The Princess Wei Yang Chapter 81 part2

Chapter 81 Part 2: Swarm of Scorpions

属下 shǔ xià - subordinates refer to themselves as shu

xia

Da Furen had left the best room in Fu Rui

Courtyard to Li Wei Yang. Li Chang Xi was rather unhappy and despite Li Chang

Xiao’s attempts to stop her, she rushed over to voice her complaints. Then, she

saw Du mama reminding a group of Yatous: “Si Xiaojie and Wu Xiaojie aside,

Furen said to serve San Xiaojie with care!”

Li Chang Xi heard this, and she was furious

and fuming.

Hearing Du mama talk about how Li Wei Yang was

favored by Lao Furen and given such luxuries, the flames of anger burned

brighter for Li Chang Xi. In the past, she may not have been Li Chang Le’s

equal, but she still had greater status than Li Wei Yang, and yet, now Li Wei

Yang had stumbled across such luck and surpassed her in status.

Du mama continued: “Of the unmarried shu

Xiaojies in the house, with a lovely face and grace, is there anyone who can

compare to San Xiaojie, noble and prestigious in everyone’s eyes, with such

wealth and even more so in the future!”

These words made Li Chang Xi even more

uncomfortable.

“Earlier, Furen had me prepare a new

gold-embroidered quilt for San Xiaojie, yet she did not mention the other two

Xiaojies, it seems San Xiaojie has the highest status in Furen’s eyes.”

Everyone was listening closely when a voice

suddenly rang out behind the crowd: “Du mama!”

Du mama turned, surprised: “Ah, Wu Xiaojie!”

She immediately fell silent.

Li Chang Xi’s face was particularly

unpleasant, she scoffed coldly. Li Chang Xiao pulled at her sleeve, Li Chang Xi

tried to hold back her anger as she said: “Du mama, I have moved my belongings

over, now I want to see Mother.”

Du mama smiled and said: “Furen said to wait

for San Xiaojie first.”

Li Chang Xi’s face grew even uglier.

Two Yatous dragged a small sack into the

courtyard. Du mama quickly stopped them: “Have you brought the ingredients?”

One of them, a clever-looking Yatou responded:

“Yes, they will be immediately sent to kitchen.”

Something rustled within the sack, making

others nervous. Li Chang Xi furrowed her eyebrows: “What is this?”

Du mama responded: “The physician said Furen’s

condition is severe, so scorpion tail soup is necessary to nurse her back to

health. These scorpions must be the most venomous kind and thoroughly cooked in

order to be most effective as a soup. Aiya, that’s right, Wu Xiaojie, Xiaojie

should stay away, if they happen to sting you, it will be a matter of

jiǔsǐyīshēng.” She then ordered the two Yatous to take the sack to the kitchen.

Li Chang Xi stood rooted to the spot as she

listened until Li Chang Xi nudged her, breaking her out of her trance: “Mei,

what is wrong, why were you in a daze?”

Suddenly Li Chang Xi laughed, Li Chang Xiao

saw this and felt that it was a bit strange. Li Chang Xi looked over at her

jiejie and closed her mouth, refusing to say a word. Si jie was too weak and

lacking, telling her would not be a good thing. Once she had dealt with Li Wei

Yang, she would tell Si jie. Li Chang Xi felt a hint of rising anticipation.

Li Wei Yang had moved everything in when she

saw the two jiemei Li Chang Xi step into her room: “Aiya, the lighting is San

jie is so nice, Mother can be so unfair!” Li Chang Xi giggled as she said this,

there was no other emotion that stood out on her face.

Li Wei Yang heard her words, which were

neither bitter nor lighthearted, and faintly smiled, ignoring her words.

“San jie, we should go see Mother.” Li Chang

Xi approached Li Wei Yang, intending to pull her along, not a trace of anger on

her face.

Zhao Yue stopped her: “Wu Xiaojie, our Xiaojie

doesn’t like being pulled along.”

Li Chang Xi felt a cold hand on her shoulder,

and as if struck by lightning, she quickly withdrew her hand. She was about to

rebuke at Zhao Yue when she remembered Si Yiniang had said that Li Wei Yang had

a Yatou skilled in martial arts by her side and changed her attitude: “Sorry

San jie, mei is really happy to see jie these days, let’s go, Mother must be

waiting!”

Li Wei Yang looked to Li Chang Xi. Something

must be wrong for Li Chang Xi to treat her so sincerely. Perhaps it was not a

good thing, but she smiled: “Wu mei, please, go ahead.”

