Chapter 19 - She Was Not Dead Yet!

At this time, Liang Yu didn’t know what expression to carry on his face. He shouted “Mother” and threw himself at Nurse Zhou. When his fingers touched her hands, he felt her hands were cold and then he was relieved. Thank God she was dead. So long as she was dead, it would be easy for them to make up the story. If she were not dead, then they would have big trouble.

In the middle of the chaos, a servant came to report to Chu Junyi that Doctor Chen had arrived.

Chu Junyi’s eyes flashed. “Ask Doctor Chen to come here. He could treat the Second Miss Shen as well.”

Hearing this, Shen Ninghua turned her head and had an idea.

Chen Yun came over, and Shen Dong hurriedly welcomed him. “Doctor Chen, my daughter just fell into the water. Please have a look at her. Thank you.”

Chen Yun nodded and agreed. He expressed his apology and without courtesying the Fifth Prince, he went straight to Shen Linghan.

Madam Zhao hugged Shen Linghan who was still in a state of puzzlement and shock. Madam Zhao gritted her teeth, pinched Shen Linghan in the waist, and said in her ear, “Linghan, how did you fall into the water suddenly? Do you want mom to die out of worry?”

The sharp pain in her waist seemed to be effective. Shen Linghan suddenly woke up. She thought about Madam Zhao’s words and suddenly began to cry in a low voice: “Mother, I was walking by the water. I didn’t know how, but it seemed that someone pushed me, and then I fell into the pond. I was so lucky. Otherwise I won’t see you again.”

Shen Ninghua sneered at Shen Linghan’s words inside. Madam Zhao had just wiped the stains off Shen Linghan’s face, and roughly combed her hair. At this time, Shen Linghan’s face was pale and her body was trembling. The moment she finished her words, tears slipped down her face. This look stimulated people’s sympathy for her so much when they heard someone pushed her into the water, their first reaction was to find the bad guy and kill him to revenge for the beauty.

The first lady’s expression changed. Tears filled her eyes as she saw Shen Linghan’s tragic conditions. “Who is this outrageous guy? Did he want to murder the daughter of our Shen family? Master…”

Such a chaotic situation had already alarmed other people in the mansion. Aside from the startled old lady Xiao, the second lady Su and the third lady Meng also rushed over with their maids.

As soon as Madam Su came, she heard the first lady’s words, and immediately said, “Who has such courage to murder the daughter of the Shen family? I just heard that someone framed Ninghua for adding poison to the wine, and now there is Linghan’s accident. Are they trying to kill all the young ladies in our family? Ah, greetings, the Fifth Prince. I didn’t know that you are here. Please forgive me.”

Baili Jinze slightly nodded. “Madam, you are welcome.”

When Madam Zhao heard this, she was furious. Madam Su was clearly helping the bitch Shen Ninghua, who was supposed to have added poison to the wine. However, Madam Su’s words made her the framed victim.

Shen Ninghua courtesied Madam Su. “Greetings, Second Aunt.”

Madam Su held Shen Ninghua’s arm and pulled her up. She smiled and comforted Shen Ninghua. “Get up, it’s a frightening day today. First, there was poison in the wine, then a dead body, the yard search, and the hovering damned birds. It must be really hard for you to get through all these.”

Shen Ninghua laughed in her heart, and looked down to cover up the smile in her eyes. Now she felt closer to this second aunt. Madam Su was from a family of military officers and she was the most favored daughter of General Su. She was raised without much restrictions since childhood and was quite generous. When Shen Ninghua returned to the Shen family in her last life, Madam Su took good care of her. But later on, they unknowingly became estranged by and by. Now that Madam Su was willing to help her on such an occasion, she would surely cherish this act of kindness.

“I’m sorry to make you worried, aunt. I’m OK, but I am worried about my sister’s health. After all, she fell into the water and she was scared. We’d better give her a quick diagnosis and proper treatment.”

Madam Su held Shen Ninghua’s hands and said affectionately, “You are a kind-hearted girl, and the old lady often praises you for your incomparable filial piety.”

