Chapter 771 Don’t You Know It Yourself?

To be on the safe side, Xing Xing checked An Zhen Zhen's pulse again.

Fortunately, everything is going in a good direction.

An Zhenzhen's maid was still a little scared, and asked Xing Xing in a low voice with some panic: "Princess, the person who poisoned has not been caught yet. I am worried..."

Xingxing understood what the maid was not saying.

She just said, "Don't worry too much, take good care of your young lady."

Qing Shuang followed Xing Xing into the cleaned house.

A maid was left in the room to serve Xingxing, and the rest went to clean other rooms.

Xing Xing glanced at the maid and said, "You go down first. I have someone to serve me here."

The maidservant didn't dare to disobey the princess' order, so she bowed and left.

Qing Shuang went over, closed the door, looked around, and confirmed that there was no one nearby.

"Princess." Qing Shuang said solemnly, "I just went to see the little maid who was locked up. I don't think she is the one who poisoned the girl."

The maid who placed the snacks was tied up and was being watched by someone special.

"It's definitely not her." Xingxing sat down. There was already some hot water on the table - the kettle and teacups were naturally what they brought from the carriage when they went out for an outing.

Xingxing picked up the pot, poured herself a cup, and raised it to drink.

Qing Shuang was very nervous: "Princess! This water——"

Xing Xing paused, then smiled: "Sister Qing Shuang, don't worry, there is no poison in this water."

Qing Shuang still trusted Xing Xing's judgment on this matter. She said nothing more and walked over to sit down opposite Xing Xing.

Xing Xing also poured a glass of water for Qing Shuang: "Sister Qing Shuang, drink some water to moisten your throat."

Qing Shuang responded.

Xing Xing held the tea bowl and drank a few sips to moisten her throat. She felt much better and was in the mood to chat. She remembered something and asked Qing Shuang, "Oh, Sister Qing Shuang, I remember when my fourth brother rescued you, he said you were trapped and poisoned... How did you get poisoned?"

Qing Shuang's eyes turned a little colder as she thought of the past.

Xing Xing said: "If it's inconvenient to say, that's fine."

"It's not inconvenient at all. I just think I was too stupid before." Qing Shuang sighed, "I went to get something from my employer's enemy. After I got it back, I met a little girl being bullied on the road. I couldn't stand it, so I helped her. The little girl offered to buy me some tea... I didn't want to go, but she looked at me with tears in her eyes and asked me if I thought she was dirty..."

Qing Shuang was silent for a moment and didn't say anything else.

But Xingxing already understood.

Although Qing Shuang's life is cold and her words and actions are sometimes not very worldly, she is actually a very pure person with a good heart.

If you force her with such words, she will probably go anyway.

I guess the poison was put in the tea.

"Luckily my fourth brother happened to pass by." Xing Xing changed the subject, "What does this prove? It proves that Sister Qing Shuang and my fourth brother are destined to be together!"

Qing Shuang fell into deep thought: "Is that so? ... So when I started fighting with your fourth brother, he stabbed me four times with his sword, and I slashed him five times?"

Xing Xing: “…”

This, this is barely acceptable.

Qing Shuang subconsciously looked out the window again. It was still light outside. "...your fourth brother would go to the prefectural government to look for us every night. Now we are trapped in the mountains and can't go back. Would your fourth brother be worried?"

Xing Xing thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. My fourth brother knows our schedule for today. If we are not in the prefectural government, he will definitely come to find us, given his personality."

Qing Shuang nodded, and after a moment of silence, she slowly said, "Your fourth brother is very reliable..."

Xing Xing was excited when she heard this: "Yes, yes, sister Qing Shuang, let me tell you, my fourth brother is reliable! Don't be fooled by his careless appearance, but he is really reliable when things happen! When I fell off the cliff before, he searched for us for many days and finally found us!"

Qing Shuang couldn't help but think of how Yu Yonggui looked in front of her.

She thought slowly, and her face started to turn red without her knowing when.

Xingxing watched from the side, chuckled and said nothing.

…

When it was getting a little dark outside, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Qing Shuang asked.

An Zhenzhen's weak voice came from outside: "It's me, An Zhenzhen. I want to thank the princess for saving my life..."

Qingshuang looked at Xingxing, and Xingxing nodded.

Qing Shuang said "wait a moment", sat up from the bed, put on her shoes, and went to open the door.

An Zhenzhen, looking weak, stood outside the door with her maid.

Qing Shuang leaned to the side and said, "Please."

An Zhenzhen gave Qing Shuang a weak smile before entering the house.

