noffsinger Chapter 422: Thrown into the Deserted Yard
Chapter 422: Thrown into the Deserted Yard
Chu Yanqiu became serious, rising from his semi-reclining position to sit up straight, but accidentally disturbed the wound on his abdomen, causing him to gasp in pain. Chi He frantically tried to help him lie back down. Chu Yanqiu waved at him, then pulled back the covers and got out of bed.
He moved slowly, but spoke anxiously, "Now that so many troops have suddenly appeared, if they don't belong to the young emperor, then they are the result of someone else's ambition to usurp the throne. Right now, the border is a critical time for our own people to fight for power. The situation on the southwest coast is chaotic and difficult for me to control. Although the eastern border troops have helped my brother control the military power, my brother is a straightforward and honest person. In his heart, the choice between loyalty to the emperor and serving the country or being with me is a 50-50 split. I can't just lie here and do nothing."
Chihe supported his master and asked, "Sir, what do you want to do? Just tell me and I will do it for you."
Chu Yanqiu's face turned pale. He lowered his head to look at his shirt which was bleeding from his abdomen again. His whole body seemed to have lost its strength as he leaned against Chihe.
He suddenly laughed.
It was really unexpected that the woman was actually quite interesting. Why didn't he notice it earlier?
I remembered the look the woman gave me when she stabbed me with the dagger.
He asked Chi He, "Do you think that woman and I look like a couple?"
Chihe looked at his young master in surprise.
Could it be that the young master's madness has become even more serious?
Chi He asked, "Sir, aren't you angry or resentful? She almost killed you."
Chu Yanqiu was not angry but happy. He smiled and asked, "Is that woman okay? Did you punish her?"
Chi He said dejectedly: "She was not punished. The young master probably doesn't remember it. When he was unconscious these days, he kept talking in his sleep, telling the servants not to hurt her."
Chu Yanqiu nodded with satisfaction.
Chi He said, "But sir, don't be too happy for her. She's not much better. She's been in a coma. We've asked doctors to come and see her several times, but none of them could diagnose what's wrong with her. They say she'll just have a short life ahead of her."
At this time, a maid came in hurriedly from outside the door and reported: "It's bad, Second Young Master..." She said half of the sentence and didn't know what to say.
Chihe hurriedly asked what was going on.
The little maid said, "That Miss Shen...she..."
Chu Yanqiu asked anxiously, "What happened to Miss Shen?"
The little maid said, "Just now, the maid next to her went into the room to see her, and unexpectedly, there was another one out of nowhere."
Chihe didn't understand and asked, "What does the extra one mean?"
The little maid said, "There's just one more person. There's another Miss Shen who looks exactly like her. Not only does she look the same, but her clothes and everything else are exactly the same."
Chu Yanqiu and Chi He looked puzzled.
Soon, the sedan chair carrying Chu Yanqiu was carried to Shen Wen's yard.
With Chihe's support, Chu Yanqiu entered Shen Wen's room and saw two identical figures on the bed.
Chi He carefully examined it, but the more he looked, the more dizzy he felt. He asked his master, "This? How can we tell which one is real and which one is fake?"
Chu Yanqiu was also unable to identify the two people, so he said to the maid, "Go get the doctor and wake them up."
The maid said in embarrassment: "This? The doctor is waiting next door. He had already examined them on the way here, and he couldn't wake them up."
Chu Yanqiu's face was unhappy. He hated such a nagging maid the most. He said again: "Go! I asked you to call the doctor?"
The maid was frightened by his stern expression and immediately ran out in panic to call a doctor.
Soon the doctor came into the room.
Chu Yanqiu said to the doctor, "Let me ask you again. Do you have any way to wake them up?"
The doctor was the official physician of Duke Ji's mansion. He was well aware of the recent violent behavior of his young master. When his young master raised his hand and looked at him, he had a bad premonition that made his heart pound. He knew clearly in his heart that if he did not agree this time, he would be in danger of losing his life like those old women and maids before.
The doctor trembled and said, "I... I'll try again. I'll try my best..."
Chu Yanqiu stared at him coldly, then waved his hand gently and told him to go and try.
This time the doctor really used all his life's skills. He was completely focused on the three-inch silver needle in his hand. He first inserted dozens of silver needles into the girl lying outside.
By the time a set of acupuncture was finished, the doctor was exhausted and sweating profusely.
But this time the effort was not in vain. After half a quarter of an hour, when the girl was removing the needle, she first moved her fingers, and then suddenly opened her eyes.
The doctor was overjoyed and quickly turned around to tell his master to make way so that the girl with her eyes open could be fully displayed to him.
Chu Yanqiu dragged his injured body over and sat next to the girl, calling them carefully twice.
Next, I saw the girl, rolling her eyes and slowly sitting up.
But that was all she could do. She was still the same as before, unable to speak and with a dull look on her face.
Chu Yanqiu ordered the maids to move the girl to the soft couch under the window, and told the doctor to follow the same method to treat the other girl.
