Chapter 2850: Chapter 2851: Cold Jade Bed
"It’s all my fault for being so useless. If I could’ve held on, if I’d set up the array for Master, she wouldn’t have suffered the backlash from the Transfer Technique. It’s all my fault!" Yizi broke down crying in pain.
Jianqi also blamed himself deeply. Reflecting on his own behavior, ever since he got together with Yizi, it seemed he hadn’t been as devoted to protecting his master as before.
This was not how the head of the dark guards should act. If he hadn’t been negligent, maybe nothing would have happened to his master.
Seeing the two of them acting up again, Gao Zhou said angrily, "You two are wailing like you’re about to die—are you going to think of a way to save Ruozhu or not? Jianqi, go help Yichun look for a cold jade bed. Use the Commerce Association to search. Even if we have to sell everything we own, we must buy it."
"Yes." Jianqi hurriedly pulled himself together and rushed out.
Gao Zhou turned to Yizi again. "You stop that crying too. If you’re going to set up an array, then rest properly afterward. We’ll still need you later. Your body can’t take much more of this."
"Okay." Yizi quickly wiped her eyes. As long as they could save her master, she was willing to do anything.
After Yizi left, Gao Zhou brushed at the almost nonexistent dust on his clothes and said to Chushuang, "Look at these kids, none of them steady at all. In the end I still have to be the one to hold everything together."
"The in-laws still don’t know about Ruozhu’s situation. What do you think we should do?" Chushuang asked.
Gao Zhou started worrying again. If they didn’t tell them, there was no way to hide it if Ruozhu didn’t wake up for half a day.
But if they told them directly, he was afraid they wouldn’t be able to take it.
"Dengdeng, go ask your mother what she thinks." Gao Zhou simply decided to ask Little Dengdeng for help.
Little Dengdeng entered the Space, and Bai Ruozhu hurriedly had Xiaohei shake his head and wave his paws at him, meaning that they couldn’t tell.
Her father might look steady, but he doted on her the most. His body definitely wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Her mother’s health wasn’t that good either; she wouldn’t be able to withstand such a shock.
They had to keep it from them for now.
Fortunately Little Dengdeng was smart and understood what she meant, then went out and told Gao Zhou.
After thinking it over, Gao Zhou simply said that there was a Competition at the Commerce Association and Bai Ruozhu had been called away.
Not long after, Jiang Yichun came back. Gao Zhou told him the decision, and Jiang Yichun immediately nodded in agreement.
He looked at Little Dengdeng. "Son, go ask your mother if she’s okay in there. Is she bored? Does she want anything?"
Bai Ruozhu’s eyes reddened again when she heard this. He was always worrying about her, but she couldn’t touch anything, couldn’t eat anything.
By the next day, there was finally news about a cold jade bed.
It belonged to a rich merchant who had prepared it for himself after death, planning to use it in his burial, hoping his corpse would remain incorrupt for a thousand years.
This was something that could only be chanced upon, not sought. He originally had no intention of selling it and even kept it hidden. But these past few years he’d lost everything in business, and his family was practically drinking the Northwest wind. If he didn’t sell it to make a comeback, even his future burial would be a problem, let alone a cold jade bed.
However, his asking price was extremely high—very, very high.
Jiang Yichun didn’t have much silver on hand. The Bai Family’s finances were all in Bai Ruozhu’s hands; he had never involved himself. But he couldn’t alarm the two elders of the Bai Family right now, which made things troublesome.
He could only secretly seek out Bai Zehao and bring him to see Bai Ruozhu’s current condition.
Bai Zehao was so shocked he almost fainted. Luckily everyone told him Ruozhu was still alive and could still be saved, and only then did he manage to hold himself together.
"How did my little sister end up like this when she was perfectly fine?" Bai Zehao asked in agony.
"It was a traitor from the Jiuli Clan who used the Transfer Technique on her. Now we need a cold jade bed to protect her body first," Jiang Yichun explained.
