Chapter 339 Retribution
This potent medicine indeed stabilized Mu Yuanzhen's condition.
After being in a coma for five days, she finally opened her eyes, but she could not move her hands or speak, and her whole body was completely immobile, making her a useless person.
After realizing his situation, Mu Yuanzhen was unable to accept this cruel reality and opened his mouth wide, wanting to make a scene.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a sound, as if her vocal cords had been dissolved by poison.
She wanted to write down her demands to Princess Pingyuan, asking her to bring back the male concubine who dared to poison her, and to have him torn to pieces, his body shattered, and his bones scattered to the winds.
As a result, none of her ten fingers obeyed her commands, and she could not feel the existence of her hands at all.
Mu Yuanzhen finally despaired, and tears streamed down his face like a broken string of pearls.
Why, why is this happening?
She was the daughter of a princess, born into a life of luxury and enjoying all the riches and honors in the world. Why did God treat her like this?
That bitch, that bitch, wasn't she good enough to that bitch? Why did he poison her and turn her into a cripple who is neither human nor ghost?
For some reason, Mu Yuanzhen suddenly remembered when she was young, she secretly went out of the mansion to play with two personal maids. A beggar with crippled legs crawled up to her and held out a broken bowl to beg for money.
What did she do back then?
Oh, she thought the beggar was blocking her way, and that he was old, ugly, and dirty, so she had him smash his broken bowl.
She ordered her maid to buy a bunch of delicious food, and deliberately poured it out on the muddy ground in front of the beggar, ordering passersby to trample it, laughing and watching the beggar suffer in despair and burst into tears.
Finally, she returned to her residence and ordered the beggar who had offended her eyes to be killed and thrown into the moat to feed the fish.
Now, only her eyeballs can move, making her even worse off than that beggar.
Mu Yuanzhen thought of two words: retribution!
Is this her retribution?
No, no, that lowly beggar has a worthless life, how could she deserve retribution!
It was that bitch, that bitch who hated her for seizing him by force, cutting off his path to the imperial examinations, causing his grandfather's death, and forcing him to become her male concubine to save his father's life.
Some time ago, a maid reported to her that her father had committed suicide. She didn't take it to heart and forbade him to go back to collect the body of his only relative. I'm afraid that at that time, he began to plot against her.
Mu Yuanzhen regretted it more and more, regretting leaving this hidden danger behind, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up in this state.
Overwhelmed with regret, her tears flowed even more fiercely, quickly soaking her pillow, her face filled with helplessness and despair.
Seeing this, Princess Pingyuan's heart broke, and she tightly grasped Mu Yuanzhen's hand:
"I will definitely find a renowned doctor to cure you and make you well again. As for the person who poisoned you, I will also capture him and have you personally order his execution, so that he can neither live nor die!"
A glint of light flashed in Mu Yuanzhen's eyes as he looked at Princess Pingyuan with hopeful eyes.
Princess Pingyuan understood her meaning and gripped her hand tightly again: "You are my only bloodline. I will search the world for the most famous doctors to cure you!"
Mu Yuanzhen stopped crying and blinked hard.
Mother, your daughter can only rely on you now.
The news of Mu Yuanzhen's poisoning and paralysis could not be kept secret and quickly spread throughout the capital.
Those who had been bullied by Mu Yuanzhen all clapped their hands in celebration, secretly grateful to the one who acted on behalf of Heaven.
Many people rushed to nearby temples to pray for the murderer, hoping that God would protect him from the princess's pursuit.
Princess Pingyuan's supporters, on the other hand, were restless and plotting new ways out.
Mu Yuanzhen is the only bloodline of Princess Pingyuan. Now that she is a cripple, it is impossible for her to inherit Princess Pingyuan's power and continue to serve Princess Pingyuan. She has no future in sight.
They have many descendants and need to make long-term plans for their offspring and family.
Princess Pingyuan noticed this and made an example of an official who had just sided with Emperor Jinghe by sending him to the Ministry of Justice prison and having evidence of his embezzlement of huge sums of money and selling official positions presented to her.
In the end, the official was sentenced to beheading, and his entire clan was exiled to the harsh northern desert, barred from taking the imperial examinations and entering officialdom for five generations.
After this incident, those who harbored disloyalty towards Princess Pingyuan had no choice but to abandon their thoughts of defection, lest they suffer the same fate as that unfortunate fellow, being purged by Princess Pingyuan and ending up with their families destroyed.
Even so, Princess Pingyuan sensed the underlying crisis and secretly began to make various underhanded moves.
She thought she had hidden it well, but little did she know that she had already been exposed to others.
With Mu Yuanzhen now a cripple and unable to lord it over the capital, no one was happier than Sheng An, who could now freely take her little dumpling out for a stroll.
The weather in June was unbearably hot, and the little one was very sensitive to the heat. He wanted to stay on the bamboo bed all the time and didn't want to be held in his family's arms.
During this time, her appetite has also decreased significantly, and her face is no longer as round as before, which makes the three elders in the family feel very distressed, but they are helpless.
With the little one's first birthday approaching, Sheng An was torn about whether or not to invite relatives and friends over to celebrate.
Before she could even come to a decision, Ning Sihan came to her door in person to ask her and Xu Jinnian how they planned to throw a first birthday party for their baby.
Now, Sheng An had no choice but to hold the event, so he promptly sent invitations to Ning Sihan, Tan Qingrou and Tan Zhenlin, inviting them to his home to celebrate Naituanzi's first birthday.
To this end, she also prepared the items needed for the baby's first birthday celebration according to custom, and laid them out all over the floor.
Seeing his chubby daughter lazily lying on the bamboo bed enjoying the cool air, Sheng An ignored her resistance and scooped her into his arms:
"Come on, let's practice first. Pick a few auspicious items. We can't let the first birthday celebration become a black mark on your history."
The little dumpling whimpered and resisted, clearly uttering two words: "No, Mother..."
Sheng An gently patted her chubby little bottom: "Calling me Daddy won't work, just behave yourself."
The little dumpling pouted and let out a long sigh.
Sheng An was amused by her utterly dejected look and couldn't help but kiss her cheek twice: "My daughter is so cute!"
Grandma Sheng came over and was amused by her great-granddaughter's expression. She held her little hand and coaxed her affectionately:
“Your grandpa went out to buy some sweet watermelon. When he comes back, he’ll cut the biggest piece for Zhuozhuo, bigger than Zhuozhuo’s hand.”
The little dumpling loves sweet watermelon. The moment she hears the word "watermelon," her mouth waters: "Watermelon, watermelon, eat!"
Sheng An was overjoyed by the clear, childlike voice: "Still calling me 'Guagua,' you sound like a frog."
The little dumpling frowned, looking very unhappy, after being teased by her mother.
Seeing her daughter's expression, Sheng An laughed even louder: "I wonder who she got this temper from."
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