Tianxiang immediately offered her assistance.
After finally finishing tidying up, Aunt Bai sat down at the table and looked at the breakfast spread out on it, but she didn't have much of an appetite.
"How is the Second Miss now?" Aunt Bai picked up a small pastry with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.
"Second Miss is much better. I had someone inquire earlier, and Second Miss will come to see you shortly," Tianxiang said.
Aunt Bai nodded, thinking that Ji Meiyuan was alright, and then picked up another piece of pastry.
"Auntie, the Second Miss has arrived." At this moment, a young maidservant entered and knelt down to announce.
Aunt Bai nodded, "Yes, please come in quickly."
Ji Meiyuan entered gracefully, and without even raising her head, she bowed to Aunt Bai, saying, "Greetings, Aunt Bai."
"Alright, get up quickly. You've just recovered, so there's no need for formalities!" Aunt Bai said happily as she looked at Ji Meiyuan.
Ji Meiyuan nodded, "Yes." She then looked up, but when she saw Aunt Bai, she was terrified. "Ah!" she cried, collapsing to the ground. "Aunt, you..."
"Me? What happened to me?" Aunt Bai immediately stood up and walked towards Ji Meiyuan, but Ji Meiyuan was terrified. "Aunt, your mouth..."
Aunt Bai was startled and immediately touched her lips with her hand. Then she saw that her hand was covered in blood!
"Ah!" Aunt Bai was so frightened that she fell to the ground. "This, this, quick, bring me a mirror!"
Tianxiang was already scared half to death. At this moment, a timid little maid appeared out of nowhere and handed a mirror to Aunt Bai. When Aunt Bai took the mirror, she saw that the beautiful woman in the mirror had blood in her mouth!
"Ah! Ah!" Aunt Bai screamed twice in a row and smashed the mirror on the ground.
The little maid had already disappeared without a trace.
Seeing Aunt Bai convulsing on the ground, Tianxiang immediately shouted, "Help! Help! Something's happened to Aunt Bai!"
Ji Meiyuan was also shocked. She immediately got up and helped Aunt Bai, who was convulsing on the ground, "Aunt, how are you?" At this moment, she really looked like a blood-eating demon!
Before long, a doctor arrived, but they were all terrified...
Ji Wushang was in the courtyard, leisurely lying on a chaise lounge, basking in the warm autumn sun. What made it even more pleasant was listening to Zhu'er and Xian'er recount the things they had inquired about.
“This morning I heard some maids say that Aunt Bai saw a ghost! First, she saw the dead Aunt Xie in the dressing mirror, and then she ate a mouthful of blood while having breakfast!” Xian’er said.
"Does the manor have a doctor to take a look at what's going on?" Ji Wushang asked seriously, without saying anything else.
"Yes, the doctor went to see her, but he couldn't find anything wrong!" Zhu'er stepped forward and said, "Could it really be that Aunt Xie has come to take my life?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Ji Wushang glared at Zhu'er. There were other maids working in the courtyard!
"Yes," Pearl nodded.
Ji Wushang glanced at the sky and said, "It's a bit hot, let's go inside!" With that, he went inside, and Xian'er and Zhu'er immediately called for someone to carry the chaise lounge inside.
Ji Wushang then called Xian'er in and said, "Xian'er, I need you to do something for me today."
“Please give your orders, Miss!” Xian’er said immediately.
Ji Wushang whispered a few words in her ear, "Go quickly!"
"yes!"
As Ji Wushang watched the thread go down, he immediately called Zhu'er in, "Zhu'er, come with me to the East Garden to see Aunt Bai." See if she's dead! If not, then let her die on the fifteenth!
Zhu'er immediately handed over all her belongings and then went to the East Garden with Ji Wushang.
Upon arriving at the East Garden, they saw several doctors treating Aunt Bai. When everyone saw Ji Wushang arrive, they immediately made way and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Miss."
"Get up, everyone! What exactly happened? Auntie was perfectly fine, how could such a thing happen?" Ji Wushang asked with concern, and seeing Ji Meiyuan sitting to the side, she immediately stepped forward, "Second sister, I heard you were there at the time, what happened? Tell your eldest sister quickly."
Ji Meiyuan felt a bit traumatized, after all, she had just witnessed Aunt Bai drinking blood!
"I, I, I don't know how to say it. You should ask someone else!" Ji Meiyuan said, and then fell silent.
