Chapter 241 Discovering Xie Yuanjiu's True Identity

She did tie a rope around the fawn to prevent it from running around.

However, she tied it very loosely, which is why she felt uneasy when she heard that the sika deer had run away.

Because she did not tie it tightly.

But, how could a rope that was not tied tightly hurt the deer's legs?

Shen Ningning said, "I tied its hind legs, but the rope was not tight. Maybe it got hurt somehow during its struggle?"

Pei Yin thought about it and nodded, "It's possible."

He bowed and said goodbye.

After Pei Yin left, Shen Ningning immediately took out a carrot from the fairyland.

The little guy sat on the ground with his arms around the sika deer's neck.

"Eat, eat, are you scared?"

She had been feeding it these days, and the sika deer had also eaten the fruits of the fairyland. Shen Ningning could understand what it said.

The sika deer only heard two "moos" and told Shen Ningning what had happened.

And the little guy felt colder behind him the more he listened.

The deer said that after Shen Ningning left, another person lying on the bed came over with a smile.

It was talking about Xie Yuanjiu!

At first, Xie Yuanjiu was very kind and picked up the carrots on the ground to feed it, and it ate them very happily.

But for some reason, while eating, Xie Yuanjiu suddenly took a book and hit it hard on the head.

The sika deer screamed in panic and wanted to break free, but the rope tied to its feet was tied tight at some point!

It couldn't run away!

Xie Yuanjiu hit it hard many times, and finally, she loosened the rope. The sika deer was frightened and ran out of the door in a hurry.

After a while, it heard Xie Yuanjiu's voice shouting behind it: "Come on, the princess's sika deer ran away!"

It looked back and saw Xie Yuanjiu chasing it slowly in its direction with a gloomy look in his eyes.

The sika deer was so scared that it fled in a hurry until it was forced to the edge of the lake. It stepped in the water, fearing that Xie Yuanjiu would come again, until it froze.

After that, another little girl came.

When Shen Ningning heard this, she whispered, "It's Wei'er."

The sika deer was scared and refused to follow Qi Xiuwei, so Qi Xiuwei walked over. Unexpectedly, she slipped directly into the water.

The sika deer was helpless. It looked up and saw Xie Yuanjiu standing at a corner not far away, half of her face was exposed, with a slight smile.

Qi Xiuwei in the water kept calling for help, but it was smaller and smaller, and finally there was no sound.

The sika deer saw a figure passing by on the other side of the lake, so it kept stamping its front hooves and mooing, and finally attracted the rescuers.

But Xie Yuanjiu had already run back.

Shen Ningning couldn't help trembling after hearing all this.

Xie Yuanjiu... turned out to be such a person!

The little guy thought about it for a while and understood why she did this.

Xie Yuanjiu wanted to compete for the position of female official.

The sika deer raised by Shen Ningning caused Qi Xiuwei to fall into the water and faint. With this incident, Rong Fei would not choose Shen Ningning as a female official again.

And Qi Xiuwei, who is the most likely candidate, is now in danger of life and death, let alone competing for the position of female official?

The remaining Ye Shangyi was scolded by the prince in public because of her arrogance, and Rong Fei would definitely not choose her.

So, excluding these people and those who are not from a good family, Xie Yuanjiu became the most likely person to be a female official!

And Xie Yuanjiu's timing of action was very clever.

She must have observed first that Shen Ningning did not come back, and the eldest aunt and the other ladies did not come back either.

There were only two little palace maids and Qi Xiuwei who had just returned in the huge waterside flower garden.

This was the best opportunity she could seize.

Tomorrow morning, the eldest aunt will announce the candidate that Rong Fei prefers. She chose this time to act, which was really vicious.

After Shen Ningning figured it all out, she felt like she was in an ice cellar.

Xie Yuanjiu usually looked gentle and polite, and had good relationships with people, but how could she be so cruel in private?

The little guy felt that she was even more terrifying than Qin Fangmei.

Shen Ningning calmed down a little, and asked the sika deer to stay in the side hall for the time being and send it away later.

After that, she returned to her room.

Xie Yuanjiu was sitting by the bed, coughing gently.

Seeing Shen Ningning coming back, she raised her dark eyes and said in a gentle tone: "Ningning, have you just visited Miss Qi? The imperial physician said that her body was half stiff, her breath was weak, and I'm afraid she won't survive."

Shen Ningning turned her back to her, holding a pen and paper in her little hand, and forced herself not to tremble.

