Chapter 380: Still holding the pipa, half-hiding the face
"What did you say?!" Ma Cairen's ears were like thunder exploding, "You said Qiong Ying talked in her sleep?"
"It's absolutely true. I thought I heard it wrong at first." Hongzhu said, "But it turned out to be true for two nights in a row. Fufei and I both heard it."
"That's right, Master, it was my slave who heard it first the night before." Lin Fufei also said, "Sister Hongzhu and I couldn't believe it at first. We wanted to report it to you, but we thought it was too late, so we were scared.
One night, I couldn't make up my mind.
But tonight the princess was talking in her sleep again, and the two of us thought we could no longer hide it, so we invited you here."
"She...what was she talking about?" Ma Cairen asked anxiously.
"It means saying don't want it, don't give it to him, don't eat it, etc." Hongzhu said.
"This may be the slave's fault." Lin Fufei took over the words, "The day before yesterday, the slave got a bowl of almond cheese and forgot that the princess couldn't eat it. When she brought it back to the princess, the princess broke the lid of the bowl.
, maybe it’s because I was frightened.”
When she mentioned the words "almond cheese", the tenth princess suddenly became uneasy.
First his hands and feet twitched twice, and then he said: "No almond butter!"
Although there were only five words, they hit Ma Cairen's heart like a mountain and a tsunami.
Her body shook uncontrollably, and then she pounced forward.
Even if my knees hit the bed board, I don't feel any pain.
"Master, does it hurt?"
"Master, beware!"
Hongzhu and Lin Fufei also quickly followed.
Ma Cairen didn't care about this. She held her daughter's hand eagerly but carefully.
His voice trembled as if falling into an ice cave: "If you don't want almond cheese, what do you want?"
"No! Almond cheese is poisonous!" The tenth princess did not wake up because her mind was a little confused due to the drug.
"Yes, almond cheese is poisonous." Ma Cairen repeated his daughter's words while crying.
"Don't... don't give it to your brother." Princess Ten said with difficulty.
Ma Cairen cried even harder.
Her biological son, the eighth prince, died because he was fed almond cheese by someone unknown.
Before that, Ma Cairen didn't know that his son couldn't eat almonds.
When the child was more than one year old, the snacks sent from the imperial kitchen happened to contain almond cake, so the nanny broke off a small piece for him to eat.
Although it was just a small mouthful, after eating, the child developed red rashes all over his body and his voice became hoarse.
Fortunately, he received prompt treatment and saved his life.
The imperial doctor then warned the Eighth Prince not to touch anything related to almonds.
From then on, they no longer ate anything containing almonds in the palace.
"Good boy, after so many years, you still remember your brother." Ma Cairen touched her daughter's face distressedly, "You can obviously talk! Why don't you say it?"
The tenth princess fell into sleep again, unaware of everything around her.
"Master, the princess also said something in her sleep last night, which was really scary." Lin Fufei said cautiously.
"What else did she say?" Ma Cairen asked.
"She said she knew who killed the Eighth Prince." Lin Fufei flinched because Ma Cairen's gaze instantly became extremely terrifying.
Like a she-wolf seeking revenge for her dead cubs.
"Did she say who it was?" Ma Cairen stared at Lin Fufei closely, his eyes like awls.
"My slave didn't dare to ask." Lin Fufei pursed her lips, looking like a coward.
She was usually timid and cautious, and Ma Cairen didn't doubt her at all.
"Master, if you don't believe it, you might as well ask." Lin Fufei whispered, "Maybe... maybe we can find out."
Although Ma Chunping is not extremely smart, she has lived in this palace for nearly twenty years.
It was very strange that my son died back then, but despite repeated searches, we could not find out the truth.
When her daughter became mute, she thought it was the disease that caused the disease.
But now that my daughter can talk in her sleep, it means that she is not mute at all.
Moreover, the sleep talking she said was related to her son's death, so the two things must be related.
She took a breath, turned around, and asked in a low voice: "Good boy, who killed your brother?"
The tenth princess shook her head desperately and refused to say anything.
"You know who it is? Don't you?" Ma Cairen held his hands tightly on the edge of the bed, and his veins were folded, but his voice was very gentle, "Tell mother, who killed the eighth prince?"
Growing up, whenever the tenth princess was in pain, she liked to hide in Ma Cairen's arms and call her mother. Instead of formally calling her mother like an ordinary prince or princess.
"Can't say," Princess Ten shook her head hard, "Can't say."
"Why can't you say it? What are you afraid of?" Ma Cairen asked.
"She...she will poison me to silence me..." The tenth princess's voice was already sobbing.
"No, don't be afraid, I will protect you." Ma Cairen comforted, "I will kill anyone who dares to harm you!"
"You can't kill her," for the tenth princess, she could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality, as if she was hypnotized, "She...she..."
Seeing her resisting like this, Ma Cairen naturally became anxious, but she also knew that haste makes waste.
So he calmed down a little and coaxed in a gentler voice: "Good Qiongying, don't be afraid. You are in mother's arms now! No one can hurt you. Who gave my brother the almond cheese to eat?"
?”
"It was her...she hugged her brother and said, 'Why are you here alone?'
My brother didn't speak, so I hid under the bed and watched her feed him.
I didn’t know that was almond butter, I didn’t know…”
The tenth princess was already crying when she said this. It was obvious that her brother's death had hit her hard.
No matter how Ma Cairen asked next, the tenth princess just refused to say who that person was.
"Master, please stop asking." Hongzhu cried and begged, "Look at the princess, she is really suffering."
Lin Fufei also felt sorry for the princess and said: "Master, let's take it easy!"
At this time, Ma Cairen was also covered in cold sweat, and her face was very pale because she was too nervous.
"You are not allowed to tell anyone about this matter, do you hear me?" She looked at Lin Fufei and Hongzhu and warned, "Until the truth is revealed, no one is allowed to know that the princess can talk."
Obviously, the person who harmed the Eighth Prince was in the palace, and the Tenth Princess happened to see it that year.
Looking at her daughter who was covered in cold sweat, and thinking of her son who died in an unknown manner, Ma Chunping felt like a knife was piercing her heart.
"I'll just stay here with her." Ma Cairen said, "You two must keep your mouth shut. I won't treat you badly in the future."
Ma Cai and his daughter slept on the same bed, and asked Lin Fufei and Hongzhu to go outside.
It was still dark, so I could only continue to lie down.
In the darkness, Lin Fufei's eyes were kept open.
Everything so far has been as Xue Hengzhao expected, so what will happen next?