When she returned from visiting the Su Family, Wei Changying went to tell Madam Su about Wei Zhengyin's condition. Madam Su heard Wei Changying saying confidently that Wei Zhengyin would recover in a day or two at most and that the first cousin's wedding wouldn't be delayed. She was surprised, saying, "Imperial Doctor Ji couldn't tell what was wrong with her. I was very worried. So it's not serious?"

Wei Changying smiled, saying, "I was also worried. But when I saw my aunt, I realized that she thought it was not a big problem and she wouldn't want any medicine. So she refused to have Imperial Doctor Ji visit her. That is why there is a rumor saying that Imperial Doctor Ji couldn't tell what problem she had."

Madam Su said thoughtfully, "What happened then?"

"I asked Granny Huang to take a look at her, and then Granny Huang remembered a folk remedy she had learned from Miracle Doctor Ji, which doesn't require any medicine." Wei Changying said, "My aunt was willing to be treated then. Granny Huang said that my aunt was very healthy, so it didn't matter if she didn't want any medicine. They used the folk remedy earlier, so she will definitely fully recover tomorrow."

"That's really good." Madam Su said, looking very calm, then nodded, saying, "Yuli's and Yulee's weddings are approaching, and that will be two events in a row. Your aunt must stay healthy."

As soon as Wei Changying saw her mother-in-law respond like this, she knew that her mother-in-law was well aware of the fights between the two girls in her old family. She especially understood what was meant by Wei Zhengyin's so-called "sickness" this time. She was secretly glad, thinking, "Even Madam Su, who didn't go back, knows that Wei Zhengyin deliberately faked her illness to delay her daughter's wedding in order to get back at Madam Qian and her daughter, so how could the people from the Su Family, especially Su Pingzhan, not know about it?"

Fortunately, Su Yuli knew what was right. She took the initiative to persuade Wei Zhengyin to be forgiving. Otherwise, it would be just as Su Yuli had said. Even if Su Pingzhan wouldn't blame the third branch for this, he would think that his first daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law were just the same. Considering that the eldest branch had offended the third branch many times, and the third branch hadn't gained power but had already started on taking revenge, Su Yuli knew that the eldest branch would suffer tremendously when the third branch gained power.

It would be a huge joke if the second branch gained all the benefits from the fights between the eldest branch and the third branch.

Wei Changying stopped worrying about Wei Zhengyin and then said, "Mother, you are right. When I visited my aunt today, she was also worried. She told me, my first and second cousins not to use so much ice during this time of the year. Otherwise, when we get up, we would get headaches like my aunt who put too much ice in her room."

Madam Su was surprised, asking, "Did Yulee visit your aunt today as well?"

"Yes." Wei Changying told them what had happened with a smile, "It was bizarre. My second cousin went there and said she wanted to apologize, which totally confused my aunt and the first cousin. Later on, they understood that the second cousin misunderstood the reason why my aunt was angry, thinking that the first aunt had changed the first cousin's wedding date without permission. My aunt and the first cousin realized what it was, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, and asked the second cousin where she heard the rumor from because no one in the same family would get into a fight over such a trivial matter!"

Madam Su gave her a deep look, saying, "Your aunt has always been virtuous, she is not such a person. It's probably because servants gossiped about it, plus Yulee was honest, so she was deceived."

"Mother, you are right." Wei Changying said.

Madam Su added, "It is inappropriate that your first aunt changed Yuli's wedding date. She just thought it was a shame that Yuliang wasn't able to participate in the imperial martial arts performance last year due to his injury. Qian Lian is her lineal nephew and will be her future son-in-law, so your first aunt wouldn't want to damage his bright future."

Wei Changying was surprised, asking, "How did the fourth cousin injure himself?"

"That was an accident." Madam Su sighed, "Over a few days leading up to New Year's Eve, he had been practicing martial arts very hard. One night after his practice when it was already late, he wanted to go back to his courtyard from the field. He arrived in the garden, but two of the lanterns there were gone because of the strong wind. He was too impatient to wait for his servants to get the lanterns to light the road. So believing he remembered the way, he walked in the dark. Unfortunately, he stepped into the pond in the garden. As he was getting out of it, he caught himself on the rocks and hurt his knees and ankles. He could barely stand even on New Year's Eve. So..."