The three of them went to Da Furen’s place to

pay their respects. Da Furen seemed to be in a good mood and arranged for them

to dine together in the room. The atmosphere was surprisingly peaceful and

harmonious, Li Chang Xi would recount gossip of other households to Da Furen,

occasionally making her laugh and smile while the other two focused on their

food, not joining the conversation as they listened and smiled.

Li Chang Xi suddenly looked up at Da Furen and

said: “Mother, after this, let nu er massage your shoulders, so to relieve any

sore muscles. Nu er is familiar with acupuncture points, but nu er does not have enough strength and fears

it will not be as effective.”

Da Furen smiled and said: “Then find a strong

Yatou, tell the Yatou, and the Yatou can follow your instructions, my legs are

sore, you can help with that.”

Li Chang Xi looked around for a moment: “Then

have her do it!” She pointed directly at Zhao Yue, who was standing behind Li

Wei Yang.

Da Furen glanced up and smiled: “This is not a

good idea, that is Wei Yang’s Yatou.”

“But she knows martial arts, her strength will

not be as heavy-handed as the Yatous who do manual labor. Besides, she will

only be here for two shichen, it’s not as if we won’t return her to San jie.

Jie certainly will not mind, this is filial piety!” Li Chang Xi raised her

voice, implying that if Li Wei Yang did not agree, she would be rejecting her

filial duties.

Everyone’s eyes were on Li Wei Yang, in a

moment, the room had become frighteningly tense.

Li Wei Yang took a sip of tea and slowly said:

“Wu mei must be joking, if Mother wants a Yatou, then that is not an issue,

only that Yatou is a bit heavy-handed, I’m afraid she will hurt Mother, then

that will not be good, it would be best if nu er attends to Mother!”

Li Chang Xi quickly said: “No need, no need!”

Li Wei Yang looked to her and smiled thinly.

Li Chang Xi’s heart raced but she continued to

act natural and forced a smile: “San jie must have been troubled enough today,

Mother has mei, and that is enough!”

It was as if she was afraid someone would

steal her efforts. Li Wei Yang smiled, her acting was not that bad at all. But

that Yatou wanted an excuse to keep Zhao Yue, what for?

Li Chang Xi quickly glanced over at Li Chang

Xiao, although Li Chang Xiao did not understand what was going on, she gently

advised: “Since it is this way, San jie should return and rest.”

Li Wei Yang smiled, as if she were agreeing,

she looked over and saw Li Chang Xi sigh softly and smiled coldly. This Yatou

dared to arrange such a performance in front of Da Furen?

Zhao Yue seemed reluctant. Li Wei Yang glanced

at her, Zhao Yue immediately understood and gave a small nod.

Li Wei Yang had just left when Li Chang Xiao

caught up to her, smiled and said: “San jie, Wu mei doesn’t understand, please

don’t take it to heart!”

Li Wei Yang saw Li Chang Xiao’s unease and

smiled: “Si mei should not worry, if Wu mei does not cause trouble, then I

won’t provoke her.” In other words, she was not promising anything.

Li Wei Yang left with Bai Zhi. Li Chang Xiao

looked after her retreating figure, not knowing why a bad feeling surfaced in

her heart.

A shichen later, Bai Zhi said: “Xiaojie, it’s

time to bathe, Nubi will prepare warm water.”

Li Wei Yang nodded, turning a page in the book

in her hands: “Go.”

A while later, Bai Zhi returned, “Nubi went to the water room, saying Xiaojie needed

water. After that, a mama sent word that Furen said, three Xiaojies can use the

fragrant hot spring in the courtyard, no need to go through the trouble of

getting water.”

There was indeed a fragrant hot spring in Da

Furen’s courtyard, but very few could use it.

“Nubi already went ahead to inspect, Si

Xiaojie had just bathed, seems there is nothing wrong.”

Nothing wrong was, in fact, what was wrong

with it. Li Wei Yang nodded and thought about it as she slowly went over to the

fragrant hot spring in the Fu Rui Courtyard. Unlike other hot springs, this one

had a variety of spices and herbs in the water. It was a pity that aside from

Da Furen and Li Chang Le, no one else had the right to use it. In the past, Er

Furen had held a grudge against Da Furen, partly because of this courtyard and

fragrant hot spring.

The fragrant hot spring was peaceful with only

the sound of water and a gentle fragrance encircling them.

Li Wei Yang put her hand into the water. Steam

slowly rose up and shrouded her in a thick, opaque mist.

