The crowd saw Doctor Ming Junior blushing in embarrassment and having difficulty finding words to justify himself.

Everyone became suspicious in their hearts. Could it be true?

Doctor Ming Junior could be said to be handsome, and the Second Young Lady fell ill now and then, and the young doctor always accompanied Doctor Ming to the mansion. Could it be that there really were some secrets between them?

Regarding such things, the more people thought about them, the more suspicious people became!

It was a common phenomenon that bad news spread far and wide while good deeds remained unknown outside the door. Not to mention there was the Madam Dowager in the mansion. Before Doctor Ming Junior left the festoon gate, rumor had reached the Madam Dowager’s ears.

There were servants from all the courtyards on the spot.

The Madam Dowager instructed all servants to keep their mouth shut about the rumor. Anyone who disobeyed would be punished accordingly.

However, there were also a few old maidservants who had come to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang to deliver vegetables. After watching the noisy scene, they quickly left the manor. Although the Madam Dowager prohibited the servants in the mansion from talking about the incident, gossips were already circulated quietly outside the mansion that the Second Miss Wei went against a young lady’s etiquette and had a private meeting with a young doctor and that she even pretended to be ill in order to meet him.

Wei Yan used to have a good reputation. Born in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang that was highly valued by the Emperor, and having a father who was the Minister of Rites and an elder sister who was the wife of the heir-apparent of the Prince of Nan’an, she could be considered a renowned aristocratic young lady in the capital. And she was at the age of marriage. Hence, numerous matchmakers kept coming to the mansion.

However, recently, she committed improprieties repeatedly. First, she quarreled with the Fourth Princess and accidentally fell into the river. Then, she was seen in disheveled clothes by several aristocratic young masters. Later, words came out from the mansion that she had an affair with a doctor and was found by the maids of the mansion to pretend to be ill in order to see the doctor.

Rumors were spread in this way. Although they were ill-founded, by the time the Madam Dowager became aware, they had been described so vividly that they sounded quite true. Now, as things had gone so far, the Madam Dowager simply couldn’t control the deteriorating situation by dampening Wei Yuewu’s prominence in the mansion. That night, the Madam Dowager summoned Lady Li and Wei Luowu to her courtyard.

She first vented her anger at Lady Li and scolded her for failing to keep an eye on Wei Yan. Even Wei Luowu was severely censured. She then asked the two of them to think of a way to get Mo Huating to marry Wei Yan in case things would get worse, by which time not only would Wei Yan’s reputation be ruined, but the image of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang would be tainted.

Such a disgraceful matter would have a fatal impact on an unmarried girl. They couldn’t afford to make a single mistake.

The Madam Dowager gave them an ultimatum: if they couldn’t settle the issue of Wei Yan’s marriage, Wei Yan could no longer stay in the mansion and would have to be sent to the temple and stay there for a period of time.

The incident happened so suddenly. Wei Yan did not expect that such a great disaster would be caused just because she was discovered to pretend sickness. When Lady Li came to her courtyard at night, she immediately blamed Wei Yuewu for everything. In her opinion, it must be Wei Yuewu who set her up in the dark.

“Mother, it must be Wei Yuewu, that little bitch. Otherwise, why did she become sick at the same time with me? If she hadn’t called Doctor Ming away, Doctor Ming would have given me a prescription.” Wei Yan gritted her teeth and said with a sharp voice.

Her beautiful face looked quite ferocious.

“My daughter, don’t worry. Mother will take revenge for you.” Lady Li’s face was filled with viciousness. Wei Yan was not the only one who had lost face.

“Mother, I’ve got the drug. I will make that little bitch beg for mercy and wish she could die an easy death.” Wei Yan said as she handed over the drug in her hand.

Since Mo Huating couldn’t let go of Wei Yuewu, she might as well let Wei Yuewu marry into the mansion as a lowly concubine while she would be the wife. By then, she could make Wei Yuewu die in whatever way she wanted. When Mo Huating got tired of that little bitch who couldn’t get pregnant, she would send the little bitch to the lowliest place…

“Yan, we were too hasty. You must listen to me from now on and don’t act like before.” Lady Li warned. She had been thinking in her chamber these days and concluded that the reason why she and Wei Yan were at a disadvantage lied in their hastiness. Otherwise, how could it be possible that Wei Yuewu, that cheap girl, got the upper hand?

“Mother, don’t worry, I won’t in the future.” Wei Yan gritted her teeth and uttered those words hatefully. Of course she wouldn’t this time. She would gradually trample Wei Yuewu to death in the mud and make her kneel in front of her crying…

“Third Lady, Fourth Young Lady, the Second Young Lady caused trouble again.” A servant reported at the Lotus Pavilion where the Fourth Young Lady Wei Qiufu lived. The Third Lady, Lady Zhang, happened to be there too.

Hearing about the trouble on that side, Lady Zhang was about to stand up when she was seized by Wei Qiufu. “Mother, Second Uncle and Second Aunt will take care of it. If you go now, Second Aunt will only think that you were there to laugh at them. You’d better not go.”

Although Lady Zhang did have such an intention, she couldn’t show it in front of her daughter. She nodded in agreement and looked in the direction of Wei Yan’s courtyard, saying with disdain, “Then let them be. Wei Yan has gone too far by taking a fancy to her sister’s fiancée! What a great choice! It’s really embarrassing.”

