Children of Loulan

Hanguli immediately walked out after hearing this. She wanted to see what was going on. The drugged food box was clearly given to Gulixian, but why was she not the one who got hit in the end?

Could it be that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, and there is an oriole behind her?

The more Hanguli thought about it, the more nervous she became. After all, this was her first time to scheme against someone else, and she was afraid of being discovered.

She hurried to the door of the concubine's room, only to find that it was Dora who was poisoned. When she was about to step into the room, she suddenly heard a shout from outside:

"The court doctor is coming! The court doctor is coming! Get out of the way, everyone!"

Dora's personal maid was seen walking quickly with the court doctor, looking extremely anxious, while she was trying to push away the concubines who came to "visit".

After hearing the noise, the concubines consciously made way for the court doctor to enter the room to treat the injured. Although the path had been cleared, many people still whispered:

"Oh, how could the injury be so serious?"

"Look at that face, I'm afraid... Alas..."

For a moment, the scene became extremely chaotic and noisy, with all kinds of gossip coming one after another and continuously reaching the ears of everyone present.

Dora heard it, of course. She was so angry that she almost jumped out of bed and yelled, but the severe pain in her body made her unable to move. She only felt the burning pain on her cheeks getting stronger and stronger, as if thousands of needles were piercing her at the same time, making her want to cry but unable to. Because once she cried, the tears flowing through the wound would bring double the pain, so she could only endure the pain and let out a miserable wail.

The court doctor carefully examined her wound and found that the blood from the scratch had dried. He asked someone to bring clean water to clean the wound, take her pulse, and check her condition.

Hanguli moved cautiously and quietly came to the door. Her eyes quickly swept across the room, eagerly looking for the food box placed somewhere. Finally, after searching for a while, she found the food box quietly placed in the corner, but due to the angle, she could not see the label on the food box clearly.

She was so anxious that she wanted to rush forward to check it out immediately, but her mind told her that it was not the right time yet and she couldn't attract too many people's attention. So, she resisted the urge and continued to pretend to be calm and observe everything around her.

At the same time, the court doctor had finished examining Dora. He frowned and asked in a serious tone:

"Excuse me, young lady, when did you start to feel unwell? And how did you scratch your face?" In fact, when the maid invited the court doctor to come, she had already briefly described what happened to him, so he knew in his heart that the scars were caused by the young lady herself.

Dora lowered her head and answered with a trembling voice: "Late last night, I was sleeping soundly when I suddenly felt an unbearable itching on my face. At first, I thought it was just a mosquito bite, so I scratched it a few times. However, the itching feeling became more and more intense, and I couldn't help scratching it a few more times. Until finally, I felt that my face was no longer itchy...

But I didn't notice anything else wrong until this morning, when it was almost dawn, I felt some pain on my face, so I touched it. When my hand touched my face, it felt particularly painful, and I felt something was wrong. I asked the maid to bring a mirror, and I saw this.

Doctor, what happened to my face? Can it be healed? "

The court doctor sighed slightly, then said respectfully: "Young lady, please be at ease." Then he opened the medicine box, took out a tube of ointment, and handed it to the maid beside the young lady.

"Wait a moment, wash the girl's wound carefully again with clean water, and then apply this medicine evenly. In addition, I will prescribe two more medicines. Remember to take good care of her in the next few days."

After the maid took the ointment and thanked her, she hurried to treat her master's wound. At this time, the court doctor turned around and looked at Madam Taji, with a hint of questioning in her eyes - should the truth of the matter be made public here?

After all, the identities of these girls in front of them are extraordinary, and as the person in charge of this place, Aunt Taji has the final decision-making power on whether to make the whole story of this matter public.

However, this experienced old doctor from the City Lord's Mansion of Mo City, who had witnessed several royal palace selections, knew very well that the open and covert struggles among these beauties had never stopped, and sinister and cunning means were common.

However, each managing nanny has her own attitude towards such incidents: some are unwilling to escalate the situation; but some nannies just like to make a big fuss.

This all depends on the relationship between the nanny and the concubine, and it is not something that a small court doctor like him should speculate. All he has to do is to obey orders.

When Taji saw the look the court doctor gave her, she understood what he meant, but before she could say anything, Dora, whose wound was being cleaned by the maid, seemed to suddenly understand something.

She pushed her maid aside, rushed forward, and grabbed the doctor's sleeve tightly.

