After wearily seeing Duanmu Xinmiao off, Wei Changying realized that she was soaked to the skin, but she was still in the cool room. If she had been outside, she would have had to change her clothes several times.

"This Duanmu Xinmiao is really annoying!" Returning to the inner room from seeing the guest off, Wei Changying lay down on her soft bed, saying, "But luckily, she was here today."

"I think the Eighth Miss devotes herself to medicine!" Mrs. Huang saw the sweat all over her forehead, she then took a round silk fan, stood by the bed, and slowly fanned her, smiling.

On hearing this, Wei Changying agreed. Duanmu Xinmiao clearly didn't behave the way everyone thought. On the surface, perhaps she had grown up with gentlefolk and had received a good education since she was young, so she hadn't lost her ladylike manners. In the capital, everybody knew that Ji Qubing was erratic and difficult to please. When it came to his disciple Duanmu Xinmiao, even Madam Su, who was well-informed, thought that Duanmu Xinmiao was just a daughter of an eminent family who had studied medicine from Ji Qubing. No matter how many adjectives people wanted to put in front of the title of being a daughter of an eminent family, she was still the daughter of an eminent family. But in fact, Duanmu Xinmiao was almost the same as her master, and she was very into medicine, almost being addicted to it. She simply couldn't imagine how her behavior would bring people misunderstanding and embarrassment.

Like before, she pestered Wei Changying to ask for the emerald, and this time she held Wei Changying and rattled on about medical knowledge. At that time, she thought she could turn the emerald into medicine-soaked jewelry. Otherwise, even if there was the finest emerald in front of Duanmu Xinmiao, she wouldn't even look at it. And this time, she thought she had found a confidant, so she wanted to enjoy her conversation as much as she could. Unfortunately, Wei Changying was from a top scholarly family, but she wasn't knowledgeable. In case she would embarrass her family, she didn't want to talk to her anymore, so Duanmu Xinmiao had to leave unwillingly filled with regret.

Now remembering that she was going to discuss profoundly difficult medical knowledge with Duanmu Xinmiao, Wei Changying's blood went cold, groaning, "I know she devotes herself to medicine, but I don't know anything about medicine. She said, 'You truly are the lineal daughter of the Wei Family in Fengzhou' again and again, making me feel I can't even tell her that I don't understand a thing she said!"

Everyone in the room laughed. A few maids' laughter was especially bright because of their age. When Wei Changying saw Zhu Lan, she recalled what had happened before and asked curiously, "Zhu Lan, why do you understand what Duanmu Xinmiao said just?"

When she asked her, everyone looked at Zhu Lan. Zhu Lan's face turned red instantly, fiddling with her clothes and saying, "Young madam, how could I understand it? Though Granny taught me how to read and do bookkeeping, I just wanted to play. I knew Granny was kind-hearted, so I learned very little!"

"Why did you say that you were shocked when you heard something, so you didn't bring the stuff in earlier?" Everyone was wondering.

On hearing this, Zhu Lan blushed more, saying, "Because, because I was about to come in and heard the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family say... say something... I... I misunderstood it and wondered why the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family said that in broad daylight, in front of everyone and young madam. That's why I was shocked and stopped for a moment. When I heard young madam asking, I came back to my senses and came in."

When Wei Changying listened to Duanmu Xinmiao's endless talking, she was totally lost, and after a while, she forgot what she had said, so she didn't notice any taboo. Now since Zhu Lan said so, she became curious, urging her to explain, "What did she say?"

Everyone listened with their ears perked up, Zhu Lan couldn't refuse, so she said weakly, "She... she said... the combination of Yin and Yang... qi and blood... I... I was thinking that these were what you were taught by Granny before you got married, young madam. The Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family is not married, but she talked about it with you in broad daylight. I..."

"..." So Zhu Lan happened to hear Duanmu Xinmiao talking about qi and blood in medical theory. The maid hadn't focused on studying how to read, so she didn't totally understand a lot of words. Before Wei Changying got married, Mrs. Huang had taught her how a married couple should do in bed. Zhu Lan must have been curious and eavesdropped on them. But it was mentioned before that Mrs. Huang was born in a family that always served the Wei Family. She was a favored maidservant and knowledgeable. As she was knowledgeable, the way she talked was polite.

As she spoke politely, she concealed her meaning. Wei Changying who didn't pay attention didn't understand it at all, but Zhu Lan who had eavesdropped on them listened carefully. However, because of the limitation of her knowledge, she didn't understand it either. So she took Duanmu Xinmiao's words about qi and blood and compared them with the words she remembered from when she heard Mrs. Huang teach Wei Changying, and took Duanmu Xinmiao's medical theory as a sign that the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family was so open-minded and direct. A Miss who wasn't married came to Jintong Courtyard and talked to the married woman Wei Changying in broad daylight about sex.

So no wonder she said she was shocked. From this understanding, it was lucky enough that she hadn't dropped the rose cakes and rose water. It was really a tough job for her not to criticize Duanmu Xinmiao that she was shameless when answering her and even to use such implicit subtle wording as "being startled for a moment".

The atmosphere stayed awkward for a long while. Mrs. Huang forced a smile, saying, "It's late today. Judging from the fading light, I think young master will be back soon. Let's go and get busy."

Everyone was relieved, all agreeing, "Granny is right. Let's go get ourselves busy. Go get busy!"

