Hearing that Yu Xijiao had injured her foot, the Queen Mother hurriedly sent the imperial physician and the medical woman to check on her.
Zhang Wanyin followed him over to check. When he saw the doctor girl taking off Yu Xijiao's shoes and tearing off her blood-stained socks, Zhang Wanyin's expression changed drastically.
He clenched the handkerchief tightly, took a deep breath, and his fingers trembled slightly.
The palace maid who followed Zhang Wanyin in was shaken and almost fainted. She actually hurt her foot, and it was so serious. When she reported it just now, she hinted that Miss Yu San was fake and did it on purpose.
I don't want to walk a few more steps, and I don't want to pick flowers for the Queen Mother.
Not only the socks, but also the shoes were stained with blood. The injury was serious.
"Girl, girl, don't look, it's okay, nothing will happen." Mingyue panicked and helped Yu Xijiao lie down, her face pale.
Yu Xijiao's face was equally pale, and she slowly lay down against the bright moon.
The doctor carefully tore off her socks, wiped away the blood, and applied medicine to Yu Xijiao. Fortunately, the blood stopped coming out.
Yu Xijiao's skin was white, and the soles of her feet were already swollen. There was a large area of redness and swelling on her fair and tender skin, which looked very oozing.
"A palace flower fell on the ground, and Miss Yu accidentally stepped on it. The fine needle from the palace flower stuck into her shoe, injuring Miss Yu again."
The doctor woman came to a conclusion, looked at Yu Xijiao's swollen feet, and specifically added: "The injury is quite serious, and I will not be able to walk for at least a while."
"Why are there palace flowers on the ground? The needles on them are so sharp and my feet are so badly injured. What should I do?" Mingyue's tears immediately fell down and she sobbed.
The imperial physician outside the screen shook his head.
"Imperial Physician, won't Gonghua feel something when she inserts it into her shoe? If Miss Yu had discovered it early, she might not have been injured so seriously."
Zhang Wanyin frowned and spoke to the imperial doctor outside the screen with concern.
There was a trace of doubt in her eyes. How could this happen by such a coincidence? She had never heard of Gonghua inserting shoes into her shoes before.
"At first, it probably wasn't inserted deep enough, it was inserted into the shoe. Miss Yu San didn't notice. Later, it was inserted deeper and it pierced the foot. She thought the foot was injured. But when it was inserted deeper, it was discovered that something was wrong and it was already injured.
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The imperial doctor stroked his beard and thought for a while.
It is indeed unlikely that the injury is serious. There is a foreign object on the sole of the foot, which should be felt, but this is not absolute. It may be attracted the attention of outsiders, or it may be because the foot hurts because of walking far, so it is ignored.
What was strange at first was that the daughter of a noble family was naturally delicate and noble, and she didn't usually experience this.
I didn't pay much attention at first, but then I got seriously injured.
I heard that I was picking flowers for the Empress Dowager. At first, I didn't dare to say anything even if I noticed discomfort in the sole of my foot. In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore and realized that it was seriously injured.
"The sole of the foot was so badly injured. Miss Yu San never noticed it before. She was really... careless." Zhang Wanyin sighed with emotion.
This is such a big deal. He was hit right before his eyes, but he was still fine.
Whenever Yu Xijiao passes by, and some secretive people appear there, Yu Xijiao will not be allowed to survive. It is possible to kill her on the spot. What if the Prince of Qi returns to the capital afterwards?
With everyone gone, will Prince Qi really fall out with the royal family? Besides, Feng Yu has always been arrogant and doesn't really care about Yu Xijiao.
Although if Yu Xijiao dies, he will cause some troubles, but with the Emperor and the Queen Mother here, it will definitely be settled in the end, and Yu Xijiao will die as soon as he dies.
But Yu Xijiao was fine!
The Seventh Princess must have also taken action. Maybe something would happen to Yu Xijiao as long as she was in front of her, so she wasted such a good opportunity.
"It's true that I was careless. I'm going to trouble the doctor." Yu Xijiao said.
The doctor girl gave her medicine and bandaged her injured foot. The shoe could no longer be worn, so she had to bandage her foot first.
When the Queen Mother brought people over, Yu Xijiao's feet had already been tied up. She asked the imperial doctor about Yu Xijiao's injury. The Queen Mother had a headache. She let Yu Xijiao enter the palace out of kindness. She didn't expect that such a thing would happen. It was really embarrassing.
Discomforting.
With a wave of his hand, the imperial doctor retreated and removed the screen.
Yu Xijiao was sitting in front of the couch, holding Mingyue's hand as she stood up to salute.
"No need." The Queen Mother waved her hands and said, "Your foot is hurt so badly, please sit down first!"
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yu Xijiao said respectfully.
"How do you know how to step on a palace flower?" The queen mother lowered her eyes and looked at the palace flower on the table. This palace flower used to look very beautiful, but now she realized that the needle inserted into the palace flower is so sharp, but this
Why are there such palace flowers on the streets of the harem?
The palace flower is very beautiful and familiar. The Queen Mother is thoughtful...
"I don't know. I was in a hurry to pick flowers and didn't pay attention to the road. I was negligent." Yu Xijiao lowered her eyes and said.
"Pick flowers?" the Queen Mother said casually, her face suddenly changed, "Where can I pick flowers?"
Zhang Wanyin pursed her lips.
"Princess Mingqing said that the Empress Dowager's favorite flower was a flower that she asked a palace maid to lead her to pick." Yu Xijiao said gently, "I am afraid that the Empress Dowager will be impatient and come back in a hurry.
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"Where is the angle?" The Queen Mother turned to Zhang Wanyin, her face slightly darkened.
