Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 465: There must be something hateful about pitiful people

Some time passed, and on the fifteenth day of the second month, the day for paying respects to Dugu Jingyao, Cui Caiping, Li Wanqing, and Zheng Wan all arrived early, though Cui Caiping wore a veil.

Zheng Wan saw Cui Caiping wearing a veil and asked, "Cui Liangdi, how long has it been? Why are you still wearing a veil?"

Cui Caiping touched her face and said, "I don't know why. At first I suspected it was due to internal heat, which is why the sores appeared. So I drank some heat-reducing tea, but strangely enough, it didn't go away."

Li Wanqing felt something was wrong when she heard this, but because she had just been captured by Li Chu not long ago, although she had some ideas in her mind, she had not yet taken action.

Could it be Zheng Wan? She quickly rejected the idea. Zheng Wan probably didn't have the brains to do that. Could it be the princess? But if the princess had taken action, she would have done it long ago. Besides, even if Cui Caiping had given birth to a child, with the power behind her, she would never be a match for the princess.

Could it be His Royal Highness? But His Royal Highness and the Princess should be the same; he shouldn't care whether the child is born or not. If she is born, he will raise her. If she isn't, he can choose to die when she gives birth, which would be a cleaner solution. So who is it?

While Li Wanqing was thinking, Dugu Jingyao entered the flower hall. Cui Caiping and Zheng Wan stood up and saluted first. Hearing their voices, Li Wanqing's thoughts were brought back and she followed suit.

Dugu Jingyao walked to the head and said, "Hurry up and sit down!"

She looked down at the people below her and saw Cui Caiping still wearing her veil, so she asked, "Sister Cui, are you still not feeling well?"

Cui Caiping said with a somewhat depressed look: "No..."

Dugu Jingyao asked again: "Have you asked the palace doctor to see it?"

Cui Caiping said: "Not yet."

Dugu Jingyao said, "You are pregnant now, so we can't be careless. Shijian, go get the doctor from the He Mansion."

Soon, the doctor from the He Mansion hurried over and entered the flower hall to greet the several masters present. Dugu Jingyao said, "Mr. He, please take a look at Sister Cui. The sore at the corner of her mouth has not disappeared for almost a month. Why is it that?"

Upon hearing this, Doctor He quickly stepped forward and took Cui Caiping's pulse. However, Doctor He found it miraculous. Judging from the pulse, there was nothing serious. She shouldn't have sores at the corners of her mouth. Perhaps she had sores before, but they were healed now.

Doctor He hesitated about how to respond, so Dugu Jingyao asked, "Mr. He, how is Sister Cui doing?"

Doctor He carefully examined the patient's pulse again before removing his hand. Combining his own guesswork, he turned to Dugu Jingyao and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Cui Liang must have accidentally come into contact with something, which caused the mouth ulcer. However, my medical skills are limited, so I really can't tell what it is. Why don't you ask Doctor Murong or the Imperial Physician to take a look?"

Dugu Jingyao waved her hand and said, "Okay, I understand. In that case, Mr. He can go back first."

Doctor He then breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to take his leave.

Li Wanqing asked with some confusion, "I heard Doctor He just said that Sister Cui used something she shouldn't have?"

Dugu Jingyao nodded and said, "That should be the case. Ask Lin Zhi to come over later to help Sister Cui..." As she spoke, she observed the expressions of Li Wanqing and Zheng Wan and found that they had no intention of stopping it. Could it be that it really wasn't done by someone from the mansion?

After they chatted for a while, Dugu Jingyao let them all go, but kept Cui Caiping and said, "Just wait here for Lin Zhi to come. After he takes your pulse, he should also take mine." So Cui Caiping stayed.

Dugu Jingyao took a sip of water and asked, "Sister Cui, I don't think it's anyone in our house who wants to harm you, at least not us alone. So you should think about who you have offended, especially since you became pregnant."

Cui Caiping racked her brains but couldn't figure it out. She just said, "Princess, you should know that I have been staying at home since I became pregnant. How could I have offended anyone? It's nothing more than bickering with Zheng Wan every time we paid our respects, that's all..."

Dugu Jingyao sighed and said, "Forget it. If you can't remember, don't force it. Go back and think about it slowly. If you remember any useful clues, tell me. The prince recently sent people to investigate anyone in the palace who had contact with fish and shrimp, and there was no problem. So, Your Highness and I are wondering if you have offended anyone outside the palace?"

Cui Caiping seemed to remember something after being reminded of this. She said, "I know! It's that little bitch Cui Caiqin!"

Dugu Jingyao frowned and asked, "Cui Caiqin?"

Cui Caiping's chest heaved as she said angrily, "It must be her. She's a concubine from my mother's family. When my mother wasn't around, her mother was the most favored, so she's also favored by my father."

Dugu Jingyao knew that this was another big drama in the harem when she heard it: "You are already married, why would she do this to you?"

At this point, Cui Caiping began to describe the situation vividly: "It was just when I went back to my parents' home for the New Year that Cui Caiqin instigated my father to send me to the Guangping Prince's Palace to be a concubine. I was very angry when I heard that and refused them, telling them to stop dreaming!"

Dugu Jingyao advised her: "Okay, okay, calm down, you are still pregnant, be careful not to hurt yourself."

Mo Xin and Lian Xin also helped her calm down, and Cui Caiping calmed down and said, "She is just like her mother, both are foxy! Her mother was originally just a maid who came with my mother's dowry. She took advantage of my mother's pregnancy to seduce my father, and then became my concubine. Later, she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and established a firm foothold in the Cui Mansion. Now that my mother is gone, she is like a monkey in a mountain without a tiger!" As she spoke, she was even about to cry.

Dugu Jingyao soothed him again, "Alright, alright, it's all in the past. Don't think about it anymore. I will tell His Highness about this matter and ask him to send someone to investigate."

Cui Caiping wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Then I would like to thank Your Highness and the Princess."

At this moment, Murong Linzhi arrived. She first checked Dugu Jingyao's pulse and said with a smile, "Well, Jingyao, the baby in your belly is very healthy. Just pay more attention and exercise more."

Dugu Jingyao smiled and said, "Well, okay. Then I'll ask Lin Zhi to help Cui Liang Di take a look as well."

Murong Linzhi saw Cui Caiping wearing a veil and frowned, asking, "Cui Liangdi, do you still have sores at the corners of your mouth?"

Cui Caiping then took off her veil and whispered, "It's healed now. I went to the beauty shop in Xishi and asked them to help me do it." After that, she tore off the "sore" at the corner of her mouth.

Murong Linzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then stepped forward to help Cui Caiping feel her pulse. After a moment, he said, "Don't worry, you and the child are much healthier now. Just continue to take the medicine I prescribed and you'll be fine in about half a month."

Cui Caiping smiled and said, "Thank you, Miss Murong! I will follow the doctor's instructions." Then she said to Dugu Jingyao, "In that case, I will take my leave."

After Cui Caiping left, Murong Linzhi sat down and asked Dugu Jingyao, "What just happened? Why did Cui Caiping's pulse seem to indicate she was very emotional?"

Dugu Jingyao repeated what Cui Caiping had just said to Murong Linzhi, who sighed, "It's true that even the most hateful people have their pitiful aspects..."

The two chatted for a while and about half an hour before Murong Linzhi left.