When everyone had left, Zhu Shi fighting the urge to laugh held onto Zhu Lan, who was too embarrassed to look up, and they left together. Wei Changying and Mrs. Huang, the only one who stayed in the inner room, looked at each other and were both speechless, "I thought Zhu Lan was someone who could learn medicine as she could understand even such a profound topic that Duanmu Xinmiao discussed. If that was the case, I thought I shouldn't waste her talent. I wanted her to learn medicine from you, Granny Huang, but I didn't know... I didn't know she is even more ignorant than me!"

Mrs. Huang held back her laughter, saying, "Young madam, you are underestimating yourself. You aren't as knowledgeable as the fifth young master of the family, but the fifth young master is going to be the family head. Mr. Zhijiao taught him personally and our Family Head supervised him personally. The Wei Family in Fengzhou is counting on the fifth young master! Besides, you still need to practice martial arts, so you don't spend much time studying literature. Otherwise, you would be similar to him. Zhu Lan is just a maid. Mrs. He taught them a few words before because if people knew the maidservants in the Wei Family were illiterate, it would be embarrassing. However, even if she had studied hard, she wouldn't have known much!"

Wei Changying frowned, saying, "Granny Huang, when you were educating me, she..."

"Ugh. We spoiled them a lot before. In the future, everything will be done according to the rules." Zhu Lan was forced to say that she had overheard Mrs. Huang teaching Wei Changying what a married should couple do in bed. Everyone was embarrassed earlier, so Wei Changying just told them to leave. But since this was public now, there was no reason not to punish her. Mrs. Huang agreed on it.

What Zhu Lan had done was embarrassing, so Wei Changying told Mrs. Huang to teach Zhu Lan a lesson, in case the maid dared to eavesdrop on anything. After mentioning this, she said shyly, "Let's leave it. Anyway, there is something I wanted to ask you last time, but I haven't had a chance. Is it true that Duanmu Xinmiao's father had thirteen concubines and all of them were... by her?"

The last time Duanmu Xinmiao said so, Wei Changying hadn't paid attention to it, just thinking that breaking legs or pulling tongues and hair out to sell was something exaggerated used by Duanmu Xinmiao when she had an argument with others. However, seeing Duanmu Xinmiao test her medicine on Jiang Zheng just as though she was having fun and without feeling guilty about it, Wei Changying felt Duanmu Xinmiao could be very ruthless!

When Mrs. Huang heard this, she looked serious. A while later, she smiled awkwardly, "This... The Elder Master of the Duanmu Family has actually only taken six concubines so far."

Wei Changying was quite speechless, saying, "So what Duanmu Xinmiao said about how she treated her father's concubines was just her talking nonsense?"

Mrs. Huang said with a wry smile, "Young madam, if you have doubts about this, I probably can explain. This is what the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family is like. If she wants something, she will get it by any means. I guess she thought that you were afraid of provocations from the concubines at the moment, so she said that to lead you to ask more questions, and then she could bargain with you."

"I'm afraid of a concubine's provocation?" Wei Changying was dumbfounded, saying, "How is that possible?"

Mrs. Huang wouldn't tell her that the rumor, circulating in the capital, about Wei Changying being kidnapped and assaulted before she got married had never stopped, even though Shen Cangfeng insisted on marrying her and time had passed since then, which made people gossip about it less.

Duanmu Xinmiao didn't know the Shen Family well. She had heard some rumors about Wei Changying, so she thought Wei Changying's status was not high in the Shen Family because of the incident before her marriage. Especially, she thought Wei Changying couldn't control the concubines in the rear courtyard, so she made up stories about her achievements to convince Wei Changying. She was always like that. If people said she was confused, she would show something she had done smartly, especially, she knew how to adapt to circumstances, but if people said she was smart, she would do something so silly that only a young child could do it.

Thinking of that, Mrs. Huang smiled, saying, "How many husbands in the world can be like our young master? The Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family's mother and she herself were bullied by the concubines in their family, so she believes that others are like her and that our young master is just like any ordinary person. Therefore, she believes you should be worried as well. But she didn't know our young master is of high integrity. Nobody can be a match for him!"

Wei Changying thought it made sense, sighing, "So actually Duanmu Xinmiao is a poor girl. Her grandmother and mother have passed away, and her eldest sister has lost her power. Although she is still a princess, this is only a title. Duanmu Xinmiao has no lineal brothers to support her. It seems that everyone in the Elder Master's rear courtyard of the Duanmu Family fights with each other badly. "

Mrs. Huang put on a wry smile, thinking that her young madam had sympathy for Duanmu Xinmiao, but she didn't know that Duanmu Xinmiao saying this to her was because she had had sympathy for her in the first place.

She was afraid that if she continued the topic, she would let the cat out of the bag. Qian Mo'er's business had just gone past, no one else had come up to disturb them yet, and the couple was very in love with each other, so why should she worry Wei Changying?

So Mrs. Huang changed the topic, "Actually, the second young madam is very restless today. Young madam, Madam had criticized you, but you stooped to compromise and Madam must have noticed. Now, the second young madam must be sobbing in the Wuhua Courtyard!"

Wei Changying snorted and said, "She was really looking for trouble. Does she truly think her sister is so precious that everyone wants to please her? I didn't want to offend her because of our families, otherwise, I wouldn't have invited her to my house today." She pondered and said, "But then again, thanks to her presence and willingness to help out today! Uncle Jiang..."

Then she looked very serious, "Why did he offend the Crown Prince? I was talking to Duanmu Xinmiao so I forgot all about it! Go get Shen Ju immediately. I want to ask him questions!"