After returning to the capital, the eldest daughter saved her entire clan with her medical skills.

Even my old leg pain, which used to be unbearable in winter or on windy and rainy days, doesn't feel as bad anymore.

"Madam, Madam, the eldest daughter-in-law of the main branch has arrived."

The maid's voice came from the courtyard. Everyone looked over and immediately saw Madam Dong, who was wearing a bright red cloak and walking briskly.

"Sister-in-law, you've arrived very early."

"You're quite an impatient child."

The old lady knew that her niece-in-law was worried about her younger sister's illness, so she didn't say much.

From afar, Madam Dong could smell a delicate fragrance, which grew stronger as she approached the dining hall. She couldn't help but swallow hard, then pretended to be calm as she walked into the dining hall.

"Has your grand-niece-in-law had breakfast yet? Why don't you join us at the mansion for something?"

"Second Grandmother, your granddaughter-in-law has already eaten. Please eat first, there's no rush."

As soon as Ms. Dong finished speaking, her stomach made a loud rumbling sound, and she blushed bright red.

I woke up this morning, washed up and rushed to the General's Mansion. I didn't have breakfast.

I never expected my stomach to be so unruly; it started growling as soon as it smelled the rich aroma of food.

“Why be so polite with Second Madam? Granny Fang, bring a bowl and chopsticks for my niece-in-law.”

"Yes, old lady."

Granny Fang asked a maid to fetch a pair of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen to make room for Madam Dong.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony, granddaughter-in-law."

Dong finally couldn't resist the urge to eat and picked up the chopsticks on the table to start eating.

Fragrant!

Really fragrant!

This was the most delicious rice she had ever eaten.

"Eat more if you like it. You can't go hungry at Second Grandma's house."

The old lady watched with kindness as Madam Dong ate her rice at an increasingly rapid pace, and quickly had the maidservant add another large bowl full of rice for her.

Madam Dong walked out of the dining hall, supporting her back. As the eldest daughter of the Yongchang Marquis's family, she had received the strictest etiquette training since childhood.

I never expected that a meal of rice would cause me to lose my composure.

Regardless, the rice in the general's mansion smelled incredibly tempting, making it impossible to resist.

Xue Ruanruan, carrying a medicine box, rode in Dong's carriage straight to the Yongchang Marquis's residence.

"Young Miss, you've finally arrived! Go and see the Third Miss."

A maid wearing a light blue cotton coat saw Madam Dong walking in from outside with a stunningly beautiful stranger, and her face was full of anxiety.

"What happened to my third sister?"

Mrs. Dong was so frightened that she quickly asked what was wrong.

Before the maid could answer, a woman's cries came from the backyard, sounding desperate and helpless.

Madam Dong was startled. Wasn't that her mother's voice? Why was she crying so sadly?

Ignoring Xue Ruanruan who was still following behind her, Madam Dong hurried towards her third sister's boudoir.

A group of maids stood outside the door, all craning their necks to look into the room, as if watching a spectacle.

"What are you all doing gathered here? Go back to your own work!"

Seeing that the maids in her maternal family were becoming increasingly unruly, Madam Dong's face turned cold, and she shouted at them.

Upon hearing the noise, the maids scattered like birds and beasts, retreating in the blink of an eye and disappearing through the doorway.

Ignoring everything else, Madam Dong pushed open the carved wooden door to her third sister's room and saw a white silk ribbon hanging from the roof beam, swaying back and forth in the wind, which was quite eerie.

The sound of her mother's suppressed sobs came from inside the room. She wanted to cry out loud but was held back by something, feeling very stifled.

A chill ran down my spine; I had a bad feeling.

"Alright! This unfilial daughter doesn't care about the pain of us white-haired people burying our black-haired children, what's with all this crying and wailing!"

Suddenly, a furious roar came from behind the screen, sounding extremely disappointed and tinged with a sense of profound weariness.

Madam Dong's heart skipped a beat in fright, and she quickly walked behind the screen.

"Father, Mother, what's wrong with my third sister?"

Turning behind the screen, I saw my third sister lying silently on the bed, her face deathly pale and her eyes tightly closed. What was most frightening was the deep purplish-blue ligature mark on her neck.

Thinking of the white silk ribbon she had seen when she entered the room, Madam Dong's eyelids twitched. Could it be what she was thinking?

