Your Highness's Beloved Medical-skilled Princess novel Chapter 22

Yu Wenhao was back in his residence. He felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.

He witnessed her pricking his grandfather with a needle, but he didn't know what was injected into his grandfather. He wasn’t sure if it was poison or something else.

Although his grandfather was getting better, since the venom had put him down, it might also carry other effects on people. For example, it probably could control people’s minds.

Yuan Qingling had no access to these resources. He wondered who was behind all this.

Maybe it was her father, Yuan Balong.

But Yuan Balong was just a timid snob who fawned upon the rich and powerful.

Yu Wenhao thought of the more serious consequences. Yuan Qingling was his wife. If what she did to the Retired Emperor was exposed, he would definitely be taken for the mastermind behind the scenes, and no one would believe he was innocent.

Thinking of that, he grew more and more anxious. Without delay, he ordered Tang Yang to call Lu Ya and Nurse Qi over.

They served Yuan Qingling closely. If Yuan Qingling had done anything abnormal, Nurse Qi should be able to feel it.

Lu Ya went to the imperial palace together with them, but she was told that Yuan Qingling would stay alone in the Universe Palace to take care of the Retired Emperor when they left. She shared the news with Nurse Qi after she came back, and Nurse Qi was shocked, too.

They went to see Prince Wenhao in a hurry as soon as they were summoned.

“Your Highness.” In the study, the two bowed to greet him.

Yu Wenhao glanced at Nurse Qi and thought about her grandson’s injury. “How’s Huo now?” He asked.

“Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. He’s fine now.”

Yu Wenhao was slightly surprised. “Well, Doctor Li has done a great job.”

“Y-Yes!” Nurse Qi replied after hesitating for a while.

Yu Wenhao saw her through and calmly glanced at her. “Nurse Qi, is there anything you’d like to tell me?”

Nurse Qi was startled and hurriedly answered, “No, no, there isn’t!”

“You’ve stayed in my residence ever since I was little, and you’ve been loyal. You would never keep any secret from me, right?” Yu Wenhao looked and sounded cold.

Nurse Qi was scared and knelt at once. “I’m sorry. But I didn’t mean to keep it a secret from Your Highness.”

Yu Wenhao raised his eyes. Cold lights flashed in them and he gave her the order, “Tell me!”

Nurse Qi had to be honest. “Your Highness, It wasn’t Doctor Li who cured Huo. It’s Her Grace. But she didn’t allow me to tell anyone else.”

Tang Yang was standing on the side and he was amazed. “Her Grace? When did Her Grace learn the medicine? She once cut Huo with a knife and His Highness had her flogged thirteen times.

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Nurse Qi then told them everything about what Huo had said that night and what had happened after Huo’s condition got worse, then she said in guilt, “It’s my fault that I misunderstood Her Grace.”

Yu Wenhao exchanged a glance with Tang Yang. Both of them were stunned.

"Have you ever seen her with a box? That box..." Yu Wenhao stopped all of a sudden. When they entered the Retired Emperor’s room, she didn’t carry the box, but it appeared from nowhere after they walked inside. When he saw her in the side hall afterward, the box was missing again.

"There was a box!" Lu Ya said hastily, "It is filled with medicines that I’ve never seen before. I don’t even remember we had that box here."

Yu Wenhao asked again, “Did anyone come to see her recently? Or did she go out to see anyone?”

Nurse Qi shook her head. “Ever since Her Grace got married, few people have come to visit; nor has she gone back to her parents’ place for the recent few months.”

Tang Yang added, "Right, the concierge has records of Her Grace’s coming and going. I learned that it has been three months since Her Grace returned to her parents’ place last time. She was there for half a day, and she came back angrily."

Nurse Qi felt that she had betrayed Yuan Qingling, and she felt guilty. She was very worried when she thought of Yuan Qingling’s condition, so she said, "After Her Grace was flogged, she stayed in the room all the time. We obeyed your order and left her alone, so she dealt with her injuries by herself. She had a high fever before taking the herbal tea. Now the medical effect should be gone. I wonder whether she’s fine in the imperial palace."

Yu Wenhao remembered that when she was feeding his grandfather with the congee, she seemed to be managing to fight back the pain and was trembling all over. At that time, the effect of the herbal tea should have already been gone.

He didn’t care about Yuan Qingling, but he was afraid he and his mother might be affected if she lost manners before Grandfather.