The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!

I don’t want to go!

Yuan Bao really wanted to stay away from Sheng Xueyi.

If she had known that Sheng Xueyi would be going, Yuan Bao would never have agreed to her godmother’s invitation, even if it meant enduring the sweltering heat in the city.

Compared to trouble, what’s a little bit of heat?

"What’s wrong?"

Mrs. Zeng looked at Yuan Bao, "Is it because of that Miss Sheng?"

"Mm-hmm!"

Yuan Bao nodded vigorously.

Her intuition told her that nothing good would come from staying with Sheng Xueyi.

This trip to escape the summer heat would last at least two or three months.

With so much time, who knows what might happen.

"Then what should we do?"

Mrs. Zeng frowned slightly, "You’ve already promised your godmother, are you going to back out?"

"I’m sick!"

Yuan Bao blurted out instinctively.

Feign illness!

This is the surefire way to avoid certain things.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zeng was also quite speechless.

But she didn’t say anything and chose to help her precious granddaughter tell this lie because she also didn’t have a good impression of Sheng Xueyi.

Feigning illness requires strategy.

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Early the next morning, Yuan Bao started groaning in bed.

Nanny Xue and Hu Niuniu noticed and immediately found Mrs. Zeng, who quickly sent someone to fetch a doctor.

The doctor came and, after a round of diagnosis, didn’t find anything abnormal.

However, Yuan Bao kept saying she was dizzy and uncomfortable.

The helpless doctor could only say it might be heatstroke and recommended rest, then prescribed some cooling herbal decoctions before leaving with a frown.

Despite the pulse being normal, why did the person feel so unwell?

Having successfully feigned illness, while Nanny Xue and Hu Niuniu were brewing her medicine, Yuan Bao looked quite distressed.

To maintain the act, she had to drink a couple of sips of the bitter cooling soup, otherwise, it wouldn’t be convincing.

So, when the Shen Family came with Wei Qiqi to pick up Yuan Bao for departure, they found her drinking medicine.

In the end, the Shen Family could only leave regretfully.

Yuan Bao was unwell, and the long journey to the summer mountain villa in West Ridge Mountain was certainly not conducive to her recovery.

Yuan Bao stayed in bed until the Shen Family’s summer retreat group left the city.

Sheng Xueyi, along with Chuntao, Mrs. Wu, and Mrs. Tian, was also in the Shen Family’s convoy leaving the city for summer retreat. She had hoped to interact more with Yuan Bao, but to her disappointment, she only realized at the midday rest stop that Yuan Bao wasn’t in the group.

After some inquiries and learning that Yuan Bao was ill, Sheng Xueyi felt truly dejected.

The Fourteenth Prince, seeing the pretty lady he fancied feeling down, kindly came to comfort her, but all he received was Sheng Xueyi’s aloof back.

"No wonder she’s the woman ’I’ fancy, this personality is truly cold and cool!"

Being ignored by Sheng Xueyi, the Fourteenth Prince didn’t find it inappropriate; instead, he thought it should be that way.

Wei Wushang, traveling alongside, saw the Fourteenth Prince’s demeanor, shook his head, and was too lazy to talk further to this cousin bewildered by beauty.

Kind words can hardly persuade a doomed ghost!

"Your Highness, aren’t you a little too fond of this Miss Sheng?"

Mao Shenggong, a trusted aide by the Fourteenth Prince’s side, couldn’t stand it and couldn’t help but exceed his authority.

"You don’t understand!"

The Fourteenth Prince glanced at Mao Shenggong, "How could you understand affairs of men and women?"

Mao Shenggong instantly felt closed off.

He’s a eunuch, it’s true, but wasn’t he still considered a man?

Unfortunately, exceeding his authority with that one sentence of advice was already very bold. Mao Shenggong wouldn’t dare continue arguing with the Fourteenth Prince, even if he was ultimately proven right.

The hierarchy of status stood in the way, preventing Mao Shenggong from defying the order.