The doctor did not dare to slack off and immediately gave acupuncture to the other girl.
This time it took a little longer, but fortunately the girl opened her eyes.
She woke up and looked around confusedly until she saw Chu Yanqiu sitting beside the bed. Her eyes were fixed on him and would not move away.
Chu Yanqiu was delighted. He immediately asked, "Woman! Do you still recognize me?"
She had a cold look in her eyes. Not only did she not respond, but she turned her face away and stopped looking at him.
Chi He asked his master, "Sir, what are you going to do next? How can you identify them?"
Chu Yanqiu was also stumped.
In fact, he didn't know this woman at all. Although he had slept with her several times before, he only regarded her as an antidote to relieve the poison. In the final analysis, she was just a bed-warming maid who had to have an intersection with her. Now, he was asked to tell which one was real and which one was fake from two strange women. How could he tell them apart?
Chi He smiled and said to his master, "Young Master, take your time to think of a solution. I believe you will find one. Young Master, you have been appointed as the Minister of the Dali Temple. You have handled countless cases in the past. Everyone in the court praises your intelligence. Young Master, take your time to think of a solution. There is no need to rush."
Chu Yanqiu thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. He remembered that he had encountered a similar case.
So he waved the maid to come in and told her to examine the two women from head to toe, to write down the characteristics of every part of their skin, and to come back and tell him in detail.
So the old woman examined the two girls from head to toe, even checking their smell and the thickness of their hair, before telling the result to her own master.
Chu Yanqiu listened very carefully. After the old woman finished her story, he recalled the subtle differences between the two of them. The more he thought about it, the more he admired the creator.
There is almost no difference in skin marks, body odor, or hair thickness. The only difference, if there is one, is that it is not.
This was also thanks to the old woman who examined the body. She used to be a midwife. She said that the woman on the couch was a woman who had given birth, but the one lying on the bed was a woman who had not given birth.
Chu Yanqiu had completely forgotten everything about the past. He only remembered the memories someone had forced upon him. So he asked Chi He beside him, "Do you know anything about this woman's past with my brother? Did she get pregnant with my child? Did she miscarry?"
Chi He nodded and said, "Yes, young master. Miss Shen... Miss Shen was a girl before. She took a magic pill given by an immortal and changed from a man to a woman. This was all done in order to conceive the eldest young master's bloodline. However, the result was not what she had hoped for. The baby was stillborn."
Chi He scratched his head in confusion after he finished speaking. This matter was known to the whole palace at that time. Why did the young master come to ask him again? Could it be that the young master really had amnesia?
When Chu Yanqiu looked at the woman on the couch again, his eyes were filled with sarcasm and contempt.
He said, "That's right. The woman on the couch is real, and the one lying on the bed is a fake."
Chi He asked, "Then how does the master plan to deal with that fake woman?"
Chu Yanqiu looked at the cold woman on the bed again. The woman still tilted her head and refused to look at him any more.
Chu Yanqiu felt inexplicably hurt. He felt that things were not as simple as they seemed. He was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "For now, spare her life. Throw her into the deserted courtyard of the mansion and have someone watch her."
Then several maids came in, pulled the woman off the bed, and dragged her away.
Only Miss Shen was left in the room. Chu Yanqiu sat on the bed at one end and looked at her carefully.
Just as Chi He was persuading Chu Yanqiu to go back and recuperate, the woman lying quietly on the couch suddenly sat up from the bed. She became terrified and trembling. She didn't know what triggered it, but she was extremely scared.
Chu Yanqiu was not feeling well, so she asked Chihe to go over and see what was wrong with her.
As soon as Chihe held her in his arms, she went crazy, trying to pull out Chihe's blocking block, stretching her arms as if to grab a life-saving straw, hysterically using all her strength.
Chu Yanqiu looked at the woman who suddenly went crazy, and when he saw that she treated him as a life-saving straw, his heart, as cold as stone, was also moved.
After struggling for a while, he told Chihe not to stop her.
Chi He let her go and stood aside, only to watch Miss Shen fall off the couch in a pitiful manner and crawl step by step to Chu Yanqiu's legs.
Chu Yanqiu caressed the woman's face, which was now covered by her hair, and asked gently, "Do you want to come with me?"
Then the woman looked like a cute little rabbit, like an innocent child, and nodded seriously.
Then she threw her whole body onto his legs and hugged Chu Yanqiu's thigh tightly.
Chu Yanqiu did not disappoint her and decisively ordered people to take her back to his yard with him.
In this way, the thrilling moments before bedtime for each family were over.
At the second gate, a servant followed a young man and passed by the gate of Chu Yanqiu's courtyard, the second house. He stood at the gate, looking at the people gathering in the courtyard, and fell into deep thought.
The servant didn't understand what he was looking at, so he just urged, "Third Young Master, what are you looking at? After meeting the eldest master, you have to go back to our princess's mansion to meet your parents. They have been waiting for you at the princess's mansion for a long time."
Ji Zichu then withdrew his gaze and followed the servant to the main room.