Third Concubine's Treasure

She seemed conflicted, struggling to make a decision.

Seeing her like this, Gu Wanning felt a little more at ease.

Thank goodness, please, let some cooking fumes in soon.

She's terrified of encountering this kind of neurotic!

She reached out and pulled her Third Concubine up, taking out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. "Today I went to see my second sister-in-law and bragged to her about how good your medical skills were, saying I'd take you to take her pulse. Are you unwilling to be at my beck and call, so you're deliberately trying to drive me crazy?"

"Madam," a blush slowly crept onto the Third Concubine's pale face, "This servant... this servant truly has no face to speak."

"You've gotten back together with that guy who dumped you?"

"No. I broke off all ties with him long ago, how could we possibly rekindle our old flame?"

"That's good," Gu Wanning said. "Let me tell you, Hua Ying, if you do that, I definitely won't speak to you anymore. But apart from this matter, I don't think there's anything between us that's too embarrassing to talk about. Tell me, and I promise you, I absolutely won't tell a third person, including the Marquis."

Seeing that the Third Concubine was still hesitating, Gu Wanning added, "I'll cover for you if I can. But if you really commit an irreparable mistake, then... I beg the Marquis not to torture you."

"Madam, I'm afraid... afraid of the search..."

"Afraid of a search? You're hiding a man in your house?" Gu Wanning laughed in anger when she heard this reason.

Surprisingly, the Third Concubine did not deny it.

Gu Wanning was stunned.

Goodness gracious, Hua Ying, you've been up to something big without making a sound, haven't you?

"Who? Which one? Is it a guard from the manor?" Gu Wanning asked repeatedly, but in her heart, she thought that this was for the best.

Xu Weibei had previously said that as long as the concubines were willing, they could be sent away.

Xu Weibei had no interest in any of these four.

Thinking of this, Gu Wanning suddenly felt a strong urge to see Linglong.

Linglong is alive, the only woman Xu Weibei can get close to, and no one knows what kind of stunning beauty she is.

What's wrong with my First Concubine?

The Third Concubine shook her head and remained silent.

"Tell me! I can grant your wish," Gu Wanning said. "Don't try to stay silent with me; you know my temper."

"Madam, it wasn't a man. I didn't hide a man in the room."

Gu Wanning:...

I'd already walked two miles before you told me I was going the wrong way?

"I'm not guessing anymore, just give me a straight answer, okay, Hua Ying! I'm begging you!"

"Yes, yes..."

Chapter 111 Third Concubine's Treasure

"Tell me what it is!"

"Madam, I cannot speak."

Gu Wanning took a deep breath. "Fine, you don't need to say anything. Take me to your room, and I'll see if it's alright myself! If you're hiding an assassin, just stab me and give me a quick death, rather than letting you drive me crazy. Come on, lead the way!"

Gu Wanning pulled her Third Concubine out and said to Xu Weibei, "My Marquis, I'm going to my Third Concubine's courtyard for a bit, I'll be right back."

What are you going to do?

"Nothing, it's just a woman's business, don't worry about it. Yaya, you come with me! My Marquis, don't worry, Fourth Concubine will be safe."

Xu Weibei was not at all at ease.

Zhou Yaya herself is the greatest danger.

Besides, he hasn't even investigated this matter thoroughly yet, so how could he not go along?

He wasn't worried about Gu Wanning's safety at all.

So he insisted on going with them.

Gu Wanning glared at him. "Does Your Marquis suspect me as well? If so, I'm not going to care about anything else!"

Xu Weibei: "..."

Does he care?

He was just afraid that if he angered her, she would bite him, so he revealed his plans.

So he decided not to argue with her.

Xu Weibei turned his body around, his back to her.

Everyone: "..."

Gu Wanning, accompanied by her Fourth Concubine, followed her Third Concubine to her courtyard.

The Third Concubine stood in the courtyard and glanced at the Fourth Concubine.

Gu Wanning immediately understood her concerns and said, "Yaya, wait for me here, I'll go in and take a look."

Fourth Concubine was displeased. "Madam, Third Sister, what delicious food and fun things do you have that you have to hide from me? I don't treat you as outsiders, but you treat me like one?"

It's absolutely infuriating.

"No," Third Concubine explained, "It's not that I'm keeping an eye on you, it's for your own good. My dear Yaya, I've never asked you for anything; even if it's just for the sake of me secretly bringing you medicine so many times, would you please stay here and keep an eye on things for me?"

"Deliver medicine? What kind of medicine?" Gu Wanning immediately grasped the key point.

"There are many," Fourth Concubine said. "Sometimes it's because I stole something spoiled from the kitchen and needed diarrhea medicine; sometimes it's because I climbed over the wall and got into a fight with the guards and needed wound medicine; and then there's the pain of my period, and..."

She couldn't count them all on her fingers.

Gu Wanning glared at her. "Then watch closely."

She even said her predecessor was strict; thank goodness for her strictness, because she was always stealing chickens and dogs.

If this is left unchecked, will she resort to stealing Taishang Laojun's alchemy furnace?

Fourth Concubine, having accepted their gifts, could only stand in the courtyard and watch the two go inside.

The Third Concubine walked to the door and glanced back at her.

"Okay, okay, I'll keep a close eye on things, and I won't peek myself," Fourth Concubine said unhappily. "I don't know what you're all up to."

Third Concubine then followed Gu Wanning into the house.

Upon entering the room, she first invited Gu Wanning to sit down, then opened her dressing case, took out a brass key, took off her shoes, climbed onto the kang (heated brick bed), opened the kang cabinet, and took out all the bedding and placed it on the kang...

Gu Wanning thought to herself, "You've really hidden this well."

What treasure is hidden there?

Third Concubine took out a carved rosewood brocade box from the bottom of the kang cabinet.

The box was about a foot long and locked. Third Concubine moved it to the kang table and placed it there.