Chapter 153 – A Bowl Of Medicine, Nurse Han’S Memory
Looking at the small door that was still slightly open, Wei Yuewu began to ponder.
The strange conversation between the Third Prince and the nun, as well as the way the Third Prince left angrily with a sway of his sleeve, seemed more like a hint of something, and such a hint was obviously related to her who was present at the scene.
The Third Prince had expressed his goodwill towards her, and this nun also clearly indicated that the Third Prince had good intentions towards her. Was it just because the Third Prince was raised by her mother in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang for a period of time? However, the Third Prince had no good intentions towards this nun. People could tell at a glance that he was extremely fed up with the nun. What was the reason for this?
Wei Yuewu guessed that the Third Prince probably didn’t stay in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang for a long time. What was more, it was even possible that he never returned after leaving the mansion. As a result, everyone in the mansion had forgotten about this Third Prince who once lived there for some time. However, it was obvious that this Third Prince didn’t forget his stay in the mansion!
And who was the Third Prince’s younger sister? Wei Yuewu keenly sensed that she should be the key! The fact that a prince’s younger sister was not a princess already made people feel strange. Moreover, this also involved her…
The hall quieted down, and only the lights twinkled there.
“Miss, should we go back first?” Huamo looked at the sky outside and reminded Wei Yuewu. It was now the time for Wei Yuewu to take medicine.
Wei Yuewu shook her head and resolutely said, “Come, let’s go see Nurse Han.”
Since the Third Prince had once been raised in the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang, then the nurse in charge in mother’s courtyard should know something.
When Wei Yuewu brought Huamo to Nurse Han’s residence in the back mountain, Nurse Han was taking care of a few plum blossoms at the side of the house. Seeing Wei Yuewu coming over, she hurriedly went up to salute Wei Yuewu.
Wei Yuewu tilted her body to dodge her greeting. Then, she entered the room with her.
“Nurse Han, was the Third Prince once brought to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang and raised there by my mother for a period of time?” Wei Yuewu asked straightforwardly as soon as she entered the room.
“Third Prince?” Nurse Han’s eyes widened, revealing a look of confusion. She then shook her head and said, “Sixth Young Lady, I did not see Madam bring the Third Prince to the mansion!”
“Nurse Han, did you serve my mother all the time?” Wei Yuewu frowned and asked in a deep voice. This answer was too different from what she had guessed. She felt that something was wrong.
“After I entered the mansion, I was assigned to Madam’s courtyard. After she gave birth to you, I was kicked out.” Nurse Han thought for a moment and said with certainty.
These words clearly did not match the Third Prince’s words. However, Wei Yuewu did not think that the Third Prince would make such an obvious mistake. Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind. “Nurse Han, had my mother already been married into the mansion before you entered the mansion?”
“Yes, when I entered the mansion, Madam had already been married for several years. Therefore, there were some things I only heard about but didn’t experience them myself.” Nurse Han nodded.
That meant Nurse Han had only served by mother’s side for a period of time!
“How many years had my mother been married into the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang before she gave birth to me?” Wei Yuewu’s expression was cold.
“I am not clear about that. I just heard that Madam remained childless for quite a few years after she was married into the mansion. Almost everyone gossiped about this in the mansion. However, Lord Marquis had always treated Madam very well, except that…” Nurse Han hesitated for a moment. She didn’t know whether to speak out her suspicions or not.
“Nurse Han, please speak. I have a lot of doubts and puzzles right now. Nurse Han, please tell me whatever you know. Your words are helpful to me.” Wei Yuewu turned her eyes and urged.
“Actually, I didn’t know why, but I felt that Madam had always been lukewarm to Lord Marquis… Madam was gentle to everyone, including Lord Marquis, but I just felt that Madam was too polite to Lord Marquis. She seemed very detached from Lord Marquis. I saw Lord Marquis wandering outside Madam’s courtyard several times. When I went to report to Madam, Madam only told me not to invite Lord Marquis in, saying that we didn’t have to disturb Lord Marquis!”
Nurse Han had been hiding these words in her heart because she could not judge whether it was because Madam was considerate to Lord Marquis or because Madam ignored Lord Marquis. However, when she saw Lord Marquis wandering around for a long time before leaving with a sad expression, Nurse Han always felt that something was wrong.
“My mother didn’t like my father?” Wei Yuewu suddenly guessed an answer, and her eyes immediately widened.
“I am not sure about that, but… but…” Nurse Han’s forehead was covered in sweat as she spoke, and she looked extremely nervous.
Wei Yuewu looked at her and knew that there was some inside story. After a moment of pause, she said, “Nurse Han, feel free to say what is on your mind!”
‘”I don’t know if it was my illusion. On the day Madam gave birth to you, she seemed to have drunk something beforehand. Although I didn’t understand medicine, I saw Madam picking up the bowl and hesitating for some time. She put it down and picked it up again. In the end, she cried and drank the bowl of medicine. After that, Madam started to deliver.”
Nurse Han gritted her teeth and spoke out what was on her mind.
“At that time, there was only Madam and her senior maid Yu Cai in the room. Yu Cai was the dowry maid of Madam. She was Madam’s most trusted servant. Although there were several other senior maids, Madam trusted Yu Cai the most. I happened to walk to the window and ordered people to clean up the area near the window. When I raised my head, I saw Madam drinking the medicine.”
Wei Yuewu felt as if she had received a heavy blow to her brain. She pressed her hands on the table and started to tremble slightly. She bit her lips forcefully to suppress the shock in her heart. After a while, she recovered her voice and said coldly, “I was born prematurely?”
