Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 581 - 580: The More I Look, the More Suspicious It Seems

Chapter 581: Chapter 580: The More I Look, the More Suspicious It Seems

Feng Yexuan took Chu Qianli to the back mountain.

When Fu Ning returned, in the backyard of Qianyun Pavilion, the maid who had been beaten had just been dragged back.

"Dongqing?" Isn’t this the little girl specially assigned by the Prince to serve Her Majesty the Empress?

"What happened? Why did they beat her like this?"

Dongqing was still vomiting blood, unable to speak clearly.

The guard whispered, "She offended Her Majesty the Empress and ignited the Empress’s rage. The Prince ordered us to sentence her to thirty lashes."

"Dongqing!" Seeing Dongqing spit out another mouthful of fresh blood, Fu Ning felt a surge of pity.

This looks far more severe than merely being hit with thirty sticks!

Fu Ning angrily said, "The Prince ordered you to beat her but not to injure her. Her internal injuries are so severe!"

That guard wore an innocent look: "We were already very gentle, Lady Fu Ning. Her internal injuries existed before the beating."

"Lady, it’s not... it’s not their... fault." Dongqing barely managed to speak before coughing up another mouthful of blood.

The two guards felt compassion too.

They didn’t expect this little girl to still speak up for them after being beaten.

One of them said, "Lady Fu Ning, it seems that she doesn’t please Her Majesty much. We should send her back to Wuzhou Garden to await the Prince’s decision."

If left here and kicked again by Her Majesty, this little life might not survive.

Fu Ning had no choice but to personally help Dongqing and, not knowing where else to take her, eventually sent her back to Wuzhou Garden.

Fu Ning fetched Leng Ji, who summoned a doctor.

But with Dongqing injured to that extent, how could they allow a doctor to examine a young lady’s body?

After all, the doctors in this yard were all men.

"What should we do? She looks seriously hurt." Besides the beating, she also had internal injuries.

It was rumored that she had been injured by a kick from Her Majesty the Empress.

Even Leng Ji found it hard to believe: "Lady Chu... Her Majesty, how could she have struck with such force?"

Dongqing wanted to explain, but every time she tried to speak now, she would vomit blood, so she had to endure quietly.

She really wasn’t a spy, truly not.

"I’ve got it!"

Leng Ji suddenly remembered something and immediately left the room.

Before long, he dragged in an unwilling Xiaoyao.

"Lady Xiaoyao, I know you are skilled in healing. Please help her," he implored.

"You have plenty of doctors in the Prince Residence. Why come to me?" Xiaoyao didn’t want to help when she heard it was someone from Prince Yexuan’s place.

As for that despicable man, she was utterly fed up.

But seeing Dongqing’s disheveled state stirred her compassion instinctively.

"Bring me a basin of hot water." Her medical instincts and sense of responsibility wouldn’t allow her to ignore someone in need.

Fu Ning promptly brought the hot water. She had just put down the basin when she turned and saw the medicine vial in Xiaoyao’s hand.

With just a glance, Fu Ning was so shocked she almost cried out, "Xiaoyao! What are you holding?"

She rushed over and snatched the medicine vial from Xiaoyao’s hand.

Exactly the same! It really was identical!

Wasn’t this the same type of medicine vial that Ali used to treat her wounds in the past?

How could Xiaoyao have such a vial in her possession?

Fu Ning hurriedly opened the vial; the scent of the ointment inside was truly the same!

"Xiaoyao, where did you get this medicine?"

"I refined it myself," of course, Xiaoyao wouldn’t tell her that she had a Universe Chain System.

Inside the system, there were still many medicines.

Her master had said that the matter of the Universe Chain must absolutely remain a secret from others.

However, she was indeed capable of producing such medicine herself.

She knew the medicinal herbs to use just by smelling them.

"You... refined it yourself?" Fu Ning scrutinized her face.

A face, before today, completely unknown to her.

A face that, no matter how one looked, seemed unlike Ali’s.

But why... why were there so many similarities? Why... the more she looked, the more suspicious it seemed?