"Miss!" Mrs. Yuan called out anxiously in a low voice, and seeing that Yun Jinnian did not respond, she called out again, "Miss, please drink your medicine first!"
Drink medicine?
Yun Jinnian suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the medicine bowl on the table not far away.
Why was she supposed to take medicine?
"Wet nurse!"
"What can I do for you, Miss?"
"Wet nurse, I..." Yun Jinnian didn't know what to say.
At that moment, her mind was in turmoil.
But Yun Jinnian still knew that she could trust the wet nurse.
After taking a few deep breaths, "Wet nurse, why am I supposed to take medicine?"
"Does Miss not remember? A few days ago, you and your cousin were playing by the Lotus Pond, and you, Miss, slipped and fell into it!"
Fell into the Lotus Pond?
Wasn't that an incident from when she was ten years old, in the winter?
Ten years old? Ten years old?
Tianchu Country, the fifteenth year of Yuanhe, in winter!
So those events really happened? Did Heaven pity her and allow her to return to when she was ten? Or was it all a dream, a warning?
If she continued to be so feeble and incapable, being devoured in flesh and blood by her own kin was what awaited her?
"No, no!" Yun Jinnian suddenly became somewhat frenzied.
She grabbed her hair, shaking her head continuously.
No, she didn't want to be that miserable, unable to protect herself or her son.
"Miss, Miss, what's wrong? Don't scare the wet nurse. If something's bothering you, tell me, I will surely help you!" Mrs. Yuan tightly held Yun Jinnian's hand.
Yun Jinnian suddenly began to cry, scaring the wet nurse, who quickly let go of her hand and offered a handkerchief to wipe her tears. Yun Jinnian hugged the wet nurse's waist tightly, "Wet nurse, you can't help me, you can't!"
In that nightmare, the wet nurse had followed her to the residence of the fifth prince, entered the palace with her, watched her become the Empress, helped her give birth to Momo, and in the end was killed by Zhu Yan.
She was steamed alive.
As the wet nurse died, she could only watch helplessly from the side.
"Even if the wet nurse can't help the Miss, the wet nurse will still stay with the Miss!" Mrs. Yuan also started to cry.
The second lady of the house didn't interfere much; she barely took notice of the Miss, and so did the second master; it was as if he saw the Miss as invisible.
Not to mention the old lady.
The Miss was clearly the legitimate eldest daughter of the second room of the house, yet she lived worse than an illegitimate daughter of the first room, let alone the cousin who lived in the Yun Family.
Upon hearing this, Yun Jinnian slowly raised her head to look at Mrs. Yuan, sniffed, gave a bitter smile, then took the handkerchief to wipe her tears, and after a while said, "Wet nurse, could you please bring the medicine to me?"
"Of course!"
The wet nurse handed the medicine to Yun Jinnian.
Yun Jinnian looked at the medicine bowl, smelled the scent from within, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then opened them again, her eyes a cold expanse.
"Wet nurse, quietly dispose of this medicine, make sure no one finds out!"
If everything in that dream was her past life, how foolish she must have been to not realize the poison in this bowl of medicine, one that made conceiving a child difficult.
She was fortunate that after marrying Chu Liange, knowing she had a Divine Doctor as a maternal grandfather, he made her learn medicine. She had to memorize various medical books and the essentials, and then he went to great lengths to invite her grandfather to the Capital City to teach her medical skills; otherwise, she would not have recognized the poison in the medicine with just one sniff.
Truly ruthless.
But who could be so heartless?
No matter who it was, they had to be brought to light!
Mrs. Yuan nodded and quietly went to dispose of the medicine, not asking why.
Yun Jinnian slowly lay down, soon plunging into a nightmare.
In her dream, there was a blur of flesh and blood, Momo was tearing her flesh apart, chewing it voraciously.
Then suddenly, he started to laugh.
"Ah..." Yun Jinnian screamed, sitting up.
Mrs. Yuan immediately came forward, "Miss, Miss, did you have a nightmare?"
"Wet nurse, I'm thirsty; please pour me a cup of water. It's also quite cold in here, light up a basin of charcoal fire for me!"