RPAGF Chapter 373
Chapter 373
Hearing this, Qinghua did not decline much and quickly entered the small kitchen nearby."Sister Li, you are simply amazing," Cheng Qingli said to Li Zhiwei with a face full of excitement as soon as she sat down.
Li Zhiwei was taken aback for a moment before realizing that something must have been discovered in the shop Huo Yunzhi had lost to her.
However, because Wen Xiu was present, Li Zhiwei did not think it was appropriate to ask for details.
But just because Li Zhiwei did not ask did not mean Cheng Qingli would not speak.
"Let me tell you, a massive amount of gold, silver, and jewels was discovered in that manor. My brother-in-law, the Emperor, even said he would reward us." Cheng Qingli did not avoid Wen Xiu at all, directly blurting out the matter right in front of her.
Wen Xiu only half-understood at first, but she quickly grasped the gist of it: a large amount of wealth had been found in some manor.
Wen Xiu felt an indescribable emotion. After all, such a matter should reasonably have been kept secret, yet the Second Miss Cheng and Miss Li did not hide it from her at all.
For a moment, Wen Xiu did not know whether she should be happy or worried.
After all, knowing certain things might actually be bad for her.
Wen Xiu could not tell if the two people before her truly trusted her or if they were trying to harm her.
"The Emperor just took those things back like that?" Li Zhiwei asked in surprise.
She had guessed there was something there, but she had not known exactly what it was.
However, now she finally had accurate news.
"They were taken back, but I heard it was done secretly. There should be rewards coming down later, though they might also be given in secret. My brother-in-law, the Emperor, even praised me," Cheng Qingli said, extremely happy.
It was likely that the Emperor rarely praised her on ordinary days.
Seeing Cheng Qingli like this, Li Zhiwei and Wen Xiu could not help but smile.
Qinghua soon brought over a bowl of sweet fermented rice dumplings and placed it in front of Cheng Qingli.
"It smells so good! Sister Li, what is this?" Cheng Qingli sniffed and asked excitedly.
"Try it," Li Zhiwei simply handed her a spoon without explaining.
"Oh, it's sweet." Cheng Qingli took a bite and really liked the taste.
Very quickly, she finished the whole bowl.
Watching Cheng Qingli eat so fast, Li Zhiwei was just about to say, "Careful, you might get drunk!" when Cheng Qingli suddenly slumped face-first onto the table.
This gave Li Zhiwei and Wen Xiu a massive fright.
"What... what happened to her?" Wen Xiu asked nervously.
After all, if something happened to Cheng Qingli right in front of them, they would not be able to escape the blame.
"I don't know either." Li Zhiwei was momentarily at a loss. Come to think of it, she and Cheng Qingli were not very close.
This was at most their third time meeting.
"Miss Wen, have you ever heard if Second Miss Cheng has any underlying illnesses?" Li Zhiwei looked at Wen Xiu with a troubled expression and asked.
"I... I haven't heard of anything!" Wen Xiu was also extremely nervous now. She truly had never heard of Second Miss Cheng having any illness.
"Did she not bring a maid?" Li Zhiwei hurriedly asked the maid nearby. After all, she had only seen Cheng Qingli arrive earlier.
She had not seen anyone accompanying her.
If there was a maid familiar with Cheng Qingli, perhaps they would know what was going on with her.
"This servant only saw Second Miss Cheng come by herself." The maid was also terrified by the situation; she truly had not seen anyone accompanying her.
"Send someone to fetch a doctor, and while you're at it, have someone inform the Cheng family," Li Zhiwei thought for a moment and had no choice but to give these orders.
Hearing this, Cuiguo brought Qiuyue and hurriedly stepped out. Seeing Cheng Qingli slumped over the table, both were stunned.
"Miss, could it be that Second Miss Cheng is... drunk?" Cuiguo asked uncertainly as she looked at Cheng Qingli's state.
Drunk?
Li Zhiwei and Wen Xiu exchanged a glance, then looked back at Cheng Qingli, who was slumped on the table, behaving incredibly docilely.
"Is her alcohol tolerance really that poor?" Li Zhiwei asked uncertainly.
"I've never heard about it, nor have I ever seen her drink." Wen Xiu shook her head uncertainly.
Li Zhiwei thought back carefully; earlier at the Green Jade Pavilion, she indeed had not seen Cheng Qingli drink either.
But regardless, they could not guess the reason for this situation no matter how hard they tried. It was better to have a doctor examine her quickly.
Considering Cheng Qingli's condition, they still were not sure what caused it.
"Miss Wen, how about you head back first?" Li Zhiwei thought that if something really was wrong with Cheng Qingli, sending Wen Xiu away would prevent the Cheng family from taking their anger out on her when they arrived.
"What do you mean by that, Miss Li? Are you worried that I would be afraid of the Cheng family?" Hearing this, Wen Xiu became somewhat displeased.
After all, she felt that she bore a certain amount of responsibility for Cheng Qingli ending up like this.
"I'm just worried that I won't be able to host you properly later," Li Zhiwei thought for a moment and explained it this way.
However, afraid as the two were, they did not dare to move Cheng Qingli an inch.
When Madam Cheng heard that her daughter had an accident at the Li residence, she rushed over in a panic.
It just so happened that Madam Cheng, Madam Qiu, was drinking tea with her good friend Lady Du not far from the Li residence.
Upon hearing that something had happened to Cheng Qingli, Lady Du could not sit still either. It should be known that Lady Du and Madam Qiu were close childhood friends, and she had always wanted her son to marry Cheng Qingli.
Unfortunately, the two youngsters did not have much chemistry, leaving the two mothers to worry in vain.
When Madam Qiu and Lady Du arrived at the Li residence, Li Zhiwei had no idea which one was Cheng Qingli's mother.
"Greetings to Madam Cheng, greetings to Lady Du." Wen Xiu hurriedly bowed to the two.
"Greetings to Madam Cheng, greetings to Madam Wang." Li Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed to them as well, casting a grateful glance at Wen Xiu. Otherwise, she truly would not have recognized the two women before her.
"Wen Xiu is here too." Seeing Wen Xiu, Lady Du's attitude warmed up a bit.
Who could blame her, considering this was the girl her son liked?
Thinking about it, it was all ill-fated romance.
"Madam Wang!" Wen Xiu nodded to Madam Wang in acknowledgment.
Lady Du was the current matriarch of the Wang family, an illustrious aristocratic family in the capital. She had two sons; her eldest son, Wang Zhiheng, was the foolish son who fancied Wen Xiu, while her second son, Wang Zhiyuan, was currently only seven years old.
The Wang family had quite a bit of influence in the capital. Even though no one from the Wang family held an official position in the royal court, the eldest master of the Wang family frequently entered the palace to meet the Emperor.
Therefore, no one in the capital dared to underestimate the Wang family.
"Qingli?" Madam Qiu looked at her unconscious daughter slumped on the table, overwhelmed with anxiety.
"What did you do to my Qingli?" Madam Qiu glared angrily at Li Zhiwei and demanded.
"Please calm down, Madam. A doctor is already on the way. We also don't know why Second Miss Cheng suddenly ended up like this." Although Li Zhiwei felt a bit panicked inside, her words remained clear and logical.
After all, she truly had not done anything to Cheng Qingli.
Even now, she did not understand how Cheng Qingli had fallen unconscious. Or could this be another petty trick Cheng Qingli was playing on her?