Chapter 2377 Xinping discovered the secret
Ran Xiaoyu raised her head and looked at Xiang Nanyan, saying, "If this servant is not mistaken, the princess falling into the water was not an accident."
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"Someone grabbed her by the back of the neck and made her drown!"
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When Nan Yan heard this, her whole body shuddered.
She choked up her throat and said word by word: "What did you say? You said your heart is calm——"
Ran Xiaoyu's face was terribly pale under the light.
She said in a deep voice, "This fingerprint must have been caused by someone pinching the princess's neck and causing her to struggle."
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Nan Yan's eyes turned red.
Xue Yun, who was standing by, carefully examined the bruise on Xinping's neck. He then raised his head, met Nanyan's red eyes, and nodded gently: "Look at this bruise, it seems like this."
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"Or, before Her Royal Highness fell into the water, was her neck pinched like this?"
Nan Yan gritted her teeth and shook her head.
Ran Xiaoyu said: "Her Royal Highness is of such status, who would dare to treat her like this?"
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"The Emperor and His Majesty dote on her, how could they pinch the back of her neck like this?"
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Xue Yun himself nodded.
Indeed, Princess Xinping is a daughter of a noble family, who would dare to treat her like this?
Moreover, judging from the bruise, the person who grabbed her must have used a lot of force and it would not have been left unintentionally. If she had been conscious and had been left with such a bruise, she would definitely have made a fuss and told others.
And now, even her mother, the Imperial Concubine, doesn't know about this injury.
There is only one possibility——
He said, "Then this injury must have been caused when she was drowning. Someone pinched the back of her neck, and the princess struggled hard, causing subcutaneous bruising. However, the princess immediately fell unconscious, and blood circulation slowed throughout her body, so the bruise didn't show for a while. After lying dormant for the past few days, it just surfaced."
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At this moment, Nan Yan was speechless.
Her heart was almost torn to pieces.
She was upset that her daughter, whom she held dearly in her hands, was being treated like this.
There was actually someone who grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her into the icy cold lake, leaving her to drown!
She gritted her teeth for a long while before uttering two words:
“Damn it!”
Ran Xiaoyu immediately said, "Your Majesty, someone is trying to murder Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Nan Yan took a deep breath.
At this point, she calmed down.
Someone wants to murder Xinping.
Her fall into the water may have been an accident, but after the accident, someone grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her into the water, intending to kill her.
Of course, there is another possibility, that even falling into the water was not an accident.
Someone wants her life!
Thinking of this, she lowered her head and looked at her daughter's pale face. Only her cheeks were a sickly red due to the high fever, and her lips were so dry that they cracked into several bloody cuts.
If a person is still awake, he can at least speak out when he feels uncomfortable.
But now, she was unconscious, and this high fever only tortured her internally.
I don’t know how much pain and discomfort she is in.
They had no idea how scared and desperate she was when someone grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her into the icy, suffocating water.
But I failed to protect her!
Nan Yan clenched her fists tightly, raised her head and looked at the two of them, especially at Xue Yun, and said, "Don't tell anyone else about this. No matter who it is, don't tell anyone."
Xue Yun nodded hurriedly.
Then he subconsciously said: "Then, Your Majesty——"
Nan Yan glanced at her and said solemnly, "I will tell him."
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"But this matter must not be spread outside. If anyone else finds out, I will not let them off lightly. Do you understand?"
Xue Yun suddenly shuddered.
She knew clearly the methods of this imperial concubine, and now it was not a matter of competing for favor in the harem, but someone wanted to harm her daughter.
Any mother, even a weak one, will become strong for her daughter.
What's more, she——
Xue Yun said softly, "I understand."
Nan Yan took a deep breath, got down from the bed, and said to her, "You continue to treat the princess. She has a high fever and won't go away. Hurry and bring her down. I don't want her to suffer any more harm from the illness."
Xue Yun hurriedly said, "I understand."
She asked someone to change the basin of cold water and continued to wipe Xinping's forehead, hands and feet to cool her down. At the same time, she wrote another prescription and immediately sent it to the imperial pharmacy to prepare the medicine for boiling.
Nan Yan slowly walked to the window.
She opened the window and looked at the dark night outside. The deep black color also blended into her eyes.
At this moment, she exuded a chill all over her body.
After Ran Xiaoyu finished her work, she walked behind her and whispered, "My Lady, what are you thinking about?"
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"Are you wondering who harmed Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
Nan Yan's brows were twisted into a knot.
She still didn't speak.
Ran Xiaoyu could sense the torment in her heart at the moment. After thinking for a while, she said softly, "Your Majesty, why don't you tell the Emperor now?"
Nan Yan took a deep breath and said, "There are some things I want to figure out first. Once I figure it out, I'll tell him."
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"Besides, he's been staying up late for the past few days. We can't let him worry about this matter anymore."
Ran Xiaoyu sighed: "Your Majesty is so caring towards the Emperor."
Nan Yan didn't say anything, she just turned around and looked at her daughter lying on the bed. For the first time, her eyes revealed a bloodthirsty ferocity that was shocking.
Even Ran Xiaoyu was surprised.
In fact, this is also a hurdle that Nan Yan cannot get over.
Xinping was murdered right next to her. If she doesn't find the murderer, the thorn in her heart will always remain!
Ran Xiaoyu said, "Your Majesty, I just don't understand who has the guts to murder Her Royal Highness. Everyone in this palace knows that Her Royal Highness is the Emperor's most beloved daughter. If anyone harms the Princess, I'm afraid they will kill their entire clan."
Nan Yan said, "You are right."
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"Everyone in the palace knows that if you harm the princess, you will die."
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"But some people still want to do this."
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"In other words, there may be a reason why the other party must do this."
"Why do you have to do it?"
Ran Xiaoyu frowned: "What's the reason?"
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"If it were the former dynasty, there might be a struggle for interests, but in the harem, it's nothing more than a fight for favor among the concubines. However, harming Her Royal Highness the Princess will not help in that fight."
Nan Yan's eyes were cold.
He said, "Perhaps Xinping accidentally discovered a secret, a secret that implicates the murderer's life. In this case, the other party must kill her!"
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