Chapter 2 The sister-in-law wants to kill her to be buried with her mother-in-law.
Hearing the noise, Yun Zhaoxue quickly opened her eyes and looked towards the door.
The woman at the entrance was dressed in a light blue dress, and her brows carried the arrogance and heroic spirit of a general's daughter.
The original owner's sister-in-law, Xiao Xiuning, the fourth young lady of the Xiao family.
She raised her sword, pointing it at Yun Zhaoxue on the bed. Her eyes were bloodshot as she stared at her fiercely and said, "Yun Zhaoxue, you vicious woman! You killed my mother! I will kill you to be buried with my mother!"
Xiao Xiuning, enraged at the thought of her mother coughing up blood in her hospital bed, stabbed her with a sword.
Yun Zhaoxue dodged to the side and kicked her wrist.
Xiao Xiuning's wrist trembled, and the sword slipped from her hand.
Yun Zhaoxue gripped the sword, placed it against her neck with her other hand, and drew a bloody line.
"You, you actually know martial arts?"
Why did you want to kill me?
Xiao Xiuning glared at her, trembling with anger, and gritted her teeth, saying, "How dare you ask why? Have you lost your conscience? My mother was so good to you. You wanted to manage the household, and she gave it to you. You gave her whatever you wanted, and yet you dared to have an abortion and elope with your lover, causing my mother to fall seriously ill."
"If you kill me, the entire Zhenbei Prince's Mansion will be buried with me. Do you want to save your mother, or do you think she's living too long?"
The original owner's mother was the late emperor's biological daughter, who was granted the title of Grand Princess. The late emperor's only son died, and she was adopted by the current emperor from the imperial clan.
Once, an assassin tried to kill the emperor, and the eldest princess died protecting him from the sword.
Because of this favor, the emperor was exceptionally lenient towards the original owner of the body.
The original owner rode his horse recklessly through the street, injuring civilians and whipping them. He was impeached by the censors, but the emperor only reprimanded him a few times.
"What will it take for you to save my mother?"
Yun Zhaoxue sheathed her sword. "Beg me."
"You've ruined my mother like this, why should I have to beg you?"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "You were just trying to kill me. An eye for an eye, we're even."
Xiao Xiuning glared at her, "You, I..." I didn't hurt you.
"Stop with the 'yours' and 'mine' stuff. Your mother's illness can't be delayed. If you don't want to beg, then get out. I need to sleep. Goodbye." Yun Zhaoxue yawned.
"Bang!--"
Xiao Xiuning suddenly knelt down, staring at Yun Zhaoxue with wide eyes, "As long as you go to the palace to ask the imperial physician to save my mother, I will do anything you ask, is that alright?"
Yun Zhaoxue met her defiant gaze and deliberately taunted, "Is this how you beg for help? You look like you want to eat me alive."
Seeing that she was unrepentant, Xiao Xiuning was furious. Her chest heaved. Thinking of her frail mother, she finally lowered her proud head and kowtowed to her, "Third sister-in-law, please, for the sake of how well my mother has treated you, go to the palace and ask the imperial physician to save her."
Yun Zhaoxue smiled and said, "Who said I was going to the palace to fetch the imperial physician?"
Xiao Xiuning glared at her, "You, you're playing me?"
Princess Yang of Zhenbei had just lost her husband, and her third son was unjustly imprisoned and became a cripple. She also fell ill because she thought the original owner of this body had drunk an abortifacient.
In her past life, she was skilled in both medicine and poison, and saving a person was easier than drinking water for her.
Yun Zhaoxue said, "Get up, I can save your mother."
In the original book, Princess Yang of Zhenbei died on the way to exile, but there is still hope for her.
"How can you save her? You don't know any medicine."
Yun Zhaoxue, "..."
She forgot that the original owner of this body did not know medicine.
She pointed to her flat belly and said, "Just because of the baby in my belly, I didn't take my medicine yesterday. As long as I tell my mother-in-law that the baby is still there, I guarantee the medicine will cure me."
The original owner disliked the bitter taste of the abortion medicine and collapsed, so the child is still alive.
The Yang family's house was packed with people.
She was making her final arrangements.
The Xiao family members wept uncontrollably, "Mother (Grandmother), please don't leave us, sob sob sob..."
