The Male Lead's Harem Belongs to Me (GL) - Chapter 37
The moonlight tonight was beautiful, bright and clear, spreading over the courtyard, making anyone who saw it feel better.
However, Qi Ze, in Yu Weiwan’s room, gasped twice. After confirming that it was Yu Weiwan, he fell silent.
After a long time, Qi Ze said, “You should rest well, I’ll go now.”
With that, he left without looking back, not even asking why, leaving Yu Weiwan alone, frowning and pondering the purpose of the prince’s late-night visit.
In Qi Ze’s heart, Yu Weiwan’s greatest value was her resemblance to Liu Shuwei. Now that the resemblance was gone and had even left him with a psychological shadow, he decided not to come again.
After leaving Yu Weiwan’s courtyard, Qi Ze walked towards Chang Qianjiao’s courtyard. Unlike Yu Weiwan, Chang Qianjiao had a Minister of Revenue behind her. Although he had recently been implicated in the case of Minister of Rites He Buwei, he should soon regain favor, so Chang Qianjiao was still very useful to him.
As before, Qi Ze told the servants to be quiet and quietly entered Chang Qianjiao’s room. Unlike Yu Weiwan, Chang Qianjiao was facing him, drinking tea and reading a book.
The candlelight flickered, and Chang Qianjiao’s beautiful eyes slightly lifted, her watery eyes directly entering his vision.
Qi Ze was about to speak when Chang Qianjiao surprisingly put down her teacup, revealing her swollen, sausage-like lips. The lips were huge, almost covering her entire lower face, making Qi Ze’s eyes twitch again.
However, this time he didn’t turn around and leave. Instead, he took a deep breath, forced himself to stop, and asked, “Concubine Chang, your lips…”
Chang Qianjiao suddenly remembered her swollen lips, but it was too late to hide them, so she told the truth, “Bee stings.”
Qi Ze nodded, roughly understanding what had happened. He gave her a few casual words of comfort and prepared to find Gu Hanyun. He didn’t believe that everyone had been stung by bees.
So, when he saw Gu Hanyun’s swollen eyes, he was silent. After a long time, he asked, “You were also stung by bees?”
Gu Hanyun nodded shyly.
Qi Ze felt disgusted and quickly left, walking towards Jiang Han’s room. He saw the same half-swollen face as Yu Weiwan. Qi Ze was speechless. If he hadn’t told anyone about his plan tonight, he would have suspected that they had come up with this idea to avoid him.
After wandering around, Qi Ze had no choice but to take a look at Liu Shuwei and returned to his room in dismay. He lay on the bed, thinking for a long time, and finally decided to go to Seven Treasures Pavilion to find some “clean” courtesans. He thought Kui’er was good, so he went out in the night.
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The next day, the four gathered, looking at each other’s faces, swollen like steamed buns, and fell silent. The physician had treated their wounds and prescribed some medicine. The ointment sent by Liu Shuwei was indeed useful, at least reducing the swelling and pain, but they were still swollen.
Jiang Han glanced at everyone, saying, “We tried to steal a chicken but lost the bait instead. I don’t even dare to go out like this.”
Gu Hanyun rolled her eyes, saying, “Princess, don’t ask me to do this again.”
The child was angry, not calling her “Sister Jiang” anymore.
Jiang Han touched her nose, smiling guiltily, then said, “The prince suddenly came to my courtyard last night, and then looked at my swollen face, said nothing, and left. It was so strange.”
With Jiang Han’s opening, the others also talked about what happened last night. Jiang Han raised an eyebrow, saying, “The prince last night…”
Before she could finish, they exchanged glances, understanding her meaning.
Gu Hanyun’s heart stirred, feeling flustered. The prince had such thoughts?
Yu Weiwan was even more nervous, her hands tightly clenched.
Only Chang Qianjiao slowly took a sip of tea, saying, “Don’t worry, I don’t think the prince will come again.”
The three looked at her, asking curiously, “Why do you say that?”
Chang Qianjiao raised an eyebrow, saying, “If he really came with those thoughts last night, seeing our faces, he’d be lucky not to have a psychological shadow. How dare he come again?”
“But we won’t be swollen forever,” Gu Hanyun asked sincerely.
Chang Qianjiao said, “By the time our faces are better, Weiwei’s illness will probably be better too. The prince will be focused on Weiwei, he won’t have time for us.”
It sounded reasonable, but if Weiwei had to bear it…
They fell silent. Jiang Han suddenly said, “Well, it’s okay. What if the prince… becomes impotent?”
Jiang Han wasn’t worried, knowing that the prince was indeed going to be impotent. But the others looked worried, making Jiang Han secretly anxious. She wanted to tell them, but there were too many people in the mansion.
Finally, after Jiang Han’s brainwashing, they reluctantly believed that the prince might be impotent, and then agreed to go see Liu Shuwei together.
Although they were afraid of being ugly, they weren’t afraid of being embarrassed together.
So, when they arrived at Liu Shuwei’s room with swollen faces, the maid almost dropped the spoon in her hand. But they weren’t afraid of being ugly at this moment. They stood in a row in front of Liu Shuwei, winking at her, which was quite an eyesore.
Liu Shuwei: “…”
Liu Shuwei: “Pfft…”
This was the first time they saw Liu Shuwei laugh so freely. Her eyes were bright, like the warm sun in spring, with a unique beauty in her eyes and brows. Her laughter was very contagious, making the maids who didn’t dare to laugh laugh too.
