Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Wang Ma could only nod in agreement, but the worry on her face did not lessen in the slightest. She kept wiping the cold sweat from the princess's forehead with a wet towel.
After Jiang Yuwei finished performing acupuncture on the princess, she found a low stool and sat down beside the princess's bed. She carefully examined the princess's palms and eyes, and then took her pulse again.
Because there were too many people standing on the side and it was too noisy, Jiang Yuwei only performed an emergency treatment and did not properly take the princess's pulse. Now, looking at the princess's pulse, it is weak and feeble, clearly the pulse of a dying person. Fortunately, Jiang Yuwei gave her acupuncture to keep her alive.
If she wants to fully recover her health, it will definitely take a lot of effort. Right now, Jiang Yuwei is just worried that if she helps her recover, and the scheming people in the Prince's Mansion try to sabotage her behind her back, it will all be in vain.
Jiang Yuwei shook her head and sighed helplessly. If she could stay by the princess's side and take care of her, the matter would be much easier. Right now, she could only wait until the princess woke up and then call Ning Zixuan to discuss a better strategy.
After all, the princess was only in her forties, and it was really not worth it for her to die like that.
Seeing Jiang Yuwei shaking her head and sighing, Wang Ma, who was standing to the side, became restless. She quickly gripped the towel in her hand and looked at Jiang Yuwei with concern, saying:
"Madam Jiang, is the Princess's illness serious?"
Jiang Yuwei glanced at the princess lying on the couch with a complicated expression and slowly spoke:
"It's still uncertain right now. Here's what I'll do: I'll write a prescription for the Princess first. You go out and find an unfamiliar clinic to get the medicine yourself. Be careful not to be watched. After you get the medicine, you must personally supervise the decoction process. Do not let anyone else handle it. You can leave this to me, Princess."
Wang Ma glanced at the princess with some concern, then took the prescription from Jiang Yuwei and said:
"Madam Jiang, we entrust our princess to your care. I will go out and get her some medicine right away."
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
Not long after Wang Ma left, the princess slowly woke up.
"Oh, Madam Jiang, it's you?"
Jiang Yuwei slowly removed the silver needles from the princess's body and smiled:
"Your Highness, please don't worry. I saved you by administering acupuncture when you fainted. You need to rest in bed now. Ning Zixuan is handling things outside, so you can rest assured."
Seeing that the princess had woken up, Ning Wan quickly climbed onto a chair, poured her a glass of warm water, and whispered to her:
"Grandma, have some water and calm down."
The princess was delighted to see Ning Wan. She reached out and took the teacup, took a small sip, and then handed it back to Ning Wan, gently patting Ning Wan's head and smiling:
"Good Wan'er, sit down and rest."
Jiang Yuwei looked at the princess with a worried expression and said:
“Your Highness, your health is not good right now. I suspect that someone in the manor wants to harm you. I just took your pulse and found that your body is too weak to take any supplements. I don’t know why the manor physician couldn’t make such a simple diagnosis.”
Upon hearing this, the princess's eyes immediately turned fierce, and she muttered:
"Ever since I caught a cold last year, my health has never recovered. During this time, the prefectural physician has been the one to diagnose and prescribe medicine for me. Could it be that the prefectural physician has already been bribed and is trying to kill me without me even noticing?"
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
"As for who colluded with the physician, I haven't reached a conclusion yet. I suggest that Your Highness not make any moves and just pretend you don't know anything. If you trust me, I can come to your residence to examine and treat you in the future."
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, the princess quickly took her hand and said with emotion:
“Madam Jiang, I believe you. It seems that what Zixuan said was true. You are indeed a trustworthy person. I know that you saved my life just now.”
As she spoke, the princess burst into tears. She never imagined that the palace she had managed for decades would be framed by the people in the palace.
The princess sighed and pulled Jiang Yuwei aside, saying:
"By the way, Madam Jiang, where did the man who followed Chunlin in go?"
Jiang Yuwei recalled the scene earlier when Ning Chunlin aggressively dragged Ning Huaizhi into the inner courtyard, and assumed that the princess was going to blame Ning Huaizhi, so she hurriedly explained with a nervous expression:
"Princess, please don't be offended. That man is my husband, Ning Huaizhi. He was forcibly dragged to the inner courtyard by Ning Chunlin. I know he shouldn't be here. There must be some reason for this..."
Before Jiang Yuwei could finish speaking, the princess, laughing and crying at the same time, said:
"I never expected that he would be your husband. So, he is Chen Guixiang's son?"
Jiang Yuwei didn't know why the princess's emotions had fluctuated so much at the mention of Ning Huaizhi, so she quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe away the princess's tears and nodded, saying:
"Yes, my mother-in-law is Chen Guixiang."
The princess held Jiang Yuwei's hand tightly and shook her head repeatedly, saying:
"No, no, Yuwei, I'm your mother-in-law! We've all been tricked by Chen Guixiang and Old Man Ning!"
Upon hearing the princess's words, Jiang Yuwei's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at her.
“How could that be? I also saw the jade pendant Ning Chunlin was wearing that day, and it does match the young master’s jade pendant.”
The princess shook her head, weeping, and said:
"Yuwei, you're being foolish. Jade pendants can be faked, but appearances can't lie. Huaizhi looks exactly like the prince when he was young. I would never mistake him for someone else!"
After hearing this, Jiang Yuwei pondered for a moment before slowly speaking:
"You mean that the jade pendant originally belonged to Huaizhi, but Chen Guixiang put it on Ning Chunlin, which is why Wang Ma mistook him for someone else in Ningjia Village!"
The princess nodded excitedly.
"This old man Ning is a disgrace to the Prince's mansion. After he left with Huaizhi, the Prince and I escaped the pursuers after many twists and turns. After returning to the capital, we have been sending people to secretly search for their whereabouts, but we have been searching for many years without success."
The princess sighed and continued:
"The prince and I thought that this old man Ning must have hidden our son well under an assumed name. In any case, as long as the child can live a healthy and happy life, that's all that matters."
As she spoke, the princess looked into the distance.
"Later, the old man Ning's parents were well cared for by the prince and me in the palace until they died, and only then did we gradually let go of this matter in our hearts."
The princess turned to Jiang Yuwei with a look of hatred and said:
“I had long since given up on Huaizhi, but do you know how excited I was when I received a letter from Wang Ma saying that the eldest son of the Wang family had been found? I’m only keeping alive by that will.”
The hatred in the princess's eyes deepened, and she continued through gritted teeth:
"But I never expected that the audacious Chen Guixiang and Old Man Ning would dare to deceive me with such a thing. They actually dared to let their good-for-nothing son take my son's place and enjoy the riches and honors of the Prince's Mansion!"
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