"Arou, why did you suddenly come back?"

Mrs. Dong was clearly surprised that her eldest daughter would suddenly return from her husband's home so early in the morning. She was startled at first, then stood up, hugged Mrs. Dong, and burst into tears.

Her voice was filled with sorrow and despair, like a child who had lost a precious treasure, crying hysterically.

As the matriarch of the Marquis's household, my mother was always dignified and graceful; when had she ever seen her lose control of her emotions like this?

Looking at her third sister on the bed, a terrible thought popped into her mind. Dong couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat, and tears unexpectedly streamed down her face.

"Mother, third sister... what happened...?"

Dong's voice trembled, and her body shook violently; she could not believe what she was seeing.

"Your third sister... she couldn't think straight and hanged herself, sob sob sob..."

"Why would she suddenly have such a devastating decision to hang herself? Her daughter was perfectly fine when she visited before."

Dong helped her mother up and slowly walked to her third sister's bedside. She gently stroked her pitted face, feeling extremely distressed.

The adorable little baby who used to cling to me and act all cute has suddenly grown up so much.

Why can't you let go of your worries when you still have so many years ahead of you?

In the end, it's still her fault for arriving too late. If she had brought her husband's younger sister to the mansion yesterday, would her third sister have survived?

"Why hasn't the doctor come? Quickly... quickly go and fetch my little sister."

Dong was in a daze when she suddenly thought of her sister-in-law who had come with her to treat her third sister's illness, and her eyes lit up.

"We've already consulted doctors, but they all say she's completely dead, and even a miracle worker couldn't save her, sob sob..."

Mrs. Dong cried her heart out, while Mr. Dong's hair turned gray and his eyes were slightly red, making him look as if he had aged several years in an instant.

"Little sister, quickly invite little sister here!"

Thinking that her sister-in-law had studied medicine with a divine doctor since childhood, Madam Dong was sure she would have a way to save her third sister, so she quickly got up and walked out of the room.

Mr. and Mrs. Dong exchanged a glance, looking bewildered. They couldn't understand what their eldest daughter meant. Wasn't their third daughter the youngest sister in the family? Where did this little sister come from?

Could it be that he's been driven mad by the death of his third daughter, which is why he rushed after her in such a fright?

Having just lost one daughter, he didn't want to lose his eldest daughter as well. The tragedy of an elderly person burying their child is enough.

Without the master's permission, Xue Ruanruan had no right to enter the inner room, so she waited outside the door with her medicine box.

The house wasn't soundproof, and she could make out the general sounds coming from inside, vaguely guessing what had happened at the Marquis's residence.

"Little sister, please, please save my third sister, I beg you."

When Madam Dong came out, she saw Xue Ruanruan waiting in the courtyard. She held Xue Ruanruan's hand tightly as if she had grasped the last straw.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, let me diagnose it first."

While comforting Madam Dong, Xue Ruanruan carried her medicine box and walked into the house, bumping into Madam Dong's parents who were following her out.

"This young lady is..."

Mr. Dong thought his eldest daughter had gone mad, so he followed her out worriedly. Unexpectedly, he saw a beautiful woman standing in the yard carrying a medicine box.

“Father, Mother, this is my cousin from my husband’s family. She is also the only daughter of the General of the State and Princess Lingjun.”

Fearing that her parents might offend her younger sister, Mrs. Dong quickly introduced them.

"It's actually the baby girl who went missing from the General of the Nation's mansion many years ago!"

Father Dong looked surprised. No wonder she looked so familiar. He saw the shadow of Princess Lingjun in this young woman.

"Yes, Father and Mother, please step aside and let my younger sister take a look at my third sister. Maybe she can still be saved."

Dong Shi didn't have time to talk about what had happened to the Xue family recently; she was worried about her third sister.

Does this child also know medicine?

Mr. Dong was puzzled, but he didn't say anything. He made way for her and followed her back to his third daughter's room.

Mother Dong couldn't think of anything else; she only hoped that this girl could really save her daughter.

Xue Ruanruan carried her medicine box and approached the bed of the third young lady of the Yongchang Marquis's mansion. When she saw the pockmarked face, her eyelids twitched.

No wonder he tried to commit suicide; it was quite serious.