Chapter 223 Chilling
There were many people standing outside Jia Lian’s courtyard, all of them craning their necks to look into the courtyard. The sound of chaotic conversation and the crying of many people could be heard faintly.

Wang Xifeng’s affair caused chaos in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion and alarmed everyone. Even the Ningguo Mansion’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Youshi, Jia Rong, Jia Yun, Aunt Xue, Xue Pan, and all the wives and maids in Rongguo Mansion, came to the courtyard to see what was going on.

Suddenly the backyard was in chaos.

Wang Xifeng not only had a miscarriage, but also suffered heavy bleeding. When the imperial physician arrived, she was almost dead.

Jia Lian, Ping Er, Feng Er and others cried their eyes out, wishing to die or live. Of course, some people were happy.

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng’s main house has three rooms. The middle one is the reception room, the west room is the bedroom, and the room on the east is where Jia Lian’s daughter sleeps.

In this situation, Doctor Wang could not go in and could only stand in the living room behind the door curtain and direct the experienced old women. Fortunately, Jia She ordered people to invite women who knew medicine from several medical families to help.

Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, Mrs. You and her mother-in-law, Aunt Xue and others were sitting in the east room, and there was a sound of sniffling and swallowing tears.

At this time, Li Hu was sitting with Jia She in the east wing. Jia Rong, Jia Yun, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, Jia Lan and Xue Pan were all there, standing there silently, and no one said a word.

As for Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang, they had already run into the palace.

Listening to Jia Lian’s earth-shaking cry, Li Hu looked at Jia She and said, “Let’s go to the palace and ask for mercy, and ask Li Yuanzheng or the attending imperial physician to come and take a look.”

Jia She moved slightly but did not say anything.

“Second Master!” Ping’er’s exclamation suddenly came from the main room.

Then Jia Lian roared: “Where is Wang? I’m going to kill that vicious woman!”

There were many exclamations from the main room.

Li Hu stood up suddenly and strode out.

Jia Yun followed him out immediately.

Jia Rong, Xue Pan and others looked at Jia She who was still sitting there.

At this time, the screams and noises from all over the place outside were getting louder and louder.

Jia She sighed, then stood up and walked out.

Everyone followed him out quickly.

Jia Lian rushed out of the main room with a sword in his hand, followed by many people who did not dare to step forward and could only shout to persuade them.

Li Hu glanced at Jia Yun and signaled him to take the sword away.

Jia Yun understood, stepped forward and snatched the sword, then walked back to Li Hu.

Jia Lian became anxious and said, “Give me the sword!” He was about to step forward to grab the sword, but when he saw Jia She coming out, he immediately stopped.

Jia She stopped beside Li Hu, glanced at Jia Lian, and said nothing.

Jia Lian was startled for a moment, then started to yell again: “Where is Wang? Where is the Second Madam? Where is she? Why doesn’t she come to see me?”

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the yard, and then the crowd made way for a passage.

Zhao Tong led Li Yuanzheng from the Imperial Hospital and walked in quickly.

Li Yuanzheng was carrying a medical bag as he walked and asked, “Where is Doctor Wang? How is the situation?”

Ping Erh hurriedly called out, “Inside, Doctor Wang is inside!”

A group of people followed in in a noisy manner.

Zhao Tong did not follow him in. Instead, he turned around and walked in front of Li Hu and Jia She, bowed and said, “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard about this and asked me to personally bring Li Yuanzheng here.”

Jia She nodded.

Li Hu: “Is there anything wrong in the palace?”

Zhao Tong thought for a moment and replied, “The Empress Defei was not feeling well, so she did not eat the box of cakes and presented them to Your Majesty.”

Li Hu was surprised: “Your Majesty has eaten it?”

Zhao Tong shook his head: “Your Majesty just ate a bowl of bird’s nest porridge, and presented the cakes to the old concubine and the emperor.”

Now it was Jia She’s turn to be surprised: “Did the old concubine eat it? How is she? Is she okay?!”

Zhao Tong: “Don’t worry, General Jia, the old concubine is in good health.”

Li Hu interrupted: “Didn’t you eat?”

Zhao Tong: “They ate it. The old concubine ate half a piece, and the emperor ate two pieces. They were all fine.”

Li Hu was curious: “What’s going on? Wasn’t the box of cakes drugged?”

Before he could finish his words, Jiao Da and Wang Shanbao hurried in from outside the courtyard.

Wang Shanbao reported to Jia She: “Master, we are too late. The cook’s family is all dead.” Jiao Da: “What a vicious beast, he didn’t even let the children go.”

