Fusu knelt with a thud. "Your servant has always been diligent, but now I am the only one serving in the room. The moment Miss sent me to boil tea..."
"Marquis, Miss knows she was wrong. These past few days, she has been blaming herself. Please forgive her, my lord." Fusu kowtowed incessantly.
Qi Tianming looked at Qi Mingzhu, his brow furrowed.
This was his daughter, whom he had doted on like a precious jewel and placed all his hopes in. Now... Da Feng Novel Network
"Let's deal with your hand first. A Lan, keep a closer eye on her," Qi Tianming instructed.
Yun Shi responded calmly, "This concubine remembers the Marquis's orders."
Keep a closer eye, but it didn't mean lifting the confinement. Yun Shi naturally wouldn't speak up to say, 'Eldest Miss is so pitiable, please lift her confinement.'
Qi Tianming offered a few more words of comfort before leaving.
Yun Shi naturally followed. As she left, she cast a meaningful glance at Qi Mingzhu. She wanted to see what kind of person this Eldest Miss would become after these events, and what she was truly capable of.
Upon returning, Yun Shi instructed her subordinates to slightly loosen the supervision of the Eldest Miss. If the Eldest Miss had any requests, they could consider granting them.
Delicious food, fine drinks, and precious medicinal soups were sent to Qi Mingzhu continuously. Her days were far better than before.
Fusu was now somewhat impressed with her young lady. Although the Marquis had not lifted her confinement, his attitude had softened somewhat. Otherwise, where would all these good things come from? The person delivering them had also said they were sent specifically by the Marquis.
Qi Mingzhu leaned back comfortably on the canopy bed, a hint of triumph in her eyes. "Fusu, come here."
Qi Mingzhu unwrapped her bandaged wrist and extended it to Fusu. Fusu skillfully made a light cut, and the wound, which had just begun to scab, became hideous and terrifying again.
The first time Fusu did this, her hands had trembled violently.
Now, after cutting it every few days, Fusu had become very skilled and could control the force, making the wound look terrifying without causing secondary damage to Qi Mingzhu's wrist.
Soon, news that Qi Mingzhu's wrist wound was slow to heal spread throughout the manor.
Soon after, rumors about Yun Shi tampering with it also circulated.
Finally, the matter reached Qi Tianming.
"This concubine did not," Yun Shi said very calmly.
"It wasn't Madam Yun," Qi Mingzhu said almost at the same time.
This statement surprised Yun Shi. What was Qi Mingzhu trying to do?
"Since my daughter was injured, Madam Yun has taken excellent care of me. In terms of food, clothing, and daily necessities, nothing has been lacking for my daughter. Furthermore, the manor physician is your father's subordinate. If you ask him to treat my daughter, wouldn't he be diligent? Perhaps it is my daughter's own problem. Previously, when my daughter was reading, there was a record on a tree stating that some people's wounds take a very long time to heal," Qi Mingzhu said unhurriedly.
Qi Tianming frowned. He was not a physician and did not know about such matters.
The manor physician nodded. "Eldest Miss is correct. There are indeed such people."
"Then how did such rumors spread?" Qi Tianming asked.
"It is likely that someone wants to sow discord between my daughter and Madam Yun," Qi Mingzhu said.
Such a malicious person must be found.
Qi Tianming ordered an investigation, determined to get to the bottom of it.
Yun Shi thought that the source would definitely be traced, and under interrogation, they would surely admit that she had instigated it.
As it turned out, the source was found, but the young maidservant had already accidentally fallen into the lotus pond and drowned.
It was clearly suspicious, but nothing could be proven.
The matter had to be dropped.