Chapter 1593 - 1440: The Fake Commandery Princess 50
At that time, Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun always thought that Ye Shuangshuang only glanced at a few medical books and had some skill in medicinal cuisine, but surely would delay the illness if truly treating patients.
If they had known earlier that Ye Shuangshuang’s medical skills were so good, Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun would still not have stopped Ye Shuangshuang from leaving Prince Nan Mansion with the Ye Family to go to Nanzhao.
Because if Ye Shuangshuang didn’t leave Prince Nan Mansion, she would only be the Commandery Princess of Prince Nan Mansion and wouldn’t have the chance to become Princess Renxin. Becoming Princess Renxin was of no use to Prince Nan Mansion.
However, Qin Peijun and Zhao Wan wouldn’t ignore Ye Shuangshuang anymore; they would prepare carriages and silver for Ye Shuangshuang’s departure and also send more things to her family in Nanzhao to maintain relationships.
Now, although Ye Shuangshuang is close to them, she has sent things back every year from Nanzhao, fulfilling her filial duties as a daughter.
Yet Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun had no reaction, not even glancing at what gifts Ye Shuangshuang sent, let alone sending any words to Nanzhao.
Only after Ye Shuangshuang was conferred the title of Princess Renxin did Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun think of opening Ye Shuangshuang’s gifts to have a look.
Then they discovered that the gifts Ye Shuangshuang sent were really valuable, far from the unremarkable gifts they thought, many unique to Nanzhao and rare in the Capital City.
More importantly, Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun found out by looking at the gifts that Ye Shuangshuang never once left her address when sending gifts, clearly showing she didn’t want to accept aid from Prince Nan Mansion.
Upon realizing this, Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun’s faces felt particularly warm, with a sense of presumptuousness, afraid Ye Shuangshuang would come to rely on them, but in fact, she never even left an address.
This is also why this time when Ye Shuangshuang came to Prince Nan Mansion, Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun were so enthusiastic; their guilty conscience made them fear Ye Shuangshuang would blame Prince Nan Mansion for ignoring her, so they instinctively acted more warmly.
Qin Muchen was unaware of Zhao Wan’s guilty conscience, finding it unbearable to hear she was not as good as Ye Shuangshuang, Zhao Wan’s words feeling like a stab in her heart.
Qin Muchen immediately exploded, stood up, and angrily said, "Ye Shuangshuang, Ye Shuangshuang, in your eyes and heart there is only Ye Shuangshuang, do you even remember who your daughter is? No matter how good she is, she’s not your biological daughter."
Zhao Wan, seeing her words were in vain, felt hopeless, sighed with her hand on her forehead, and said: "Fine, since you can’t get along well with Ye Shuangshuang, I’ll send you to the estate to stay for a while."
Zhao Wan meant that she had previously promised to send Qin Muchen to the estate in front of Ye Shuangshuang. If Qin Muchen would listen to reason, she would bring her back from the estate.
Then, she could take advantage and have Qin Muchen and Ye Shuangshuang establish a good relationship, considering the face Ye Shuangshuang has in front of the Emperor and Empress; getting along with Ye Shuangshuang would broaden Qin Muchen’s future connections.
But now that Qin Muchen couldn’t be persuaded, Zhao Wan thought to simply send her to the estate, to avoid running into Ye Shuangshuang and being exposed for lying without a way to cover it.
Besides, the estate of Prince Nan Mansion is quite refined, the living conditions are comfortable, and it could give Qin Muchen a wake-up call, stopping her childish jealousy and mischief.
Zhao Wan didn’t take the idea of going to the estate seriously, but Qin Muchen was terrified by Zhao Wan’s words that sent her face pale, instantly waking up.
Having seen many home battles in her previous life and knowing that the impression of going to estates was negative, for her, those sent to estates were losers in family battles.
Going to an estate meant being slowly killed or neglected, with no other choice. When Zhao Wan casually mentioned sending her to the estate, Qin Muchen’s first reaction was that Zhao Wan was finally impatient and ready to abandon her.
Seeing Zhao Wan stand up to leave, the panic and fear made Qin Muchen unable to resist rushing forward to hug Zhao Wan’s waist, crying, "Mother, no, I don’t want to go to the estate!"
In fear and panic, Qin Muchen’s grip was strong, making Zhao Wan feel like her waist was going to break. Zhao Wan frowned, puzzled by Qin Muchen’s strong reaction.
Behind her, Qin Muchen continued crying that she wouldn’t go to the estate, Zhao Wan sighed, helplessly turning to look at the crying Qin Muchen.
"It’s fine if you don’t want to go to the estate, but you need to curb your temper, get along with Ye Shuangshuang, and make sure not to offend her, understand?"
After the previous scare, the anger Qin Muchen held in her heart suddenly dissipated, realizing that compared to the miserable end of going to the estate, feigning friendliness with Ye Shuangshuang was insignificant.
Qin Muchen wiped her tears and nodded: "Mother, I will listen to you, please don’t be angry with me, don’t abandon me, don’t send me to the estate."
Zhao Wan raised her hand to wipe the tears from Qin Muchen’s face: "You are my biological daughter, and no matter how angry I get, I can’t bear to abandon you. Stop crying."
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During dinner, Ye Shuangshuang finally saw Qin Muchen, who had been avoiding her. The two had similar appearances; this time, Qin Muchen was dressed up glamorously and radiantly, while Ye Shuangshuang wore ordinary clothes, not appearing as striking.
However, Ye Shuangshuang didn’t care. If not for going out, there was no need to wear formal attire. The broad sleeves and trailing skirts were pretty but inconvenient, restricting every move and are quite uncomfortable.
Seeing Ye Shuangshuang, Qin Muchen acted naturally, having fought in the backyard battles, she could handle appearing on the surface just fine.
Especially seeing Ye Shuangshuang’s attire, which didn’t outshine her own, Qin Muchen’s smile deepened, feeling she outshone Ye Shuangshuang.
She stepped forward a few steps, elegantly greeted Ye Shuangshuang: "This must be Sister Shuangshuang, it is younger sister’s pleasure to meet you."
Ye Shuangshuang smiled and returned the courtesy: "Younger sister need not be so formal, Muxin’s beauty very much resembles your mother’s, truly an exquisite beauty."
Qin Muchen laughed: "Sister Shuangshuang is quite eloquent, elder sister is the real beauty, resembling Mrs. Bai greatly."
Ye Shuangshuang smiled, hearing Muxin call Zhao Wan ’mother’, but in front of her refer to Bai Menghan as ’Mrs. Bai’, seemingly reminding Ye Shuangshuang to draw boundaries with her foster mother.
This comment about resembling Mrs. Bai was spoken in a low voice by Qin Muchen, her face still brimming with a smile. The two were a bit distanced from Zhao Wan and Qin Peijun, so they didn’t hear what Qin Muchen said.
Zhao Wan watched Qin Muchen and Ye Shuangshuang greet each other, full of smiles, thinking that Qin Muchen finally understood to get along with Ye Shuangshuang, doing the necessary pleasantries, looking quite gratified.
Seeing the pleasantness of Qin Muchen and Ye Shuangshuang’s introduction, she smiled broadly, saying: "You young ladies, don’t hide and whisper in the corner, come sit by mother, tonight we have your favorite dishes."