In fact, the mistresses in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang were very clear about Wei Yan’s thoughts. Marquis Jing Yuan Mo Huating had been to the mansion quite a few times. He always had excuses for his visits, but every time, Wei Yan would either make herself a companion or encounter him on the way. It was obvious that there was something fishy between the two of them.

“Mother, I want to go to the temple and stay there in the next few days to pray for grandmother, father, and you,” said Wei Qiufu softly.

“Why? We’re still having the Spring Festival. Just stay at home. It’s good enough for you to have this thought.” Lady Zhang loved her daughter too much to agree.

“Mother, I used to go to the temple and stay there for a few days at this time of year. Recently, so many things happened to our family. I’ve decided to stay there for a few more days so that I can pray more for grandmother, father and mother.” Wei Qiufu’s words were gentle, but her tone carried determination. She looked resolute in her decision to pray for the Madam Dowager, the Third Master, and the Third Lady.

No one noticed a trace of disdain flashing through her gentle eyes. She had despised Wei Yan all along, who was a good-for-nothing despite her charming appearance. As for Wei Yuewu, she was only another good-looking blockhead. The position she was aiming for was far beyond the reach of these two fools.

She was not at all worried about what happened in the mansion. Anyway, she didn’t like these two persons. She was especially annoyed when she saw Wei Yuewu’s shining eyes.

Since they were bound to battle against each other, she would delightedly help them a little…

Lady Zhang saw her daughter so resolute and thought it true that her daughter always went to the temple to pray for a few days in the past years. Her daughter was smart and had a good reputation. Since she had made up her mind, it would be better to let her go. Anyway, it wasn’t peaceful in the mansion these days.

“Alright then, I’ll tell your grandmother about it tomorrow.” Lady Zhang nodded.

“Mother, you go back first. I’ll go and see Fifth Younger Sister.” Wei Qiufu smiled.

“Fine, you’re too kind to her. She’s just a girl born to a concubine but you’re my daughter. I wonder where on earth she got her luck to have you as her elder sister who treats her so kindly.” Although Lady Zhang didn’t like Wei Qiuju, she always agreed to her daughter’s wishes, thinking Wei Qiufu only wanted to say goodbye to Wei Qiuju. After a few more words with her daughter, she left Wei Qiufu’s courtyard.

Wei Qiufu then went to Wei Qiuju’s courtyard with a maid.

In the Lotus Courtyard, Wei Yuewu didn’t go to sleep yet. Jin Ling brought in a cup of tea for her.

“Miss, they’re making a scene right now. I heard that the Second Master scolded the Second Lady and the Second Young Lady. When the Second Lady went to the Second Young Lady’s courtyard, she had all the old maidservants and maids in the Second Young Lady’s yard tied up. It’s said that she was so angry that she didn’t even have her dinner.”

By this hour, dinner time had passed.

Wei Yuewu smiled faintly. “What, Wei Yan is crying and screaming again?”

Well, Wei Yan cried too easily. At this rate, how was she going to deal with the troubles in the many days to come? Wei Yan wanted to marry Mo Huating, didn’t she? Fine, she could give them a chance to be together.

However, she wouldn’t care about whether they could successfully get married or with what identity they would get married.

Of course, their marriage wouldn’t be as smooth as they wished. It could be said that from the day Qinruo died for her and she escaped from the assassination, she would never let them succeed with their plan…

Such a thin and frail girl had such a cold and eerie expression on her face, that none of the maids in the room dared to look directly into her eyes. For some reason, they always forgot the fact that their young lady was only thirteen years old.

“Miss, Nurse Mei sent someone to the Madam Dowager’s courtyard again.” Shufei reported with a worried expression. “It’s not a good thing that Nurse Mei always sends messages back, is it?”

Any sign of disturbance or trouble in Wei Yuewu’s courtyard was likely to attract Nurse Mei’s attention. After all, Nurse Mei was the supervisor of servants in the courtyard, whereas the three maids and the young lady Wei Yuewu were all new here. They were not familiar with how things worked in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang or with the servants. With Nurse Mei as a “spy” in the yard, it was actually extremely inconvenient for Wei Yuewu.

“Miss, do you want me to give her a shock so that she won’t dare to send secret reports to the Madam Dowager?” Jin Ling’s suggestions were always so straightforward.

“Is that okay? If she told the Madam Dowager about it, the Madam Dowager might become more suspicious of our young lady.” Shufei felt this was not a good idea.

Huamo also got anxious and said, “Then what should we do? We can’t let her keep spying on us.” The three of them all felt great inconvenience because every time they took actions, they had to avoid Nurse Mei.

“Don’t worry. We will take our time.” Wei Yuewu smiled faintly. There were some things that needed the help of time. When too many things happened simultaneously by accident, Nurse Mei, the housekeeper, wouldn’t even have time to report all of them. She wondered whether the Madam Dowager would choose to trust Nurse Mei or not by then!

Sometimes, years of trust couldn’t withstand the test of an accident. She would like to see how much the Madam Dowager trusted Nurse Mei. Since Wei Yan was in despair and anxious to fight back, actually it wasn’t hard to create an accident…