Chapter 182: Chapter 182
Hey, Imperial Physician, you’ve got the wrong person!
Qi Qin, standing nearby, wanted to say this to the Chief of the Imperial Hospital, but seeing Jun Ning signaling him with a gaze to keep silent, he shook his head and held his tongue.
The Imperial Physician took Jing Shu’s pulse, but after a long while, he couldn’t seem to find anything and mumbled to himself, "What... what is going on here? Judging by Princess Anle’s pulse, there’s no sign she’s infected with the plague!" Official source ıs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽
Jing Shu couldn’t help but laugh, "Am I... am I Princess Anle?"
"How could you not be Princess Anle?" The Imperial Physician thought Jing Shu was just teasing him, "Princess Anle, don’t think for a moment you can deny your identity to sneak out for fun; you are Princess Anle. Although right now you’re just a little muddy figure, and no one can see your face clearly, I’ve treated you so many times before, I can recognize you."
With your eyesight, are you kidding me!
"I really am not Princess Anle! I’m Jing Shu!" Jing Shu rolled her eyes dramatically in defiance and tried to break free from the grip of the Imperial Physician, but her strength was nothing to an adult, and she couldn’t break free.
The more she struggled, the tighter the Imperial Physician held her.
"Princess Anle, you must follow me to quarantine for treatment immediately, and do not venture around causing the epidemic to spread," the Imperial Physician ignored Jing Shu’s struggles and tightened his grip on her hand.
He glanced not far away at Qi Qin and his wife and continued, "Given the situation, Princess, you should consider not just yourself and your servants, but also the National Guardian General and his wife. The General has fought outside for many years, and now has finally managed to have a child who is soon to be born, so we can’t let you ruin that."
The Imperial Physician spoke with righteous indignation, "Not to mention, the child in her womb is your future Prince Consort. You’re still young, so you definitely can’t be careless and commit ’murder of your own husband’. "
Jun Ning, who had long stopped listening and was preparing to escape: "......"
How did discussing this end up with ’murder of your own husband’?
What’s going through those old Imperial Physicians’ minds all day?
Jun Ning sighed like a little adult, glanced at Qi Qin, and then slipped away.
The little girl ran fast, and in no time, she was quite a distance away.
Seeing this, Jing Shu hurriedly grabbed the Imperial Physician’s hand and said, "You... you... all of you, I really am not Princess Anle, I’m... I’m Princess Jing Shu. The real Princess Anle has already run away!"
"Look, there she is!" Jing Shu used her free hand to point at Jun Ning’s retreating figure.
Looking at Jing Shu’s urgent and angry demeanor, the Imperial Physician was still unwilling to believe her words. But when she pointed at Jun Ning’s back, they subconsciously followed the direction of her finger, and indeed saw Jun Ning fleeing in panic.
Jun Ning and Jing Shu were about the same height, and their backs were quite similar, at a glance one might not notice a difference.
However, Jun Ning and Jing Shu had completely different personalities; the former was mischievous and lively, even daring to tease the Emperor, while the latter, under the Crown Princess Consort’s guidance, was disciplined and sensible, never saying anything excessive, never being disruptive, and never lying.
Were they holding Princess Jing Shu?
The Imperial Physician questioned himself and, with a grimace, stretched out his hand to scrub off some of the mud on Jing Shu’s face.
Now, Jing Shu’s true appearance was revealed.
This little girl was indeed Princess Jing Shu, not Princess Anle.
They had been played!
The Imperial Physicians stomped their feet in frustration.
Yet, they didn’t realize, Jun Ning had never actually tricked them or even spoken to them!
She hadn’t done anything at all.
It was clearly the Chief of the Imperial Hospital who first mistook Jing Shu for Jun Ning, and then everyone else followed suit without questioning.
They mistakenly identified someone else, didn’t blame themselves, but placed the blame on Jun Ning?
Ha! What’s the reasoning here?
It’s quite ridiculous.
Unfortunately, they didn’t realize their mistake at all, and were all angrily ready to chase Jun Ning down to bring her back.
Qi Qin reached out to stop them. Whether he wanted to help Jun Ning or there really was something to it, he said, "Please, Imperial Physicians, return! The Princess is doing well in my mansion."
"But, but we were sent by the Emperor to treat Princess Anle for the plague, and we haven’t even treated her yet..."
Before the Imperial Physician could finish, Qi Qin interrupted, "We have doctors in the General Mansion, and Princess Anle will be fine. She can run and jump, she’s in good condition, there’s no need to trouble yourselves."
"But..." The Chief of the Imperial Hospital said, "The Emperor sent us to diagnose the princess, if we return without even seeing her..."
At this crucial point, the Chief of the Imperial Hospital stopped.
There was no need for the Chief of the Imperial Hospital to say more, Qi Qin could imagine the rest.
Given the Emperor’s importance placed on Princess Anle, if the Imperial Physicians returned having done nothing, they’d be facing severe consequences.
The Imperial Physicians all appeared worried.
Qi Qin said, "You needn’t worry, the doctor at the General Mansion was recommended by the Crown Prince, and his medical skills are excellent, he’ll take good care of the Princess. If you’re concerned about reporting back to the Emperor, you can speak to the Crown Prince; he’ll handle it for you."
"Really?" The Imperial Physicians seemed to cling to this lifeline, a bit incredulous.
"Really." Qi Qin raised three fingers to the sky, "If you don’t trust me, I’m willing to swear an oath."
"What kind of person is General Qi? If we can’t trust General Qi, then there’s no trustworthy person in this world."
"We believe General Qi."
The Imperial Physicians chimed in with agreement, and right after, headed off to find the Crown Prince without lingering.
Jun Ning managed to escape this predicament, but she didn’t escape what followed.
The wife of the National Guardian General couldn’t bear to see the two little muddy figures anymore; she ordered the servants to prepare a cauldron of hot water and then tossed Jun Ning and Jing Shu into a giant bathing tub, where a group of servants scrubbed them clean.
Jun Ning was extremely ticklish; when someone else scrubbed her, it felt like being tickled, very uncomfortable and not used to having so many people bathing her. Additionally, she wasn’t used to bathing with others.
She wanted to bathe alone, not with Jing Shu; she could manage on her own.
But the wife of the National Guardian General insisted, bringing a group of servants to wash them, even when she saw Jun Ning unwilling, despite her big belly, she wanted to do it herself.
Claiming that if the servants couldn’t do it, she would.
She was Jun Ning’s future mother-in-law, and helping her future daughter-in-law bathe was only right.