Chapter 229 I was tricked by her
"Unable to die even when you want to?" Dou Wenyi chewed on these words, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips.
“Princess, from the moment you stepped into this room, many things have changed. You may not know that the plague spreads much faster than you imagined. Even though you made thorough preparations, you still risked coming in. Once you contract the plague, you, a person of noble birth, will be buried with me. What a pity!”
"With someone to accompany me on the road to the underworld, I won't be so lonely."
Every word she uttered undoubtedly stung the princess's sensitive nerves.
The eldest princess had never formally crossed paths with her. She only knew that she was disliked in the Dou family and had been suppressed by Dou Mingyan since childhood. She had only become the crown princess by chance through a marriage of convenience to bring good luck.
She thought that even if she didn't care about her family, she was afraid of death.
But she seemed fearless and indifferent to everything, and even tried to provoke her on purpose.
The eldest princess shouted, "Guards!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace maids rushed in. They looked at each other, glancing behind the screen, none of them daring to make a move.
"Are they all dead? Hold her down and slap her!"
At her command, Dou Wenyi, her hair disheveled, was roughly dragged out by her hands. In the candlelight, all that could be seen was that her body was covered with shocking red rashes.
The guards looked terrified, released their grip, and took several steps back. "Your Highness, is it still necessary to do this?"
The princess jumped up, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes. She had always thought the girl was faking illness, but she never expected that the girl had actually contracted the plague.
Dou Wenyi glanced at the crowd and chuckled, "You guys really aren't afraid of death. There's no cure for this plague right now. Many people are dying outside the city every day. You'd better pray for yourselves."
The princess hesitated, a sense of regret rising in her heart. She shouldn't have stepped into this room tonight; it seemed that Dou Wenyi really had contracted the plague.
At this moment, she found herself in a precarious situation where she could neither advance nor retreat.
If he really tried to force himself on Dou Wenyi, it seemed that she harbored a kind of madness, a madness that wanted to perish together with her.
Dou Wenyi said softly, "I forgot to tell you, if you touch me, you might catch the plague. By the way, Princess, that chair you're sitting on is my favorite. Before you came, I lay prone on that table for a long time..."
The eldest princess stared intently at her, her chest heaving violently, her voice rising, "Dou Wenyi, stop spreading these alarmist rumors! If you're so eager to die, I'll grant your wish!"
Dou Wenyi let out a disdainful snort, "Is this just alarmist talk? Doesn't Your Highness feel any discomfort?"
Upon hearing this, the palace maids who had just touched her were all stunned.
They all looked down at their hands, and sure enough, red rashes had started to appear on their palms.
Upon hearing this, the princess panicked completely. She suddenly lifted her sleeve, revealing a patch of red rash on her snow-white wrist.
A flicker of fear flashed in the princess's eyes, and she trembled all over.
She could no longer calm down. There were many ways to fabricate evidence of Pei Siyan's treason, but she shouldn't have acted impulsively and gambled her own life with Dou Wenyi, who was about to die.
She clearly came in less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. Could she really have been infected with the plague?
She had been staying near the ventilation opening the whole time, and she had taken all necessary precautions.
Her body was strong and sturdy, she was of noble birth and had no taboos.
It's impossible to get sick!
A surge of blood rushed to the top of her head. The princess was burning with rage and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth, "Fine! Very well! I underestimated you. If I were to actually... contract the plague, I would tear you to pieces!"
"Let's go back to the manor!"
She dared not linger for a moment longer, as if the air behind her was filled with plague.
The eldest princess rushed out of the Wutong Garden as if her life depended on it, and shouted an order to the outside: "Seal off the palace! Without my and His Majesty's written orders, not even a fly is allowed to fly out. Keep a close watch on them."
She no longer cared about her usual dignified demeanor, and strode away, roaring at the guards waiting outside: "Quickly, quick, back to the manor! Summon the imperial physician... no, summon the imperial physician, call the household physician! Change my clothes! I need to prepare water for a bath immediately! Change my clothes! Change my clothes! Burn all my clothes!"
Inside the Wutong Garden, hearing the hurried footsteps of those fleeing people, Dou Wenyi's tense back finally relaxed, and she collapsed onto the couch, her inner clothes soaked with cold sweat.
Cuizhi entered the room and closed all the doors and windows, her heart filled with anxiety, "The Crown Princess?"
Dou Wenyi gestured for her not to speak, then took a wolf-hair brush and dipped it in tea to write on the table: "?"
Cuizhi also picked up a pen and wrote a few words, imitating her, "Chief, will they come again?"
Dou Wenyi smiled, shook her head, and then nodded.
Even before the princess entered, she had applied a powder that would cause skin rashes to her robes and the chairs. No matter where the princess sat, as long as she touched the chair, her body would definitely react.
To make the effect more realistic, she not only took pills that disrupted her pulse and applied medicinal powder, but also ate two bowls of lychee syrup.
After the princess returns, she will definitely have a doctor examine her.
However, during this sensitive time of rampant epidemic, doctors were afraid of misdiagnosing the rash. Even if the doctor who examined her hesitated for a moment, she would repeatedly doubt whether she had contracted the epidemic.
In that case, she probably won't have time to cause her trouble in the next couple of days.
Of course, this is just a delaying tactic; it will be exposed once enough time has passed.
Pei Siyan is already on his way back. As long as he returns quickly, all the problems will be solved...
Two days later, after being repeatedly checked by more than ten doctors, the princess finally realized that she had been tricked by Dou Wenyi.
Soon after, Dou Wenyi faced her revenge.
Cuizhi lifted the curtain and called out anxiously, "Your Highness, the Imperial City Guards are here..."
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