritted her teeth and said.
Yi Qing said, "Think it through clearly. Once you enter this door, you can't regret it. Do you really want to let me have this? If I become Mrs. Lu later, it'll be too late to go back on your word."
Sure enough, a look of hesitation flashed across Yi Weiwei's face.
But at this moment, a maid behind her whispered a reminder, "Miss, don't listen to her. She just wants to escape. Besides, if we find someone of a different status, how can we explain it? At least now we can say it's a marriage between the Lu and Yi families. It won't be said that the Yi family goes back on its word."
Yi Weiwei said, "Thank goodness you reminded me."
Yi Qing just smiled and said nothing.
"Have you finished looking?" Yi Weiwei impatiently roared at the old woman.
The old woman stuffed the silver note into her sleeve and mumbled, "I'm risking my life for this money. Can't I be careful? Come in and keep your voices down!"
No servant had ever dared to speak to her so arrogantly!
Yi Weiwei's face darkened and she was about to flare up, but was stopped by the maid behind her, "Miss, the most important thing is the task at hand."
Yi Weiwei then snorted and said to the old woman, "Lead the way!"
The old woman led them to a room and said, "He's inside. There are only two guards, and I've drugged them to make them fall asleep. Now there's only the young master in there. Hurry up."
As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman ran away. Yi Weiwei kicked open the door and pushed Yi Qing inside. Crossing her arms over her chest, she said coldly, "Take off your clothes!"
On the bed lay a man who, in Yi Qing's eyes, was quite good-looking. He had well - shaped eyebrows, long eyelashes, a high nose bridge, fair skin, and even the curve of his lips was flawless. He was truly a sight for sore eyes.
"Is this him?"
"Stop talking nonsense," Yi Weiwei said impatiently. "Take off your clothes when I tell you to. Don't try to stall for time."
"What am I stalling for?" Yi Qing smiled faintly and had already reached out to undo the first button of her robe.
"Miss, the drug," the maid behind Yi Weiwei reminded her again.
Yi Qing glanced in her direction. "You're really a loyal dog."
Yi Weiwei frowned, reached out to take a white porcelain medicine bottle from the maid, poured out a pill, and stuffed it into Yi Qing's mouth without hesitation.
Yi Qing cooperated and quickly swallowed it.
Watching her take off her clothes and get into the quilt, Yi Weiwei then led her people away.
Listening to the gradually fading footsteps, Yi Qing said calmly, "How long are you going to pretend?"
Lu Tianxun opened his eyes and sized up the woman beside his pillow - bright eyes and white teeth, with a sharp look in her eyes. She was really a feisty woman.
"How did you know I was awake?"
"I guessed," Yi Qing said. "After all, if you can't handle such a clumsy scheme, how can you have the nerve to claim to be 'never miscalculating'?"
Lu Tianxun looked at her fair neck and corrected her with a smile, "It's not a self - claim. It's just an over - praise from the world."
"I think so too," Yi Qing said impatiently. "Why don't you call your people in? Do you really want to wait until I lose control and have my way with you?"
Lu Tianxun was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curved up into a big smile. "Which brothel are you from, miss? You're quite interesting."
Brothel? You're from a brothel. Your whole family is from a brothel.
Yi Qing looked at him expressionlessly. "I'm interesting. Are you useful?"
Lu Tianxun was stunned again, and then couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Miss, cover yourself with the quilt. I'm going to call my people in."
It was not easy to meet an interesting person. Lu Tianxun didn't look down on her. Instead, he respected her very much.
A moment later, Lu Tianxun's servant came in, bowed his head, and said, "My lord."
"First, ask your people to bring my clothes," Yi Qing said.
Lu Tianxun nodded and propped himself up to sit up.
His guard fetched Yi Qing's clothes hanging on the screen.
Yi Qing said, "Thank you. Just put them on the bedside. Lu Tianxun, aren't you going to leave?"
Lu Tianxun asked his guard to carry him down and sit in the wheelchair beside. He smiled and said, "What are you going to do, miss?"
"Just leave," Yi Qing said. "Yi Weiwei will soon bring people here to catch us in the act. Anyway, you have to run first, right?"
Lu Tianxun clasped his fists and smiled, "You're right, miss. Then I'll leave first. Let's see what Yi Weiwei wants to do."
After they left, Yi Qing cursed under her breath. Then she suppressed the burning desire in her body, gritted her teeth, and took out a pill from her purse with difficulty. A pungent smell immediately filled her mouth.
This wasn't a universal antidote, but it could work.
She closed her eyes and sat still for a while, then slowly sat up to put on her clothes. But what was on her mind was how to talk to Lu Tianxun about Baozi's apprenticeship later.
Before she had finished dressing, there suddenly came a rush of footsteps outside the door. Yi Qing grabbed the quilt and quickly covered herself and lay down.
"Yi Qing? Where are you, Yi Qing?"
Wasn't that Xiao Tian?!
Yi Qing said, "I'm here. Come in."
As soon as she finished speaking, the door was kicked open forcefully. That beautiful face that even women would envy appeared in front of Yi Qing.
But now Xiao Tian was out of breath, with sweat on his forehead and nose tip. He looked a bit disheveled.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Tian rushed to the bedside. Then, seeing the clothes she hadn't had time to put on beside the bed, he instantly blushed.
He turned around, took a few deep breaths, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Who brought you here? Do you... need my help?"
He suspected she had been tied up and was not wearing any clothes.
Yi Qing rolled her eyes, and a new idea took shape in her mind.
Wasn't Yi Weiwei trying to scheme against her?
Then she'd give her a surprise!
"Yes, turn around," Yi Qing said.
Xiao Tian turned around, and his eyes were fixed on the tip of his shoes. He didn't dare to look at her.
But Yi Qing reached out and grabbed his sleeve. "Come and help. Come to the bed first."
Xiao Tian's face turned red all the way to his neck.