Chapter 87: A Secret Agent, Gossipy Women
Long Heng held her up with one hand. But as a result of that, her clothes were stained red due to the Red Pearl residue on his hands. But why would men care about things like this? He only said, “Why did she faint again? Call for the doctor, hurry!”
Suddenly, that small, crimson red hand grabbed ahold of him. With a trembling voice, she said, “No&h.e.l.lip; no need. Just bandaging my hand well will be enough.”
But how would Long Heng believe her? The doctor was here a short while later.
This was the doctor from the manor’s inner estate. He inwardly sighed with emotion at the fragility of Madame Xiu. It almost seemed that he was summoned every 3 to 5 days to pay her a visit. But what could he do? She was a beauty and even had the adoration of the prince! But giving her a check up, he realized that this madame doesn’t seem to have any illness.
The doctor suddenly had an epiphany. Could she be faking ill to gain Prince Li’s favour? He creased his brow and could only say the following to play along with his masters, “Fourth Madame’s sickness is only due to fatigue. It isn’t very serious.” After saying that, he wrote down a prescription. It’s not like some supplements will cause her harm anyways.
Long Heng creased his brows as well. His original plans of pouncing on her right after they returned home had now gone to the dogs. Her body was currently weak, and her hands and waist are also injured. Even as much of a beast he was, he would have to endure for now. He’d endured it so many times already, he was used to it by now. He actually wasn’t in such a hurry to pounce on her that much recently. On the contrary, he just wanted to be by her side, and not just think about that matter.
Bai Xiangxiu really didn’t enjoy drinking medicine. She was actually wondering why had the doctor misdiagnosed her phobia of blood as fatigue of the body? She began to seriously doubt the doctor’s medical skills.
Long Heng originally wanted to leave after seeing that she was lying down, but didn’t know what he’d leave to do now. He took a spin around these cramped quarters and actually decided to stay.
Bai Xiangxiu was feeling uncomfortable lying down and there was even a red handprint on her own clothes! After contemplating for a long time, she quietly raised her body up. Before Xiao s.h.i.+ could even say anything, Long Heng, sitting by the side reading a book, spoke with a deep voice, “Lie down.”
Bah, Bai Xiangxiu lay back down and shut her eyes again. But she couldn’t fall asleep at all. It wasn’t just because of the red print, but also because of a biological process. She needed to use the toilet. But the prince was too strict! She was told to lie down as soon as she even got up. If this continued, she might be forced to pee on the bed! So, she tossed and turned on the bed as her face turned beet red. There was a few times she wanted to get up and say with a thick face that she needed to use the lavatory.
But it was too embarra.s.sing!
It would be fine to say that if Long Heng was just an ordinary man. But he just had to be that guy who wanted to pounce on her. If she said that she needed to use the lavatory before he pounced on her, won’t it make him feel a little too distressed?
Endure&h.e.l.lip; Endure&h.e.l.lip; but in the end, biological processes were simply impossible to endure. Feeling helpless, she sat up with her face blus.h.i.+ng red
“Lie&h.e.l.lip;”
“Your Highness, your concubine wants&h.e.l.lip; wants to&h.e.l.lip;”
“Wants to?”
“Use the lavatory.” Bai Xiangxiu felt that she really wanted to ram her head into a wall. This prince was really too dense!
Long Heng was stunned for a moment, then said expressionlessly. “Go!”
Bai Xiangxiu felt like she was a student asking for permission to go to the restrooms at school, and walked out of the cla.s.sroom with everyone’s attention on her. She was walking at first. But after leaving the room, she practically ran all the way there.
Actually, there was a side hall adjoining her room. 1 But since there was a man in her bedroom, she didn’t dare to use the toilet in that room! After using the lavatory, she asked Xiao s.h.i.+ to bring her to the inner room to change her clothes. Only after that did she feel relieved and proceeded back into her room to lie down. She felt so much more comfortable now compared to before.
But just after she lay down, a person came in to notify that the old madame had fainted. After he heard the news, Long Heng was shocked and left immediately. Bai Xiangxiu couldn’t lie down anymore either. She followed behind him as they rushed towards the old madame’s residence.
After entering the residence, the old madame had already come to. Apparently, it was an old health issue. She would become like this every time the temperature dropped. This had also been explained in the novel. Old Madame had to travel south to recuperate for a period of time. Long Heng had then taken the female lead to some place to play and have fun. It was then that she gotten to know another male supporting character.
Bai Xiangxiu had long since forgotten where they’d gone. Since nothing bad had really happened to the old madame, she felt that there was really no need for her to be worried. But she still had to keep up the appearances. When she arrived, she found that the three other concubines had long since arrived.
After Long Heng entered the residence, the other three concubines brought their servants over and paid their respects. He didn’t even crease his brow a little as he walked into the room. The old madame needed a peaceful environment to rest. So they could only look from the outside and could not enter the room.
Bai Xiangxiu knew her place, so she did not follow him inside. She automatically stood and waited outside. She was ranked number four, so she followed the rules and sat in fourth place.
She didn’t that the second madame would click her tongue right after she sat down and say, “Younger sister, you must be wounded! Your hands seemed to be injured quite a bit seriously.”
“It’s nothing really.” Bai Xiangxiu responded as she raised her hand and gave it a little shake.
Second Madame laughed and said, “Younger sister, you are unexpectedly good at enduring pain. But, our prince’s heart must be aching for you.”
Bai Xiangxiu creased her brow. Was this really a good time to be saying things like that when the old madame was lying down inside? She was different from these women. Ever since she arrived in this world, she had been living her life with extra caution, and things were no different now. She had no choice. Who told her to lack the halo of the female lead?
Therefore, she gave them a small smile and acted as though she was shy and didn’t continue the conversation. She only hoped that the second madame would know her place a little, to prevent old madame from having a bone to pick with her.
Unfortunately, she underestimated the power of female jealousy. The four of them had entered the residence at roughly the same day. But because Bai Xiangxiu had the prettiest looks among them, she had always been discriminated against by them. They hadn’t expected that the prince would immediately take a liking to her after his return. Not only did he frequently go to her residence, he didn’t even bother to even glancing at them. This was utter defeat for a woman. How could they stand it?
Therefore, finding problems and creating trouble became something they absolutely had to do. It wasn’t their fault that they were too bored with nothing better to do.
“I heard that you were injured at the Song residence. They must be so careless. How could they let a guest receive such a serious injury?” The second madame only heard a little bit here and there. She had found this incident to be odd. It was only an injury. Why was the Song residence and Long Heng trying to keep this incident a secret?
She felt that she was someone with strong intelligence networks, but she hadn’t exactly heard how Madame Xiu was injured. Were there some other things that had happened as well? It was said that Miss Lin had been there on that day as well. One of them was a main wife who had yet to join the family, while the other was a pampered concubine. Some kind of friction happening between them was unavoidable.
The three madames actually couldn’t help but wish that they would fight each other. That way, they would have a nice show to watch. Of course, if there was a battle, then someone would get hurt. But no matter who was the one that got hurt in the end, they would still be abnormally happy.
“It was just an accident.” Bai Xiangxiu was also a woman. Even though she wasn’t any good at internal politics, she still knew a bit of what they were thinking of.
If they wanted to hear some gossip from her, then they were truly thinking too much. That incident wasn’t anything nice to talk about either. Since both the Song family and the prince were keeping their mouths shut, there was no way she would talk about it. The three madames perked their ears and were prepared to listen, but they didn’t expect Bai Xiangxiu to say something as brief as that. It doesn’t seem to be possible to continue talking about this topic!
