Chapter 137 Will Brother Pei Ji be discovered?
The next day, Sheng Sheng slept soundly and felt refreshed when she woke up, without any headache or anything like that.
I just feel a bit weak, nothing else.
Physician Li came again, somewhat surprised that she could recover 80-90% in just one night.
"Your Highness is much better now. Feeling weak is normal; it's a lingering effect of the cold. Just continue taking your medicine as usual."
After prescribing a lighter dose of medicine for her, Physician Li left.
Xie Yunchuan breathed a sigh of relief and had someone bring over breakfast so he could take his medicine after eating.
Sheng Sheng tried to refuse to drink it in a low voice: "Brother, Sheng Sheng is all better now, you don't need to take the medicine anymore."
Xie Yunchuan gave her a cool glance.
Sheng Sheng: "Drink! Sheng Sheng has loved bitter drinks since she was a child!"
The little girl picked up the bowl and gulped down her medicine. Xie Yunchuan then gave her some candied fruit that he had prepared beforehand, and the sweetness of the candied fruit masked the bitterness in her mouth.
Sheng Sheng suddenly remembered the pill Pei Ji had given her last night, and it dawned on her: Had Zhui Feng seen her coming to see him in the middle of the night?
Sheng Sheng glanced at Xie Yunchuan's face and saw that he looked calm and composed, without any anger or other signs of displeasure.
Still not entirely at ease, she casually asked, "Um, Sheng Sheng seemed to have had a nightmare last night, but she can't remember what it was about."
Xie Yunchuan frowned and smoothed her hair for her: "You had another nightmare after I left? It's okay, don't think about it if you don't remember, it's a good thing."
Sheng Sheng pouted, wanting to continue testing the waters, but Xie Yunchuan, fearing she was still thinking about the unhappy things in her dream, preemptively brought up something else.
"News came from over there that Granny Wu had always been in good health, but she suddenly fell ill five years ago and died in less than two months. The other nannies who were with her at the time were all sent out of the palace one after another after her death, and they took a sum of money to return to their hometowns to live out their retirement. Last night you were in great pain, so I called Zhuifeng over and asked him some questions. We have confirmed that there are other suspicious circumstances surrounding Granny Wu's death."
Sheng Sheng's eyes lit up again and again.
So, Zhuifeng didn't know that Pei Ji had been here?
Sheng Sheng unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and quickly said, "Really? If that's the case, then it's very likely that Granny Wu was..."
He paused, not uttering the name.
Xie Yunchuan nodded, silently agreeing with her.
Sheng Sheng was both happy and worried.
He was pleased that they were one step closer to exposing Empress Zheng's true colors, but worried because...
"Brother, if we do this, won't the Crown Prince..." she whispered.
Although she didn't know why Empress Zheng wanted to harm her, Empress Zheng was the mother of the Crown Prince. How could the Crown Prince do anything if they were to oppose Empress Zheng like this?
Sheng Sheng knew that Xie Yun was a very upright and warm person. He genuinely loved his younger siblings and respected his second older brother, Xie Yunchuan, very much.
If he knew that his mother had been secretly doing these bad things, and even murdered his own sister, how would Xie Yun feel?
Xie Yunchuan remained silent, his expression indifferent: "It's precisely because she's A-Yang's mother that I've gathered so much evidence to prove that she made the mistake. Who she is is not a reason for her to hurt my family."
Consort Rong and Xie Yunsheng were the most important people to Xie Yunchuan, especially since he had witnessed the fire firsthand and had watched helplessly as his sister was lost once.
He will not let anyone who hurts them go, no matter what method he uses.
If Empress Zheng hadn't been Xie Yunshang's mother, he would have taken his revenge long ago.
He had a brotherly relationship with Xie Yun, and he knew that Xie Yun was innocent in this matter, which is why he collected evidence step by step to openly expose Empress Zheng's true colors.
Sheng Sheng understood what he meant, puffed out her cheeks and nodded, saying, "Sheng Sheng is just afraid that her brothers will have some rift because of this, but the Crown Prince is such a good person, Sheng Sheng knows he won't be unreasonable. However, after all, she is his mother, and their hearts are connected. The Crown Prince will definitely not feel good."
Xie Yunchuan patted her head and said gently, "Alright, don't worry about it, okay? I just wanted to tell you about the progress so that your friends will have a direction if they want to do anything. The most important thing for you now is to get well, otherwise your brother won't take you out to play next time."
Upon hearing that she wouldn't be taken out to play, Sheng Sheng immediately became anxious. She imitated the muscle-flexing gesture that Lao Mao and Lao Yu usually made, straining her arms to show him: "Sheng Sheng is all better now, we can go out to play!"
Xie Yunchuan almost laughed.
Sheng Sheng is really better. She felt terrible last night, but when she woke up in the middle of the night, she felt half better and even drank several big bowls of soup!
When I woke up this morning, apart from feeling a little weak, I felt just like I had never been sick.
Sheng Sheng dared to guess that it was definitely the pill that Pei Ji gave her that had worked.
No matter what she said, Xie Yunchuan refused to agree to her request to go out for a walk.
There's a kind of weakness that your brother feels you have.
Another possibility is that your mother thinks you are weak.
The news of Sheng Sheng's illness didn't get out yesterday. Consort Rong only found out this morning that Sheng Sheng had a fever, and she summoned Xie Yunchuan and gave him a severe scolding.
He even sent someone out of the palace to the General of the State's mansion to fetch a ginseng of excellent quality, a hundred years old. It was said to be a pure, wild, natural ginseng, priceless, just to cure Sheng Sheng's cold.
Sure enough, the people from Jinxiu Palace kept going in and out of the palace, and as soon as they got the items, Lüping kept sending them over.
Sheng Sheng stared blankly at the large ginseng that the palace servant was carrying, and said weakly, "Ah? Sheng Sheng just caught a slight cold, eating ginseng is a bit... wasteful, isn't it? I heard that wild ginseng is very precious, and those that are decades old are priceless. Sister Lü Ping, please take it back. Sheng Sheng is already better!"
Sheng Sheng stood up and rolled around on the bed a few times to show her, "Look, Sheng Sheng's headache and dizziness are gone now, and everything is fine."
Lüping said earnestly, "Her Majesty said that no matter how precious something is, it is meant to be used by people, so there is no such thing as waste. Anything given to the princess, no matter how precious, is worthwhile. Moreover, Her Majesty was unable to attend to the princess's illness last time. If Her Majesty hadn't had to go to the Imperial Study to accompany His Majesty today, she would definitely have come here in person."
The last time Sheng Sheng was seriously ill was when she had just been taken in by Xie Yunchuan and was recuperating in Yuqing Palace. Even Consort Rong was unaware of her existence.
When she was reunited with her, although her illness had been cured, Consort Rong still felt guilty for not finding her sooner and staying by her side.
Sheng Sheng knew what Consort Rong was thinking, but this ginseng was really too nourishing!
She's so afraid of getting a nosebleed!
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