The bed in Xingxing's room was not small. Xingxing had just been lying on the bed with Qingshuang for a nap. When An Zhenzhen came in, Xingxing was sitting by the bed putting on her shoes.

As a result, An Zhenzhen walked up to Xingxing and knelt down in front of her: "...Zhenzhen thanks the princess for saving my life."

Xing Xing's hand paused as she was putting on her shoes. It was not appropriate to help An Zhen Zhen at this moment, so she looked at the maid beside An Zhen Zhen and said, "Your young lady has just been cured of the poison and is still weak. Help her up quickly."

The maidservant beside An Zhenzhen went to help her up. An Zhenzhen was reluctant at first: "...If it weren't for the princess, Zhenzhen would have been murdered by others."

With tears in her eyes, she said, "I cannot repay you for saving my life. Zhenzhen is willing to be a slave by your side and serve you to repay you for saving my life. I hope you will grant my wish."

Xingxing had already put on her shoes, but her hands had just touched the shoes, so it was not appropriate for her to help An Zhenzhen now.

"Miss An, you are too polite." Xing Xing stood there helplessly, "Get up. You don't need to talk about being a slave. You are the daughter of the An family. How can you humiliate yourself like this?"

"Then let me stay with the princess..." An Zhenzhen raised her eyes filled with tears, "It's fine to play with the princess or study with her."

Xingxing frowned slightly.

An Zhenzhen's tears rolled in her eyes: "Does the princess dislike Zhenzhen because she was born in a small border town and can't perform well?"

Xing Xing suddenly remembered what Qing Shuang had told her just now, about how she fell into someone else's trap.

Although Xingxing knew that An Zhenzhen might not want to harm her, the tearful girl in Qingshuang's story who asked Qingshuang if she disliked her because she was dirty was very similar to An Zhenzhen who asked Xingxing if she was not presentable.

In fact, they just want to take advantage of their unwillingness to do so and achieve their own goals.

Xing Xing sighed and lost interest: "Ms. An, that's not what I meant."

An Zhenzhen immediately burst into tears and said, "Then please grant my wish, Princess. I just want to stay by your side and repay you for saving my life..."

Xing Xing stretched out her hand: "Stop."

She looked at An Zhenzhen, somewhat helpless and speechless: "Ms. An, you and I both know very well how I saved your life... Others may not know, don't you know it yourself?"

An Zhenzhen's body froze, and she looked at Xing Xing in disbelief, her body trembling slightly.

Her face was even paler than before, and she forced a smile: "What is the princess saying? Zhenzhen, Zhenzhen doesn't understand..."

Not only An Zhenzhen, but also the maid beside An Zhenzhen changed her expression.

Xing Xing looked calm. She walked aside and washed her hands in the basin. Then she said, "Ms. An is smart and can be ruthless to herself. She should understand. She should also understand that I didn't expose this matter in front of outsiders because I wanted to save some face for Miss An."

The color on An Zhenzhen's face completely disappeared. She was swaying and about to fall. She tried to force a smile, but the expression on her face was uglier than crying.

"Princess, Princess, do you have some misunderstandings about Zhenzhen..."

Xing Xing sat down at the table. Seeing that An Zhen Zhen still refused to give in, she sighed, "Ms. An, you must make me say it so clearly? Why was it only the dessert you took that was poisoned? It's not because the person who poisoned it was careful, but because you put the poison in your own hand. Then you took the dessert and ate it, so you were naturally poisoned."

An Zhenzhen's face turned pale, and she still wanted to fight to defend herself: "I didn't..."

Xing Xing sighed again: "Ms. An, have you forgotten? Since you have checked that I am proficient in medicine, you dare to use this to poison yourself and bet that I can save you... You should know that I can also find out what the ingredients of the little bit of medicine powder stuck in the cracks of your fingernails are."

An Zhenzhen subconsciously covered her hands.

She looked at Xingxing, whose expression was still calm, as if what she had revealed was an insignificant matter.

An Zhenzhen's whole body began to tremble.

She crawled on her knees a few steps towards Xingxing and cried, "Princess... I, I just..."

Xingxing actually doesn't like others kneeling to her all the time.

She wanted An Zhenzhen's maid to pick An Zhenzhen up from the ground first.

As a result, An Zhenzhen's maid stood behind An Zhenzhen, shaking more than a quail.

Seeing Xingxing looking over, An Zhenzhen's maid was so frightened that her face turned pale. She knelt down and kowtowed to Xingxing: "Princess, please spare my life! Princess, please spare my life!"

