Chapter 301 - In the Princesss Banquet, Consort Yu Got in the Way (1/2)

“What did your mother say?” Princess Royal suddenly sat up and grabbed Mo Xuetong’s hand. Her knuckles went white, which showed how much force she had exerted.

Mo Xuetong couldn’t continue and only wept with her face in her hands. “My mother, my mother, she said…”

Princess Royal was anxious and tried hard to pull up Mo Xuetong. She tried so hard that she sweated and uncontrollably started to cough again. Mo Xuetong immediately got up and poured the princess a cup of hot tea and wiped the sweat on her forehead.

At last, the princess stopped coughing and then grabbed Mo Xuetong’s hand to ask eagerly, “Tong’er, what does the letter your mother left say?”

Mo Xuetong had never seen Princess Royal fl.u.s.ter so much. Even when talking about life and death, the princess just appeared clam. Now, she looked so anxious, with a look of worry on her white face and blue vines slightly bulging on her forehead. She actually looked a little frightened. Princess Royal really knew!

Sighing deeply and gritting her teeth, Mo Xuetong looked at the princess with a sad face and said, “She said if I’m in trouble, I only need to find you and you’ll definitely save me. She said I would only be carefree when you’re with me, and if you’re gone… I will only count on myself…”

She said the last few words in a s.h.i.+vering voice. She looked at Princess Royal with her teary eyes, like she wanted to obtain some emotional support from the princess’s face.

It didn’t seem to be what was on Princess Royal’s mind.

Princess Royal apparently heaved a sigh of relief. She covered her chest and coughed a bit. When she finally breathed normally, she wiped the tracks of tears on Mo Xuetong’s face with a handkerchief. For the first time today, the princess smiled, put down the handkerchief, and held Mo Xuetong’s hand, saying, “Tong’er, don’t cry. You’ll go to Fifth Princess’s birthday banquet. You won’t look pretty with swollen eyes.”

“Mother!”

Princess Royal faintly smiled and comforted Mo Xuetong. She looked much calmer now. Though looking tired, she finally had a touch of glow on her cheeks. “Good girl. Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. I’ve been having this for years and will always cough in springs. It’s really annoying, and with that, I’ll find every other thing annoying too, but I didn’t expect to have made your worry.”

“Mother, how about I feel your pulse and make a diagnosis for you?” Mo Xuetong wiped the tear marks with the handkerchief, bit her lips, and held the princess’s hand, acting like she wouldn’t let go if she couldn’t feel the princess’s pulse. Only the slightly red rims of her eyes indicated her worry. At the sight of this, Princess Royal felt warm in the heart and could only reach out helplessly.

“Take a look if you want. Since when did you become a doctor?”

“I can diagnose diseases. Send for me if you fall ill again.” Mo Xuetong blushed with embarra.s.sment, but still, she held Princess Royal’s hand and quietly listened to the princess’s pulse. Back then, she was in a hurry, now, she could finally carefully feel it.

It was indeed similar to the pulse she just felt, but obviously, the stagnation had been alleviated. Apparently, the thing that was on her mind had disappeared. Mo Xuetong felt relieved, knowing that what she said worked, and so she looked up and smiled. “It’s nothing serious. You only need to take a few days’ rests. But, you have to take medicine. I’ll come visit you the next few days and make sure you take them.”

Just now, Princess Royal refused to take medicine but then drank it up. Obviously, she did not dislike the taste but had refused it because of other things.

Mo Xuetong’s words sounded rude but at the same time brought the two even closer. The princess smiled even more warmly, caressed Mo Xuetong’s head and agreed.

The two chatted for a while, and then Princess Royal urged Mo Xuetong to go to the banquet and brought her presents as well. Mo Xuetong reminded the princess, again and again, to take care of herself. Then, Mo Xuetong left with Mo Ye.

Just when Mo Xuetong walked out, Nanny Qin entered the room. Seeing the faint smile on the princess’s face, she felt a little rea.s.sured. She stepped forward to persuade. “Your Highness, look how cute our little princess is! Someone must protect her. If something happens to you now, what is our little princess supposed to do? Who can she rely on?”

“Nanny Qin, I understand.” Princess Royal leaned back and relaxed her body, sighing deeply. “Send someone to the palace to send for an imperial doctor. Tell them I’m ill again, and they’ll know how to handle this.”

“Yes, yes, I’ll send someone right away.” Nanny Qin understood at once and excitedly took the order. Tears nearly welled out of her eyes. Of course, only the little princess could make her listen. Otherwise, if Her Highness still refused to take medicine and suffered from the disease longer, her body would fail.

Princess Royal wanted to die!

Nanny Qin knew that but couldn’t do anything. Luckily, here came the little princess…

While in Princess Royal’s manor, Nanny Qin happily sent some servant to the royal palace to send for an imperial doctor, Mo Xuetong boarded the carriage and became lost in thinking.

“Did Princess Royal fret because she feared my mother telling me her real ident.i.ty?

“Mother didn’t tell me because she didn’t want to drag me into this, and did Princess Royal also hide it from me because of this? After hearing what I said, Her Highness actually felt relieved. She decided to live on because she wanted to take care of me. She must have been so close to my mother that she cares so much for me now.

“Mother is King Jin’s daughter, and Princess Royal is the former emperor’s daughter. They were cousins but turned against each other because of the fight over supremacy. How could they become close sisters who knew each other’s secrets and even entrusted their daughters to the other? And why did Mother think Her Highness wouldn’t spoil the beans?

“Judging from the current situation, Princess Royal must have known my mother’s ident.i.ty. Mother had been so discreet that she even hid it from Father, so how would she trust Princess Royal? And, once Mother’s ident.i.ty is confirmed, Fu General Manor would be involved as well. Why did Mother tell Her Highness the truth?

“If Mother hadn’t said it herself, then how did the princess know my mother’s ident.i.ty!”

All these doubts and questions filled Mo Xuetong’s mind. She had many thoughts but couldn’t trace it back to the origin. She must have miscalculated somewhere. There must be a reason which could explain the sisterhood between Mother and Her Highness. However, now, she couldn’t come up with a single one.