Chapter 565 - 167 Encounter_3
"Your Highness!" Mei Xiang cried out in alarm. Princess Yongning extended her hand: "The medicine!"
Mei Xiang fished out the medicine from her sleeve and administered it to Princess Yongning. Princess Yongning leaned against a tree to rest for a moment, then said, "This reaction is getting stronger by the day. In a few days, you should call the physician over and tell Li Xian that I am pregnant, not even a month along."
Mei Xiang nodded in agreement.
"These days, Mr. Shen has not come to see me..." Princess Yongning began, her tone turning sorrowful, "His own child, he does not care for, letting me marry into the Li Family. If this matter is revealed, he will be implicated as well."
Just as Mei Xiang was about to offer some comforting words, she suddenly heard a crisp sound from over the wall of something falling to the ground. Princess Yongning whipped her head around: "Who’s there?" Mei Xiang had rushed forward quickly, and the person hiding behind the wall, in a panic, had not managed to run far before falling over, and was swiftly caught by Mei Xiang and brought before Princess Yongning.
"Who are you, eavesdropping on my conversation!" Princess Yongning demanded furiously.
"Please spare my life, Your Highness," the woman pleaded, terrified, "I heard nothing! I didn’t mean to, I just came to the wall and twisted my ankle, that’s all!"
"Female servant?" Princess Yongning paused, sizing up the woman carefully. She wore clothes not befitting a lowly servant and her face seemed familiar, but Princess Yongning couldn’t place her. Mei Xiang, on the other hand, had a flash of recognition and said, "Your Highness, this is Miss Jiang the Third from the Chief Minister’s Residence!"
Miss Jiang the Third? Jiang Youyao!
Jiang Youyao was terrified. Having blurted out "female servant" in her panic, she was already vexed. Now that her identity had been exposed by Princess Yongning’s maid, she was at a loss for what to do.
"Jiang Youyao?" Princess Yongning recalled and questioned, "What are you doing at the Li residence?"