Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 640

I asked for a long time but didn't get any results.

Yun Xiaohan escorted her back to the palace and then went back himself.

"Miss."

Just then, Granny Cao rushed in to report, "Young Madam Zhou has miscarried..."

Yun Xiyue's expression changed slightly. "What happened?"

"This servant is not quite sure, but I heard that after Madam Zhou returned from our shop, she said she had a stomachache and then went to find the imperial physician. Before the physician arrived, the baby was already lost. Madam Zhou also almost lost her life."

Zhou Yan has now entered the palace to find Murong Yu.

A thorough investigation of the cloth shop is demanded.

Murong Yu said, "You can investigate the cloth shop, but what will you find out? In the end, it will point to the Empress. The person behind this is using this to make you hate the Empress."

Zhou Yan's expression changed slightly, and he clenched his fists. "So, are we just going to let it go like this? Even if it was all to scheme against the Empress, then... we must catch the culprit."

"I understand how you feel. If you insist on investigating, I will send someone to help you."

Murong Yu enlisted Pei Heng and Nan Yin to help him investigate, and the cloth shop temporarily suspended operations.

Wan Jiaojiao did not eat anything at the cloth shop.

He only exchanged a few words with Yun Xiyue.

Then, Ghost Hand was sent to treat her body. Ghost Hand only came because he heard it concerned Yun Xiyue, but when he arrived at the Zhou residence, everyone was full of resentment.

Everyone believes that Yunxi Yue was responsible.

Even if it wasn't Yun Xiyue who did it, it was because of her that the other party caused their young mistress to miscarry, almost resulting in the death of both mother and child.

Ghost Hand frowned, ignoring the servants' gossip, and took Wan Jiaojiao's pulse and examined her body, indicating that she needed to undergo a D&C procedure.

"What is a D&C procedure...?" Zhou Yan's face turned pale; he didn't understand at all.

But I know this surgery must be very painful, and Jiaojiao is already in a lot of pain.

Ghost Hand explained simply and bluntly: "Because the fetus was only three months old when the miscarriage occurred, the uterus needs to be thoroughly cleaned, otherwise it will be bad for the uterus. The uterus is an essential part of a woman's pregnancy."

"Will it hurt?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Don't worry! I'll use anesthesia on her."

Zhou Yan's expression changed slightly, bothered that he was a man.

"Doctors don't distinguish between men and women." Ghost Hand didn't want to waste words with him and gestured for him to leave. Wan Jiaojiao's face turned ashen, and she remained silent.

The loss of her child was a huge blow to her.

Ghost Hand wasn't good at comforting people, so he simply gave her some medicine and told her to sleep for a while.

After the surgery, she instructed the maid to take good care of her and specifically told Zhou Yan, "Spend more time with her during this period. Mrs. Zhou has been greatly affected by losing her child and is not receiving care from her husband, which makes her prone to postpartum depression, which will cause her even greater grief in the future."

There was no such thing as postpartum depression in ancient times.

Generally, no, being busy vying for favor and getting caught up in it won't lead to depression.

However, Wan Jiaojiao suffered a miscarriage, and since Zhou Yan had no other women around him, it could be said that he was lucky but slightly unlucky.

I remembered that she was Xiaoyue'er's friend.

Ghost Hand was worried that it would affect her.

In the end, Zhou Yan did not participate in the investigation, leaving it to Pei Heng and Nan Yin.

Nan Yin also came to see Wan Jiaojiao, as well as the baby who had already begun to take shape after being born.

"She has been cursed. Even if your child is born, it will be a cursed infant. Cursed infants are terrifying things. At first, there will be no feeling, but after birth, the mother will die along with the child."

"Because he will drain all your vital energy."

Zhou Yan felt a chill run through him. "How could there be Gu worms? Jiao Jiao has always been very healthy..."

"The reason she miscarried was because she ate something harmful to pregnant women, which wasn't detected in her food. The Gu worms also entered her body through the food. She was infected with the Gu worms just a few days ago. You won't feel anything when you're infected with Gu, because the other party wants to use the pregnant woman to raise a Gu baby, so that the child will be a weapon for them to use after it's born."

"Who has she seen these past few days?" Nan Yin carefully put away the dead infant. The Gu worms inside were still alive, and she was afraid that they might spread to other pregnant women, which would be very troublesome.

We need to find a place to eliminate them.

Zhou Yan sat down somewhat unsteadily, then ordered someone to investigate with a gloomy expression.

......

Yunxi Yue was anxious in the palace.