Granny Liu spoke a long string of words, her expression very serious. But Jun Ning only heard the phrase ’your mother is now hurt like that’ from start to finish. As for the other words, none had the impact of this sentence.
"Granny Liu, what do you mean my mother is now hurt like that?"
"What happened to her?"
Jun Ning, being small, couldn’t reach Granny Liu’s hand and anxiously could only settle for grabbing a corner of Granny Liu’s dust-covered robe, inquiring about what had happened to her mother.
"I haven’t been away from my mother for long, how did she get into trouble?"
Jun Ning’s eyes were red with worry.
"I can’t explicitly tell you." Granny Liu waved her hand and said helplessly, "Go inside and take a look, and you’ll understand."
Upon hearing this, Jun Ning did not insist that Granny Liu tell her anything more. She let go of the grip on Granny Liu’s robe and hurriedly rushed into the room she had once shared with Qiong Hua.
Several people were standing by the bed in the room, tightly surrounding the person on the bed, so Jun Ning did not see Qiong Hua immediately.
Jun Ning called out, walking toward her mother’s bedside.
Upon reaching the bed, she squeezed past the crowded group to get directly in front of her mother.
Her view was much clearer now, and she could clearly see what was wrong with her mother.
At the moment, her mother was lying motionless on the bed, her brows tightly furrowed. Her originally fair and beautiful face had several bruises, and the backs of her hands were swollen like buns.
She couldn’t help but feel a sting in her nose, and tears started to fall uncontrollably.
"Sob sob... sob sob sob..."
Since she had crossed over, Qiong Hua’s tenderness, her care, her unconditional love had long made Jun Ning regard Qiong Hua as her own biological mother.
Her calls of ’mother’ were sincere cries from the heart.
Seeing Qiong Hua hurt now, her heart felt as if it were being cut by a knife.
She had never liked crying, but at this moment, tears flowed like a river bursting its banks, uncontrollably streaming out.
Seeing her child, not a son now but a daughter, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, returned brought joy to Qiong Hua, making her forget her pain in her excitement as she struggled to get up. However, the struggle pulled at her wounds, causing her to gasp in pain several times, unable to rise.
Jun Ning, seeing this, stepped two steps closer, wanting to restrain her mother’s body to prevent her from moving recklessly. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
Seeing her mother in such pain, hurting seemingly everywhere.
Her small hand stretched out and hung in midair, hesitating, unable to lower for a long while.
"Mother, don’t move, I’ll get the Imperial Physician for you." Jun Ning did not only focus on crying, forgetting the important matter. She turned to look at Wei Lin who followed her, "Mr. Wei, please hurry and fetch an Imperial Physician, the best one there is."
Now, the eighteenth princess was the emperor’s precious heart, not to be offended easily, Wei Lin dared not delay for a moment, "Princess, don’t worry, I will go immediately to fetch the Imperial Physician."
"And bring a female physician too." Jun Ning reminded.
Wei Lin glanced at the bedridden Qiong Hua, understanding in his heart.
Wei Lin went to fetch the Imperial Physician.
Wei Lin was someone from Emperor Yongning’s side, Xiao Lizi’s apprentice. Sometimes, the tasks they undertook represented Emperor Yongning’s intentions to some extent.
Even though the Cold Palace was not within the treatment scope of the Imperial Hospital, since Wei Lin was fetching a physician for the Cold Palace, it was expected the people of the Imperial Hospital would be perceptive enough to come for a consultation.
Arranging for the physician was not a problem; Jun Ning’s mind was now focused on another matter.