Chapter 360 Mother’s Legacy (2/2)

Lin Mengya looked at where the woman had gone, smiling as if she didn’t care at all.

“It’s fine. They don’t know what I am doing for now. My father had registered all my mother’s legacy. Should any of the legacy be missing, my brother would make them suffer. They are just curious about what we’re doing now. Plus, they’ve got plenty of things to do, and they’re too busy to care about us.”

Lin Mengya looked relaxed.

She took a deep breath when she stood outside of Lin Mengwu’s room just now. She was trying to detect the faint smell of medicine in the air.

There were safflower, tannin, aconite, rhubarb, peach kernel, and Cinnamomic cortex in it. One whiff was enough for Lin Mengwu to tell what it was for.

“You mean…”

Lin Mengya looked at Baizhi. Then she leaned close to her and whispered.

Baizhi’s eyes suddenly opened wide from surprise. She covered her mouth and looked Lin Mengya in the eyes, trying to confirm if she was for real.

“How is that possible? She isn’t married yet. How could she be pregnant?”

All the herbs were to invigorate the circulation of blood, and they were often used in abortions.

Sometimes they were also used to treat irregular menstruation, but Huan’er wouldn’t have been so nervous if that was what they were doing.

Everyone knew Lin Mengwu as a bold woman. It was possible that she accidentally got pregnant before marriage.

But if this got out, the public would spurn the whole family for being ill-bred. Their long-established reputation would be ruined.

Shangguan Qing always had high expectations for her daughter. Lin Mengya wondered how the mother would react to this.

“It’s very likely. I mean, you don’t need to worry too much. Mrs. Lin is spying on us to see if we know their secret. We came back home when her daughter’s in trouble, so she has reason to suspect us.”

Everything was so coincidental.

Shangguan Qing and Lin Mengwu were trying to keep away from Lin Mengya. Lin Mengya was confused about the prescription.

If the prescription did exist, why couldn’t she find it in those books?

She had Baizhi inform Steward Deng to tell the prince that she would stay here for a few more days.

She found nothing after a whole day’s search. Now she was starving.

She squatted in the warehouse in her yard, checking her mother’s legacy one by one.

Shangguan Qing and Lin Mengwu had already taken away the best stuff.

All she had now were daily items her mother used, which were quite meaningful to Lin Mengya.

All of them were put in a huge box. The lock on the box was already rusty, but the things kept inside had been very well preserved.

Lin Mengya picked up those dusty things and tried to find something useful with Baizhi’s help.

She could tell how much her mother loved life, and what a clever woman she was.

Lin Mengya picked up one of her mother’s daily outfits. It smelled musty, but Lin Mengya didn’t hate it at all.

She tried to feel it carefully with her hands. It felt rough. Lin Mengya felt like crying.

The milk-white dress was dyed yellow by the sunset.

The fabric was excellent. It was rare even in the present.

The collar and the cuff were embroidered with lilac acacia flowers. The exquisite embroidery made the flowers vivid.

“That was her dress. It’s so beautiful, but it looks different from ours.”

Baizhi was also checking out these clothes.

Her words give gave Lin Mengya a flash of inspiration.

She took out some more clothes and checked carefully. Something was odd.

The clothes of the women in Dajin were similar to those of the Tang and Song dynasties.

The sleeves were wide and the dresses touched the ground. That was the common garb of noblewomen.

However, the clothes in Lin Mengya’s hand had narrow sleeves and the dress could barely reach one’s feet. The waistline was also tightened. Lin Mengya picked out a random one and put it on.

The graceful young lady in the mirror turned into a spirited beauty.

The clothes were from 20 or 30 years ago, which wasn’t a very long time, but the difference was huge.

Lin Mengya was surprised. She heard that her mother was good at embroidery. Maybe she made her own clothes.

It was possible that her mother wasn’t a local in Dajin.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she suddenly found something odd with her belt.

The left side seemed thicker than the right side, which she wouldn’t have noticed without checking it so carefully.

Lin Mengya took off the belt and tried to feel it. The belt was thicker on the left side than the right side.