When Jiang Segu arrived at Zhaotaiyuan, people were constantly going in and out, looking very flustered.
As soon as I entered the small courtyard on the right, I heard Shaoyao sobbing and occasionally letting out a scream. As I got closer, I could hear her crying out that she had been pushed into the water by Granny Jiang!
Jiang Segu jumped in shock!
She hadn't expected that Peony would make a move so quickly!
Jiang Segu walked in with a sullen face.
Peony, with her hair disheveled and her eyes bloodshot, stared at Jiang Segu.
Jiang Segu didn't waste any words and asked directly, "I heard that my mother pushed you into the water. I wonder how she pushed you?"
Peony was taken aback, not understanding why Jiang Segu was asking this.
"You're not answering because my mother didn't push you at all. You're framing my mother, aren't you?!" Jiang Segu said sharply.
"No! My third grandmother and I were talking by the pond just now. I had my back to the pond when she suddenly pushed me into the water. I instinctively grabbed her..."
Jiang Segu sneered, said nothing more, pursed his lips, turned around, and went to the main hall.
Grandma Jiang, still dripping wet, knelt silently in the main hall.
Madam Jiang sat solemnly on the daybed, remaining silent.
Upon seeing Jiang Segu arrive, her expression softened slightly. Just as she was about to persuade Jiang Segu to return, Jiang Segu preemptively said, "Azi begs Grandmother to order someone to investigate the truth, so that my mother will not be slandered!"
Her voice was like pearls falling on a jade plate, clear and crisp, and extremely pleasant to hear!
When these words reached the ears of Old Madam Jiang, they made her frown.
"There were only the two of them by the lotus pond at the time. If your mother didn't push her, did she jump in on her own? Besides, she was pregnant. This child was the foundation of her position in the Marquis's mansion. Even if she didn't care about herself, she couldn't possibly disregard the child in her womb!"
"No ordinary person would gamble with an unborn child, but what if she wasn't pregnant at all?"
"Nonsense!" Old Madam Jiang was truly enraged and slammed her hand holding the Buddhist prayer beads on the table.
Just then, Zhou's mother rushed in, "Madam, Shaoyao has started bleeding from her lower body!"
Old Madam Jiang pointed at Third Madam Jiang, "Did you hear that? You vicious woman! You have such a cruel heart, you could actually do this to an unborn child!"
“Grandmother, my mother would never do such a heinous thing!” Jiang Segu interrupted the old lady Jiang. “I beg you, Grandmother, to allow me to find a doctor to examine Shaoyao!”
Old Madam Jiang looked at her granddaughter in disbelief, as if she didn't recognize her!
"Azi, are you trying to cover up your mother's crimes?"
Jiang Segu kowtowed to Old Madam Jiang, "Azi trusts her mother. If Grandmother thinks Azi might do something wrong, Grandmother can invite another doctor. In any case, she will need to be examined by a doctor. Inviting more doctors is like having extra protection!"
The main hall fell silent for a moment, with occasional screams from Peony.
After a long while, Madam Jiang finally said, "We'll do as you say. Zhou Mama, go and fetch a few more doctors!"
After Zhou's mother led four or five doctors to other hospitals for consultation, they all shook their heads and sighed with fear, wrote down prescriptions, and said that the child might not be able to be saved.
Qiaolian had been arranged by Jiang Segu to find Doctor Li as early as when Jiang Segu came to Zhaotai Academy.
When he arrived, the doctors had already left.
Knowing the inside story, Li Changshan was especially careful when taking pulses.
The pulse is like pearls rolling on a plate, it is definitely a sign of pregnancy!
However, her pulse was slightly unstable, which showed that the pregnancy had indeed been affected.
Li Changshan stopped what he was doing and was about to leave when he caught a faint, indescribable scent. It was faint and intermittent, so he couldn't quite make out what it was.
Upon hearing that Li Changshan also confirmed that Shaoyao was indeed pregnant, Jiang Segu was only momentarily surprised before asking, "Is it possible to save the baby?"
"It's possible to save the baby, but if you don't follow the doctor's orders and run around recklessly, even if you manage to save it this time, the next time is uncertain!"
Jiang Segu, understanding the unspoken message, curtsied to Li Changshan and said, "We would be grateful if Doctor Li could stay at our residence for a while. Once her pregnancy is stable, our Marquis's residence will certainly not treat Doctor Li unfairly!"
So, Li Changshan went downstairs with Zhou's mother.
Before Old Madam Jiang could question her, Jiang Segu spoke up again, "Although Shaoyao is pregnant, you can't just make baseless accusations and say that my mother pushed her into the lotus pond!"
“Azi, if you continue to argue, Grandmother will truly be angry! I know you want to protect your mother, but she has done such an outrageous thing, and Grandmother will not let her off easily! Guards, take Third Madam away and give her twenty strokes of the cane, then send her to the ancestral hall to kneel!”
Jiang Segu stood in front of Jiang San's grandmother, "Let's see who dares to touch my mother!"
It was already evening.
Because it was a cloudy day and it had rained, the room was now quite dark.
The servants should have lit the candles immediately, but given the current situation, no one dared to enter the main hall.
In the dim light, Madam Jiang's face appeared even more gloomy, and her eyes, which had once been full of love, were now filled with an anger that Jiang Segu could not comprehend.
She had never seen a grandmother like this before.
What exactly is Grandma angry about?
Is it really because you're angry that your mother would harm an unborn child?
At this moment, Jiang Segu had no time to think. She hurriedly said, "Grandmother, it's not that I'm being unreasonable or that I can't distinguish right from wrong. I just hope that you can treat this matter fairly! Whether it was something that happened more than ten years ago or something that happened today, I believe that it was not my mother's fault!"
This means that Old Madam Jiang was prejudiced against Third Madam Jiang, which is why she convicted Third Madam Jiang without even conducting a trial!
Everyone gasped in shock upon hearing this.
Everyone in the Jiang family knows what happened back then.
But no one dared to say this in front of the old lady. It seems that the sixth young lady has gone mad, otherwise why would she bring up the matter from back then?
Old Madam Jiang's gaze towards Jiang Segu grew increasingly cold and piercing. After a long while, she said, "Grandmother knows you dislike those from the other courtyard, but this is a matter of life and death, and you cannot distort the truth. If what happened today was truly done by your mother..."
Before Old Madam Jiang could finish speaking, Jiang Segu interrupted, "If it was truly my mother's momentary lapse of judgment, I am willing to take the twenty strokes of the cane for her! But if it wasn't my mother's doing, I ask my grandmother to promise me that I will send Shaoyao out of the Marquis's mansion and never allow her to set foot in the mansion again!"
"Alright! Grandmother agrees! Someone, bring in everyone who was present just now!"
Thus, the two maids who had been waiting outside the door walked in tremblingly, then knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
"Tell Sixth Miss in detail what you just saw!"
"Reporting to Sixth Miss, we servants are cleaning up the area around the pond. Because of a sudden rain today, we were thinking of cleaning up the fallen flowers and leaves by the pond when we unexpectedly stumbled upon... stumbled upon Third Mistress pushing Miss Peony into the pond!"
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