Chapter 444: Princess Xianyun’s Affection

Wearing a pale blue long skirt with cloud patterns, the hem was spread out with a gorgeous embroidered pattern like clouds. With slight movements, it felt like the wind followed the clouds, extremely beautiful. Coupled with her gentle and elegant bearing, a tender smile, and a face as bright as beautiful jade, Princess Xianyun was undoubtedly a beauty, and also a beauty with a great demeanor and gentle grace.

“Old Madam, I heard Younger Sister Yan was injured. I wonder if she is feeling any better now?” Princess Xianyun asked gently after greeting the Old Madam. “I wonder if I can go see Younger Sister Yan now?”

“Thank you for your concern, Princess. Fifth Young Lady is currently taking her medicine. Please wait a moment, Princess, and wait until she has finished taking her medicine and the medicinal properties have dissipated before going in.” The Old Madam said politely, with a smile on her face.

Princess Xianyun is the future Principal Wife of Prince Yi. Her coming to visit Ning Xueyan at this time really makes people feel strange.

“Then I will wait a moment.” Princess Xianyun’s face showed a smile, her eyes looked at the Old Madam, sized her up, and asked gently, “Isn’t the Old Madam feeling unwell recently? Sometimes you also suffer from insomnia and have many dreams. You also feel a little uncomfortable with your diet, always feeling that the dishes are a bit bland?”

“How did the Princess see that? Could it be that the Princess has a lot of experience in convalescence?” The Old Madam asked in surprise. She has recently felt increasingly powerless, and the symptoms Princess Xianyun mentioned, she has really suffered a lot from. She didn’t expect that Princess Xianyun would see it at a glance, how could the Old Madam not feel strange?

“I can’t say anything about convalescence, but I just saw that the Old Madam’s complexion isn’t very good, and it’s somewhat similar to Family Grandmother’s symptoms, so I asked. I didn’t expect it to be the same as Family Grandmother. Next time I will ask someone to give the Old Madam the recipe for the medicinal diet that Family Grandmother uses. Grandmother says it tastes very good, and it doesn’t hurt the body.”

Princess Xianyun said with a smile.

“Then thank you very much, Princess!” The Old Madam thanked her sincerely.

While they were talking, Lan Ning came out from inside. First, she saluted the Old Madam, and then she saluted Princess Xianyun: “Our Young Lady heard that the Princess was coming, immediately took her medicine, and now asks the Princess to go in.”

Princess Xianyun was also not polite, leaving most of her maidservants and old women outside, and only took a personal maidservant with her. The Old Madam didn’t leave this time either, and went into Ning Xueyan’s room with Princess Xianyun.

The room smelled strongly of medicine. There was also a medicine bowl on the table that hadn’t been cleaned up yet. The pungent smell of medicine was emanating from inside. Although the window was open, such a strong smell of medicine couldn’t be dissipated in a short time. The so-called dissipating the smell of medicine was, of course, just a statement. If you really waited for the smell of medicine to completely dissipate, when would that be?

On the bed, Ning Xueyan was struggling to sit up. Her jet-black hair was draped over her shoulders, looking very weak. Her entire spirits were insufficient, coupled with the pale lip color, no matter how you looked at it, she had no spirit, even her jet-black and clear eyes were also showing weakness.

“Younger Sister Yan, don’t move, I just happened to come to Hanshan Temple to offer incense. I heard that you were injured, and I hurried over to see you. You lie down first, don’t add injury to injury, then it would really be worse than not coming to see you.” Princess Xianyun stepped forward two steps, and before Lan Ning could help Ning Xueyan, she first reached out to support Ning Xueyan, and did not sit down on the brocade stool prepared to the side, but sat down on the bedside.

“Thank you, Princess!” Ning Xueyan covered her lips and coughed softly, then looked up again, revealing a smile.

The Old Madam followed in, and had already sat down on a chair to the side. She first carefully looked at Ning Xueyan’s complexion, and then looked relieved, as if she was really worried about Ning Xueyan, and only followed to see her.

“Why are you still calling me Princess? Didn’t I ask you to call me Older Sister?” Princess Xianyun said angrily, reaching out and holding Ning Xueyan’s hand, she said affectionately.

“Sister Cai!” Ning Xueyan agreed as she was told. On the day they were on the pleasure boat, although the two of them hadn’t clarified their relationship, Princess Xianyun was already very affectionate towards her. Now the Imperial Decree had been issued, and they were about to get married immediately, of course, there was no need for more politeness, otherwise it would appear to be somewhat hypocritical.

“How did Younger Sister get so seriously injured? In such a short time, is it possible to recover?” Princess Xianyun smiled, and her eyebrows furrowed, she was to get married in about a month, and Ning Xueyan’s current situation didn’t seem very good.

“The Imperial Physician said that I should take good care of myself. External injuries are easy to heal, but the internal organs, I’m afraid it will be troublesome to recover.” Ning Xueyan whispered, her hand impassively slipped out of Princess Xianyun’s hand, picked up her handkerchief, turned her body, and coughed again.

In other words, the external injuries aren’t serious, the main issue is the internal organs, and most of the internal organs are places where medicine is ineffective. It’s not something that can be healed just by resting. Princess Xianyun’s eyes flickered, and she reached out to pat Ning Xueyan’s shoulder: “Younger Sister, since you’ve been injured to this extent, does the Prince know? If not, should we inform the Prince? He may have good medicinal herbs there that can help Younger Sister recover more quickly.”

“His Royal Highness, Prince Yi, has already been here, but he left in a hurry after hearing that a favored concubine in the mansion was sick,” the Old Madam said with a smile, as if unintentionally.

“The favored concubine is sick, what favored concubine is sick, more important than Younger Sister Yan’s body?” Princess Xianyun asked in surprise.

