With the help of the young boy, Liu Tián Qǔ pretended to stagger towards her front gate. As Liu Tián Qǔ staggered towards the stairs of her residence. Liu Tián Qǔ noticed two guards standing outside of the opened doors of her residence on guard. Seeing guards finally guarding her residence, Liu Tián Qǔ got so happy she almost forgot to pretend to be ill.
Before she was too far away to see the guards now that she was closer, she could see them. Liu Tián Qǔ quickly looked the guards over. She was too far to see much. However, she could see the aura that surrounded the guards. Liu Tián Qǔ wholeheartedly approved of what she saw. Liu Tián Qǔ decided to check out the guards later. Quickly she continued with her pretense.
Just as the two adolescence began to stagger up the stairs towards the guards, two things happened simultaneously. One of the guards step forward to halt the advance of the two youths. And a carriage pulled up to the front gate of the residence. It was a hired carriage.
From the carriage, Butler Zhou stepped down. Several servants also stepped down. The servants all carried large, heavy-looking packages.
When Butler Zhou's eyes landed on Liu Tián Qǔ, who was being assisted by the young boy, Butler Zhou's soul almost flew away in shock. "Young Master Liu!" Butler Zhou exclaimed loudly in shock, almost yelling.
Quickly Butler Zhou hurried towards Liu Tián Qǔ, "Young Master Liu, Young Master Liu, what's wrong?" This also propelled the two guards into motion. The guards quickly descended the stairs toward Liu Tián Qǔ. Since they had yet to meet the Lord of the residence, they were unaware that the Young Lord, who was staggering towards them with assistance, was their new Young Master.
Butler Zhou looked at the young boy who was assisting Liu Tián Qǔ and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
"I found him collapsed not far from the front gate of the residence." The young boy replied.
The guards had reached Liu Tián Qǔ by the time the young boy finished answering the butler. Liu Tián Qǔ released his hold on the young boy and stood straight. "I'm fine. I'm fine" Liu Tián Qǔ tried to calm the anxious butler.
"How are you fine? You even needed assistance to walk." The flustered panicked butler said.
"I just momentarily felt dizzy. I feel better now." But of course, no one believed her. They all thought she was pretending to be fine just for the sake of the butler.
As the guards drew close, Liu Tián Qǔ had an opportunity to check them out some more furtively. She loved the look in the eyes of the guards. She was sure that under the training of Commander Jiang. These two guards will turn into the best of the best. She hoped all the rest of the guards proved just as promising.
"Come, let's go back. I'm going to send for Hòu Dao to have a look at you." The butler said as he carefully began to escort Liu Tián Qǔ up the stairs with the help of the guards.
Liu Tián Qǔ was practically being carried up the stairs by the fretting butler and her new house guards. Followed by the servants that alighted from the carriage with the butler. When they got to the top of the stairs, Liu Tián Qǔ looked over to make sure the young boy was still there. When she didn't see the young boy, Liu Tián Qǔ stopped in her tracks. This brought her whole entourage of the butler, the guards, and the servants who were carrying large packages to a stop.
Liu Tián Qǔ turned around to see the young boy still standing at the bottom of the stairs with glum pessimism. The poor boy was pushed to the side as everyone's worry for Liu Tián Qǔ took over. Looking at the boy from the top of the stairs. Liu Tián Qǔ saw a bleak look creep into the boy's eyes. Life must have been very hard for the young boy, and the young boy must have been let down so many times by people. By the look in the boy's eyes, Liu Tián Qǔ could see that the boy expected Liu Tián Qǔ to break her promised to help him and push him to the side now that help had arrived.
Little did the boy know that nothing was wrong with Liu Tián Qǔ to begin with. Liu Tián Qǔ had put on a show because her old illness of curiosity was acting up once again.
Liu Tián Qǔ looked down at the young boy and asked, "What is your name?"
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"My name is Wēi Wò Yàn," The young boy said.
"Which Wei which Wo which Yan?" Liu Tián Qǔ asked.
"The Wei in prestige the Wò in uncarved jade and the Yàn in ink-stone." The young boy answered.
"What a very interesting name you have, please come in I wished to speak with you." Liu Tián Qǔ said.
Quickly in a very soft low voice while the boy was still too far to hear. Liu Tián Qǔ told Butler Zhou and the guards that stood next to her as the young boy began to ascend the stairs, "I am okay, I found this boy very interesting. I pretended to collapse so he could help me home. I wish to talk with him so don't be alarm. I really am fine. I am pretending ." After this, Liu Tián Qǔ pretended to stagger again.
