Chapter 93 (1/2)
Chapter 93
Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse
On Mr . Huang’s clothes was a small lotus flower, and the simple and bright lines outlined the layers of complicated petals, which rose like flames .
This was the secret Blue Lotus Cult that Feng Xuanyuan had told her about before she rescued Gan Lin .
The hand holding the teacup paused . Yu Linglong looked at the back of Mr . Huang’s head, but after all, she did not speak .
Could this shameless barefoot doctor, Mr . Huang, have anything to do with the Blue Lotus Sect?
With this doubt buried in her heart, Yu Linglong gently put down the teacup .
About half an hour later, Ling’er returned with Mr . Huang .
“Miss, Mr . Huang has already treated the old lady . ”
Yu Linglong nodded . She looked Mr . Huang up and down several times, and asked calmly: “Can the old lady’s disease be cured?”
Mr . Huang kept his head down since he entered the room, so she didn’t know what he was thinking . At this moment, he heard Yu Linglong questioning him, and raised his head as if he had just regained his senses .
He had a strange expression . He was frowning, and hesitating, as if he wanted to say something but dared not say it . He looked uncertain .
Yu Linglong keenly sensed that something was wrong . She waved her hand to signal the others to go out, and then asked in a low voice, “How is the old lady’s illness?”
Mr . Huang held the medicine box tightly with both hands and seemed to be very nervous . After hesitating for a long time, he said: “Fourth Lady, although I am not a highly skilled doctor, I am not one of those people who seek fame and reputation . The old lady is sick…It doesn’t look right . ”
Yu Linglong raised her eyebrows: “Why, isn’t it a chronic disease?”
Mr . Huang took a deep breath, and then said firmly with determination: “No, the old lady seems to have been…poisoned . ”
His voice was not loud, but Yu Linglong stood up suddenly, her cold eyes instantly condensed with a cold chill: “Poisoned? What kind of poison?”
Mr . Huang was taken aback and said hurriedly: “I am not sure what the poison is, but judging from the pulse of the old lady, it is obvious that the poison is deep…”
Yu Linglong could hardly contain the anger in her heart, and shouted in a deep voice: “What do you mean, is there no cure for the old lady’s poison!?”
Mr . Huang’s face was very heavy: “Forgive me, the old lady’s poison has penetrated the internal organs, if only Hua Tuo was alive and Bian Que was reborn, otherwise…”
Mr . Huang’s voice gradually lowered: “…otherwise, I’m afraid she won’t survive until the Mid-Autumn Festival . ”
Yu Linglong clenched her fist tightly, snorted heavily, and suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant sentence: “Sir, are you from Blue Lotus Cult?”
Mr . Huang raised his head abruptly, his eyes suddenly shone, and his timid appearance disappeared .
This expression only appeared for a moment, and Mr . Huang smiled under the guise: “I didn’t expect the Fourth Lady to know the Blue Lotus Cult . I’m just a countryman . How can I be related to the Blue Lotus Cult?”
The change in his expression did not escape Yu Linglong’s eyes . Yu Linglong smiled coldly and said, “If you are not a member of the Blue Lotus Cult, how can you have a lotus mark on your clothes?”
Seeing Mr . Huang’s face change, Yu Linglong added: “Would you like me to ask someone to come in for a body search? Then I will see how you deny it!”
Mr . Huang gradually straightened his back and his expression tightened: “So what if I am a member of the Blue Lotus Cult? I practice medicine to help the world, save the dead, and heal the wounded, and have a worthy conscience of heaven and earth . What shame is there!?”
Facing Yu Linglong’s cold eyes, Mr . Huang said in a deep voice: “If the Lady wants to notify the officers and soldiers to arrest me, please do so!”
Seeing his awe-inspiring appearance, Yu Linglong smiled instead .
Her white jade hand held the teacup . Yu Linglong lowered her head and blew the tea gently, and said faintly: “Who said I’m going to catch you?”
Mr . Huang was taken aback: “The young lady meant…”
Seeing his puzzled look, Yu Linglong’s face turned cold: “I just want to know . Why have I invited so many doctors to see her, and no one said it was poison?”
Mr . Huang didn’t expect Yu Linglong to ask this, he couldn’t help but heaved a sigh of relief and said: “I don’t know what the former doctors think, but in my opinion, the old lady indeed has symptoms of poisoning . Perhaps—”
After hesitating for a moment, he said: “…They may be afraid, or they may have been bribed . ”
Yu Linglong smiled coldly . Yes, who was willing to intervene in the affairs of the inner house, not to mention that some doctors opened their eyes after receiving the money, even if someone saw that Lady Yu was poisoned, they dared not say it . Well, if you accidentally get involved in a fight in the inner courtyard, it’s a matter of life and death .
