After getting into the carriage, Shen Cangfeng saw that Wei Changying still looked scared, so he teased her, "People said, 'No discord, no concord.' Why were you so afraid of Miss Duanmu?"

"Stop it!" Wei Changying hit him, saying angrily, "I don't even know what was going on! I argued and fought with her, but after we talked a bit, she turned it into a good conversation."

Shen Cangfeng laughed, saying, "Good conversations are great. But I saw Miss Duanmu whispered to you at the door. Were you talking behind my back inside there?"

Wei Changying exclaimed, "Why would we want to talk about you? She is so unpredictable. Now I know that!"

And she sighed, "She has really bled me a lot today! She even mentioned that she would visit us in a couple of days, so what should I do?"

"If you have the time, you should meet her, but if you don't, just ask a doorkeeper to bring her to the second sister-in-law." Shen Cangfeng gave her the suggestion without knowing they had talked about the emeralds, and he smiled, saying, "The second sister-in-law has always treated the Miss Duanmu very politely."

On hearing what he said, Wei Changying was suddenly aware, saying, "Oh, yes, she is the second sister-in-Law's sister. Then I must treat her well, otherwise, that would be humiliating to the second sister-in-Law." It wouldn't matter if she humiliated Duanmu Yanyu, but Madame Su had said several times that everyone in the Shen Family should live harmoniously together.

If Duanmu Yanyue didn't receive a proper warm welcome from Wei Changying... The second sister-in-law wouldn't let go of this opportunity to report it to Madam Su. By then, Madam Su wouldn't be happy at all!

This time she had insisted on accompanying Shen Cangfeng to see Doctor Ji Qubing, which had allowed Wei Changying to keep her mother-in-law happy. But now, just after that, if she made her mother-in-law think she had deliberately treated the second sister-in-law's maternal relative badly, it wouldn't be worth it!

Wei Changying sighed sadly, "Never mind. We will spend money buying some peace. It's not like I can't afford it!"

Shen Cangfeng wondered, "Why do we need to spend money buying some peace?"

"I won't tell you!" Wei Changying looked at him warily and touched her finger to his lips, saying, "When you go back, you mustn't mention it. You mustn't ask about it either! Do you understand?"

Shen Cangfeng agreed, pressed close to her ear, and spoke gently, "If you are really good tonight, you can do anything!"

"Ridiculous!" Wei Changying moved her hand towards his waist and wanted to pinch him, but Shen Cangfeng pressed her hand down immediately and grasped it, smiling, "No negotiation. You decide!"

As they were going back to the mansion, they talked and made fun of each other. Then they went to the main room to see Madam Su.

When Madam Su saw them, she knew everything was good so she was relieved, asking amiably "What did Miracle Doctor Ji say?"

"Mother, the miracle doctor said my husband is very healthy." Wei Changying recalled the problem that had happened, and Ji Qubing's walking away. She blushed and said it awkwardly.

But Madam Su wasn't bothered, smiling, "As Miracle Doctor Ji personally said so, we could both put our minds at ease." And then she was suddenly displeased with Shen Cangfeng, "Look. You just needed to go over there! Did Miracle Doctor Ji eat you? Now that you're back, we're relieved. If you want to go practice that useless spear play or whatever, no one is going to stop you!"

Knowing the reality, Shen Cangfeng had realized that once both his mother and wife agreed on something, he should never attempt to go against it, so he said with a wry smile, "Yes."

Seeing her son had agreed, Madam Su was satisfied. She appreciated what Wei Changying had done so she took the initiative to mention what had happened when Ge Shun visited last time, "Now your fourth brother's wedding is finished. Didn't your eldest aunt send someone over to ask you to go to visit her? You've been so busy these days and haven't had time to go, right? You should find time to go there, otherwise, she might think our family is deliberately ignoring her."

Wei Changying was delighted. She thanked her mother-in-law for her thoughtfulness and flattered her a bit more. Seeing them made Madam Su happy, she and Shen Cangfeng said goodbye and returned to the Jintong Courtyard.

