Yuan quickly realized it, her expression changed for a moment, and then she regained her composure.
"I can't see, can I?" Her voice was calm and without a trace of emotion.
Zi'an was silent for a moment, then said, "It's temporary. It could be that the brain injury is compressing the eye nerves."
"Yeah, it's okay." She said, groping for Jiu's hand, "I've been blind for a long time, for many years."
There was a slight sigh at the end of her words, almost inaudible, and her tone and pace were extremely calm, without a trace of resentment. However, to Zi'an and Murong Zhuangzhuang's ears, there was an indescribable sadness in hearing them.
If she had said it excitedly or with anger, the sadness wouldn't have been so strong.
"Tell me, how did this happen?" Zi'an asked, suppressing his anger.
"Where are we?" Yuan asked back.
Murong Zhuangzhuang replied: "Madam, we are in the clinic. If you have anything to say, just tell me. I am here."
Yuan's expression relaxed, "The princess is here too? Great."
She took Zi'an's hand and sat up. Zi'an put a soft pillow between her waist and the back of her head, and the doctor handed her a glass of water.
Zi'an helped Yuan drink the water, then asked, "What happened? Why did Xia Huaijun push you down?"
Yuan waved her hands, "It's not him..."
Zhuangzhuang looked angry, "You're still speaking for him? Just now you said they pushed him."
Yuan said, "Princess, please be patient. Xia Huaijun is not in the carriage. It is Chen Linglong and her daughter who are pushing it."
"Why?" Zhuangzhuang asked angrily, "Why did they push you down?"
Yuan smiled indifferently, "What I said in the palace made her lose face. How could she let me go so easily? But I didn't expect her to be so impatient that she didn't even want to wait until we got back home and took action on the way."
"There are no guards following this carriage, only the coachman is taking you three back?" Zi'an asked.
"He didn't bring many people with him into the palace this time. The rest followed him. He only asked the coachman to take the three of us back." Yuan said.
"Just because of what you said in the palace, they are going to push you off the carriage? How vicious they are, how can they tolerate it?" Murong Zhuangzhuang was very angry. How dare Chen Linglong act like this under the feet of the emperor? Is she so bold
After all, Yuan was the wife of a prime minister.
Yuan said: "The ice is three feet thick, it is not formed in one day."
Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at Zi'an, "How do you think we should deal with them? Just tell me, and I will help you."
Zi'an sat on the edge of the bed and lifted up her trouser leg. Inside the trouser leg was a dagger tied with a silk ribbon. This was a gift from Murong Jie to her.
She pulled out the dagger, the cold light of the black iron with a dark green color seemed extremely sharp.
She said slowly, "I've heard people say that weapons are alive and they know how to follow their masters, but the master must first sacrifice blood to them."
Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at the dagger and felt it was very familiar. Then he remembered, "This was given to the Seventh Brother by the Emperor. The Seventh Brother gave it to you? He treated this dagger as a treasure."
Zi'an didn't know that this dagger meant so much to Murong Jie. It was actually given to him by the late emperor.
Yuan tilted her head towards Zi'an, her expression somewhat shocked.
Zi'an put the dagger away, reluctant to stain it with Madam Linglong's blood.
She stood up and said to Murong Zhuangzhuang: "Princess, I will handle this matter myself, you don't need to interfere!"
"You can handle it yourself?" Murong Zhuangzhuang looked at her suspiciously, then said, "Okay, I'll assign the guards to you."
"No need!" Zi'an shook his head, a cold light in his eyes, "Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?"
As he was talking, the guard came in and reported, "Princess, the carriage has been stopped and is on its way back, but the driver has probably gone back to report the news, and..."
The guard hesitated for a moment, and Murong Zhuangzhuang asked impatiently, "And what?"
"Also, when the carriage came back just now, we happened to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that His Royal Highness is following us, does the princess need to avoid him?"
The guard said this because Murong Zhuangzhuang used to avoid people from the royal family when doing anything and rarely asked about royal affairs.
Murong Zhuangzhuang said coldly: "The prince is here? After being beaten up, he didn't stay in the East Palace to rest, but went out to make trouble? Isn't that good? He should also pay his respects to me, his aunt."
When the guard was driving the carriage back, he did meet the prince.
The prince was originally going to the Grand Tutor's Mansion. When passing by here, Xia Wan'er was sharp-eyed and recognized the prince's carriage, so she hurriedly shouted for help.
The prince's guard stopped the carriage, asked about the situation and reported back to the prince. The prince was lying on the cushion of the carriage. When he heard that Murong Zhuangzhuang wanted to take Xia Wan'er and her daughter away, he said angrily, "Let's go and see together. This eldest princess is getting more and more nosy."
The prince was beaten by Murong Jie and was already full of anger. He could not vent his anger on Murong Jie, but when he heard Zi'an and Murong Zhuangzhuang were there, and thought about Murong Jie wanting to marry Xia Zi'an, he decided to make a show of force and attack Xia Zi'an to let Murong Jie see how powerful he was.
Moreover, the most important point is that tonight Murong Zhuangzhuang actually proposed to let that useless Prince Liang be the regent. This was simply a slap in his face. He wanted to take this opportunity to remind Murong Zhuangzhuang not to think that he could ignore him, the crown prince, just because of his seniority.
Madam Linglong and Xia Wan'er boarded the prince's carriage together. Xia Wan'er was so proud of the prince's help, and then she saw that the prince could only lie on his stomach, and her eyes turned red as she asked with concern, "Your Highness, how do you feel? Those people were too cruel."
The prince's eyes flashed with ferocity, "If anyone dares to hit me, I will make them suffer."
Madam Linglong nudged Xia Wan'er with her elbow, and Xia Wan'er leaned over and gently rubbed the prince's wound, choking with sobs, "I'm so heartbroken. I'd rather be the one who gets beaten than let the prince suffer this."
The prince was very pleased to hear this, and he reached out and scratched her cheek, "You also pleaded for me, but Murong Jie is a cruel man, and pleading is useless. Don't worry, I will definitely trample him under my feet in the future and make him kneel and wag his tail to beg for mercy."
Xia Wan'er cried, "But this time, Xia Zian will definitely cause trouble for us. Besides, the Grand Princess is also there. If my mother and I fall into their hands, I don't know how miserable we will be. Xia Zian is a cruel and ruthless person."
The prince felt distressed when he saw the beauty crying, "With me here, who dares to touch you? The Grand Princess is just a title, she knows I am the prince, she dare not go against me."
Madam Linglong and Xia Wan'er exchanged glances and smiled triumphantly.
With the prince as his backer, why should he be afraid of Murong Zhuangzhuang? As for Xia Zian, he need not be taken seriously.
(End of this chapter)