Chapter 279 Yun Zhaoxue faints from abdominal pain
After a one-hour rest at noon, we continued our journey in the afternoon.
We need to reach Lingqu County before dark, and tomorrow we will take a boat along the Linqu Canal, passing through several mountains before entering the Li River.
As per usual custom, Lao Liao told the convicts to find an inn to stay in on their own and to gather on the street early the next morning.
Yun Zhaoxue was half asleep in the carriage and didn't wake up even when they arrived in Lingqu County.
Xiao Xuance carried the person into the inn, where Hua Murong and the others were already waiting.
Hua Murong closed his eyes and focused his mind, placing his fingertips on the pregnant woman's wrist, and glanced at Yun Zhaoxue's pale face.
After a moment, he frowned slightly and withdrew his hand: "The girl's pulse is calm and gentle, with a steady rhythm. The radial pulse is deep and continuous, indicating a normal pulse condition. There is no sign of illness. Apart from drowsiness, are there any other unusual symptoms?"
Xiao Xuance shook his head, pointed to his abdomen, and said, "Does a sudden increase in belly size count?"
Hua Murong glanced at Yun Zhaoxue's bulging belly and gestured, then shook his head, "Twins at six months old are about the same size as a normal woman's belly when she's about to give birth. It's normal."
"It's not an illness or poisoning. Perhaps it's due to fatigue from traveling by boat and carriage and not being able to rest."
Xiao Xuance recalled Pei Huaiji saying that his birth mother had given birth to him and his brother and died in childbirth.
He was afraid that Yun Zhaoxue would also have a difficult childbirth.
If it meant sacrificing his wife's life to have a child, he would rather not have a child at all.
He reached his large hand under the covers and gently took her small hand in his. His warm fingertips rested on her throbbing pulse, as if only in this way could he feel her presence.
He gently brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead that were damp with cold sweat with a handkerchief, his movements very careful.
Hua Murong felt that the symptoms were somewhat familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where.
He fell into a coma without any illness or signs of poisoning; it's too strange.
Strange? Yes! It's like some kind of evil magic.
Hua Murong pulled the person to a corner.
Xiao Xuance gripped his arm tightly, his expression grave. "Divine Doctor, you must save Xue'er, no matter the cost..."
"You don't need to tell me, I will do my best to save him. I suspect he's been bewitched by some evil spell." Hua Murong asked him if anything strange had happened recently.
"No, Xue'er has been resting in the carriage for the past two weeks on the road."
The two spoke in hushed tones in a corner of the room.
The person on the bed suddenly murmured in their sleep, "Hmm..."
Zhuiying exclaimed in a low voice, "Divine Doctor, come quickly! The princess is sweating on her forehead and clutching her abdomen; she seems to be unwell."
Xiao Xuance grabbed Hua Murong and teleported to the bedside. "Divine Doctor, take a look quickly..."
Hua Murong took the pulse again, and found it to be normal, indicating no illness or poisoning.
He searched his memory and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him: he remembered treating a lady from a mountain villa.
The lady fell ill for no apparent reason, and later a small figure was found in one of her concubines' rooms.
It must be.
"A villain! Yes! It must be a villain."
Zhuiying said, "A villain? What villain?"
"It's like being stabbed with a voodoo doll; it's so hard to defend against."
Hua Murong started counting on his fingers and spun around in place.
"Find the person who cast the curse and destroy the villain, and the curse will be broken."
"Could the miracle doctor possibly calculate the location of the person who cast the curse?"
"I can't figure that out myself. I only learned a little bit when I was young. If you want to find out the exact location of the villain, you need to find a skilled Taoist priest. After all, everyone has their own expertise."
"But there isn't even a decent inn in Lingqu County. Where can we find a powerful Taoist priest? It would take several days to find one elsewhere, and I'm afraid the princess's health won't be able to handle it."
"By the way, the most common way to stab someone in the Great Zhou Dynasty is to take their personal belongings and sew them into the dummy's body. Think about whether she has lost anything recently, or who is most likely to have obtained her personal belongings."
"This month, Xue'er has had very little contact with outsiders, except for her own family."
"Chase Shadow, investigate anyone who had contact with Xue'er half a month ago. Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free."
"Yes! I'll take care of it right away." Zhuiying's tone was heavy, as the safety of the two young princes was at stake, and he couldn't be careless.
Hua Murong first administered acupuncture to Yun Zhaoxue to temporarily stabilize her condition. Once the villain was found and the problem was solved, everything would be fine.
Yun Jiaoyue sent her maid to keep an eye on the inn where the Xiao family was staying. She learned that Xiao Xuance had hurriedly taken Yun Zhaoxue out in a carriage to an inn. According to the spies she had sent out, Hua Murong was at that inn.
She knew that Yun Zhaoxue knew where the divine doctor was, and that the divine doctor was so close, yet he refused to help her mother who was dying.
Today is July 14th, the Ghost Festival, a time when yin energy is at its strongest.
She used a thick embroidery needle to poke hundreds of holes in the little figure, leaving no good spot from top to bottom, not even sparing the soles of its feet.
The swollen abdomen was pierced with dozens of needles from different angles.
I'll stab you to death!
Having heard that children born to young people are intelligent, and having become pregnant two years earlier than in her previous life, she was certain that her child would be very clever and would not be disliked by His Highness. She no longer cared about stealing Yun Zhaoxue's bastard child to pave the way for her son.
Go to hell, all of you.
If the doll were a real person, both the doll and the child in its womb would have been dead long ago.
Cut open the back with scissors and take out a phoenix jade pendant.
He only stopped when his hand was tired and his wrist ached. Finally, he left the silver needles in the little figure's body and summoned his guards to come in.
"Your Highness, please give your orders!"
To protect her and her child's safety, Zhao Xuan assigned two bodyguards to protect her.
"Go, hide this scoundrel in Chen's bundle. Make sure it's done discreetly, so no one finds out!"
"yes!"
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