My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Prince Jing's Mansion.

Mei Xueer was lying on the table, absentmindedly fiddling with the little turtle she had bought on the street on the day she returned home.

She touched it lightly with her fingertips, and the little turtle retracted its head into its shell. After a while, it quietly poked its head out again and looked around vigilantly.

"Miss, this little turtle is so cute. Let's give it a name." Nanxing said from the side.

"Whatever, just take it." Mei Xueer said listlessly.

"Then, I will call him Lord Dog, okay?"

Mei Xueer burst out laughing, she sat up and tapped Nan Xing's forehead, "Nan Xing, this is very disrespectful!"

Nan Xing pouted, "Hasn't I seen Miss often call the Prince a dog prince? I know Miss is angry with the Prince. From now on, when no one is around, we will call this turtle dog prince, so that Miss can vent her anger."

"Whatever you want!" Mei Xueer stretched, "I just think that this name would insult this turtle. Remember, you can only call it that when no one is around."

"I'm not stupid, I know." Nan Xing happily teased the little turtle, "Dog Prince, where's your head, why are you hiding it..."

Nanxing was calling "Dog Prince" happily, and the dog in Mei Xueer's head was unhappy: [Why do you always bring me into the mix when you curse people? ]

Mei Xueer: [Because he is a real dog! Although your last name is Gou, you are not a dog. You are just an egg, a dog's egg.]

Goudan: [You mean I am worse than this turtle? ]

Mei Xueer thought carefully for a moment: [That can't be understood that way. However, if you really want to think so, I can't find any reason to refute it. ]

"Why are you so worried, Miss?" Seeing that she didn't say anything, Nanxing threw the "Dog Prince" on the table and turned around to ask.

"Alas..." Mei Xueer said, "Nanxing, you can tell how aggrieved I am. I clearly wish that Lord Dog would be beaten to death by his father, but I still have to risk my life to find a way for him. Because if he dies, won't I have to be buried with him? I don't even know whether Lord Dog is dead or alive now."

"That's quite frustrating." Nan Xingkong was loyal but had no idea. "What are you going to do, young lady? Go to the palace to find out. But the emperor won't allow you to enter the palace."

"I am a weak person, what can I do? Besides, even if I gather information, I can't stop the emperor from killing his own son. If the emperor is cruel and kills the dog prince, won't I be killed too?"

She was also a little worried about the Queen Mother's illness, but she couldn't enter the palace and couldn't help.

She had no special feelings for the Queen Mother, but firstly, a doctor is kind-hearted, and secondly, she was also responsible for this matter. If she had not gone to the palace to find the Queen Mother, perhaps the Queen Mother would not have been in trouble.

Besides, the Queen Mother was not a wicked person. At least she loved her grandson very much. Otherwise, she would not have gotten so angry about Prince Jing that she had a stroke.

Only the Queen Mother is willing to protect Prince Jing, which is equivalent to protecting her.

It's not that she looked down on Judge Zhang, but the medical level of that era was indeed limited.

Goudan asserted: [Zhang Yuanpan can at most make the Queen Mother sober, but he cannot cure the sequelae of her stroke.]

Mei Xueer: [But I can! If you let me intervene at the beginning, I can guarantee that the Queen Mother will recover within three months.]

Goudan: [If the master can cure the queen mother, he can also use this opportunity to get close to this powerful person. The dog king will not dare to bully you anymore. ]

Yes, how wonderful!

But she can't do anything now.

Just as I was daydreaming, Zhuang Xiang's voice came from outside the door, "Princess."

Most likely there is news about the Dog Prince.

Mei Xueer pulled open the gate.

"Princess, the prince has been carried back to the palace..." Zhuang Xiang said hurriedly as the gate opened.

What does "being carried back home" mean?

"Stop!" Mei Xueer's face suddenly turned pale: Could it be that the Dog Prince is really dead?

Zhuang Xiang continued, "Although Your Majesty... I should still thank the princess for coming to the palace to mediate."

What does "Although Your Majesty..." mean?

It looks like he's really dead.

Mei Xueer suddenly felt dizzy. It was over, it was all over!

"Zhuang Xiang, since the prince is gone, I have a favor to ask of you!"

