Chapter 290 (2/2)

The doctor was currently kneeling by the cus.h.i.+oned couch. The swaddled bundle that had been placed on the cus.h.i.+oned couch was totally silent and unmoving.

Ji Man's heart jumped, then she heard the doctor say, ”Her pulse has already stopped. Marquis, you should restrain your grief and accept fate...”

Struck with the pain over the loss of Yun-er, Ning Yuxuan closed his eyes.

Wen Wan seemed to have gone a bit mad. She went forward and pulled at Ning Yuxuan. ”She's your daughter. How could you be so heartless? I just wanted you to hold her for a bit. Why did you push me?!”

In a hoa.r.s.e voice, Marquis Moyu said, ”I didn't do it deliberately. It was an accident. I wasn't paying attention.”

”Wan-er has just started recovering from my serious illness. You knew that I wouldn't be able to securely hold onto Yun-er. I just wanted you to hold her, but what was the result?” Wen Wan shouted herself hoa.r.s.e, ”Give me back my child!”

This show wasn't being performed realistically enough. From these words, Ji Man only understood the general gist of what had happened. Wen Wan wanted Marquis Moyu to hold the child, but for an unknown reason, Marquis Moyu had pushed her. Then, Wen Wan's grip slipped and the baby fell onto the ground.

Inside the tiny bundle, Yun-er's little face had already gradually changed colors. Ji Man pressed her lips together and suddenly thought of the legendary Empress Wu Zetian.

How daring and ruthless did a woman have to be in order to strangle her own daughter?

(T/N: Wu Zetian was a Tang Dynasty empress.  Traditional historians believed that she killed her own daughter in order to frame Empress w.a.n.g during a power struggle.)

No matter what, Ning Yuxuan was a person that knew martial arts. It was impossible that he wouldn't know how to control his strength.  As for what recently happened between Ning Yuxuan and Wen Wan, only the two of them knew the real truth.

After the wet nurse took the baby away, Wen Wan followed after her in tears and shouted for her to hand over her baby.

Even though she had predicted that Yun-er wouldn't be able to live for long, looking at the dead baby, who was so small, Ji Man still felt very bad. Ning Yuxuan's gaze had already swept over to look at her. She didn't hide her troubled feelings and lightly repeated the traditional words of comfort that the doctor had said earlier.

Looking at her eyes, Ning Yuxuan asked her an inexplicable question, ”Can you help bring Yun-er back?”

Ji Man was baffled. How could she bring Yun-er back? Where would she suppose to look? The underworld?

”Never mind.” Ning Yuxuan lowered his eyes and said, ”I'm being muddle-headed.”

”My lord, don't feel too bad,” Ji Man said, ”Yun-er is gone, but maybe next time, she'll return to Miss Wan-er's belly again and have a second chance at being your child.”

Derisively shaking his head, Ning Yuxuan quietly said, ”That won't happen.”

How could he know that it won't happen? Based on how frequently he was sowing his seeds, it shouldn't be difficult for Wen Wan to get pregnant again, right?

Translator Ramblings: ”Ji Man felt a bit shocked to hear Liu Hanyun saying these words. Liu Hanyun had always been blessed with Marquis Moyu's protection. How could she also feel that men weren't reliable?” I wonder what happened during the hot spring and temple trip.

I'm interpreting Ning Yuxuan's words, ”That won't happen”, as him not letting Wen Wan get pregnant again.