In fact, Mrs. Duanmu's intentions were very clear to everyone here, but they said nothing. Even Wei Changying was angry because Mrs. Duanmu had asked her to apologize to Duanmu Xinmiao. She didn't argue with Mrs. Duanmu. Now Duanmu Xinmiao asked so bluntly that everyone was very embarrassed.

Mrs. Duanmu was especially embarrassed. Seeing Madam Su's face turning solemn because she was dissatisfied with Mrs. Duanmu's repeated instigation, Mrs. Duanmu blushed, pinched the veil, and said haltingly with a bitter smile, "Miao'er, you misunderstood. I was playing a joke with the third sister-in-law, and I didn't expect that she would take it seriously."

She sneered to Wei Changying, "Third sister-in-law, I don't really mean it. How can you take it seriously? You have scared Miao'er now."

Wei Changying's second sister-in-law had taken Wei Changying's Ice Soul Incense only two days ago; now, she instigated again. When she failed and humiliated Duanmu Xinmiao at this moment, she even turned to blame Wei Changying. Wei Changying really bothered her and wanted to rebuke her back, but Mrs. Huang was secretly pulling her sleeves. Thinking of Mrs. Huang's rich experience, she endured her anger and forced a smile, saying, "What my sister-in-law said have indeed frightened me. Jintong Courtyard is far away, and I didn’t know that the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family would be here today. I was worrying about being late and slighting the distinguished guest. Now my worries turn out to be true. Since the sister-in-law said Mother also wanted me to apologize, I am more hurried."

She turned to Madam Su and smiled, "Mother, I don't mean that you are strict with me. I had already made a mistake that day when I came back and forgot to tell you that the Eighth Miss might come in the future. Now that I come here late, so I feel more shameful."

Madam Su was annoyed by her second daughter-in-law's ignorance, who knew that Duanmu Xinmiao was closer to Wei Changying but still instigated. Unexpectedly, her family sister helped the outsider. Not only she was embarrassed but also Madam Su had to help her and said to Wei Changying severely, "You said that I am not harsh on you. When your second sister-in-law played a joke on you, how could you take it seriously without asking me? Now the Eighth Miss has been frightened and even blamed her own sister! Look at what you have done!"

Mrs. Huang pinched Wei Changying gently through her sleeves again, so Wei Changying had to eat humble pie and said, "Mother, it's my fault."

Madam Su knew it very well that the main culprit today was Mrs. Duanmu. So she rebuked the third daughter-in-law slightly and apologized to Duanmu Xinmiao. Duanmu Xinmiao had been impatient for a long time. Anyway, she was regarded by many imperial madams as a person like Princess Anji, whom they should treat politely and never offended. She was not afraid of offending Mrs. Duanmu or Madam Su, so she said straightforwardly, "Madam, you are too polite. I have said that I come here today to speak with Sister Wei. Now, Sister Wei has come. If there is nothing else, I will follow Sister Wei to her place, can I?"

Suddenly, she behaved like a host that she didn't even use the self-proclaimed "Xin Miao." Her words were quite polite, but the tone was impatient enough. She had turned her face so quickly that Madam Su froze for a moment before reluctantly smiled, "You young people..."

"Thank you, Madam!" Duanmu Xinmiao immediately interrupted, stepped forward, and dragged Wei Changying's sleeves, with her impatient expression turning into a flattering smile in an instant, "Good sister, I have a lot to tell you. Can we leave? You have said last time that your mother-in-law is incredibly kind. Now I understand. Your mother-in-law has agreed, so what else will you worry about?"

Duanmu Xinmiao muttered in her heart, "Since I have said so, Madam Su can't say no. Well, it’s not bad to use the master’s method of teaching Xiao Weiwei occasionally."

Of course, Madam Su had to agree. She said with a smile stiffly, "You can leave now!" Thinking of being interrupted by a junior in public, Madam Su was as angry as the last time when Wei Changying was treated impolitely by Ji Qubing. If Duanmu Xinmiao had been a junior of her family, Madam Su would have punished her. But now Madam Su could not show her angriness, because, for one thing, Duanmu Xinmiao was not a junior of her family; for another, she had saved Old Madam Deng, Madam Su's mother. Besides, it was the first time that Duanmu Xinmiao came here.

So Madam Su said briefly, for fear of being interrupted by Duanmu Xinmiao and losing face again.

Wei Changying took Duanmu Xinmiao back to the Jintong Courtyard with a complicated mood. At this time, Duanmu Xinmiao recovered her decent behavior as a daughter of an eminent family. She was polite and gentle, different from her rudeness just now.

Qin'ge and Yan'ge held tea while Wei Changying was holding her forehead. Thinking for a moment, she believed that there was no need to be mild and roundabout with a person like Duanmu Xinmiao, who said that she had a lot of words to talk with her but the truth was not. Since she entered, her eyes were all around looking at the furnishings. And when she saw something like an emerald, she turned her eyes to look at it, as if she had become hysteria because of the craze for emeralds!

