Ning Wan looked at Xiaoju's expression, knew what the girl was thinking, and did not expose her.
She just looked at Ning Wan in the mirror, which was filled with pearl flowers and hairpins, and sighed helplessly: "Xiao Ju, your princess's head will be tired if she wears so many things."
As she spoke, she pulled out two or three exquisite hairpins from her head and put them aside.
Xiaoju's hands froze as she looked at Ning Wan's hair full of ornaments. She realized it and quickly took off a few more. "Xiaoju didn't mean to do that. I haven't dressed the princess properly in a while, and I lost control."
Ning Wan's mouth corners curled up slightly, but before she could say a word to Xiaoju, she felt a fishy taste in her throat and coughed up blood the next second.
Ning Wan frowned and subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand, and blood stained her white fingers.
The moment he saw the blood, Ning Wan raised his head and glanced at Xiaoju in front of him. Before he could even say a word, he started coughing again.
“Ahem—”
Blood kept flowing from the corners of Ning Wan's mouth. Ning Wan supported herself with her hands on the dressing table, her back slightly arched, and the corners of her eyes slightly red.
The sudden change made Xiaoju's face freeze. The hairpin in her hand fell to the ground. She looked at Ning Wan, whose mouth was still stained with blood, in panic, and spoke with difficulty: "Your Highness... Don't scare Xiaoju!"
"Someone, someone, call the imperial physician!"
As Ning Mu reached the door, he heard Xiaoju's exclamation. The smile on his lips disappeared instantly, and he quickly ran to Ning Wan's room.
Ning Wan coughed twice again, and the blood in her mouth seemed to flow out uncontrollably as if it was free.
His originally rosy face turned extremely pale in an instant, and he collapsed on the chair as if he had lost all his strength.
Ning Wan was just about to tell Xiaoju that she was not in pain and asked her to calm down when she fainted.
Seeing Ning Wan fainted, Xiaoju became even more panicked. She wiped the corner of Ning Wan's mouth in a panic, looked at the bright red blood in her palm, and looked helplessly at the door.
I didn't dare to leave, and I was afraid that the people outside couldn't hear me.
When Ning Mu came in, this was the scene he saw.
"Sister?"
Ning Mu's pupils dilated instantly. Looking at Ning Wan coughing up blood in front of the dressing table, he ran over as fast as he could and picked Ning Wan up.
The moment Ning Mu held Ning Wan in his arms, he realized that his elder sister was terribly light.
After placing Ning Wan on the bed, he sternly ordered his men to fetch the imperial physician.
Only then did Ning Mu notice Xiaoju, who had lost her mind, standing beside him.
Ning Mu reacted instantly. He looked at Xiaoju kneeling on the ground, then glanced at the table. Seeing that there was no food on it, he frowned and glanced at the trembling Xiaoju. He asked in a cold voice, "Sister, what did you eat today?"
It's no wonder Ning Mu was suspicious. After all, the previous letter was written to him by Xiaoju herself. If something really happened to Ning Wan, Xiaoju, who had always been by Ning Wan's side, would naturally be the most suspicious.
Ning Mu's questioning brought Xiao Ju back to her senses, but Xiao Ju didn't realize that Ning Mu had already doubted her, and she kept kowtowing:
"Your Majesty, the princess hasn't eaten yet. I heard that the emperor would come to visit the princess after leaving court, so I helped her dress up. I don't know how..."
Xiaoju's voice choked several times, and she even kowtowed while speaking, with a strong sense of guilt in her tone.
"I ask you, did you poison me?"
Ning Mu was also panicked and asked directly.
Seeing Xiaoju look up in surprise, Ning Mu continued to speculate, "In the letter you wrote earlier, did you think the princess in front of you was a wild ghost, so you became suspicious and even had murderous intentions?"
Ning Mu's voice and eyes carried an invisible pressure as he spoke, always paying attention to the changes in Xiaoju's facial expressions. If Xiaoju showed any sign of being a little bit abnormal, Ning Mu would have her dragged away and executed.
But Xiaoju didn't. Instead, she raised her head resolutely and looked at Ning Mu: "Your Majesty, no, a princess is a princess. No matter what she becomes, she is Xiaoju's princess. Xiaoju will never do anything to betray her master."
"That letter was the princess's idea. She didn't want to become a burden to the emperor, so she deliberately asked Xiaoju to send the letter questioning her identity..."
Xiaoju explained everything to Ning Mu, even including the fact that Ning Wan lived in the temple and the cold palace.
After saying this, she continued to kowtow on the ground, "Your Majesty, Xiaoju guarantees with her life that everything Xiaoju said is true and there is no falsehood. Please do not let that letter cause any rift between you and the princess."
Ning Mu looked at Xiaoju, whose head was bruised, and then at Ning Wan, who was still unconscious on the bed. His doubts about Xiaoju were still not completely gone.
"Think carefully for me, has anything been wrong with my sister these past few days?"
Thinking about last night, when he was fine, but today he had to lie in bed, Ning Mu didn't feel good.
Hearing Ning Mu ask this, Xiaoju also thought about it carefully, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't think of anything wrong with Ning Wan.
Finally, Xiaoju exclaimed, "The princess has been a little sleepy these days..."
At the same time, the imperial physician also rushed over.
"Quick, come and see how the princess is doing?"
When Ning Mu saw Doctor Li coming, he quickly gave up his seat.
Doctor Li quickly began to take Ning Wan's pulse.
Everyone in the room stared nervously.
Over the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Doctor Li's expression changed again and again, and his brows became increasingly furrowed.
Doctor Li raised his hand slightly, looked at the unconscious Ning Wan in disbelief, then put his hand down again and took the pulse nervously.
After another cup of tea, Doctor Li looked in Ning Mu's direction with stiff movements.
Ning Mu watched Doctor Li's actions and understood something in his heart, but he still said with some reluctance: "Look at me, is there a medical book on my face?"
Ning Mu's words made Doctor Li stiffen all over. He opened and closed his mouth again and again, not knowing how to start.
Seeing the embarrassed expression on Doctor Li's face, Xiao Ju was obviously quite anxious. She didn't even get up from the ground, but crawled over and grabbed Doctor Li's coattails.
"Doctor Li, how is the princess?" Xiaoju asked nervously, but her eyes were always on Ning Wan, waiting for Doctor Li's answer.
Ning Mu on the side was also staring at Doctor Li, waiting to hear what Doctor Li had to say.
But how could Doctor Li dare to tell the truth at this moment? He avoided their gazes with a guilty conscience and said, "My medical skills are not very good..."
Doctor Li said this, glancing cautiously at Ning Mu's direction, "I really don't dare to jump to conclusions."
Doctor Li said the rest of his words, then quickly knelt down, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Ning Mu again.
After hearing what Imperial Physician Li said, Ning Mu sneered, "Let them come over. Could it be that the Imperial Hospital is just full of good-for-nothings who can't even treat a single illness?"
The hand under Ning Mu's sleeve had already been clenched into a fist, with veins bulging and he was extremely nervous.
Doctor Li also realized something and quickly stepped aside.
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