Xu Jieyu was pruning the bougainvillea that was growing happily in the house, when she heard the sound of footsteps, and Kang Yanning hurried back with the second princess in her arms.
Xu Jieyu asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
She looked at Kang Yanning, who was panting, and quickly called out, "Baozhu, come down quickly. I'll see how tired you are of Sister Yanning."
At this moment, Kang Yanning's mind was spinning rapidly, how to persuade Xu Jieyu to conduct a thorough investigation of the second princess's bedroom.
Seeing the second princess getting off Kang Yanning, before Xu Jieyu asked again, Kang Yanning said first, "The second princess just told me that the eldest princess has been very good to her recently.
While we were talking, I touched the second princess's forehead and she felt a little bit hot. I was startled and the two of them quickly brought her back."
Xu Jieyu was stunned, and quickly pulled the second princess and touched her face to her forehead. The second princess was hugged by Kang Yanning and ran all the way. She was already out of breath and sweating a little, so her body was naturally warmer.
Xu Jieyu was confused when she cared. When Kang Yanning said this, she was completely confused and didn't think about it at all.
When she touched it, it was indeed hot. She was startled and murmured, "How good is this... Go and call the imperial doctor, your Majesty, please come too!"
Kang Yanning stopped her and said, "Xu Jieyu, wait a minute. The imperial doctor is going to call, but the Holy One will wait. If the imperial doctor does diagnose one or two, it will not be too late to call. Otherwise, the Holy One will hate you the most..."
Yes, the Holy Father hates people who use their children as rafts to fight for favor. But Xu Jieyu wholeheartedly takes care of the second princess and will never use her own daughter as a raft.
She calmed down and said to Kang Yanning, "Yanning is laughing. I come from a small family, and I panic when something happens. Yanning, you just said that the eldest princess... what should I do?"
Xu Jieyu knew herself very well, and she was not suitable for this deep palace compound. If it were not for the identity of the second princess's biological mother, I am afraid that she would have been eaten by this harem.
Right now, the only person she can rely on and trust is Kang Yanning in front of her.
This played right into Kang Yanning's wish. Kang Yanning also lacked a chance to investigate confidently. If something was really wrong, the hidden danger should be eliminated as soon as possible.
Kang Yanning pondered for a moment, "I wonder if it would be convenient for me to go to the second princess's bedroom?"
"That's natural." Xu Jieyu said without hesitation to the aunt beside her, "Go quickly and take the princess with you."
After saying that, he stood up, and together with Kang Yanning, turned around and walked into the second princess's bedroom.
There is nothing special about the second princess's bedroom. According to the princess's standards, Xu Jieyu was careful in everything and would not break the rules in such a matter.
Xu Jieyu opened the second princess's back room, where the nanny was sitting and embroidering. When she saw the door opened and so many people came in, she was a little stunned, "Master... what are you doing..."
"It's nothing." Xu Jieyu didn't want to cause trouble and everyone knew, "Bring the princess to see the second princess's boudoir."
Kang Yanning ignored the others and stepped forward to carefully examine the items on the second princess's bed. She looked through them carefully and found nothing wrong. After another scan, there was no place where dirt could hide in the house.
Smallpox...if it was really smallpox arranged by the third prince and the others, how could the second princess get it without being detected?
Kang Yanning moved her eyes to the face of the second princess's nanny. The second princess's nanny looked at her and trembled subconsciously.
Kang Yanning knew it well.
She said to Xu Jieyu, "Jieyu, can you let me explore the house?"
"Please come quickly." It was about the second princess, and Xu Jieyu was more nervous than anyone else.
Kang Yanning winked at Forsythia, and Forsythia slowly retreated.
Kang Yanning stepped forward and said to the second princess's nanny, "Are you the eldest princess's nanny?"
The wet nurse nodded and rolled her eyes. The person who received the courtesy from Xu Jieyu was definitely not an ordinary person. She immediately saluted and asked, "Miss, what's going on?"
Kang Yanning did not answer her words, but stretched out a pair of jade hands to her, "Can you let me see your embroidery work?"
The nurse turned her hands over and handed the thing she was embroidering to Kang Yanning.
Kang Yanning took it over and took a look. It seemed to be something like a medicinal pillow. When she got close, she could smell a faint medicinal fragrance.
"Is this a medicine pillow made for the second princess?"
"Yes." The nanny replied, looking a little unnatural. Her eyes followed Kang Yanning's hand, turning it back and forth.
Kang Yanning looked at her reaction and didn't expect to find this place by accident.
Kang Yanning could be so sure that there was something in the second princess's room because she had just thought a few more steps.
The second princess rarely gets fevers at ordinary times, but she had a fever just this year after the end of the year. If Concubine Shu's family wanted to do something, it would not be easy for the second princess.
Xu Jieyu attached great importance to the education of the second princess. Although the palace was not surrounded by iron barrels, ordinary things would not be delivered to the second princess.
If she could contract smallpox and fever overnight, there must be something related to it in the house.
This wet nurse is so sneaky that it's hard not to think of her.
Kang Yanning suddenly exerted force, tore open the medicine pillow he was sewing, and pulled out all the Chinese herbal medicines.
"Hey..." The nanny stepped forward and stopped, "Miss, what are you doing! This is the medicine pillow I made with the second princess, you..."
