The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 50

Ignoring the crowd, Xiao Qingcheng took out her packet of silver needles. The silver needles in her hands flickered as she swiftly inserted them into several major acupoints on Fu Yingsi’s head.

“Master, didn’t you say that the components of the poison haven’t been fully identified yet?” Little Pearl asked worriedly.

“Yes, we’re still missing one ingredient,” Xiao Qingcheng replied.

“But… you still proceed?”

“Although we’re missing that one ingredient, it’s not difficult to revive Fu Yingsi. However, a complete cure is not possible.”

Xiao Qingcheng’s intention was not to completely cure the troublesome Nan Gong matriarch. Amidst the dazzling array of silver needles, Fu Yingsi’s complexion gradually regained its blood color. Some dark blood began to seep from Fu Yingsi’s hairline.

From a distance, Xiao Qingqing watched this scene and felt a chill run through her scalp. She walked over to Lin Fen and whispered, “Mother, what should we do?”

Lin Fen glanced at Xiao Qingcheng and muttered back to Xiao Qingqing, “Stick to the claim that Xiao Qingcheng is responsible for this. We absolutely cannot let her go! As for Miss Qingcheng, we need to find another way to deal with her.”

“Qingqing, don’t talk too much. Yu is watching,” Xiao Qingxue said with displeasure.

Xiao Qingqing immediately dared not speak anymore.

It wasn’t until Xiao Qingcheng stopped the acupuncture that Nan Gong Yu spoke again: “How is she? How is Mother?”

Xiao Qingcheng wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Nan Gong Yu, “Prepare some fresh snacks. Remember, they must be clean.”

Nan Gong Yu nodded, “Alright, I’ll have my people prepare them.”

Xiao Qingcheng stood up, washed her hands nearby, and then turned to pour herself a cup of tea.

“Ah, this is prepared for the matriarch,” Xiao Qingxue complained.

Xiao Qingcheng raised an eyebrow, “Nan Gong Yu hasn’t said anything, but you seem quite agitated. What, as the savior of Nan Gong’s matriarch, am I not allowed to drink this tea?”

“Cough, cough, the young lady may drink it,” Fu Yingsi, who had just awakened, was very conscious just now. She just couldn’t fully wake up. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was her busy son and a composed, cold woman. The woman wore a mask that gleamed with a silver light, but the eyes behind the mask were too piercing. She had only seen such bright eyes on one person’s face before.

“Mother! Mother, you’re finally awake!” Nan Gong Yu excitedly embraced Fu Yingsi.

Xiao Qingxue and Xiao Qingqing also rushed forward to show concern.

Xiao Qingcheng stood aside, put down her teacup, and sneered coldly, “Since Nan Gong’s matriarch has awakened, it’s time to stamp the divorce letter between Miss Xiao San and Young Master Nan Gong.”

“Miss Qingcheng, you’re too ruthless. The matriarch has just woken up; can’t you avoid stimulating her?” Xiao Qingxue took the opportunity to add insult to injury, trying to suppress Xiao Qingcheng.

Xiao Qingcheng sneered coldly, looking at the crowd around the bed, and spoke indifferently, “All of you crowding around her is what truly stimulates her. The air in this room is foul, which is really not conducive to her recovery.”

Upon hearing this, Nan Gong Yu shouted, “Open all the windows. All unnecessary people, get out!”

Xiao Qingcheng suddenly interjected, “Who said Miss Xiao San was the culprit just now? Leave that maid behind as well.”

“This is my Xiao residence; I won’t allow an outsider to act so freely!” Xiao Feng, with a gloomy face, stepped forward and reprimanded.

Xiao Qingcheng sneered coldly, glanced at the fuming Xiao Feng, and sarcastically said, “There are too many outsiders here. Young Master Nan Gong, Matriarch Nan Gong…”

As she spoke, Xiao Qingcheng deliberately glanced back at Fu Yingsi.

At this moment, Fu Yingsi’s face was still pale, her long black hair draped behind her, and she was weakly leaning against Nan Gong Yu.

“Do as Miss Qingcheng says!” Nan Gong Yu spoke with displeasure, and Xiao Feng had no choice but to swallow his frustration.

After the servants in the room were mostly cleared out, Fu Yingsi spoke again, “Thank you just now! Although I was not fully awake, my consciousness was still clear.

Your medical and poison skills are truly unparalleled in the world.”

“I dare not accept such praise. Compared to the esteemed mid-level alchemist by your side, I fall short.”

Xiao Qingcheng was the type to settle scores. She had to get back at the old man who had just ridiculed and toyed with her.

The old man lying on the ground looked displeased and said, “Actually, I had thought of this method too. It’s just that I was about to apply acupuncture to the matriarch when you stepped forward and took over.”

Xiao Qingcheng sneered coldly but did not expose him. Instead, she took out the divorce letter from her sleeve and said, “Matriarch, all you need to do now is rest. But the matter of Miss Xiao San is not yet finished. Could you please stamp this first?”

Fu Yingsi narrowed her eyes and scrutinized Xiao Qingcheng carefully, “May I ask, Miss Qingcheng, what is your relationship with that foolish Miss Xiao San?”

“I’ll tell you after you’ve stamped it.”

Fu Yingsi sneered coldly, “One thing at a time. I’m afraid I can’t agree to this.”

Xiao Qingcheng gave Fu Yingsi a cold look.

“Damn it! This old witch is cheating!”

“She’s so shrewd; she already knows that clinging to Miss Xiao San is equivalent to clinging to me. How could she be willing to let go?”

“What should we do now, master?”

“Force it!”

“Miss Qingcheng, you’re going too far. What the matriarch needs now is rest, not to be manipulated and bullied by you!”

Xiao Qingxue, unable to bear it, shouted out of jealousy.

Xiao Qingcheng glanced back at Xiao Qingxue and sneered coldly, “The handkerchief in Miss Xiao’s sleeve, isn’t it Miss Xiao Qingqing’s?”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingxue’s heart sank.

Nan Gong Yu suddenly interjected, “Mother, just stamp it. I really don’t want to marry that good-for-nothing Xiao Qingcheng!”

“Yu! Cough, cough…”

Fu Yingsi was so angry that she began to pant.

“Mother, don’t get angry. I truly have no desire to marry that idiotic waste. Even if you kill me, I won’t marry her. The one I want to marry is Qingxue.”

Xiao Qingxue, upon hearing this, glanced at Xiao Qingcheng triumphantly.

Fu Yingsi frowned, glanced at the good-for-nothing Xiao Qingxue, and said coldly, “Her chastity is already lost; she cannot be your legitimate wife. If you must marry, it can only be Miss Xiao Qingqing.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xiao Qingqing, who was hiding in the corner, slowly curled her lips into a smile.

Xiao Qingxue’s face turned pale in an instant: “What? This is unfair! Yu and I are the true love!”

Xiao Qingcheng, watching the increasingly chaotic situation, stepped forward directly. Taking advantage of Fu Yingsi’s inattention, she grabbed a small seal from the corner of her bed and held it in her hand.

“What are you doing? Put it down for me!” Fu Yingsi shouted, her words tinged with anxiety and anger.

Xiao Qingcheng sneered coldly, exhaled on the seal, and stamped it directly on the divorce letter. Then she glanced at Nan Gong Yu and said, “How about that? Is this your mother’s seal?”

Nan Gong Yu, dazzled by Xiao Qingcheng’s charming smile, nodded blankly, “Yes!”