Luo Jiuli bent forward and examined the wounds of the Duke's wife, while teasing:
"Who was it last night? Seeing that my mother didn't wake up for a long time, she was still discussing with me whether to ask the imperial doctor to come over to see her?"
Luo Jiuqing twisted the handkerchief in his hand.
"Didn't I seek medical attention because of my illness?"
"I am also a female doctor!"
"Okay, okay! You are a female doctor, a great goddess doctor."
The two sisters stayed up all night. When their mother woke up, their tense nerves immediately relaxed and their tone of voice became calmer.
The Duke's wife was lying on the hospital bed. Although her face was still a little pale, her brows were smiling and she looked at her two daughters tenderly. You adjusted the atmosphere without saying a word.
The fear of being stabbed yesterday was gradually fading away. The children tried so hard to untie her knot, not wanting her to remember that horrific scene.
What reason does she have for the children to worry about?
What's more, she is still alive and can still see and hear them calling her mother, and that's enough!
Outside the door, Nanny Xu walked in.
"Madam, the eldest lady, the second lady, and the Ninth Prince's people are here, saying they have something important to report."
Luo Jiuli turned around.
"What's up?"
Aunt Xu said.
"I heard from the people waiting in the front yard that the prince just left the house?"
"Li Mansion? Where did you go? Did you go back to the Ninth Prince's Mansion?"
Nanny Xu shook her head. At this time, a maid was standing outside the door with Qin Yin. Qin Yin lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows to report:
"The prince asked his subordinates to come over and tell the second lady that the prince has just been summoned by the emperor and has gone to the palace. He will come over to visit the duchess later."
Luo Jiuli said oh.
"knew."
"My subordinates resign."
Qin Yin walked down the steps, turned around and left the house.
Inside the room, the Duke's wife glanced at her two daughters in confusion, and then her eyes fell on Luo Jiuli.
"Why are the Nine Kings in our house?"
On the side, Luo Jiuqing said hurriedly.
"My mother came back to the house yesterday, and my sister and I were left alone. If the Ninth Prince hadn't been in charge of the house, I'm afraid those people outside the house would have caused other troubles."
When the Duke's wife heard this, there was nothing she didn't understand.
The Nine Kings condescended to her in this way, naturally it was for her little daughter.
"Jiu'er."
She looked at Luo Jiuli.
"Aunt Xu has told you that if we met the robbers on the road this time, if the Nine Kings hadn't sent people to protect her secretly, I'm afraid my mother would have died."
Luo Jiuli nodded.
"I just found out not long ago."
She was more than grateful for Xiao Mingxuan's thoughtful and unobtrusive arrangement.
The Duke’s wife said again:
"It's just that the Ninth Prince is still under detention. He must have left the palace without permission from the emperor last night and stayed in the Duke's palace. How should the courtiers and people discuss it?"
"Now that I'm entering the palace, I'm afraid the emperor will blame the prince."
Luo Jiuli was speechless, her eyes filled with worry. She was so anxious last night that she forgot such an important thing.
"Sister, take good care of your mother. I'm going out of the house."
With that said, he turned around and left the house.
The mother and daughter in the room finally came to their senses.
"Is she going to enter the palace?"
"Little sister, come back quickly. Without the emperor's instructions, the family members of foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the palace without permission."
Luo Jiuqing chased him out, but Luo Jiuli was nowhere to be found.
"Mom, what should I do? She won't enter the palace so stupidly, right?"
The Duke's wife looked in the direction of the door of the house sadly, and after a while she slowly said:
"Don't worry, she is no longer the soft and charming little girl she used to be. What's more, she is accompanied by two female guards and secret guards who protect her in the dark. They will not let anything happen to her."
"Female guards and secret guards?"
Only then did Luo Jiuqing carefully remember that when she returned home, she saw the two female guards at the door with knives on their waists.
"They are actually protecting my little sister?"
"That means those two female guards are the Ninth Prince--"
The Duke's wife nodded.
"That's right. Ever since Jiu'er was kidnapped and almost had an accident last time, the Ninth Prince has sent her two personal female guards. I heard from the housekeeper that there is a secret guard in the dark outside the house to protect her safety."
"A two-pronged approach, the Ninth Prince has good intentions."
When Luo Jiuqing heard this, he was secretly speechless and sat down next to the bed.
"Then, does mother agree with the younger sister and the Nine Kings?"
The Duke's wife sighed and said nothing, wondering how she dared to disagree. Not to mention that the Nine Kings cooked rice to save Luo Jiuli, and that the Prince Shan did not use his position as a prince to put pressure on the Duke's Palace.
He dared to sit in the palace at critical moments and saved the Duke's palace from many troubles.
She is not a cruel person, so she naturally understands that the Nine Kings did this all because of Luo Jiuli.
But she was also worried, worried that the Nine Kings were just trying to be fresh for a while, and worried that once Luo Jiuli really entered the Nine Princes' Mansion, once the excitement of the Nine Princes wore off, he would be in trouble again just like when he was in Prince Zhao's Mansion.
After all, Luo Jiuli has a special status. She is the daughter of Heli and not innocent, so she has to treat her with caution.
Luo Jiuqing looked at her mother who was hesitant to speak, and knew that once something touched the royal family, she would have no control over it.
Although the Duke's position of power in Beijing is not bad, after all, he is still a minister of the royal family.
"Mother, when did you say that the Ninth Prince fell in love with the younger sister? Why did he fall in love with the younger sister? It seems that the Nine Princes were involved from the beginning with the younger sister and Li, and then so many things happened. In every incident, the Nine Princes
They all protect my little sister."
"Even Aiwujiwu protects our Duke's Mansion. Has mother ever thought about it, the Ninth Prince has been in the border area all the time? After the border leader returned to Beijing, he quickly handed over his military power and left the capital without contacting the courtiers at all, let alone
Talking about the courtiers’ families.”
"But now that the Nine Kings are so close to our Duke's Palace, where is the Emperor? What will the courtiers think?"
Luo Jiuqing's analysis was serious, and the Duke's wife also understood what he was saying.
"Let's wait until your father returns to Beijing to discuss this matter."
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Luo Jiuli didn't know anything about the conversation between her mother and sister in the palace, because she was stopped outside the palace gate at this time.
"Bold, no courtiers or family members are allowed to enter the palace without the emperor's oral instructions."
Luo Jiuli glanced at the long corridor inside the palace gate.
"I came into the palace to review Mrs. Fengde's health."
The guard moved his eyelids, looking completely disdainful.
"Ganquan Palace did not turn in the palace entry list at all today."
"Which noble girl are you from? If you continue to entangle yourself in front of the palace gate, we will be rude."
As he said that, he aimed the spear in his hand at Luo Jiuli.
Behind him, Nan Zhu had a bad temper. Seeing his master being targeted, he grabbed the hilt of his sword and was about to draw it, but Nan Xing held him down.
"Don't cause trouble for the master."
Luo Jiuli glanced at Nan Zhu and patted the back of her hand to express comfort.