Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

After applying the medicine, the swelling on Dong Jiafu's upper lip had gone down, but the skin in that area was thin, so the signs of injury were still quite obvious.

"It's a long story." It was okay if I didn't move, but it still hurt a little when I opened my mouth.

"Then I'll ask you questions and you answer them. If you can nod or shake your head, then don't speak and disturb the wound." Cui Qiyan took her hand and sat down inside. "Were you injured by someone?"

Dong Jiafu nodded.

"Tell me who it is."

"Du Manting."

Cui Qiyan frowned when he heard this, then squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "I understand."

Dong Jiafu felt something was wrong and hurriedly explained, "Don't get the wrong idea, this is just a misunderstanding..."

"If I had known she would treat you like this, I should have dragged her off the carriage in Xizhou!"

"Hey, listen to me... Woo..." Dong Jiafu pulled the wound again in a hurry.

Cui Qiyan stood up nervously and said, "I'll go get Doctor Tan."

Dong Jiafu reached out and held him back, "Don't ask the master for such a small matter. I've already applied the medicine."

At this time, Dong Jialin came to the clinic to pick up Dong Jiafu. As soon as he arrived at the door of the clinic, he saw the two of them holding hands.

He was at a loss for a moment, "Master Cui is here too..."

Dong Jiafu quickly withdrew her hand when she heard the sound.

Cui Qiyan turned around and said, "Just call me Youan from now on."

Dong Jiafu said quickly: "Second brother came at the right time, tell him what happened today, don't let him misunderstand Miss Du."

"Don't worry, I'll tell you."

Dong Jialin went in and told Cui Qiyan the whole story, starting from the opening day of Mingxiang Teahouse.

After hearing this, Cui Qiyan turned his gaze to Dong Jiafu, "Why did you go into danger alone without telling me?"

"There's actually no danger, and that's the truth," Dong Jiafu pointed at her mouth, "It was just an accident."

"It was indeed an accident. Who could have thought that Miss Du would show up so unexpectedly? We had already made sufficient preparations when we went there." Dong Jialin followed.

"Don't act on your own if something like this happens again. Be sure to tell me." Cui Qi Yan didn't want to be the one who found out afterwards.

"It's just a small business matter, and you are so busy with work..." Dong Jiafu said in a low voice.

"It's not a small matter if it concerns you."

"I've made a note of that." Dong Jiafu responded, thinking to herself that she would have to get used to the way two people get along with each other in the future.

Cui Qiyan turned his attention to what Qin Fangsui had done, "I helped her get her property back, but I didn't expect she would use it against you."

Dong Jialin shook his head and said, "What a pity! Such a good shop is not run well, and the money is wasted on this."

"It's getting late, I'll take you back."

"I'm going with my second brother, so stop making trouble."

"Okay, I'll take you to the carriage."

Cui Qiyan sent Dong Jiafu to the carriage, and after watching them go away, he told Ji Bai, "You go back first."

"Isn't the prince going back home?" Ji Bai asked.

"I still have something to do."

Cui Qi Yan went to Qin's house and said a few words to Qin Fang Sui outside the door.

The next day, Mingxiang Teahouse and the bookstore that opened on the same day closed on the same day.

After Dong Jialin found out, he went back and told Dong Jiafu. Both of them couldn't understand why she suddenly did this.

Finally, Dong Jialin was too lazy to guess and said, "Who cares? Maybe she feels embarrassed that we know she is behind all this, so she just quits. She's smart. The longer those two stores are open, the more money she loses."

Dong Jiafu didn't pay much attention to it. The next day, after the wound on her mouth healed, she went to Fan's house to see Du Manting.

Du Manting took her to her room.

"Isn't it because I didn't talk to you more in the teahouse that day that you're not angry with me now?" Dong Jiafu looked at her and asked.

"Am I such a stingy person?" Du Manting turned her head away.

"Of course not. You will be the first female general of Great Yin in the future. Your mind and tolerance are naturally incomparable to those of ordinary women."

"Okay, stop flattering me," Du Manting raised her lips slightly, "I thought about it carefully after I came back, you did nothing wrong that day. And I wasn't nice to you before, so it's normal that you don't want to tell me that you are the 'future guest'. If I were you, I wouldn't necessarily do as well as you did."

Dong Jiafu said frankly: "I didn't know that you already regarded me as a friend in your heart. If I knew that you were helping me secretly, I would be happy to tell you about it. Every time I heard you say that you liked the storybooks I wrote, you don't know how happy I was."

"really?"

"Of course, to show my sincerity, I will send the scripts I write to you in Liangzhou as soon as possible."

Du Manting raised her chin, "That won't work."

Dong Jiafu was startled, "Ah?"

"You have to send it to Xizhou." Du Manting immediately changed her expression and said with a smile.

Dong Jiafu was startled, thinking she had stopped being a fan, and then asked in confusion: "You're going to Xizhou again?"

"Yes, the emperor heard that I was in the capital, so he specially summoned me and said that I had made great contributions in the battle between Xizhou and Beidi, and asked me what reward I wanted. I said that I wanted to serve in the army and defend the border for the country."

"Then the emperor appointed me as the commander of Zhaowu, and I will go to Xizhou with Marquis Zhongjing the day after tomorrow." Du Manting's face was full of pride.

"Congratulations! You are one step closer to your ideal."

Dong Jiafu was truly happy for her and admired her courage for asking the emperor directly for a reward.

Du Manting nodded brightly, "Yes, I can finally go to the battlefield openly!"

"The Marquis Zhongjing you are talking about is Lu Siheng? He is going to Xizhou too?"

"It's him. He asked the emperor for permission before me to follow his father to garrison Xizhou, and the emperor approved it. He is a man of courage, and his martial arts skills should not be wasted in an expert place."

Dong Jiafu thought silently, is this the path Lu Siheng really wants to take?

"I'm leaving the city at noon the day after tomorrow. Can you come and see me off?" Du Manting asked.

Dong Jiafu came back to her senses and said, "Of course."

"Then it's settled."

After a while, Du Manting hesitated and said, "I have another unwelcome request."

"what's up?"

"Can you forgive Fang Sui? I know she was wrong, but she is also quite pitiful. Ever since her parents passed away, she has been forcing herself to become stronger, and over time she has become obsessed with it."

"I have already talked to her after you left that day, and she realized that she had a problem. Please give her a chance to correct her mistakes and don't push her too hard. I believe she will figure it out." Du Manting pleaded.

Dong Jiafu suddenly realized, "No wonder she closed the teahouse and bookstore, it turns out she listened to you."

"Really? She really listened to what I said." Du Manting said happily.

"Don't worry, as long as she doesn't target us again in the future, we won't care about this matter anymore." Dong Jiafu expressed her opinion.

"Thank you." Du Manting also put her mind at ease.