Mo Zhu stood watch outside while Bai Zhi went

inside to serve her.

Li Wei Yang closed her eyes as if she were

exhausted.

At that moment, there was a small, distinct

sound outside the window. Li Wei Yang opened her eyes and turned around to see

something black crawl into the window.

“What is that?” Li Wei Yang’s voice was cold.

Bai Zhi looked over, and in the blink of an

eye, her heart almost stopped!

When she glanced over, she saw a scorpion with

a red mark on its back, slowly crawling towards the hot spring!

“Scorpion! Scorpion!” Bai Zhi cried out in

fear, her face pale as a sheet, she reached for the clothes on the screen

partition, only to find another scorpion on them, unable to retrieve them, Bai

Zhi quickly withdrew her hands.

Outside the window, a Yatou opened up the

mouth of the sack, allowing the scorpions to crawl out. She took three steps

back to Li Chang Xi’s side and quietly said: “Wu Xiaojie, will this tactic be

successful?”

Li Chang Xi scoffed: “Hu, it’d be best if those

venomous scorpions killed her! Even if she doesn’t die, I have other things

waiting for her!” As long as Li Wei Yang cried out for help, the guards she

stationed outside would burst in, then Li Wei Yang would be seen, in all her

glory. Even if she could escape the scorpions, her reputation would be ruined!

Bai Zhi had just screamed when the scorpions

came at them, clearly moving faster than before. A terrifying sound grew louder

in the peaceful chamber.

Bai Zhi fearfully asked: “Xiaojie, what do we

do now?” Swallowing uneasily, Bai Zhi looked at the scorpions and said: “Nubi

will hold them off, Xiaojie, quickly run away.”

“I can’t.”

In a moment, Li Wei Yang had understood her

opponent’s intentions. Perhaps there were countless people already waiting,

waiting to see lose face and lose everything, humiliated and her reputation

destroyed! “Xiaojie! Nubi is afraid!” Bai Zhi blurted out.

Li Wei Yang lowered her voice: “Take off your

outer robe and give it to me.”

Bai Zhi was surprised for a moment, then she

remembered LI Wei Yang was not wearing anything. She quickly took off her outer

robe. Li Wei Yang quickly climbed out of the hot spring and slipped into the

robe. Bai Zhi was left in her white garments, panicking as she stared at the

window: “Xiaojie, there are too many! Too many!”

Four, five bigger scorpions climbed in through

the window, Bai Zhi was too afraid, unable to speak clearly. She was about to

drag Li Wei Yang to run outside when Li Wei Yang stopped her: “With our state

of dress right now, we will not be able to explain ourselves if anything

happens! Is this still not clear?”

Bai Zhi tightly gripped her sleeve, fear

grappling her heart in a way that it never had before. At that moment, Li Wei

Yang gently grabbed her hand, “Don’t make a sound, I have a way!”

Bai Zhi did not know what Li Wei Yang had in

mind, but to her, there seemed to be no way out of this situation.

Li Wei Yang had thought it through beforehand

because she knew Zhao Nan was nearby, in the shadows somewhere, protecting her.

She only needed to blow the golden whistle she always wore around her neck, and

she would be safe and sound. But doing so would quickly expose her strength,

allowing Da Furen to grasp her strengths and weaknesses! Da Furen was a guarded

individual, she would not waste a single person!

Countless scorpions had closed in one them,

holding onto the golden whistle, her mind racing, but Li Wei Yang’s movements

were slow as if she were waiting for something! Then, someone burst in, holding

a torch in hand, and quickly warded the scorpions away. The scorpions receded

at the sight of the torch, two, three fell into the hot spring, one after

another, and resurfaced moments later, bloated as they floated on their backs.

It was a disturbing sight.

The person holding the torch sincerely asked:

“Xianzhu, are you alright?”

Li Wei Yang looked at her, clenching the

golden whistle in her hand before letting go: “I am, thanks to you, Du mama.”

Du mama smiled clearly: “Why would you say

that, Nubi has only fulfilled rightful responsibilities. Once Nubi heard the

scorpions escaped, Nubi quickly realized that scorpions like places with warm

water and quickly came to protect Xiaojie.”

Bai Zhi had not calmed down yet, she patted

her chest in relief: “Thank you, Du mama!” She always suspected Du mama, but

now that her life was spared from the scorpions, she felt that Xiaojie was

right, in this world, there was not one person who could not be bribed. One

only needs money, and someone who was once an enemy would aid them.

