0p0 Chapter 263 Caught Off Guard!
Chapter 263 Caught Off Guard!
"You, watch your words, don't make baseless accusations!" Granny Liu said, then turned around and said, "Why would I need to bribe a doctor like you?"
"This, I don't know. Miss, I'm not lying. This old woman did give you money, saying that I should follow her instructions exactly, without missing a single word. Only in this way can it match what the original doctor said. If I don't follow her instructions, I'm afraid I will harm another colleague. Moreover, I did indeed take her money."
As they spoke, the doctor who had come in later was already sweating profusely, and kept kowtowing to Mu Xin Nuan, "Miss, please have mercy! I know I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please have mercy and forgive me."
Mu Xin Nuan glanced coldly at Mu Xin Yao, quite pleased with her panicked reaction.
"Granny Liu, you've been a long-time servant of the old lady. I've always respected you, but I never imagined you would collude with an outsider to frame me?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Liu realized to herself that she had been tricked!
His eyes darted around, and having no other choice, he knelt down in front of the old lady with a thud.
"Madam, I dare not lie. I have never done anything to wrong the young lady! Madam, I am a servant of the Mu family. How could I possibly be disrespectful to the young lady? How could I possibly collude with outsiders to frame her? This makes no sense! Please investigate thoroughly, Madam."
Before the old lady could speak, Granny Yu sneered, "Yes, you are a servant of the Mu family, but I never expected that you would join forces with the second young lady to harm the eldest young lady! Granny Liu, you really have a lot of nerve!"
Granny Liu was startled. When she looked up again, she saw the young lady's cold face, like a snow lotus from the Tianshan Mountains, aloof and icy! Suddenly, she had a realization and thought of the instructions she had given the young lady.
Liu Mama felt a chill in her heart. As expected, the young lady still had no intention of letting her go.
The young lady is worried that if she stays by the old lady's side for too long, sooner or later she won't be able to keep it a secret and will reveal everything.
"Reporting to the Madam, Imperial Physician Zhao and several imperial physicians have arrived. They say they are here at the request of the Eldest Miss to examine the Second Miss."
Upon hearing this, even the composed old lady could no longer remain seated calmly!
Although she held a rank, she wasn't exactly a noblewoman, so how could she be qualified to send Chief Physician Zhao back? Strictly speaking, her status wasn't even as noble as Madam Li's. It was only because the Emperor considered her mother, Mu Chang'an, that he granted her the title of Fourth-Rank Imperial Lady, while the Chief Physician of the Imperial Medical Academy was a Third-Rank official!
As soon as Zhao, the Imperial Physician, entered, the first thing the imperial physician did was take Mu Xinyao's pulse. However, a mere concubine's daughter from an earl's mansion was not worth the personal diagnosis of a high-ranking official like himself.
"The second young lady is fine. Just try to stay indoors less often and keep away from the flowers and plants."
This means that it's just an allergy to pollen.
"What is this?" Dean Zhao looked down and saw the ointment on Mu Xin Nuan's hand.
"Hey? Isn't this the scar-removing ointment you asked me for the other day? Why are you still carrying it with you?"
"It's nothing. My sister scratched her hand because it was a little itchy, and I was going to get it removed. That day I took three boxes from Uncle Zhao. I gave one box to Ah Xuan and Ah Yuan, and one box to my older cousin. They've been practicing martial arts a lot lately, and they always have some minor injuries. I was afraid my mother would feel bad if she saw them, so I got these for them."
"Oh. It's alright. Didn't I already tell you the prescription? If you need it again, you can have someone fetch the medicine and make it yourself. It's a good opportunity to test your medicine-making skills."
"Yes, Uncle Zhao."
As Mu Xin Nuan spoke, she looked at the other two imperial physicians and said, "I would also like to trouble you two to take a look. Is there anything wrong with using this ointment on my sister's hands?"
Mu Xin Nuan spoke cleverly, without saying anything about poison or anything like that, and there wasn't even a single hint from beginning to end!
However, as soon as the three entered, they saw several people kneeling, looking quite disheveled, and knew that something must have happened in the mansion that they did not want others to know.
One of the imperial physicians took the medicine from her hand, smelled it, and then held it in his hand for a moment. "It's fine. There's nothing wrong with using it on the Second Miss's hands."
Another imperial physician examined it and said, "No problem. This is a top-quality scar-removing medicine. It's very precious!" His words carried a slightly joking tone.
"Thank you both very much. You've worked hard."
"Where there!"
After the three imperial physicians left, the atmosphere in the room became unusually strange.
Mu Xin Nuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Mu Xin Yao with amusement. Mu Xin Yao's face was already covered with small red rashes, which made her look unsightly. Now that her face was pale, the red rashes looked even more unsightly!
"Second sister, what explanation do you have for this?"
"This... I don't know what's going on either!" Mu Xinyao hurriedly asked the first doctor who had been brought in, "Tell me! Why did you frame my eldest sister and sow discord between us sisters?"
The doctor was already terrified and kowtowed repeatedly, "Miss, I don't know. Yes, a young lady gave me fifty taels of silver and told me to say what she wanted."
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes flickered slightly, as if she had expected something. "Tell me, which girl gave you the money? If she were here, would you recognize her?"
"Yes, Miss, I recognize her. It hasn't even been an hour since she gave me the money, and I still remember it!"
"Alright, then look up and see if the girl you saw is in this room?"
The doctor looked around, his body trembling, before finally fixing his gaze on Qinglian, who was standing next to Mu Xinyao.
Qinglian seemed afraid of being recognized by him, and instinctively tried to hide behind Mu Xinyao. Unexpectedly, Mu Xinyao followed the doctor's gaze and saw Qinglian beside her, and immediately looked surprised!
"You! Qinglian? How could it be you? You! How could you do such a heartless thing? You, my sister and I, have never wronged you, yet you dare to do such a thing to sow discord between us sisters!"
As Mu Xinyao spoke, she still wore an expression of anger and disappointment, seemingly very disappointed with Qinglian's actions, and shook her head repeatedly.
This scene left Jin somewhat puzzled!
He couldn't help but frown. Was it Mu Xinyao who instigated this, or did Qinglian have another master behind her?
Just as she was hesitating whether to interrupt, she heard a nanny outside say urgently, "Reporting to the old lady, His Highness Prince Chang Le has arrived. He said he came specifically to deliver something to the eldest young lady."