Even though she was mentally prepared, Shen Baozhu was still shocked. She stared at Chen Miaochun with wide eyes, looking like a startled little beast.
[I told you the fruit must be fine. I borrowed another one from my brother. Little cutie, give it to Chen Miaochun and let her broaden her horizons!]
The Dragon King was happy again. He transformed back into his dragon form and swept through the White Dragon's orchard with his tail wagging. After finding another fruit of the same kind, he was in a great mood. "Carry it back to the Dragon Palace. You can only live on the outermost mountain."
The White Dragon was overjoyed. The Dragon Palace was a blessed land with abundant spiritual energy, the most suitable dwelling for dragons. There used to be many dragons living there.
But this Dragon King was a domineering one. After he became the Dragon King, he drove all the other dragons out and occupied the entire Dragon Palace alone. Now that he had the chance to move back, it was simply a pleasant surprise!
As for the outermost mountain, the White Dragon didn't care at all. As long as he could move back to the Dragon Palace. As the saying goes, greedy dragons die young. He wasn't greedy, so he was sure to live a long life.
Shen Baozhu got another fruit of the same kind. She handed it to Chen Miaochun. "Sister Miaochun, I'd like to treat you to this fruit. It's sweet and delicious!"
After Chen Miaochun finished eating the fruit, she suddenly asked, "Wait, where did this fruit come from... There's a red string on my hand!"
Following the direction of the red string, Chen Miaochun saw Chen Ruxia. She stood there stunned, feeling a tingling sensation on her scalp. Shen Baozhu hadn't lied to her. Everything she said was true!
The fruit was really given by the gods!
Just having learned that Chen Miaochun was her own sister, Chen Ruxia was also in a daze. She sat on the bed, thinking about everything that had happened that day.
First, the yard caught fire. She and Qiuqiu were trapped in the room. Chen Miaochun saved Qiuqiu in time, but her arm and face were burned. Then Baozhu used the magic pill to heal her, leaving scars on the wound. Then Chen Linchun suddenly appeared and accused Chen Miaochun of setting the fire.
Baozhu took Chen Miaochun to hide in the room. Out of gratitude for the life - saving grace, she helped to deal with Chen Linchun. Then Baozhu took out the miraculous fruit... Finally, she found that she and Chen Miaochun had the same birthmark. They were real sisters.
Although today had been very dangerous, Chen Ruxia felt extremely at ease. Fortunately, she had learned Chen Miaochun's identity, and they had recognized each other as sisters.
Chen Ruxia knew her own character well. If Chen Miaochun went too far in the future and exhausted her guilt, she would definitely take action against Chen Miaochun. And Chen Miaochun's resemblance to the old Marquis of Yong'an would make the Marquis's Mansion and the old lady protect her. In the end, their fight might end up with both of them getting hurt.
[Little cutie, do you want to know Chen Linchun's background?]
Shen Baozhu nodded. "Yes. How can we find out?"
[There's no need to investigate. The three of you ate the leaves, so you can see Chen Linchun's red string. Just follow the red string to find his blood relatives.]
[The red string will last for three days. You can save Qiuqiu first. Let Chen Miaochun and Chen Ruxia rest for a night and then look for it tomorrow.]
Lin Yu sighed. [The Dragon King is really smart.]
Shen Baozhu also thought this method was good. She told Chen Miaochun and Chen Ruxia about it.
The two sisters looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
In Chen Miaochun's heart, Chen Linchun was the benefactor who had saved her. Even after what had happened today, she still felt grateful to him.
For Chen Ruxia, Chen Linchun was the elder brother who had protected her for sixteen years. The bond was hard to break. They both needed time to digest this truth.
Looking at the scar on Chen Ruxia's body, Shen Baozhu suddenly remembered the ointment she hadn't given out. She took out the ointment from her small bag and gave it to Chen Ruxia. "It's for removing scars!"
The familiar - looking ointment made Chen Miaochun feel guilty and she lowered her head. It was her poor judgment. She had failed to recognize the treasure and missed the ointment.
Chen Ruxia shook her head and refused. "Baozhu, give it to Miaochun. I'm going to pretend to be sick to draw out the real arsonist."
