Di Daughter: Rebirth of Favoured Medical Princess ch 103

 

      

Chapter 103 - The Empress

"It's you, it's you, isn't it?" Nangong Lin jumped up and pointed at Nangong Yue with an angry face, "You put this needle in my zither to see me make a fool of myself, right?" The wooden needle that had stabbed her could not have looked more familiar.

No wonder Nangong Yue didn't get struck, she must have found out and then deliberately came here to rectify herself, she was really too cunning!

Nangong Yue was surprised and looked at Nangong Lin innocently, saying, "Fourth sister, what are you talking about?"

"You're lying!" Nangong Lin's heart ignited a fire, which made her forget where she was now, "This needle is obviously..."

Nangong Lin shut her mouth all of a sudden, could it be that she could tell that this needle was brought in by her to prick Nangong Yue? It would be a big joke to tell the story of people who failed to plot against people but were plotted against.

Nangong Lin wanted to say something but couldn't, her face turned red and her eyes almost burst into flames.

"It's not proper to make a lot of noise!" Fang Ru's face was dark, at first she didn't stop Nangong Lin from talking because she didn't look like she was pretending. But when it came to the key point, Nangong Lin stammered and refused to tell the truth, if she didn't have a problem in her heart, what was it?

" Even if you're not good at Qin! Nangong Lin, you can't even calm your mind when you're learning the Qin! You don't look like you want to continue learning, so you don't have to take this lesson!" Fang Ru pointed to the door, signalling for Nangong Lin to leave.

Nangong Lin wanted to defend herself, but she knew that this would only annoy Fang Ru even more. She gave Nangong Yue a vicious look, and ran out of Jingzheju with red eye circles. Xingyu followed closely behind.

Nangong Lin ran back to her room with red eyes, and finally couldn't help but fall on her bed, crying out loud.

She wanted to take revenge for her mother, Huang, but she never thought that she would lose her own life. Not only did she get a needle stuck in her hand, she was also given a lecture by Fang Ru.

All of this is related to Nangong Yue!

"Nan, Gong, Yue!" She said the name word by word, and swept everything on the bed to the ground like crazy, "I'm not done with you!"

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The sound of Lingling zither reverberates in the piano room, Fang Ru looks solemn, stroking the strings with both hands gracefully, his eyes are so focused that he can only hold the qin under his finger... the incense in the corner of the room is gradually burning out, and the sound of the zither is gradually weakening , only the curling lingering sound remains.

Nangong Zheng and Nangong Yue's minds were still immersed in the beautiful music of the zither, unable to return to their senses for a long time.

Just now, at the end of the lesson, Nangong Zheng asked Fang Ru to play a piece. She was a bit arrogant and wanted to see how far she was from being a master of the instrument.

Fang Ru did not refuse, she solemnly cleansed her hands and burned incense, played the qin, her qin sound was melodious and lofty, making people intoxicated, ignoring what fingering method she used and how superb the qin skills were!

Teacher, I am still far from you!" Nangong Zheng sighed submissively, although her skills are good, but in terms of emotion and artistic conception, she is indeed a little weak.

Fang Ru smiled, without complacency in her eyes, and said calmly: "Everyone is the same when the skill reaches a certain level. Only the emotional conception is the factor that really determines the quality of a person's piano sound. I also thought about it for a long time before I understood this truth."

"Disciples are taught!" Nangong Hang, Nangong Yan and Nangong Yue said in unison.

"Of course, with your current experience, emotion and artistic conception can't be forced." Fang Ru said pertinently, "But according to the current level of the eldest girl and the third girl, it is still enough to participate in the next Jinxin gathering!" Fang Ru's face was calm, but the words she spoke were unsettling.

The JinXin Hui (Golden Heart Competition) is a women-only talent competition held once every three years in the royal capital. It was founded hundreds of years ago by a woman of great talent who knew everything about the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.At her meetings, she defeated the world's most talented women and She became one of the few talented women of her time to go down in history alongside male literary figures. The world praised her for her eloquent(jin) words and embellished (xin)thoughts, which led to her organising gatherings called the "Golden Heart gathering(Jin Xin Hui)". Participating women will compete in various talent competitions over a few days, and the winner will not only gain fame, but also add value to their marriage!

After all, talent is a very important part of what the ladies in the royal capital look for in a daughter-in-law.

"Jin Xin Hui!" Nangong Zheng whispered, her eyes full of ambition to win.

"Jin Xin Hui..." Nangong Yue whispered, her eyes flickered. Naturally, she was aware of the Jinxin hui, but in her previous life, among the several girls in the house, only Nangong Zheng had gone to the Jinxin Meeting. That time, Nangong Zheng lived up to the family's expectations and won the three top prizes, which not only made her unrivalled for a while, but also brought honour to the Nangong House. At that time, Zhao Shi was proud of her daughter and thought her marriage would be smooth from then on, but she didn't expect Nangong Zheng to be ......

When she thought of this, a complex look appeared in Nangong Yue's eyes.

"Third Miss, you don't have to be nervous!" Fang Ru thought that Nangong Yue was timid because she was young, so she didn't dare to participate in the Jinxinhui, so she comforted her, "There's still time. Besides, all you have to do is enter the music competition, and even if you don't win the top prize, it's still a great pleasure to meet friends with the Qin."

Nangong Yue naturally couldn't say to Fang Ru that she wasn't nervous, she took a deep breath and revealed a slightly stiff smile: "Many thanks Master, my disciple knows!"

