dognovel Chapter 416: After All, I Couldn’t Save It
Chapter 416: After All, I Couldn’t Save It
Su Shu and Yu Xiang were trembling with fear. Ye Yanran was not someone who only said harsh words. She would definitely do something like sending them to a brothel.
In her eyes, slaves were slaves. Even if they were loyal to her, she would discard them without hesitation as long as they were of no use to her.
Su Shu and the other maids had a hard time following a master like this.
Su Shu had no choice but to find a way to kidnap the parents and siblings of a little maid named Liu'er in Zui Yunxuan, and threatened her that if she didn't obey her arrangements, she would kill her parents and sell her siblings to human traffickers in Xishi, and their future survival would depend on fate.
Liu'er, who had not yet reached the age of marriage, had already been frightened out of her wits. She could only follow Su Shu's instructions and release Dingyun into the well.
After completing the task, Liu'er, as Su Shu requested, took the empty bottle and quietly went to see Su Shu in an empty yard in the Prince's Mansion that had been abandoned for many years.
"Sister Su Shu, I have already put the medicine in the well. Please release my parents and my brothers and sisters."
Liu'er knelt on the ground and cried inconsolably.
"If you get things done, I will definitely not make things difficult for your parents."
Su Shu said this with a cold look on her face. She winked at the maids next to her, and they rushed forward. Some blocked Liu'er's mouth and nose, and some went forward to lift her feet.
Liu'er, who had not yet reacted, was carried by several old women and thrown into the well in the deserted yard.
With a splash, Liu'er fell into the well and screamed loudly.
Su Shu stood beside the well and whispered, "If you want to seek revenge after your death, don't look for me. This was all arranged by the Crown Princess and has nothing to do with me."
The willow in the well splashed a few times and soon died.
"You guys better keep your mouth shut, or you'll end up like Liu'er."
"Yes."
Several servants lowered their heads and dared not breathe.
After the matter was settled, Su Shu hurried back to report.
Ye Yanran, who had not smiled for many days, finally showed a smile when she heard that Dingyunsan had already gone down into the well.
"I want to see if Gu Congyun has the luck to save the child."
There were about thirty or forty maids and servants in Zuiyunxuan. In order to abort the baby in Gu Congyun's belly, Ye Yanran did not take their lives seriously at all.
She never thought about whether the slaves in Zuiyunxuan would lose their lives after drinking the poisonous water.
The medicine was given in the morning, and at noon an older woman started vomiting continuously.
At first everyone thought she was vomiting because she was old and had caught a cold.
In order to prevent the old woman from passing her illness to Gu Congyun, she specially moved people out of Zuiyunxuan and asked them to go back to serve her after she recovered.
In the afternoon, several older women also showed the same symptoms, and even a few young and middle-aged women vomited, but their vomiting was not severe.
Now Gu Congyun could no longer sit still. If one person caught a cold, it would be understandable, but suddenly so many people all caught a cold and had the same symptoms, which was quite strange.
Gu Congyun immediately asked someone to call the palace doctor to check what illness these old women had.
Before the court doctor arrived, Aunt Su began to vomit and even had symptoms of shortness of breath.
"Mom, what happened?"
"Xiao Yun, this is not right. You must be very careful, especially everything you eat and drink. You must test it with a silver needle. I think we might have been poisoned."
"How is this possible? No strangers have come to Zuiyunxuan in the past few days. How could they poison us?"
Gu Congyun racked his brains but couldn't figure out where the problem lay.
She has checked everyone in Zuiyunxuan several times, and there is definitely no Duan Yanran among them, so how could someone poison them?
Just when Gu Congyun was at a loss for words, she felt her stomach tighten and a piercing pain came from her lower abdomen.
She felt bad, she was also fooled.
Gu Congyun's pregnancy was not easy, and she was always very careful for fear that the child would be harmed by Duan Yanran.
In the end, no matter how careful she was, she still couldn't save it.
Not long after the court doctor arrived, the fetus in her belly lost its pulse.
The child was already old enough that a miscarriage was no different from giving birth. Gu Congyun was in pain for seven hours before she gave birth to the child.
She wanted to take a look, but Aunt Su stopped her.
Gu Congyun was so sad that she fainted after her miscarriage.
When she woke up again, it was almost dawn.
Just now Gu Congyun had a dream. In the dream, at a crossroads, a little boy cried and told her that he didn’t want to leave, but a girl forcibly pulled the little boy into a carriage and left.
Gu Congyun tried desperately to chase the carriage, but he couldn't catch up.
Waking up from his dream, Gu Congyun was going crazy.
"Mom, I want Duan Yanran to die."
Gu Congyun, who had just lost his child, threw himself into Aunt Su's arms and cried inconsolably.
"Don't cry, Xiaoyun. You have just had a miscarriage and you need to take good care of yourself. You are still young and you and His Royal Highness will have more children in the future."
Aunt Su, who was still ill, hugged Gu Congyun and comforted him softly.
"Has His Highness been here?"
Aunt Su was stunned. Ever since Gu Congyun asked the court physician to come, Xiao Yi had not shown up until now.
"Qiu'er, where did the prince go?"
Qiu'er was the head maidservant beside Gu Congyun. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness was called away by the Crown Princess this morning. She said that a group of singing girls from foreign countries had come. They were all extremely beautiful. The Crown Princess asked Your Highness to select two to take back to the Crown Prince's Mansion as concubines."
"Your Highness will stay in the room of those two foreign singers tonight."
Hearing this, Gu Congyun was heartbroken.
She had just had a miscarriage, but Xiao Yi didn't even ask about it. He was even in the mood to choose a concubine. What kind of person was she?
"Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."
Aunt Su was shocked when she saw Gu Congyun looked like he wanted to eat someone.
"Xiaoyun, what are you going to do? The most urgent thing now is to recover your health quickly, and then..."
Aunt Su was interrupted by Gu Congyun before she could finish her words.
"Mom, you just heard from the doctor that I had two miscarriages in a row, which hurt my body. I need to recuperate for three to five years before I can get pregnant again."
"This is only when my body recovers well. If I don't, I may never be able to have children again in my life."
Whenever Gu Congyun thought of the child she had just lost, she couldn't help but tremble.
"Don't think too much, Xiaoyun. Mother will go and ask General Zhou to see if he has any health-preserving pills."
"Mom, why don't you understand? Even if I'm pregnant, I can't stop others from thinking about me. As long as Duan Yanran is here, I can't even think about having my own child."
"After daybreak, you will return to the palace and tell His Majesty about my situation. He will then decide on how to deal with the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion. Only when the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion falls will I have a chance to breathe."
As for Xiao Yi.
In the past, Gu Congyun still had hope for Xiao Yi, thinking that he still had feelings for her.
Now it seems that she is just a doll in his hands. She has no use value, so he just throws her away.