Chapter 99 - Getting start
Nangong Yue walked out of the alleyway and went back the way she came, towards the place where she had been separated from the people of the Nangong Mansion.
The street was as lively as before. Although the dragon and lion dance team had left, the enthusiasm of the people remained undiminished, and they were still visiting this rare night market.
After Nangong Yue walked for a while, she saw Nangong Sheng and Nangong Zheng coming towards her with their servants and guards.
"Big brother, big sister." Nangong Yue raised her voice and called out.
"Yue Jie Er!" Nangong Zheng was overjoyed to see Nangong Yue, and hurriedly greeted her.
Yimei was also among them, and when she saw Nangong Yue, she wept with joy, "Third Miss, are you okay, great, I finally found you..." As she spoke, she pulled Nangong Yue's sleeve and wept silently.
"Okay, there's nothing to cry about, I'm fine, right? It's just that I got separated by the flow of people. You're so old and still crying, you're not afraid of being laughed at by people." Nangong Yue tugged on her sleeve and teased Yi Mei.
Yimei wiped away her tears embarrassingly.
"Yue Jie Er, were you scared?" Nangong Zheng looked at Nangong Yue with a concerned face and asked, " The flow of people was really turbulent, didn't it hurt you?"
"Big sister, I'm fine, I've made you worry." A faint smile appeared on Nangong Yue's face.
Nangong Zheng put her mind at ease: "It's good that it's okay, I think we'd better go back quickly. It's not very safe when there are many people on the street."
Nangong Sheng nodded approvingly: "Zheng Jie Er has a point, let's go back to Manison first." He was responsible for bringing his sisters out to play, no matter which one of them had an accident, he had an unshirkable responsibility, so it was better to go back early.
Naturally, Nangong Yue would not object and followed Nangong Sheng and Nangong Zheng all the way to the place where the carriage had been parked earlier.
When she saw them coming, Su Qingping raised the curtain and revealed her jade-like face, saying with a smile, "Yue Jie Er was found, thank God, I was worried. Just now I heard that a girl from another family was also lost. Although she was found, the hairpin on her head was robbed and her clothes were messed up. In the end she had to change her clothes and freshen up before she could see anyone." As she spoke, she looked Nangong Yue up and down, "I saw that Yue Jie Er's hairpin is still intact, and her clothes are still in the same place. It seems that nothing major has happened. It is truly blessed by the Bodhisattva. Auspicious people have their own fortune." As she spoke, she showed a smile. She had an expression of rejoicing, as if she was happy that Nangong Yue was safe.
Nangong Yue sneered in her heart, Su Qingping was implying that she came back after freshening up. She wanted to take the opportunity to ruin her reputation, but she didn't think about her current situation. Her expression became serious, and she approached Su Qingping slowly "Biao Aunt Ping, do you know which family the missing girl is from?" Nangong Yue asked in a low voice, but it still fell into the ears of everyone clearly.
Su Qingping did not know why Nangong Yue asked this question, but still shook her head: "I don't know."
Nangong Yue said with an astonished expression, " Ping Biao Gu doesn't know, and yet still dares to talk about that girl, what if that girl is noble, if her family knows that Ping Biao Gu is talking about her in such a way, and ruins her reputation, isn't it inviting trouble for oneself?" She looked at Su Qingping with a pitying expression, as if to say: Ping Biao Gu, you really don't know what's going on!
Su Qingping's face was a little stiff. Although she understood that Nangong Yue was trying to scare her deliberately, Nangong Yue was right. Most of the people in this capital are high-ranking officials and nobles. ... How can I allow myself to criticise!
Su Qingping's heart began to beat suddenly, and she was speechless for a long time.
Nangong Yue deliberately leaned into Su Qingping's ear and whispered: "I heard that there is a Princess Zhaoyang in the palace who is the most playful. She sneaked out of the palace several times. Someone once pointed at the princess and scolded her for being indiscreet without knowing the details. In the end, that person disappeared…"
The blood in Su Qingping's body was almost frozen, and her movements were stiff, as if struck by lightning, and there was another loud hum in her head.
If a girl with the status of a princess was really lost, and they kept it to themselves, but you foolishly had to say something about a lost girl, if word got out, would people misunderstand and then kill her?
While Su Qingping was thinking, a silver needle came out from Nangong Yue's fingertips and accurately stuck in an acupuncture point at Su Qingping's waist.
Su Qingping only felt a tingling sensation at her waist and snapped back to consciousness. She subconsciously rubbed her waist, but found that the tingling sensation had disappeared. She didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that the sensation she had just felt was just her own illusion, or maybe it was due to the poor blood circulation caused by sitting in the carriage for so long.
At this time, Nangong Yue had already withdrawn her silver needles and took two steps back calmly, away from the carriage Su Qingping was riding in.
Everything is ready, just wait and see the good show!
