"Let her in!"
To emphasize her delicate appearance, Hailanzhu coughed twice as she spoke.
"twitter!"
A moment later, a woman wearing platform shoes and a cloak walked in, with a brightly colored coral necklace around her neck.
With her cherry-like lips, slightly upturned nose, and exquisite peach blossom eyes adorning her snow-white face, she was simply breathtakingly beautiful. No wonder, among the concubines in the harem, besides Hailanzhu, she was the most favored.
Despite its exquisite beauty, it paled in comparison to Hailanzhu.
"Sister, are you feeling better? Has your fever gone down?" Namuzhong walked straight to Hailanzhu's bedside with an innocent look and asked with concern.
Hearing the address of "elder sister," Hailanzhu instantly felt displeased. She knew that Namuzhong was older than her, and she really couldn't understand where Namuzhong got the courage to call her that.
Having just arrived in this unfamiliar place, she was completely unaware of the people and the situation, and especially, she had no idea why she had fallen ill. Therefore, she could only endure it for the time being, slowly sat up from the bed, and said gently, "Thank you for your concern, sister. I am fine."
"It's good that you're alright." Namuzhong said with a sigh of relief and a smile.
Having completed ninety-four missions and encountered countless people of all kinds, Hailanzhu could tell at a glance that the person before her wasn't genuinely concerned, especially given the forced smile. Besides, why would someone truly visiting a patient dress up so meticulously?
However, she couldn't expose it directly. In this ruthless harem, she had to proceed with extreme caution.
She nodded, quietly waiting for Namuzhong to continue.
After offering some perfunctory words of concern, Namuzhong looked around and, seeing that only Hailanzhu was there, began to get to the point: "Sister, do you know what I saw the day you fell into the water?"
It turns out the illness was caused by falling into the water.
"What is it?" Hailanzhu asked, feigning curiosity and widening her large, watery peach blossom eyes.
Namuzhong held Hailanzhu's beautiful hand and said, "I told you, sister, don't be sad."
"Just say what you want to say, there's no need to beat around the bush." Hailanzhu is a bit impatient these days, and she hates people who don't speak their minds and instead go on and on with all sorts of rambling and preamble.
For a moment, Namuzhong was a little stunned. In her mind, Hailanzhu was a very gentle person, so why would she have such an impatient expression? However, she didn't think too much about it and whispered in Hailanzhu's ear, "I saw Bumbutai!"
Hailanzhu frowned: "Could it be that Bumbutai was behind my falling into the water?"
“Perhaps…yes.” Namuzhong’s words were stammered.
'So you came here specifically to sow discord?' Hailanzhu immediately guessed what Namuzhong was thinking.
"Is this true?" she asked again, frowning.
"Given our relationship—more like sisters than blood sisters—does my sister think I would need to lie to you?" Namuzhong couldn't help but twist the handkerchief in her hand.
Although Namuzhong's eyes seemed sincere, Hailanzhu noticed her subconscious attempts to avoid eye contact.
Knowing Namuzhong's intentions, Hailanzhu was no longer as wary as before. After thinking for a moment, a brilliant plan came to mind.
So she gripped Namuzhong's hand tightly and said, "Sister, you have no reason to deceive me. I just don't understand why you didn't tell the Emperor the truth when you saw it."
After she finished speaking, she increased the force, and it was obvious that Namuzhong's hand turned blue and purple.
Namuzhong's face contorted from the sudden pain, but she dared not struggle and could only endure the pain and say, "At the time, I was only thinking about getting my sister up, and I... forgot about this for a moment."
"How could you forget this? Now look what's happened! So many days have passed, and the evidence of Bumbutai's crimes has long since disappeared." Hailanzhu scolded, while also trying to crush Namuzhong's hand bones with even more force.
"It hurts!" Namuzhong finally couldn't hold back and cried out loudly.
Immediately afterwards, a cracking sound rang out, and Hailanzhu realized that Namuzhong's hand bones had fractured.
Thanks to the power given by the system, otherwise, with the original owner's delicate strength, she would have been crushed by Namuzhong instead.
Seeing this, Hailanzhu hurriedly let go of her hand and said innocently, "I'm sorry, I hurt you."
"No...it's nothing," Namuzhong said through gritted teeth, rubbing her stinging hand.
Seeing Namuzhong swallow her pride after being beaten, Hailanzhu felt a surge of pleasure, but she still looked guilty and said, "It's all my fault for not being able to control my emotions..."
Namuzhong waved her hand, "Don't blame your sister. After all, Bumbutai is your own sister. Knowing her heartless behavior, it's only natural that you feel angry."
"Alas!" Hailanzhu sighed deeply, squeezing out two tears as she said, "We are all born of the same root, why are we so eager to harm each other?"
“The melons growing on the same vine are all different, sister, there’s no need to be sad. Blame Bumbutai for being so ruthless and heartless, completely disregarding sisterly affection,” Namuzhong added fuel to the fire.
Hailanzhu gently wiped away the tears on her face, and asked in a seemingly indecisive manner, "Then what should I do?"
Namuzhong thought Hailanzhu had taken the bait, and quickly said, "Sister, you are greatly favored by the Emperor. As long as you say that it was Bumbutai who caused it, the Emperor will not doubt you."
Hailanzhu narrowed her eyes and pondered for a moment. "That's not wrong, but as Consort Zhuang, Bumbutai has the support of her aunt, the Empress. Without evidence, even if the Emperor believes me, he can't do anything to her."
Upon hearing this, Namuzhong smiled and said, "Who said there's no evidence?"
"What? So many days have passed, and there are still traces of them escaping?" Hailanzhu's eyes were filled with surprise.
Namuzhong stopped laughing. "We don't have physical evidence, but we have witnesses."
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