Wei Changying was dumbfounded, thinking, "This time Madam Qian plotted against Su Yuli, which might also relate to this misfortunate issue. It was unfortunate that the Su Family's eldest branch had lost its lineal son Su Yuxian, who had had a solid and undisputed position in the family, and the only living lineal son Su Yuliang suffered one setback after another."

His cousin Su Yuwu's temperament was better than his, and several families had won the opportunity for their children to go to the frontier. However, he had an accident before the imperial martial arts performance so he lost that great opportunity. Madam Qian wasn't an open-minded person. Even if she was described as narrow-minded, it wouldn't be an exaggeration. Her son lagged behind Su Yuwu this time, so how could she not hate the third branch?

Although Madam Qian did this out of her spite this time, it would harm her son in the long run.

"It's a pity for the fourth cousin." Wei Changying said sincerely.

In fact, Su Yuliang's status as the lineal son of the eldest branch must still mean something to Su Pingzhan. Otherwise, knowing Su Yuliang was a man of indecision, Su Pingzhan wouldn't have hesitated for so long in determining which branch should take over the Fufeng Hall.

But having a mother like Madam Qian, who thought she fought for the benefits of her children, Su Yuliang was wearing away his advantage bit by bit.

Madam Su sensed the meaning from her daughter-in-law's words, sighed, looked at the copper water clock in the corner of the house, and then said, "It's late, go back to your room."

Wei Changying said yes and got up to leave. But before she turned around, Madam Su stopped her, recalling something, and said, "It seems that someone from Miracle Doctor Ji's came to look for you today. But as you weren't there, your maidservant, Mrs. He, went with the person who came. It might be something about the guard who is being treated at the Miracle Doctor Ji's."

"Uncle Jiang?" Wei Changying blurted out, becoming worried. Although Ji Qubing had a bad temper, his medical skills were known throughout the country. On the day she took Jiang Zheng to him, Ji Qubing had said that Jiang Zheng should be fine. So what was left to do was to wait for him to recover.

As for the medical expenses, Wei Changying had Mrs. Huang personally deliver 500 taels of silver over there on the next day. So even if Ji Qubing used high-quality medicine every day, it had only been a short time. The money shouldn't have all been spent. Besides, if they just came to ask for money, why did Mrs. He need to personally go with the person?

Wei Changying thought, "Could it be that the Crown Prince has heard where Uncle Jiang is. And he doesn't want to let it go, so..."

Although last time when Wei Zhengyin took her into the palace to plead guilty, Empress Gu behaved very kindly, politely saying that she would definitely purge the sycophants and snobs around the Crown Prince. She also suggested that she guaranteed that nothing like this would ever happen again...

Empress Gu said the same thing when Madam Su took her daughter-in-law to the palace to plead guilty after the lotus-picking girls' incident happened on Spring Grass Lake! Then the Crown Prince almost killed Jiang Zheng in the street! Wei Changying would never believe in the Empress' assurance again.

With this in mind, she left the main room and hurried away.

When she got to the Jintong Courtyard, Mrs. Wan came out to welcome her. Wei Changying asked directly, "Has someone from Miracle Doctor Ji's come over?"

"Yes." Mrs. Wan knew that Jiang Zheng's injury was connected to the imperial family, and Wei Changying must be worried by hearing something about it, so she said, "Today a girl surnamed Yu suddenly visited Miracle Doctor Ji, saying she would serve guard Jiang with all her heart. Now as guard Jiang is still unwell, Miracle Doctor Ji has no time to deal with her and told Zhu Lei to get the girl out of there. But Zhu Lei is a man and the girl kept pestering them, so he had to tell someone to come to us for help. Sister He knew the miracle doctor was very unhappy about this, so she went over to see what was going on."

"A girl surnamed Yu?" Wei Changying frowned and immediately recalled that Shen Cangfeng had asked Zhang Pingxu to learn more about the Yu Family. It was said that Yu Fu had two beautiful daughters, but nobody knew whether it was the first daughter or the second daughter of the Yu Family, who went to the Ji Family and kept bothering them. The first daughter Yu Yanniang was a concubine of the Crown Prince. Even though she had fallen into disfavor, it shouldn't be her who was making herself so conspicuous in public.

