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Chapter 3926 4.1526 Infected?

Looking up, Yuan Qionger was startled to see the Crown Princess suddenly standing before her.

The Crown Princess's ghostly movement was truly unsettling.

Yuan Qionger forced herself to remain calm, tightly clutching her wet nurse's arm, and asked in a trembling voice, "Cr-Crown Princess, why are you...?"

Suddenly standing in front of me without a word, if you don't speak, how am I supposed to understand what you mean?

Qiao Mu's gaze pierced through the old woman like a needle.

She suddenly reached out, her fingers covered by a Diamond Talisman, cold as jade, and immediately clasped the old woman's arm.

The old woman trembled uncontrollably in fear, her whole body shaking, and she shrieked, "You, what are you doing?"

Qiao Mu ripped away the fabric on the old woman's arm with a tearing sound, coldly looking at the three very obvious lacerations on her arm.

"You've been infected," Grand Mistress Qiao Qiao's voice was exceptionally cold and clear, her gaze on the old woman as if looking at a corpse.

"N-no, no, no!!" The old woman trembled violently, unable to stop her whole body from shaking, crying out in alarm, "Don't talk nonsense. I absolutely haven't!"

Mu Dongni on the side shrieked, immediately pulling up her sleeve and examining her fair arm.

Seeing no wounds on her hand, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of anger flashed across her plump, pretty face. "You old ghost, are you truly so malicious? No wonder you tried to grab me just now! You wanted to harm me!"

"No, no! Second Aunt, don't talk nonsense!" The old woman shrieked. "I, I haven't done anything!"

She looked at Yuan Qionger for help. "Concubine, I haven't been infected, Concubine, believe me." Yuan Qionger, however, looked as terrified as if she'd been bitten by a viper. She pulled back her hand and retreated several steps.

She cautiously watched the old wet nurse beside her, scrutinizing her up and down. When she saw the old woman trying to approach her, she immediately barked, "Don't come over, stand still! Don't come!"

News about the corpse puppets from the Upper Three Provinces had already been fully disclosed in the central squares of various cities, revealing their terrifying nature.

They were a dreadful existence: if scratched, one would gradually transform into a monster.

When was Nanny scratched?

Could it have been last night?

Last night, several corpse puppets had crawled out of a nearby cave, killed two Mu family disciples, and had also scratched this old wet nurse.

Although those monsters were eventually stabbed and thrown out of the stone chamber, no one knew that this old wet nurse had already been scratched by a corpse puppet.

If she hadn't been exposed now, she would have remained hidden among the crowd, potentially exploding at any moment and killing everyone around her.

Thinking of this, Yuan Qionger couldn't help but shiver from the chill, a cold tremor running through her.

Damn it, she was almost killed by this fool!

Yuan Qionger glared angrily at the old woman and said sharply, "Nanny Jiang, how could you be so muddled?"

"Concubine, Concubine, I didn't! Concubine!" The old woman cried out, reaching out to pull Yuan Qionger's sleeve, but Yuan Qionger recoiled as if from a venomous snake, repeatedly waving her sleeve to shake her off, and retreating more than ten steps further back.

Standing far away from the old woman, Yuan Qionger said coldly, "You're already like this, and you're still thinking of harming me?"

"Crown Princess! Quickly deal with this old woman! What if she suddenly turns into a corpse puppet? Wouldn't all of us be in danger?"