Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1072 - 1074: He Seems to Have Discovered Something Monumental
Even if An’an hadn’t reminded him, he would have still needed to do it, because that little girl was also his responsibility.
He felt speechless, wondering what kind of mess he’d been dealing with all day.
He walked up to the little girl, and fortunately, she’d stopped crying. Her husband had probably comforted her, and he said, "We need to find a place to have the child checked by a doctor."
Xiaoxiao had indeed stopped crying. After releasing her emotions, she felt much better. The crying was fleeting; the immediate priority now was to address Little Liufu’s illness.
The group quickly entered the Grand Theater, moving into a room specifically set aside for Xiaoxiao within the theater.
As soon as they entered, Xue Zhiyi asked, "What’s wrong with the child?"
Yang Ming truthfully replied, "The child has been poisoned and taken to Medicine King Valley. They say the poison is called ’Hundred Days to Heaven,’ suggesting that within the last ten days of the first hundred days after birth, the child will fall into a coma until they stop breathing. The child is already in a coma."
"What?" Xue Zhiyi could hardly believe what Yang Ming was saying. How could this child have ’Hundred Days to Heaven’? It didn’t make sense. The ’Hundred Days to Heaven’ was a concoction ordered by the Empress Dowager for use within the palace. He could guess more or less for whom it was intended—it was all part of palace intrigues, matters he avoided getting involved with. But now, he’s being told that this child has ’Hundred Days to Heaven.’ How was he supposed to believe that?
"Quickly, lay the child down. Let me take a look." He needed to confirm the real condition of the child.
Xiaoxiao laid the child down, and Xue Zhiyi hurried forward, examining the child all over, finally placing his fingers on the child’s small wrist. The process of checking the pulse took some time, but Xue Zhiyi’s expression turned very grave.
He confirmed that the child indeed had ’Hundred Days to Heaven.’
Seeing Xue Zhiyi’s troubled expression, Xiaoxiao asked worriedly, "How is it? Can the child be saved?"
Without saying a word, Xue Zhiyi grabbed Xiaoxiao’s arm, surprising her into exclaiming, "What are you doing?"
Yang Ming also placed his hand on Xue Zhiyi’s arm attempting to stop him, but released it in the next instant, realizing that Xue Zhiyi was taking his wife’s pulse. But why was he checking his wife’s pulse?
After taking the pulse, Xue Zhiyi seemed a bit disoriented, as if he had made an astonishing discovery.
The reason he took the girl’s pulse was to confirm whether the child was indeed her biological offspring.
’Hundred Days to Heaven’ is administered through the mother, poisoning the child indirectly. The mother wouldn’t feel any effects, but toxins would remain in her body. However, when he just checked the girl’s pulse, there were no toxins in her system, and more importantly, the girl could not bear children, meaning the child absolutely could not be hers.
As he suspected, ’Hundred Days to Heaven’ from the palace wouldn’t end up outside. The only possibility was that someone had sent a child from the palace out.
He was not one to meddle in gossip or idle matters; he only followed orders to make the medicine, knowing it was for certain people but without specific details. He also didn’t know who was pregnant in the palace at that time. After making the medicine, he was eager to leave the palace to find An Ping and had no idea what had unfolded thereafter.
Now it seemed that something significant must have happened in the palace.
This couple was indeed risking their lives; if discovered, it could very well cost them their heads.
Seeing their attitude towards this baby, he initially thought the child was their own. Now he couldn’t help but admire them for carrying such a dangerous child while searching for him for over two months. This kind of perseverance, even he wouldn’t be capable of achieving.