As they walked into the courtyard, Wei Changying asked Shen Cangfeng to go to the small study and she entered the inner room. She told her servant to get her dressing case out to check her jewelry. Looking at all the jewelry in the case, she worried, "All of these are precious. Before I got married, my grandmother and mother chose them carefully. If I gave one to Duanmu Xinmiao and let her ruin it, besides that I would feel sorry about it, I would feel unworthy of the love from my grandmother and mother. But I just simply promised her, what should I do?"

Knowing that Wei Changying had checked her jewelry as soon as she returned, Mrs. He was surprised. She came in to see and was equally surprised at what Wei Changying had said, saying, "What are you talking about, young madam? Who's going to ruin it? Who did you promise?"

After Mrs. Huang, Qin'ge and the others explained what had happened, Mrs. He asked, “Is this Duanmu Xinmiao the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, the sole disciple of Miracle Doctor Ji?"

Mrs. Huang said with a wry smile, "If it wasn't her, there would be no need to worry now."

Old Madam Song's order was to tell everyone to please Ji Qubing, and Mrs. Huang had always done a good job of that. Now her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter were busy pleasing Ji Qubing. As for the only approved formal disciple of Ji Qubing, Duanmu Xinmiao, Mrs. Huang had always been polite with her. If she had been any other young lady, Mrs. Huang would never have tolerated Duanmu Xinmiao pestering Wei Changying!

Mrs. He was unhappy when she knew about it, "Although Old Madam told us to please Miracle Doctor Ji, and the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family didn't save our Elder Master. Young madam, you just met this miss, so you didn’t know how she was, so you were fooled by her and felt too awkward to refuse her. Sister Huang, you know all about her. Why did you still let her blackmail our young madam?"

This was the first time that Mrs. He had been dissatisfied with Mrs. Huang since they reunited, Mrs. Huang argued, "Sister He, you don't know. The Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family is obsessed with medical knowledge. If she didn't see the bracelets on our young madam's wrists, it would be fine. Since she has seen them, even if our young madam didn't promise her, she would still come to our door."

And then she also regretted it, "It was last year when the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family made her herbal medicine bracelets. As she couldn't find any emeralds that were good enough for making the bracelets, she never mentioned it again. I went back to Fengzhou so I forgot about it. If I had noticed it earlier, I would have advised our young madam to wear a different pair of bracelets this morning. Then nothing would have happened."

"Wait! The Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family has a pair of ready-made herbal medicine bracelets?" Mrs. He's eyes brightened, saying, "Then why don't we find a reason to take her herbal medicine bracelets over as barter? That way even if she breaks our young madam’s jewelry, we won't lose at all"

On hearing it, Wei Changying was also delighted, but worried, "She had ruined so much jewelry left by her grandmother and lineal sister, and only succeeded in making one pair of bracelets. Why will she be willing to give them to me?"

"If those bracelets are really as Sister Huang said, they can kill people without them noticing, and when Sister Huang suspected the bracelets were herbal medicine bracelets, even she had to check them carefully and used some medicine to find out if they were. It's worth exchanging some jewelry of equivalent quality for them." Mrs. He said, "As Sister Huang said, the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family is busy looking for new emeralds to try out. Young madam, you just see it as a jewelry exchange. You say that you don't like emeralds, you don't have much emerald jewelry in your dowry but you can send someone to Fengzhou and ask Old Madam to check the bracelets. If the Old Madam saw the bracelets and approved them, then the exchange could happen."

"It won't work." Wei Changying hadn't answered yet, Mrs. Huang said immediately, "If it is the case that our young madam is curious about herbal medicine bracelets and doesn't want to hurt her feelings, she can give some jewelry to the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family to make, no matter whether she succeeds or fails, even if everyone knows about it later, it won't be a big deal. We can blame everything on the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family. But if Old Madam knows about it and word gets out, people will wonder what our young madam wants to do!" She lowered her voice, "Herbal medicine bracelets aren't something that extends life!"

