"Oh dear, Mrs. Hu, are you alright?" As the group walked, they encountered Bai Nuo, who had returned after estimating that it was almost time.
When everyone saw that Bai Nuo was pale, her clothes were stained, and she had to be supported by the nanny to walk, they felt very sorry for her. How unfortunate must she have been to be injured like this?
"I'm fine..." Bai Nuo leaned against Granny Wang and smiled at them, "Thank you for your help!"
"What's wrong? How could you be so careless and fall down like that?" Among the noble ladies, one of them looked at Bai Nuo with pity and said, "You're pregnant, where are all the people around you?"
In terms of social status, the Hu family was inferior to them, but in terms of wealth, they were inferior to the Hu family. They did not believe that the Hu family did not have the money to hire a servant for Bai Nuo.
Bai Nuo's actions can only be attributed to the servants' lack of diligence.
“Madam Hu, I’m not trying to be nosy, but these unworthy servants should be sent away as soon as possible, so they don’t cause any trouble by staying around,” the lady said.
Bai Nuo looked at the lady. The information he had read showed that her husband's surname was Wu, and she was the legal wife of Minister Wu. "Madam Wu, it really isn't that my servants were negligent!"
Bai Nuo explained with a wry smile, "I don't know why. I was picking fruit when the branch I was holding suddenly broke, with a clean cut, and I just slipped down."
"Oh dear, the servants in this forest are so careless! We must tell the Princess!" Madam Wu felt a pang of sympathy. Fortunately, her young lady hadn't gone there and had stayed by her side all along; otherwise, wouldn't it have been her young lady who had gotten into trouble?
"Please, ladies, help me bring my maid back!" Bai Nuo said weakly. Peony was still waiting behind and did not come back.
Everyone agreed. The Prime Minister's wife sent several servants to find Peony. In an instant, Bai Nuo became the center of attention.
Now that they were back here, no one wanted her to leave. They insisted that she sit down and wait. While they were talking, they had already instructed the servants to send Princess Cheng with a sedan chair.
Bai Nuo couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to sit down.
Upon hearing that something had happened, Princess Cheng and Princess Ming quickly arrived in the woods. When they saw Bai Nuo's disheveled appearance, Princess Ming exclaimed, "Oh dear, you country bumpkin, what happened to you?"
Bai Nuo remained silent, and everyone's gaze fell on Princess Ming. Princess Ming realized that she had spoken out of turn and had lost her dignity, so she kept quiet and pretended that nothing had happened.
Princess Cheng looked at Bai Nuo with concern, and directed the servants of the Prince's Mansion to carry over the stretcher. She said softly, "Sister-in-law, go back first. We have a physician in our manor. Let him examine you, and then we can talk about other things. Don't worry, I will definitely give you justice in this matter!"
"Thank you for your trouble, Your Highness!" Bai Nuo said softly.
With the help of Granny Wang, Bai Nuo lay down on a stretcher. The main group quickly followed Princess Cheng, Princess Ming, and Bai Nuo back to their room. Princess Cheng then called the doctor over. After a flurry of activity, once they were sure Bai Nuo was alright, Princess Cheng sat down and spoke to her, "Oh dear, sister-in-law, you really scared me to death! How could this happen?"
"I just slipped and fell!" Bai Nuo bit her lip, her face filled with lingering fear. "If it weren't for my maid, Mudan, I probably would have...already..."
As Bai Nuo spoke, she broke down in tears. Princess Cheng dared not ask any further questions, so she patted her shoulder comfortingly and said guiltily, "This is our palace's fault. Don't worry, we will definitely treat your servant well."
Just after Bai Nuo returned, Mudan was also rescued.
"Your Highness, I have something to say!" The Prime Minister's wife, who was watching from the side, thought for a moment and then spoke up.
"you say!"
The Prime Minister's wife said, "I just asked Madam Hu, and she said the branch she was holding onto was unstable and had been neatly cut off. We've all seen it, and it's true. Today, Madam Hu has a loyal servant protecting her, but what if another day..."
"Outrageous!" How could Princess Cheng not understand what the Prime Minister's wife meant? Although she did not explicitly say that Bai Nuo's accident was the responsibility of their palace, she pointed out this point both openly and implicitly. "Send down the order to thoroughly investigate this matter and give the young mistress an explanation."
Princess Cheng was initially furious, which frightened everyone into silence. Then, she suddenly burst into tears, saying, "It's truly thanks to the blessings of our ancestors that you are alright. Otherwise, how could I explain this to the Eldest Princess and Princess Yu Ru?"
Bai Nuo didn't know how to respond, so she could only smile weakly and look at Princess Cheng with a bewildered expression.
With such an incident occurring at the banquet, the competition was naturally impossible to complete, and no one cared about it anymore. As the hostess, Princess Cheng felt extremely ashamed that Bai Nuo had almost lost her life right under her nose. All she could think about was thoroughly investigating the matter, so she had no intention of staying in the room with Bai Nuo. Seeing that Bai Nuo was sleepy, when Granny Wang suggested that Bai Nuo should rest, she went along with it, saying, "Sister-in-law, I won't disturb you any longer. I'll come to see you again when you wake up!"
Bai Nuo nodded, then remembered that Princess Cheng had pressed her down, so she didn't force herself. "Then I won't see Princess off."
"No need to see me off, no need to see me off. Get some rest!"
It was understandable that Bai Nuo didn't see Princess Cheng and the others off, but Wang Mama couldn't refuse to see them off. When Wang Mama returned to her room after seeing them off, Bai Nuo immediately perked up, "How is Peony?"
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