Meng Wan nodded, stood up and tried it. Sure enough, the heat in her body was not so obvious, and even her cheeks were not hot anymore.
Just then, Puyang came to report that the matter had been taken care of. Meng Wan then looked at the man and said, "You saved me again today. No matter what, I still have to say thank you. If I have time another day, I will come to thank you in person."
She spoke with such seriousness that the man smiled, clearly pleased. He stood up with her, walked to her side, and looked down at his reflection in her clear black and white eyes. He curled his lips and said, "I'll ask you out again another day, but what are you planning to do with those two people?"
"I have my own plans, so you don't need to worry about them."
After saying this, she nodded slightly to him, but her expression was no longer as distant and indifferent as before, after all, he was her savior!
After taking a couple of steps, he remembered something and turned back: "By the way, after knowing you for so long, I still don't know your name."
The man was visibly taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, slowly and deliberately, "My name is Feng Qi."
--
As Meng Wan emerged from the side room and stepped out of the courtyard, she saw Xiao Yun'er approaching from afar, escorted by servants. Meng Wan glanced instinctively at the courtyard next door before heading to greet her.
"Finished admiring the flowers?"
"Yes, yes, sis, it's such a pity you're not going! There are people everywhere, it's so much fun!" Xiao Yun'er said happily, grabbing Meng Wan's arm.
Meng Wan smiled gently: "Are you here to admire the flowers or to see people?"
Xiao Yun'er wasn't annoyed by the teasing remark. She took Meng Wan's arm, and the two sisters entered the room where the memorial tablet of Madam Meng was enshrined.
Feng Qi and Pu Yang had already left, and the room was now empty. Meng Yun went to offer incense to Madam Meng, and only then did she notice something was wrong: "Hey, sister, have you seen Second Sister? Why isn't she back yet?"
Mentioning Meng Junyao, Meng Wan was taken aback for a moment, then quickly regained her composure: "I didn't see her either. I thought she went out with you. Didn't she?"
"I didn't see it!"
In short, Meng Wan immediately summoned all the servants, but naturally none of them saw Meng Junyao. Meng Wan then pretended to instruct everyone to go out and search, while she and Meng Yun waited in the courtyard.
Her gaze drifted to the next room. Just now, before Feng Qi left, she had asked him for a favor. It should have worked by now, right?
Just then, a slight sound came from the next room. It wasn't loud, but it still reached the ears of the two people in the courtyard. Xiao Yun'er immediately glared at them.
"Sister, the sound is coming from this room. Could Second Sister be inside?"
Treat them as they treat you (Part 2)
"Sister, the sound is coming from this room. Could Second Sister be inside?"
Meng Wan hesitated whether she should let Xiao Yun'er see what was happening inside, after all, she was still so young. But the girl had already rushed in without thinking. As the sound of her footsteps faded into the distance, it was replaced by a horrifying scream: "Ah!"
Inside the room, the sight of a naked man and woman intertwined clearly frightened Xiao Yun'er. She screamed, turned around, and rushed out as if fleeing, throwing herself into Meng Wan's arms: "Sister, sister, second sister is inside with a man..."
"Don't be afraid, it's okay, it's alright, it's alright."
Meng Wan held Xiao Yun'er in her arms, stroking her head and gently comforting her, but her gaze fell into the room, and her dark eyes gradually furrowed.
Meng Junyao, weren't you trying to scheme against me? Weren't you trying to ruin my reputation? This time, I'll make sure you suffer the consequences instead of the intended outcome. Let's see how you end up in this mess!
--
After all, Meng Junyao's reputation was also related to the Prime Minister's Mansion, so even though Meng Wan wished the whole world would laugh at her, she still did not make her more embarrassed. She simply ordered the servants to quietly carry her away.
After a bumpy journey, Meng Junyao finally woke up when she returned to the manor. The cold air around her made her shiver, but before she could even open her eyes, she was slapped hard across the face: "You unfilial daughter!"
With a burst of full force, Meng Junyao was struck so hard that she saw stars and collapsed to the ground. The coarse blanket wrapped around her fell off, revealing that she was only wearing a bodice.
She was fully awake now, and hurriedly pulled the blanket to cover herself, her whole body in a panic: "What, what happened to me?"
Her memory was still stuck at Lingyin Temple. She clearly had someone drug Meng Wan, while she waited outside to call people to watch the spectacle. But later...
She felt a pain in the back of her head, touched it, and then seemed to faint.
What's going on?
"You unfilial daughter, how dare you ask me what happened? I'd like to ask you, who gave you the audacity to have a secret rendezvous with a man in a temple, disregarding all shame!"
Private meeting?
"Father, what are you saying? I don't understand. I haven't been having an affair!"
"Bang—"
Two servants carried a man and threw him in front of Meng Junyao. It was the same man she had bribed to frame Meng Wan. He was covered in wounds and lay there as if he were dead. Meng Junyao was horrified.
"How...how could he be here?"
Saying such things now would only add fuel to the fire, and Prime Minister Meng's face turned very ugly, while Meng Wan, standing to the side, gave a cold smile.
Because Feng Qi had previously given that person a severe beating, to prevent his injuries from being exposed, Meng Wan had the servants beat him up again before returning from the temple. This way, even if he had the injuries from Feng Qi's previous beating, it would be concealed.
Meng Junyao panicked completely. She looked at the man, then at Prime Minister Meng, and suddenly looked up at Meng Wan.
"It was you, it was you, wasn't it? You framed me."
This person was someone she used to frame Meng Wan, but she was standing here perfectly fine while she herself was caught red-handed. So the only explanation she could think of at this moment was that she had been harmed by Meng Wan instead.
Meng Wan remained standing there, her brows furrowing slightly as she looked down at her. "Second sister, you've done something wrong, so why are you framing me? Why would I frame you when we have no grudge against each other? Or is it that you think you've done something to offend me, which is why I resent you so much?"
Treat them as they treat you (Part 3)
Meng Wan remained standing there, her brows furrowing slightly as she looked down at her. "Second sister, you've done something wrong, so why are you framing me? Why would I frame you when we have no grudge against each other? Or is it that you think you've done something to offend me, which is why I resent you so much?"
Meng Wan did it on purpose, deliberately saying those words to drive Meng Junyao into a corner.