Chapter 599 Li Rong's Mother?
Jiang Nuanzhi composed herself and readily stepped forward.
"Sit down." The Grand Princess pointed to the seat next to her, then added, "Come and help me check on Tuanzi."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked over and saw that the little dumpling had woken up, but it had many wounds on its body, only one of its front legs was working, and its little tail was wagging vigorously, which showed that it was very friendly to people.
Jiang Nuanzhi carefully examined its bones. After all, it was still a puppy less than two months old, and its recovery ability was amazing. She then treated its wounds and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please rest assured, Tuanzi is recovering very well now. At this rate, it won't be long before it's fully healed. Just continue feeding it according to the prescription I gave you before. Today you can add some meat bone broth, minced meat, vegetable porridge, and the like."
Having said that, she obediently stood to the side, not sitting in her original seat as the Grand Princess had instructed, and waited with her head down for the Grand Princess to speak.
Since they invited her over in this way, she must have something she wants to say to me, right?
"Physician Jiang just came from the imperial court. I wonder how the discussions about the expedition went?"
Jiang Nuanzhi was surprised that the Grand Princess would ask so bluntly. She shook her head, "Your Highness, I am also unaware of the current situation. I was summoned by the Emperor, and the ministers are still discussing matters in the Imperial Study."
Jiang Nuanzhi was telling the truth; the Grand Princess could easily find out about this. She was quite frank about it.
Upon hearing this, the Grand Princess still wore a smile on her face. In a daze, she turned her head to look at Jiang Nuanzhi and examined her closely: "Doctor Jiang is a good girl. She is indeed not an ordinary woman."
Jiang Nuanzhi was taken aback by these words, which she had been waiting for. The Grand Princess chuckled and said, "No wonder Li Rong was so angry for a woman. You two are a perfect match."
Um?
Jiang Nuanzhi was stunned for a moment, not yet understanding what the Grand Princess meant.
The next second, the Grand Princess took off a lustrous amber bracelet from her own wrist and then chuckled as she slipped it onto her own wrist.
“This was given to me by my mother. Your wrists are slender and your skin is fair, so it will fit you perfectly. I’ll give it to you.”
Jiang Nuanzhi was immediately startled: "Princess, this is unacceptable. One cannot accept a reward without merit."
The next second, the Grand Princess pressed her hand down and patted it gently: "Ah Xue and I are best friends. I have no children of my own, so her child is my child."
She was in poor health and passed away early, leaving behind her two children, Li Sheng and Li Rong. Li Sheng also had a difficult life, passing away at a young age.
You have no mother-in-law or elder sister at home, and now you enter the palace all alone, with no one to guide you. Consider this a gift from my mother-in-law, Ah Xue. Please accept it. I think you and Li Rong are a perfect match. If she were alive, she would surely be very happy with you. If you ever encounter any difficulties in the future, just come to me, and I will naturally help you.”
Upon hearing the Grand Princess's words, Jiang Nuanzhi was momentarily stunned.
Is she Li Rong's mother?
But the Grand Princess wasn't like this yesterday.
Besides, if the Grand Princess had been there to protect them, would Arong and the other children have ended up living such a miserable life in the Great Wilderness?
One should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others. Let's just say she had the heart of a petty person. Jiang Nuanzhi still took it off and raised it with both hands to return it.
"Your Majesty, I absolutely dare not accept this. But this was left to you by your mother."
“My mother didn’t just keep this one; she has a whole storeroom full of things. You can take this one.” The Grand Princess made the final decision and then forcefully put the bracelet on Jiang Nuanzhi’s wrist.
Then, he took her hand and looked at it carefully for a while before smiling and saying, "Good child, sit down and tell me properly how you and Arong met."
Jiang Nuanzhi had no choice; if she didn't accept the offer now, she would truly offend someone. So she simply went along with it and sat down. Then she picked out some trivial anecdotes from the Great Wilderness to tell the Grand Princess.
However, when his gaze fell on the Grand Princess's wrist, he couldn't help but frown.
Several crisscrossing scars were visible on the inside of the Grand Princess's wrist, which appeared to be knife wounds. Judging from these wounds, they must have been cut quite deeply before.
But how could the Grand Princess, someone of such high status, have such a wound? Thinking about it carefully, the Grand Princess's marriage to a foreign ruler was many years ago. This scar doesn't seem to be from so many years ago—could it be that the princess cut herself?
Just as Jiang Nuanzhi was about to take a closer look at what had happened, the Grand Princess's clothes had already covered the scars.
Just then, a young eunuch came running in to report: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has arrived."
"Greetings to my imperial aunt and grandmother."
The palace doors were suddenly pushed open, and Xuan Ting entered, panting. He stepped forward to pay his respects, though he tried his best to conceal it, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards Jiang Nuanzhi. Seeing her standing before him unharmed, he relaxed his expression slightly. However, a barely perceptible wariness remained in his eyes as he looked at the Grand Princess.
"Why has the Crown Prince come here?" The Grand Princess raised an eyebrow. "Could it be that you're afraid I'll harm Physician Jiang, who's close to you?"
"Grand Aunt, what are you saying? Father summoned Aunt Nuan to the palace, but I didn't expect her to come to your place. So I came here immediately, thinking I'd just come and see you." Xuan Ting smiled, revealing a small dimple. "By the way, how come Aunt Nuan is here with you, Grand Aunt? You probably don't know, but Aunt Nuan is Xuan Ting's savior. And look, she's also the wife of my master, the God of War, Li Rong. Isn't that a coincidence?"
The Grand Princess chuckled in a daze: "What a coincidence! Since you're here, why don't you sit down and have a chat with us?"
Xuan Ting smiled shyly: "No, Grandmother, Father is waiting anxiously, we'll head back now."
Seeing the young crown prince's obvious protectiveness, the Grand Princess suddenly laughed: "Never mind, never mind."
She waved her hand, "I'm tired today too, you may all return now."
After saying that, she turned to look at Jiang Nuanzhi: "Dr. Jiang, let's talk about this another day."
Once outside Changxin Palace, Xuan Ting relaxed his tense shoulders and whispered, "Aunt Nuan, what did the Grand Princess want with you? Is there anything difficult about it?"
Jiang Nuanzhi shook her head, unable to resist poking Xuan Ting's tightly furrowed brows: "The Grand Princess not only didn't make things difficult for me, but she was also very kind to me. Look, this bracelet was a gift from the Grand Princess."
Xuan Ting noticed the item and couldn't help but wonder, "This isn't how my great-aunt behaves!"
After a moment's hesitation, Xuan Ting added, "Aunt Nuan, you must remember this: never completely trust your great-aunt. She's a very strange person; no one can figure out her temperament."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
