The World's Number One Medical Hall

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Sending Ning'er Back to the Mansion

The manor where Lin Suyin lives in the western suburbs of Pingjing City is neither the Ming Prince's Mansion nor the Lin Mansion; it is actually a royal villa.

After the Ming King was brutally injured by the people from Shangqing Mountain, Princess Lin Suyin, who was involved in the case, was naturally taken away by the enraged royal family immediately.

However, given that this matter involved both Shangqing Mountain and the Lin family, and was of great importance, the royal family did not act rashly by directly imprisoning Lin Suyin. Instead, they brought her to this royal villa and placed her under strict guard.

Following the arrival of Chongxuan and Mei Yunqing from Shangqing Mountain, and after paying a huge price of nine Guiyuan Pills to quell the "accidental injury" of the Ming King, the case was effectively closed.

At this time, the newlywed princess should have been sent back to the Ming Prince's mansion, but given that the Ming Prince was about to die and needed to make many arrangements, and Shangqing Mountain had also pleaded to still accept Lin Suyin into the mountain gate.

After much consideration, Emperor Dingwu ultimately did not issue an edict ordering her to return to the Ming Prince's Mansion. Instead, he used the excuse that the case was still under investigation to keep Lin Suyin in this separate courtyard.

However, as soon as the reconciliation was reached, the guards were withdrawn and her contact with outsiders was no longer restricted. This showed that she had let go of the matter and put their minds at ease.

Therefore, Lin Suyin has been living in this villa ever since the incident that night.

At this moment, Huan'er, the yellow-clad maid who had received Lin Suyin's order, did not follow Lin Suyin's instructions to inquire about arranging a carriage to send Ning'er to the Ming King's side.

Instead, he hurried towards a side room in the courtyard.

Inside the room, a middle-aged man with a fair complexion and no beard was sitting quietly. Hearing footsteps outside the door, he looked up at the doorway.

Then Huan'er stepped in and bowed to him, saying, "Mr. Liu!"

"Hmm, you've come at this hour, is there something you need from Miss?" Mr. Liu nodded, his gaze sweeping over her face as he spoke softly.

Huan'er quickly stepped closer and whispered to Mr. Liu, "Sir, just now, Miss heard Ning'er's request and ordered me to send someone to take her to Prince Ming's side... What do you think we should do?"

"Hmm!" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man showed no change in expression, but after a slight glint in his eyes, he looked at Huan'er and said, "Go and tell Miss that the manor will immediately arrange for a carriage to send Ning'er there."

Huan'er was stunned for a moment, then a look of panic flashed across her face, and she said repeatedly, "Sir, this...didn't you tell me to keep it from Miss about the Ming Prince's Mansion asking us to send Ning'er back? And you even told me to deliberately delay things with the Ming Prince's Mansion..."

"Shut up, do you want to die?" Mr. Liu's face immediately darkened, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice.

Huan'er was so frightened that she dared not speak again.

Mr. Liu's expression softened slightly, and he said softly, "The household has its own arrangements for this matter. Just do as I instruct. Miss is about to go to Shangqing Mountain, so she won't know about this."

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Go, take Ning'er..."

……

"Ning'er, have you thought it through? Do you really want to go back to him?" Lin Suyin asked softly, looking at Ning'er's happy face.

"Your Majesty, Ning'er wants to go back!" Ning'er knelt down again and kowtowed to Lin Suyin. Raising her head, she said once more, "Your Majesty, Sixth Master is truly a good person. Ning'er will go with you to find Sixth Master, okay?"

Seeing her reaction, Lin Suyin said nothing more and looked up at Huan'er, who was standing to the side, and said, "Alright, send Ning'er there. If you don't catch up, bring her back!"

"Yes, Miss!" Huan'er bowed and replied.

After saying that, she took Ning'er out the door. Lin Suyin looked at Ning'er's back and shook her head slightly. She then looked at the rain scene outside the window again and stopped paying attention.

She had no idea that Huan'er, who had grown up with her since childhood, would disobey her orders and dare to do many things behind her back!

Ning'er followed Huan'er with anticipation. She had been terrified when she learned that Sixth Master and her elder brother had left, leaving her alone.

After all, she was still young. In the past two years, she had won Mo Bai's favor at the Ming Prince's Mansion. Although she was a maid, she actually lived a very good life. In an instant, she was left all alone in an unfamiliar environment, so she was naturally afraid.

In her joyful journey, she did not notice that Huan'er was not leading her away from the outside of the courtyard, but instead heading deeper into it.