“That’s right. Today is the twelfth. On the fifteenth, you will be getting married. If you haven’t fully recovered, you should go and rest!” Ji Wushang said considerately. “I can take care of things here. Father will definitely come to see you when he returns to the manor later.”
"Okay." Ji Meiyuan glanced at her, guessing that she wouldn't dare to harm her aunt. She was also quite tired, so she went to rest first.
Ji Wushang watched her leave, a slight smile on his lips, which vanished instantly, replaced by a look of worry as he went forward to see what was wrong with Aunt Bai.
"Doctor, how is Auntie now?" Ji Wushang asked worriedly. "Will it affect the fetus?"
"Reporting to Miss, Aunt Bai is just frightened and will be fine after a few days of rest. As for the fetus, there should be no major problems," the doctor said to Ji Wushang.
Ji Wushang nodded, "It's good that you're alright."
"Aunt Qin is here!" Just then, everyone heard the maid's voice from outside.
Ji Wushang nodded, and seeing Aunt Qin approaching with light, graceful steps, Ji Wushang went to greet her, "Aunt."
"Well, how is Sister Bai now?" Aunt Qin looked at Ji Wushang, and then went into Aunt Bai's inner room with Ji Wushang. No one around dared to stop them.
“Tianxiang, I heard you know about this. Just tell us everything in front of us! Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain to the master!” Ji Wushang said.
Standing to the side, Tianxiang listened to Ji Wushang's question and looked at everyone, who were all looking forward to her speaking. She then said, "Reporting to Aunt Bai and Miss Bai, the matter is like this..." Tianxiang then briefly recounted the events, saying that Aunt Bai was paranoid and saw Aunt Xie in the mirror, and that she ate a mouthful of blood while eating snacks.
Everyone was horrified. This Aunt Bai was either possessed by an evil spirit or harmed by the cursed star in her womb! Otherwise, there might be another possibility: this Aunt Bai was a witch!
The crowd looked at each other, but no one said anything. This was something that couldn't be said carelessly!
Ji Wushang said, "So that's how it is. What about Aunt Bai's breakfast? Is there any left?"
Tianxiang said, "Miss, those pastries are still on that table." With that, she led the way out, "Aunt Qin, Miss, please come with me."
Ji Wushang couldn't be happier if she took him along; he felt this scene was incredibly exciting!
Heh! Ji Wushang sneered inwardly and followed. Aunt Qin watched Ji Wushang and walked with him. The doctors and servants behind them were very gossipy and also wanted to know the truth, so they all followed.
Sure enough, seeing that there were still several plates of pastries on the table, Ji Wushang sat down at the table and picked up a pastry.
"Young Miss, be careful, absolutely not!" Aunt Qin said immediately upon seeing this.
Ji Wushang said nonchalantly, "Auntie, just have a taste. What's going on here?" With that, he put the pastry in his mouth and began to chew.
The taste seemed pretty good, and Ji Wushang looked at everyone with some enjoyment. Everyone was surprised; the pastry was fine! The young lady was eating so happily! Watching her cherry lips move up and down as she ate the pastry was truly a feast for the eyes!
After finishing a piece, Ji Wushang asked, "Is there anything unclean in my mouth?" He touched his lips with his hand, then opened his hand to look at it and found nothing, not even blood.
"It's nothing, this is really too strange!" Aunt Qin exclaimed, then took a piece of pastry and ate it herself, and nothing happened.
Ji Wushang smiled inwardly. Of course, it was fine, because only Aunt Bai had taken the medicine to prevent miscarriage! These snacks were specially made by him using certain medicinal herbs to counteract the medicine. After Aunt Bai took the medicine, some residue, fragments, and liquid would inevitably remain in her mouth. After she ate these snacks, the medicine would take effect, allowing this concubine to thoroughly enjoy the terrifying experience of drinking blood!
"The snacks are fine, then..."
"Yes, it's her..." the voice muttered softly.
"Oh dear, this is such a bad omen!"
"Yes, we'd better hurry up and leave!"
...
Ji Wushang turned to look at them, "What are you talking about?"
"Your Highness, we didn't say anything!" the doctors said, kneeling down.
Ji Wushang nodded, "Alright, since you didn't say anything, then hurry up and write a prescription for your aunt."
"Yes!" The doctors nodded.
Aunt Qin looked at Ji Wushang, then nodded and said, "This matter is truly too strange."
