Chapter XVIII: Unwarranted Guilt
"Take her away!" Several servants broke in and said to Cao Ran.
Cao Ran already knew in her heart that it was the moon that ran out of Cuizhuyuan and caused trouble, but she forcibly took her to a chic courtyard without allowing her to ask carefully.
"Back to the princess, she is the servant girl who is responsible for managing the snow wolf." It was Mama Li who was kneeling beside her who spoke.
"Pull down, cane to death!" The princess is dressed in a plain brocade gown, and her hair and temples are jeweled, echoing the gorgeous furnishings around her.
"The princess is angry, the old slave is the steward of Cuizhuyuan, and the old slave is also at fault if something happens, and I ask the princess not to be angry with her." Mama Li said while kneeling.
"You don't have to plead with others, and your mistakes will naturally be punished." The princess spoke sharply, without the slightest hint of mercy.
Mama Li glanced at Cao Ran again and whispered, "Why don't you kneel down and plead guilty to the princess." ”
Cao Ran immediately knelt down and said, "Cao Ran doesn't know what mistake he made to be killed with a cane?" Please make it clear to the princess. Cao Ran's words did not have the slightest hint of pleading.
"What did you do wrong? You still dare to ask, if you hadn't released the snow wolf, how would it cause ringworm disease......"
"How's Jayer?" Yu Wenqiao hurried over and looked at the princess anxiously.
When the princess saw Yu Wenxuan, she seemed to have played with her last bottom line, and cried like a fountain of tears: "Imperial Doctor Xiao is treating in the bedroom, if something happens to Jie'er, I can't live anymore."
Yu Wenqiao comforted the princess and then entered the bedroom to inquire about the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, and after a while, he walked out of the bedroom and helped the princess to sit on the couch together. Gently comforted the princess: "With Imperial Doctor Xiao here, you can rest assured, Jie'er will wake up." ”
Turning his head to face a room of people kneeling on the ground, he asked in a loud voice, "What the hell is going on?" How did Jerry get sick? ”
A maid in green clothes kneeling on the edge replied with a trembling voice: "After dinner today, the slave maid took Xiao Shizi to eat in the backyard as usual, and Xiao Shizi insisted on the pear blossoms on the tree, so the slave and maid found Xiao Quanzi to climb the tree to pick them." At that time, the slave and maid only cared about helping Xiaoquanzi climb the tree and pick pear blossoms, and I didn't know when the snow wolf would ...... appeared behind the son. The maid in Tsing Yi stammered in panic when she said this.
The maid in Tsing Yi breathed a sigh of relief, saw that everyone was looking at her with waiting eyes, and continued: "The slave maid has never seen such a big beast, and I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do. In order to save Xiao Shizi, Xiao Quanzi picked up the ladder used to climb the tree and rushed towards the snow wolf, but before he could see what was going on, Xiao Quanzi had already fallen to the ground. Xiao Shizi was too young to see the snow wolf at first and was not afraid, until Xiao Quanzi fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, Xiao Shizi was scared to cry, Li Mama and others rushed to hear the sound when Xiao Shizi was fine, but after a moment of kung fu Xiao Shizi developed ringworm, and this is how it happened. ”
"How could that good brute get out! If something happens to Jer, don't even think about living! The princess said in a fierce voice.
At this time, a white-haired imperial physician walked out of the bedroom tremblingly with a medicine box in his hand.
The princess hurriedly walked up to the front and asked eagerly: "Imperial Doctor Xiao, how is Xiao Shizi?" ”
Imperial Physician Xiao did not salute and said: "Princess, please rest assured, the old man gave the prince an injection, but he fell asleep, I am prescribing some warm medicine, and it will be okay to take it for seven days." ”
The princess exhaled deeply, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, the last time the prince had a sudden ringworm disease, Imperial Doctor Li said that if it happens again, it may be difficult to cure, it really scared me to death." ”
While speaking, Imperial Physician Xiao had already scribbled the prescription, and with a flick of his wrist he almost knocked over the ink table, and said to Yuwen with a joking smile: "Your Royal Highness atoned for your sins, today is the old man's birthday, and I drank a few more cups, but I don't delay the treatment of the prince, what Imperial Physician Li said is right, this ringworm disease cannot be cured, and the little prince must stay away from the source of the disease, otherwise it will still have an attack." ”
"Where is Doctor Xiao, the king should also congratulate Doctor Xiao on his birthday, and Manager Zhang will prepare a birthday gift to send Doctor Xiao home."
After sending off Imperial Physician Xiao, the princess went to the bedroom to confirm that Xiao Shizi was fine, and after ordering someone to take care of her, she took care of the people who had been kneeling on the ground in a room.
"Cao Ran, you are guilty!" Without waiting for the princess to speak, Yu Wenqiao raised her head and shouted angrily.
Cao Ran knelt still, looked directly into his eyes and said: "I do have the responsibility of being careless about the moon in this matter, but the gate of the Cuizhu Garden was locked at the time of the incident, and I briefly checked the entire courtyard before being brought over, only there was a small hole on the left side of the courtyard gate, and the moon was run out of this hole." ……”
"Even if the moon eats a hole and escapes by itself, you can't shirk the responsibility." An extremely soft voice interrupted Cao Ran's words. A woman with a more gentle appearance than her voice sat in an inconspicuous position, looking at everything in front of her indifferently.
Hearing this, Yu Wenqiao glanced at the woman, turned to look at the princess and said, "Chun Liangdi is right, what does the princess think should be done." ”
The princess wanted to punish her severely, but she didn't want to leave a cruel impression in front of King Qi, so she was silent for a moment and said: "Since Jie'er is out of danger, I will punish her for the crime of failing to perform her duties, and she will be driven out of the mansion with a hundred rods." ”
Yu Wenqiao bowed his head slightly and did not speak.
"Please let me finish my sentence, and it will not be too late to be convicted." Cao Ran saw this inexplicable sin fall on her head like this, and she couldn't swallow this humiliation.
The princess is a straight person, since Cao Ran came in, she was very disgusted with this servant girl who hurt her child, in front of King Qi, the princess did not order her to be beaten to death, and she was not willing to continue to listen to her quibbles, and said impatiently: "What else do you have to say, Your Highness and I don't have time to waste with you, come and ......."
"Let her speak." Yu Wenqiao interrupted the princess coldly, and his eyes wandered among the people who were kneeling on the ground in the room.
Cao Ran raised his head and raised his voice slightly: "The hole on the left side of the courtyard gate of Cuizhu Yuan has traces of entering the courtyard gate on the outside side, which is caused by someone using a sharp weapon to make a hole in the courtyard from outside the courtyard to the courtyard. ”
Seeing that everyone was silent, Cao Ran caught Yuwen Xuan's thoughtful eyes, and continued: "Moreover, the location of Cuizhu Garden is extremely remote, and the maid just now said that she met the moon when she was picking pear blossoms for the prince, I want to ask where is the pear blossom, is it close to Cuizhu Garden?" ”
Hearing Cao Ran's question, everyone had their own thoughts, and the maid in Tsing Yi said with a slight panic: "It's a pear blossom in Chunxiang Garden." ”
Yu Wenqiao immediately sent someone to Cuizhuyuan to check.