jdhmnovel Chapter 289 Contraceptive Herb
Chapter 289 Contraceptive Herb
Ye Qing'an noticed the change in Yi Moxu's expression and raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"
Yi Moxu looked around, then leaned close to Ye Qing'an's ear and whispered, "Are your clothes scented? Or are you carrying a sachet?"
"Ok?"
Ye Qing'an was puzzled, wondering why Yi Moxu would ask about this matter.
It was a custom in aristocratic families to scent their clothes.
Wearing a sachet is also an option.
Just by looking at Yi Moxu's expression, Ye Qing'an quickly understood what was going on. She simply raised her sleeve and placed it on Yi Moxu's nose.
Yi Moxu sniffed lightly and shook his head.
Ye Qing'an then took off the sachet from her waist and, using the low table as cover, handed it to Yi Moxu from below. Yi Moxu tucked the sachet into her sleeve, raised her hand to sniff it for a moment, and her expression grew increasingly cold.
Seeing Yi Moxu's reaction, Ye Qing'an knew that there was probably something wrong with the sachet: "What is it?"
"Contraceptive herb".
Contraceptive herb?
Ye Qing'an's eyes were filled with astonishment. How could it be a contraceptive herb?
Ye Qing'an thought for a moment and then remembered that the sachet had been delivered this morning along with the clothes she was wearing. It was said to be a custom in the manor that clothes and jewelry would be prepared for the masters of the manor every Mid-Autumn Festival.
Ye Qing'an recalled Wei Mama's reaction when she dressed her earlier. After the clothes and jewelry were all put on, Wei Mama picked up the sachet and seemed to say, "There's a sachet too."
Therefore, even Wei Mama, an old woman in the Ye family, did not expect that the sachet would be sent over along with the sachet.
Later, she seemed to have heard Granny Wei mention something, saying that it would be even better if the colors on the sachet matched those on the clothes.
Therefore, it can be inferred that this sachet was probably prepared by someone at the last minute and then delivered to her.
Who is it?
Was it because she heard that Xu Mo had spent the night in her room that she specially ordered someone to bring it over?
But what was that person's purpose? Was it to prevent her from giving birth to Xu Mo's child?
Ye Qing'an twirled her fingers slightly, but what difference did it make whether she had a child or not? After all, she wasn't Ye Qinghao's wife or concubine, and her child wouldn't compete with the young masters and ladies of the mansion for Ye Qinghao's favor.
This is really something that people don't quite understand.
Ye Qing'an took the sachet back and slowly tied it around her waist, her expression unchanged.
Nothing untoward happened afterward. In the evening, after the moon came out, everyone worshipped the moon together, and the banquet ended.
Ye Qing'an helped Eleven tidy up her clothes and clean her face, which was smudged from eating, before standing up and leaving the courtyard with Yi Moxu.
As soon as Ye Qing'an stepped out of the courtyard, she saw Sixth Aunt pacing back and forth in the distance, looking somewhat uneasy.
As soon as she saw Ye Qing'an come out, Sixth Aunt rushed to greet her. But just as she got to Ye Qing'an, she saw Yi Moxu holding Eleven's hand and following behind Ye Qing'an.
The sixth concubine's expression immediately became hesitant: "Eldest Miss..."
Ye Qing'an naturally knew why she had come, and only glanced at her indifferently: "The people around you, Aunt, need to be thoroughly investigated. The people who serve you closely hold the most dirt on you. If someone betrays you, it will be... a catastrophe for you."
"Yes...yes." The sixth concubine bit her lip and answered with her head down.
"You can decide what to do with her yourself." The sixth concubine narrowed her eyes: "But since I praised her in front of everyone today, you can't teach her a lesson behind closed doors. Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll be permanently associated with the rumors that she's against me."
"Yes." The sixth concubine nodded repeatedly: "When I get back later, I will definitely question that maid properly and find out the whole story so that I can give the eldest young lady an explanation. And the eldest young lady can rest assured that I will not be in a hurry to punish her now. I will wait for the news of this matter to die down before I find a good excuse to deal with her."
Ye Qing'an nodded and said, "Go ahead, I'm about to leave the manor."
"Yes." The sixth concubine nodded quickly, her eyes darting rapidly to Xu Mo's face behind Ye Qing'an: "If Miss is having fun, I won't disturb your enjoyment any longer."
Having said that, he quickly retreated to the side.
Ye Qing'an responded and walked towards the gate of the mansion. After walking for a while, Ye Qing'an turned around and, seeing that there was no one else around, picked up the sachet and asked Wei Mama, who was following behind her, "Who sent this?"
Ever since the incident at the banquet where Zhu Cui ran out to claim that she was among the guests, Granny Wei's eyelids had been twitching unusually. When Ye Qing'an asked about it, her brow twitched and she quickly asked, "Is there something wrong with this sachet?"
After a pause, she hurriedly answered Ye Qing'an's question: "This sachet was sent by Zhucui, the maidservant of the Sixth Concubine, along with the clothes you are wearing, Miss."
"Zhu Cui?" Ye Qing'an paused, turned to look at Granny Wei, "Is that Zhu Cui who was attending the meeting?"
"Yes, that's her."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips; it was indeed interesting.
She had previously wondered if Zhu Cui had been instigated by others to attend the event, but now that the sachet incident had come to light, things had taken a different turn.
Ye Qing'an played with the sachet, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Go and ask the servants in the other courtyards of the mansion if any of the clothes and jewelry sent over today contain sachets."
"Ask them again, who sent those people their clothes and jewelry?"
"Yes."
After hearing Wei Mama's agreement, Ye Qing'an instructed, "Alright, you can stay in the mansion. You don't need to come out with me."
Previously, Ye Feiran had received a note, indicating that Liu Xueying was likely planning to make a move against her today.
Since that's the case, it would be better to keep all the maids and servants in the mansion for now, so they won't become a hindrance if something goes wrong.
However, Wei Mama and Zixiao were unaware of this. Their gazes swept over Yi Moxu, who was following Ye Qing'an, and they bit their lips. It seemed that Miss wanted to take Xu Yixiu out for a trip and did not want them to disturb her.
"Yes." Granny Wei and Zixiao lowered their heads and stared at the tips of their shoes.
"Oh, right..." Ye Qing'an thought of Ye Feiran, and then remembered that the note had instructed Ye Feiran to stay by her side on Mid-Autumn Festival, but...
"Where is the second young master?"
As soon as Ye Qing'an finished speaking, she saw Ye Feiran running towards her in the distance, panting: "Wait! Wait for me! Why are you running so fast?"
Ye Qing'an sighed, and waited for Ye Feiran to stop in front of her before raising an eyebrow: "Where have you been?"