Nangong Yan lowered her eyes slightly, hiding the envy in them. But she quickly returned to her normal self and smiled as she congratulated Nangong Zheng and Nangong Yue.

After school was over, Nangong Yue calculated that the day was almost right, so she skillfully wrote the invitation and sent someone to send it to the En Guo Gong Mansion.

The next day, Nangong Yue got a reply from Jiang Yixi, saying that she was very welcome to go to the En Guo Gong Mansion as a guest. Only then did Nangong Yue go to Rong'an Hall and report the matter to Su Shi.

Su Shi has no objection to being friends with the eldest daughter of the En Guo Mansion.

After two more days, Nangong Yue took care of herself and took Yi Mei with her to the carriage prepared by the Mansion.

After the carriage arrived at the En Guo Gong Mansion, she was greeted by the maid who served beside the Duchess of Enguo and led Nangong Yue to the courtyard of the Duchess of Enguo first.

In the main hall, Duchess of En Guo sat on the upper seat, and Shizi Furen sat on the side. The main hall is extremely spacious, and the furnishings inside are all extraordinary. The red sandalwood chairs they are sitting on are extremely precious small-leaf red sandalwood. It is difficult for people who do not know about this to find out.

 Nangong Yue smiled and greeted them, and just as she got up, the Duchess of En Guo said kindly, "Third Miss Nangong, no need to be polite, please sit down."

    The Duchess of En Guo is wearing a light-coloured Shu brocade dress with a peony pattern with engraved gold silk buttons today, her complexion is rosy, and her spirit has obviously improved a lot. At the side, Shizi Furen is wearing a purple dress and emerald pattern, gentle and elegant.

"Thanks for your prescriptions." The Duchess of En Guo smiled kindly and said softly, "Now I haven't had a headache for a long time. Although you are young, you are so skilled in medicine!"

Nangong Yue received her praise with a smile, unflustered by the honour and shame.

The Duchess of En Guo and the Shizi Lady exchanged a glance, both of them did not expect Nangong Yue, a young girl less than ten years old, to have such an aura, as expected of a first daughter carefully raised by the Nangong clan.

In fact, Nangong Yue's sudden visit to the En Guo Gong Mansion appears to be a return visit to Jiang Yixi, but in reality. It was because Jiang Yixi had said in a casual manner during her last visit that her camellia had finally bloomed and asked her to come here today to enjoy the flowers. Nangong Yue vaguely guessed Jiang Yixi's intentions, so she made an invitation to the Jiang family.

As expected, when she arrived at the En Guo Gong's residence, she was greeted not by Jiang Yixi, but by the people of the Duchess of En Guo.

After a moment's hesitation, the Duchess of En Guo waved her hand and told all her servants to leave.

    Nangong Yue was not surprised by her action and gesture for Yi Mei to withdraw as well. She sat calmly in her chair, waiting for the other party's next move.

There was a long silence in the hall before the Duchess of En Guo finally spoke: "Third Miss Nangong, I wonder if you have heard from your grandfather?"

Nangong Yue replied courteously, " In reply, Madam, there has been no news from grandfather."

As she spoke, her eyes inadvertently swept over the screen behind the Duchess of Engo in the hall, but she accidentally saw a pair of very fine embroidered shoes. Nothing else but the embroidery on the shoes was very familiar to her, because in her previous life, she had also worn such shoes, which were embroidered with a pair of phoenixes spreading their wings and soaring!

At last! Nangong Yue thought to herself.

Behind the screen must be the Empress. Nangong Yue knew in her heart that the Fifth prince was the Empress's only biological son. Now that the Fifth Prince's health was so poor and there was no news from her maternal grandfather, the empress had finally decided to bet on herself ......

A hint of disappointment appeared in the Duchess of En Guo's eyes, followed by a question, "Third Miss Nangong, last time you said you were sure you could cure the Fifth Prince's illness?"

"Exactly." Nangong Yue was not humble, nodded firmly, and dropped a bomb: “ Yue Er has carefully studied her grandfather's medical notes and books and is convinced that the reason His highness Fifth Prince is weak and sick is because he has been poisoned. And it's not just any poison, it's the foetus poison that the Empress Niangniang received when she was pregnant! It's just that this poison is so insidious that it's difficult for the Imperial Physician to discover it, and Chen nu can only be so sure because I've found the clues in my grandfather's medical notes."

Poisoned?

    That means that the Fifth Prince's ill health was not the result of a premature birth, but a conspiracy?

At the thought of this, the faces of both the Duchess of En Guo and the Shizi Lady changed colour.

Nangong Yue also clearly heard a slight rattling from behind the screen, and it was obvious that the Empress was also deeply shocked.

The Duchess of En Guo restrained her inner turmoil and asked, "Then can Third Miss Nangong tell us how to treat this?"

Nangong Yue confidently replied, " Requires a combination of both medicinal herbs and acupuncture. As the saying goes, prescribe the right medicine for the right condition, the dosage of this medicine will only be confirmed after I have checked the pulse of His Highness, the Fifth Prince."

" This poison ...... How toxic is it? Can it be completely eradicated? Will it affect the lifespan of my royal son?" At last the Empress behind the screen couldn't resist and came out, dressed in a golden moon brocade dress, she was gentle but dignified. Her voice was calm, but full of anxiety, and she was followed by her close mama, Li Mama.