Xing Xing: “…”

Is she that ferocious?

Never mind. Let them do as they please.

Xing Xing calmly poured herself a glass of water.

An Zhenzhen crawled to Xingxing on her knees. Seeing that Xingxing looked peaceful, she was even more unsure of her attitude. She could only continue to cry and beg for mercy: "Princess, Zhenzhen, Zhenzhen just had a wrong idea for a moment. She wanted Zhenzhen to owe you a life-saving favor so that she can follow you legitimately in the future..."

Xing Xing was a little curious: "What's the point of following me? You are the daughter of a famous family in Anjiang."

An Zhenzhen gritted her teeth and said nothing.

Xing Xing raised her eyebrows and said nothing more.

An Zhenzhen's maidservant couldn't hold back any longer, and trembled as she begged Xing Xing for mercy: "Princess, please spare our young lady. The truth is, if our young lady stayed at home, she would have no way to survive..."

"Xiao Xi!" An Zhenzhen called out softly.

The maid named Xiao Xi was shaking all over. She cried, "Miss, it's already this late. Why are you still hiding something from the princess? Aren't you afraid that the princess will get angry and report you to the master of the family? Given the master's temper, I'm afraid he will lock you up in the family temple!"

An Zhenzhen also started to tremble.

Xing Xing felt a little confused and curious about what kind of evil demon with green face and fangs she was in the eyes of this master and servant.

An Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, held back her tears, and finally told everything: "...Princess, I, I'll tell you everything, please, you can punish me in any way you want, just don't tell my father..."

Xing Xing hummed, "You say."

She had never intended to punish the master and servant.

But this master and servant are each more likely to scare themselves than the other. It is obvious that they are hiding something, and they will just say it if they are willing to.

There's no harm in Xingxing hearing more information.

So An Zhenzhen cried and told the whole story.

Yuan also knew that the head of the An family got a concubine from someone else a year ago and doted on her, almost to the point of obeying her every word. Now the concubine seemed to be planning to send An Zhenzhen to marry outside the territory, and was whispering to the head of the An family. An Zhenzhen panicked, so she regarded Xingxing as her last straw, thinking of finding a reason to rely on Xingxing.

Generally speaking, it was An Zhenzhen who poisoned Xingxing, and then received the favor of saving her life.

But An Zhenzhen felt that since Xingxing was proficient in medicine, she might end up losing more than she gained.

So, An Zhenzhen thought that it would be better to regard it as a favor, as the princess saved her life.

Then she would stay with the princess under the pretext of saving her life, even if she just had to do the cleaning for her, it would be better than being married off to a foreign country by her father!

Xingxing's ears moved slightly, and she noticed something sensitively.

"You said your father got that concubine from someone else..." Xing Xing pondered, "Do you know who your father got her from?"

An Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment when Xingxing asked this question.

But that concubine has been her nightmare for the past year.

Her mother had been dead for a few years, her older sisters were married, and her younger brothers were not yet grown up. Her father suddenly had a concubine, so she naturally checked it out.

"It's... Tuoba Chi." An Zhenzhen said this, she remembered something, her voice was a little indignant, "That Tuoba Chi has a very good relationship with Pang Zhizhou. At first my father said that he accepted the concubine sent by Tuoba Chi for Pang Zhizhou's sake, but I saw that he was clearly fascinated by the concubine!"

Tuoba Chi!

Xing Xing and Qing Shuang exchanged glances quickly!

It's him!

An Zhenzhen felt more and more sad and aggrieved as she spoke, she covered her face and started to cry: "Princess, I just don't want to marry someone outside the region... I, I don't want to hurt you, I just want to take this opportunity to stay by your side..."

An Zhenzhen was crying so hard that she was out of breath.

She had just been poisoned and was still weak. She was twitching and about to pass out again.

Qing Shuang quickly supported her, and Xing Xing felt An Zhen Zhen's pulse. It was nothing serious, she was just too emotional.

Xing Xing said: "Okay, stop crying. I didn't say I blame you."

An Zhenzhen was like a drowning person who had grabbed a life-saving stick. Her eyes lit up a little: "Really? Really?"

Xing Xing said helplessly: "Don't use this method in the future. Although I have detoxified you, poisoning is not a trivial matter. Go back and take good care of yourself. You need to take some more soups and medicines to take care of your body."

When An Zhenzhen heard that Xing Xing not only did not blame her but also warned her like this, her nose felt sore and she started crying again: "Princess, Princess, you are so kind..."