Lady Yang was kind and generous to her servants. Even when the Prince's mansion fell into ruin, the servants were heartbroken because she was seriously ill and had no doctor to treat her.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Xie Wanyun, held Yang's hand and comforted her, "Mother, Mother, Fifth Brother has already gone to fetch a doctor. Please hold on a little longer."
The second daughter-in-law, Song Mingyan, cried, "Mother, we've already lost our husbands, and our third brother is still in prison. Our eldest son's family is left with only orphans and widows. What will we do if you leave us? Waaah..."
The grandchildren also cried out, "Grandma, Grandma, don't go..."
As soon as Yun Zhaoxue entered, the people kneeling on the ground quickly moved their knees to make way for her.
"Mother, I didn't drink the medicine yesterday. I'm still here. You've misunderstood."
Upon hearing this, Madam Yang struggled to sit up in bed, her expression agitated. "Cough cough cough... Princess, are you telling the truth?"
Yun Zhaoxue nodded, "Of course it's true. How can someone who has just had a miscarriage look like me? Mother, please don't get excited. Taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Your lips are chapped and peeling. Let me give you some water."
She took off the water pouch from her waist, opened the lid, and was about to feed her water.
Xiao Xiuning grasped her hand. "Wait, what did you give my mother to drink?"
She suspected that Yun Zhaoxue had ill intentions and wanted to poison her mother.
Madam Yang said to her daughter, "Ning'er, Xue'er meant well; you shouldn't doubt her."
As long as the child is still alive, she won't hold grudges about the past.
"Mother, have you forgotten that she poisoned you before? We can't trust her so easily, hmm..."
Yun Zhaoxue pinched her chin and poured water into her mouth.
"Ugh, what are you doing? Let go..."
Xiao Xiuning opened her mouth and coughed desperately, trying to spit it out, but she had already swallowed it.
"Since you suspect it's poisonous, then we'll use you as a test subject."
She got a good deal on the spring water.
Yun Zhaoxue fed Yang the rest of the spiritual spring water.
Yang felt refreshed all over, her breathing became easier, and the tightness in her chest lessened. She then thought about what had happened last night.
She asked, "Xue'er, why are you back? Didn't you... leave?"
Last night, Yun Zhaoxue's personal maid brewed an abortifacient and ran away with her lover's money.
Upon learning of her grandson's death, she fell seriously ill and never recovered.
His third son's fate is unknown in prison, and the child in Yun Zhaoxue's belly is likely his only child.
Yun Zhaoxue rubbed her eyes. "I'm worried about my mother. When I think about how good she is to me, I don't want to leave."
Guilt doesn't exist.
What does the sins committed by the original owner have to do with her?
Madam Yang patted the back of her hand, "Good child, it's our Prince's Mansion that has implicated you."
Xiao Xiuning gave a light snort, putting on an act!
When Madam Yang saw the bloodstains on her neck, she asked, "Ning'er, how did you get a wound on your neck?"
Xiao Xiuning was about to speak.
Yun Zhaoxue spoke first: "Mother, I was still asleep this morning when my fourth sister rushed into the room with a sword, trying to kill me. She accidentally hurt herself. She's just young and has a bit of a temper, so I don't blame her."
Madam Yang cast a reproachful glance at her daughter, "Ning'er, quickly apologize to your third sister-in-law."
Xiao Xiuning retorted, "I won't apologize. She's the one who harmed you like this. I want to get justice for you. She ran away and then suddenly came back. She must be up to something bad again. Mother, don't believe her."
Yun Zhaoxue was a notorious wicked woman in the capital, hated by everyone and even dogs. She tormented the entire family, making their lives miserable. She loathed her to death.
They eloped with someone, so why did they come back?
The eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law, and the children nodded silently.
"You don't even listen to your mother anymore? Cough cough cough..."
She suddenly coughed violently.
Everyone was startled.
"Mother..."
"grandmother……"
"lady"
Yun Zhaoxue quickly pressed several acupoints on her body.
Xiao Xiuning reached out to stop her, but she had already stopped.
"Yun Zhaoxue, what have you done to Mother Consort this time?"
Yang suddenly stopped coughing.
Yun Zhaoxue replied, "I'm treating Mother's illness, Fourth Sister. Look how angry you've made Mother. Is it so hard to just ask you to apologize?"
"Mother, since Fourth Sister is unwilling, let's just forget about it."
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