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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

The unforeseen event happened too suddenly. The cyan sparrow was too far away to react in time. Just as the man was about to pounce on Shen Ninghua, Chu Junyi's killing intent flitted across her mind. She blocked Shen Ninghua's path and kicked the man out.

The man fell to the ground and immediately cried out, "Murder! Save me! You wicked people, it's not enough to kill my brother. You even want to silence my brother? Is there still justice in the world?"

Baili JinChuan walked over. If it weren't for the surrounding commoners, he would have stepped on that man's chest, "Who are you? Why did you suddenly rush out?"

"Who am I? I am naturally a victim! "You liars, what medicine did you prescribe? My brother died from frothing at the mouth not long after he took it, and even said that it was a lie to deceive the common people." With that, the man stood up and looked around at the crowd, "Why don't you open your eyes and take a look, does that girl seem to know how to cure illnesses? Believe what they say, aren't you afraid that you'll lose your life like my brother? "

Baili JinChuan narrowed his eyes, "How dare you! This king has come to deliver a disaster relief under the orders of the emperor. It's fine if you don't know how to be grateful, but you dare to openly obstruct a free doctor. If you can't bring out the evidence, this king will properly punish you for your crimes today!"

Chu Junyi didn't pay any attention to the commotion, instead lowering her head to look at Shen Ninghua. "What's wrong with you? Why are you so pale?"

Qing Que and the rest had already surrounded Shen Ninghua. Bai Yu hurriedly took out a pill and fed it to Shen Ninghua, "Miss, you haven't had a good rest since the day you arrived in Ping City. Do you think you're made of steel? I should hurry back to rest. "

Shen Ninghua held onto the table, her vision turning black. After a while, she recovered and said, "I'm fine. I just overexerted myself a little bit. Let's settle this matter first."

The man was still shouting loudly about his injustice. Some of the commoners were agitated by him and began to doubt the effectiveness of the medicinal ingredients in their hands.

Shen Ninghua walked up to him and swept his ice-cold gaze over the corpse on the ground. "You said that the person on the ground is your brother?"

"Not bad. You swindler. You took medicine to harm my brother's life. Return my brother's life." As he spoke, he was about to rush forward to hit Shen Ninghua again.

The cyan sparrow used this opportunity to kick the man in the chest the moment he ran towards him.

The man was sent flying three meters away before he landed on the ground with a thump. This time, his cries were really ear-piercing. "Ah! My bones are broken. "Heavens, is there even justice? Our people have already suffered so much, and now they want us to kill them? This is simply too unreasonable!"

Shen Ninghua looked on expressionlessly, causing the man to shout until his throat turned hoarse, before he finally spoke, "Men, drag this troublemaker down and beat him thirty times."

The surrounding people were stunned. That man was clearly a victim of a injustice, and now he was being pulled down and beaten. Could it be that these people were really swindlers? As he thought about this, he couldn't help but burn with anger as he stared at Shen Ninghua with an unfriendly gaze. If it weren't for the guards around him, there would have already been a lot of people attacking him.

Baili Jinchuan was also stunned, "Ningxia, you …"

Shen Ninghua turned to look at the hesitating guards and asked, "What, do I order you to stay put?"

The guards quickly shook their heads and went forward to pull the man up to hit a board.

"Ah... "He's killed …"

The man began to scream miserably, but not long after, his voice became weak. After hitting the 30 boards, he was in so much pain that he fainted. The guard dragged him in front of Shen Ninghua and splashed cold water on his face to wake him up.

When the man opened his eyes, he cursed non-stop, "You … "If you disregard human life, you will definitely die a horrible death..."

Shen Ninghua coldly swept his eyes over the surrounding commoners. "Fellow villagers, you should be curious to know why I hit him?" I'm not going to tell you. "Firstly, the person standing next to me is the current Emperor's second prince, Duke De, and I am the Emperor's adopted daughter, Princess Ninghua. This person has gone overboard with his words and even if he were to beat him to death, it would not be too excessive."

The citizens paused for a moment as they forcefully suppressed the anger on their faces. That's right, they had almost forgotten that the person in front of them was from the royal family. They were just commoners. Even if their gazes were not respectful, they could still be dragged out to be beaten to death. The people did not fight with the officials, not to mention, these people were above the officials.

Shen Ninghua continued, "But the reason why I hit him is not because of his nonsense, but because of you!"

Because of us? The commoners were all stunned. Why was it because of them?

"Because this person wants to murder your lives, I'm here to save him, not to see the dead. You guys don't understand, right? Then I'll prove it for everyone to see. "

"Yes, miss." The Cyan Sparrow carefully cut off the man's sleeve, then took out a wooden board and passed it to Shen Ninghua.

Shen Ninghua took the board. Under the puzzled gaze of the crowd, he threw the sleeve directly at the corpse that the man pulled over.

The corpse that was still breathing suddenly jumped up, it held its neck and started coughing, "Ah, water, water..."

The commoners jumped and retreated one by one. The man pinched his own neck, his face red. In a few moments, he fell to the ground, spitting blood.

Everyone was shocked. That man clearly said that the person on the ground was his brother, but he was poisoned to death by the medicine prescribed by Shen Ninghua and the others.

