If there was something in the bowl but not in the pot, it meant that there was nothing wrong when she made it, but there was something wrong when she drank it.
Jiujiu could hear Yuan Zhen's continuous wails of pain. "Has the midwife gone in?"
"The midwife is already waiting inside, but according to the doctor, the bird's nest porridge that Madam Yuan drank contained a lot of safflower. Madam Yuan drank too much of it.
Her body is not good to begin with, and she's pregnant with twins. I'm afraid … "
Normal childbirth was dangerous, not to mention that Yuan Zhen was pregnant with twins and had taken such a dangerous drug as safflower. She was afraid that things were not looking good for her.
Qing Liu did not say the rest of the sentence directly, but everyone knew that she meant that things were not looking good for her.
Although Jiujiu did not like Yuan Zhen, the child was innocent.
Moreover, she knew how much Ling Xiao had high hopes for this child.
Jiujiu said directly, "Bring me the thousand-year-old ginseng in my room."
She had left this thousand-year-old ginseng for Ling Xiao to save his life. Now that it was a matter of life and death, she could not care less.
Qing Liu immediately went to get it.
However.
Before Qing Liu came back, she heard Yuan Zhen's long and sorrowful cry.
The room was silent.
Soon, the midwife came out.
The midwife's face was full of grief. She looked at Jiujiu timidly and did not dare to say anything for a long time.
Jiujiu glanced at the midwife. "Just say it."
The midwife then said in a hoarse voice, "Madam, the children were not saved."
Jiujiu frowned. "How many were not saved?"
"None of them were saved."
The midwife's heart began to tremble when she said this.
Those two children were already dead when they were born.
From their appearance, it could be seen how handsome they would be in the future.
But now …
Jiujiu lowered her eyes to hide the silence in her eyes. "Give them a proper burial."
Even if the children were gone, they were still the children of Ling Xiao's subordinates.
The midwife left with a look of pity.
The child had already been born, and Yuan Zhen was fine. There was no need for Jiujiu to continue to stay.
Because Yuan Zhen's child was lost, Jiujiu's stomach had been a little uncomfortable during this period of time. She only ate two mouthfuls of porridge at night and went to bed early. She didn't even know when Ling Xiao returned.
After Ling Xiao returned, he received the news that Yuan Zhen had eaten bird's nest porridge with red flowers and that the two children had died.
Ling Xiao had a very good relationship with his subordinates. After his subordinates were gone, he hoped more than anyone else that these two children could be born safely.
At this moment, when he heard the old housekeeper tell him that Yuan Zhen and his two children were gone, Ling Xiao only felt a pain in his heart, and he actually couldn't say a single word.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Investigate."
He wanted to see who had monstrous guts, to dare drug Yuan Zhen.
Ling Xiao's men moved very quickly.
In less than a night, they found out who the culprit was.
But.
When he saw the name of the person who had drugged him, Ling Xiao hesitated for the first time.
All the evidence pointed to one person.
And that person was the person he didn't want to see the most.
But the evidence was conclusive, and he had no way to deny it.
Ling Xiao looked at Yuan Zhen with an ugly expression.
He had just entered the courtyard when he heard Yuan Zhen's heart-wrenching screams.
Ling Xiao walked into the house. Yuan Zhen was holding a child's clothes that had been sewn together with tears in her eyes.
Seeing Ling Xiao enter, Yuan Zhen seemed to have grasped at her last life-saving straw. She shouted loudly, "General, you must seek justice for me. My children, my two poor children, they didn't even have time to open their eyes and they were gone just like that.
If he has any grudges, come at me. If he wants my life, come at me. What kind of hero is he to lay his hands on my children? "
After Yuan Zhen finished speaking, she suddenly raised her head. Because her long and black hair was drenched in sweat, it drooped down on both sides of her face. Coupled with her gloomy expression, it made her look like a ghost that had crawled out of hell, as eerie and terrifying as a ghost.
Yuan Zhen said venomously, "General, you must help me find the murderer who killed my children. I must make him pay with his blood."
When she said the last four words, a sinister smile appeared on Yuan Zhen's face. The originally warm room instantly became as cold as an ice cave, and the servants present all shivered.
Looking at Yuan Zhen's crazy appearance, Ling Xiao nodded and softly comforted her. After telling her to take good care of her body, he turned and went to the study.
Actually, he wanted to find Jiujiu.
But he was afraid that Jiujiu would really admit that she was the one who did these things.
On one side was the last bloodline of his subordinates, and on the other was the woman he loved the most in this world.
Between righteousness, kinship, and love, it was really difficult for him to choose.
Ling Xiao stayed in the study until midnight before returning to the bedroom.
And Jiujiu had already fallen asleep.
It was like this for a few days.
No matter how slow Jiujiu was, she could still figure it out.
Ling Xiao was hiding from her.
Today, Jiujiu did not sleep. She sat in the room and waited for Ling Xiao to return.
When Ling Xiao returned to the bedroom, he habitually took off his clothes that took up the cold air outside. He tiptoed into the bedroom and prepared to warm up before going to bed, but he did not expect to see Jiujiu sitting by the bed, dressed neatly, looking at him quietly.
Ling Xiao's expression froze, and he said awkwardly, "It's so late. Why is Madam still awake?"
Jiujiu smiled mockingly. "General, you also know that it's late? Since you know that it's late, why did you only come back now? What good things are outside that you're so mesmerized that you don't even know to come back? "
In the past, no matter how busy he was, Ling Xiao would always come back on time to coax her to sleep.
Now that he was no longer busy, he did not know to come back.
Jiujiu's clear and transparent eyes stared at him with a smile that wasn't a smile, and Ling Xiao's heart felt weak.
Ling Xiao lowered his head, not daring to look into Jiujiu's eyes.
"I've been busy with work these days, so …"
"You're so busy with work that you don't even have time to talk to me?" Jiujiu did not wait for Ling Xiao to finish and interrupted him. "I think it's not that you're busy with work. You just don't want to talk to me."
Ling Xiao was speechless.
Ling Xiao was not a very good liar.
Therefore, after Jiujiu poked at his heart, he could not respond quickly.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
Ling Xiao replied, "No. What can I hide from you?"
"It's about Yuan Zhen, right?"
The more Ling Xiao denied it, the more Jiujiu knew that Ling Xiao was indeed hiding something from her. And this matter had something to do with Yuan Zhen's child.
Other than this matter, Jiujiu really could not think of any other reason why Ling Xiao would not talk to her for so long.
After being poked at by Jiujiu again, Ling Xiao did not even have the courage to respond. He could only stand there quietly with his head lowered.
Not saying anything was a silent agreement.
Jiujiu sneered. "You don't believe me."
Ling Xiao was not one of those generals without real power. If he really wanted to know the result, he would definitely get it.
After such a long time, she had not heard anyone talk about the person who had drugged her. It was not that there was no result, but that the result of the investigation was not what he wanted.
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