The Blessed (Book 5)

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719. Reel Silk From Cocoons (1)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Chunxiang, Xiaxiang, Qiuxiang and Dongxiang were Chu Yunhan's dowry maids that year. For the empress' wedding, the dowries, maids and so on all had certain standards. Chu Yunhan was a man, and the legitimate son of the Chu clan. At that time, the Chu clan had great expectations of him. When he got married, they had arranged eight maids and eight servants for him. When he escaped from the imperial palace five years ago, the eight servants and four maids all got spanked to death by the angry emperor, leaving Chuxiang, Xiaxiang, Qiuxiang and Dongxiang. When Chu Yunhan came back and ascended the throne, they naturally became his most trusted ones. As the first-class maids in Fuqing palace, if any one of them got bribed, Chu Yunhan would never spare her.

"Greetings, Your Empress, Crown Princess Sheng, Crown Princess Sheng, Lord Six!"

As soon as Dongxiang was carried in, she struggled to sit up. Although she got infected on the third day, the care given to her by Zhao Shan and others was certainly not as good as that of little Seven. So, her condition was not much better than that of little Seven. Just sitting up, she almost used up all her strength.

"Just sit there. You can go out."

Seeing that she still tried to kneel on the ground, Chu Yunhan stopped her and beckoned others to go out. Before confirming that it was she who framed little Seven, he wouldn't treat her as an enemy. But, if it was really her, then...He would not let her go. A betrayer wasn't worth being pitied.

"Thank you, Your Empress."

She sat back panting. They were of the same age as Chu Yunhan, and they could live in the imperial palace for more than 30 years, which was enough to prove that they were not stupid. The master brought her here at this time, obviously because he had something important to ask her, so she wouldn't dare talk recklessly.

"Dongxiang, right? I won't beat around the bush then. I heard that you are in charge of the seventh prince's daily life, like his clothes, food and other stuff. Did he get in contact with anything different in the past ten days before he showed symptoms? Like his clothes, accessories or any decorations in the room, as long as he once touched, anything different?"

With his long and intimidating eyes fixed on her, without giving her any time for any psychology set-ups, Ling Jingxuan went straight to the point. Somehow, his intuition told him that Dongxiang shouldn't be the one. How to say? Dongxiang was too obvious. Once they started the investigation, the first suspect would definitely be her. Since the one behind had made so much ado to get little Seven infected, that person wouldn't be so stupid.

"My crown princess, are you suspecting that the seventh prince got infected for contacting something wrong?"

Dongxiang suddenly raised her head and looked straight into his eyes, letting them read her. Ling Jingxuan didn't intend to hide anything from him. He nodded and said, "Seen from now, it seems that the only possible source is what he touched. Think carefully, has little Seven added anything special to his possessions recently?"

Being contagious by contact, one possibly wouldn't get infected after one single physical contact. It should be a long-term contact, such as the things in this room, his clothes, jewelries and so on. But from the fact that no one else but he was infected, he thought that the problem might be related to little Seven's clothes or accessories.

Recently, little Seven had been staying with His Majesty in the imperial study, but time he spent in there wouldn't be longer than those serving eunuchs in. So, it should be those eunuchs who got infected first if there was something wrong in the imperial study.