Nangong Yu stared at her for a long time before speaking, his voice as cold as it always was when facing others: "When did you develop your heart disease?"
Gao Zhenzhen didn't understand why Nangong Yu asked this. Thinking of Doctor Wang's inexplicable departure, she felt a sudden panic in her heart and frowned slightly: "Your Highness, I remember I told you that I injured my heart meridian when I saved you."
Listening to Gao Zhenzhen's lies, Nangong Yu became more and more disappointed and continued to ask, "Have you taken all the Heart Protection Pills I sent you?"
Gao Zhenzhen smiled and nodded: "How could I waste the prince's kindness? I eat on time every day."
Nangong Yu took out a few jade bottles with an expressionless face: "How do you explain these?"
Gao Zhenzhen was puzzled. She opened the jade bottle and saw that it was full of Heart Protecting Pills. She smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, is this the Heart Protecting Pill you got for me? Thank you."
Nangong Yu put his hands behind his back and clenched his fists slightly, "This is what Xiaohong took out of your room."
Gao Zhenzhen was surprised: "In my room? That's impossible. I take Heart Protection Pills every day, there won't be so much left."
Nangong Yu frowned: "Give me the Heart Protecting Pill you ate."
Gao Zhenzhen felt uneasy, nodded, and turned back.
Nangong Yu followed her back to her courtyard. In front of Nangong Yu, Gao Zhenzhen had no choice but to take out the uneaten Heart Protecting Pills and give them to him: "These are sent by Doctor Wang. They are very effective."
Nangong Yu put away the two heart-protecting pills and said, "I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Doctor Wang has left. I will arrange for other doctors to treat you first."
"Okay, I'll follow your instructions, Your Highness." Gao Zhenzhen was very well-behaved.
"I'll buy you a few more of your girls, Ping'er, so sell them."
Gao Zhenzhen was shocked and quickly pleaded: "Your Highness, Ping'er is the most capable maidservant by my side. If she has made a mistake, please be lenient with her for my sake and don't sell her out!"
Nangong Yu was unmoved: "A girl who doesn't love herself will damage your reputation if she stays by your side."
Ping'er lost her innocence all because of her, but Gao Zhenzhen couldn't tell the reason. She hugged Nangong Yu's arm and acted coquettishly:
"Your Highness, the only people around Zhenzhen are her wet nurse and Ping'er. In my heart, Ping'er is almost like a younger sister. Even if Ping'er has made mistakes, she is not to the point where she must be sold. Your Highness, I will only feel at ease if Ping'er works for me. Please keep her."
It was at this moment that Nangong Yu realized that the girl he had always thought was very kind actually had no responsibility at all.
She kept pleading for Ping'er, but she never mentioned that she knew about Ping'er's affair with Doctor Wang. Didn't she know that if she, the master, knew about it, Ping'er's crime would be much less?
For some unknown reason, Nangong Yu asked her, "Did you know that Ping'er and Doctor Wang have secretly decided to spend their lives together?"
Gao Zhenzhen nodded. "Ping'er and Doctor Wang are in love. Doctor Wang proposed to me before, but Ping'er refused because she wanted to stay and take care of me. Could it be that the prince wants to punish Ping'er because of this?"
Nangong Yu nodded: "Doctor Wang has admitted that Ping'er is his woman."
"What?" Gao Zhenzhen was surprised at first, then angry. "How could Doctor Wang bully my girl like this? How could he do this without any matchmaker or engagement?"
The girl's expression didn't seem fake; she was still the kindhearted one he remembered. Nangong Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Zhenzhen, since Ping'er has already changed her mind, why not let her go? She's already pledged her life to Doctor Wang, so she'll naturally go find him. This way, she and Doctor Wang can be happy together. Isn't that a good thing?"
Gao Zhenzhen had no objection. Since she was going to send away her capable maid, she naturally wanted to make Ping'er's departure create greater value for her as much as possible.
Gao Zhenzhen suddenly laughed, and her laugh was very relaxed:
"Your Highness is right. It was me who hadn't thought of this. Your Highness, I will arrange it right away. I will set Ping'er free and let her find her own happiness."
Gao Zhenzhen was still as beautiful as when they first met, so Nangong Yu couldn't easily believe others' slander against her. He still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that she was just framed:
"Xiao Hong is someone who betrayed her master before. Now she has taken out the Heart Protection Pill and is trying to frame you. She cannot be allowed to stay."
Anyway, she already knew everything she wanted to know from Xiaohong. Xiaohong was no longer of any use to her. Gao Zhenzhen naturally wouldn't oppose Nangong Yu for Xiaohong:
"It's up to His Majesty. However, Xiaohong told me something before, and I don't believe it. However, I still think it's better to investigate it thoroughly."
Nangong Yu was puzzled: "What's the matter?"
Gao Zhenzhen took a deep breath, trying her best to suppress her sadness: "Xiaohong said that you and Miss Ling have already had physical contact. Is that true?"
Nangong Yu denied: "I have never touched Ling Xiang, Zhenzhen, don't listen to other people's rumors."
Gao Zhenzhen bit her lip, feeling very sad: "But, Xiaohong said that the princess drugged you and Ling Xiang that day, and Ling Xiang's clothes were torn to pieces..."
Thinking of that unpleasant experience, Nangong Yu frowned: "That was a misunderstanding."
Gao Zhenzhen was surprised: "If the prince said it was a misunderstanding, then it is a misunderstanding! As long as it is said by the prince, I believe it!"
Seeing the girl in front of him showing all her joy and anger in front of him without reservation, and seeing her trusting him wholeheartedly, the balance of trust in Nangong Yu's heart began to tilt towards Gao Zhenzhen, and he reached out to tidy her hair.
Gao Zhenzhen became happier and continued to lead the topic to the eldest princess' attack on her own son:
"Xiaohong also said that at the flower viewing banquet that day, the princess drugged you and Ling Xiang and put Ling Xiang in your room. I don't believe that the princess would harm the prince in order to marry Ling Xiang into the Qin Palace. Xiaohong must be talking nonsense."
The princess had already told Nangong Yu about this matter herself, and he was not surprised at all:
"Zhenzhen, just focus on recuperating. I'll take care of everything else."
"Yeah!" Gao Zhenzhen nodded obediently and slowly approached Nangong Yu.
Nangong Yu watched the girl approaching little by little, feeling the faint lotus fragrance on her body, and finally reached out and hugged her into his arms...
In Nangong Yu's arms, Gao Zhenzhen was not happy at all.
The eldest princess drugged the prince twice in a row, but when the prince knew the truth, he was not angry at all!
Did he not believe what she said, or did he already know all this?
If it was the latter, then it could only mean that they had a deep mother-son bond, which didn't create any rift between them. In that case, it would be difficult to drive a wedge between them.
If it was the former, then who knows how much weight she still holds in the prince's heart...
She hugged Nangong Yu tightly. Only in this way could she feel more secure: "Prince, Zhenzhen only has you..."
Nangong Yu comforted softly: "Zhenzhen, you are the only one in my heart."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com