Du mama smiled and said: “Bai Zhi guniang,

this is Nubi’s responsibility!”

Mo Zhu had burst in at the same time as Du

mama, frightened, she stood watch outside the entire time until Du mama

suddenly came with a torch in hand and told her the scorpions had escaped. She

thought it was just another scheme to harm Xiaojie somehow, but Du mama had

pushed her aside and rushed in. She ran in after Du mama only to see scorpions

everywhere on the ground.

Du mama seized the clothes full of scorpions,

shook them off and handed them to Li Wei Yang: “Xianzhu, quickly put these on,

as not to catch a cold.”

Bai Zhi asked: “Where did these scorpions come

from then?”

Du mama said: “All of them are for Furen’s

medication, aiya, Nubi remembered, earlier the Yatou in the kitchen said she

saw Wu Xiaojie’s Yatous come——”

Li Wei Yang looked at Du mama: “Mama thinks Wu

mei wants to harm me?”

Du mama sighed: “It ‘s possible to know

someone and their face but not know their heart, who would have thought Wu

Xiaojie was this kind of person!”

Li Wei Yang calmly said: “Du mama, do not

speak carelessly, earlier, Wu mei was still with Mother, how could she order

Yatous to steal the scorpions and release them?”

Du mama said: “Haiz, Nubi would not lie, Wu

Xiaojie only gave instructions for acupuncture points and said she had a

headache and left. Furen is still frustrated, if it wasn’t time to take her

medicine, Nubi would not have found out about this!”

Li Wei Yang saw her rambling and waved her

hand: “Alright Du mama, Mother is still waiting for you to serve her, if Mother

discovers you here with me——”

Du mama fell silent and lowered her voice:

“Then Nubi will leave first, Xianzhu only needs to know that Nubi is dedicated

to serving Xianzhu! Everything else does not need to be rushed!” After that,

she glanced at Li Wei Yang, as if waiting to be rewarded.

There truly is no end to one’s greed, Bai Zhi

thought to herself, although still smiling: “Du mama should go ahead, Nubi will

help Xiaojie change, then Nubi will send it over to Du mama.”

Du mama handed the torch to Mo Zhu, smiled and

left.

Li Wei Yang calmly changed into her clothes.

Mo Zhu was still burning the remaining scorpions. Suddenly, Li Wei Yang took

out her golden whistle and gently blew it once, and it let out an unusual

sound. Then, a tall, young man flew in through the window at an astonishing

speed.

Li Wei Yang asked: “Did you see

clearly?”

“Yes, shu xia saw the people

releasing the scorpions outside.”

“Bring them here.”

“Yes.” Zhao Nan solemnly said,

then he quickly disappeared from sight.

Some time later, Zhao Nan jumped

into the room, dragging two people along.

His feet had just touched the

ground when he immediately threw them down like he would with a dead dog, the

two rolled once before stopping.

“Xiaojie, Nucai has sealed their

acupuncture points.” Zhao Nan said.

Li Wei Yang nodded, she lifted a

face with a hideous scar to further examine, a face full of fear and confusion.

Li Wei Yang’s slender nails

gently grazed over Li Chang Xi’s face, the tip of her nail sharp and cold,

making Li Chang Xi tremble from head-to-toe. Li Wei Yang smiled blankly and

said: “Wu mei, are scorpions that fun to play with?”

Li Wei Yang’s face was bright as

moonlight and clear as the river, yet there was a cold, cruel light in her

eyes. Li Chang Xi suddenly realized how terrifying the person before her was.

She didn’t know why things turned out this way. She had just released the

scorpions and quickly led the Yatou away, afraid someone would discover them.

She had thought that no evidence was left behind… Who would have thought the

moment she returned to her room, a man had stopped her and forcefully brought

her here!

Li Wei Yang laughed lightly as

she said: “Wu mei has suffered quite a bit, yet Wu mei still has not learned

what to do and not do!”

Zhao Nan released the

acupuncture points for Li Chang Xi and placed his sword on her neck, Li Chang

Xi’s voice trembled: “I… I really don’t understand what you’re saying.”

Li Wei Yang smiled dryly and

coldly said: “Could this be a misunderstanding?”

Li Chang Xi hurriedly said: “Of

course it’s just a misunderstanding, I don’t know anything!”

Li Wei Yang said: “Find a live

scorpion and bring it here.” Since you did not spare me a second thought, I

will not spare you this time!

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Translator: Chau

Editor: Panisa (In Progress)

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