Chapter 89: The Great Weapon, Lu Chao Chao
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“What ailment was she even treating? She’s been tormenting me deliberately. Not only did she wake me up before dawn to give me medicine, but after just one day under her care, I ended up poisoned and had to be taken to the medicine hall!” the elderly lady exclaimed, her frustration palpable yet seemingly ignored by those around her.
“Considering you kept her up all night preparing your medicine, you’re now complaining about waking up early to take it?” jeered the surrounding crowd, showing no sympathy for her.
The old lady was nearly driven to curse out loud.
Just then, the Gu family’s carriage passed by. Lu Wan Yi looked out blankly, her movements restricted due to being under house arrest by Gu Ling. Her outings were always monitored by two robust, vigilant nursemaids. Caught in a wave of frustration and spotting the commotion and her mother on the street, Lu Wan Yi impulsively jumped from the moving carriage before the nursemaids could stop her.
“Xu Shi Yun, what kind of care is this? Are you intentionally harming her? You managed to send my mother to the medicine hall after just one day under your supervision. It’s clear you’re up to no good!” Lu Wan Yi cried out angrily, pointing accusingly at Madam Xu, her disgust evident.
Madam Xu stayed silent, her head bowed.
“Mrs. Wan Yi, how can you accuse her so unjustly? Your mother was like a second mother to you from the time you were a toddler, when she married into your family, and even nursed you herself after her own son was born,” Deng Zhi interjected, defending his mistress against the unfair allegations.
The bystanders shook their heads disapprovingly: “Isn’t that Gu Ling’s wife?” they whispered as Lu Wan Yi quickly went to help her mother.
“Mother, should I come back and take care of you myself?” She quickly asked, finding this to be a opportunity of escape.
Gu Ling isn’t just unstable; he’s completely insane! The mere mention of his name now terrified the girl.
Despite the menacing glares from the nursemaids, Lu Wan Yi bravely helped her mother back to their family estate, effectively sidestepping Madam Xu, much to the old lady’s relief.
The next morning, before dawn, a horrifying scream of agony echoed through the Marquis Mansion.
“The old lady is vomiting blood! Quickly, call the royal physician!” The household was thrown into panic as the family doctor arrived swiftly, only to realize the severity of her condition was beyond his skills.
He personally hurried the old lady to the royal physician’s doorstep, a scene eerily similar to the day before but much more grave as she struggled for breath amidst bouts of bloody vomit. Marquis Yuan Ze was horrified by the chaos.
“What on earth has happened?!” Lu Yuan Ze, more of a son by title than affection, lashed out at Madam Xu. “How have you been managing her care? Are you trying to kill her? Wife, how can you be so cruel?”
Madam Xu remained composed, responding succinctly: “It was your sister who was in charge of her care.”
Lu Yuan Ze was speechless. The royal physician quickly intervened, stabilizing the old lady with several urgent treatments. Her condition was critical; a mild cold had escalated into a life-threatening emergency after two sleepless nights filled with vomiting, diarrhea, and severe bleeding.
Lu Wan Yi was nearly in tears: “Big Brother, I… I followed the medicine recipe exactly.”
Unbeknownst to the bystanders, she had earlier accidentally spilled the medicine pouch in the yard, and had scooped up the contents along with leaves that had fallen from a nearby medicinal tree.
A servant handed over the medicine jar, which, upon close examination by the royal physician, revealed an unrecognized ingredient. Leaves from a particular tree, normally ornamental, turned medicinal once they fell to the ground—a tree that coincidentally grew within the Marquis’s estate.
“I saw Mrs. Wan Yi accidentally spill the medicine pouch under the medicinal tree,” confessed a young maid, kneeling timidly.
Lu Yuan Ze firmly ordered: “Wan Yi, return to the Gu family.”
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Overwhelmed and gasping for breath, the old lady dismissed Lu Wan Yi’s tearful pleas to stay. Despite her exhaustion, she was determined to live longer, eagerly anticipating her grandson Jing Huai’s success in the royal exams and his potential appointment as the crown prince’s tutor.
After much pleading and crying, Lu Wan Yi was forcibly removed.
Madam Xu approached softly, suggesting, “Mother, Wan Yi was raised in luxury; she lacks the skills to care for the sick. Perhaps I should take over?”
The old lady’s eyes widened with fear, quickly retreating as she emphatically refused, “No need, no need, no need.”
Madam Xu sighed quietly, her expression tinged with sadness.
Lu Yuan Ze offered some consolation, but after all the upheaval, only the old lady had truly suffered.
In the ensuing chaos of the morning, Lu Chao Chao saw her opportunity to slip away unnoticed. She clutched a handful of the same leaves that had endangered the old lady when a king looking woman suddenly appeared in her path.
“Little girl, there’s a circus nearby, would you like to see it?”
Taken aback, Chao Chao looked up innocently at the woman.
The woman, carrying a boy dressed quite differently from herself, suggested, “This is my family’s young master; why don’t we go together?” She signaled to her accomplices to seize the moment.
A rugged man quickly scooped up Lu Chao Chao, declaring with a grin at some passersby, “This is my daughter; she almost got lost.”
Before Chao Chao could react, he whisked her away.
“Watch the circus, the circus…” Chao Chao pointed excitedly toward the supposed circus.
She and the boy were hurriedly placed in a carriage.
“How did you end up bringing back two children?” Inside the carriage lay several young women, all deep in slumber.
“These kids look promising; raise them well, and they’ll fetch a good price,” the woman chuckled, eyeing them greedily.
“Won’t kids like these cause trouble?” The man coordinating the operation frowned, a large scar marring his face.
“What trouble can they stir? He’s only four, and she’s just one. Even if she’s a princess of North Zhao, once they’re in our Fufeng Mountain, there’s no escape,” the group laughed heartily, confident in their stronghold’s impregnability.
“Either way, she can’t be a princess.” They soon disguised the children’s faces, making them unrecognizable.
Curiously, Lu Chao Chao touched her altered face, her smile growing mischievously. [So fun, so fun. Gods aren’t amusing; I don’t even want to offer them roast chicken. Evil spirits aren’t fun either; they all take a detour when they see me. The old grandma is fun to be around, but she’s too much of a fragile old bone, nearly died after just two days. The grandma still can’t die! If she dies, I’ll have to eat vegetarian for a month! Fufeng Mountain must be interesting, right?]
“Look at that girl; she can’t be a fool, right?” The woman fretted, puzzled by her uncontrollable laughter.
Feeling the woman’s gaze, Lu Chao Chao laughed even louder, her gums showing.
The woman turned away, unaware that it’s easy to invite a spirit, but hard to send it away. In Lu Chao Chao’s case, she’s trouble upon trouble!
So its straight up confirmed that the person who is supposed to take car of mc is just the lost incompetent person on the planet and should be fired