Even the imperial doctor didn’t say it was poisoning, so how could ordinary doctors say it? As for the doctor…
A cold color flashed across Yu Linglong’s eyes, the doctor was invited by Mu s.h.i.+…
Forcefully suppressing the huge waves in her heart, Yu Linglong’s voice slowed down: “Mr . Huang, please think of a solution for the old lady’s illness . ”
Mr . Huang shook his head heavily: “This poison is very cleverly formulated, and it will make people look like they are seriously ill . When the poison finally kills, it will only make people think that they died of illness, they won’t be able to tell . I didn’t say I don’t have an antidote . Even if there is one, the old lady’s poison has been in her longer than a few days . The poison has reached the bone marrow and there is no cure . ”
Yu Linglong asked in a low voice, “If there is an antidote, can the old lady’s life be saved?”
Mr . Huang thought for a while and said hesitantly: “It’s hard to say, it depends on whether the poison can be cleaned up, but the old lady is so old…”
Seeing Mr . Huang hesitate and stop, Yu Linglong could vaguely guess what he would say next .
Lady Yu was already deeply poisoned, and even if there is an antidote, she would be exhausted .
Yu Linglong closed her eyes and took a deep breath: “Even if there is a glimmer of hope, I will try my best . ”
Ling’er sent away Mr . Huang . Yu Linglong looked at the withered magnolia tree outside the window, lost in thought .
The poison that Lady Yu was poisoned with must have been deliberately set by someone . In the Yu house, who had the courage to attack Lady Yu?
Although Yu Peng was selfish and cold, he didn’t seem to be a murderer, so who else could it be?
Moreover, where did this poison come from? Mama w.a.n.g, Ning Shuang, Ying Han, and others who served Lady Yu were all maids and servants who had followed Lady Yu for many years . They were all loyal and would not poison Lady Yu .
The only one who has served in the past few days…
Yu Linglong suddenly opened her clear eyes, and shouted in a deep voice: “Ling’er, come in . ”
…
In Jingshan Hall, the lazy afternoon sun fell on the ground, adding a little warmth to the room full of a medicinal smell . Lady Yu had just drunk her medicine and fallen asleep . Ying Han sat at her feet and waved the duster in her hands to drive away the bugs who wanted to approach the bed .
Concubine Dong sat at the end of the bed, and from time to time she looked up at Lady Yu who was asleep, her face showing unconcealable worry .
In the drowsy silence, a small voice suddenly came in from outside the door: “Auntie, Auntie!”
Concubine Dong quickly stood up, and saw that Lady Yu was not awake, she walked out lightly .
A little girl who had just kept her head stood at the door, beckoning to Concubine Dong: “Auntie, come here!”
Concubine Dong walked over and asked, “What’s the matter?”
The little maid couldn’t hide her anxious expression: “I heard the old lady in the backyard say that the third master caught a cricket by the pond and fell into the pond accidentally!”
As if struck by lightning, Concubine Dong grabbed the little maid in shock: “What did you say? Brother Yuan fell into the pond?”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse . com]
The little maid nodded in a panic: “Auntie, go and have a look, it’s in the backyard!”
Concubine Dong didn’t care to explain to Ying Han . She trotted out of Jingshan Hall and went straight to the pond in the backyard .
The small pond in the backyard was very remote . Very few people visited it on weekdays, so the working women got lazy and didn’t come to clean it once for ten and a half months . Therefore, there were overgrown weeds and even the paths were almost flooded with weeds .
Concubine Dong hurried to the pond, stuck her neck out, and looked around, with an anxious look, she called out: “Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan! Where are you!?”
A cold voice rang, and it seemed very cold in the gra.s.sy garden .
“Stop looking, he’s not here . ”
Yu Linglong was wearing a lake-blue dark flower embroidered hibiscus and brocade spring s.h.i.+rt, wearing a b.u.t.terfly hairpin with tiered silk and beads, and her eyes were cold, and she slowly walked out of the gra.s.s .
Seeing Yu Linglong appearing here, Concubine Dong suddenly shrank her shoulders subconsciously, and bowed deeply, “Good morning Fourth Lady . ”
Yu Linglong said in a deep voice, “I want to ask you something . ”
Concubine Dong had Yu Weiyuan on her mind, and she couldn’t help but feel a little anxious in her voice: “Fourth Lady, I was going to find Brother Yuan—”
Yu Linglong interrupted her words coldly: “You can leave after answering my words . ”
Knowing that the Fourth Lady was easy to provoke, Concubine Dong had to shut her mouth whiningly .
Yu Linglong looked at the fragile Concubine Dong, and asked word by word: “Who poisoned the old lady!?”
Concubine Dong suddenly raised her head in fright: “What? The old lady was poisoned?”
Yu Linglong’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and her gaze at Concubine Dong was full of doubts: “You serve the old lady every day, but you don’t know?”