Madam Su’s half-joking words made people think a little more. Just when they searched the yard, they saw Shen Ninghua’s carefully prepared gift: the excellent embroidery and hand copied Buddhist scriptures. How could such a filial girl put poison in the wine?

The first lady gnashed her teeth with hatred and she unconsciously held Shen Linghan more tightly. Why did this Madam Su have to be involved in everything!

Shen Linghan felt painful and cried in a low voice, “Mother…”

Madam Zhao regained her presence of mind and hurriedly asked Doctor Chen to diagnose Shen Linghan.

Chen Yun had already taken a look around since he arrived. When the first lady asked him, he said directly without feeling the pulse of Shen Linghan, “I see that the second miss is OK. She just needs to go back and drink a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold in her body. But do you need me to treat the nurse lying on the ground?”

What?

Madam Zhao’s pupils suddenly shrank. Wasn’t Nurse Zhou dead?

Liang Yu was stunned, and his intermittent cry stopped abruptly: “Doctor, you… you mean my mother is not dead yet?”

Chen Yun frowned: “How can I joke about human life? She’s still breathing. I can get her back.”

Zhao Yunxiang’s heart trembled and her face turned pale slowly. She had told Nurse Qin to send someone to abduct and strangle Nurse Zhou and put her body in Shen Ninghua’s yard. Because Madam Zhao had decided to kill Nurse Zhou, she didn’t try to hide her identity. Therefore, she let her people to do the killing. Nurse Zhou served her for a long time so she definitely knew these people. If Nurse Zhou woke up, she would definitely try to take revenge on Madam Zhao.

Looking at the first lady’s pale face, Shen Ninghua smiled coldly. When Madam Zhao sent Wan Xiang to her as a gift, she began to take precautions secretly. She didn’t expect that Qing Que did find something suspicious. One day ago, Qing Que saw the first lady’s guys abducting Nurse Zhou and reported to her directly.

Actually the first lady’s carefulness blew the whole thing up. In order to create a scene that Nurse Zhou had been strangled a long time ago, she ordered Nurse Qin do the killing one day in advance.

Originally, Shen Ninghua planned to pay Madam Zhao back with her own coin by throwing Nurse Zhou’s body into Shen Linghan’s yard. But unexpectedly, Nurse Zhou was not completely dead. So she thought of a better way. She let Qing Que give Nurse Zhou some medicine secretly; then she arranged today’s drama.

Thinking of the scene in which Shen Linghan was scared almost to death and cried about ghost in the water, she couldn’t help but thank Granny Poison. Although she suffered countless tortures, she also learned some surviving methods. Tortoise Breathing Pill was one of them. After taking the pill, a person would look like a dead body and could survive for two hours even under water. Shen Ninghua secretly sprinkled the antidote of Tortoise Breathing Pill on Shen Linghan. After she fell into the water, the antidote started to work so that Nurse Zhou woke up in the water. This was how the subsequent drama occurred.

She just turned Madam Zhao’s trick to her own use, didn’t she?

Chu Junyi inadvertently saw the coldness in Shen Ninghua’s eyes and couldn’t help wondering in his heart. He pieced all the events together and thought for a long time, but he still didn’t figure out the truth. However, he was sure that Shen Ninghua was involved. This made him more curious. The girl seemed to be a little unusual. In this case, he would love to do her another favor.

“Uncle Chen, since this woman is still alive, please save her quickly. I heard the second Miss Shen said that this nurse had worked for the Shen family for a long time. Neither the first lady nor miss Shen would bear to see her suffer. Don’t worry, madam and second miss. Uncle Chen is the most skillful doctor. He can even save the life of people who are on the verge of death.”

Shen Ninghua laughed twice in her heart. Just after Chu Junyi said the words, Zhao Yunxiang and Shen Linghan’s expressions became distorted. It was the first time that she saw them encounter a big setback like this. That was really a good omen.

Thinking of this, she started to look at Chu Junyi with less indifference. No matter what purpose he had, he had done her a favor and she would remember it.