Not far away, along with the scattering of Chinese herbal medicine, a palm-sized sachet also floated out, slowly floating in the air and slowly falling.
When the wet nurse saw the sachet, her head buzzed and she immediately wanted to grab it. But Kang Yanning kept paying attention to her. When he saw her movements, he pushed her to the side and took the lead to hold the sachet in his hand with two fingers.
inside.
Kang Yanning didn't dare to take it all. Who knew what was inside? Concubine Shu's family had been crazy for a long time. If smallpox spread everywhere, it would still be ok.
Xu Jieyu looked at the scene in front of her in stunned silence, and then looked at the nanny's desperate fighting movements, and there was nothing she didn't understand.
"Okay! You are eating the inside out!" Xu Jieyu said angrily, "Letting you be the wet nurse of the second princess is a matter of honor for your ancestors. How dare you collude with outsiders and harm my orb!"
When the wet nurse saw that the matter was exposed, she did not dare to delay it any longer. Her life and fortune were in the hands of others, so how could she dare to survive. When she saw her picking up the scissors she had just been working on, she was about to stab her in the heart.
Kang Yanning snatched the scissors with quick eyes and hands, and threw all the needles and threads around the nanny away. She felt relieved when she saw that everything around her was pure.
The wet nurse could not die now, so she had to keep kowtowing, "Master, have mercy on me... Master, have mercy on me... I am a woman who has been deceived by lard. Master, please have mercy on me."
At this moment, the imperial physician also came in across the threshold. Seeing this scene, I finished thinking that I must be involved in another palace battle today.
When Kang Yanning saw the imperial doctor coming, she handed the small purse that was about the size of a palm with two fingers to the imperial doctor.
"I have to ask the imperial doctor to find out what this is."
Imperial doctors are extremely experienced in court battles. He first took the small purse, then took an instrument to disinfect it, and opened the small purse slightly.
There seemed to be a piece of paper in the small purse. The imperial doctor took out the piece of paper. He held it like this and showed it to Kang Yanning and Xu Jieyu.
It was a series of numbers that Kang Yanning couldn't understand.
But Xu Jieyu called out, "This is...this is Baozhu's birth date."
The imperial doctor then opened the small pouch completely and twirled his palms. "This cloth... doesn't feel right. It seems like it has been soaked in water."
Kang Yanning's eyes lit up, it seemed that he had found the right one, it was it.
"It's smallpox!" The imperial doctor was shocked. "This cloth has been soaked in smallpox water."
Kang Yanning didn't know that this thing was the culprit, but in order to take preventive measures, she pinched her with just two fingers. The two bags were still far away from the middle fabric.
"What's going on?" Emperor Wei Chang's voice came from far away.
"Xu Jieyu, your maid said something happened to the orb, what happened?" With that said, Emperor Wei Chang raised his feet and was about to enter the bedroom.
The imperial doctor hurriedly stopped and said, "Your Majesty, stay here while Rong Chen puts the cloth soaked in smallpox water in place before you go in to prevent infection."
He wrapped the small purse properly with a new cloth, and then invited the Holy One to come over for a reply.
"Your Majesty." The imperial doctor bowed and replied in detail about Xu Jieyu's invitation to her today and the discovery of smallpox cloth.
After Xu Jieyu came to the throne, she immediately returned to the weak and unreasonable concubine mode, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes at every turn.
The Holy Sage said to the imperial doctor, "Please first check if there is anything wrong with my orb?"
After checking the second princess's pulse, the imperial doctor shook his head, "The second princess is currently in good health and there is nothing serious."
This is natural. Kang Yanning pulled the small purse out even before it was put in. If it had been put in, the person would be gone very quickly.
The Holy Master turned around and asked Xu Jieyu, "Did this nanny do it?"
Xu Jieyu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "As soon as the incident came out, I sent someone to invite the saint, but I didn't have time to interrogate it."
She bowed eagerly, "Your Majesty, I am the daughter of Baozhu. I must make the decision for Baozhu."
"It's natural. Come here." The Holy Master said angrily, "Take her out first and hit the ten big boards to save her life. I will also ask her questions."
"Yes." The guards beside the Holy Master had already pulled the person out.
Although the second princess was still young, she was smart and alert. She was a little sad that her nanny would harm her, but she held Kang Yanning's hand tightly and did not leave her for half a step.
By the time the twenty pieces were finished, the wet nurse was already dying. The Holy Master asked, "Who ordered you to put smallpox in the second princess's pillow?"
"Cough...cough...it's just a villain who is obsessed with things." The wet nurse opened her eyes, but gritted her teeth and refused to let go. She just wanted to bear the emperor's wrath by herself and leave the last incense for her family.
Kang Yanning picked up the jewelry box sent by Forsythia "This box of jewelry is made by the palace, who gave it to you."
The nanny raised her eyes and saw clearly the jewelry in Kang Yanning's hand. Her pupils shrank and she didn't dare to speak.
Emperor Wei Chang raised his hand and said, "Bring it to me for a look."
Kang Yanning handed the jewelry box to Emperor Wei Chang who was standing above him. Emperor Wei Chang opened the button of the jewelry box and saw clearly the twos and threes of jewelry inside, and he almost gasped.