Since Wei Changying had suffered a loss last time, she would never be fooled again. She had told everyone earlier that the expensive jewelry was forbidden to show outside today.

Duanmu Xinmiao looked around for a while and didn't see anything good, so she withdrew her gaze and asked with a smile, "Sister Wei, what about the thing you have permitted last time?"

"I remember it!" Wei Changying sighed secretly. Just looking at Madam Su's patience with Duanmu Xinmiao, she knew that this Eighth Miss should not be offended easily. Her identity was not lower than hers, and she had excellent medical skills. Thinking that she and her relatives would ask for her favor and that Mrs. Deng's family was a counterexample, who was not respected by Ji Qubing and his apprentices, Wei Changying tried to brace herself up and said, "I don't like jade very much, so when I got married, my family didn't prepare any good ones for me. I looked for some these two days, but..."

Speaking of that, she nodded to Qin'ge and motioned her to fetch the things. As expected, when Duanmu Xinmiao saw the jade on the ring, she was disappointed and said, "Why is it so small?"

"I'm really sorry." Wei Changying thought that it would be a waste to give sesame-size jade to you, not to mention the bean-size jade on this ring! If it were converted into silver money, ordinary people would be too surprised to receive it. But you not only asked for it straightforwardly but also disdained it as being too small. Nevertheless, Wei Changying had to be patient and explained to her, "There are not many jades in my dowry so that we took a long time to find this ring."

Duanmu Xinmiao picked up the ring from the brocade, held it tightly in her hand, looked at the ring face, but couldn't help sighing, and said, "It is too small. How much medicine can I put in? I'm afraid it can be used just one or two times, and then I have to do it again. If it is broken, the medicine will be ruined. Moreover, it is so small that the recipe has to be adjusted. How can I do it?"

Seeing that she was so picky, Wei Changying was angry. She thought for a moment and said, "You..."

Before she finished speaking it, Zhu Shi suddenly picked up her skirt and ran in panic. After she came in, she didn't care to plead Wei Changying and hurriedly said, "Young madam, Mr. Jiang was beaten. It is said that he kept vomiting, and he is dying!"

"What?" Wei Changying almost jumped up!

Because of Jiang Zheng's martial arts skills and rich experience, Old Madam Song thought such a person could be useful, so she tried in all means to let him accompany Wei Changying to the capital. However, since Wei Changying just got married and was not suitable to often invite him to the inner courtyard to practice martial arts, Jiang Zheng had been idle outside. The Shen Family had already had their guards, so he was arranged in an estate of Wei Changying which was brought for Wei Changying’s marriage.

He was known to be the martial arts instructor of Wei Changying, so the managers of Wei Changying's estates were all very polite to him. Wei Changying had vaguely heard that Jiang Zheng took advantage of his leisure time to focus on training his apprentice Zhu Lei. He was born stout and was not a beautiful man in the aesthetics of gentlefolks the aristocratic family, but he was a martial arts genius. Jiang Zheng liked him so much that he cultivated Zhu Lei as his biological son. He bought medicinal materials to condition his body and almost running out his saving, "as if he couldn't wait to cultivate a peerless master," according to Mrs. He. Of course, there was another sentence, "Jiang and such a hefty man? Nonsense!"

Wei Changying had been so busy since she married here. She had to deal with his sisters-in-law, serve his mother-in-law, and visit relatives everywhere. So after knowing that her instructor Jiang lived well, she didn't care about him anymore. Jiang Zheng had been idle these days; she was afraid that he would make some troubles, and it would be better to ask him to come and appease him. Unexpectedly, Jiang Zheng had an accident first!

He had been teaching her martial arts since she was five years old. He personally corrected her postures and movements. Although there was no apprenticeship because they had different identities, their affection was deep. Now hearing that he was dying, how could Wei Changying sit still? She stood up suddenly and was about to go out, even forgetting Duanmu Xinmiao!

Duanmu Xinmiao pondered for a while and hurriedly followed up, carrying her skirt, saying, "Sister Wei, wait for me! If he got injured, maybe I am more reliable than those quack doctors!"

These words reminded Wei Changying. No matter how bad temper the master and his apprentice Duanmu Xinmiao had, their medical skills were beyond doubt. Now Ji Qubing was far in the east of the city, and it was unclear when he could come back, so Duanmu Xinmiao was the most reliable doctor!

She immediately grabbed her wrist and said solemnly, "Hurry up!"

Following Zhu Shi all the way to the front courtyard, she saw that Jiang Zheng had been carried over. Shen Ju asked people to place him in the side room, eagerly instructed the maids waiting in the front courtyard to fetch water in, and urged people to invite the doctor. Wei Changying, who hurriedly rushed to the chaos, saw a stream of blood coming in from outside the courtyard. A small beach was accumulated in the courtyard and then folded into the side house. Seeing this scene, Wei Changying felt heavy-hearted.