"Doctor, tell me the truth, my face wasn't an accident, right?"

From her collapse when she found out her face was ruined to her calmness when she later received treatment from the government doctor, she realized that her face was not ruined by an accident, but by human nature.

As for who it was? She guessed it might be Hanguli, because she had previously conspired with someone to trip Hanguli and embarrass her, and later she deliberately led that person to disfigure her so that he could drive her away.

Therefore, she couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Hanguli had seen through their carefully planned conspiracy and launched a counterattack? But the question is, how did she know all this? Maybe it was due to accidental eavesdropping, and she never thought that the person who conspired with her would betray her, after all, that person had been severely kicked by Hanguli.

Seeing her like this, Aunt Taji also spoke to comfort her, "Don't let your imagination run wild. Just listen to the doctor's advice. As for the reason, I will find out thoroughly."

However, Dora shook her head desperately and grabbed the court doctor's sleeves tightly with both hands, refusing to let go.

"No, Mammy! Just tell me what you want to know. I want to know the truth. Besides, I have a right to know it all."

As they were struggling, Hanguli noticed that everyone's eyes were focused on Dora, so she took the opportunity to quietly move inwards, pretending nothing had happened, and quickly glanced at the food box. On the food box, the three words "Gu Lixian" were clearly written.

She was relieved because it meant that when Bayer changed the brand, no one saw it and no one tampered with it. So how did the food box appear in her room? There must have been some unexpected incident that they didn't know about, and it had nothing to do with her.

Aunt Taji looked at Dora, who was kneeling on the ground with a pleading look on her face, and sighed and said to the court doctor:

"Doctor, just tell me everything!"

After getting the approval of the nanny, the court doctor bowed and said:

"Yes, this girl's injury does not seem like an accident, it seems..."

"Like what?"

Dora couldn't wait to ask:

"It looks like she's been poisoned. As for what the poison is, we'll have to look at what the girl ate last night to know."

"Food? I ate last night. I ate the food sent by the charity room."

She lowered her head and thought about it, realizing that she had not eaten anything other than the meal last night.

The court doctor frowned and asked, "Is there nothing else?"

Dora shook her head vigorously and answered with certainty, "Really, there is no more! It has been a full month since we moved into this courtyard. During this time, we have been either practicing dancing or learning music every day. We have no time to do other things. Therefore, our daily meals are all delivered by the charity room."

The court doctor nodded his head to show his understanding, and then he continued to ask: "Then could you please bring the leftovers from last night so that I can check them?"

Hearing this, Dora did not dare to delay for a moment. She quickly turned to look at her personal maid standing beside her and motioned her to quickly get the food box.

The maid quickly turned around after receiving the order, and returned to her original place with an exquisite food box. She handed it to the court doctor and said, "Doctor, please look, it's all here."

The court doctor carefully took the food box, then gently opened the lid, first carefully examined the leftovers on the top layer that had been eaten up, and then looked down at the food on the layer below. After doing this, he stood up and saluted towards Taji.

"Mammy, the top layer is poisonous, but the bottom layer is not!"

Aunt Taji's face instantly turned extremely gloomy, and she asked in a cold voice: "What kind of poison?"

The court doctor said: "This isn't a particularly strong poison, and it usually takes two or three days for the poison to take effect. It's a chronic poison!"

Dora was extremely shocked: "It will take two or three days for the poison to break out? So I've been poisoned for two or three days? Who is it, who wants to harm me?"

She gritted her teeth, veins popped out on her forehead, her eyes wide open, glaring, and she shouted the last two words word by word, her voice as loud as thunder, as if to shake the whole room down. Then, she turned her head without hesitation, stared at Aunt Taji firmly, then knelt on her knees and kowtowed several times.

"Please find out the truth, and give me justice!" Her tone was filled with grief and determination, which moved people. Every word she said was sonorous and powerful, as if she was calling for her own life.

After she finished bowing, she slowly raised her head, her eyes as cold as ice and as vicious as a venomous snake, staring at Hanguli. The hatred in her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts and make people shudder. It was as if she was telling everyone that she had already determined in her heart that the person who poisoned her was Hanguli, and there would be no mistake.

At this moment, the court doctor rushed over and stepped between the two. He frowned and said, "Miss, this is a chronic poison. But when I took your pulse just now, I found that you seemed to have been poisoned only once. I don't know why the poison took effect so quickly. It must be because your physique is different from that of ordinary people."