coobybook Chapter 123 So what?
Chapter 123 So what?
Chapter 123 So what?
Aunt Meng didn't die? How is that possible? Everyone knows that when a woman experiences a difficult childbirth, in order to save the fetus, with the husband's family's permission, the midwife will forcibly cut open the woman's abdomen with scissors and remove the child. This practice of sacrificing the greater for the lesser is commonplace in the Great Xia Kingdom. Because it is so cruel, the woman usually dies from excessive blood loss, and there has never been an exception.
Did the midwife use another method to deliver the young master? Or did the young lady have a miraculous healing touch and bring the dying Aunt Meng back to life?
Everyone thought the same thing, and their gazes toward Ye Pianran unconsciously carried a hint of awe.
Marquis Anshi was taken aback by her words, and after a long while, he said, "Is...is that so? Then I'll go in and see her..."
“Aunt Meng has already retired for the night, and she probably won’t be able to get up to greet Father right now,” Ye Pianran said. “If Father cares about Aunt Meng, he can come to visit her and her son in a few days. Why rush things? They’re both in the Marquis’s mansion anyway, and they can’t escape no matter what.”
Marquis Anshi stared intently at Ye Pianran's face for a long time, then asked suspiciously, "You're not planning something, are you?"
666: An Shihou's favorability -5, good and evil value -1, host's current good and evil value -25.
Ye Pianran naturally didn't expect to gain any good or evil points from Marquis Anshi. She chuckled and said, "Father, what are you saying? I'm just feeling sorry for my little brother. If Mother and Kang'er had been so lucky back then, perhaps Kang'er wouldn't be in this state now."
Marquis Anshi's pupils contracted, and he clenched his fists in anger. Was this girl blaming him entirely for Kang'er's premature birth? This unfilial daughter was getting bolder and bolder! It seemed he needed to teach her a lesson sometime!
666: An Shihou's favorability -10, good and evil value -2, host's current good and evil value -27.
Ignoring her ever-decreasing good and evil value, Ye Pianran returned Aunt Meng's child to her side. An Shihou, who was furious, curtsied and left Fangcao Garden with Ling Shu and Ye Lingyue.
She had barely left Aunt Meng's courtyard when Doctor Xu chased after her, following closely behind Ye Pianran, shamelessly chattering on and on:
"I never expected that Miss would be able to cure Aunt Meng and the young master in such a short time. Miss's medical skills are probably unmatched in the entire capital... no, in the entire Great Xia Kingdom. I am really curious about the method Miss used to treat the young master. I wonder if Miss could give me some pointers?"
Ye Pianran was just worrying about how to suppress the news that she could be brought back to life when she heard what Doctor Xu said. A thought struck her, and she said:
"Actually, the child didn't die. He just inhaled amniotic fluid and had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, which caused him to experience pseudo-asphyxiation. All we needed to do was insert three needles behind his ear and three needles behind his neck to make him expel the amniotic fluid from his throat and breathe smoothly. Then we could forcefully stimulate his tailbone to make him feel pain, and he was successfully saved in no time."
"I see!" Doctor Xu exclaimed in sudden realization. "Was the acupuncture technique that the young lady used on the young master the 'Thirteen Needles of Life Weaving'?"
“Exactly. I didn’t expect Doctor Xu to be so interested in my self-created acupuncture technique. When I record this technique into a book, I will definitely have my maid send a set to Doctor Xu so that he can study it as well,” Ye Pianran said with a smile.
"Very well! Thank you very much, Miss!" Doctor Xu was overjoyed, his face crinkling with smiles.
Ye Pianran was also very pleased to hear the sound of her good and evil values constantly increasing.
Although the decline in her good and evil values made her situation in the Marquis's mansion difficult again, after learning that Ye Yingrou was not from this world and also carried a big secret, she felt that her life after rebirth was becoming more and more interesting.
Possessing a drug-making system? Ha, so what? The spatial dimension she controls is precisely the nemesis of that system. She really wants to see what kind of storm Ye Yingrou can stir up in this life.
When Ye Pianran returned to Lanxin Courtyard, she saw a figure carrying a lantern waiting in the courtyard. Looking up, she saw a fire burning in Gongsun Yuan's room, and Ye Pianran knew that the commotion of Marquis Anshi summoning her to Fangcao Garden had finally woken Gongsun Yuan.
The maid carrying the lantern immediately came forward to greet Ye Pianran when she saw her return, and said:
“Miss, Madam has sent me to guard this place. If I see you return, please ask you to go to Madam’s room.”
Coincidentally, the person guarding the courtyard was none other than Jasmine, whom Ye Pianran had personally selected from the common courtyard a few days ago to serve Gongsun Yuan.
Ye Pianran's cold gaze swept over Jasmine's face, but she neither spoke nor moved to go into Gongsun Yuan's room.
Jasmine was already feeling uneasy because she had almost been discovered by Ye Lingyue today. When Ye Pianran's gaze swept over her, her legs went weak and her face turned even more pale.
"Miss?"
"After being woken up, did Madam say anything else?" Ye Pianran asked.
Jasmine lowered her head somewhat guiltily and replied, "No, Miss."
Ye Pianran hummed in agreement and asked casually, "Did the Prince's Mansion send anyone to pick up the young master today?"
Jasmine paused, momentarily speechless. Having learned that Ye Pianran had routinely left the manor for the clinic, she had been preoccupied with finding an opportunity to win over Ye Lingyue and hadn't paid attention to this matter. However, since the Crown Prince of Beiwu had specifically requested Ye Yankang to be his study companion, the manor had been sending someone to bring Ye Yankang to the manor almost every other day. She mentally calculated and guessed that Ye Yankang should have been to the manor today, so she replied:
"Come on, come on."
"Is it Butler Zhong who came in person?" Ye Pianran asked.
Jasmine gritted her teeth silently and said, "Yes..."
Ye Pianran smiled slightly, took the lantern from Jasmine's hand, and said, "Alright, you can all go now. I'm going to talk to Madam."
Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief and quickly curtsied, saying, "Yes, Miss."
The only light followed Ye Pianran into the distance, and the courtyard was once again shrouded in night. Jasmine felt her back was soaked with cold sweat. Just as she was about to go downstairs to change, she heard someone call out from behind her:
"Excuse me, ma'am, please wait a moment."
Jasmine stopped and turned around, only to see Ye Lingyue walking towards her in the night. Under the starlight, Ye Lingyue's eyes were clear and bright, and the smile on her lips was utterly innocent.
"Sister Jasmine, I heard from Sister Ling Shu that you are from Yuzhou, is that right?"
Jasmine perked up and nodded, saying, "Not bad."
"That's wonderful! My mother is from Yuzhou, so we're practically neighbors," Ye Lingyue said with a smile. "Sichuan and Chongqing are adjacent, and their eating habits are quite similar. I've been in the capital for so long, but I still haven't adapted to the food here. I often go hungry. I wonder if Sister Jasmine has any good ideas?"
Jasmine smiled and replied, "Of course I do. Come inside with me and I'll tell you all about it."