The agitated, anxious butler calmed down some. He felt so relieved to know that his young master was okay. The butler dismissed the servants with the large packages and sent them to be about their duties. He had initially wanted them to report to Housekeeper Gao. However, Housekeeper Gao wasn't in residence. She went to pick up a carriage that Liu Tián Qǔ had designed. Liu Tián Qǔ had sent the Housekeeper to have it custom made according to the design and plan she drafted up. A message was sent that the carriage was ready. So Housekeeper Gao went to pick it up.
Leaving the guards to watch the back of their retreating cunning new Young Master with wariness in their eyes. The butler escorted the Young Master away with Wēi Wò Yàn following in the wake of the butler and Young Master.
The Butler made a production of escorting Liu Tián Qǔ to her courtyard. Sōng Hé Píng greeted them at the entrance of the courtyard. Butler Zhou pulled Sōng Hé Píng aside and whispered something in her ear.
Together Sōng Hé Píng and Butler Zhou settle Liu Tián Qǔ at the long low table in the lounge of her chambers. The young boy was escorted into the lounge as well. He was seated across from Liu Tián Qǔ at the long low table and Sōng Hé Píng served the young boy tea.
Hòu Dao had been summoned, and under the instructions of the Butler, she made a pretense of checking Liu Tián Qǔ's pulse.
Under the pretense of serving Liu Tián Qǔ medicine. Hòu Dao served Liu Tián Qǔ her daily strengthening potion she had brewed earlier. With her job done, Hòu Dao excused herself and made her way back to the residence hospital to cook medicine for Commander Jiang's wife. After making sure Liu Tián Qǔ was settled, the butler tactfully excuse himself as well. Liu Tián Qǔ also dismissed Sōng Hé Píng.
Liu Tián Qǔ sat across from the tea-sipping Wēi Wò Yàn. Liu Tián Qǔ slowly and reluctantly took gulps of her hot freshly brewed strengthen potion. She hated the taste of the strengthen potion and couldn't wait to be done with it. The strengthen potion had an extreme strong traditional medicinal taste.
In her previous life, Liu Tián Qǔ grew up drinking traditional Chinese medicine. So she didn't mind drinking traditional medicine. There were some traditional medicines she even liked the tasted of. However, the strengthening potion that she was drinking had a very unusual distinctive taste. It was extremely strong and always left a nasty after taste in her mouth.
Deciding to get it over with, Liu Tián Qǔ quickly gulped down the strengthening potion. Setting the bowl aside, Liu Tián Qǔ quickly leaned forward. She opened a blue and white porcelain Sweets Jar that sat neatly on the tea tray next to several Tea Jars. Liu Tián Qǔ took out two sweets and quickly popped them in her mouth. The sound of chuckling made her lookup.
Liu Tián Qǔ looked up to see the young boy who had seemed to wear a permeant grumpy sour look on his face chuckling in amusement at her antics. With a sheepish smile, Liu Tián Qǔ said, "Please excuse my bad manners. The medicine tasted really strong."
Wēi Wò Yàn waved away her apology as he chuckled. "No need, I hate the taste of medicine too."
The young boy looked very handsome when he smiled. Liu Tián Qǔ hope life would treat the young boy better. That way, he would have something more to smile about.
Liu Tián Qǔ cupped her hands and bowed before saying, "First, I would like to thank you for your timely assistance today. I would have been in trouble if you didn't come along."
"Not at all, I don't dare accept your thanks. Truthfully I had second thoughts about helping you. I'm just glad you are okay." Wēi Wò Yàn said.
"I promised I would assist you, if by chance, you had a matter you need help with. Is there anything I can help you with?" Liu Tián Qǔ asked. Liu Tián Qǔ's curiosity deepened. She was expecting to now find out why the young boy was loitering outside of her residence. Who he was trying to meet? And why?
The amusement slid from the young boy's face, and he nodded. "I know it is probably a bit shameless to ask this of you say. I feel as if I am taking advantage of you to say asked it. However, I ask for your understanding. I really have no one else to turn to, and I have run out of all other options. There are three favors I need I ask of you. I ask that you, please grant them. To you, they may mean nothing. However, to me, it is a lifesaving matter." The young boy said with a serious voice and a solemn face.
Liu Tián Qǔ looked at the boy and tried her best not to look as if she was about to find out the ending to her favorite drama or web novel. Her curiosity bit her hard, and she really couldn't help herself. "If I can help, I will. Tell me, what can I help you with?"
The young boy didn't answer right away. After several moments of silence, Wēi Wò Yàn said, "My first request is an audience with Jiang Tài Píng. I was told he was now your Commander. I would like to speak to him. After I speak with him, I will tell you the other two requests I have."
"Commander Jiang?" Liu Tián Qǔ asked with a hint of perplexity and puzzlement.
"Yes, Commander Jiang." Wēi Wò Yàn confirmed.