She pretended to be calm: "I haven't visited yet, and I'm planning to write to my brother and ask him to send more imperial physicians to treat Wei'er."

Xie Yuanjiu's eyes flashed a cold smile without any expression.

"Really? Then you have to write faster, I'm afraid she won't live long, ah!" Her regret was so ironic to the little guy!

Small animals don't lie.

Ever since Shen Ningning heard what the sika deer said, she couldn't help but feel cold on her back when she wrote the letter.

Because she recalled all the things she had experienced with Xie Yuanjiu along the way.

Xie Yuanjiu said that she was taking care of her, but every time she brought food to Shen Ningning, it seemed to be covered with a layer of mud and sand, not clean.

The quilt that was wrapped tightly when sleeping at night would always fall to the ground inexplicably in the morning.

The water that Xie Yuanjiu left for Shen Ningning to wash her face in the morning also had a strange pungent smell.

Also, the fruit that Xie Yuanjiu brought her, she found that the inner core was black when she ate it, it was bad!

The most terrifying thing was that before, once when they were standing on the bridge, Xie Yuanjiu said he was scared and walked behind Shen Ningning.

She dragged the little guy's clothes and walked crookedly. She was almost dragged into the lake by Xie Yuanjiu several times.

If it weren't for the voice of her aunt coming from behind, Shen Ningning couldn't imagine how big a disaster her negligence would cause.

And at that time, Shen Ningning thought all these were coincidences.

Although she felt that except for Mr. Xie, Mrs. Xie and Xie Yuanjiu and her daughter didn't like her very much in the second room.

However, Xie Yuanjiu was so warm and gentle.

Shen Ningning had never seen this smiling but dagger, this was the first time she saw it.

Fortunately...

It's still not too late to stop Xie Yuanjiu.

The bad guys won't get what they want!

Shen Ningning wrote the letter and went out, asking her aunt to ask someone to take the sika deer and the letter to Zichen Palace and give them to Mo Lingwei.

After that, she didn't want to live in the same room with Xie Yuanjiu anymore, so she went to Qi Xiuwei's room to visit her.

It was already evening, and the night was slowly falling. The wind and snow howled the cold wind outside, making the windows bang.

After taking six doses of strong medicine, Qi Xiuwei finally woke up slowly.

The first thing she saw was Shen Ningning, and she smiled palely: "Princess, have you found your sika deer?"

Shen Ningning quickly grabbed her fingertips with her little hands and rubbed her body to warm her up.

"I found it, Wei'er, thank you for helping me find the deer, and I'm sorry for causing you to fall into the water."

"It's okay," Qi Xiuwei was very weak, but she smiled reluctantly: "I was careless, and... when I couldn't open my eyes just now, I heard the little palace maid say that the person who saved me was Captain Pei?"

"Do you think this is another way to express being close to the water?"

Shen Ningning's big dark eyes were startled.

She complained softly, poking Qi Xiuwei's cheek with her little hand: "It's time, why are you still thinking about this!"

"I think it's unlucky to be close to water! You will fall into the water if you are close to water. It's too dangerous."

Qi Xiuwei smiled implicitly: "But I feel very happy. In times of danger, I was rescued by the people I admire. This is a story that only exists in storybooks."

After that, she started coughing violently, and soon she fell asleep because of exhaustion.

The imperial physician said that Qi Xiuwei had just come back from the underworld, and she took medicine all night to save her life.

But she must be well taken care of afterwards, otherwise she will have a root cause of illness.

So, early the next morning, the Qi family sent someone to take her away.

Qi Xiuwei sat in the sedan chair, wrapped like a zongzi, and held Shen Ningning's hand tightly.

"Princess, when you have time, come and see me. There is no one at home to talk to me."

Shen Ningning nodded soothingly: "Okay, then you have to take the medicine well. When I go, I hope to see your face rosy and glowing!"

Qi Xiuwei smiled weakly, and the two said goodbye.

At this time, the eldest aunt came back from Concubine Rong and brought the document of canonizing the female official.

Everyone gathered together, and they were all guessing who would be canonized?

Xie Yuanjiu had been sick for the past two days and did not participate in any activities, but this time when the eldest aunt announced the canonization, she was present.

At this moment, she coughed weakly from time to time.

Shen Ningning withdrew her peripheral vision from her, and the depths of her smart black eyes were as cold as snow and frost.

The eldest aunt unfolded the document, and her tone was calm and majestic: "The queen has made a decision on the candidate for the female official of His Highness the Ninth Prince, and she is——"