The little dumpling is right, this is the palace.
Princess Nan was speechless for a moment, so she had no choice but to bring up the topic of the dead palace maid again.
"Then tell me, how did she die?"
The little dumpling retorted:
"She's not dead!"
Upon hearing her words, the Princess Consort of the South scoffed:
"You brat, you're already being rude and unruly, and now you're even spouting nonsense?"
“My servants just checked her; she has no pulse or breathing. What else could she be but dead?”
Qiuqiu asked the little dumpling with suspicion, "Little master, are you really sure she's not dead?"
The little dumpling nodded very firmly, while Mu Ran, despite bleeding from all seven orifices and looking extremely miserable.
But the little dumpling could still see the life force of a living person in her.
Her pulse had been sealed by the person who cast the spell, which is why she ended up like this.
Although the little dumpling didn't understand the purpose of the person casting the spell, it was clear that he didn't want them to know that Mu Ran was still alive.
The little dumpling looked at the Princess Consort of the South and asked without fear, "Princess Consort of the South, do you dare to make a bet with me? If I can save Sister Mu Ran, you have to grant me one request."
Princess Nan looked the little girl up and down, and seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, she said:
"Fine, if you're talking nonsense and can't save her, then you'll have to bear the punishment for causing her death."
Princess Nan sneered. This girl had delivered herself to her doorstep; she shouldn't blame her for bullying the weak later.
She refused to believe she could bring a dead person back to life!
Su Ruiling walked in; she had overheard their conversation.
Su Ruiling stood behind the little dumpling and clapped for her a few times.
"Since Princess Nan has agreed, she must not go back on her word," Su Ruiling said to Princess Nan.
Princess Nan bowed dismissively, and judging from Su Ruiling's posture, she was determined to support the little dumpling.
Alright, she'd like to see what kind of trouble this little princess could stir up.
Not only her, but Su Ruiling will probably lose face too.
As Princess Nan thought about it, the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up.
"I keep my word."
Having received the promise from the Princess Consort of the South, the little dumpling walked to Mu Ran's side.
Mu Ran lay quietly on the ground, with blood flowing from her seven orifices, but there was nothing else unusual about her.
The little girl took out a silver needle and pricked her fingertip. The silver needle did not turn black, and the blood that flowed from her fingertip was a normal color.
This means that Mu Ran was not poisoned.
The little girl squatted down next to Mu Ran with some confusion. She pried open Mu Ran's eyes with her little hands. The color of her eyeballs was normal, and there was nothing unusual.
Immediately afterwards, she pinched Mu Ran's chin and, with a little force, pried her mouth open.
An unpleasant odor wafted from her mouth.
Not only that, the little girl also discovered that there were several sores on her tongue, as if it had been gnawed on by something, and it was covered with tiny pits.
The little dumpling was startled and reached out to feel around her neck.
A strange sensation came from her fingertips, as if something was moving around in Mu Ran's throat.
The little dumpling quickly let go and stood up abruptly.
She said to Su Ruiling somewhat urgently, "Aunt, I need a piece of raw meat."
As soon as the little dumpling spoke, Su Ruiling immediately sent someone to fetch it.
Princess Nan raised an eyebrow, watching the little dumpling's every move, and said sarcastically, "I've never heard of needing raw meat to save someone. This is just making a big fuss."
The little dumpling looked at the Princess Consort of the South, blinked innocently, and said:
"Princess Nan, were you born on the Tai Chi symbol? Were you born with Yin and Yang energies?"
"You!" Princess Nan was angrily stepped forward after being rebuked by her, but was stopped by Su Ruiling.
"The little princess is young and doesn't know any better. Princess Nan, are you going to stoop to her level? Don't lose your temper."
Su Ruiling looked at the Princess Consort of the South, her eyes full of warning.
Facing the reigning empress, the Princess Consort of the South dared not be too presumptuous, and could only grit her teeth and say, "Fine! I'll endure it for now, but I'll settle accounts with you when you fail to save her."
The little dumpling made a face at her, took out a moxa stick from the Hundred Doctors Space, and lit it.
The raw meat was quickly brought over, and after the little dumpling placed it near Mu Ran's mouth, it used moxa sticks to fumigate Mu Ran's neck.
About half an incense stick's time later, Mu Ran, who had been lying still, suddenly started convulsing.
Even more strangely, small lumps suddenly appeared on her neck, as if they were afraid of the moxa sticks and began to desperately try to climb up.
Soon, tiny black worms crawled out of Mu Ran's mouth, frantically crawling about.
The black worms smelled the raw meat and greedily crawled onto it, constantly gnawing at the piece of meat and burrowing deeper inside.
Although the little dumpling had expected it, it was still terrified and stood frozen in place when it saw dozens of thin, black worms.
When she found her and heard Qiuqiu's loud shouts, she realized that several black worms had crawled up her hand, which was holding the moxa stick, because it was placed on Mu Ran's neck.
They were moving incredibly fast, and it was clear they were almost up to shoulder height.
Qiuqiu cried out in alarm, "Oh no! Little master, they're trying to crawl into your mouth!"
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