"what?……"

Zhuang Xiang: Princess, could you please let me finish what I want to say before you talk about your business?

"Princess, Prince, he..."

"Listen to me first!" Mei Xueer interrupted him, "We can pretend we didn't hear some of the things the prince said before he died. Anyway, there is no evidence, right? Zhuang Xiang, I have silver, I can give you silver. But it's not much, it's just my dowry..."

"Princess, what are you talking about? How dare I ask for your dowry?"

"Don't you know what I said? You're still pretending in front of me, right? If you keep pretending, I'll let Nanxing beat you up!"

Zhuang Xiang was confused: What should I know?

"If you think my dowry is too little, I will give you another wife. How about Nanxing? Anyway, you two are unmarried..."

"Princess, I have no plans to get married now..."

"The prince is dead, and you can leave the palace and live your own life. Doesn't that mean you have to get married?"

Zhuang Xiang: What are you talking about! No, what does "the prince is dead" mean? Does the princess really want the prince to die? But the princess was originally the prince's woman, so it's normal for her to have this thought.

He tried his best to bring the topic back on track: "It's like this, just now the emperor had the prince carried back to the palace, saying that for the queen mother's sake, he would not pursue the matter any further, and would confine the prince to the palace for a month to reflect on his actions."

"So the prince is not dead?" Mei Xueer was happy, but also felt a little regretful for some reason.

[Goudan, look how kind I am. I am actually happy that this dog prince is still alive.]

Goudan pursed his lips and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

"Of course the prince didn't... he just suffered severe torture and his body is covered with wounds." Zhuang Xiang answered honestly.

"So, is he seriously injured? Will he die?"

Zhuang Xiang secretly glanced at Mei Xueer, and the expression on her face changed from excitement to regret to worry without any concealment.

Even someone as slow as Zhuang Xiang finally reacted. It turned out that the princess was worried that she would be buried with the prince if he died.

Zhuang Xiang felt bitter, as he didn't know how to explain the burial matter to the prince and princess.

The prince never said anything like asking the princess to be buried alive with him. This was clearly something he made up to trick the princess into entering the palace.

So Mei Xueer's points increased by another 2 points, which came from Zhuang Xiang's guilt points.

"Xiang!" Mei Xue narrowed her eyes and looked at him with speculation in her eyes, "What on earth have you done to offend me?"

"Ah, no...how could that be?" Zhuang Xiang's heart tightened, thinking that the princess was so powerful that she could even read minds. It seemed that he had to be careful to conceal his emotions in the future.

He quickly changed the subject, "The prince's life is temporarily safe, but the situation is very bad." After Zhuang Xiang said this, he did not leave immediately.

He was waiting to take the princess to see Xian Ge.

The prince is already in a terrible state, so it is normal for the princess to go visit him immediately.

But Mei Xueer is obviously not a normal person.

So Zhuang Xiang waited for a while, but nothing happened. He was just about to remind the princess to take the medicine box to check on the prince.

Mei Xueer spoke up, "Why did your parents give you such a name?"

Zhuang Xiang was stunned for a moment: "...Xiang is the same as Xiang, Xiang in "detailed" means auspicious. And my "Xiang" also means flying. The princess also thinks this name is good, right?"

"good, very good!"

A high-flying, auspicious pile of shit, contained in a jar shaped like a head or something.

This scene is so beautiful just thinking about it!

Looking at the strange smile on her face, Zhuang Xiang was confused, and the gate of the courtyard was slammed shut.

He touched his nose which was hurt from the collision and turned around in confusion.

"Nanxing, go make braised pork intestines. I want to eat pork intestines when I'm happy." Mei Xueer was in a good mood. She jumped and shouted at the top of her voice.

As long as the Dog Prince is still alive, even if he lies in bed for the rest of his life, it is none of my business!

Zhuang Xiang outside the door: Princess, can you be more high-profile? I thought you investigated the case for the prince and went to the palace to ask the queen mother to save the prince. I thought you were different from before. Alas, it turns out that you are just afraid of being buried with him.

However, this trick works well. It turns out that I, Zhuang Xiang, am a master at lying!

Of course, the master Zhuang Xiang could not have imagined at this moment that this lie would one day make him feel the bitterness of a life worse than death. But this is a story for later, so let's not talk about it for now.