"What should we do then?" Xingxing couldn’t think of a better solution.
Su Jin thought for a mont, looked at Xie Jingchen, and said, "Didn’t she give you three sets of brocade robes? She has a scar on her face, I’ll prepare an ointnt to help her recover her appearance."
These days were boring, making a lot of ointnt with no use, gathering dust, which was not only wasteful but also dampened Su Jin’s interest.
Lady Chi helped her save Little Black, this favor couldn’t be repaid just with a few bolts of silk.
But the scars that were left more than ten years ago wouldn’t be easy to remove.
She hadn’t even seen how deep the scars were, relying entirely on guessing.
So Su Jin planned to use the best dicine.
Su Jin looked at Xingxing.
"Go and get the Dongzhu that Father asked the Emperor for ," Su Jin said.
Xingxing ran back to the house, rummaged through boxes and cupboards, and found the Dongzhu.
The smooth Dongzhu gave off a faint glow, making it hard for one to put it down.
Su Jin placed it in a stone mortar and pounded it vigorously.
Eight Dongzhu in a row, and it took quite a while to crush the smooth Dongzhu into pieces, then ground it into powder with a stone mill.
Busy all night, the moon reached its zenith.
Only then did eight Dongzhu turn into a crystal clear ointnt.
A subtle fragrance of dicine, very pleasant.
Xie Jingchen walked in and said, "It’s too late, why aren’t you resting yet?"
"It’s already finished, I just need to pack it," Su Jin replied.
Xingxing brought the Jade Box.
Su Jin carefully packed the ointnt into the Jade Box, just enough to fill it.
There was a little left in the porcelain bowl, Su Jin looked at Xie Jingchen, "Do you have any scars on you? Co over and let apply it for you."
Xie Jingchen looked at Su Jin.
Su Jin looked at him.
He said, "There is one on my back."
"I’ll help you apply it after you finish bathing," Su Jin said.
There wasn’t much left in the porcelain bowl.
Su Jin took the ointnt back to the inner room.
Xingxing followed with the bowl in her arms.
After a day of exhaustion, Su Jin soaked in the bath bucket, vaguely rembering that she had seen Xie Jingchen’s back many tis. How co she hadn’t seen any scars?
Could he have been injured without her knowing?
When she finished bathing, Xie Jingchen had also finished his bath and returned.
His chest slightly open, revealing his strong pectorals, making one’s blood race.
Su Jin swallowed, thinking it too provocative for late at night.
Su Jin took the bowl and said seriously, "Take off your clothes and lie down."
Xie Jingchen stretched out his hand, took the bowl, and said, "You lie down, I’ll apply the ointnt for you."
Su Jin, "...."
"Apply ointnt for ?" Su Jin was dumbfounded.
"You have a scar on your back," Xie Jingchen explained.
"...."
Su Jin’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
How could she not know about a scar on her back?
And also!
"How do you know I have a scar on my back?" Su Jin questioned with suspicion in her eyes.
She wrapped herself up tightly when she slept every day, he shouldn’t know.
Even if the screen accidentally fell during her bath that day, he wouldn’t have seen her back.
Su Jin stared at Xie Jingchen, and of course, Xie Jingchen wouldn’t say how he knew, easily shifting the bla to Xingxing.
"The maid said it, she told not to forget to apply the ointnt for you," Xie Jingchen said.
So it was Xingxing.
Su Jin withdrew her unfriendly gaze, but asking her to lie down and have Xie Jingchen apply ointnt for her was impossible.
With the remaining ointnt, Su Jin pinched so to apply on Xie Jingchen’s face, if there was a scar, it would remove it, if not, it would whiten.
Xie Jingchen, "...."
The next day, when Su Jin woke up, Xie Jingchen was already out of sight.
Ever since her father had him ordered into the Ministry of Justice, Su Jin hadn’t had breakfast or lunch with Xie Jingchen for several days.
Eating alone was truly boring, so Xingxing had taken Xie Jingchen’s place.
Su Jin stood there, lazily having Xingxing help her dress, and she rembered the scar on her back, so she stepped up to the copper mirror to look.
She really did have a scar on her back.
