vstars Chapter 139 Chicken Droppings
Chapter 139 Chicken Droppings
Zixiao stopped in her tracks, her expression somewhat unpleasant: "Miss..."
Ye Qing'an still had a smile on her face: "Just wait and see, I want to see if she dares to stop me outside when I come to see her."
It seemed as if someone inside the house had reminded Fourth Aunt, because the sounds in the inner courtyard became much quieter.
A moment later, someone came out and said, "Miss, please come in."
"Ah..." Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "I thought that Fourth Aunt wouldn't welcome me and wouldn't let me in."
The servant looked embarrassed and led Ye Qing'an into the main room before leaving.
Ye Qing'an stepped inside and saw Fourth Madam sitting in the main seat, wearing a veiled hat. Her voice was reluctant: "The eldest young lady has arrived? Please come in and sit down. Someone, hurry up and serve the eldest young lady tea?"
"No need for tea," Ye Qing'an said with a smile. "I'm not very thirsty."
Having said that, he sat down in the chair, and as soon as he sat down, his gaze fixed on the fourth concubine's face... on the veil she was wearing.
Because of the rashes on her face and body, Fourth Aunt was already very sensitive to gazes. Even though she knew that Ye Qing'an couldn't possibly see her face, she still felt extremely uncomfortable.
"What are you looking at, young lady?"
Ye Qing'an had been waiting for this very sentence, and upon hearing it, she laughed: "I was wondering, how unsightly am I that Fourth Aunt has to wear a veil when she sees me? What? Am I not worthy to see Fourth Aunt's face that could shame the moon and flowers?"
Fourth Aunt's face stiffened slightly, and she was furious. Everyone in the mansion knew about her rash, and she refused to believe that Ye Qing'an hadn't received the news.
Since they already knew the news, they still said it on purpose, which clearly shows they were trying to ridicule her.
Fourth Concubine gritted her teeth: "How dare I? I just have a heat rash on my face and body, and I'm afraid of frightening Miss."
Ye Qing'an nodded seriously: "So, those rumors in the manor are true?"
"It's true, I have heat rash."
Ye Qing'an seemed to be deep in thought: "So, it's true that Fourth Madam developed a rash, and the doctor in the manor said it was heat rash, but Fourth Madam insisted that I had instigated Doctor Xu to poison her?"
Fourth Aunt froze, never expecting that Ye Qing'an had dug a trap and was waiting for her here.
"No...no, how could that be? I have no grudge against the young lady, why would I suspect her like that? It's not true, those rumors are all false."
He paused, then, remembering that the rumors he had just accepted were true, he secretly pinched his palms until they bled: "Rumors are a mix of truth and falsehood, and you can't believe them all."
"I see." Ye Qing'an nodded, seemingly completely believing her. "Since Fourth Aunt has seen so many doctors, did any of them have any good prescriptions?"
"Fourth Concubine is a concubine in the household, and she is so young and beautiful. It would be terrible if her face were ruined. We must quickly get the doctors to take a good look at her and get some effective medicine so that Fourth Concubine can regain her beauty as soon as possible."
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth: "No, the doctor just told me to dress a little cooler, apply more moisturizing balm, and drink some herbal tea to clear the lungs and reduce internal heat, and I'll get better slowly."
"Getting better slowly? How can it get better slowly?"
Ye Qing'an smiled, her eyes crinkling: "When I was at the manor before, some people also got heat rash, but they had their own folk remedies and were able to recover quickly."
Fourth Aunt was skeptical, but having seen her face covered in rashes in the mirror before, her desire to recover quickly prevailed: "What kind of folk remedy is this?"
"Do you know about chicken manure? Take the white part of the chicken manure and apply it to the area with fever rashes three times a day. The rash will disappear in two or three days at most."
Upon hearing this, the fourth concubine nearly jumped up: "Let go..."
Fourth Aunt's face was extremely ugly: "Is the eldest young lady playing a trick on me?"
Ye Qing'an blinked innocently: "Why would I tease Fourth Aunt? I'm just telling the truth. If Fourth Aunt doesn't believe me, she can summon the people on the estate and ask them. Or she can ask the doctor..."
"Actually, many doctors know this method, but I guess they think that Fourth Aunt would never accept it, so they simply didn't say anything."
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth, her face cold, and remained silent.
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Fourth Aunt probably doesn't know that the white part of chicken droppings has a name called 'chicken droppings white,' which has the effects of promoting urination, clearing heat, dispelling wind, and detoxifying. These are not just things I made up; they are recorded in the 'Huangdi Neijing' and the 'Compendium of Materia Medica.'"
"Actually, the best method is to take it internally. It's just that when you don't know about it, you might just boil it and drink it mixed with other medicinal herbs. But once you know, it's really hard to bring yourself to drink it."
"So, if Fourth Aunt wants her heat rash to heal faster, she might as well try applying it externally. It works very well."
Seeing that Fourth Aunt was trembling with anger, Ye Qing'an chuckled to himself and stood up: "I just suddenly remembered this folk remedy, so I came to tell Fourth Aunt. Whether you use it or not is entirely up to you."
Ye Qing'an turned around and glanced at Zi Xiao, who quickly presented the box in her hand.
"I brought a ginseng for Fourth Aunt. I hope you won't find it offensive."
After placing the ginseng box on the table, Ye Qing'an prepared to take her leave: "Then I'll be going now. Fourth Aunt, please take good care of yourself... Don't get angry over anything, because if you have a lot of liver fire, you'll easily get into trouble."
Despite the seemingly sincere advice, Fourth Aunt detected a hint of schadenfreude in it.
Watching Ye Qing'an walk out of the courtyard, Fourth Aunt roared and overturned the ginseng box on the table to the ground: "A weasel paying respects to a chicken, she's up to no good! I told you I didn't want to see her, I didn't want to see her! Look at what she just said! Was that even human language?"
"You want me to smear chicken droppings on my face?" Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to tear Ye Qing'an to pieces. "She wants to see me make a fool of myself? Dream on!"
The old nanny beside her quickly advised, "Your Highness, please don't get angry, otherwise the rash will probably get worse."
“Although our master doesn’t like her, she is still the eldest daughter of the Ye family, with a noble status. We still have to maintain appearances no matter what. Otherwise, if our master is in the wrong, no one can help him.”
Fourth Aunt gritted her teeth: "No, I'm going to tell Master that the eldest young lady made me smear chicken droppings on my face, just to make a fool of me!"
"Your Highness, you mustn't!" The nanny quickly pulled the fourth concubine back. "Haven't you learned your lesson yet?"
"Master already distrusts his master because of what happened before. If the master complains to Master, and Master summons the doctor to inquire, then the chicken... chicken droppings really do have that effect..."