Chapter 1531: Chapter 1469: Willing Confession
The room where Ah Jiu was staying was crowded with people. Besides Bai Xiaobai and the imperial physician, there were three well-known senior doctors from Changan City, each taking turns to examine Ah Jiu.
After they finished their examinations, Wufu looked at them with hopeful eyes, but didnāt hear any good news. They only said that aside from internal injuries, there was nothing particularly unusual about Ah Jiuās body.
These words made Wufu even more uneasy, and her face looked even worse.
Chasing everyone out, she sat in front of Ah Jiu, looking as if she had lost a loved one.
"The way you look, it seems like youāre expecting something bad to happen to me." Ah Jiu said with a chuckle, "If one doctor found nothing wrong and you didnāt believe them, fine. But when several doctors all say thereās nothing wrong, then there really is nothing wrong."
"But I find this rather strange. If there really is nothing wrong, why are you so exhausted? If thereās an issue, itās better to diagnose it early to treat it accordingly. If thereās a hidden problem and it erupts, that would be disastrous!" Wufu said, worry in her eyes.
"But I myself donāt feel any discomfort, so donāt worry!" Ah Jiu comforted her. "Itās you who seems to have something on your mind, isnāt it?"
"Indeed, that darned girl Changping ran away from home!" Wufu recounted the visit from Nanny Gong, concluding, "Come to think of it, this might be my fault, too. If I hadnāt let Prince Weiās Manor learn about the little prank we played on Song Wei earlier, Changping might not have found out. It seems that the Princess Consortās attitude provoked her, leading her to run away in a fit of impulse."
Seeing her face full of guilt, Ah Jiu couldnāt help but flick her forehead lightly: "How can you blame yourself for this? Your intentions were good, but that girl didnāt think it through, and it was all in vain."
"But if something really happens to her, I wonāt be at peace!" Wufu said, leaning her head on his leg, "She was raised in an affluent environment and only knows what sheās heard through gossip. How would she understand the dangers of the world?"
Ah Jiu replied indifferently, "In that case, this experience might make her more mature and steady."
"But what if the price is too high?"
"Then thatās her own doing. After all, this was her choice. Iāve heard someone say, āYou must walk the path youāve chosen, even if itās hard.ā " Ah Jiu said faintly.
Wufuās lips twitched, thinking, she must have said that!
She sighed, hoping nothing serious would happen to the girl.
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Within a couple of days, Wufu heard the news that the Commandery Princess Changping from the Princeās Mansion had fallen ill and been moved to a separate estate for recuperation.
Understanding this was the Princeās Mansionās way of protecting Changpingās reputation, Wufu still felt uneasy. Her biggest fear was that if Changping wasnāt found soon, the Princeās Mansion might announce her death, as such actions were often taken for the familyās honor.
Wufu kept sending people to search for traces of Changping while keeping an eye on Ah Jiuās health. Unfortunately, Bai Xiaobai still couldnāt find anything wrong with Ah Jiuās condition.
"Miss, the dead soldier has confessed!" Chi Wu sent someone to report.
Wufu raised an eyebrow; he confessed already? Calculating the time, itās only been three days.
Following her people to the cellar, she indeed saw the dead soldier, eyes bloodshot, eyeballs bulging, cheeks sunken, and spirit on the verge of collapse. He looked more terrifying than someone who had undergone ten severe tortures.
When he saw Wufu, his pupils shrank, nearly letting out a screamāthis malicious enchantress!
Wufu sat down smiling sweetly in the chair: "I heard youāre willing to confess? Tsk, tsk, itās only been three days, and you canāt hold on? Go ahead, whose family are you from?"