In fact, even if she noticed something was wrong, she didn't dare to ask. In her eyes, Huan'er was too fierce and always bullied her!

"Go in!" Huan'er glanced coldly at Ning'er as they arrived at the door of a room and scolded her.

Ning'er looked up into the room and saw several middle-aged women holding whips, looking at her with cold smiles.

Even though she was still young, in that instant, she suddenly realized something was wrong, her whole body trembled, and she began to back away.

However, a sudden, powerful force struck from behind, shoving her into the room.

"Ah..." Ning'er screamed, falling to the ground in the room. Before she could get up, the burly women grabbed her and dragged her deeper into the room. Ning'er cried out in terror, "What are you doing? What are you going to do?"

"Crack!" A whip cracked suddenly.

"Ah, no, don't hit me, Sister Huan'er, save me, save me... Waaah..." Ning'er screamed.

"Snapped!"

"No, Sister Huan'er, I didn't steal anything, please don't hit me, please don't hit me..."

"Hey, still dare to deny it? Shut her up, let's see if she still dares to be stubborn!"

"Smack..."

"Slap slap..."

Huan'er at the door watched little Ning'er, who was being whipped and rolling on the ground, unable to cry out because her mouth was gagged. Looking at her tearful, pleading eyes, a strange sense of pleasure flashed through her heart.

To be honest, there was no hatred between the two of them. Since Ning'er came to Miss's side, although it had only been a short time, she found that Miss Lin Suyin did not dislike Ning'er. Whenever she saw Ning'er close to Lin Suyin, she felt uncomfortable.

He turned away coldly, letting out a soft snort: "That girl is thieving; she dared to steal from Miss. Miss ordered that she be taught a lesson! As long as she's not dead, give her a good beating!"

"Yes, Miss, please rest assured, watch us! We'll teach this little wench a lesson she won't forget!" A strong woman inside the room shouted, then fiercely raised her leather whip and lashed it down!

The door closed, revealing a human tragedy inside!

……

About twenty minutes later.

The door opens!

A burly woman came out of the door and approached Huan'er, her face covered in sweat and panting. "Miss Huan'er," she said, "this little wench has fainted several times already. If she keeps this up, she'll be dead!"

Upon hearing this, Huan'er slightly turned her head and glanced at Ning'er, who was lying motionless on the ground covered in blood and barely recognizable as a human. Huan'er was only fourteen or fifteen years old and had always been by Lin Suyin's side, so she had never witnessed such a scene before. She couldn't help but feel a chill and said with slight anxiety, "She's not dead, is she? This is the imperial estate; people can't die easily here. Besides, although this girl is dishonest, Miss is kind-hearted and only ordered her to be disciplined. We can't let her lose her life."

"Don't worry, young lady, we old servants know what we're doing. She won't die in a couple of days," the strong woman assured her repeatedly. Then, she turned to another strong woman and said, "Pour her water to wake her up, so the young lady can see her!"

"Whoosh..." A basin of cold water was poured over Ning'er, who was completely still.

Huan'er saw Ning'er's body twitch slightly and gently shake her head, opening her eyes, but she was clearly exhausted. Several strong women grabbed her arms and lifted her up, pulling the rag out of her mouth.

"Ah..." A faint cry of pain escaped Ning'er's lips.

"Look, girl, she won't die!" the strong woman laughed.

Huan'er nodded, no longer looking at her, and then asked the strong woman, "Did you find anything?"

"We found it! We found it! This little wench is really bold, daring to steal such a valuable item!" The strong woman held up a gold hairpin and handed it to Huan'er.

"No...no...it wasn't me..." Ning'er's eyes seemed to have lost their light, but she still spoke intermittently, her lips opening and closing.

"Hmph, caught red-handed, what else is there to say!" Huan'er sneered. "It's fortunate that our young lady is kind-hearted. If it were someone else, they might have dug a hole and buried you. But our young lady only taught you a lesson. You should be grateful!"

After saying that, he turned to the two men who were already standing in the distance and said, "Take her away."

Before long, Ning'er was dragged onto a carriage and headed out of the manor.

"What happened?" There was a steward in the royal estate who was shocked to see Ning'er looking like a ghost.

"The princess's maid was thoroughly interrogated for stealing the princess's gold hairpin and refusing to admit it!" the driver chuckled softly.

"Is she still alive?" Upon hearing this, the steward glanced at Ning'er's slightly open eyes, but still ordered someone to confirm.

Once he confirmed the person wasn't dead, he stopped worrying and nodded, asking, "Where should I send them?"

"The Prince Ming's Mansion!"