Chapter 116: Stirring Up Dark Winds and Ghostly Fires

  Han Caiwei let out a soft sigh and continued on her way to the plum garden. However, she was intercepted before she even reached the plum garden.

  Qiu Hua was about to go forward when Han Caiwei stopped her, holding onto her arm and pouting: "What are you doing?"

  The person blocking the way was none other than Ce Fei Pang Shi. The weather was gloomy, making it hard to discern her expression, but her discontent and suppressed anger were palpable. Pang Shi took a step closer, narrowing her eyes as she said, "Han Cai Wei, you've been getting along quite well with Wang Fei lately, haven't you? And as for Wang Shi, who do you think you are? Do you really believe they're treating you sincerely?"

  Han Caiwei said calmly: "I do my own thing, what does it have to do with them? I didn't get along with them either, just..." She raised her eyes and stared at Pang Shi, "If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If they offend me, then don't blame me for being too ruthless. Sister Pang, I suppose the shadow of that old mouse has been erased from your heart, right?"

  Her face changed color, but she still suppressed it. Her eyes flashed with a light that Han Caiwei couldn't understand: "Han sister, although your nature has changed now, you're still as simple and naive as before, not knowing who is friend or foe. It's really heart-wrenching for me to see! Do you think this mansion is just like what you see? You have a six-year gap, do you think the princess and Wang Shi are really like what you see?"

  Han Caiwei had no interest in the infighting among the women in the Wang estate, nor was she foolish enough to think that Ji Zhaohui and Wang Bao'er were as gentle and elegant as they seemed on the surface. She knew all too well the ruthless and vicious tactics employed by women behind closed doors. She simply didn't want to get involved, nor did she have any interest in it.

  "I'm not interested in these, excuse me, I'm going back."

  Pan smiled slightly and actually gave way, but in the moment when she brushed shoulders with Han Caiwei, she said softly: "Then are you interested in who made you kneel for two hours every day in the ancestral hall?" Seeing Han Caiwei's surprised gaze, Pan smiled and hooked her lips, "Even if you've lost your memory, you can't treat your enemy as a benefactor, right?"

  Han Caiwei stopped and turned around, looking at her with pursed lips: "Who is it?"

  "Am I so stupid as to tell you this?"

  "You're not stupid," Han Caiwei sneered, casting a glance at Qiu Hua, who immediately struck the maid beside Pan Shi with a 'pointing' technique, causing her to collapse to the ground. "You are foolish, thinking you can threaten me by running out in the middle of the night? I have eyes, my dagger doesn't have eyes, aren't you going to say anything?"

  The plot that Bān Shì had imagined was not supposed to go like this. She had thought everything through, but the only thing she forgot was that Hán Cǎi Wēi's temper never went according to plan. Moreover, there were also the maids by her side, but this didn't affect the development of the plot either. Bān Shì wasn't facing this knife for the first time after all. At present, although there was a hint of panic in her eyes, she still looked relatively calm. She glanced at her maid and then pursed her lips to say: "I'm saying, back when you were sent to the ancestral temple, the prince didn't care about it, but Princess Wáng secretly dispatched someone to your place to deliver a message. I don't know who the messenger was, but they used the prince's name to tell you to kneel in front of the temple every day to atone for your sins and repent. So, the person who wronged you wasn't anyone else, it was precisely Princess Wáng, who is now taking care of your son!"

  Han Caiwei asked her skeptically: "How did you know?"

  She smiled and brushed off the knife on her neck, narrowing her eyes: "You're not interested in our 'women's' affairs, are you? Then there's no need to know so much! If you don't believe me, go ask the princess, ask if she did that kind of thing back then! - Seeing how hard you're working to help the Wang family now, I'll tell you one more thing: it's best for you to stay away from the women in the Wang mansion!"

  "Finish speaking, he stretched out his hand to point at the girl on the ground and said: 'Get this girl up for me. After all, Yin'er is clever, I still have to rely on her to find the way!'"

  Han Caiwei's eyebrow arched, Autumn Hua moved as swiftly as lightning, and Xiner was soon awake. Watching Xiner support Pang Shi walking away, Autumn Hua gazed at their backs and asked Han Caiwei: "Does Master believe the words of Ce Fei?"

  Han Caiwei lowered her eyes: "What do you think?"

  Qiu Hua pursed her lips and said, "The queen's character doesn't seem like someone who would do such things. Moreover, the concubine can't even say who passed on the message, nor is there any way to summon someone for a confrontation. I think it's either slander or maybe it's true, but I don't dare make a judgment." Who can clearly explain what happened in the palace? There are probably many things that can't be revealed, and even those involved may not be able to clarify them.

  Han Caiwei narrowed her eyes slightly, the darkness of the night, and the lantern in Qiu Hua's hand seemed to be insufficient. She could only walk slowly: "She didn't say that person was who, but rather she couldn't bear to say it. The things that happen in this mansion are sometimes simply not meant to see the light of day. What you see is white, but it's possible that person just wants you to see white. Now even you don't dare to make a judgment, so this matter can't be considered slander."

  "What does the master plan to do? I heard from Shuang'er that because of kneeling for these few years, Master's knee has an old injury. On cloudy and rainy days, it will be painful. These past few days have been cloudy and rainy, Master must be in pain again?" Qiu Hua remembered Shuang'er's words and felt a slight sense of self-reproach. With so many things on her mind, she had forgotten about Shuang'er's words and hadn't taken care of Han Caiwei's old knee injury at all.

  Han Caiwei smiled slightly, these days whenever she had time, she would treat her knee's 'problem', although a lot of 'medicine' was used, this was after all an accumulated problem over several years, it was hard to fully recover in a short period of time, it could only be alleviated by three or four tenths, on rainy days it still felt somewhat uncomfortable, but compared to before, it was much better.

  Sometimes she felt unbearable, and in her heart, she was also resentful of the person who made her kneel in the temple, wondering what kind of ruthless person would do such a thing.

  "Tomorrow morning, you'll accompany me to see the princess, won't you? This matter should also be settled." She understood Pang Shi's mind. Pang Shi was just that kind of person who liked to stir up trouble and cause discord. Seeing the good atmosphere in the palace, she couldn't bear to see others getting along well, so she must come out to sow discord. She hoped to achieve something for herself, best if it would lead to a fierce fight between her and Ji Zhaoxi, so that she could benefit from it.

  Pang Shi still didn't know that Ji Zhaoxi had frankly told her not to let Xu Er inherit as her son. Han Caiwei slightly narrowed her eyes, this Pang Shi's mind was also not to be underestimated, she probably waited for the right moment to come out, just hoping to stir up conflict between the two of them. Unfortunately, she didn't know that Han Caiwei never played by common logic, how could she let herself be calculated by Pang Shi? She still believed that Ji Zhaoxi had a good reason for this matter, and she planned to confront her about it in person the next day.

  "Good," Autumn Hua had just agreed, and the two of them walked to the entrance of Mei Garden, only to find Xiao Meihan sitting alone on the steps, Autumn Hua was taken aback, "Young Master?"