But no matter which girl it was... Wei Changying thought for a while, vaguely guessing that this was related to what Empress Gu had spoken about. She had said clearly that Jiang Zheng was injured because the people around the Crown Prince were arrogant and didn't appreciate the Crown Prince's kindness. They capitalized on being someone from the Eastern Palace, so they acted like overlords, despite Empress Gu promised to purge the Crown Prince's close servants.

Could it be possible that the Empress was going to punish the Yu Family, so the Yu Family went into a total panic so that they ran to the Ji Family to ask for an apology from Jiang Zheng?

It was possible. After all, the Yu Family didn't have a high status in the capital, so they wouldn't be able to learn where Wei Changying was. Neither would they know where to find bad-tempered Ji Qubing who lived a secluded life.

It might be that it was the Crown Prince or the Empress who told Mrs. Yu where the Ji Family was to be found.

"Since Granny He had gone there already, let's wait. When Granny He returns, please ask her to come here immediately." Wei Changying pondered for a moment, saying.

She didn't have enough time to just focus on only this one thing, as now she was officially partly in charge of the household. So she wasn't as free as before. Today she had been to the Su Family to visit Wei Zhengyin, so many things of the day were undealt with and still awaited her.

She called all the managers, who were assigned and reported to her, over one by one to train them. This kept her busy until late in the evening. Finally, she let them go. Wei Changying told Zhu Lan to massage her shoulders, surprisedly speaking to her maidservants, "Why hasn't Granny He come back yet?" She just needed to deal with a girl from an ordinary family. Even though there might be a spy from the Empress or the Crown Prince behind Mrs. Yu, the spy wouldn't reveal himself to support her at this moment.

Knowing how fierce Mrs. He was, Wei Changying thought she should have already taken swift and decisive action, instantly sending the girl away.

But now several hours had passed, even after deducting the time Mrs. He spent on the road, Mrs. He had gone out for too long.

"Yes." Mrs. Huang was also a bit worried, "How about letting me go find her?"

Wei Changying said, "That would be good..."

Mrs. Huang, taking the instruction, was about to leave but then they heard someone outside shouting, "Granny, you've finally returned. Our young madam was asking about you just!"

"Is that Granny He?" Wei Changying asked.

Zhu Shi, who was standing by the door, peeked her head out and smiled, "Yes, granny is back."

Soon, Mrs. He came inside. Wei Changying waved her hand to exempt her from her curtsies, not interested in greeting her, just asked, "Granny He, what's wrong with that Mrs. Yu?"

"Young madam, all the way back here I have been thinking of talking about it to you." Mrs. He heard what her young madam said, sneered, and said, "Mrs. Yu is the second daughter of Yu Fu who is the owner of a naan bread shop which guard Jiang used to visit sometimes. Do you know why she ran to the Ji Family? It turns out that the reason why guard Jiang went to the street where the Crown Prince's guard of honor passed by was that her father had asked him to buy some flour for the store after he had bought naan bread!"

Wei Changying had heard Shen Cangfeng's speculations and the news from Zhang Pingxu, so she wasn't surprised. But the rest of them like Mrs. Huang were very surprised, saying, "Last time our young master asked Zhu Lei about the Yu Family, so it was them? They have known each other since their fathers' generation. How... how could they be this malevolent?"

Everyone was angry, "The Yu Family is so heartless! Regardless of the friendship between guard Jiang's father and Yu Fu, since guard Jiang lived in the Anshun Inn, he still remembered the old times so he often bought food from them. They ought to show some consideration for guard Jiang, but they just hurt him deeply!"

"Not only did they harm him, but in the past few days, when guard Jiang was still in a deep coma, they haven't even said a word!" Mrs. He snorted, "Perhaps they have heard that guard Jiang isn't dead and is gradually waking up, so they know that they can't hide it. Therefore, she came here disingenuously to atone for Yu Fu's sin by serving him!"

Wei Changying was puzzled, asking, "If it was just Mrs. Yu, why did you take so long to get rid of her, granny?"