The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

Master Jia returned to his room and took out the "Spring Night Moment" aphrodisiac he had bought on the black market over the past few days. He had spent a lot of money to buy it; this aphrodisiac was only effective on men and would not cause any harm to the body.

He called his daughter over, handed her the medicine, and explained his plan.

Miss Jia blushed deeply after hearing this, but still said with a shy and embarrassed expression, "Father, is it not appropriate to do this?"

Looking at his daughter, Master Jia felt a pang of sadness. She was born at the cost of his wife's life. Because she was premature, she was frail and sickly from a young age. He had poured all his love into her, spoiling her from childhood and not wanting her to suffer any harm. He gave her the best and tried his best to satisfy her every request. Fortunately, his daughter was sensible and did not become spoiled or arrogant.

Such a wonderful woman! Back then, so many suitors came to the Jia family that they practically wore down the doorstep. If our daughter hadn't fallen ill, how could it have been that Doctor Xia who came to propose?

I've already hinted so clearly today, but this Doctor Xia still doesn't know what's good for him. It's his good fortune that his daughter is interested in him.

If it weren't for the loving look in his daughter's eyes, which reminded him of the look his deceased wife had once given him, stirring up memories of his youth...

Furthermore, this Doctor Xia is indeed quite skilled. If my daughter marries him, he will definitely take care of her health, so she can suffer less from illness.

No matter what, he would do everything in his power to get his daughter what she wanted.

Thinking of this, Master Jia looked at his daughter with affection and said, "Yu'er, I already went to test Doctor Xia today." He glanced at Miss Jia, unable to bear telling her the truth. "Doctor Xia is also interested in you, but his family has already arranged a marriage for him. He has reservations; we just need to give him a push and help him make a decision."

When Miss Jia heard that Li Muxia was interested in him, her hesitation disappeared. Although she was still a little worried, she really liked Li Muxia, so she finally decided to follow Master Jia's plan.

The father and daughter discussed it for a while, while Li Muxia was still studying the medicine given to her by her master, completely unaware that she had been targeted by the Jia family father and daughter.

Three more days passed, and Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye continued to check on Miss Jia's recovery every day.

That evening, Li Muxia was attempting to concoct a bottle of poison when a sound from the courtyard suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

Judging from the voice, it was Miss Jia's maid. She ran and shouted, "Doctor Xia, please go and see my young lady. She just took her medicine and started complaining of stomach pain."

Shangguan Jingye, who lived next door, also heard the maid's voice and had already arrived outside Li Muxia's room.

Hearing the maid's words, Li Muxia didn't dare to delay. She picked up her medicine box and prepared to go to Miss Jia's place to check on the situation.

Shangguan Jingye quickly followed.

As they walked, he asked the maid, "Tell me everything that happened before and after your young lady started having abdominal pain, including the food she ate and the things she used."

The maidservant didn't dare to hide anything and rattled off all the questions Li Muxia had asked.

After listening, Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye exchanged a glance, both seeing the doubt in each other's eyes.

According to the maid's description, Miss Jia was perfectly normal today, just like usual. Logically, she shouldn't have been experiencing abdominal pain. Could it be a problem with the medicine? The two didn't dare to delay and quickened their pace.

Upon entering Miss Jia's room, Li Muxia picked up the empty medicine bowl from the table. The bowl still retained some of the medicinal smell. She sniffed it deeply, then shook her head at Shangguan Jingye, finding nothing amiss.

Shangguan Jingye took the medicine bowl and smelled it, but found nothing wrong with it either.

They then asked the maid to bring over the dregs from the decoction. The two of them smelled them one after the other, and sure enough, there was something wrong with the medicine. Although the smell was very faint, they still noticed that there was an extra herb in the medicine that could cause abdominal pain.

However, what the two couldn't understand was that this herb wasn't a very potent poison, and judging from the taste, the amount added wasn't large. At most, it would cause the person who took it to experience mild abdominal pain, but it wouldn't cause much harm to their body.

Li Muxia had already taken Miss Jia's pulse and found no other symptoms. However, judging from Miss Jia's current appearance, she was clearly in excruciating abdominal pain. Her body was soaked in sweat.

Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye exchanged a glance, then wrote her a prescription and sent a maid to fetch the medicine.

Shangguan Jingye used silver needles to relieve Miss Jia's pain.

Li Muxia and Shangguan Jingye couldn't understand why an ingredient had suddenly been added to the medicine that had been working perfectly before.

Li Muxia looked at the somewhat exhausted Miss Jia and asked, "Miss Jia, have you offended anyone? We found senna leaves in your medicine, which can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea."

Miss Jia knew exactly what was in the medicine; it was a plan she and her father had devised to lure Li Muxia over so they could begin the next step of their scheme.

Miss Jia shook her head and said, "I rarely go out, and because of my health, I rarely interact with others, so I really can't think of anyone I've offended."

Just as the group was discussing who wanted to harm Miss Jia, Master Jia arrived. Seeing Miss Jia's weak appearance, he immediately went to her, heartbroken.

"Dr. Xia, what's wrong with Yu'er?"

Seeing the worried look on Master Jia's face, Li Muxia was also moved. Parents always worry about their children. "Master Jia, Miss Jia is fine. My senior brother and I have already examined her. She will be fine after taking the medicine."

However, you need to investigate who tampered with Miss Jia's medicine. We suspect someone in the household wants to harm her, but this person probably isn't that vicious; they likely just want to make her suffer, not kill her.

Master Jia felt a little guilty after hearing Li Muxia's words, but he quickly composed himself.

He said, "Okay, okay, I'll go and find out right now who has the audacity to do this."

He turned around and told Miss Jia to get some rest.

He then looked at Shangguan Jingye and said, "Dr. Ye, why don't you come with me to take a look? You know more about pharmacology, so it will be easier to investigate later."

Shangguan Jingye glanced at Li Muxia, who then said, "Senior brother, you go ahead. I can watch over Miss Jia here. I'll remove the silver needles after Miss Jia finishes her medicine, so don't worry."

Shangguan Jingye also wanted to find out as soon as possible who was framing Miss Jia. If someone was secretly harming Miss Jia, he didn't know if he would be able to leave the Jia family smoothly in five days.

With that thought in mind, Shangguan Jingye left with Master Jia.