"Yes, Miss."
Yu Ping nodded, then looked at Qin Ru Lian, "Miss Qin, please follow me."
She then walked directly into the inner chamber, showing no intention of helping with the water. Qin Ru Lian was stunned and her teeth itched with hatred.
This lowly maid! Relying on Feng Yin Wan's backing, she dared to order her around!
When Feng Yin Wan entered, Qin Ru Lian was leaning by the bathtub, panting heavily, clearly exhausted.
Seeing her enter, she weakly got up, "Your Highness, the water is ready."
Feng Yin Wan raised her eyebrows and feigned anger as she looked at Yu Ping.
"I told you to teach Miss Qin how to serve during baths, is this how you teach her?"
Yu Ping was startled and immediately understood.
"It is my fault."
With that, she stepped forward, took the scented dew, cupped it in her hands above her head, bent her knees slightly, her body curved like a bow.
"Please, Your Highness, bathe."
Feng Yin Wan tilted her chin slightly and her beautiful eyes looked at Qin Ru Lian, silently urging her on.
Qin Ru Lian's face turned pale.
Did this wretched woman intend for her to serve her in such a servile manner, just like this lowly maid!
Biting her lip, she simply lowered her head and pretended to be dead. However, Feng Yin Wan's gaze was too sharp, like a pair of cold, stern blades, as if trying to pierce through her.
Yu Ping waited quietly, her expression unchanged.
After a moment of silent tension, Qin Ru Lian had no choice but to brace herself and get up.
"Ru Lian respectfully obeys Your Highness's arrangements."
She reluctantly bent down in the same posture as Yu Ping, her face looking even worse than a bitter melon.
Feng Yin Wan watched indifferently. Only when Qin Ru Lian's body had completely bent down did her fingers slowly dip into the scented dew.
"Miss Qin is indeed intelligent and quick-witted. I see you learn quickly and your posture is no less than Yu Ping's."
"You are so good at serving people, so gentle and virtuous, and skilled in the arts, yet the Prince is still unwilling to marry you. I truly can't stand it myself."
Her fingers, soaked in the scented dew, exuded a faint rose fragrance as they were lifted out of the water.
Feng Yin Wan flicked the crystal water droplets from her fingertips, her gaze coolly falling upon Qin Ru Lian.
"I see you truly wish to marry the Prince. How about this: you stay in Lan Qing Courtyard for a few more days. Perhaps if I am pleased, I might speak a good word for you to the Empress Dowager, and the Prince will take you as a concubine."
Each word struck like a slap to the face.
Her sore spot hit, Qin Ru Lian bit her lip tightly, tears falling like broken strings.
Feng Yin Wan raised her eyebrows.
"What, Your Highness only said a few words, and Miss Qin is already crying with joy?"
The hatred in Qin Ru Lian's eyes was about to overflow.
"I came genuinely to take care of Brother Ting Lan. If Your Highness dislikes it, so be it, but why must you deliberately humiliate me in such a way!"
No more pretense?
Feng Yin Wan's lips curled coldly. Her fair fingertips pushed the porcelain cup, and water splashed onto Qin Ru Lian's face.
"I am humiliating you, so what?"
"Compared to your repeated malicious schemes, this minor humiliation is nothing. Let alone you haven't even entered the gates yet, even if you become a concubine in the future, I, as the main wife, will teach you what 'rules' means!"
With that, she took off her outer robe and stepped directly into the bathtub.
Qin Ru Lian stood frozen, her body trembling violently. Holding the scented dew, she ran out without looking back.
Yu Ping was secretly alarmed, "Miss, is she going to complain to the Prince?"
Feng Yin Wan closed her beautiful eyes slightly and quietly poured the medicinal water from her bracelet into the bathtub.
"Let her go."
She wanted to see if this 'white lotus' had the audacity!
After taking the pill given by her bracelet and enjoying a comfortable medicinal bath, Feng Yin Wan's body had recovered considerably.
