"My lady, what's wrong with you? Don't scare this servant!"
Upon her shout, Honored Lady Lan immediately shrank back and started refusing the Imperial Physician's diagnosis.
"No! Don't!"
Then, Lianlian once again knelt to plead, asking not to provoke her mistress.
Xiao Xizi watched with cold eyes a magnificent performance unfold. Was he a fool to not see through it? This Lianlian was truly malicious! Even with the Imperial Physician present, she refused to let him check the pulse. With Honored Lady Lan in such a state, Lianlian couldn't be uninvolved. Xiao Xizi let out a cold laugh.
"Lianlian, if you really care about your mistress, step aside!"
"Let the Imperial Physician take her pulse!"
Meanwhile, Honored Lady Lan struggled as if on a cliff's edge. Moving forward meant death, and retreating was no different. It seemed impossible for her to survive either way.
"Save... save me..."
"No... don't!"
Xiao Xizi was getting impatient.
"Do you want to live or not?!"
