To distract her mother from her fear, she immediately revealed the next step in the detoxification plan.
As expected, the eldest princess remained silent for a moment before saying, "As long as I can live well and stay with you and my brother, I am not afraid of pain."
Yueyue burst into tears immediately and threw herself into her mother's arms, which caused her mother to groan softly. She quickly got up to comfort her, and said with a tearful smile, "Mother, you will be alright! My brother and I can't live without you!"
The eldest princess nodded firmly, "As long as I can live and protect you as you grow up, I'm not afraid of anything!"
Yueyue nodded with tears in her eyes, took the soup bowl, and began to feed her mother the soup.
Half an hour later, Xiao Youran came and performed acupuncture on the princess, forcing all the toxins into her uterus.
Then, as her small palm pressed down, the princess let out a shrill scream.
Startled, Aunt Jinxiu jumped up from the chair outside and rushed into the inner room.
Yueyue stood in front of the green gauze curtain.
Aunt Jinxiu calmed down and asked hesitantly, "Princess, why do you trust her so much?"
The scenes of Xiao Youran taking her younger brother and placenta out of her mother's womb flashed before Yueyue's eyes. "Because if she wanted to harm her mother, she would have countless opportunities to do so."
She didn't know why, but she trusted Xiao Youran completely.
Aunt Jinxiu was speechless. Indeed, if the young princess wanted her master's life, she would have had plenty of opportunities to do so before.
They don't even need to lift a finger; they can simply pretend to "mistake" something, or do something entirely unnecessary, to easily cause their master's death.
A moment later, the princess's screams stopped. Xiao Youran wiped the sweat from her forehead and came out, her limbs feeling weak.
Although she had extensive knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology, this was the first time she had personally carried out a fetus, removed the placenta, and pressed for abdominal bleeding. It was one thing that the princess had been anesthetized and remained silent, but just now her shrill screams were ringing in her ears. Even with the heart of a thousand-year-old demon, she would still feel her scalp tingle and her heart tremble.
After paying her respects, Aunt Jinxiu rushed inside. Seeing that the Princess was pale but still alive and well, she was relieved.
After feeding the princess some warm water, I overheard Xiao Youran explaining to the princess as I approached the door: "The poison in the princess's body has been mostly expelled. I pressed her abdomen just now to help the lochia, which contains toxins, to be expelled more quickly. She needs to have her abdomen pressed again for the next three days. The process will be painful, but it will only last three days..."
Her voice trailed off towards the end, and then Xiao Youran collapsed into Yueyue's arms.
Yueyue caught her and exclaimed in surprise, "You Ran, little sister!"
Han Shuang also came up to support her, and the two of them helped Xiao Youran back to the west wing to rest.
Aunt Jinxiu rushed out and felt a pang of guilt when she saw Xiao Youran's weak and limp five-year-old body.
She finally sighed sincerely, "The young county princess is truly our great benefactor!"
If it weren't for her, the mistress would be gone, and the young mistress would be gone too, leaving the young princess all alone.
What fate awaits these servants who serve them?
...
Three days later, Xiao Youran completed her mission and returned to the county lord's mansion, accompanied by ten cartloads of gifts.
Aunt Jinxiu curtsied to Madam Su, "Yiren, this is a small token of our eldest princess's appreciation for the young county princess saving our mistress and young master. Our mistress said that she will personally visit to express her gratitude after her confinement period."
Madam Su quickly returned the greeting, "Your Highness is too kind. I had Zhao Mama prepare some nourishing medicinal herbs, and I would be grateful if you could take them back with you, Aunt."
After exchanging a few polite words, Aunt Jinxiu left.
Madam Su immediately turned around and hugged her daughter tightly, saying worriedly, "Fortunately, you've been at the Princess's residence these past few days. On your first day at the Earl's residence, I couldn't sleep a wink all night. They must have done something to you, couldn't they?"
Xiao Youran chuckled and said, "Mother, they did make a good move, but I didn't let them get away with it either."
She recounted how she had caused a scene at the Earl's mansion, and then recounted how she had tricked Jiang Mingwei into donating the family's rice, flour, and cloth to disaster relief.
Madam Su breathed a sigh of relief and pinched her little nose. "Your aunt has been quite good to you. If you deceive her like this, she will surely be punished when she returns to the manor."
“Mother, I didn’t lie to my aunt. I only encouraged her to participate in disaster relief. The Earl’s family has done so many evil deeds, shouldn’t they contribute some money to accumulate good karma?” Xiao Youran said coquettishly. “At most, if she really can’t afford any rice, I can sponsor her a little.”
Madam Su's face was grim. "I never imagined that Jiang Mingyi would be so ruthless and heartless, not even sparing his own flesh and blood."
Xiao Youran also wanted to discuss this matter with her mother. "Mother, don't you find it strange? Even if that scumbag father had been in contact with that poor princess, he could have just divorced you openly. Why did he frame you and abandon you? And why did he try to kill us all?"
In their previous life, although the mother and her two children encountered Jiang Quan on their way back to Dingzhou, they were rescued and never encountered any more assassins.
Could there be some unforeseen event?
She couldn't help but think of Shi Wenxia, who had been reborn.
He also felt that even if this young girl were reborn, she might not know the reason behind it, let alone be able to affect the Earl's Mansion at this time.
Su said angrily, "It must be for my huge dowry!"
Xiao Youran nodded, "That should be one of the reasons. When I returned to the Earl's mansion that day, they probably planned to tie me up first and then extort a huge ransom from you. Moreover, they might have captured you when you brought the ransom, or offered you to the poor princess, killing three birds with one stone!"
Madam Su chuckled, “It’s Princess Qingping, not Princess Poor.”
"Oh, not poverty, but modest poverty! A princess who is so poor that she has to use her ex-wife's dowry as a betrothal gift, what else could she be but a modestly poor princess? Her scumbag father is a modestly poor prince consort, they complement each other perfectly!"
Mentioning Jiang Mingyi, Madam Su shuddered. "He... after all, we were husband and wife. If he was only after money, why would he be so ruthless?!"
"The reason behind this might be related to the very life of the entire Earl's family," Xiao Youran suddenly asked. "Mother, do you know of any heinous crimes committed by the Earl's family that would warrant the execution of the entire clan? Is that why they want to kill you to silence you? Is their ultimate goal in dealing with me also to deal with you?"
Madam Su shook her head blankly, "No, the household affairs of the Marquis's mansion have always been in the hands of the old lady, and it is impossible for me to plant any spies in the mansion."
Xiao Youran became increasingly convinced that the Yong'an Marquis's mansion must be hiding some major secret.
She stepped outside and beckoned Chicken Wing Bro over, "Chicken... Twelfth Commander, do you have any way to investigate the Yong'an Marquis's residence?"
Yu Twelve remained silent for a moment. Chicken Twelve, the commander?
He nodded immediately. "Who do you want to investigate?"
Xiao Youran pondered for a moment and said, "Investigate the Lady of Yong'an Marquis first!"
She felt that Lady Yong'an must have known about this matter, and secondly, Jiang Mingyi. However, Jiang Mingyi usually lived in the Princess's Mansion and had the backing of Prince Rong, so she didn't want to get involved with Prince Rong's Mansion so soon.
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