880 A Million Times for You 242 (1/2)

The other girl chimed in, ”That's right. In my opinion, you've been too merciful toward her this time. You've shown her a great deal of kindness by not dragging her out to be truncheoned, Your Highness.”

”His Highness showed her mercy for the sake of the Princess Consort, who's so kind and benevolent. Otherwise, she would have died long ago.”

”Enough, go bring her some breakfast. It'll be our sin if she starves to death.”

”Okay.”

There was only one girl left in the room. After having made several failed attempts at trying to speak, An Xiaoning decided not to waste her efforts and instead closed her eyes to play dead.

The girl fumbled for a small bottle of medicine on her bed that she then applied onto An Xiaoning's back. An Xiaoning could not continue playing dead, thinking to herself that the girl was about to apply some poison on her.

Upon seeing An Xiaoning coming to, the girl did not get flustered at all and instead spoke in a kinder and mellower tone than before. ”This is my own medicine, your wounds will heal faster.”

An Xiaoning subconsciously tried to speak and unexpectedly succeeded this time. ”Thank you.”

An Xiaoning was astonished to hear her own voice. Wasn't I incapable of speech? Why can I speak again?

What is happening?

Slightly taken aback, the girl said, ”You don't have to thank me. I'm just helping you on account of how you often help me out.”

She then began rubbing the medication onto An Xiaoning.

An Xiaoning initially felt a stinging pain that soon faded after she forced herself to bear with it. An Xiaoning felt the pain of her wounds becoming much more alleviated by the time the other girl returned.

She dared not ask about how she had sustained those injuries, and neither did she ask about the prince and the princess consort.

Another girl returned with the food and handed it to this girl, who then fed An Xiaoning.

”Xiang Li, why do you bother wasting your time and effort feeding her? Just let her lie there and eat on her own. She's not our master anyway, there's no need to serve her.”

”I have nothing else to do anyway. Besides, I'll still have to clear up the food debris if she makes a mess,” Xiang Li answered.

An Xiaoning finished the food quietly and lay on her stomach feebly, barely having the energy to move an inch at all.

After Xiang Li went out to perform her chores, the other girl pinched An Xiaoning's ear and pulled it upwards. ”Hua Jin, if you dare appear in front of His Highness again, I'll rip your ear off and feed it to the dogs. Why don't you take a look in the mirror and reflect on who you are? How can you associate yourself with such an honorable and respected man like His Highness!?!”

”I… I didn't!” An Xiaoning retorted, feeling an excruciating pain in her ear. She felt a strong urge to beat the girl into a pulp. Yet, she could not move an inch at all.

”You didn't? If you didn't, why did you end up on His Highness' bed? Both His Highness and the Princess Consort witnessed it with their own eyes, yet you're still trying to deny it!” the girl hollered, tightening her grip.

”I don't know what happened either, I was framed. Sis, please spare me,” An Xiaoning pleaded, wishing she was dead.

The girl flew into a rage and snapped, ”You're clearly older than me and yet you called me 'Sis.' I'm going to rip your mouth off!”

”Okay, okay, my little sister, will that do?”

The girl barked, ”Who's your little sister…”

An Xiaoning was in excruciating pain, feeling as if her ear was about to be yanked off. Without hesitation, An Xiaoning grabbed the girls hair and tugged at it with all her might, causing the girl to shriek in pain. ”Are you going to let go of me or not?” An Xiaoning snapped.

The girl let go, followed by An Xiaoning.

”You're ill-intentioned and yet you still accuse others of framing you. Who'd be so free to frame you? You just didn't expect His Highness and the Princess Consort to come back together.”

An Xiaoning could not be bothered to argue with her and just wanted to wake up from her dream. She did not wish to probe on the details of the past.

Hence, she closed her eyes and tried to get herself to fall asleep, telling herself that everything would be fine once the dream was over.

In reality, she could not fall asleep no matter how hard she tried.

She continued to lay in bed like a corpse, feeling immense pain all over.