Chapter 322

“What? Fourth Miss Wei hung herself in her room? Sixth Miss Wei was in a hurry to report to me but she accidentally fell and fainted?” The Third Princess suddenly stood up and asked in astonishment.

“Yes. You ask me to keep an eye on what happens in Chu Xiu Palace, so I would go there from time to time to take a look. I got the news from one of Chu Xiu Palace’s nurse-in-charge.” The palace maid panted for a while before continuing, “Someone has already gone to call for the imperial doctor.”

“Is it that serious?” The Third Princess asked in surprise.

“I am not sure either, but I heard that Sixth Miss Wei missed a step because she was in a hurry and slipped down the stairs. That’s why she fainted,” the palace maid replied.

“Has the imperial doctor arrived yet?” The Third Princess asked after pondering for a moment.

Chu Xiu Palace was nearby Crown Prince Mansion, so Royal Brother probably had already received the news.

“Not yet, but I heard that Sixth Miss Wei was seriously injured. Fourth Miss Wei was extremely anxious and even went to the Crown Prince Mansion to ask for help.”

“What? Wei Qiufu went to the Crown Prince Mansion?” Enraged, the Third Princess slammed her hand heavily on the table, her expression uncertain.

“Yes, that’s what I heard, but I also heard that His Highness did not see her. However, I’m afraid that His Highness is aware of Sixth Miss Wei’s injury now,” the palace maid quickly uttered when she glanced at the infuriated Third Princess.

“Come, let’s go take a look!” As the Third Princess calmed down a bit, she said coldly, the anger in her eyes was obvious.

Wei Qiufu was actually so bold as to disturb Royal Brother. Thinking about how Wei Qiufu had used her as a tool the other day, the Third Princess was enraged. All the while, she had always been the one who schemed against others, but she never thought that there would be times when she was wrong. Wei Qiufu took advantage of her. Just thinking about this irritated the Third Princess so much so that her face twisted in a disdainful grimace.

“Princess, do you want to bring some gifts over?” A nurse reached out to stop the Third Princess.

These words reminded the Third Princess, and she nodded. “Yes. Prepare the gifts. I’ll go to visit Sixth Miss Wei now.”

No matter what happened to Wei Qiufu before or what happened to Wei Yuewu now, these two people were here because they joined her for the prayers, so she couldn’t ignore them.

When she heard that the Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an was shot by a stray arrow and her arm was injured when she and Wei Qiufu accompanied those heirs-apparent to shoot arrows, the Third Princess felt a sense of mockery and ridicule.

Why did the dignified Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an poke her nose into the matter of those heirs-apparent? They came to the capital to marry her and Wei Cailuan. It had nothing to do with the heiress-apparent.

Now, she was inexplicably injured. It would be easy to investigate if it was done by any of the aristocratic families, but it would be a hot potato if it were about that four heirs-apparent. Each of them was smart and shrewd, so they cut all ties with the incident. Right now, no one had a clue what had happened, and the investigation report stated that no one knew who shot the arrow.

Therefore, the Third Princess treated this matter as a joke. As for Wei Qiufu, who was involved in this matter, she only sneered and did not care at all.

However, she did not expect that in such a short period of time, this matter was related to her. Something happened to the two young ladies of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang after entering the Palace, so she had to visit them as a formality.

At this time, the Third Princess hated Wei Qiufu more and more. If it weren’t for Wei Qiufu and her abundant problems, she would not be involved in any of these matters, and she could just watch coldly from the sidelines like before. But now, she had to intervene.

Therefore, when the Third Princess brought the gift and met the pale Wei Qiufu at the door of Wei Yuewu’s room, she squinted in dismay. However, she was good at hiding her emotions, so she smiled faintly at Wei Qiufu.

“Fourth Miss Wei, I heard that you are stressed after what happened to the Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an. She is fine now, and she is not in danger. Her arm is injured, that’s all. Don’t be sad.”

Instead of talking about Wei Yuewu, the Third Princess talked about Wei Fengyao with a smile. Her remarks made Wei Qiufu’s face turn paler.

Wei Qiufu never thought the Third Princess would come so quickly, and her remarks were like a sword, stabbing straight into her heart.

What did she mean by it was just an injury of her arm and she was not in danger? The Third Princess sounded as if as long as Wei Fengyao didn’t die, it had nothing to do with her. This made Wei Qiufu, who had always been proud of her sisterhood, feel embarrassed.

It sounded like comfort, but it felt like a touch of sarcasm that pricked her heart.

However, the person who said this was the Third Princess, so Wei Qiufu did not dare to say anything. She lowered her head and had a worried expression on her face. “Thank you for your concern, Third Princess. I-I was just worried, and I was in a mess. Now, Sixth Younger Sister fell down, and she even fainted…”

When Wei Qiufu heard about Wei Yuewu fainting and was carried back to her room, she had an idea and went to the Crown Prince Mansion for the sake of meeting Wen Tianyao, hoping that Wen Tianyao could look at her more.

However, she did not even manage to enter the Crown Prince Mansion’s door.

Previously, she had wholeheartedly wanted to take advantage of this matter for her personal gain, so she did not care how Wei Yuewu fell and fainted. She only assumed that Wei Yuewu was careless and was secretly overjoyed about it.

“Fourth Young Lady, do you know why Sixth Young Lady fainted?” The Third Prince could tell that Wei Qiufu did not know why Wei Yuewu fell and fainted based on her instinct, so she looked at her in astonishment and asked softly, “Didn’t you ask her maid?”