“I don’t know either, I heard it was a favored concubine, alas, before she even entered the mansion…” The Old Madam sighed, and didn’t say more, just looked at Ning Xueyan with pity, looking very regretful. “If I had known this earlier, I would have risked this old face of mine, and I wouldn’t have let the Emperor give us Fifth Young Lady an imperial marriage.”

“Grandmother, I’m fine!” Ning Xueyan said, coughing, and raising her pale small face.

“Fifth Young Lady, Grandmother is heartbroken for you!” the Old Madam said, and then looked solemnly at Princess Xianyun, “Princess, from now on, you will have to trouble you to take care of Young Lady Wang. If there is anything wrong, please trouble yourself more, Princess. I only have this direct blood relation granddaughter, I’m heartbroken for her, and always afraid that she will suffer losses.”

In this way, those who don’t know would really think that the Old Madam was truly for Ning Xueyan, and even willing to defy the imperial decree for Ning Xueyan. This tone, this expression, no matter from where you look, it’s all sincerity for Ning Xueyan. But who would have thought that, for so many years, the Old Madam never cared about Ning Xueyan.

Even if Ning Xueyan was about to die, she had never protected her, but now she was showing so much loving heart. Ning Xueyan felt a chilling mockery in her heart. Fortunately, the person beside her was also not weak in acting, and when faced with the Old Madam’s words, it was truly sincere and righteous, equally moving.

“Rest assured, Old Madam, from now on in Prince Yi’s Mansion, Younger Sister Yan and I will definitely be of one mind and one heart, and we will never let those people bully her.” Princess Xianyun patted her chest to guarantee, looking at Ning Xueyan’s eyes, which became increasingly gentle and filled with pity.

The two of them politely talked for a while, and as the hostess, Ning Xueyan couldn’t hold on any longer, her body slid down, and sweat had already broken out on her forehead. From a glance, one could tell that the situation wasn’t very good. Although she was enduring and didn’t say anything, her expression was getting worse and worse. Seeing this, the Old Madam, of course, suggested that Princess Xianyun go there and have a conversation with her.

Princess Xianyun also agreed, and couldn’t disturb Ning Xueyan’s rest, so she bid farewell to Ning Xueyan, and Princess Xianyun left with the Old Madam.

Lan Ning sent them to the courtyard entrance on behalf of Ning Xueyan, and only came back after they had gone far. In the room, Ning Xueyan was indeed a little tired, and slightly closed her eyes.

“Young Lady, what exactly is Princess Xianyun here for?” Lan Ning came over to carefully rub Ning Xueyan’s eyebrows, and asked in a low voice. Princess Xianyun was also waiting to be married, and she was also Prince Yi’s Principal Wife. Shouldn’t she be staying in the mansion at this time, embroidering various dowries? How could she have time to come to Hanshan Temple?

“Not at ease!” Ning Xueyan closed her eyes, her cherry lips hooked up, revealing a smile. “I heard that Prince Yi is here with me, and then she thought about the matter of two wives entering the mansion simultaneously, and she was already displeased in her heart, so she came to see me specially.”

Just now, she clearly told her what the Imperial Physician said, but Princess Xianyun deliberately pretended not to hear. The so-called Imperial Physician, was either from the Imperial Palace, or was beside Prince Yi. And the matter of Prince Yi searching the hillside before, and her own accident, should have long been spread far and wide. Even if Princess Xianyun was in deep chamber, it was impossible for her to know nothing.

But she acted as if she had just found out, and she even specifically mentioned the medicinal herbs of Prince Yi’s Mansion, and she was carefully inquiring about herself.

And then, she heard the Old Madam say that Prince Yi had returned because the favored concubine in the mansion was sick, and immediately she was like a good sister. Princess Xianyun didn’t seem to have caused any actual harm to her, but Ning Xueyan hadn’t forgotten that, when Princess Xianyun hosted a banquet, she had specially asked Ning Ziyan to ruin her reputation.

It’s just that later it didn’t succeed, and instead she was scolded by Ao Chenyi. At that time, the Imperial Decree for the marriage hadn’t been issued yet, but even so, Princess Xianyun had already planned to get rid of herself. Moreover, she was designed by Ao Chenyi and had to agree to two wives simultaneously, which was obviously unwilling.

“Then is Princess Xianyun completely reassured now?” Lan Ning asked anxiously, Princess Xianyun came to Hanshan Temple specially, and seemed to have a few points of ill intentions.

“No!” Ning Xueyan smiled and shook her head, “But at least the suspicion has been dispelled by more than half. Her attention is temporarily not on me. In the next few days, she should still observe a little, and won’t completely believe our words.”

Princess Xianyun, at a glance, is a person who doesn’t easily believe others, but seeing her repeatedly holding her hand, and sensing her pulse, one knows that it seems that this Princess Xianyun should also know a little medical skill. Fortunately, although the injury on her body didn’t appear to be serious, it was also a real injury.

Moreover, Princess Xianyun couldn’t do too much. If she really took her pulse, there are those two points. It means that the pretense of her serious injury, Princess Xianyun can’t break it for a while. This matter of Princess Xianyun is not urgent, at least not urgent for the time being. There’s still a month before entering Prince Yi’s Mansion. If she really has an accident now, Princess Xianyun is also on the mountain, and naturally she’s also a suspect. Princess Xianyun, of course, wouldn’t do such an obvious thing.

So what she wants to be urgent is another matter. It just so happened that the Old Madam is at Hanshan Temple. This opportunity is really too good. There are some things that she also wants to make clear.

“Xinmei, you go check where the Old Madam is staying. See the situation clearly and then tell me.” Ning Xueyan opened her eyes, and her ink-colored eyes were profound, and if she is now Ning Xueyan, then some things must be undertaken.