Chapter 193 Visiting Jiang Wanru
As soon as I pushed the door open and went in, I saw a thin little girl on the bed, her face completely pale.
"Chuntao." Haitang quickened her pace to the bedside. "The Princess has come to see you."
Chun Tao, who had been listless, suddenly seemed to come alive. She turned her head to look towards the door, and the moment her eyes caught Jiang Wan Ning,
He struggled to turn over and get out of bed.
"No need for formalities," Jiang Wanning said.
Chuntao glanced at Haitang, who nodded slightly.
Chun Tao didn't get out of bed, but she still knelt on the bed and kowtowed, "Please, Your Highness, save this servant."
"Lie down first," Jiang Wan Ning said as she walked to the bedside and sat down.
Chun Tao felt a little frightened, but seeing Hai Tang's calm expression, she silently lay back down.
Jiang Wan Ning reached out to grab Chun Tao's hand, but Chun Tao reflexively pulled back.
"Don't be afraid, the princess just wants to take your pulse."
While Jiang Wan Ning was away, Hai Tang and Shao Yao had been taking care of her, and she felt inexplicably safe with Hai Tang.
She obediently extended her hand, and Jiang Wan Ning reached out to take her pulse.
After finishing, she carefully put her hands back under the blanket. "It's just a slight cold. A couple of doses of medicine will do the trick."
"However, you've been lacking nutrition for a long time, so you need to replenish it properly. Also, be careful not to get your hand injured in water, otherwise it's easy to get infected."
"You were looking for me..."
Jiang Wan Ning spoke with her head down, and when she looked up again, she saw that Chun Tao's tears were already streaming down her face.
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Chun Tao wiped away her tears. "This servant...this servant is just too moved."
"This is the first time anyone has shown such concern for me, besides my mother."
When Chun Tao spoke of her mother, her eyes darkened further, and she was enveloped in sorrow.
What happened to your mother?
Jiang Wan Ning didn't ask Chun Tao what she was there for first; instead, she asked about her mother's situation.
"My mother came to the capital years ago because she was fleeing from war. She married my father and had a child with her when she fled."
"She married my father in order to survive, but my father not only gambled but also drank heavily."
“My mother used to be able to supplement the family income with her embroidery skills, but she not only damaged her body when she gave birth to me, but also because she was in confinement during the winter.”
“My mother had to wash clothes, and she hurt her hand. After that, she could no longer embroider, so my father secretly sold the child that my mother had brought with her.”
"Later, the child could not be found, and my father also got drunk and collapsed outside during a snowfall, and froze to death."
After Chuntao finished speaking, Haitang nodded slightly to Jiang Wanning. What Chuntao said was exactly the same as what she had found out.
However, her father did not die of freezing. He was probably deliberately drugged and dragged out by Chun Tao's mother, since he died right in front of his own house.
It snowed all night; if there's a real connection, there's no way I wouldn't go looking for help.
It's likely that her father sold the child, and her mother held a grudge.
Chun Tao didn't say that firstly, she was still young, and secondly, she wanted to protect her mother; that man deserved to die. Hai Tang also didn't intend to expose her.
It's understandable that Chun Tao kept this a secret.
Jiang Wan Ning looked at Chun Tao and thought she was such a simple child. Before she could say anything, Chun Tao had already revealed all her secrets.
"Why don't you go to the free clinic for your mother's illness?"
The free clinic does not charge poor people, but they need to work to pay for their services.
It's nothing more than drying medicine, decocting medicine, or learning to bandage patients' wounds.
This is also so that they can have a skill so that they can deal with any minor injuries they may encounter or suffer themselves in the future.
Chun Tao's face was also full of doubt. "I told you, but Mother just doesn't want to go."
"Not only does she not go to the free clinic, she also refuses any treatments that require acupuncture. She only drinks medicine, which is why her illness is getting better more slowly."
Jiang Wan Ning nodded, "Now you can tell me why you came to see me."
As Chun Tao and Jiang Wan Ning chatted, Chun Tao felt quite at ease, almost forgetting the purpose of her visit that day.
Chuntao recounted everything that had happened at Wenzhuyuan that morning.
"Please, Your Highness, save me! If I don't get my monthly allowance back, neither I nor my mother will survive."
"Don't cry. Now that the princess knows, she will take care of things for you," Haitang said, comforting Chuntao who was feeling sorry for her.
This girl is only twelve or thirteen years old, and she looks so thin and pitiful.
"You should focus on getting better first. I'll help you get the hairpin back."
Chun Tao tried to get up to thank Jiang Wan Ning, but Jiang Wan Ning gently pressed her down on her shoulder, saying, "You should rest first."
"Your Highness, please let her stay here with me. I've already seen her room, and it's really..."
Haitang didn't say it aloud.
Compared to Chuntao's room, hers and Shaoyao's room were like those of a well-bred young lady.
Although she and Shaoyao shared a room, it was big enough, equivalent to three times the size of Chuntao's room with some extra space.
Moreover, the furniture inside is all new, and some of it is even better than that of the daughters of some minor officials.
It was only because Peony insisted on living with her that the princess arranged for them to live in the same room.
Jiang Wanning nodded, "It's not a big deal, as long as you and Shaoyao are willing."
She also felt inexplicably sorry for Chun Tao, the maid.
After leaving the house,
Jiang Wan Ning said softly, "Go and investigate Chun Tao's mother, and that child."
Jiang Wan Ning always felt that Chun Tao was innocent and harmless, but Chun Tao's mother might not be so.
They don't want to get acupuncture because it usually involves taking off their clothes, which means they must have some unspeakable secret.
The proper way to greet someone is with a crabapple blossom.
"Let's take the medicine kit and go check out Wenzhuyuan."
Haitang hesitated, then Shaoyao appeared out of nowhere and said, "Why did the princess take the initiative to go see her?"
"I'll go and bring her to see you."
“She was just punished today and has difficulty getting out of bed, let alone walking a few steps to see me,” Jiang Wanning said with a smile.
She was already punished in public today; if we make things difficult for her again, they might make an issue of it.
It would be better to play the good guy yourself.
When Jiang Wan Ning arrived at the entrance of Wen Zhu Yuan, Hai Tang had already followed her with a medicine box.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard Jiang Wanru raging inside the house.
"That stupid maid hasn't arrived yet?" Jiang Wanru angrily scolded the servants who were cleaning. "I underestimated her."
"She thinks she can get away with anything by hooking up with that slut Jiang Wan Ning. Go tell her that I have her indenture."
"Don't think you can get away with this just because someone's protecting you today. Go find the madam of the brothel; I'm going to teach this little hussy a lesson..."
"Squeak!"
Jiang Wanru was speaking when the door was pushed open.
"Do you all want to die? Don't you know how to knock on the door... Why is it you?" Jiang Wanru didn't expect Jiang Wanning to come in person.
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