Jiang Han couldn’t help but laugh too, then led the four to Liu Shuwei, suppressing her laughter, saying with a straight face, “How dare you laugh, Liu Weiwei? Do you know how we got like this?”
Liu Shuwei looked at Jiang Han’s swollen face, still trying to reprimand her, and couldn’t stop laughing. But soon, she stopped laughing, saying, “I don’t know, please tell me, sister.”
Jiang Han didn’t speak, so Chang Qianjiao said, “Because your good sister wanted to make your medicine less bitter, so she tricked us.”
Gu Hanyun also said directly, “Because the princess’s ideas are all bad.”
Yu Weiwan said, “Because the princess is unfair, always taking advantage of us.”
Jiang Han, feeling guilty, said loudly, “Humph, you all agreed at the time. Gu Gu, didn’t you say you wanted to take all the honey from the hive? Jiaojiao, didn’t you say we could take another one after this one? And Wanwan, didn’t you tell me not to ask anyone else to help? Saying that it would show our concern for Weiwei. Now you’re blaming me?”
Seeing them arguing, Liu Shuwei’s smile grew, feeling warmer. Finally, when they finished arguing, they made up again.
Jiang Han sat down by Liu Shuwei’s bed, sighing, “I don’t know when we’ll get better. I’ll thank God if we can get rid of the swelling before the lantern festival.”
They all sighed. Liu Shuwei comforted them, “Bee stings usually get better in about seven days. The lantern festival is about ten days away, so don’t worry.”
Gu Hanyun held her eyes, saying, “Luckily, we don’t have any appointments these days, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to go out like this.”
“Indeed,” Jiang Han sighed, “I hope no one comes to find us these days.”
As if to slap Jiang Han’s face, almost the next second after she said that, the maid came in to report that the third young master of the Jiang family had sent a greeting card and would come to see the princess later.
Jiang Han: “…”
Gu Hanyun/Chang Qianjiao/Yu Weiwan: “Pfft…”
A moment later, Jiang Han arrived at the reception hall with a veil. Jiang Mai noticed something was wrong at first glance, staring at Jiang Han for a long time. He thought of something, his eyes turning cold, asking, “Did the prince hit you again?”
Jiang Han: “…No.”
“Then why are you wearing a veil?” Jiang Mai asked curiously, “Take it off, let third brother see.”
Jiang Han: “I won’t.”
Jiang Mai: “…Okay, I’ll go back and tell father and eldest brother and second brother.”
Jiang Han quickly stopped him, not because she felt sorry for Qi Ze, but because she was afraid that the Jiang family, who doted on their daughters, would do something that would exterminate nine generations. She gritted her teeth and took off the veil, saying, “Stung by bees after poking a beehive.”
Jiang Mai: “…Hahahaha.”
After a moment of silence, Jiang Mai burst into laughter, as if his funny bone had been tickled. He even hiccuped from laughing. Jiang Han, unable to bear it any longer, snatched the money bag from Jiang Mai’s hand and chased him out.
This was their monthly dividend. Jiang Han weighed the five money bags and found them quite heavy. They were all filled with silver notes. Jiang Han finally felt better. She returned to Liu Shuwei’s room with the silver notes and dismissed the maids and servants, then happily distributed the money.
Gu Hanyun counted the silver notes, her smile growing wider, finally excitedly putting the silver notes away, smiling, “Great, Sister Jiang. Fourth Prince is truly amazing!”
Jiang Han was also very satisfied, nodding, “He is indeed very capable.” After all, he was the best businessman in the original book.
They were all very satisfied, happily returning to their rooms to put the money away. The other three left, leaving only Jiang Han and Liu Shuwei in the room.
Liu Shuwei hadn’t moved since receiving the money bag. Seeing everyone leave, she handed the money bag to Jiang Han, saying, “Sister, please keep this money for me.”
Jiang Han’s eyes flickered, raising an eyebrow, “What, are you going to redeem yourself?”
Liu Shuwei smiled, looking at Jiang Han, “Of course not. It’s just that I’m your person now, so my things are naturally yours.”
Jiang Han: “!” Is this really happening?
Liu Shuwei saw Jiang Han’s surprise, saying, “Just think of it as you keeping it for me. I feel more at ease with you holding it.”
Jiang Han hesitated for a moment, then took the money bag, saying, “Okay, I’ll keep it for you. I’ll return it to you when you want it.”
“Okay,” Liu Shuwei smiled, her eyes falling on Jiang Han’s left cheek, her expression softening. Liu Shuwei gently raised her hand, hovering over her swollen cheek, softly asking, “Does it still hurt?”
Jiang Han looked up, seeing ripples in Liu Shuwei’s eyes, like stones skipping across water. For a moment, she saw the turbulent waves hidden deep within.
Liu Shuwei’s hand didn’t touch her face, but it made her face burn. She remembered her current appearance and looked at the empty room, suddenly feeling a sense of panic and wanting to escape.
But soon, someone broke her panic.
A gentle, feather-light kiss landed on her swollen cheek, like a fleeting shadow or a dragonfly skimming water, too fast for her to react, too light for her to notice. But Jiang Han knew it had happened.
Because Liu Shuwei was looking at her with those watery eyes, saying, “Sister, thank you.”
Jiang Han’s heart thumped. Her panic was gone, replaced by a soul-shaking heartbeat.
Jiang Han finally calmed her breathing, her eyes flickering, asking, “Weiwei, why were you soaking in the water that night?”
Author’s Note:
Liu Shuwei: Because I like you, is that reason enough, woman?
T/N: Oh~~~~