Two days later, the palace received news that Dugu Pingting had been bitten by a snake and was unconscious due to poisoning.
Out of her last bit of concern for her granddaughter, the Empress Dowager specially permitted the imperial physician to make the diagnosis.
A few days later, the imperial physician returned to the palace, shaking his head helplessly: "Your Majesty, I have truly done my best."
Rather than saying she was deeply poisoned, it would be more accurate to say that Princess Pingting was plagued by inner demons. Even though I was gone for a few days, she cursed and swore for just as long. Her resentment was so great that no one dared to approach her easily.
If this continues, he'll definitely go insane!
The Empress Dowager seemed to ponder, then sneered, "What is she cursing? Is it me?"
It was she who insisted that Pingting go to the nunnery, and she also canceled her marriage to the Yu family.
Given that child's calculating nature, he probably hates her to the core.
Physician Hu remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
The Empress Dowager tucked her hands into her sleeves and sighed, "Fine, I'll just pretend I don't have this granddaughter. You don't need to go to the nunnery anymore."
Physician Hu nodded, shook his head, and left with a sigh.
Who would have thought that Princess Pingting, who was once so favored, is now nothing more than a wild grass in the mountains, completely forgotten?
The next day, after hearing about this, Dugu Yue stormed into Shou Kang Palace in a huff, "Grandmother, Sister Pingting is sick, why don't we bring her back to the palace to recuperate?"
The Empress Dowager knew that Dugu Yue was naive and well protected by the Emperor, and completely unaware of the intrigues and backstabbing within the palace.
He didn't tell her all the mistakes that Gu Du Pingting had made.
Hearing this, she shook her head. "Yue'er, your sister Pingting was sent to a nunnery because she made a mistake. If I bring her back immediately because she is sick, what kind of punishment would that be?"
I know you and Pingting are very close sisters, but she made a mistake and should be punished, shouldn't she? Otherwise, she will only become more and more ruthless and harm her own siblings and relatives without any principles.
People like that are terrifying!
Moreover, the Empress Dowager felt that the tranquility and peace of the nunnery might actually be suitable for her to recuperate.
Dugu Yue didn't believe such excuses at all. Her chubby face puffed up angrily as she huffed, "Grandmother is lying! It's obvious that Grandmother is now favoring that wretched woman Ji Yun, which is why she's been so cold to us granddaughters!"
You used to love Sister Pingting so much, and you were so good to Yue'er too. Now you've just let Sister Pingting fend for herself in the nunnery, while you don't even think about Yue'er for ten days or half a month at a time!
The little girl's jealous and envious expression left the Empress Dowager both amused and exasperated. She had no choice but to coax and comfort her until the situation was resolved.
Dugu Yue wasn't really standing up for Dugu Pingting.
She was naturally absent-minded and unwilling to think about complicated things. For her, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were her greatest support and faith.
If both of them say that Dugu Pingting made a mistake, then Dugu Pingting must have made a mistake, and there is no possibility that her grandmother and father lied to her together.
Therefore, she quickly put aside her plea and continued to press Chu Yuan, "Grandmother, I don't care, you are our own grandmother, and you have absolutely nothing to do with that wretched woman Ji Yun. Why should we keep her? Get rid of her quickly, or I will never come to your Shou Kang Palace again!"
The Empress Dowager was both amused and exasperated. "What's wrong now? Did you two have another fight?"
Dugu Yue pouted and refused to speak.
But the Empress Dowager immediately guessed, "Is it still because of that Shen You'an?"
"Hmph!" Dugu Yue said coldly, tilting her head to one side.
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager understood everything. She reached out and turned Dugu Yue's head to the right side. "He still doesn't want to accept our Fushun?"
It's been almost half a month since we last met, and the first thing he did was criticize Ji Yun. He must have gotten the short end of the stick from Shen Youan again, and the reason is probably related to Ji Yun.
It has to be said that the Empress Dowager was right.
Dugu Yue paused for a moment, then started to blurt out, "Shen Youan is a complete idiot. That stinky woman never even gave him a second glance. What does he like?"
No matter how much I pleaded and begged, he just used that wretched woman to fob me off. Grandmother, am I really that bad? Not even as good as Ji Yun's finger?
"You're not even as good as one of Ji Yun's fingers. Give up on that idea. I will never accept you!" These were Shen You'an's exact words of insult, which were no different from trampling on her heart.
That's why Dugu Yue was so angry and wanted the Empress Dowager to send Chu Yuan away, as far away as possible, preferably back to Ji Yun City, which is hundreds of thousands of miles away!
Chu Yuan didn't hear these words. If she had, she would definitely have thanked Dugu Yue.
Does she not want to leave? That's hilarious!
Dugu Yue used every trick in the book to try and drive Chu Yuan away from the Empress Dowager. Chunxiao, who was on duty, listened for a long time and saw that the Empress Dowager was somewhat tempted. She hurriedly knelt down in front of the two of them and said, "Your Majesty, this servant has something to report!"
The sudden interruption startled both the Empress Dowager and Dugu Yue, the latter being particularly displeased. "This princess is chatting with my grandmother, what right do you have to speak? Go cool off somewhere else!"
"This servant truly has something important to report, concerning the reputation of Shou Kang Palace. Please, Your Majesty, dismiss your attendants and allow me to explain in detail!"
Dugu Yue stood up abruptly. "Chunxiao, have you lost your mind? I'm in a terrible mood today. If you insist on going against me, don't blame me for being impolite!"
No matter how harshly Dugu Yue spoke, Chunxiao remained unmoved, her attitude extremely resolute, something the Empress Dowager rarely saw.
After pondering for a moment, the Empress Dowager still spoke up and gave Chunxiao a chance, "Yue'er, stop making a fuss."
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