The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 79

When Chonglou was taking Qingyan's pulse, he found that the poison in her body seems to have advanced further. He lastly looked towards Su Jiashi and replied, "Old madam, miss's body should be fine for now, but...."

Seeing Chonglou hesitating, Su Jiashi cautiously spoke, "But what? Is it that Yan'er's body won't get better?"

Chonglou shook his head in response, "It's just that the young miss innately carries poison in her body, it seems she's had it since birth."

When Jiang Mengrou heard Chonglou say this, she instinctively took a step back. She had thought that no one would notice this, but unfortunately she wasn't able to escape Chonglou's eyes.

Chonglou took a glance at Jiang Mengrou. How could the seemingly weak and feeble looking Jiang Mengrou have a grudge against the first madam, Luo Bing? But regardless of such, he seemed to have discovered an incredible secret today. Once he gets back to the manor, he needs to report this matter to Murong Jingxuan.

Chonglou prescribed some medicine for Qingyan, also reminding Su Jiashi to carefully take care of Qingyan.

When Chonglou was leaving, he glanced to Jiang Mengrou a second time. However, Jiang Mengrou, who'd regained her senses, seemed as if everything just now had never happened.

"Mother, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Su Ming turned to Su Jiashi, carefully asking.

Su Jiashi swung her cane over as she spoke, "Do you really want to drive my Yan'er to death!?"

Seeing Su Jiashi like that, Su Ming could only lower his head in shame, but he still decided he needed to get to the bottom of this matter. He briefly glance at Ning Siyao, who was still kneeling on the ground.

Ning Siyao locked into the eyes of karma, only feeling her surroundings trembling.

Everyone who was there to watch a show all respectively dispersed, and only Qingdai remained watching over the old madam's yard along with the unconscious Wei mama.

After Chonglou returned to Shizi's manor, he reported everything that happened to Murong Jingxuan.

Murong Jingxuan listened to Chonglou while stroking his chin, "Fengshuang, go look into that Jiang Mengrou's background, preferably her complete background. See if there are any connections with Yundian."

"Understood."

"Chonglou, what you mean to say is that the poison in Yan'er's body is getting more serious?" Murong Jingxuan played with the fragrant pouch Qingyan gave him that day, "Is there still no reply yet?"

Chonglou shook his head in response, "Liushang* has already arrived at the capital yesterday."

(*TN: I previously mistaken Liu as his surname, but 'Liushang' is meant to be one name so will be stylized as such from here on out.)

Murong Jingxuan nodded at Chonglou's words, "Alright, I understand. Liushang missed out on a great show previously, but now Su Yun is about to return too. Perhaps it's about time for that girl to reap the rewards."

"Your Highness, at this time, should we help out the Shizi Consort?"

Murong Jingxuan waved his hand at Chonglou, "No need, that girl has her own ideas. Once we help out, we might even ruin her plans."

"I've already looked into it, that Su Qingming should be arriving at the capital in the next few days."

Murong Jingxuan listened as he contemplated while stroking his chin, "This is perfect, the Fourth Prince has been waiting to take on Su Qingming this whole time."

"But the Fourth Prince is standing on the Crown Prince's side after all, plus the Emperor seems to particularly love the Crown Prince."

Murong Jingxuan thought of what Xuanyuan Yuzhen once said, "That's a given. After all, in Donghe, the throne is passed to the eldest legitimate son!"

Yet perhaps, only the current Emperor can answer just what the reality of it is like.

"Master, I just heard a news." Fengluo suddenly appeared before Murong Jingxuan.