Warm medicine emits fragrance

The next day, it was a sunny day.

After finishing his lunch, Qi Weiming brought gifts and visited the Li residence again.

"Please inform him that my name is Qi Weiming, and I have come to pay a visit to Master Li."

The servant at the gate recognized him and knew who he was looking for. "Please wait a moment, young master, I'll go and inform him."

A quarter of an hour later, the servant returned and invited Qi Weiming into the mansion, saying, "Young Master Qi, please come in."

Led by a servant, Qi Weiming entered the reception room in the front courtyard of the Li residence. After drinking a cup of tea, Li Chenxin finally appeared.

"I apologize for keeping Young Master Qi waiting."

Qi Weiming stood up. "With this tea served by your esteemed residence, it would be worth waiting a whole day."

Li Chenxin laughed heartily, and only after laughing did he speak: "I wonder what brings Young Master Qi here today?"

Qi Weiming said, "I had a long talk with Master Li yesterday, and I was truly impressed by his insights. That's why I've come to visit today, hoping to receive further guidance from Master Li."

After saying that, he added, "I sent a letter home this morning, and I should receive a reply in about ten days."

Li Chenxin had already raised 100,000 taels of silver last night, and was in a great mood. He was also quite pleased with his following and flattery of Qi Weiming.

"No rush, no rush. It's great that you have the intention. As for advice, I'm a few years older than you, so I can certainly offer some suggestions."

After discussing it back and forth for a while, Qi Weiming noticed that Li Chenxin was gradually lowering her guard against him, and thought to himself that it was time to leave today.

Too much of a good thing can be bad; excessive enthusiasm can easily annoy people.

"Today, Master Li's advice has been truly enlightening. It's getting late, so I won't bother you any longer."

Qi Weiming stood up to take his leave.

Li Chenxin had long lived under Li Chenbi's shadow, and few people were willing to flatter him like Qi Weiming did, leaving him feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

"Are you leaving already? If we don't even offer you a meal when Young Master Qi comes to visit, it would make the Li family seem stingy. Why don't you stay for dinner before you go?"

Just as Qi Weiming was about to exchange pleasantries, Li Chenxin added, "The scenery in my residence is quite pleasant. How about I take Young Master Qi for a stroll through the Star-Picking Pavilion in the backyard?"

The words "backyard" sparked some other thoughts in Qi Weiming's mind.

If I go to the backyard, is there a chance I'll see her?

He knew in his heart that she was someone else's wife, but driven by his own desires, he did not refuse Li Chenxin.

"Then I shall respectfully comply."

"Haha, Young Master Qi, you're too kind. Come on, the weather's nice today, I'll take you boating on the lake."

At this moment, in the middle of Zhaixingge Lake.

Fan Liuer lay half-reclined on a deck chair on the deck, basking in the afternoon sun, too comfortable to move.

Li Chenbi, feeling hot, hid in the cabin to look at his account books.

Siqing sat next to Fan Liuer, cracking melon seeds. "Madam Fan, the weather is so nice today. It's not cold at all, and the sun is so warm that I'm feeling sleepy."

Fan Liuer opened her eyes. "Then you can lie down for a while."

Siqing quickly waved her hand, "How can that be? If Second Master comes out and sees me lying down while you're standing, he'll probably throw me into the lake."

Fan Liuer sat up. "No, he won't care about us. You eat at the same table with me every day, he knows that."

Siqing still didn't dare, so she pressed her down, "That's because Second Master isn't here. I wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of Second Master. You should lie down by yourself. I'm already satisfied with having a chair to sit on."

Seeing that she insisted, Fan Liuer stopped trying to persuade her and instead focused her gaze on the fruits and pastries on the table.

He glanced furtively into the cabin and whispered to Siqing, "What are those green pastries?"

Siqing naturally understood Fan Liuer's meaning, took a piece from the table, and quietly handed it to Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer gave Siqing a thumbs up, then pinched a pastry and put it in her mouth.

Just as her lips touched hers, Li Qiuping's voice rang out from behind her, "Madam Fan, Second Master says you can't eat sweets anymore."

Fan Liuer paused slightly, then immediately stuffed the pastry into her mouth, chewed it, swallowed it whole, and turned to look at Li Qiuping.

Her eyes were wide open and innocent. "I didn't eat any."

Li Qiuping's eyelids twitched as he looked at the crumbs of pastry on the corner of her mouth.

He then sighed and advised, "Madam Fan, you've already eaten a lot of sweets for lunch. The doctor said that eating too many sweets is bad for your health."

Fan Niangzi also sighed, "I don't think I ate much, just a bowl of glutinous rice balls and a piece of water chestnut cake."

"Madam Fan, you ate a bowl of sesame paste this morning, two pieces of crispy candy before lunch, and a chestnut cake and a bowl of lotus seed soup after boarding the boat," Siqing reminded her.

Fan Liuer hadn't realized she'd eaten so much. She felt like she hadn't eaten much, but when everything was listed out, she realized it was indeed a bit too much.

With her shoulders slumped, she said dejectedly, "Fine, I won't eat today."

Li Qiuping then retreated back into the cabin.

Fan Liuer was no longer sleepy. Seeing the pastries laid out in front of her but unable to eat them, she simply got up and stood in front of the deck to look at the scenery.

Out of sight, out of mind; if she can't see it, she won't want to eat it.

The boats drifted slowly on the lake, moving eastward from the center. The lake spanned the entire Li Mansion, and the routes from the four courtyards in the east, west, south, and north were different.

As the boat approached the shore, it turned around and headed back the way it came.

Just then, Fan Liuer saw a group of people coming from not far away.

This place is close to the East Courtyard, so anyone who could come from here must be from the East Courtyard. She looked closely and saw Li Chenxin's face in the crowd.

This surprised her; she had expected it to be Li Yufeng or the First Madam.

I never expected it to be Li Chenxin.

On second thought, Li Yufeng is still lying in bed, how could he possibly be here?

But... does Li Chenxin usually have the leisure to go boating on the lake?

Just as she was wondering, she felt a burning gaze.

She tilted her head slightly and met a pair of eyes.

As the crowd drew closer, visibility improved, and both sides could clearly see each other's faces.

Fan Liuer felt that the man looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before. Moreover, the man's gaze was too intense, making her feel uncomfortable.

Sure enough, those who hang out with Li Chenxin are all bad news!

This guy looks like a lecher!

She glared at him, then turned and went into the cabin.

Qi Weiming spotted the person standing on the boat at a glance. Although he hadn't been able to see her in full last time, he knew it was her.

Unexpectedly, the woman beneath the veil bore an increasingly striking resemblance to the portrait of his late wife.

He was momentarily stunned, until he was glared at and snapped out of it, realizing that his gaze had been too intrusive, and a blush rose to his face.

Li Chenxin's cold snort rang in my ears, "Heh, a wet nurse dares to give me attitude, she's simply ignorant of her own limitations."

Qi Weiming was slightly startled and turned to look at him, "Wet nurse?"

Li Chenxin had no idea of ​​keeping family scandals private; he wished the whole of Xingzhou City knew about Li Chenbi's misdeeds.

"That's right, she's just a wet nurse. A lowly servant who climbed into her master's bed with her seductive skills and thought she had become a phoenix."

"What's even more ridiculous is my own brother, who treats this lowly woman like a treasure and actually wants to marry her. Isn't that laughable?"