Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 128 - 127: Deep-seated Grudge_1
Chapter 128: Chapter 127: Deep-seated Grudge_1
The doctor’s legs immediately went limp. He knelt on the ground, kowtowing and wailing: “It has nothing to do with me! Young Miss, it really has nothing to do with me! I was suddenly brought here. I said my medical skills are insufficient. The nanny from your manor said I was just here to go through the motions. Anyway, the person is going to die!”
Anyway, the person is going to die?!
She grabbed the armrest of the chair, her spine chilling. Someone wanted Ji Tingyu dead!
Was it because Ji Tingyu sent back the military record bamboo slip?! Or was it because… of something else?!
Her nails almost embedded into the wooden armrest, her anger palpable. Her voice rose sharply: “Investigate who brought this doctor in today! Once found, tie them up and bring them to me! If they resist, beat them to death and drag them over to have the doctor identify them!”
“Yes!” A guard responded and quickly exited.
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Her gaze involuntarily fell on Mrs. Ji Liu, who had curled up in a corner: “Mrs. Ji Liu…”
Mrs. Ji Liu hurriedly knelt in front of Bai Qingyan: “Young Miss, I… I don’t know anything!”
“You and I have never met before, but you know I am the eldest daughter of the Bai family…” Bai Qingyan’s calm and cold voice was wrapped in a layer of frost. “Let me ask you, when the person was sent to fetch the illegitimate son of the Bai family today, did anything happen?”
Mrs. Ji Liu lowered her head, her eyes darting around in panic. Her voice was extremely low: “Answering the Young Miss, nothing had happened…”
Out of respect for Ji Tingyu, she restrained her attitude towards Mrs. Ji Liu: “Think carefully. The nanny by my side has already gone to inquire. If what you say differs from what the nanny reports when she returns, do you know the consequences?”
“Young Miss, I am just an ordinary woman. The nanny in the manor told me to come and serve my husband, so I came! I really don’t know anything!”
Her gaze towards Mrs. Ji Liu grew colder and colder. She slowly leaned back in her chair: “Send someone to wait at Qinghui Courtyard. When you see Nanny Tong, have her come over! Also, let my chief maid Chun Xing bring me a hand-warmer. Tonight… is still long!”
Mrs. Ji Liu shuddered, swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
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Soon, Nanny Tong came over with Chun Xing. Chun Xing saluted and then hurriedly stepped forward to hand the hand-warmer to Bai Qingyan.
“You go inside and watch Ji Tingyu, keep the fire burning.” She took the hand-warmer and instructed Chun Xing.
“Yes!” Chun Xing lifted the curtain and went inside.
“Did you find out anything from Nanny Jiang?” She looked at Nanny Tong.
“I did!” Nanny Tong quickly walked to Bai Qingyan’s side. “Nanny Jiang said it was the Eldest Princess who wanted to leave the illegitimate son’s mother on the estate. But the illegitimate son was unwilling and made a fuss about not wanting to get on the carriage.”
She turned to Mrs. Ji Liu: “Mrs. Ji Liu, do you know about this?”
Mrs. Ji Liu prostrated herself even lower: “I do not know!”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan pressed her lips together, asking no more…
Under the eaves of the corridor, white lanterns swayed. The courtyard was full of people, but it was so quiet that only the sound of the wind could be heard.
Suddenly, outside the wide-open courtyard gate, there were lights hurriedly approaching. She instinctively stood up, seeing Lu Ping carrying Doctor Hong and a guard behind them carrying Doctor Huang running over.
The moment she saw them, Bai Qingyan’s heart, which had been in her throat, finally eased a bit. She instinctively moved to the door: “Doctor Hong! Quickly check on Ji Tingyu!”
Doctor Hong got off the panting Lu Ping’s back. Seeing the pale-faced Bai Qingyan, he cupped his hands and followed her inside: “Young Miss, how is Ji Tingyu?! How did he suddenly faint again! He was fine when I left!”
Doctor Huang, carried by the young guard, also got down. He had been jolted so much along the way that even his official hat was askew. But he couldn’t spare a moment for his appearance. He straightened his hat, took the medicine box from the guard’s hand, and followed inside.
Seeing the Imperial Physician, the doctor trembled in fear, his face ashen.
Doctor Hong entered, and without sitting down, grabbed Ji Tingyu’s arm and started feeling for his pulse. As soon as he touched the pulse… Doctor Hong’s face turned white: “How could he be poisoned?!”
“What?! Poisoned?! What kind of poison?!” Doctor Huang, who had just entered, quickly put down the medicine box and leaned forward. He examined Ji Tingyu’s pupils, pried open Ji Tingyu’s mouth, checked his tongue coating, and leaned in to smell his breath.
“Yiri Mian!”
“Yiri Mian!”
Doctor Hong and Doctor Huang spoke in unison.
Yiri Mian, the poison was as its name… a single day would bring about the onset of toxicity and death. This poison was mild, causing the victim to fall into a coma and die in their sleep.
“The dosage must not be high, the poisoning isn’t deep! It was discovered early; otherwise… the lips would have changed color! You write the prescription… I’ll administer the acupuncture!” Doctor Hong said to Doctor Huang.
Bai Qingyan felt a buzzing in her head. Ji Tingyu had an incident right in the Bai family, right under her nose!
She clenched her teeth and respectfully bowed to Doctor Hong and Doctor Huang: “I’ll have to trouble the two of you! Chun Xing, you all stay here and listen to Doctor Hong and Doctor Huang’s instructions. Uncle Ping, come with me to interrogate the doctor!”
With that, Bai Qingyan, exuding an air of menacing severity, tightly gripped Nanny Tong’s hand and stepped outside.
The guard who had gone to investigate which nanny brought the doctor in returned, bowing to Bai Qingyan: “Young Miss, it was Nanny Qi who brought the doctor in. Nanny Qi has a matter at home and is not in the manor. Should we go to her home to apprehend her?”
Hearing the name Nanny Qi, Nanny Tong hurriedly said to Bai Qingyan: “Nanny Qi is the nanny who went to fetch the second master’s illegitimate son today. She was the one who returned first to see the Eldest Princess, then brought in the Ji family’s daughter-in-law. When I went to inquire today, the outer court also said Nanny Qi had a matter at home.”
Nanny Qi, that illegitimate son, Changshou Courtyard, Eldest Princess…
Connecting these dots, isn’t it clear?!
What deep-seated grudge could Nanny Qi have against Ji Tingyu that she must see him dead?!
But as for her grandmother? Why would she need to kill Ji Tingyu, who had done a favor for the Bai family?
Thinking that all this was orchestrated by the Eldest Princess, her already unsettled heart was now doused with hot oil, and her hands trembled.
Her icy gaze turned to the doctor kneeling and trembling in the courtyard: “Yiri Mian, did you bring it in?”
The doctor, scared, kowtowed: “Young Miss, spare my life! It has nothing to do with me! The person was already like this when I arrived! Young Miss, please see the truth! I… I was just here to go through the motions! The nannies in your manor know!”
Suppressing her fury, her gaze turned to the shivering Mrs. Ji Liu. Grinding her teeth, she said: “I’ll have this doctor’s finger joints smashed, one by one! If he still doesn’t tell the truth, break every joint in his body! Right here in this courtyard… smash!”
Lu Ping stepped forward, kicking the doctor to the ground and stepping hard on his back: “Do it!”