"Fine, I’ll take out all the silver from my Shops." Bai Zehao said, about to go make arrangements, but Jiang Yichun quickly grabbed him. "Ruozhu wants us to hide this from Father and Mother, she’s afraid their bodies won’t be able to take it."
Bai Zehao kept nodding. "Little sister is thoughtful. We really can’t let Father and Mother know. I won’t even tell Caiyue; I’ll be careful."
"Thank you, Big Brother."
Bai Zehao was gone for half a day and brought back all the silver he could withdraw, along with a few Land Deeds for Shop fronts.
But it was still far from enough.
"Let’s go to Sui Ge. He handles a lot of the Bai Family’s accounts and should be able to mobilize some silver," Bai Zehao suggested.
"I’ll also ask Ruozhu’s master to help," Jiang Yichun said.
Sui Ge was someone Lin Zhenghui had given to Bai Ruozhu. His personality was a bit stubborn, but he was extremely loyal.
The next day Lin Zhenghui rushed to Beiyu City. Seeing Bai Ruozhu’s current state, he was terribly worried and immediately handed over all the money he had available.
Sui Ge was already in Beiyu City and rushed over quickly as well. He originally wanted to insist on the rules, that money could only be used with Bai Ruozhu’s consent, but once he saw that Bai Ruozhu needed treatment, he immediately went to mobilize assets.
With everyone working together, by the evening of the fourth day, a horse carriage drove into the Bai Residence and stopped in Bai Ruozhu’s Yard.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Jiang Yichun led people to carry down a cold jade bed from it.
The bed was wrapped in layer upon layer of cloth, but it still exuded a chilling cold. Ordinary people couldn’t touch it—if they did, their faces would turn deathly pale from the cold, completely unable to bear it.
Only Jiang Yichun, Gao Zhou, Jianqi, Lin Zhenghui, and dark guards with deep inner strength could touch it, and even then they had to use their inner strength to resist the cold.
Though the cold jade bed was worth a fortune, it was very small, only about the size of a single bed, just enough to lie Bai Ruozhu on.
If it were a fat person, they’d probably fall right off.
Once the cold jade bed was set in place, Jiang Yichun carefully picked up Bai Ruozhu and slowly laid her down on it.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Ruozhu’s hair seemed to be rimed with white frost, and her whole body looked like it had been frozen solid.
"Is this really going to work?" Lin Zhenghui asked. Just now, when he helped move the bed—never mind lying on it—he couldn’t even handle lightly touching it for more than a quarter of an hour.
"Only this way can her body remain incorrupt and a sliver of life be preserved," Chushuang said.
With the cold jade bed in the Room, it became abnormally frigid. The ice basins were now completely useless, and Jiang Yichun told Muyu to take them all out.
"It’s just that for now, there’s nothing more we can do. We can only wait for Ning Yu and the others to reply," Chushuang said.
"How long can we maintain her like this?" Lin Zhenghui asked.
"For a long time. But the cold jade bed is taboo to fire. Someone has to keep watch here at all times. Even at night, we can’t use open flames—only Night Pearls," Chushuang said, her expression turning heavier. "Before, Dengdeng discovered that a Poison Master had infiltrated the Room. He didn’t lay a hand on Ruozhu, just rummaged around. We have to guard against him."
Upon hearing this, Yizi quickly said, "I’ll set up another array."
"And we’ll assign more men to strengthen the defenses," Jianqi added.
"I’ll stay here and keep watch," Jiang Yichun said, then glanced at Gao Zhou. "Father, I’ll leave the rest of the household affairs to you."
Bai Zehao wasn’t sure how else he could help. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I’ll take care of the children, and I’ll block Father and Mother."
"Thank you, Big Brother." Jiang Yichun bowed in salute.
That very night Bai Zehao came up with a plan, saying there were some problems at the farmstead and he hoped Bai Yihong would go inspect it and give the tenant farmers some guidance. He also suggested that Lin Ping’er go along for a change of scenery, and proposed that they relive the charms of Agricultural Family life.
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