As she was drying her hair and changing clothes, there was a sound at the door. Qin Ru Lian had actually returned.
"Your Highness, Ru Lian was impulsive just now and lost her manners. Please do not take it to heart."
The tear stains on the 'white lotus's' eyes had not yet dried. She now stood with her head respectfully lowered, a completely different person from the one filled with malice moments ago.
Yu Ping was astonished, but Feng Yin Wan only felt speechless.
"I have finished bathing. There is no need for you to serve me anymore, Miss Qin. Please return."
She wasn't idle enough to keep a 'green tea' by her side to annoy her.
Unexpectedly, Qin Ru Lian's eyes reddened even more at her words.
"Your Highness, Ru Lian knows her mistake. It was indeed Ru Lian's fault for not serving you well just now. Ru Lian promised to help Brother Ting Lan take care of you. Please do not send Ru Lian away."
Before she could finish speaking, tears began to flow. With misty eyes, she looked at Feng Yin Wan, and her body suddenly fell backward as if made of rags.
Feng Yin Wan and Yu Ping were stunned.
What the heck, are you trying to frame me?!
Before they could speak, Ye Ting Yun's voice suddenly came from outside.
"Ru Lian!"
The 'white lotus' had timed it perfectly. Just before falling to the ground, she first fell into Ye Ting Yun's arms and then, "unable to bear the humiliation," fainted.
Yu Ping had not yet recovered from this dramatic performance when Ye Ting Yun's accusations rained down on her.
"Ru Lian kindly came to take care of you, why are you treating her like this!"
Feng Yin Wan had given up on this foolish man.
"How did I treat her?"
Seeing her indifferent expression and self-righteous tone, Ye Ting Yun's anger flared even more.
"The servants in the manor have already spread the word. It's one thing for you to make Ru Lian do manual labor, but you must also humiliate her at every turn!"
"The assassin incident was done by someone else. Ru Lian came with good intentions to take care of you, and you, this wicked woman, are so ungrateful!"
Seeing that he had called her a wicked woman again, Feng Yin Wan silently rolled her eyes and directly ordered her to leave.
"Yu Ping, escort Prince Yun out. Tell him to get some eye drops and wash his eyes, or perhaps wash his brain!"
"Yes, Miss!"
Yu Ping grabbed a feather duster and chased them both out.
Ye Ting Yun was furious.
"Feng Yin Wan, don't be too..."
Before he could finish, a basin of water was thrown at his feet. Ye Ting Yun jumped back in fright, and his hand supporting Qin Ru Lian instinctively loosened.
Suddenly losing support, Qin Ru Lian's expression changed. Before she could react, she fell heavily to the ground, letting out a pained cry.
"Ru Lian!"
Ye Ting Yun was about to step forward, but then stopped, realizing something.
"You just now..."
The ground, splashed with water by Yu Ping, caused Qin Ru Lian to fall hard. Her moon-white clothes were instantly covered in dirt and mud.
"Ting Yun... Help me quickly!"
Ye Ting Yun frowned but quickly stepped forward.
Qin Ru Lian endured the pain and got up, her eyes fiercely glaring at the elegant figure in purple in the room, her eyes filled with a frantic, venomous rage.
Wretch! Feng Yin Wan, you wretch!
With the annoying person gone, the courtyard returned to peace. To maintain her good mood, Feng Yin Wan decisively chose to go out.
Yu Ping was still worried about her health.
"Miss, you are still injured, let's not go too far."
Finally getting some fresh air, Feng Yin Wan was in high spirits and was about to speak when her gaze caught sight of a familiar figure, and she stopped.
Yu Ping frowned, "Miss?"
"Yu Ping, look, isn't that Feng Yi Yi?"
Not far away, Feng Yi Yi, dressed in a striking pink dress, looked charming and radiant, clearly up to something.
Feng Yin Wan's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she immediately stepped forward to follow.
"Let's go, let's go see."