The carriage left the Yuhui Nunnery, made a turn, and streaked off down the mountain.

Not long after they left, an old maid hurriedly ran to the parking place. Seeing that there was no carriage of Duke Xing’s Mansion in the parking place, she stamped her feet in a hurry and went back to inform her Madam helplessly.

Shao Wanru and Shao Jie’er didn’t know that the old maid of Minister Zhao had tried to find them and wanted to stop them from going down the mountain in such a hurry. They were sitting in the carriage, and the atmosphere was relatively peaceful.

Shao Wanru looked lost in her thoughts and didn’t take the initiative to talk. On the contrary, Shao Jie’er was quite talkative at this time. From time to time, she asked about what had happened to Shao Wanru when she was in the Qin’s Mansion.

Shao Jie’er had heard those things from others. At first, she didn’t care about them, but now she suddenly became interested and wanted to know every detail of them.

Shao Wanru didn’t seem to be in the mood to answer. Later, she was a little annoyed by the question and said impatiently, “Second Sister, be careful. You’d better rest first. We need to find you a clinic. It seems to be a minor injury. But we don’t know if it would be worse.”

Speaking of the wound, Shao Jie’er became nervous. She reached out to rub her forehead with a handkerchief. It was very painful, and she couldn’t help feeling angry again in her heart. She now thought Madam Jiang was so hateful since this woman beat and scolded her, and she remembered that this woman once asked the old maid to punish her when she was a child. It was because she was a concubine’s daughter. If she were a legitimate daughter, that woman wouldn’t dare to do this to her.

Among all the Misses in Duke Xing’s Mansion, she was the only daughter of a concubine, which made her have to follow Shao Yanru closely in the past and not dare to disobey Shao Yanru at all.

“Fifth Sister, how did Madam Shui of Qin’s Mansion become a co-wife?” After beating about the bush, Shao Jie’er finally couldn’t stand it anymore and asked bluntly.

At the moment, it was a very good opportunity. Madam Jiang was basically discarded. And the second branch had to have a capable madam. The more Shao Jie’er thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible. Moreover, she had given her finance to her third sister. For this reason, her third aunt had to help her aunt.

Moreover, her third aunt was in poor health. If someone helped her and would not look down on her, her third aunt should be willing to do so.

“It’s not easy to be a co-wife. Madam Di is in poor health and has been recuperating. Aunt Shui is in charge of all the affairs in the whole mansion. In the servants’ eyes, she was regarded as the legal wife, and it’s Aunt Shui who is in charge of the social activities and so on.”

Shao Wanru closed her eyes slightly and answered casually, leaning against the wall of the carriage.

They were both in poor health and had the same status. In the end, they have almost overthrown the legal wife. The servants in the mansion and those outside the mansion only knew that there was a Madam Shui, so no one would remember the legal wife Madam Di. Wasn’t this what she wanted?

Madam Shui could do it, so could her aunt.

Shao Jie’er fell silent. She bit her lip and thought about the possibility of such a thing carefully. She didn’t dare to think about it before, but now she felt that it was possible. Since others could do it, her aunt could do it. Moreover, she had her help. When Madam Shui became a co-wife, there were no children helping her.

Thinking of this, she calmed down. Originally, she didn’t want to make a big scene about Madam Jiang who smashed things on her, but now she felt that it was better to make a big fuss of it. She reached out and pulled her clothes. The clothes were wet, and they had not dried yet. Although the innermost clothes seemed not wet, wearing them like this made her very uncomfortable.

Her forehead was in pain, and it was swollen with bumps. She felt very uncomfortable.

However, these were nothing since Shao Jie’er’s ambition was wilder than ever at this time. Those thoughts that she once didn’t dare to think about came up like crazy grass tendrils.

Shao Wanru’s long eyelashes trembled. Through her long and curly eyelashes, she saw Shao Jie’er’s excited and almost twisted expression. She silently raised the corners of her mouth and closed her eyes. Shao Jie’er’s ambition was aroused. That was good! It was not good for her if the Jiang family remained the strongest branch in Duke Xing’s Mansion.

Before Shao Jie’er arrived at Duke Xing’s Mansion, she first found a clinic to treat her wounds.

Seeing that Shao Jie’er, who was in a mess, was helped down from the carriage, everyone who saw her talked about her. It could be seen that this Miss did not look good and her face was pale. The servant girl covered her head with a handkerchief, but the red and swollen parts on her head couldn’t be covered completely. It was very clear. And it was obvious that her outer clothes were splashed with water.

Shao Jie’er’s clothes indicated that she was a Miss from an aristocratic family and had an extraordinary status. Something must have happened to her since she was in such a mess at the moment. The clinic was at the gate of the city, and many people had seen it.

Fortunately, it was winter. Although her outer clothes were wet and she was in a mess, she was not soaked in moisture. Moreover, along the way, some parts of her clothes dried.

Shao Wanru wore a veil and helped Shao Jie’er into the clinic with her servant girl.

At the sight of their clothes, the doctor of the clinic knew that they were not normal girls. He hurriedly invited them in and looked at Shao Jie’er’s wound. It looked like only a scratch, but because of the swelling, it seemed to be particularly serious. After applying the medicine to her forehead, the doctor bandaged her wound.

