Chapter 528 - When Shao Yanru Was a Child (1/2)
Speaking of the Fifth Miss, Qiu Yu suddenly became angry. It was obvious that the lady showing up in the hall was not the First Miss Shao, but the Fifth Miss kept suggesting that it was the First Miss Shao. The Fifth Miss, who was so vicious at such a young age, was really not a good girl.
He wanted to rebuke her directly. However, at the thought of sending the ointment to his sweetheart, he didn’t want to ruin such a good opportunity, so he nodded at once.
“I will instruct someone to send it here after returning. First Miss Shao, please accept it and consider it a chance for me to make amends!” After finishing speaking, Qiu Yu bowed respectfully to Shao Yanru, who was behind the gauze curtain, snorted coldly at Shao Wanru without talking to her, and then turned to leave with the doctor.
The First Miss Shao was a good girl. He thought that he should find an opportunity to remind her to be cautious of the Fifth Miss Shao. Otherwise, her kindness would make her a girl who remained ignorant after being deceived!
“Your Excellency…” Shuqi still wanted to refuse, but Qiu Yu had stridden away. She wanted to chase after him, but found it inappropriate for her to do that. So she could only look back at Shao Yanru, who was lying in bed, and thought, “Why is it so difficult to get rid of him? We just made use of him. How dare he have a fantasy for my master without considering whether he deserves my master…”
Qiu Yu acted quickly and sincerely. Not long after that, he came back here again to fetch the ointment in person. Qing’er opened the door, and then went to ask Shuqi out.
Shuqi refused him several times on instructions from Shao Yanru. However, she failed to refuse him and could only accept the ointment for fear of attracting more attention.
After bringing the ointment into the room and closing the door, she walked into the inner room and apologized to Shao Yanru, “First Miss, the ointment… I failed to refuse him. Later some nuns passed by. For fear of attracting their attention, I had to accept it!”
“Just put it away!” Under the shadow of the bedside, Shao Yanru said with a gloomy face. She lost to Shao Wanru this time and was set up by her. However, it was she who caused the problem, so she had no choice but to face the consequences.
Speaking of which, Qiu Yu could still be a witness of her innocence. After all, when they first met, he came specially to deliver a letter from Qi Tianyu. Later, she sent Shuqi to deliver a letter to him on behalf of Shao Wanru. He could be useful to her one day, so she could not offend him by refusing him directly.
“Miss, let me apply some ointment to your wound!” Shuqi said. Seeing that Shao Yanru did not blame her, she let out a sigh of relief, bent down to kneel in front of the bed and lifted the quilt at the foot of the bed.
Shao Yanru really sprained her ankle. She did that on purpose after returning, and didn’t send for a doctor until this morning. There was a big bump on her ankle, but fortunately she was not injured in the bones.
“First Miss, since he has delivered the ointment here, we can apply it. Your foot has been injured. Applying normal ointment could result in incomplete recovery.” Looking at the ointment in her hand, Shuqi said hesitantly.
It would be a big deal if the First Miss’s foot was really injured.
“First Miss, if you find it efficacious after applying it, we can ask the First Young Master to send him a gift after we go back!” Seeing that Shao Yanru fell silent for a while, Shuqi, who knew with which her master was concerned, advised again.
“Okay, apply it!” Shuqi’s words struck a chord in Shao Yanru’s heart, so Shao Yanru nodded and said at once.
Overjoyed, Shuqi hurriedly got up and fetched the ointment on the table. After that, she wiped the ointment she had applied to Shao Yanru’s wound before, and then cautiously applied the new ointment to her wound after rubbing it. The ointment granted by the imperial palace was really efficacious. As soon as it was applied to her wound, Shao Yanru found it refreshing and much better than that given by the doctor.
After finishing applying the ointment, Shuqi cautiously pushed Shao Yanru’s leg onto the bed, went out to wash her hands and then came in to serve Shao Yanru with a cup of tea in her hands.
“First Miss, Huiqing Nun came here just now in an attempt to see you, but the Fifth Miss refused her request,” Shuqi said cautiously, while placing the teacup on the table in front of Shao Yanru.
When she went out to wash her hands, she got the news from Qing’er.
“She refused it?” Shao Yanru said with an increasingly gloomy face.
“Yes. She was afraid that you would be disturbed, so she asked Huiqing Nun to go back!” Shuqi said, also looking sullen. As the First Miss’s personal principal maid, she had always been flattered by everyone in the mansion. Unexpectedly she had to try hard to please an inferior maid one day for information.
“How dare she?” Shao Yanru said, while clenching a corner of the quilt and scratching the quilt with her sharp fingernails.
Seeing her become furious, Shuqi didn’t dare to say anything else.
After a long while, Shao Yanru calmed down. Despite her cold face, the rage on her face had faded. She said, “Live in seclusion these days. If Rui’an Great Elder Princess comes here, report it to me and I’ll go to salute her. If not, I’ll stay here for recovery.”
After the doctor came, everyone should know that she had twisted her ankle long before and the lady showing up last night to meet Qi Tianyu could not be her.