jdhmnovel Chapter 151 What are you doing?
Chapter 151 What are you doing?
Ye Qing'an hesitated slightly: "I..."
“I’m a little worried about the rumors circulating in the manor.” After saying that, Ye Qing’an shook her head again: “Actually, if it were just my daughter all alone, then it wouldn’t be a problem.”
"Let them say what they want, it won't hurt me, and I won't care. But... there are eleven..."
Ye Qing'an bit her lip: "After Doctor Xu made an example of someone to scare the others, although many people in the manor dared not say such things to our faces, they still spread unpleasant rumors behind our backs."
"Leave this to me; you don't need to worry about it."
"Yes."
Ye Qing'an finished responding, but still did not leave.
"Is there anything else?" Ye Qinghao raised an eyebrow.
Ye Qing'an raised her eyes and glanced cautiously at Ye Qinghao: "Yesterday, I went to visit Fourth Aunt, but Fourth Aunt seemed to dislike me, and I was unable to see how ill she was."
"It wasn't a big deal, but the servants in the manor spread some unpleasant rumors, saying that the Fourth Concubine's courtyard would catch fire and that she would fall ill, because she said some unpleasant things after Fei Ran's accident."
"Fourth Aunt had asked Doctor Xu to treat her yesterday. When I visited her later, Fourth Aunt felt that I had instructed Doctor Xu to secretly drug her."
Ye Qinghao frowned: "What kind of nonsense rumors are these?"
"I also think these rumors are really ridiculous, but Fourth Aunt has come to hate me because of them. I have always believed that harmony in the family is the key to everything, and I don't want to bear this reputation for no reason. So I would like to ask Father to come with me to visit Fourth Aunt."
Ye Qinghao glanced at Ye Qing'an, pursed his lips, and remained silent.
"I think that if Fourth Aunt sees Father, she will be very happy. Knowing that it was I who invited Father to visit, she might put aside her grudges with me."
Ye Qinghao didn't really want to go, but he thought that Ye Qing'an had been quite obedient, whether it was about the Su family or about Xu Mo.
If this is what she asks for, then going to do it would be a small favor done for her.
"Row."
Ye Qing'an's face lit up with joy: "Thank you, Father."
In the courtyard of the Fourth Concubine, the Fourth Concubine was still unaware that Ye Qing'an and Ye Qinghao had come this way.
Fourth Aunt was sitting in front of the mirror, staring intently at her own face in the bronze mirror.
"It does seem less red than this morning." Fourth Aunt said with delight, "This stuff really works. Apart from the slightly unpleasant smell, there's nothing else wrong with it."
"Yes." Seeing that Fourth Madam was finally happy, Granny An also smiled. "At this rate, the rash on the mistress's body will be completely gone in two days at most."
"Since we don't need to go out for the next couple of days, Master can take the time to get things done properly."
Fourth Aunt nodded and snorted: "Don't think I don't know, the rumors outside are really nasty. They say I have an incurable disease and my face is completely disfigured. They say I will never be able to win the master's favor again and my future will probably be miserable."
Fourth Aunt flashed a ruthless look: "A miserable end? I want to see who will have a miserable end. Those who gossip, once I'm fully recovered and out of here, I'll investigate them one by one. When that happens, I'll pull out all their tongues and soak them in wine to drink."
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth and sat up straight: "Come on, apply the medicine to me, apply it thickly."
"Apply a thicker layer; the medicine will be more effective, and the recovery will be faster."
After the fourth aunt finished speaking, she took a strip of cloth and stuffed it into her nose. Anyway, once her nose was plugged, she couldn't smell anything.
She just needs to endure it for two more days, just two more days.
Granny An responded and carried the prepared medicine over, applying it all over Fourth Aunt's face and body.
After applying the ointment, Granny An took her things and went outside. Once outside, she took several deep breaths without making a sound.
Fourth Aunt distrusts others and doesn't want anyone to know that she's applying that stuff to her body, so she orders all the servants in the courtyard not to come to the main courtyard.
She was the one who applied that stuff to Fourth Aunt, and Fourth Aunt wouldn't allow the windows in the room to be opened. Fourth Aunt could plug her nose with a strip of cloth, but she couldn't.
The smell in the room was absolutely suffocating.
Granny An took a few more deep breaths before taking the things to the side courtyard.
Fourth Aunt didn't want anyone to know about this, and she was the one who had to deal with these things.
Ye Qinghao and Ye Qingan entered the fourth concubine's courtyard, but from the courtyard gate to the main hall, they did not see a single servant.
Ye Qinghao frowned: "What's going on here?"
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Perhaps Fourth Aunt felt that Father was angry with her, so she is repenting."
Ye Qinghao remained silent and stepped into the main hall.
There was still no one in the main hall, but the voice of the fourth concubine could be heard from inside the room: "Pour me a cup of tea."
They probably heard their footsteps and assumed they were servants from the courtyard.
Ye Qinghao's expression was not good, and he stepped into the inner room.
As soon as I stepped inside, I was almost driven out by the pungent smell that filled the room.
"What are you doing in here? What's that smell?"
Fourth Auntie was so surprised to hear Ye Qinghao's voice that she almost thought she was hallucinating. She quickly turned around and saw that Ye Qinghao was indeed standing at the door, with Ye Qing'an following behind him.
Fourth Aunt was startled and instinctively put on a smile to greet him.
"A ghost..." Ye Qing'an exclaimed. Fourth Aunt saw Ye Qing'an quickly hide behind Ye Qinghao and then remembered the state of her face and body.
Fourth Aunt's expression suddenly changed. She hurriedly turned around, quickly raised her hand, and wiped the things off her face with her sleeve.
Ye Qinghao had already strode into the room and grasped Fourth Aunt's hand: "What are you doing?"
Fourth Concubine looked flustered, tears welling up in her eyes: "Master, Master, please go out first, I... Master, please go out first, I'll wash my face and take a bath and then come out."
Ye Qinghao ignored him and simply grabbed her arm, pulling her out.
The servants who had come with Ye Qinghao and the others were still guarding outside the door. They were all startled by the sight, but they could also smell the stench emanating from the fourth concubine.
One of the servants couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his nose.
Ye Qinghao threw Fourth Aunt out into the courtyard, only then did he feel the suffocating smell dissipate slightly: "Come here, tell me properly, what are you doing? Did you fall into a cesspool and eat shit?"
Fourth Aunt felt her mind go blank, her eyes frantically scanning her surroundings as if searching for something, when she suddenly saw Ye Qing'an standing behind Ye Qinghao.
"It's her!" Fourth Madam stood up without regard for anything else, pointed at Ye Qing'an, and was about to rush towards him: "Master, it's her, she's the one who ruined me!"