The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 188 : Her Inner Demons

Translated by : Minodayz & Dumpling

Edited by : Anks & Ely

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Steward Lin had just asked for a prescription from Xia Qing, and was instructing his servants to get the medicine when he saw the Jinying Wangfu's carriage returning in haste- he wondered why they were returning this early. Then, the curtain was lifted from inside, and Lian Qiao and Bai Zhi half-supported and half-carried a person out. When he went over to take a closer look, he was shocked to see that it was none other than Jiang Ruan.

Even though Steward Lin was a little less than half a century old, his eyes were still sharp. At a glance, he noticed the blood on the corner of Jiang Ruan's lips, and his heart skipped a beat. Furthermore, he realized that Xiao Shao had not returned with her. So he immediately hurried over, while asking, "What's going on? What's wrong with Young Furen?"

"Young Furen has passed out." Bai Zhi replied anxiously, "Steward Lin, please ask someone to help Young Furen to her room and call a physician."

Steward Lin became anxious when he heard this. Wasn't this the first day after their wedding, how did this incident happen? Thinking that there was a Divine Physician in the adjacent mansion, he immediately sent someone to invite Xia Qing to come and check her. After helping Jiang Ruan into the room to lie down, Steward Lin pelted Lian Qiao with questions, "What happened to Young Furen? Why did she faint? How do you take care of Young Furen?"

Lu Zhu and Tian Zhu rushed over after they heard about Jiang Ruan. Jiang Ruan didn't have any other wounds on her body and it didn't look like she was injured. Lian Qiao blamed herself. "Miss met Fourth Miss in the palace, and had a short conversation with her. However, upon returning to the carriage, she was not herself; it was as if she was possessed because she sat in a daze for a while, and then suddenly vomited blood and passed out."

"What did Fourth Miss say to Wangfei?" Tian Zhu demanded.

"They just generally talked about fates and favorable circumstances in life. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary." Lian Qiao frowned. As she was talking with Tian Zhu, she saw Xia Qing and Qi Feng hurrying in. Just a few minutes ago they had been discussing when to leave the capital, but encountered the servants of the Jinying Wangfu. The servants told them something had happened to Jiang Ruan and relayed the urgent request to have Xia Qing check on Jiang Ruan.

At first, Xia Qing thought that everyone in the Jinying Wangfu was exaggerating, and making a mountain out of a molehill. As a result, when he came in and saw Jiang Ruan lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed, he was stunned for a moment. Qi Feng's face also changed, and he asked, "How did Third Sister-in-law become like this?"

"Oh, Young Master Xia," Steward Lin hurriedly pulled Xia Qing towards the bedside and said, "Please hurry and take a look. I fear that Young Furen has been vexed by someone, causing her to vomit blood, which is absolutely terrible. It would be horrible if she has harmed her body at such a young age." From Lian Qiao's words, Jiang Ruan did not suffer any kind of knife wound, but was angered by Jiang Dan's few words. Although he didn't understand why she was so angry, it clearly explained how she had fallen into such a state

Xia Qing frowned, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, then reached out to check Jiang Ruan's pulse. Everyone observed him nervously. After a while, Xia Qing let go of her wrist and Qi Feng asked nervously, "Fifth Brother Xia, what's the matter?"

"Third Sister-in-law is agitated. She has a long-standing illness and was incited by someone today, which has caused her to suffer a deep emotional trauma thus making her spit out a mouthful of bad blood. There is a blood clot stuck in her chest preventing her from waking up right now." Xia Qing hesitated to speak and finally shook his head and said, "I'll prescribe the medicine first. Steward Lin, find someone to concoct it and then have Third Sister-in-law drink it immediately." Although he spoke lightly, there was no sign of relaxation between his brows and he seemed a little grave, which was not a usual thing for Xia Qing, who was known as Jinling Divine Physician. The few words spoken by Lian Qiao, along with Xia Qing's worried looks, made Qi Feng anxious.