Chapter 154 - A Remote Place
Chapter 154 A Remote Place
Su Muge sat quietly while listening to Zhao telling the story of the past.
“When I met your mother, I was preparing to marry.”
Fairy Jinghong was chased and fled to the village where Zhao was born. Because of the lack of physical strength, she passed out outside Zhao’s house.
Zhang was also soft-hearted and saved her immediately. And Zhao, who had not yet married, took care of her.
After washing Fairy Jinghong up and revealing her stunning face, both Zhang and Zhao were frightened. Such a beautiful woman would easily incur troubles in such a small village in the future, so the two decided to darken her face. But even so, she was still much more beautiful than the girls in the village.
Zhang’s sons had also fought for Fairy Jinghong to be their own wife. It was not until Fairy Jinghong was found out to be pregnant that they stopped their fighting.
“I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman in my life. When she woke up, we all thought that she would leave, but she stayed.”
A few days later, Zhao, who was already engaged, married Su Lun.
Fairy Jinghong continued living in Zhang’s house. Seeing that Zhang’s sons almost fixed their eyes on her every day, Zhang felt it improper to let her stay but she didn’t say anything. However, Fairy Jinghong had also felt something wrong.
In addition, Zhang had been worried about whether Zhao lived well after marriage. Therefore, Fairy Jinghong left Zhao’s house and went to settle down in Su Lun’s village.
Their life went on peacefully. Since enough money was given, the people in the village dared not to do anything to Fairy Jinghong in her face.
“That day, I was preparing to work in the field with a big belly, but I tripped and fell accidentally. She happened to see it and helped me to rest at the foot of the mountain.” Afterward, as Old Lady Li said, both of them were stimulated and delivered their children at the same time.
Zhao thought of something, and the tears fell again.
After she married Su Lun, her life was not very good. At that time, she not only had to look after the whole Su family but was also required to do the farm work in the field. Even if she was pregnant at that time, she had never eaten an egg!
If it hadn’t been for Fairy Jinghong who would give her something to eat from time to time, she could have been starved to death. And all the good foods in the family went into Su Lun’s stomach.
“I was always looking forward to the birth of that child, however … the child died just as he was born!” Zhao choked with sobs; she still couldn’t forget the look of the dead baby!
Su Muge hugged her gently and wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief.
“Later, she gave me her child and asked me to raise the baby for her. How could I agree? Every child is a part of the mother. But she said that the child would be too dangerous to be with her and begged me to adopt her.”
Zhao lost her own child and thought that Fairy Jinghong had helped her so much, so she agreed.
But when she came out of her confinement, Fairy Jinghong had disappeared in the village.
“She left without leaving anything.”
Zhao raised her tearful eyes to look at Su Muge and raised her hand to caress her face.
“I told myself to forget the past and treat you as my own daughter. The bead you are holding had always been worn by her. If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have thought about the past. Mumu, don’t blame me.”
Su Muge held her hand. “Mother, how can I blame you?”
“And don’t blame your biological mother. She was also forced to do so. Although I’m not smart, I know someone like her wouldn’t have stayed in the small village if she hadn’t been in trouble.”
Su Muge looked down. In fact, she had no much feeling about her biological mother. However, she was her biological mother who had given birth to her therefore she felt curious.
“What’s her name?”
“Honghong.”
After Zhao gradually calmed down, she slowly became talkative.
“She was not only beautiful but also very nice and clever. It seemed that nothing in the world was hard for her. She said she came from a very beautiful place, which was far away from here, and she didn’t know if she could go back in her lifetime.”
Su Muge raised her eyebrows slightly, while Zhao slowly recalled her past with Fairy Jinghong.
Su Muge was also gradually convinced that Zhao was talking about the same person as Old Lady Li.
When she left Su Mansion, it had been dark outside.
Su Muge leaned on the carriage while recalling Zhao’s words in her mind. She couldn’t help but reach out to touch her cheek.
“My biological mother is a peerless beauty. Why haven’t I inherited the beauty from her?”
After returning to Jin Mansion, someone came over just as Su Muge sat down.
“Your Grace, Qingyu’s eyes have started bleeding again. This time, it lasts longer than before. Doctor Gui asks you to go and see.” Zuoqiu reported.
Su Muge stood up and went to check the situation with him immediately.
“Don’t worry, Rumeng. It’s just bleeding. I’ll be fine in a while.”
“I, I know, the Rani has superb medical skills and could even cure His Majesty. I believe she can definitely cure you, Brother Qingyu.”
Hearing this, Su Muge paused outside the door but walked in.
“Your Grace is here.”
Su Muge went in, while Liu Rumeng was sitting beside Qingyu and weeping. Seeing her coming in, Liu Rumeng stood up to salute to her.
“Your Grace, pay my respects to you.”
“Get up.” Su Muge went towards Qingyu. And Guima was wiping the blood from his eyes with a cotton cloth.