"These two people are the real scammers, deliberately disturbing the righteous diagnosis. First, they wanted someone to pretend to be a corpse in order to gain sympathy, and secretly smeared poison on his sleeves. If I didn't let someone hurt him first, I'm afraid that many of you would have been poisoned to death already. This way, the man would have more evidence to say that the poison I prescribed would have died!"

"Heavens, why is this person so vicious?"

"That's right. It's all thanks to His Highness, otherwise we would have been deceived."

"Many thanks to the county prince, many thanks to the princess."

The people all kneeled down to salute him. The anger that was stirred up in their hearts had long since turned into gratitude.

Shen Ninghua did not let them get up and said, "Everyone should be clear that you are commoners. If we want to harm you, we can just let it go. I believe that in less than half a month, only a few people here will survive. "We are all kind. If there is anyone else who suspects it without reason, then don't blame us for being unreasonable. Jiangnan is so big, and there are so many places that have been affected. We can just move to another place for disaster relief!"

With that, Shen Ninghua led Bai Yu and the rest away.

"Your Highness..."

"We know we're wrong..."

Seeing that the imperial physicians were also following Shen Ninghua outside, many commoners kneeled down in front of Baili JinChuan and apologized.

Chu Junyi watched from the side with a faint smirk on her face. Shen Ninghua's move had been a clever one. If anyone were to cause trouble, the first ones to step out would be the commoners. After all, they didn't want to die.

The cyan sparrow escorted Shen Ninghua back to their temporary residence.

Upon entering, Shen Ninghua sat down on a chair, slightly gasping for breath. Cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

Bai Ru jumped in fright, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Shen Ninghua shook her head and feebly said, "Help me prepare a bowl of sweet water and bring some food over."

Chu Junyi walked in and touched her forehead when she saw the abnormal expression on her face. She felt the heat coming from her hands and frowned. "I think you're really going to die!" With that, he picked her up and placed her on the bed beside him.

The cyan sparrow was about to step forward to stop her when Chu Junyi waved her away. "What are you waiting for? Didn't you see your young lady had a fever? Bring a basin of cold water."

Chu Junyi wet a towel and applied it to Shen Ninghua's forehead. The discomfort she felt became more evident. Not only did this girl treat others shamelessly, she also treated him shamelessly. She didn't take care of him at all.

A fire kept burning in Shen Ninghua's heart, but her body kept getting colder. The sometimes hot and sometimes cold feeling made her feel particularly uncomfortable, "Being this close to me and taking care of me, aren't you afraid that I'll catch a plague and infect you?"

Chu Junyi took off the towel on her forehead and said disdainfully, "Plague would be scared off of a black-hearted girl like you."

Shen Ninghua slightly smiled. A sharp piercing pain came from his head, "Ugh …"

Chu Junyi pulled her hand away from Luo Yuan's head. "I suspect you're a liar too. If you know medical skills, how could you be so ill?"

"Even though the poison has been detoxified, my body is still much weaker than usual. I've been overworked these past few days, so I can't help but get sick."

"Don't try to be brave when you know your body is weak."

The corner of Shen Ninghua's lips moved. She pulled up the quilt covering her chest, exposing only her head in front of her. Perhaps it was because she had a terrible headache, but her pale face puckered up as she slowly said, "Understood."

Bai Yu brought the medicine over, and Chu Junyi took it with a silver needle. Once she was certain there was nothing wrong with it, she pulled Shen Ninghua up and forced her to drink it. He didn't know whether it was due to the drugs or the fatigue, but it didn't take long for Shen Ninghua to fall asleep.

Chu Junyi looked at her, and the helplessness in her eyes softened.

Her long and slender eyelashes trembled, making her seem all the more frail. She extended a hand to smooth a strand of hair by her cheek, but discovered that her beautiful face was not even the size of his palm. She couldn't help but raise her hand and laugh softly.

The cyan sparrow, Bai Yan, and the rest looked at Chu Junyi in alarm. They were afraid that he would do something to offend Shen Ninghua.

Chu Junyi rose to her feet and looked at them. "Take good care of your young mistress. Don't let her try to be brave again."

Bai Yan immediately put down the bedcurtains to block Shen Ninghua's view. "Of course, thank you for your concern, Young Master Mo. I won't keep Young Master Mo here for much longer as I don't want anyone to gossip about me."

Chu Junyi didn't bother with him at all. She turned and walked out of the room.

About an hour later, Shen Ninghua abruptly opened his eyes. She was covered in sweat, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. However, her headache was much better. "Bai Yan?"

"Miss, you're awake?"

"How long have I slept?"

"About two hours."

Shen Ninghua frowned, "Are there any movements outside?"

"After Miss left, the citizens apologized one after the other, worried that Miss and the imperial physicians would come back and wait outside. Only in the afternoon did the imperial physician take his leave. Many people came to ask why Miss hadn't left yet."

"Mm, I'll change my clothes and go out. Tell Hong Ling to interrogate that troublemaker and see which side he is on." That troublemaker must have hidden poison in his sleeves to take her life. It seems like he did not come with good intentions.