"Never mind, let's wait for Father to come back before we talk about it!" Ji Wushang said.
As soon as Cao Cao was mentioned, a voice came from outside the door saying that Ji Dingbei had arrived.
Ji Wushang immediately went with Aunt Qin to greet him, "Father (Master)."
"Get up, all of you!" Ji Dingbei nodded, turning his gaze to Ji Wushang and looking into her eyes. Ji Wushang knew he was staring at her, so she looked back at him and said, "Father."
"Yes." Ji Dingbei nodded. "Where were you last night?"
"Wu Shang has stayed in Xinyuan and has never left."
"Uh, um." Well, there's no point in saying anything now, let's just check on Bai Aomei first! Ji Dingbei then went inside.
Ji Wushang saw this and immediately went inside.
Ji Dingbei looked at Aunt Bai lying on the bed and listened to Tianxiang recount the whole story again, without saying a word.
When I returned to the manor, the whole city was talking about it! I don't know who spread the word! Now the entire capital is saying that Aunt Bai is a witch incarnate! The child in her womb is a cursed star, and she herself is a witch, otherwise, she wouldn't have seen the dead Aunt Xie, and—drank blood!
Ji Dingbei's mind was in turmoil. This was a woman carrying his child! He couldn't believe what had happened last night; he couldn't tell if it was real or a dream! He'd seen a cloud of white mist disappear, and then everyone was gone! It was unbelievable!
That underworld trial, perhaps it really is something! Otherwise, why would something like this happen now? It must be because she committed too many sins and is now being haunted by Aunt Xie! And the blood in her mouth, I just heard that Wu Shang also ate some snacks and was fine, but Ao Mei was in trouble, which means that it really is heaven punishing her!
"Father, what are you thinking about?" Ji Wushang asked, looking at him.
Ji Dingbei snapped out of his daze. "It's nothing."
Ji Wushang nodded, "The doctor has examined me and said there's nothing serious. I'll definitely be better in three days."
"Mm." Ji Dingbei nodded and then walked out. "Wu Shang, come with your father."
"Yes." Ji Wushang nodded to Aunt Qin, then went out and followed behind Ji Dingbei.
The two sat down in the pavilion, and Ji Dingbei asked, "You really didn't go anywhere last night?"
“Father, you can have everyone in the courtyard testify that Wu Shang really has been in Xin Yuan the whole time and has never gone out. Moreover, she went to bed very early.” Ji Wu Shang said, “The embroiderer has been teaching me needlework, but I haven’t even had a chance to learn it yet when she met with this misfortune. Alas, Father, Wu Shang is so heartbroken!” As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she wiped them away with a silk handkerchief.
Ji Dingbei looked at her with emotion, "Yes." Speaking of Zhang Xiuniang, he had indeed seen and heard last night that Aunt Bai had killed Zhang Xiuniang! What a waste of his good intentions towards Aunt Bai!
"However, Father, Wu Shang will definitely achieve a good ranking in the Wen Ge Embroidery Competition to commemorate the Embroiderer," Ji Wu Shang said solemnly.
A hint of pity flashed across Ji Dingbei's face. "Just do your best. Father doesn't expect you to win any particular ranking."
"Yes." Ji Wushang nodded, but then, as if remembering something, he asked, "Father, why did you keep asking me if I went out last night? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing." Ji Dingbei stared at Ji Wushang's face for a while before looking away.
Ji Wushang looked at Ji Dingbei with innocent eyes, "Father, if you have anything to say, you can talk to Wushang. Although Wushang is not a boy and is not as clever and capable as his older brother, Wushang is also a filial son and hopes to share the burden with Father."
Ji Dingbei nodded in agreement. This was his good daughter! Last night, it must have truly been a dream from the underworld! Thank goodness, he knew the whole truth about Aunt Bai. As long as she gave birth to his child, he would personally execute her! This woman was too dangerous to keep alive!
Seeing that he had something on his mind and vaguely sensing the murderous intent in his eyes, Ji Wushang said, "Father, I'll go down first."
"Alright." Ji Dingbei withdrew his murderous aura, then smiled at Ji Wushang. Ji Wushang sighed inwardly, returned the smile, and then left.
When Ji Dingbei returned to his pine garden, he saw his servant Yue Shisi running over from outside, shouting, "Master, Master, something terrible has happened!"