Divine Doctor Mommy Is A True Big Shot

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: The Mole Appears! Chapter 73: Chapter 73: The Mole Appears! Perhaps infected by the sleepiness, Feng Xiaoli’s eyelids drooped down, and her little head fell asleep on Dugu Wu’s hand.

Dugu Wu sat up silently and tucked Xiaoli into the covers.

The little one had already woken up when tucking herself in.

In her slumber, Feng Xiaoli’s face, soft like a glutinous rice dumpling, still bore a sweet smile, her little cheeks red and adorable.

Something seemed to fill his heart all at once.

A hint of indulgent affection unconsciously flashed through Dugu Wu’s eyes, which otherwise held the eternal frost of heterochromia.

He had made countless enemies in his life, and although he had the protection of the brothers Feng Zao, he had not had a good night’s sleep in a long time.

Feng Wan summoned Chun Liu in to look after Feng Xiaoli.

“Master, Chief Li has sent news. Something has happened at the Empress Dowager’s, Princess Feng has been confined to the Cold Palace.”

Feng Wan whispered.

“Enter the palace.”

Dugu Wu and Feng Wan disappeared into the night.

After night fell, within Ciyuan Palace, the Empress Dowager had already gone to bed.

Dongfang Lianhua in the side palace, worried about Feng Bailing, tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

It wasn’t until the rooster crowed three times that the lights in the side palace were extinguished.

A sneaky figure slid into the empty side palace.

On the soft couch in the side palace, even breathing could be heard; Dongfang Lianhua was fast asleep.

The intruder tiptoed to the couch, searching for something.

Upon seeing the emergency kit by Dongfang Lianhua’s pillow, the intruder held their breath, picked up the kit, and was about to leave.

Just as it was too late to say much, a flint was struck, and the side palace was brightly lit.

The intruder was startled, exposed under the light wearing a narrow cyan jacket and grey skirt, her long, thin face full of terror—it was Nanny Gui, who had served Dongfang Lianhua for many years.

“How could it be you?”

Dongfang Lianhua was dumbfounded, her heart sinking to the bottom.

A squad charged in, led by Li Qing and a group of guards.

“Princess, this servant…”

Nanny Gui was out of her element, her pale lips trembling.

“You are my wedding nanny, I have treated you well over the years, why did you switch the Empress Dowager’s medicine and try to steal Ah Ling’s box?”

Dongfang Lianhua looked down, her heart filled with bitterness.

When Ah Ling handed the box to her, she also gave her a letter stating that the main anti-parasitic medicine in the Empress Dowager’s recipe was missing, indicating that the medicine had been switched.

There were few who handled the medicine; among a few suspects that Feng Bailing identified, there was Nanny Gui.

Nanny Gui lowered her body and knelt on the ground.

“Mr. Li, I’m innocent. I saw that the young miss secretly took some medicines from this box that no one has ever seen before and mixed them into the Empress Dowager’s prescription. I was afraid it was poison and wanted to show it to the Imperial Physician, so I came to take this box. This servant is loyal, and heaven is my witness.”

She bit back, and the shadows in Dongfang Lianhua’s eyes deepened.

“Open the box.”

Li Qing also knew Nanny Gui was a close attendant to Dongfang Lianhua and completely loyal to her.

Nanny Gui eagerly opened the box; she had secretly seen the young miss retrieving medicine from it for the Princess, which hid some strange and unusual items.

After the box was opened, it was as empty as could be, not a hair in sight.

“There’s nothing?”

Nanny Gui looked bewildered, turning the box upside down to ensure there were no hidden compartments.

Seeing this, Dongfang Lianhua was also secretly shocked; the pills for reducing blood pressure taken by Ah Ling and those various rouge and lipsticks she had used had all vanished without a trace.

Dongfang Lianhua and Nanny Gui were unaware that only Feng Bailing, who possessed the seventh sense, could retrieve items from the emergency box. To anyone else, the emergency box merely looked like a slightly more delicate makeup kit.