"Yue Jie Er." Nangong Zheng walked over and said softly, "It's time for us to go back, get into the carriage." She then took Nangong Yue's hand and walked towards the carriage, "Yue Jie Er, I will report what happened at the lantern fair today to my grandmother, don't worry."
"Thank you, big sister." Nangong Yue followed Nangong Zheng all the way to the carriage, and she gave Nangong Zheng a complicated look. She had to say that the current Nangong Zheng was really a good elder sister who took care of her younger sister, and she truly did not want Nangong Zheng to become completely different in the future because of a man.
The carriage had a bumpy ride and finally arrived back at the Nangong Mansion, stopping outside the second gate.
When the carriage stopped, the girls, with the help of their maids, got off the carriage and walked towards Su Shi's Rong'an Hall.
When they were preparing to go to the lantern festival, they were all excited and talking about the world. Now that they were back, they were all silent.
Soon, they arrived at Rong'an Hall, and Dong'er led them in after the report.
At this moment, Su Shi was reclining on the Luohan bed, with a young maid kneeling to pound her legs, while several daughters-in-law sat by her side and talked. When she saw Nangong Yue and her group enter, Su revealed a smile and waved her hand to tell the little maid to leave, then sat up straight.
"Greetings to Grandmother (Auntie)!"
The group of people respectfully greeted Su Shi, and Su Qingping was naturally among them, but as soon as she bent down, she felt a dizzy spell, followed by abdominal pain. She couldn't help but cry out in pain, covering her belly with both hands, and within a few moments, she was so pale in pain and drenched in cold sweat that her body was shaking like a leaf in the autumn wind.
Liurong hurriedly went forward to hold Su Qingping and asked anxiously, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Su Qingping leaned weakly on Liu Rong's body, like a fish out of water, panting sharply.
Su Shi was worried and asked, "Ping Jie Er, what's wrong, did you eat something unclean outside?" She said, "Go get the doctor!"
Immediately, a maid answered and ran out in a panic to ask for a doctor.
Su Qingping's eyes widened in fear when she heard the need to call a doctor, and she braced herself and said weakly, "Auntie, no, there's no need to call a doctor, I'm fine ......"
The words had only just left her mouth when she heard Zhao Shi's cry out in alarm, "Why is cousin Ping bleeding?"
When the group took a look, they saw that the back of Su Qingping's skirt was red with blood, and the blood was so bright that it was blindingly red and slithering down.
"Is this where Ping Biao Gu is hurt?" Nangong Lin asked with an innocent look on her face.
When the words came out, many people in the room looked as if they thought of something and their expressions became strange. The way she was bleeding, it looked like a miscarriage. Could it be that Cousin Su was pregnant before she was married?
This Su Biao guiniang, a girl in a boudoir, has limited access to men! ...... Who could it be? The people couldn't help but think about it.
And Liu Rong had long been stunned by the sudden blood on Su Qingping's body, and shouted in panic, "Ah, Miss, you're bleeding, you're bleeding so much, what to do, what to do!"
Su Shi frowned and ordered, "Help the Su Biao guiniang to rest in the Bisa cabinet."
"Hold on." Zhao Shi hastily stopped her, and looked at Su Qingping with deep meaning and said, "Mother, cousin's health is not suitable to go to the Bisa cabinet now, so it is better to send her to her room directly."
She frowned deeply and said, "What the oldest daughter-in-law said is true, we should send Su Biao guiniang to her room directly to save the trouble of moving her around." Then she softly reassured Su Qingping, "Sister Ping, don't worry, we've sent for a doctor, he'll be here soon!"
Su Shi hesitated for a moment, indeed, there was something unlucky about the way Su QingPing looked.
"No, don't invite the doctor." Su Qingping shook her head repeatedly, but her voice was so small that no one could hear her.
When Liurong saw Su Qingping's appearance, she immediately realised what her girl was worried about, but the situation at this time was not something that she, a maid, would be able to decide. She could only let the maids and Pozies from Su Shi's Courtyard carry Su Qingping away.
Su Qingping was carried all the way into her house, but this short journey attracted many strange looks. Although people didn't say anything openly, they started whispering and talking behind the scenes.
When Su Qingping was placed on the bed, her face was so pale with pain that it was almost transparent, her whole body curled up into a ball, at this moment, she was in so much pain that she couldn't think anymore ......
"Doctor Wang is here!"
"Quickly this way please ......"
"As if a thunderstorm exploded in Su Qingping's head, she immediately shouted as if she had seen a ghost: I don't want a doctor, I don't need a doctor to treat me, I don't need one, let the doctor go, go!" She had lost so much blood, she must have had a miscarriage, if she let the doctor find out, her reputation of being pregnant before marriage would probably spread throughout the royal capital in no time!
The fact that Su Qingping reacted so strongly made Dr. Wang frown. This doctor Wang often treats ministers and noble families in the royal capital, so he has seen a lot of shameful things among the big families ......