“Yes, you were born ahead of the expected date of confinement. Originally, Lord Marquis had calculated the date and planned to come back before your birth. However, he didn’t expect you were born so much earlier than the expected date. If Lord Marquis hadn’t rushed back in time, Madam and you would have died on the spot.”
Nurse Han nodded, her eyes indicating that she was searching her memory. The scene that day had always been imprinted in her mind. She did not know what kind of medicine Madam drank, but she could tell that Madam was sad and painful. In the end, she took on a resolute expression when she drank the medicine, while Yu Cai was crying at the side.
If Madam and Yu Cai hadn’t lost their usual composure, how could they fail to discover that she was outside the window?
Nurse Han remembered that she didn’t dare to watch for too long at that time. When she saw Madam drinking up the bowl of medicine, she hurriedly left the window. At that time, she seemed to have discovered something important. She felt nervous and terrified, but after Madam started to deliver and everyone was busy rushing from one place to another, she forgot about the medicine issue.
Then there were a series of incidents. When she was assigned to the Madam Dowager’s courtyard, she calmed down and carefully looked back on this matter. However, she never dared to tell anyone about these things. If Wei Yuewu hadn’t asked so urgently, she wouldn’t have told anyone about this matter.
“Where’s that Yu Cai?” Wei Yuewu calmed down and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes, but it immediately disappeared behind her long eyelids.
“I don’t know. When Madam gave birth, many people were punished. I later found out that Yu Cai also seemed to be punished by Lord Marquis. He blamed her for not taking good care of Madam, so that Madam gave birth prematurely. She was then sold out and a new batch of servants were assigned to Madam’s courtyard.”
Therefore, this Yu Cai had also disappeared!
After the elapse of so many years, it was almost impossible to find a maid who had disappeared into a vast sea of people for so many years!
Wei Yuewu went out of Nurse Han’s room almost with a sad expression. She walked past the plum forest, but she was in no mood to admire the beautiful scenery in the plum forest.
She thought about the way her mother and father lived with each other. She also thought about the delivery date that was suddenly advanced, not by a week or two, but by a month.
Wei Yuewu had medical knowledge and she knew that if it weren’t for the accident, there wouldn’t be such a deviation. However, why was the delivery date suddenly advanced? It was obviously related to the bowl of medicine that her mother drank.
As a result, when mother gave birth, her father, who was supposed to be there, happened to be elsewhere!
In that case, it be interpreted this way: Mother deliberately waited for her father to be away before drinking that bowl of medicine!
It was a bowl of medicine to induce labor!
Wei Yuewu stood under a tree and felt her breathing become heavy. Her mind was sinking, and her chest was so stuffy that she couldn’t breathe.
When she thought about what it meant to give birth to a baby one month earlier than the expected date, she could no longer lift her legs.
Huamo looked at Wei Yuewu’s pale face as she supported herself by the plum tree. She hurriedly came over to help Wei Yuewu asked, “Miss, how are you feeling?”
Wei Yuewu’s heart was in turmoil, but her face didn’t show anything. She pointed at the stone table and stools under a plum tree and said, “I’ll rest for a while before we leave.”
“Yes, Miss!” Huamo carefully helped Wei Yuewu to sit on a stone stool. Seeing her sitting there motionless while laying her head on her own hands, she thought that Wei Yuewu was resting, so she stood aside and waited quietly for her to rest.
After waiting for a while, the sun was high in the sky, but Wei Yuewu was still sitting there motionless. Huamo became anxious. She reached out and gently pushed Wei Yuewu. She whispered, “Miss, let’s go back now. Don’t fall asleep here. This will hurt your body.”
Wei Yuewu’s body was already weak. Although this place was in the plum forest and the wind wasn’t strong, Wei Yuewu couldn’t withstand it.
But in the next moment, Huamo cried out in alarm. As her hand landed on Wei Yuewu, Wei Yuewu’s body collapsed and fell off the table…
“Miss!” Huamo was shocked and reached out to hold Wei Yuewu. In the next moment, an eye-catching silhouette appeared beside Wei Yuewu.
“She has a fever!” Yan Huaijing reached out and felt her forehead, which was burning hot. Looking at her crimson and abnormal little face, he frowned and raised his long and narrow phoenix eyes. He looked at Huamo sharply and asked, “What’s going on?”
“I… I don’t know either. I accompanied Miss along the way. Miss said that she was tired and wanted to take a rest. Then she lay her head on the table and took a rest. Who would know…” Huamo had never seen Yan Huaijing’s fierce expression before. She was so frightened that she hurriedly stammered back.
Yan Huaijing picked up Wei Yuewu and walked towards the depths of the plum forest. Huamo hurriedly trotted to follow him.
They made a few turns in the plum forest, and a wooden house appeared under a large plum tree. There was no one at the door, but when Yan Huaijing approached the door, he said, “Go and fetch Imperial Doctor Chen here.”
Huamo was following behind Yan Huaijing. She heard someone responding to the order but didn’t see anyone.
Seeing Yan Huaijing entering the room, Huamo trembled with fear and wanted to follow him. However, she was stopped at the door by a guard who suddenly appeared.
“Go to the room at the side and bring some hot water.” Yan Huaijing’s clear voice came from inside the room.
When Huamo came over with a basin of hot water, the guard at the door had already disappeared. It was as if what she had seen was just an illusion. She thought for a moment and walked in with the basin of hot water in her hands.
The door was open, and the scene inside shocked her…
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