Light Dance Jiajing

Chapter 28 Mother's Illness

It was Li Ma's group that was on duty that night, but Meng'er tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Kangpin had been making a lot of noise last night, so Meng'er was worried and went to Kangpin's room. In the second half of the night, Kangpin couldn't sleep well. She was shouting "Catch a ghost" while curling up at the foot of the bed and covering her face with the quilt. Meng'er was afraid that her mother would be suffocated, so she hurried over to lift the quilt and shouted, "Mother, it's me, I'm Meng'er..."

Kangpin pretended not to hear anything, and just stared blankly into the air with a look of fear in her eyes. Suddenly, she shouted fiercely, "Bitch, the one who killed you was that bitch Chen... Don't come over here... Don't come over here..."

Several people were in a panic for a while, and after a long time, Kangpin's emotions slowly stabilized. At this time, Luzhu was not paying attention and tripped over Hongfeng's leg. She stumbled and fell on the window frame. The two windows were suddenly knocked open. At this time, a white shadow was passing by the window. Kangpin was facing the window, and seeing this weird scene, her eyes were full of fear, her whole body was shaking like a sieve, and then she fainted. The others followed Kangpin's line of sight, but the white shadow flashed too fast, and when they looked, they saw nothing. Menger forced herself to remain calm. She didn't believe in ghosts. Even if there were ghosts, could they be more horrifying than her who had traveled through time?

Mei'er forced herself to calm down. In the dark night, the wind was howling, the leaves were rustling, and the open window sills were creaking in the wind. Concubine Kang curled herself up in the quilt, still shaking. Everyone was trembling with fear. Madam Zhao put her hands together and recited scriptures. Mei'er looked out the dark window. Did her mother see something scary just now? Before she left, Concubine Kang was fine. Could it be that someone wanted to harm Concubine Kang, and took advantage of her absence to do it? It must have been planned for a long time. Who was this person?

Meng'er was thinking in her heart, but she didn't show it. Who can she trust now? The people around her were all the people she brought out from the palace. Concubine Kang became like this. If there was no traitor, who could easily succeed? If these people can't be trusted anymore, it would be terrible. Meng'er was upset. Seeing that Zhao Mama, Hongshan and Luzhu were still afraid and looked overly frightened, she became even more impatient and said to Luzhu: "What are you doing? Go and close the window." Luzhu trembled and rubbed against the window. She carefully reached the window frame and finally closed the two windows. Meng'er complained in her heart: It's useless, but she inadvertently glanced at a small action of Luzhu.

Meng'er didn't suspect anyone at first, but when Luzhu was closing the window tremblingly, she looked timid and cowardly, but still had the courage to glance out of the dark window. Meng'er suddenly became suspicious, and then she remembered that it was Luzhu who had just knocked open the window, and she couldn't help but feel a cloud of doubt in her heart.

In the next few days, Kangpin was still like this, always startling in the second half of the night. Meng'er was worried and had to accompany Kangpin every night. After so many days, Meng'er really couldn't bear it anymore. She saw a doctor, but he couldn't see anything. He just prescribed some tranquilizers and said that she would be fine after more rest. However, over the past month, Kangpin's condition became worse day by day. Meng'er paid special attention to Luzhu's every move, but didn't find anything. She wondered if she was overthinking. Luzhu and Luluo had served her since childhood, and their friendship was extraordinary. She didn't believe Luzhu would harm her, and slowly she put the matter behind her. The old people in the cold palace were not surprised when they heard about it, and just thought that there was another crazy concubine.

That day, Concubine Kang suddenly went crazy. When Meng'er approached, she was suddenly strangled by Kangbin, muttering: "Bitch...want to hurt me...die...all of you die..." Crazy people often have very strong hands. Meng'er's face turned purple. She struggled desperately, but to no avail. At this time, Zaihou happened to come in. Seeing this, he rushed over and tore at Concubine Kang. Zaihou was only a seven-year-old child. How much strength could he have? Seeing that tearing was useless, he bit her directly. Concubine Kang let go of Meng'er because of the pain. She didn't recognize him at all. Zaihou was gone, with only madness and anger in her eyes. She picked up the incense burner on the table and smashed it towards Zaihou. Mei'er had just caught her breath, and without thinking too much, she took a step forward and rushed over to protect Zaihou. The copper incense burner hit Mei'er's back heavily. Mei'er felt so much pain that her internal organs seemed to be displaced, and she vomited a mouthful of blood. Until someone heard the noise, everyone rushed in to rescue her. Mei'er felt dizzy and vomited blood when she opened her mouth. Zaihou's cries gradually became inaudible, and Mei'er's eyes went dark and she fainted completely.

When she woke up again, it took Meng'er a long time to see clearly that there was a small figure lying on the edge of the bed. It was Zaihou. Meng'er struggled to sit up. Although her back was torn and painful, she felt that it was okay. She patted Zaihou, and Zaihou opened his eyes in a daze. Seeing Meng'er woke up, Zaihou burst into tears and called for his sister. Meng'er patted the bed to signal him to climb up. Zaihou carefully squeezed into Meng'er's quilt. After making sure that she was okay, Zaihou gradually stopped crying and fell asleep on Meng'er's shoulder.

A few days later, Wang Wei invited a skilled doctor, an imperial physician in the palace. Meng'er didn't know how Wang Wei had managed to invite him. He didn't care about being polite at this moment. The most urgent thing was to cure Concubine Kang. This imperial physician Shen was quite famous in the Imperial Hospital, and was especially good at detoxification. It was common for women in the harem to fight with each other and give them medicine. With this imperial physician Shen in charge, the palace was said to be much calmer. Wang Wei invited this imperial physician alone, and it seemed that he had some doubts.

Kangpin has been in more and more trouble these days. She is always unconscious and thinks everyone she sees is out to harm her. It took some effort for Imperial Physician Shen to finish taking her pulse. He observed Kangpin's complexion, pondered for a long time, prescribed medicine and asked someone to boil it immediately. The medicine worked very quickly and Kangpin fell asleep soon. Imperial Physician Shen took out a silver needle and pricked several acupuncture points on Kangpin. He also took a few drops of blood from her fingertips and put them into a small porcelain bottle. The imperial physicians in the palace have always been cautious. Imperial Physician Shen did not draw a conclusion on the spot, but only said that he would take the blood sample back for careful examination. Seeing Imperial Physician Shen's cautious look, Meng'er became more and more worried, but Imperial Physician Shen said no more. Meng'er had a worse premonition in her heart. Wang Wei had no time to talk more and hurriedly sent Imperial Physician Shen back.

From then on, Meng'er could only look forward to news from Wang Wei every day. She didn't know whether Doctor Shen could diagnose the cause of her mother's illness. After days of hard work, Meng'er fell ill. Her whole body was sore and she had a splitting headache. The doctor said that she had caught a cold and prescribed some medicine for her to take. Meng'er's illness made the family lose its backbone. Concubine Kang was still crazy. Meng'er was weak after these days and had a cold again. She was afraid that Zaihou would pass on the disease, so she didn't let Zaihou get close to her and let Xiao Quanzi accompany Zaihou to play outside. Everyone else went to serve Concubine Kang. Almost everyone was beaten by Concubine Kang. Nanny Zhao often hid in the corner of the room and cried. Everyone was desperate. When would such days end?

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