12. The Strange Princess
So, the person living here was a royal princess?
Gong Yiling raised an eyebrow.
But why would a princess live here instead of in the palace? And what was so secretive about a princess that required such high security?
Thinking of this, Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue exchanged a glance, both their eyes filled with confusion.
And Lord Yuan didn’t seem to care what they were thinking.
He just led them forward until they reached a pavilion.
“Please wait here for a moment. I’ll inform the princess.”
Yan Chuyue nodded. “Thank you.”
They weren’t far from the princess, so they could hear their conversation clearly.
“Your Highness—”
“You too, get lost!” Up close, the woman’s voice was as clear as a nightingale’s, but it was filled with grievance and anger.
“Your Highness, I was sent by His Majesty to bring you a physician.” Lord Yuan bowed. “I hope you won’t make things difficult for me.”
“Why should I give you face!?” The woman said angrily, “If I die here, wouldn’t that be exactly what he wants? He—pfft!”
The surge of anger made her cough up a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, the surrounding people rushed forward in a panic—if anything happened to this princess, their heads would roll.
Yan Chuyue was about to go over too, but Gong Yiling stopped her.
“Yiling?”
“Don’t show too much concern for now. Don’t forget our purpose.”
Of course, that wasn’t the only reason. More importantly, she sensed a strange aura from this woman.
There was an extremely powerful spiritual energy within her, similar to the power she had absorbed from the spirit stones. She was on the verge of exploding.
Stopping Yan Chuyue was to prevent her from getting into unknown danger.
Although the woman was swaying, she insisted on leaning against a wooden pillar, refusing anyone’s help.
“Your Highness, His Majesty is always concerned about your safety, which is why he sent this physician. I believe she can be of some help.”
Lord Yuan said from behind her, “How about you let these two take a look?”
Murong Yun pursed her lips and considered for a long time, then wiped the blood from her mouth and said, her back to them, “What’s the point? My royal brother knows how to cure me, but is he willing to use that method?”
“This…” Hearing this, even Lord Yuan fell silent.
“Heh… you also know that all he’s doing is trying to make me feel better. If he wants my forgiveness, why doesn’t he come himself?”
Murong Yun tried to suppress her anger, but in the end, she just sneered with a self-deprecating tone. “Forget it. Even if I don’t comply, you’ll force me to. Let them come.”
Hearing this, Lord Yuan immediately turned and gestured for Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue to come forward.
—The extremely unstable aura on this woman now seemed to have become much more normal.
The two, still clueless about what was happening, could only walk into the pavilion, bewildered.
After walking behind Murong Yun, Yan Chuyue turned to the man beside her. “Treating a patient? You didn’t say we were coming here to treat a patient.”
Lord Yuan said, “I’m just asking you to take a look, Miss Yan. If you can find anything, then when you see His Majesty, he will naturally give you what you want.”
“But if you can’t, it’s fine. His Majesty just hopes you can give an answer.”
“Is that so?”
Hearing this, Yan Chuyue nodded, took two steps forward, and said to Murong Yun, “Your Highness, may I examine your meridians?”
“Mmm… you?”
Having only heard the woman’s voice, Murong Yun didn’t think much of it. But now, seeing that this person was as young as her voice, she was stunned.
Of course, it wasn’t just her. Gong Yiling and Yan Chuyue were also stunned.
Not because of how beautiful she was. After all, Yan Chuyue’s beauty was already peerless, and Gong Yiling was a national beauty. They were already used to seeing beautiful girls.
The reason they were stunned was because this woman’s long hair, hidden by a long veil, was silver-white.
And not just her long hair, but her eyebrows and pupils were also silver-white.
If it wasn’t albinism, then her appearance was truly rare.
“Are you really a physician?” Murong Yun’s anger wasn’t directed at them, so her tone naturally softened.
“Whether I am or not cannot be judged by words alone.” Yan Chuyue said, “If you don’t believe me, Your Highness, why not let this young lady take your pulse?”
“…Mmm.”
Murong Yun then invited Yan Chuyue to sit down and extended her right hand, her wrist facing up.
“Please.”
Yan Chuyue nodded and placed her hand on her wrist. In an instant, a greater confusion arose in her heart.
This princess’s condition could be summed up in four words.
“No pulse.”
Before Yan Chuyue could say anything, Murong Yun herself explained her condition.
Seeing her expression change, she naturally guessed what she had discovered.
Yes, as long as a person was a person, no matter how severe their injuries, no matter what state their body was in, they would at least have a pulse.
And the only person who would have no pulse was…
Yes.
A dead person.
In other words, this princess was now, in fact, a dead person.
“How could this be?” Yan Chuyue frowned, puzzled, then continued to probe deeper into her body.
If it were an ordinary person, there would be no need to continue. After all, if you found out someone had no pulse, what was the point of checking further? Just send them to be buried.
But the problem was, was Yan Chuyue an ordinary person?
No.
As long as she could confirm that this woman was indeed a living person and not a dead one, Yan Chuyue had a way to figure out why she had become like this.
Just as Murong Yun began to talk about the conclusions of the previous physicians who had examined her, Yan Chuyue quietly opened her Divine Physician’s space.
Although this strange illness was not in her setting collection, the Divine Physician’s space should be able to give her an answer.
