Chapter 375 She is simply a monster

On the first day that Concubine Liang was released from confinement, the sunlight outside the palace gate was particularly dazzling.

She tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, and the fine Suzhou embroidery silk made a tearing sound between her fingers as she could not bear the weight.

After being under house arrest for a month, she looked forward to seeing the light of day again and thought about how to regroup when she got out. However, she never expected that what she would receive was the news of Yusong's death!

"what is going on?"

Her voice seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, and each word was trembling. "How could Yusong die?"

Gao Peng knelt on the cold floor tiles, his forehead pressed against the patterns on the gold bricks. His Adam's apple rolled a few times, but no sound came out.

How can I tell Concubine Liang how miserable Yu Shuang's death was?

Her face was covered with festering sores, and her luxurious dress was torn to shreds...

"I don't know."

"Not sure?"

Concubine Liang slammed the table and stood up, knocking the teacup over. The scalding hot tea spilled all over the table, creating a white mist.

Her eyes were red, and her voice suddenly rose: "She is the legitimate daughter of my Liang family! She is the second prince's cousin! How dare you let her..."

At this point, she suddenly choked up and her chest heaved violently.

When the news reached the palace, Concubine Liang immediately summoned the second prince, but no matter how long she waited, there was no sign of him.

She could only find Gao Peng.

Gao Peng's nails dug deep into his palms.

What can he say?

His daughter fainted after taking just one look at the coffin and has not woken up since.

His wife Hua Bushian secretly checked and found that Yusong had indeed kept her innocence, but what was the use of her innocence if the person was dead?

What’s even more hateful is that now the whole capital is saying that the eldest daughter of the Liang family was abused by countless people before her death.

Those foul words penetrated into every corner of the Liang Mansion like poisonous snakes, and even the servants in the mansion were discussing them secretly.

Concubine Liang pressed for the truth. Gao Peng lowered his eyes, a sarcastic smile forming on his lips.

the truth?

He recalled that at the Liang Mansion mourning hall, Liang Shangjiong grabbed the Second Prince's collar like a mad beast, and asked at the top of his voice: "Why did you leave her alone? Our Liang family went through fire and water for you, and this is how you repay us?"

And what about the second prince?

The prince they had helped with all their efforts just kept making excuses: "Uncle, I had no choice at the time. Liang Zhong was replaced by Sun Haining, and we had no bargaining chips in our hands. Yuan Wanru was too powerful. My cousin and I couldn't both be killed in it, right?"

At that moment, Gao Peng felt chilled to the bone.

If he hadn't still had a trace of clarity in his mind, he would have wanted to step forward and question the Second Prince. Wasn't it his incompetence that caused all this?

Liang Zhi is dead, Yusong is dead, who will be the next?

His daughter?

Or is it the entire Gao family?

Over the years, the Liang family has been working hard to help the Second Prince and Concubine Liang. Now that their great undertaking has not been accomplished, they are abandoning the people of the Liang family one by one like throwing away garbage. What does the Gao family count for?

Concubine Liang suddenly trembled all over, as if someone had poured a basin of ice water over her head.

Her most beloved niece, the Yusong who always called her "Aunt" with a sweet smile, the Yusong whom she personally taught court etiquette, the proud and bright Yusong whom she loved like her own daughter...was she gone just like that?

Just like that... die in such a miserable way?

"Who..." She spoke word by word, her voice terribly hoarse, "Who hurt her?"

Gao Peng swallowed hard and told the story of the Second Prince and Liang Yusong's conspiracy to kidnap Sun Haining and trap Yuan Wanru.

At the end, his voice was almost inaudible: "Your Majesty, Yuan Wanru is not a weak woman at all... She is good at poisoning, and the Second Prince fell into her trap and couldn't protect himself, so he couldn't protect Yu Song..."

Concubine Liang staggered back and managed to keep steady by holding onto the table.

"The person we have been looking for is actually her!"

"It's her!"

Concubine Liang suddenly laughed, her laughter was so sharp that it pierced her ears: "What a Yuan Wanru... What a Lu family!"

Concubine Liang dug her nails into the table, making a harsh scratching sound, and the hatred in her eyes almost overflowed.

Thinking of those unbearable rumors in the market, and thinking of Yusong having to endure such humiliation after her death, her voice was as cold as a poisoned knife.

"Kill her!" She spoke each word with hatred, "No matter how much it costs, kill her immediately! I can't... let Yusong die with regrets!"

Gao Peng smiled bitterly and whispered, "What about the poison in the Second Prince's body?"

He paused, and spoke with difficulty: "This poison... I am really not sure."

He felt extremely humiliated when he heard these words.

He was the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau and had been practicing medicine for decades, but he was defeated by a young woman!

But this was the fact, he had to admit it.

Hearing this, Concubine Liang calmed down a little, frowning, "Isn't she an orphan raised in the Lu family since she was a child? Where did she get her medical skills? Where did she get her witchcraft?"

The more she thought about it, the more incredible it seemed to her: "I've seen her before. She's so young, how could she have such accomplishments?"

Gao Peng remained silent.

He and his wife were equally confused.

Yuan Wanru's medical skills are mysterious and unpredictable, her use of medicines is tricky, and her detoxification is precise, which is totally beyond the ability of a person of her age.

And how did she learn Gu?

In short, I can't figure it out.

Concubine Liang clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white, and said angrily, "This is simply... ridiculous!"

If you ask the reason, no one can answer it except Yuan Wanru.

In this era, the inheritance of medicine is extremely closed. Each school regards medical skills as a secret that cannot be passed on, and the treasured medical records and books are never shown to others easily.

But she is different. She comes from the modern world a thousand years later. In that era of flourishing medicine, she is not only the heir of a family of traditional Chinese medicine, but also has completed further studies as a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.

In that information-rich era, she read a wide range of books since childhood, from the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine to Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, from Compendium of Materia Medica to medical records of famous doctors throughout the ages. These classics, which were regarded as treasures by the ancients, were ordinary reading materials that she could study at any time.

What’s more valuable is that the modern medical system has allowed her to come into contact with tens of thousands of clinical cases and witness difficult and complicated diseases that the ancients could hardly imagine.

These unique conditions enabled her to achieve medical skills far superior to those of the famous doctors of the time.

Although Gao Peng has been practicing medicine for decades, the number of medical records and books he was able to access in his entire life is probably less than what Yuan Wanru reads in one year in modern times.

This knowledge gap spanning thousands of years meant that Gao Peng was destined to have difficulty winning this medical contest.

So, she became an incomprehensible "monster" in Gao Peng's eyes.

Right now, that "monster" Yuan Wanru is writing a letter.

Lu Jiangnian had been gone for more than half a month, and the couple tried their best to keep in close contact. Of course, she had to tell him about Liang Yusong's death.

In his last letter, he mentioned that the matter in Qingzhou would be resolved in about half a month.

Judging from the time, by the time he receives this letter, it will be time for him to return.

Yuan Wanru looked at the clear sky outside and a sweet smile appeared on her lips.

She really missed him.