Chapter 319: Chapter 319: How Could He! Toy With Her Like This!
Miscarriage is no trivial matter!
The doctor, in frantic urgency, held the medicine box and sped towards Yingwu, saying: "Take her to the inner room, quickly lay your mistress down. She must not be moved any further!"
Yingwu carried Shen Hua and rushed inside, the curtains of the inner room swung open violently from the impact. Still, she moved steadily, trying her best not to jostle the girl.
Yingwu was entirely unwell, especially upon hearing those words about safeguarding the fetus.
Meanwhile, Xiaoqi had a complex expression, severely repressing the endless shock in his heart.
Miss Shen... is pregnant?
Who... whose is it?
The doctor, gasping for breath, trailed behind them with his medicine box.
Just by looking at Shen Hua dressed in fine satin and with servants around her, her black hair reaching down to her waist, one could still recognize her as an unmarried girl.
It’s uncertain if she might be a concubine kept by some noble.
Neither can be taken lightly nor heavily. If something really happens, I fear even the pharmacy might get involved.
Isn’t Chenyang Pharmacy on Dongwu Street a prime example? Dr. He there is not only skilled in medicine but also highly ethical.
He even covers the costs for the poor who cannot afford the medicine.
But a few days ago, he failed to save the fetus of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice’s concubine from the thin horse. He’s still locked up in the Ministry of Justice’s prison!
It was clearly because that thin horse had taken a fall, bleeding underneath, and was brought in too late. Even the Daluo Immortal couldn’t have saved it.
It was said to be a fully-formed male fetus.
The thin horse also suffered from hemorrhaging, Dr. He barely managed to save the concubine’s life but ended up with such a fate.
Those nobles won’t reason; they cover the sky with one hand, unleashing their anger entirely on Dr. He. Visits are not allowed, nor any news; I fear... his life might be at stake too inside that prison.
The doctor’s heart sank deeply, and seeing the girl on the couch with red eyes made it all the more troublesome.
He set aside his thoughts, not daring to be negligent, and asked.
"Have you seen any blood?"
"Relax, don’t worry too much. Over the years, I’ve encountered many patients like you, and I’ve managed to preserve the fetus for half of them."
Saying this, he gravely placed his hand on the girl’s wrist.
Closing his eyes, he held his breath to feel the pulse.
Shen Hua was terribly nervous.
As time slowly passed, the doctor who was taking the pulse gradually relaxed.
"Girl, you’ve just eaten some cold food and menstruation is approaching, that’s all the minor abdominal pain was about."
Shen Hua blinked, reminded by this, indeed it was the pre-menstruation soreness.
"Don’t blame me for being blunt; there are other patients waiting outside. If everyone were to cut in line by making things up like you, wouldn’t the pharmacy be thrown into chaos?"
"For you, just drink some sugar water when you get home. There’s really nothing wrong with you."
His mood turned from complex to even more fraught, even feeling a surge of being deceived.
"What safeguarding the major and minor, were you even pregnant?"
How he was frightened!
The doctor stood up, packing his medicine box. His beard bristled with anger.
Shen Hua laboriously analyzed his words one by one. She felt like she knew them separately, but put together, she couldn’t understand at all.
The pain in her lower abdomen seemed to have faded again.
She slowly straightened up her body, her emotional state becoming increasingly faint, as if struck. Her pale lips moved lightly, asking softly and with a gentle tone.
"Not pregnant?"
She lifted her crystal-clear eyes: "Are you sure?"
"What are you saying, Miss? It’s not a complicated disease! I’ve been practicing medicine for twenty years, wouldn’t I be able to identify a pregnancy pulse?"
Xiaoqi stepped forward, speaking softly: "Miss, someone who is pregnant does not get her menstruation."
Shen Hua closed her eyes.
Struggling to digest the reality before her.
From the beginning, she vehemently resisted the idea of being pregnant, but over these days, she had come to accept it.
Now being told.
It’s not true?
This feeling, truly, is not! at! all! pleasant!
Different images surfaced one by one in her mind, finally settling.
In the dim light, a man wearing an overcoat, handsome and dignified.
—My mistake.
He lifted his hand, touching the tear tracks on the girl’s face.
—Do you prefer a boy or a girl?
In the carriage, the air was filled with the fragrance of oranges. He methodically peeled the orange, taking out the pulp.
—That would be difficult.
—Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl, it appears that our first-born will be a son.
How could he! Play her like this!
The girl’s lips grew tighter and tighter.
After what felt like ages, Yingwu heard the girl’s cold laugh, chilling to the core.
Shen Hua expressionlessly got off the couch and expressionlessly put on her embroidered shoes.
Her delicate face tightened. She lifted her hand as if venting, trying hard to wipe her earlobe.
She remembered, this place encased, bringing intense trembling to her.
She was extremely flustered at that time, never having experienced such a sensation. All she remembered was biting her lower lip fiercely, biting until it was engorged and swollen, to prevent that strange, uncontrollable whimper.
The girl even swallowed hard, to the point that her tongue ached.
She should have slapped him right then and there.
Shen Hua clenched her teeth tightly as she walked step by step outside.
The main room was bustling, the doctor had returned to his original position, now examining an elderly man’s leg.
As the girl appeared, the room quieted down.
A woman gasped in surprise, "You, woman, aren’t you in pain?"
She looked Shen Hua up and down, seeing no signs of discomfort.
"Just now, this girl here carried you in, and yet within a 15 minutes, you’re walking out on your own?"
Shen Hua stood straight, her entire demeanor exuding pride and nobility, as if untouched by the harsh reality. Her face betrayed no trace of discomposure.
Even amidst a raging storm inside, Shen Yangyang would not allow outside spectators to see her as a joke.
The doctor secretly rolled his eyes.
"She, well—"
He had just started to speak.
A melodious voice interrupted him.
"Yes, why else is it said that the doctors in this pharmacy are the best."
Doctor: ??
The doctor then showed his respect.
He flamboyantly wrote down the prescription, handed it to the elder, and then cleared his throat.
"Indeed."
"This is a medical skill passed down through generations in my family. I have secret recipes!"
"You all saw the critical condition this lady was in at first, it was truly perilous. Not to boast, but had it been another doctor, I’m afraid it wouldn’t have gone so well."
Yingwu: ...
Xiaoqi: ...
The street was well-lit, but Shen Hua felt cold.
The girl initially planned to rush over to confront Cui Yun and catch him off guard. But once she left the pharmacy, she suddenly felt like not doing so.
She looked at the bustling crowd.
"Yingwu."
Yingwu felt a sense of impending doom.
The girl came closer, gently straightening the creases on her sleeves.
"This matter, if you secretly tell Cui Yun—"
Shen Hua paused.
"I get so angry I scare myself."
A single ’oh’, made even the normally fearless Yingwu shiver.
The girl looked up at the sky.
"The weather is really nice."
She said pensively.
"Someone has to suffer the consequences."
"Your master is always so lucky, I truly envy that."