Lu Wanning noticed that Sheng Jinyu had been staring at her. Curious, she asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this? Is there something dirty on my face?"
Sheng Jinyu averted his gaze. Forget it. There were too many people suffering. He was one of them, and so was the Empress Dowager. Why should he drag others into it? She was so innocent. How could he pull her into the whirlpool?
After meeting the Empress Dowager, Lu Wanning was in a much better mood. She chattered away to Sheng Jinyu, "I heard that you fainted in front of the palace the day before yesterday. Are you feeling better? If you're not well, you should see a doctor soon."
Sheng Jinyu responded with a soft "hmm". Usually, he would have disliked such nagging. But today, for some reason, his heart felt heavy. Instead, listening to her chatter made him feel much more relaxed.
"The imperial physicians in the palace are rather mediocre. If they're not of much use, you can look for miracle doctors outside. There are many excellent ones. If Your Highness doesn't mind, I can introduce a few to you."
Sheng Jinyu looked up again. "I have a question for you."
Lu Wanning was taken aback. "Ah? What?"
"I'm asking you. If someone has a feud with you, would you feel elated if you saw that person die?"
"Of course," Lu Wanning blurted out. Then she looked at Sheng Jinyu curiously, thought for a moment, and continued, "But it depends on what kind of feud it is. If it's a feud of killing a relative, I would surely feel elated when the enemy dies. I even wish I could kill him myself. But if it's just a minor feud, then forget it."
Sheng Jinyu asked, "What about the feud of not saving someone when they're in danger?"
"Not saving someone when they're in danger... Well, there are many situations. Malicious non - rescue is surely a great feud. But most people are not like this. More often than not, they're just helpless."
Sheng Jinyu's eyes darkened. "Helpless? Many so - called helpless situations are just excuses for them to maintain the overall situation."
Lu Wanning nodded. "That's right. Everyone has their own measure in their heart. If someone chooses not to save someone to maintain the overall situation for their own interests, then it's okay to hate them and just stop interacting with them. But if it's really a last - resort situation, then..."
"Can you just ignore the unjust death of your relatives and not regard that person as an enemy?"
Sheng Jinyu's tone was a bit urgent, and Lu Wanning was a bit confused.
"Sorry, I..."
Lu Wanning shook her head. "I can understand that you're in a bad mood. Actually, my thoughts are very different from yours. I may not care about the person who didn't save someone. I just want to find the real culprit, the one who killed my relative. That's the real murderer."
Seeing that Sheng Jinyu remained silent for a long time, Lu Wanning added, "For example, I don't get along well with He Chan. But have you ever seen me arguing with her? I know she's stupid and easily incited. If I'm impatient, I'll just fight with her. Anyway, she can't beat me. But I won't let go of the real person who harmed me."
By this time, they had reached the palace gate, and there were more people in front.
Sheng Jinyu couldn't help but laugh. "I never thought that the matter I've been thinking about for years could be resolved by you in just a few words."
"It's not that I've resolved it for you. I don't believe in the phrase 'feeling the same pain'. I don't know the suffering you've endured. I'm just telling you my own thoughts. Also, I think as the person involved, it's easy to fall into a radical mystery. But I'm not the person involved, so I can think more clearly."
Sheng Jinyu gave a soft laugh and pointed at the purse on her waist. "The scent of your purse is quite nice."
Lu Wanning took out the purse and gave a mysterious smile. "This purse? It's a special one. My second brother gave it to me."
Sheng Jinyu had heard that Lu Wanning liked to show off, so he didn't pay much attention.
After leaving the palace, seeing that they were about to part ways, Lu Wanning hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you really need to take care of your health. You're still young. There are many days ahead. Without good health, you'll have nothing. By the way, do you really not need a miracle doctor?"
Sheng Jinyu shook his head. "I don't need one."
Lu Wanning scratched her nose. This person had been fine just now, but as soon as they left the palace, he became cold again.
Sheng Jinyu flipped onto his horse and left with his attendants.
Back at the mansion, the attendant carefully asked, "Your Highness, are you not feeling well? Why did the princess want to introduce a miracle doctor to you?"
Sheng Jinyu squinted and thought for a while but couldn't figure it out. He just shook his head indifferently. "Don't worry about her."
The next day, there was new news in the capital. It was said that the second young master of the Lu family had somehow offended Princess Zhaoyang. The siblings had a big fight in the street. Of course, it was Princess Zhaoyang who was angry and waved her machete at the second young master. The second young master didn't fight back and kept begging for forgiveness. No one knew what mistake he had made and was asking for his sister's forgiveness.
No one knew how it ended. It was only heard that Princess Zhaoyang was extremely angry and threw all the gifts the second young master had given her out of the yard and into the second young master's yard.
Princess Zhaoyang had been arrogant since childhood. This incident was just casually mentioned by people and not many people cared.
A few days later, it was the birthday of the old lady Qin of the Qingyang Earl's Mansion. The old lady was in her seventies, which was quite rare in the capital. Naturally, most of the prominent families would go to congratulate her on her birthday and also try to absorb some of her longevity aura.
Lu Wanning went there with the princess. Throughout the banquet, she sat obediently beside the princess, which made the Qin family heave a big sigh of relief.
Although the Qin family was a count's mansion, it had long declined and only retained an empty title. Lu Wanning was a well - known troublemaker, especially in the past two years. She would cause trouble wherever she went, mainly arguing and fighting with He Chan, the little troublemaker from the He family.
Today was okay. There was a conflict between the Lu and He families, so the two who loved to quarrel were especially well - behaved.
Before the banquet started, Lu Wanning turned her head and unexpectedly saw Jiang Shishi. She quickly told her mother and sister - in - law and ran over to talk to Jiang Shishi.
"Are you feeling better? Why did you come out?"
Jiang Shishi glanced at her. "Don't worry. I'm perfectly fine. The prescription he sent last time was really good."
Lu Wanning covered her mouth and chuckled. No wonder. How could the things of the original female protagonist be bad? Unless she deliberately wanted to harm someone, it must be a good thing.
Jiang Shishi asked, "How... is he?"
Lu Wanning teased, "Are you worried?"
Jiang Shishi blushed a little. "I heard that his injury was very serious. My father won't let me ask about other things. Tell me, please."
Lu Wanning didn't know either, but she thought she should make Jiang Shishi feel more distressed. She quickly said, "I heard from my mother and eldest brother. I heard it was very serious. He had a fever for a whole three days... uh, two days and two nights. Tsk tsk..."
Sure enough, Jiang Shishi was extremely distressed. She covered her chest and was on the verge of tears.
Lu Wanning quickly comforted her. "Oh, don't be like this. He's fine now. It's just that his injury is a bit serious and he still can't get out of bed."
Just as Jiang Shishi was about to say something else, she heard a commotion in front.
It turned out that Lady Fu was talking to Lady Qin, trying to ask for Lady Qin's niece to be the concubine wife of her younger son.
Fu Rongli, who was among the male guests, heard this. He rushed over in a hurry. Regardless of the large number of people, he knelt in front of his step - mother. "Mother, I already have someone I like. We're deeply in love with each other. I won't marry anyone else."