“How long has it been bleeding this time?”
Guima threw the blood-stained cotton into the brazier. “Over a quarter more than before.”
Su Muge reached out her finger to dip the blood and smelled it with her nose.
The cotton cloth in Guima’s hands was stained with blood again. When he threw the cotton cloth into the brazier, a flame suddenly burst out with a “boom”.
Upon seeing this, they all stepped back subconsciously.
Soon, the cotton cloth thrown into the fire was burned out.
Su Muge stared at the brazier and frowned. “Is there any alcohol on the cotton cloth?”
Guima was also surprised and shook his head. “No, just a common cotton cloth.”
Su Muge took up a piece of cotton cloth, wiped the blood on Qingyu’s eyes, and threw it into the brazier.
This time, no fire came up, but the burning flame was burgundy.
“Go to get me an iron stick.”
“Yes,” Zuoqiu responded and retreated. Soon, he brought in an iron stick.
Su Muge squatted in front of the brazier, took out the cotton cloth that was burnt out in just a few seconds, and found the residue left after burning glowing with blue light.
“There is something wrong with this thing?” Guima also squatted down.
Su Muge looked up at Qingyu’s bleeding eyes. “I think the blood is a little different from ours.” After that, she carried the brazier to the next room.
“No one is allowed to come in and bother me before I come out!” After speaking, she had gone.
“Eh, don’t go! You haven’t told me the difference!” Guima wanted to chase out. However, seeing Qingyu’s bleeding eyes, he had no choice but to stay and help stop his bleeding.
“Doctor Gui, has the Rani found out anything?”
Guima grunted angrily. “Who knows what she has found!” He must ask clearly later!
When Xia Houmo came, Su Muge had not yet come out of the room.
He reached out to push the door in, but it had been locked from inside by Su Muge.
Xia Houmo sank his dashing eyebrows slightly. Why would she lock the door?
When Liu Rumeng carried the hamper into the room, she saw Xia Houmo sitting in the house with a flicker of joy in her eyes.
“Your Royal Highness, you haven’t had dinner yet. It is unknown when the Rani will come out. I’ve made some noodles. Your Royal Highness, please have a try.”
But Xia Houmo put on a stern face. He hadn’t had dinner, neither had Su Muge. This woman would ignore everything whenever she was busy!
Seeing Xia Houmo’s stern face, Liu Rumeng slightly shivered her hand holding the chopsticks.
“Rumeng, you’ve made noodles today? I like eating the noodles you make most.” Qingyu’s rejoicing voice came from behind.
Liu Rumeng lowered her eyes. She had only prepared one bowl of noodles. If Xia Houmo ate it, there would certainly be nothing for Qingyu.
“Brother Qingyu, I’ve made noodle soup for you, and I’ll bring it to you later.”
Liu Rumeng put the noodles in front of Xia Houmo. “Your Royal Highness …”
“Her Grace comes out.”
Before Liu Rumeng could finish her words, Xia Houmo had already got up and walked out without even looking at the noodles.
Liu Rumeng revealed a flicker of hatred in her eyes.
“Your Royal Highness, I know what’s going on.” Su Muge was rejoicing. She dissected the little mouse today and found a black thing in its nose.
That thing attached to the bridge of the nose was not large and would not have any effect on its breathing, and it was not easy to be discovered.
Later, she found a similar black thing in the rabbit’s nose. After she removed the black thing from the rabbit’s nose, the rabbit’s eyes stopped bleeding.
Su Muge picked up the black thing with iron tongs and set it on fire. Soon, the black thing turned to ashes in the blink of an eye, and the residue was faintly blue.
“What the hell is this?”
Guima came closer but couldn’t see anything.
“It’s a blood-sucking worm that gnaws blood vessels.”
The blood vessels around the eyes of the little mouse had been gnawed a lot. But the worms seemed to be very willful. They would gnaw here and there but wouldn’t destroy a blood vessel completely. That was why Qingyu’s eyes would bleed from time to time.
In fact, there should also be congestion and lumps elsewhere on his body, but this kind of worms seemed not so greedy and would only gnaw a little bit each time but loved to move everywhere, thus making it hard to discover.
“As long as we get these worms out, Qingyu will be all right?”
“Getting the worms out can at least ensure that his eyes will not bleed anymore.”
“Where are the worms? Can you get them out?”
“If I’m right, they are on the bridge of the nose. And I can take them out with a minor operation. However, it’s getting late today, so the operation will be done tomorrow.”
Hearing her words, Xia Houmo felt slightly better.
Now that she decided to operate on him tomorrow, Su Muge explained the precautions to him before leaving with Xia Houmo.
Guima also went back to rest.
Liu Rumeng was left in the room with Qingyu alone.
Thinking that his eyes could be cured, Qingyu couldn’t help being excited.
“Rumeng, it’s so good. When my eyes are cured, will, will you marry me?”