Jia She was silent for a moment, then looked at Zhao Tong: “Is safflower added to the cakes?”

Zhao Tong was also silent for a moment, then replied, “It looks like it should be.”

As he was speaking, Doctor Wang came out.

Jia Baoyu asked hurriedly: “What happened?”

Doctor Wang ignored him and walked quickly to Li Hu and the other two. He bowed to Zhao Tong first and then said to Jia She, “The young lady has taken the pills and had acupuncture, and now she is stable. This is the prescription written by Dean Li.” As he said that, he handed the prescription to Jia She.

Jia She approached Li Hu holding the prescription.

Li Hu was slightly stunned. He didn’t know anything about medicine, so what was he supposed to do? !
After a while, Jia She handed the prescription to Wang Shanbao: “Go quickly! Pick it out and boil it and send it back!”

Wang Shanbao: “Yes.” He took the prescription and ran away like the wind.

At this moment, a maid came from outside the courtyard to report: “The old lady is back!”

The old women and maids who were surrounding the gate of the courtyard dispersed to both sides. There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and a sedan chair stopped in front of the gate.

“Old lady!” All the maids bowed.

Without waiting for Yuanyang to lift the curtain of the sedan chair, Jia’s mother lifted the curtain herself and got out of the sedan chair.

“Push the sedan chair! Push the sedan chair!” Yuanyang called out hurriedly.

The two servants carrying the sedan chair at the back quickly raised the poles, and the poles in front touched the ground. Then Grandmother Jia walked straight into the yard.

Zhao Tong greeted her with a smile: “Madam!”

“Thank you for your concern, Manager Zhao.”

Grandmother Jia smiled and nodded, then said to Jia She, “Why don’t you invite Manager Zhao to come in for tea?”

Jia She, however, seemed to have heard nothing and just stared at Lady Jia with gentle eyes.

This look made Grandmother Jia feel uneasy and she avoided Jia She’s gaze.

Zhao Tong noticed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, and said with a smile: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still waiting for my reply, so I won’t disturb him.” After that, he walked out quickly.

The courtyard fell into an eerie silence.

Li Hu coughed and said, “It’s getting late. I’m going back to eat.” After that, he left without looking back.

Xue Pan’s eyes rolled around, and he let out a cry, covering his stomach with both hands. He said, “My stomach hurts a little. I’ll go home first.” Then he trotted out.

Jia Rong, Jia Yun, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong, and Jia Lan wanted to leave but did not dare to. They looked at each other and silently retreated to the foot of the wall.

Only Lady Jia and Jia She were left standing there.

After a moment of silence, Grandmother Jia spoke up: “I didn’t think it through. But the situation at the time didn’t allow me to think about it carefully.”

Jia She smiled and said, “My son understands.”

Grandmother Jia opened her mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

At this moment, Jia Lian’s voice came from the main room: “Wang is back? She still has the nerve to come!”

Before he finished speaking, Jia Lian walked out angrily.

Seeing Grandmother Jia in the courtyard, Jia Lian was startled at first, then he stepped forward and saluted, saying with a fake smile: “Old lady, you are back from the palace? Why didn’t you say hello? I’ll kneel outside the mansion gate to greet you!”

Grandmother Jia tightened her grip on the cane, took a deep breath, and asked Jia Lian, “Are you blaming me?”

Jia Lian immediately knelt down and said, “Grandson, I dare not!”

Jia Rong, Jia Yun, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Cong and Jia Lan, who were standing at the foot of the wall, all knelt down.

Grandmother Jia closed her eyes and said, “I have sent someone to the room to get some herbs for Feng’s body.”

Jia Lian: “My grandson kowtows to the old lady on behalf of Feng girl.” He kowtowed heavily and said, “The imperial physician said that we should be careful not to be unable to take the tonic when we are weak. We understand.”

Grandmother Jia’s face turned even paler. She was stunned for a long time before she said, “Since it’s the imperial physician’s order, how about I keep it for Feng girl first? Can I go in and take a look?”

Jia Lian: “It’s full of blood, it’s not clean. Secondly, Feng girl doesn’t look very good, and she’s threatening the old lady. Let’s wait until Feng girl can get out of bed, and let her kowtow to the old lady.”

Grandmother Jia was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned her gaze to Jia She.

Jia She lowered his head and looked at the ground.

Grandmother Jia’s eyes were filled with sorrow, and she murmured, “I understand, I’ll leave now.” Suddenly, everything went dark, and the sky and the earth began to spin.
(End of this chapter)