The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 40

When Murong Jingxuan looked to Su Jiashi, he smiled, "Just now, I heard that the Su's fourth miss was injured. Fortunately, I just happened to be passing by with my imperial physician, so we came to see what's wrong."

He turned to Chonglou next to him with a smile, "This the Imperial Physician Court's Chonglou. He's the Imperial Physician Court's young and promising imperial physician. If the fourth miss has any aliments, Chonglou will know at a glance."

Hearing Murong Jingxuan say this, Su Jiashi looked to him with a bit of relief. She faced Chonglou and nodded her head, "Doctor, please see what's wrong with Yan'er for me."

Chonglou walked up next to Qingyan and took her pulse. He frowned.

Seeing him like that, Su Jiashi asked with a worried look, "Sir Chonglou, could it be that Yan'er was poisoned by something, which is why she's like this now?"

Chonglou looked to Murong Jingxuan that was standing to the side, and Murong Jingxuan permitted him to speak. Chonglou faced Su Jiashi with a bow, "Old madam, fourth miss isn't poisoned, but rather was cursed by witchcraft."

When Su Jiashi heard this, she took a step back and held onto Yunxiang next to her for support, "How could that be? How could the Su manor have this kind of harmful act?"

When Chai Yiyun heard this, she schemingly glanced to Deng Yan kneeling on the floor, "Mother-in-law, I heard that Deng Yiniang is skilled in witchcraft, do you think it's Deng Yiniang's fault that the fourth miss became like this?"

"Mother*, you can't slander like that! Yiniang is definitely innocent." Su Qingxue look to Chai Yiyun angrily, but was welcomed with a slap across the face from Chai Yiyun.

(*TN: She calls Chai Yiyun 'mother' because she is the legitimate wife of her father, while her own biological mother is a concubine, so she has to refer to her as Yiniang.)

"I'm the one talking here, since when was it your turn to speak!" Chai Yiyun berated Qingxue with a glare.

Seeing the handprint on Su Qingxue's face, Deng Yan's heart ached. She looked towards Su Jiashi with a distressed look, "Old madam, I've never harmed fourth miss before, please old madam, you have to believe me."

"I wonder if old madam is willing to hear my opinion on this?" Looking at the two, Murong Jingxuan appropriately spoke out.

He'd heard from Qingyan that Deng Yan had already sided with her. It is also because of her willingness to cooperate that this scene was able to be played out.

When Su Jiashi looked to Murong Jingxuan, she sighed. "What does Shizi suggest?"

Murong Jingxuan grinned as he turned to Chonglou, "Chonglou, do you have any ideas?"

Chonglou looked to Su Jiashi with a bow, "Old madam, fortunately I've studied geomancy techniques for a few years. If we can find the cursed doll, then we can definitely save fourth miss's life."

As Su Jiashi listened to Chonglou, she took in everything he said as facts. Looking to him with an urgent look, she said, "Then we'll do as you say."

Looking like he knows what he's doing, Chonglou began calculating with his fingers while nodding and shaking his head. The crowd watched his behavior in confusion.

"Old madam, I'm afraid there isn't just one cursed doll." Chonglou looked to Su Jiashi and said in a serious tone, "If we can't find that doll, in less than an hour, the fourth miss will die."

Upon hearing this, Su Jiashi couldn't care less about anything else. She grabbed onto Chonglou's arm, "Doctor, then why don't you quickly save my Yan'er."

"Yes." Chonglou walked up next to Murong Jingxuan and whispered something in his ear.