Chapter 103: Being Pulled Over To Be An Airhead

  The palm print on Han Chae-yi's face was still there, but Li Xiuzhen had offered an irresistible condition - she could sleep in her own bed tonight. What a thrilling condition it was! So Han Chae-yi didn't care about the palm print on her face anymore and followed Li Xiuzhen out of the door with a swagger.

  Because she was traveling with the prince, even if someone saw the mark on Han Caiwei's face, they all bowed their heads and didn't dare say anything. Instead, they respectfully greeted both of them. This was the first time Han Caiwei had been treated this way, and although it was a case of "borrowing the tiger's might", it still satisfied her vanity.

  Arriving at the Wang family's courtyard, Li Xiuzhen was about to enter when he felt a sudden emptiness in his hand that held Han Caiwei's. He turned around in surprise and saw her standing at the entrance of the courtyard, looking up at the plaque above the gate. He walked back to her and asked: "What's wrong?"

  Han Caiwei blinked her eyes and pointed at the plaque: "Madam Wang said that this was written by Master Wang."

  Li Xiuzhen took a look and directly pulled her inside, walking while saying: "That was when Wang Shi married into the Wang family in the early years. She asked me to write a couplet for her, I wrote those two characters the best at that time, so I wrote them for her and they have been hanging there until now. So this place is also called Qingyun Pavilion."

  Han Caiwei pouted: "The words of the king are not bad, when Xuer's words are practiced well, I will also ask Xuer to write a plaque for me to hang on the gate of the other courtyard!"

  Li Xiuxian narrowed her eyes: "Why don't you want me to write?"

  Han Caiwei gave him a disdainful look: "You've already written it for others, what else do you want to write for me?! I don't even like your handwriting!" She got excited and spoke out of turn, the result was Li Xiuzhen grasping her hand slightly tighter, although he was staring straight ahead, his words were clearly meant for her: "Wait till I get back, then we'll settle this score!"

  Han Caiwei had wanted to retort a few words, but since the two of them had already entered the Wang family's courtyard and were followed by a group of servants, the people inside the house also came out in droves to welcome the arrival of Master Wang. She didn't dare say anything more, this being the Wang family's territory, she was afraid that if she continued to bicker with Li Xiucheng, it would be mistaken for flirting or something similar, which wouldn't be good.

  Li Xiuzhen saw that she had nothing to say, glanced at her sideways, and saw that she was hanging her head in silence. The smile in his eyes deepened, and he continued to hold her hand, calmly accepting the greetings of the crowd.

  Because Li Xiuzhen came to visit Wang's family, Han Caiwei felt that she had nothing to do with herself. She rushed here purely because Li Xiuzhen was willing to sleep on the small bed, otherwise who would be willing to accompany her own man to see her own man's second wife?

  The servants in the Wang family's house, the maids, whoever came up to greet them, saw

  If it weren't for Li Xiuzhen holding her hand and not letting go, Han Caiwei really wanted to shrink into a ball and become air, because although everyone seemed nonchalant as they glanced at her, their gazes inevitably lingered on the hands she and Li Xiuzhen were clasping together. Han Caiwei felt like her poor left hand was going to be scorched by those fiery stares.

  She tried to pull away, but Li Xiuzhe's grip was too tight. Forcing a pull would only attract everyone's attention, which she couldn't bear. So she had no choice but to calmly let him lead her, pretending to be silly and ignoring all the gazes.

  Wang heard the maid report that the third master had arrived, and she hurriedly called for someone to support her as she came out. Her mother-in-law also followed closely behind to pay respects to Li Xiuzhen. At this moment, Li Xiuzhen was leading Han Caiwei into the house. The two groups of people faced each other, and Wang's pale face caught Han's eye. Han slightly furrowed her brow - just a few days ago she had been fine, so why did she look so haggard now? Judging from her complexion, it seemed that she was quite ill.

  Li Xiuzhen finally let go of her hand and turned to help Wang Shi get up: "The king just came to see you, you can lie down well, why did you get up? Yin'er, quickly help your master in to lie down!"

  The maid supported Wang Shi and went in, Li Xiuzhen also followed in, then the servants all went to attend to their own tasks, the maids followed them into the house, Han Caiwei stood at the door with no one paying attention to her, she actually wanted to just slip away unnoticed, but after thinking for a moment, she was still very curious about Wang Shi's illness, this could be considered an occupational disease, after thinking for half a day, she let out a faint sigh and finally stepped into the house.

  The Wang's house indeed did not have a strong medicinal smell, only a faint scent of pills, it seems that even though she was ill like this, she still refused to drink herbal medicine.

  Wang leaned against the bedpost, with Yin'er attending to her at her side. A lady stood by the bedside, dressed and made up properly, with a somewhat aristocratic air about her, who was probably Wang's mother from her maternal family.

  The maids stood at the door, four or five of them, but no one spoke. When Han Caiwei came in, they pretended not to see her.

  Li Xiuxian sat on a carved round stool, talking to Wang Shi, while Han Caiwei stood not far from the door.

  "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern about me. I'm ill and yet I still need to trouble you to come all the way here, it's really not right."

  Li Xiuxian smiled faintly: "You are the king's concubine, and it is only natural for me to come see you when you're ill. You don't have to be so polite with me. By the way, the imperial physician came to examine you, what did he say was wrong with you?"

  It seems that Madame Wang has something difficult to say, and after glancing at her mother, the old lady hastily said: "Your Excellency, the doctor has examined her and says it's nothing serious. It's probably just a seasonal illness. Baoyu's body has always been weak, so it's normal for him to get sick. He'll be fine after taking some medicine, Your Excellency doesn't need to worry."

  Li Xiuzhen slightly pursed her lips: "But you've never been ill like this before, what if we misdiagnose the illness and take the wrong medicine? I think your condition looks serious, why don't we invite the imperial physician to come and take a look?"

  "Master Wang hastily said: 'I asked Yin'er to invite the doctor who is often used in our Wang Mansion, I heard that he is very accurate at diagnosing illnesses, and he is a distant relative of my family, so I trust him. This is just a minor illness, maybe after taking some medicine for a few days it will be fine, why bother troubling the imperial physician to come again?'"

  "Uh, you're right," Li Xiuzhen slightly furrowed her brow, thought for a moment, then suddenly turned her head and pointed at Han Caiwei, "You come over, aren't you skilled in medicine? You take her pulse."