When Hai Yue heard this, she quickly lifted the thin blanket and said to the person outside, "Big Sister Yue Yuan, cough cough, I heard that the old lady didn't rest well last night. It's all my fault for being useless. I'm fine now... Cough cough... There's no need to trouble others. If others don't have any effect, wouldn't it make the old lady feel uncomfortable?"
Because she was too anxious, she choked on her saliva when she spoke and coughed a few times.
Although Yue Yuan was more willing to let Hai Yue give the old lady a massage, after all, the old lady was suffering because she had left her. However, it was clear that she had not recovered from her coughing.
This old lady was already old. If she passed out of illness, no one would be able to bear the responsibility.
"Little Sister Hai Yue, you should rest well. I know that you care for the old lady, but you need to take good care of your own body. Otherwise, it will be bad if your condition worsens."
With that, she took Hai Tang away.
Hai Yue was biting her lips from behind.
Although she knew that Hai Tang would not be of any help even if she went. If this job could be replaced by anyone, then it would not be her turn. However, knowing it was one thing. Seeing Hai Tang take her place to serve the old lady with her own eyes, she could not bear it no matter what.
When Qu Fulan entered the old lady's room, the first person she saw was still Prince Pei.
Prince Pei's expression was calm as he looked at her indifferently. Qu Fulan lowered her eyes and did not look at him. She stepped forward to bow.
Pei Jin'an raised his hand to stop her. "Forget about the formalities. Come and massage the old lady."
Qu Fulan acknowledged and washed her hands before she went over to massage the old lady.
A massage was a matter of moving one's fingers. As for whether the massage was good or not, that was another matter. Therefore, Qu Fulan did not refuse and say that she did not know how to do it. Otherwise, it would make her seem stupid and useless.
In fact, Qu Fulan knew how to give massages. Back when her grandfather was sick in bed, she was the one who took good care of him.
But now, she could only show that her movements were not smooth, and she could not let others see that she was an expert.
Why?
The reason was simple.
This was because she had deliberately given this opportunity to Hai Yue. To be more precise, she had given it to someone else. At that time, she had not known that Hai Yue could give massages.
She had been paying attention to the old lady's sleeping condition. How could she not know that the old lady's body was sore?
However, she couldn't take responsibility for the massage because she had already cured the old lady's insomnia and made the old lady rely on her for two months. If she relied on her again because of the massage, she would definitely be seen as a problem in the eyes of others.
It wasn't difficult for a person with medical skills to make someone rely on her. She might even be locked up and interrogated if she had drugged the old lady to make her rely on her so much.
In the end, even if they could not find anything, her future would be ruined, and she would lose all her freedom and dreams.
In history, which one of those people who had made great contributions had a good end? Therefore, most of the time, it was not always better to have more credit. It was fine as long as it was appropriate.
Some credit still had to be given to her.
As for why Prince Pei had chosen her to massage the old lady, she had been guessing in her heart and had roughly thought of a possibility. She just didn't know if it was accurate or not. It all depended on what Prince Pei said next.
As expected, after she massaged the old lady a few times, Prince Pei said, "Since you know medicine, you should also know some meridians and acupuncture points. Look at the acupuncture points and it should be effective."
Finishing, he looked at Hai Tang's massage technique and then pointed out a few special acupuncture points for her to try.
Qu Fulan pretended to be slowly understanding the essence of the massage under his guidance. After a few massages, the old lady felt comfortable and said that the massage was not bad.
As expected, having a foundation in medical skills made one's comprehension ability different.
Prince Pei watched from the side for a while and then asked Hua Hao and Yue Yuan to follow suit.
This was to prevent the situation of someone being sick and having no one to replace her in the future.
Qu Fulan knew that her previous decision was right. She didn't want to be irreplaceable. Otherwise, she would harm others and herself, and it would be easy to arouse suspicion.
Then, that night, the old lady fell asleep peacefully with Qu Fulan's massage.
After Hai Yue found out, she was so angry that she couldn't sleep well the entire night. In the end, when she woke up the next day, she was really sick, and Hai Tang temporarily took her place.
While Hai Yue was recuperating, Qu Fulan's technique had gotten 'better and better'. She had also taught her how Yue Yuan and Hua Hao. Hai Yue was still unaware of these things.
When she finally recovered, she couldn't wait to give the old lady a massage.
In the end, because she hadn't gone through 'training,' her skills couldn't even compare to Hua Hao and Yue Yuan, let alone Hai Tang. The old lady told her to rest for a few more days.
The unspoken meaning was that she should practice more in the future.
However, in order to reward her for her hard work, she had given her a lot of money.
At this time, Hai Yue's intestines turned green with regret. She shouldn't have pretended to be sick in a fit of pique. Otherwise, how would others have the opportunity to show off in front of the old lady? If no one else showed up in front of the old lady, she would be the only one.
It was a pity that regret was of no use now. The work that Hai Yue had worked so hard to get to please the old lady had been divided up in an instant.
Although the old lady had given her a lot of money, she didn't care about it.
She had great ambitions.
Currently, Hai Yue hated Hai Tang to the core. She had heard that she was the one who had taught Hua Hao and Yue Yuan so well.
She really couldn't understand how she had offended Hai Tang for her to stab her in the back like this. She had lost her only good job!
Even though she hated her, she couldn't do anything to Hai Tang.
She couldn't even casually tell others about the pain in her heart, so she could only go to Hong Tao. If she didn't vent it out, she would die of anger.
Fortunately, Hong Tao was on her side and helped her scold Hai Tang. Only then did she feel better.
Before leaving, Hai Yue had asked Hong Tao to repeatedly promise that she wouldn't tell anyone about it. Hong Tao had raised her hand to swear that she had agreed to it.
In the end, when Hong Tao returned to the third branch, she told the other sisters about this matter. Her main purpose was to smear Hai Tang's reputation and feel indignant for her sister, Hai Yue. In the end, the maidservant in front of Third Young Mistress heard about this and brought it up to Third Young Mistress.
The Third Young Mistress's name was Yao Xing, and she was the wife of the Third Young Master.
When she heard about this, she felt that it was very interesting.
"I haven't even had time to do anything, and they've already started fighting?"
Yao Xing had observed that her husband's eyes would light up whenever he saw a good-looking servant girl, and the two from Fushou Hall would be a disaster if they were left alive.
Her personal maidservant smiled and said, "That's just right. As the saying goes, the third party will benefit from the fight between the sandpiper and clam. We just have to watch the show from the side."
Yao Xing laughed at her naivety.
When she had seen her mother fight with concubines at home, when had she ever been waiting by the side? She had to add fuel to the fire behind the scenes.
"Isn't my good Jin Lan's family about to hold a banquet? I'm going to ask for the old lady's grace to let me bring these two girls over."
As for whether or not they would be able to return in one piece after she brought them out, it was hard to say.