nucmednet Chapter 280 Second Sister Rescued
Chapter 280 Second Sister Rescued
Prince Ning shook the rain off his head and body, trying hard to remember what he was saying and what Xiao Si was saying.
But he just couldn't remember.
Who is she? Could she be his adoptive mother?
But whenever he saw the Jiang family, he felt inexplicably irritated, especially when his adoptive mother kept nagging about how hard it had been to raise him all these years. He felt that his relationship with the Jiang family and his adoptive mother wasn't particularly close.
But who else could it be besides her adoptive mother?
He seemed to have forgotten something very important.
Cai Xiaosi knew that he had only been in the army for two months when he died in a battle.
Prince Ning took a deep breath, forcing himself not to think about those things. The most important thing now was the situation here, and whether he could find the second young lady of the Si family.
He took out a tinderbox, lit the torch, and looked around.
It was better than he had imagined; the ground below the embankment was flat and there was no danger. There was a cave not far ahead, but calling it a cave was a bit of a stretch; there was a large rock above it, with clods of earth protruding from the sides and a depression in the middle.
Prince Ning walked over and immediately saw the second young lady of the Si family lying there on the verge of death.
The second sister was lying on the ground, and you could still see the scratches on her back.
For some unknown reason, Prince Ning's heart suddenly clenched with pain, so intense that he could hardly breathe.
what happened?
He had met Miss Si several times. The first time he felt something was off, but he believed it must be because of the legal books she had written.
Later, he felt a sense of intimacy because many of the legal provisions she wrote, including the necessary procedures and methods, coincided with his own ideas. This led to a mutual appreciation between them.
But this time was different. He felt heartbroken, and there was also a sense of worry and fear, as if he was afraid of losing her.
But they clearly had no contact, and she was nobody to him, so how could he lose her?
Prince Ning stepped forward and checked his second sister's breathing. Thankfully, she was alive.
"Second miss, second miss."
He called out twice, but received no response.
The earthen slope wasn't far from the top, which explained why the people from the Imperial Guard hadn't responded even when they shouted so loudly during the search; it turned out she had been injured and fainted.
Fortunately, before she lost consciousness, she reached the large rock where she could take shelter from the rain, and her back injury was spared from getting wet.
Prince Ning picked up his second sister and let her lie on his body. He held up a torch and carefully examined the scars on her back, his expression changing.
These aren't scratches from monkeys. He saw that group of wild monkeys; they were mostly half-grown monkeys with short nails, so if they scratched someone, the scratches wouldn't be this deep.
Prince Ning served as the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review for so long and adjudicated many cases. He had a very accurate judgment on the formation and timing of wounds.
The second young lady arrived here before the rain started, and the wound on her back was there before that as well.
Judging from the time given by the eldest young lady, the second young lady was injured about 15 minutes after they were chased by the monkeys. Therefore, she was either attacked inside the hunting grounds or encountered them shortly after leaving the hunting grounds.
Either way, it's enough to prove that there are dangerous beasts in the enclosure.
Prince Ning carefully examined the size of the wound. This kind of beast was not large and moved nimbly.
He applied medicine to her wound, tore open the hem of his clean undergarment to bandage her wound, and then wrapped her in his raincoat before carrying her out.
When they returned to the hill, the Commander of the Imperial Guard saw that the Second Miss of the Si family had been rescued by Prince Ning, and that she was injured and unconscious. He was devastated.
They had so many people, and they searched the entire hunting grounds twice, inside and out, but they couldn't find anyone. The Prince of Ning's entourage only had a dozen or so people, and they found someone in such a short time after searching the hunting grounds.
Moreover, it was Prince Ning who personally went to find it.
The Commander of the Imperial Guard really wanted to slap those two men on the head. They had both discovered that there was a slope to go down, but instead of going down to search, they made Prince Ning go down himself.
How is he going to explain this to the Emperor?
Prince Ning carried his second sister on horseback back without relying on anyone else, and he was very careful on the way to avoid aggravating her wounds.
Someone quickly rode ahead to report the commotion to the Emperor and others.
As Prince Ning approached the rest area, he encountered the Second Prince leading his entourage.
The second prince rode forward to stop Prince Ning, looking anxiously at his unconscious second sister, and said, "Give her to me."
Prince Ning glanced at him coldly and said calmly, "Your Highness, you are not Miss Si's family member, so I cannot give her to you."
The Second Prince frowned at him, and after a moment, said, "Prince Ning has worked very hard searching for and rescuing people along the way. You can leave the rest to me."
However, Prince Ning ignored him completely, rode his horse around him and left.
The second prince wanted to stop him, but the commander of the capital's guards, not wanting to cause any more trouble at this time, quickly stepped forward and spoke up.
"Your Highness, the rain is too heavy. If Your Highness gets caught in the rain, His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine will be worried."
The Second Prince glared at him unhappily and followed Prince Ning back on horseback. Watching Prince Ning's back, seeing how careful Prince Ning was, afraid of bumping into Miss Si, he felt a tightness in his chest.
This Prince Ning has already been betrothed to that little girl Zhao Ning. Moreover, everyone says that Prince Ning is the most clueless when it comes to romance, and he's indifferent to everyone, so why is he so gentle with Miss Si?
Could it be that he was also attracted to her beauty?
The second prince's gaze darkened. No, Si Mutong can only be his!
The person returned, but was injured. Fortunately, there were many imperial physicians with him. The emperor took the matter very seriously and arranged for two imperial physicians to come over, while the crown prince sent a female physician.
When the second prince learned of the crown prince's actions, he was so angry that he smashed the paperweight on the table.
"He's already the crown prince, what doesn't he have? Why are you trying to take it from me!"
Prince Ning did not rest; he ordered his men to review the events of the previous night. The case was decided by the Emperor, who identified the second young lady of the Marquis of Weiyuan's household as the culprit, and the animal that caused the injury as a monkey. As for the damage to the hunting ground fence, it was attributed to negligence on the part of the steward.
But Prince Ning did not think so.
The animal that injured the second young lady of the Si family wasn't a monkey. Was the incident with the enclosure fence truly the fault of the servants, or was it instigated by no one? Furthermore, where are all the guards around the enclosure?
Such a big incident occurred, yet only one guard team rescued the eldest daughter of the Si family. The other two young ladies of the Si family were chased by monkeys for so long, and none of the guard teams patrolling around the fence and inside the enclosure noticed them.
There are many suspicious points. The emperor is busy with many affairs of state and may be easily fooled by his subordinates and let it go, but as the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, he must investigate these issues thoroughly.
Not long after, a servant came in to report: "Your Highness, news has come from the Si family that the Second Miss has woken up."
Prince Ning immediately stood up and said, "Have Wang Jinzhong come with me."