Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty-Chapter 161: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (31)

"Your Majesty, there is still something else that needs to be done first," Yue Ran said, indicating that Lu Heng should focus on the present moment.

"It is just a small matter, and it is not as important as Ran Ran," was Lu Heng's answer.

This wave of operations stunned everyone present, including Yue Ran herself.

Disfigurement of a woman's face in ancient times could be considered a trivial matter, and it was not like the plastic surgery case in modern times. But the key was that the person who was almost disfigured was still Lu Heng's concubine!

Bai Ji had made so much noise because of the matter related to her face, and she was really about to cry for real. She may have faked her cry before, but not now.

No matter how insignificant her status was, she was still the emperor's concubine, and she was almost disfigured! Such a big thing could actually be turned into nothing when compared to whether the noble consort's hands are cold or not. Did she hear it wrong?

After saying so, Lu Heng also reflected on whether what he had just said in public was right or not. He may have been a little too excited to actually blurt out what he had actually thought about in his heart.

Lu Heng faked a cough twice before saying, "Second Class Attendant Bai, you have said before that it was Consort Yi who harmed you. Do you have any evidence to support your words?"

Yi Lin never thought or expected that when she first saw that Second Class Attendant Bai was favored by the emperor and she herself was not, and that she had actually kindly wanted to win over Second Class Attendant Bai to act as her helper, she would be bitten back so soon.

"That day, Consort Yi had opened a bottle of ointment in my palace," Bai Ji said. "She was the only person who had ever touched that same bottle of ointment.

"Second Class Attendant Bai, on that day, I opened that bottle of ointment out of good intentions to help you confirm whether it is the medicine for reducing swelling and removing stasis or not," Yi Lin answered back. "Moreover, it was Second Class Attendant Bai yourself who had asked me to stay and check it for you."

When Bai Ji heard Yi Lin's words, she stood up and asked, "Then, dare I ask Consort Yi that, besides you, does anyone else have the opportunity to touch this bottle of ointment that day?"

Seeing that the two women were arguing with reason and were insisting on their own opinions, Yue Ran smiled lightly at the entertaining drama that had unfolded in front of her.

The scene of a thief shouting to catch a thief was really fun to watch. And this performance in front of her was exactly that.

Seeing the smile on Yue Ran's face, Bai Ji thought that the young girl was laughing at herself, and thus Bai Ji said in a bad tone, "What is Noble Consort Yue laughing at?"

But before Yue Ran could even say a word, Lu Heng had already slapped the table and said with a raised voice, "Is this how you usually talk to the noble consort?"

The terrifying momentum of the emperor made Bai Ji so scared that she no longer dared to say anything.

After shouting at Bai Ji, Lu Heng turned his head to Yue Ran and gently spoke to the young girl with a smile on his face, "Ran Ran, do you have anything you want to say just now?"

Such swift face-changing skills stunned everyone present, except the two protagonists, Yue Ran and Lu Heng.

Yue Ran has seen this kind of thing countless times before and thus calmly said, "I only wanted to say that besides Consort Yi, Second Class Attendant Bai has also touched that bottle of ointment."

Yi Lin did not expect that Yue Ran would actually speak for her, but she would not be grateful to her because of this. Sooner or later, she will bring that young girl down and step on her with triumph on her face! After all, all her (Yi Lin's) sufferings came because of Yue Ran in the first place! Who told Yue Ran to be born with such a beautiful appearance?

Yue Ran's beauty was the original sin.

Yue Ran had just said that sentence casually, but it successfully poked and impaled Bai Ji's heart straight through with an invisible arrow. Bai Ji panicked for a moment, forced herself to calm down, and then said in a serious tone, "Noble Consort Yue, you should know how important a face is to a woman. After all, you yourself are very beautiful."

Heh, Bai Ji's words were actually belittling her, Yue Ran, straight in her face.

Bai Ji's words mean that Yue Ran is a person who relies on her short-term beauty to serve and attract the emperor, so Yue Ran will sooner or later lose favor because of her fading beauty.

Yue Ran smiled sweetly when she heard it. She tilted her head a little to the side and said, "I am only telling the truth, so why do you look so in a hurry? Hm? And you still look guilty?"

In the end, it was Yi Lin who said that she did not have any sort of drugs or poisonous herbs in her purse at all and had the emperor's men check her and her place, so she justified her innocence.

After the case reached a conclusion, everyone finally once again recalled what Yue Ran had said just now and then looked at Bai Ji in a strange way.

Could it be that there were actually women who dared to lay hands on their own faces? If they were so cruel to themselves, then they would only be crueler to others! So terrifying!

Yue Ran smiled. This was actually the empress dowager's scheme to frame Yi Lin. Whether Yi Lin is really on her side or not, the empress dowager still does not like the Yi family at all because of her dead rival, the empress, who was Yi Lin's aunt. Therefore, the empress dowager has just landed an attack on Yi Lin herself.

However, as the previous "loyal maid" of the female protagonist, Yue Ran still has to prove that she cares about her former master. After all, she will always stay "loyal" to Yi Lin and thus will help Yi Lin deal with her problem like this.

Yue Ran picked up a teacup and took a sip, but she suddenly felt sick and nauseous. She tried to hold it back by putting a hand on her chest to pat and rub the discomfort away, but it did not work.

This sudden action by Yue Ran frightened Lu Heng a lot. His mind had thought wildly, and he was thinking that something was wrong with Yue Ran, so he quickly hugged the young girl in his arms and leaned her head to his chest. He also helped to pat Yue Ran's chest carefully to help her feel better.

"Ran Ran, how are you feeling?" Lu Heng asked with undisguised worry on his face and in the tone of his voice.

"I am…" fine.

But before Yue Ran could finish speaking, she once again felt nauseous. There was a great urge to vomit.

This made Lu Heng panic a lot. Just what was actually happening with Yue Ran?

Chu Ning looked at the two affectionate people in front of her, and the veil on her hands was crumpled and a little torn due to the strong force she had exerted. The other two women, Yi Lin and Bai Ji, did not feel much better.

As the empress, Chu Ning has to always put on a generous and magnanimous facade.

"Your Majesty, why do you not ask an imperial physician to take a look at Noble Consort Yue's condition?" Chu Ning asked gently.

Seeing how Yue Ran was suffering in Lu Heng's arms, Chu Ning had never once suspected that the other party was pregnant or anything. After all, the imperial physician had previously diagnosed that Yue Ran would never have a chance to get pregnant in this life, so Chu Ning could rest assured.

To care for and comfort Yue Ran was always Lu Heng's first priority. And because of this, he had already forgotten that he should first call for the imperial physician to come and check his beloved's condition. Thankfully, Chu Ning had reminded him of it.

"What are you all still doing in a daze?" Lu Heng asked with a raised voice. "Why do you all still not hurry up and call for an imperial physician to come?"

Watching the scene in front of her, Yi Lin viciously cursed in her heart that it would be better for Yue Ran to suffer from some incurable disease! It was better for her to die early so that she did not have to worry so much about gains and losses!

…

The old imperial physician had just stepped into the room after running as fast as he could to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He had just greeted the emperor pantingly by saying, "This servant greets the—"

But before the imperial physician could finish his words, he was suddenly dragged by the young emperor to the bedside to check on Yue Ran's well-being.

"What are you still greeting me for?" Lu Heng frowned. "Why do you not just hurry up to check on the noble consort as soon as possible?"