Zhang Wanyin suddenly saluted: "Empress Dowager, Wanyin originally went to pick flowers this morning. Later, the Queen Mother asked for cakes, and the imperial kitchen happened to be unavailable, so Wanyin made a special trip and missed the time to pick flowers, so she went to pick them later.
At that time, people around the Queen Mother said that the jade clipper was missing, so Wanyin asked Miss Yu San for help."
The Queen Mother's eyes fell on Zhang Wanyin's face, and she looked more carefully.
Zhang Wanyin smiled, trying not to notice anything strange.
Everything happened "by chance" and she just went along with it. Moreover, the Queen Mother of that place never told her that there was anything special about it. She only gave her a nod and asked her to make sure it was at that time when she went. She also asked her more
I took some people there and said that it was more stable when there were more people in the early morning.
Some words can be heard by listening to the sound. At times like this, Zhang Wanyin often only listens to one sound, and combined with other things she knows, she can figure out some things.
"There is no need to go to such remote places to pick flowers in the future, just be nearby." The Queen Mother said calmly.
Zhang Wanyin knew that this incident had made the Queen Mother unhappy, so she hurriedly said respectfully: "Wanyin knows that this time it was all Wanyin's fault, causing Miss Yu to hurt her foot."
After saying this, he bowed to Yu Xijiao guiltily: "Miss Yu, please forgive me."
Yu Xijiao hurriedly helped Mingyue stand up, and returned the gift to Zhang Wanyin with difficulty: "This matter has nothing to do with Princess Mingqing, and Princess Mingqing cannot possibly know that I will step on the palace flower, let alone know that I
It's all my own fault that it's so useless. I've already come this far, but in the end I have to go back."
After the ceremony, Mingyue helped Yu Xijiao sit down again.
Seeing them like this, the Queen Mother's face brightened slightly, she nodded secretly, and then asked, "Have you arrived yet?"
"Before I arrived, I saw the place from a distance. It was still some distance away. I couldn't hold it any longer. So I sat down nearby and asked someone to bring the palace sedan. I didn't pick the flowers back. It's my daughter.
It's your fault. Today, when I recover from my foot injury, I have to go to that place to pick the best flowers for the Queen Mother."
Yu Xi pinched the handkerchief uneasily and promised.
"There's no need to go." The Queen Mother frowned and refused.
Yu Xijiao was startled and a little flustered. She supported Mingyue and was about to stand up to apologize.
"I can't blame you for this. In fact, the Aijia doesn't need flowers that far away. This time you hurt your foot. When Yu'er comes back, you have to blame the Aijia again."
The Queen Mother said.
A nun beside the Queen Mother came over, gave Yu Xijiao a hand, lifted her up and sat her down on the edge of the couch.
Yu Xijiao still wanted to apologize, but the Queen Mother had already waved her hand: "Okay, take a good rest in the mansion during this period, and wait until your feet heal."
After saying that, someone prepared a palace sedan to send Yu Xijiao away.
Yu Xijiao bowed to the Queen Mother with difficulty again, then held the hands of the palace maid and Mingyue and left. She glanced at the palace flowers on the corner of the table with a cold look in her eyes...
The Queen Mother returned to the main hall, and after being silent for a while, she sent someone to inform Zhang Wanyin. Zhang Wanyin came in anxiously, knowing that the Queen Mother doubted her.
If something really happened to Yu Xijiao and she was really executed there, the seventh princess would definitely be found first. The seventh princess would never let go of such a good opportunity.
Although Zhang Wanyin didn't know what the Seventh Princess would do, but as the queen's legitimate daughter, she must have a way to alert the people there.
There should be people inside, most likely the people her father mentioned before, but after she entered the palace, she had hardly heard of such people.
There is nothing suspicious about other places in the palace, but that place is the most suspicious.
As long as the Seventh Princess reaches out, something will definitely happen to Yu Xijiao. After the accident, she will only investigate the cause of the incident. Who will pay attention to her small mistake.
Zhang Wanyin could even take the initiative to admit her fault in front of the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes. She didn't expect such a thing to happen. If the emperor wanted to smooth it all over, he might only tell the outside world that Yu Xijiao slipped and fell into the water...
No matter what, her problems are only minor ones. The Queen Mother must be thinking about how to appease Prince Qi. With Prince Qi’s temperament, if there are some clues about the Seventh Princess, the palace will definitely be in chaos.
The mistake was really nothing, and I was not aware of it in the first place.
But now, it’s different!
Nothing serious happened to Yu Xijiao, but she injured her foot. The Seventh Princess didn't know whether to reach out or not, and her matter was not reported to the Queen Mother on her own initiative, but was discovered by the Queen Mother.
After trying hard to calm down the uneasiness in her heart, Zhang Wanyin slowly walked in and knelt down respectfully: "I have seen the Queen Mother, please forgive me."
Her eyes turned red as she spoke, "It's all because of Wanyin's fault. Wanyin didn't know that she would cause such a big thing. If Miss Yu's foot injury wasn't good, how could Wanyin see her in the future, let alone see Prince Qi?"
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As he spoke, he began to cry with sobs, looking aggrieved and confused.
No matter what, it is always right to admit your mistakes first, and Zhang Wanyin also knew the Queen Mother's temper very well.
The Queen Mother was sitting on a large nanmu chair, with a gloomy look on her face and a low-pitched but dignified voice: "Wanyin, does the palace flower matter really have nothing to do with you? The few palace flowers you gave to the Ai family before,
Just like the flower Yu Xijiao accidentally stepped on."
The palace flowers are very delicate and familiar, which is what the Queen Mother felt when she first saw them.
She didn't doubt Zhang Wanyin originally, but the addition of this palace flower made her taste a little different...