Su Jin reached out to touch it, it was quite noticeable.
Such scars were difficult to remove.
"How did I get this scar?" Su Jin asked.
"I don’t know," Xingxing shook her head and said.
"...."
Xingxing brought clothes to help Su Jin dress, saying, "Miss, quickly get dressed, don’t catch a cold."
Su Jin frowned slightly.
Later, the ointnt for Lady Chi was left on the dressing table, but Xingxing hadn’t ntioned helping her apply it, yet had asked Xie Jingchen to?
"Why hasn’t this scar been removed?" Su Jin asked indirectly.
"Madam purposely didn’t help Miss remove it, she said keeping the scar would help Miss rember," Xingxing said.
"...."
"But Miss herself doesn’t rember how the scar ca about," Xingxing felt Madam was clearly overthinking, her own Miss wasn’t the sort to rember lessons.
A small fire flickered in Su Jin’s eyes.
Damned Xingxing’s words, Xie Jingchen wasn’t there in person.
Yet he had actually shifted the bla to Xingxing.
He probably never dread that Xingxing wouldn’t take the bla.
After breakfast, Su Jin went to Qihao Hall to pay her respects to the Old Madam.
As she entered, the Third Madam was sprinkling salt in Princess Nanzhang’s wound, "Did the Emperor really refuse to grant the title of County Princess to the eldest daughter?"
Because of this, Princess Nanzhang hadn’t slept well all night, with faint bruises under her eyes.
Seeing Su Jin co in, Princess Nanzhang looked at her as if she wished to cut her into pieces.
Even if Su Jin didn’t know about this matter, seeing Princess Nanzhang’s gaze, she knew it was related to her that Xie Jinyu wasn’t granted the County Princess title.
Although she was glared at, Su Jin wasn’t angry at all.
Because a smile and happiness could be more lethal.
Had Princess Nanzhang not held back, she would have really wanted to have Su Jin dragged out and beaten to death.
This female bandit!
Causing her daughter to lose the County Princess title!
And she had the face to gloat!
The Third Madam looked at the newly stained nails of her crimson lacquer and said, "The Emperor has always been fond of our Eldest Young Madam, if she could enter the palace to speak a good word for the eldest daughter, maybe the Emperor would grant the decree."
Letting her go into the palace to plead with the Emperor on behalf of Xie Jinyu?
The Third Madam must have been hit on the head by a door.
Still, there was soone to speak for her, and the Old Madam said, "Having a County Princess in the Duke Mansion is a glorious thing, Eldest Young Madam shouldn’t mind helping Yuyu."
Mrs. Wang stood by the Old Madam’s side.
She looked at the Old Madam in surprise.
Didn’t the Old Madam say yesterday that it was a good thing the eldest daughter didn’t get the County Princess title, how co now...
Logically, since the Old Madam had spoken, Su Jin shouldn’t refuse.
Su Jin looked at the Old Madam and said, "I still don’t know why the Emperor suddenly wanted to grant the eldest daughter the County Princess title, did she achieve sothing significant?"
"Back then I saved the Emperor’s life, and there was much opposition from the court ministers just to be granted the County Princess title," Su Jin said.
The Third Madam told Su Jin the process of Xie Jinyu’s County Princess title grant.
Su Jin suddenly understood, "So that’s what happened. Then why wasn’t it granted anymore?"
The Third Madam, "...."
"It’s because Yuyu was rude in public at Prince Yu Mansion!" Princess Nanzhang gritted her teeth.
Su Jin pondered and said, "It wouldn’t be a problem for to go into the palace to speak on behalf of the eldest daughter to the Emperor, but I can’t guarantee the Emperor will change his mind."
"The Old Madam said having a County Princess in the Duke Mansion is a glorious thing, if the Emperor doesn’t agree to grant the eldest daughter, then I can try to have the Emperor grant as the County Princess."
Old Madam, "...."
Third Madam, "...."
Truly.
Defeated by Su Jin’s calm indifference.
Sprinkling salt on the wounds of Princess Nanzhang and Xie Jinyu was already excessive, and now she was stabbing them.
The infuriating part was, she actually might be able to succeed.
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