The ointment was now in Chen Miaochun's hands. This time, she didn't throw it away. Instead, she said gratefully, "Thank you."
Thank you for believing in me, thank you for saving me, and thank you even more for letting us sisters recognize each other.
Chen Miaochun murmured silently in her heart. She was also very lucky. Fortunately, she had only been verbally mean and hadn't done anything she would regret.
Receiving Chen Miaochun's grateful look, Shen Baozhu unconsciously straightened her back. "Don't thank me. Baozhu is very happy to be able to help you successfully."
"Otherwise, come and live at my place. Let my elder brother teach you how to read!"
Mentioning Shen Heqing, Chen Miaochun's face changed. She declined, "Forget it. I'm naturally stupid. I'm not worthy..."
"Really? That's great. It would be Miaochun's fortune to be taught by Shen Heqing." Chen Ruxia had been worried about Chen Miaochun's safety. Shen Baozhu had just provided a good place for her, which made Chen Ruxia extremely excited.
If the arson case wasn't investigated clearly, Chen Miaochun would be a criminal in the Marquis of Yong'an's Mansion.
Chen Miaochun visibly tensed up. "Wh - what? I think..."
Chen Ruxia interrupted Chen Miaochun. "Sister, the Princess Jingning is a good friend of our mother. She will protect you. Don't be afraid."
"Now everyone in the mansion thinks you're the arsonist. It's too dangerous for you to stay in the mansion."
On the surface, only a yard had been burned, but in fact, Qiuqiu was in a coma. All the servants in the mansion would be punished. There was no guarantee that they wouldn't hold a grudge against Chen Miaochun.
Thinking of the fact that not a single servant had appeared when the fire broke out, Chen Ruxia became even more worried.
With just a few words, Chen Ruxia had decided that Chen Miaochun would go to the Princess's Mansion. Chen Miaochun didn't dislike this arrangement. On the contrary, she was a little happy.
Now, like Wang Baogen, she also had someone to protect her.
Thinking of the way Chen Ruxia had protected Qiuqiu, Chen Miaochun felt warm in her heart, as if she was also being protected like that.
The only fly in the ointment was that Chen Miaochun didn't want Shen Heqing to teach her. She was sure she would be scolded to death.
...
On the other side, Shen Heqing dragged Doctor Liu towards the Marquis of Yong'an's Mansion.
Coincidentally, the Princess Jingning also received the news and was rushing in the same direction. The three of them met and got into the same carriage.
As soon as the amiable Doctor Liu got into the carriage, he lifted his chin and frowned.
The Princess Jingning ignored him and focused on asking about the situation in the Marquis's Mansion.
Shen Heqing told her everything he knew and added his own thoughts.
"Humph!" Seeing that the Princess Jingning ignored him, Doctor Liu started to make noises.
The Princess Jingning still ignored him. Shen Heqing kindly asked, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that someone was paying attention to him, Doctor Liu poured out his grievances. "Heqing, your mother is really too much!"
"I've been busy with the trivial matters in the Imperial Hospital every day. I took time at night to make poison for her. I was afraid she would need it urgently, so I even stayed up all night to make it. But what happened? As soon as I finished making it, she said she didn't want it anymore. Isn't that too much?"
"Fine, then I'll take a step back. I asked her for the results of the previous poison test, and she actually said there were none!"
Shen Heqing looked at the Princess Jingning. The latter was very helpless. "The poison was prepared for Shen Yunfeng. The original plan was to get divorced next year. But unexpectedly, the divorce was successful so soon. Shen Yunfeng isn't in the mansion, so the poison is useless."
"The previous poison was given to the steward and Nanny Sun. They left with Shen Yunfeng, so the results of the poison test came to an end."
After getting the Princess's explanation, Doctor Liu still wasn't happy.
But after getting off the carriage, Doctor Liu put away his bad temper and dutifully followed Shen Heqing to examine Qiuqiu.
After taking a simple look, Doctor Liu noticed something was wrong and started to feel Qiuqiu's pulse. "The young lady's symptoms indicate that she was probably fed a sleeping drug."