“I-I was in a panic just now… I forgot to ask!” In the face of the Third Princess’ seemingly gentle but actually aggressive question, Wei Qiufu could only smile awkwardly and reluctantly explain.

Regarding Jin Ling, Wei Yuewu’s maid, Wei Qiufu knew that she would not get any answer from her since she was tight-lipped and stubborn. Moreover, she heard that Jin Ling was given to Wei Yuewu by the Heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State, so she didn’t dare to use force.

However, she couldn’t tell the truth to outsiders, so she could only say that she had forgotten to ask. Furthermore, at this moment, she didn’t care why Wei Yuewu fell down and how serious her injury was. Her only concern was the benefits she could gain in this matter.

It was just that Crown Prince was not present, so there was no chance for her to show her deep and passionate sisterhood.

“Fourth Young Lady, you probably don’t know that Sixth Young Lady fainted because of you!” The Third Princess smiled.

“W-What? Because of me?” Wei Qiufu inexplicably felt flustered and felt that there were some hidden implications in the Third Princess’ words.

“From what I heard, you attempted suicide because of your stress on what happened to the Heiress-apparent of Prince Nan’an. Luckily, your maid found you early, so she managed to save you. Sixth Miss Wei was shocked and wanted to report to me when she accidentally slipped on the stairs and fainted,” the Third Princess recounted in an ambiguous tone, and her eyes fell on Wei Qiufu’s long and erect neck.

No one could see anything wrong as Wei Qiufu was wearing a high collar, but she felt that there was a burning sensation in her neck. Even the high collar couldn’t block this feeling.

Her face turned red.

“T-Third Princess… I-I’m not…” Wei Qiufu stuttered, and her voice couldn’t help but soften.

As a daughter of a noble and prominent family, hanging oneself was naturally a very shameful thing, especially for an unmarried young lady. Everyone would speculate the reason why she attempted suicide.

Normally, if the daughter of an aristocratic family hung herself, it was often because of her reputation.

At that time, Wei Qiufu deliberately made such a scene because she wanted to clear her name from the accusation. Moreover, there were only Wei Luowen, Wei Yuewu, and Mo Huating present, and the incident ended just like that, so she was confident that it would not cause a stir.

Even if the people in Chu Xiu Palace knew something, they did not dare to say anything.

But this time, it would become a big deal if Wei Yuewu really fainted because of her and even the Third Princess was alarmed. At the thought of this, Wei Qiufu hated Wei Yuewu even more.

That bitch ran out on her own for whatever reason she was up to. How did her fainting become her business now?!

“What did you say? Did I hear it wrong? You didn’t commit suicide?” The Third Princess smiled even more gently. She even affectionately grabbed Wei Qiufu’s hand and pulled her closer to look at her neck.

Wei Qiufu subconsciously covered her neck and took a step back. “Third Princess, I’m fine. You should go and see my Sixth Younger Sister. S-She hasn’t woken up yet. The imperial doctor is still inside. He has been in there for a while.”

“She’s still unconscious?” This statement distracted the Third Princess a little. She no longer targeted Wei Qiufu and asked with a frown.

“Yes, she hasn’t woken up yet. The doctor said that she probably fell a little too hard.” In fact, Wei Qiufu had some doubts about Wei Yuewu, but she couldn’t say it clearly. She could only give some hints in her words.

“She hasn’t woken up yet? Even the doctor can’t explain why?” Indeed, the Third Prince’s face sank. She suspected that it was really strange. How could someone faint for so long after falling down?

“Let’s go and take a look!” The Third Princess urged and stepped into Wei Yuewu’s room.

The curtains in Wei Yuewu’s room fell down. Wei Yuewu stretched out a hand from inside the curtain and powerlessly laid it on the table in front of the bed. There was even a handkerchief on it.

An old imperial doctor sat on a stool beside the bed with a frown and reached out to check the pulse. It seemed that he couldn’t be sure of what he found, so he changed his hand.

However, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and his eyes closed, specially reading Wei Yuewu’s pulse.

“Imperial doctor, how is her injury? Why hasn’t she woken up yet?” The Third Princess asked.

Hearing this, the imperial doctor shook his head quietly without opening his eyes.

“Imperial doctor, is my Sixth Younger Sister okay? She’s quite healthy and fit. How can she suddenly fall and faint? And she’s been unconscious for a long time. H-How can a normal person be like this? I-Is something wrong with her?” Wei Qiufu also came in and covered her face with a handkerchief, starting to sob.

Yet, her implication was that Wei Yuewu was pretending.

“What do you mean by she’s quite healthy and fit?” The imperial doctor opened his eyes and glared at Wei Qiufu, who was standing in front of the Third Princess, and asked indignantly.

“She has always been healthy,” Wei Qiufu quickly hurried, assuming that the doctor did not believe her. “Although she was injured before, her injury has been cured a long time ago as her body is fit and strong. Why did she suddenly faint? Could it be that her old injury relapsed?”

She was reminding the imperial doctor that other than the relapse of her old injuries, it was impossible for Wei Yuewu to be so seriously injured. No matter what, Wei Qiufu would never believe that Wei Yuewu was really injured.

“Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince is here!” A palace maid hurriedly came in and whispered something into the Third Princess’ ear. Immediately, the Third Princess looked at Wei Qiufu with cold eyes.

Indeed, Royal Brother came because of Wei Qiufu…