“Nanny Gui, do you have anything else to say?”

The thought of her daughter locked away in the Cold Palace left a stifling anger caught in Dongfang Lianhua’s throat.

She and Ah Ling had been yielding at every turn, yet those demons and monsters constantly set traps for them.

Ah Ling was right—good people are bullied, meek horses are ridden hard.

She, could no longer endure!

Tears brimmed in the aged eyes of Nanny Gui, but she remained silent.

Just as Li Qing was about to speak, Dongfang Lianhua let out a cold laugh, icy frost gathering in her gaze as she walked up to Nanny Gui.

“Nanny Gui, you know I’m weak-willed and have accepted that Aunt Xue will eventually become the head matriarch. You think that with Feng Xiangxue marrying the Seventh Prince, and my Ah Ling marrying the crippled Prince Wu, you can no longer rely on either my daughter or me. Weary of bending the knee and serving others in old age, you sought glory by betraying your own master.”

Nanny Gui’s frame shuddered.

Each of Dongfang Lianhua’s words hit home.

She had always been loyal to the Princess, but after Feng Bailing’s recent return, she had brought back a new and younger Mrs. Su.

Mrs. Su was winning Dongfang Lianhua’s favor, threatening Nanny Gui’s own position.

At the same time, her son was involved in an altercation outside, liable for a hefty compensation.

Someone had secretly offered to cover this sum, as long as she would switch the medicine Feng Bailing was to give the Empress Dowager. It was then that she was tempted by greed.

“But you’ve forgotten, you are my nanny. I hold the deed to your servitude, as well as the deeds to your entire family of nine. I have the power to sell you all, the men to slavery, the women to brothels. For generations, you’d never escape your lowly status.”

Dongfang Lianhua’s words were cutting, and terror spread across Nanny Gui’s wrinkled face.

“Princess, spare my life, please! Your humble servant… your humble servant will tell all.”

Nanny Gui clung to Dongfang Lianhua’s legs, begging and kowtowing.

“It was… it was…”

Nanny Gui stuttered, and as the name reached her lips, a sharp pain pierced through her head, as if she were being stabbed by needles.

Nanny Gui’s eyes suddenly shifted, and her frail body sprung up dramatically, unexpectedly pulling out a pair of scissors aimed straight for Dongfang Lianhua’s heart.

Li Qing and the guards had not even had time to react.

Dongfang Lianhua subtly sidestepped the scissors. With swift movements, she snatched the scissors from Nanny Gui and sent her tumbling to the ground with a kick.

“Take her down, quickly.”

Before Li Qing’s words even finished, Nanny Gui leaped up, smashing her head against a wall.

“She’s been hexed with a Blessing Technique and has lost her senses.”

Prince Wu entered the side hall with Feng Wan.

“Prince Wu, it’s good that you’ve come.”

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Wan approached to examine Nanny Gui, only to find her forehead bleeding, her pupils dilated, lifeless.

“Prince Wu, please go save Ah Ling. This is what she asked me to give to you.”

Dongfang Lianhua looked at the corpse of Nanny Gui, a bitter smile on her lips as she shook her head.

Flies don’t sting a seamless egg; only those with wavering minds fall victim to a Blessing Technique.

She, too, had heard some tales about such techniques. In the previous years, the harem of Great Chu had concubines who used the Blessing Technique to bewitch the late Emperor.

Discovered, that concubine was executed by the late Emperor.

Since then, no one in the harem dared mention the Blessing Technique again.

Yet, Nanny Gui had always been by her side, serving her—just who was it that secretly used the Blessing Technique on her?

Dongfang Lianhua’s mind was troubled, but she did not forget Ah Ling’s instructions, handing the emergency box to Dugu Wu.

Dugu Wu briefly glanced at the emergency kit. The idea of him, a grown man, carrying around a makeup box was beneath his dignity, scoffing at what peculiar scheme that woman had in mind!