Chapter 66 Feigning Fainting
To have won the favor of the Princess and come to the palace banquet together, she must not be a girl from a lowly family. She looks young, but is she betrothed?
The ladies were pondering their own thoughts when several female students who had come with their families recognized her and suddenly clenched their teeth.
I've never heard of Xiao Yuxuan being so close to the Princess. So, by openly and secretly mocking her at the girls' school, wouldn't that be tantamount to offending the Princess?
"Rise—"
Aunt Meng, having received instructions, spoke loudly.
Qi Minying was peeking out when she spotted Xiao Yuxuan standing next to the Princess and ran over excitedly.
"Aunt! Sister Xiao!"
The eldest princess recognized the person who had come, temporarily suppressed her anger, and touched Min-young's small hand.
"Min-young, why are you out here?"
"I've come to take Aunt and Sister Xiao inside. It's been so long since I've seen them, I miss them so much!"
Qi Minying has regained most of her memories, restored her princess status, and returned to her parents' side. In just two days, she has become completely different from before.
The only thing that remained unchanged was the way she looked at Xiao Yuxuan.
They were overjoyed, just like any other ten-year-old.
For five years, from the age of five to ten, she lived a life of constant beatings and scoldings, worse than that of a pig or a dog, a slave. Later, at Baozhen Courtyard, she was punished for all sorts of unfounded mistakes. But in less than a month by Xiao Yuxuan's side, she felt an unprecedented warmth.
Even though she is now a princess, everything she has is because she is Qi Minying.
Only Xiao Yuxuan felt sorry for Hongzhu, treated Hongzhu well, and most importantly, was willing to protect Hongzhu's pitiful self-esteem.
Her mother urged her to sever ties with Xiao Yuxuan as soon as possible, lest Xiao Yuxuan take advantage of her kindness or ruin her reputation, but she refused.
Xiao Yuxuan is definitely not what the Empress Dowager suspects.
The officials' wives at the palace gate hurriedly bowed to Qi Minying, but Qi Minying waved her hand, her eyes only on her aunt, the Princess, and Xiao Yuxuan.
"This humble woman has come to see Princess Minying—"
Xiao Yuxuan smiled and followed suit with a meticulous bow, but before she could squat down, Qi Minying firmly grabbed her wrist.
"Is Sister Xiao going to distance herself from me now?"
Qi Minying pouted, seeing that Xiao Yuxuan's expression was not fearful or uneasy, but rather filled with genuine joy for her.
"let's go!"
Two little girls, one tall and one short, walked hand in hand, chatting and laughing as they went inside.
The eldest princess saw this and was also pleased.
"These two children are destined to be together."
She had inquired about it over the past two days. It turned out that Yu Xuan saw Min Ying being punished in Xiao Yu Yao's courtyard and, feeling sorry for her, subtly asked for Min Ying back.
Yu Xuan felt sorry for Min Ying because of her young age, so she treated her wounds and treated her like a younger sister. She always saved the best things for her and even took her to a girls' school to encourage her to study more.
The eldest princess sighed, "If Minying had stayed in Xiao Yuyao's courtyard, she would probably have been tortured beyond recognition, and she wouldn't have been able to recognize her identity so quickly."
Thinking of this, she felt an even stronger dislike for Xiao Yuyao.
Minying and Yuxuan are both children she likes, but they have been tormented and bullied by Xiao Yuyao one after another. It's really hateful!
Seeing that Xiao Yuxuan didn't even glance at them, and entered the palace gates intimately with Princess Minying, the Xiao family members all had complicated expressions.
Madam Xiao clenched her handkerchief tightly, extremely annoyed.
What kind of daughter is like her! When she saw her mother, brother and sister, she didn't even bother to greet them. Instead, she was eager to get close to Princess Min-young, as if she was afraid of not being able to curry favor with this newly found princess!
Xiao Jue thought so too, while Xiao Jin glanced at Yu Yao beside him, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Why is Princess Minying befriending Yu Xuan instead of Yu Yao?
But didn't Hongzhu spend the most time with Yuyao before?
As Xiao Yuyao watched the princess and her entourage walk away, her legs went weak, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She collapsed limply to the ground.
"Yuyao! Yuyao, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Xiao Jue was startled and quickly caught her, only to find that Xiao Yuyao's eyes were closed, her face was pale, and she had already fainted.
Madam Xiao and Xiao Jin immediately rushed forward, as anxious as ants on a hot pan:
"Yuyao was fine just now, how did she suddenly faint!"
Xiao Jue scooped Xiao Yuyao up in his arms as if she were a fragile, rare treasure, and carefully carried her to the carriage, his face full of worry.
Xiao Jin looked up, his gaze sweeping across the crowd. Seeing familiar guards still at the entrance, he hatched a plan.
He quickly stepped forward, wanting to ask the other party to find a free imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital to come and take a look.
If we go back to the Xiao residence now, it will definitely delay the palace banquet. Besides, Yu Yao's fainting came suddenly. The imperial physician is highly skilled, and it would be best if he could help her immediately.
The guard looked troubled. Although he had a good personal relationship with the young master of the Xiao family, he was on duty at the moment and could not leave his post to fetch the imperial physician.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, but the imperial physicians serve the masters of the palace. Without an imperial edict from the nobles, how could a lowly guard like me possibly get them? Why don't you try it yourself..."
Several noble ladies and close friends who usually had a good relationship with the Xiao family were gathered around the Xiao family's carriage, and they were whispering among themselves.
"I hope it's not some serious illness that could kill you. I've never seen someone faint without any problems."
"Yes, but speaking of which, isn't this Miss Xiao's health rather poor?"
"Isn't that right? I heard from my daughter that she gets sick every few days and misses school. With a health like that, will she be able to have children after she gets married...?"
The more Madam Xiao anticipated Yu Yao's meteoric rise to fame when she came out, the more terrified she became now.
She has already lost one daughter; she can't afford to lose another.
"Does anyone have a female healer accompanying them? If so, please help take a look."
A young girl in purple pushed through the crowd and slowly walked out. A bright smile graced her face as she addressed the helpless Xiao family members:
"Madam Xiao, I happen to know some medical skills. Let me try to take a look!"
Upon seeing the kind-hearted granddaughter of Prime Minister Zheng descend from the sky, Madam Xiao almost burst into tears and hurriedly asked someone to get into the carriage.
Zheng Yanling lifted her skirt and followed, but a malicious smile crept across her lips where no one would notice.
If Xiao Yuyao is truly ill, that's fine; but if she's faking it, then she'll have to try out the new acupuncture point diagram she's learned.
"You'd better actually be able to save Yuyao! Otherwise..."
Xiao Jue frowned, standing guard beside Xiao Yuyao, staring intently at Zheng Yanling, almost as if he were trying to bore a hole through her.
He knew Zheng Yanling. She was a young woman with a reputation for making outrageous remarks and being a spoiled and unruly person. She didn't seem like a good person at all. Could she really be a doctor?
Madam Xiao pushed Xiao Jue down from the carriage:
"What are you saying? Miss Zheng meant well!"
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