What she said spurred Wei Changying, so she asked, "My aunt Huang, Duanmu Xinmiao said before that a herbal medicine bracelet was made by soaking the bracelet in the herbal medicinal juice?"

Mrs. Huang said, "In simple terms it is, but in practice, it's very difficult, after all..."

Wei Changying wasn't in a mood to hear the whole thing and asked straightforwardly, "Since people can soak them with poison, why can't people soak them in some medicine that extends life?" That way, it would become something she could wear herself. Maybe it would also be useful for her father.

Mrs. Huang was stunned, "This method was invented by the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family herself, even Miracle Doctor Ji only occasionally asked about it. In terms of how to do it, I have no idea about it at all. Whether it can only be used to harm people is really unknown..."

"I'll ask about it when she comes." Wei Changying said to herself, "If she can make something good for people, spending a bit will be... Anyway, we will talk about it later." Wealthy as she was, she did not dare to say it all aloud. After all, if it was really as they said, about how much Duanmu Xinmiao had spent on making one pair of bracelets, the cost would be so high...

Then the mistress and her servants searched for a long time and finally decided to take out a ring made of pure gold to give Duanmu Xinmiao. There was a piece of finest emerald on the ring. It was only the size of a finely-trimmed little fingernail, but it radiated with a pleasant green color.

Mrs. He felt sorry for it, saying, "This little bit of emerald is worth a fortune!"

Wei Changying said, "Who says it isn't? If it was given directly to Duanmu Xinmiao to wear, it would be fine as a gift. We now know that she will use it to try out. If she succeeds, she can give it back but if she fails, it will just go. It won't even count as a gift for her. Then again, it's really unlikely that Ji Qubing's disciple can know what a gift is."

Noticing that Wei Changying was still angry with Ji Qubing, Mrs. Huang wanted to say something but then stopped, only saying, "Miracle Doctor Ji had some rough times when he was young. He is inevitably a bit odd. It was not aimed at you, young madam. You should let it go and don't bother thinking about Miracle Doctor Ji"

Wei Changying also felt that it would be a waste of time to discuss Ji Qubing’s temperament, so she sighed, "If the ring is ruined, I will just let it go, but what I'm worried about is what if Duanmu Xinmiao is not satisfied and keeps pestering me. What can we do?"

Mrs. Huang pursed her lips, saying, "Young madam, you give it to the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family this time. If the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family keeps pestering, you should say that when you were discussing it with us in private, our Madam found it out, and she questioned if you wanted to harm anyone in this family by using herbal medicine soaked jewelry, so you dare not get involved with it anymore."

Wei Changying was stunned, then grumbled, "Aunt, you should have reminded me earlier that I could use my mother!"

"But at that time, young madam, you had already promised the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family."

Wei Changying sighed, "You're right. I shouldn't blame you, my aunt. It was me who couldn't afford to lose face, but I met a shameless person. There was no grudge between us and she kept asking me so I didn't want to hurt her feelings. It's really hard not to lose!"

This made everyone laugh. Mrs. He comforted her, "Young madam, you are well blessed, so perhaps, the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family will succeed when she gets this ring?"

"If that's the case, it will be good." Wei Changying smiled and handed the ring to Mrs. He and let her put it away alone, and told someone to put everything else back.

When the inner room had been restored to its original state, Wei Changying wanted to know if Shen Cangfeng had been in the small study, so she called Jiaoge in to ask. Jiaoge smiled and said, "Someone from the front courtyard came over to report that the spear for the young master was here, so the young master went over."

"I'll also go and take a look." Wei Changying had wanted to ask Mrs. Huang some questions alone, but hearing that, she decided to put it behind her, got up, and said.

In the front courtyard, just past the round "moon-gate", she heard the sound of swirling blades and a deep sound of blades striking each other. Wei Changying sped up, turned the corner, and saw Shen Cangfeng. He had changed his clothes for a moon-white martial art outfit, holding a spear, was fighting a man in an ultramarine outfit armed with a silver lance decorated with plum blossom patterns.