Yujie took the initiative to pay the consultation fee.

“What’s wrong with your Miss?” It was a student collecting the fee. He looked at Shao Jie’er, who was still in the inner room, with curiosity and asked.

It was rare for a Miss from an aristocratic family to be injured like this, and she had just come in from outside the city gate. The boy was full of curiosity.

“Not our Miss, but our Second Miss. Today she went up the mountain to visit the Madam of Duke Xing’s Mansion,” Yujie said vaguely, seeming to be unwilling to say more, and handed over the money.

The student’s eyes lit up and he became more interested in it. The folks around also often talked about the rumors in Duke Xing’s Mansion from time to time. The First Miss was the most beautiful woman in the capital city, but it was a pity that she had entered the palace now. It was said that she merely became a concubine of the lowest rank. Someone had said that she was destined to be the prince’s wife, but now it was the Fifth Miss who was betrothed to Prince Chen.

Because there was much gossip about Duke Xing’s Mansion recently, even this student knew that the Second Miss of Duke Xing’s Mansion was a concubine’s daughter.

“Was your Second Miss beaten when she went to the mountain to see Madam of Duke Xing?” the student widened his eyes and asked.

“Don’t talk nonsense. What are you talking about? She was just accidentally hit by a teacup!” Yujie glared at him angrily and scolded him in a low voice. When she finished speaking, she found that she had spilled the beans. She hurriedly shook her head to signal the student not to talk nonsense.

The student nodded to show that he would not lie. He leaned over and asked Yujie in a low and excited voice, “Did Madam of Duke Xing hit her? It seems that Second Miss is seriously injured. Why is the Madam so cruel? No wonder others say that Madam of Duke Xing has a bad character, so she is punished to cultivate in seclusion on the mountain.”

Upon hearing such confidential news, the boy was so excited because he thought it was so exclusive.

“Don’t spread it out, or I… will be punished!” Yujie had told him the things she was not supposed to speak about. At this time, she couldn’t completely ignore the question from the boy but she had to remind him.

“Don’t worry. I’m not that kind of gossipy person. I just think that the Second Miss in your mansion looks really pitiful. How could there be such a Madam? She’s too cruel!” The student nodded repeatedly, indicating that he couldn’t stand it, so he asked this question.

“Today, our Old Madam asked the two Misses to go up the mountain to meet Madam together. I didn’t expect that after talking for a while… they would become like this. Alas!” Yujie shook her head, looking as if it was hard to explain, but when the student asked again, she didn’t say anything else.

Hearing this, the student felt more curious. However, Yujie stopped talking about it, and the boy found it useless if he kept probing. After paying the money, she returned to the inner room.

The doctor inside also reminded Shao Jie’er, “Miss, you must be careful. And don’t have water on your wound.”

“But I got a lot of water on my wound when the teacup was smashed on me before. What should I do?” Shao Jie’er looked flustered.

The old doctor frowned. In fact, he didn’t want to hear this kind of thing. There were many secrets that were not known to the public in the aristocratic families. The fewer he knew about this kind of thing, the better.

“I’m talking about the future. Miss, you don’t have to worry about the past. I’ve already cleaned the wound up for you!” the old doctor said.

“Is it really okay? Why does my head hurt so much? Will it cause other diseases?” Shao Jie’er reached out to cover her head and said with pain.

“Uh… there should be no serious problem!” The old doctor had felt Shao Jie’er’s pulse just now and believed that there would be no other problems in her brain.

“But it still hurts. Not only here, but also the back of my head. I don’t know if it was because I hit the back door frame when I tried to dodge the teacup.” Shao Jie’er touched the back of her head again.

The old doctor was speechless for a moment. If the back of her head had hit the door frame, there should be a wound on the back of her head.

He asked the servant girl to massage it gently. It seemed that the girl’s whole body was aching, so the old doctor did not dare to make a casual diagnosis.

“Miss… I only treat simple diseases here. If you really feel very painful, you’d better find a renowned doctor or an imperial physician in the palace to treat you.”

The old doctor didn’t dare to make any diagnosis.

“Do we need to ask the imperial physician?” Shao Jie’er cried, wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

“Or you can ask for a renowned doctor from the city!” The old doctor thought that Shao Jie’er was in a hurry and couldn’t find an imperial physician immediately, so he said hurriedly. It was difficult to find an imperial physician, but it was easier if it was a doctor living in the city.

“Second Sister, what do you think?” Shao Wanru said. Shao Jie’er had to make the decision. Just like when they saw the clinic, Shao Jie’er took the initiative to cover her head and said that she couldn’t stand the pain, so she got out of the carriage to go to the clinic. It was too far from the city gate and there were too many people!

“Let’s go back to the mansion first and ask Grandmother to call an imperial physician to treat me. I have a headache. It seems that something is shaking in my head whenever I move. It’s very uncomfortable.” Shao Jie’er sobbed a few more times before she said in pain.

“Okay, let’s go back quickly!” Shao Wanru nodded, reached out to help Shao Jie’er up, thanked the old doctor, and then walked to the carriage parked at the door with Shao Jie’er’s servant girl.