Chapter 11: Unbearable Abdominal Pain

Shen Ning thought for a while and soon fell into a light sleep.

With Lanzhi and Lanhua watching over, Haitang Courtyard was calm.

In another courtyard of the Shen family, however, it was already in chaos.

"Ah!" Shen Yan's stomach was in such a painful state that she rolled on the bed and screamed, "Mother... Mother, it hurts, it hurts! Ah!"

"Yan'er, Yan'er! What happened?" Mrs. Shen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, begging the doctor, "She was fine this morning, why did she suddenly have a stomachache? Doctor, please check Yan'er carefully, you must check her carefully..."

The old doctor, who was over fifty years old, sat aside and took Shen Yan's pulse carefully, turning a deaf ear to Mrs. Shen's words.

"Mother." Shen Shian finally couldn't help but speak, "Yan'er was probably poisoned."

"Poisoned?" Madam Shen's face changed drastically, "How could she be poisoned?"

Shen Shian said in an unhappy tone: "Shen Yan went to bring lunch to Shen Ning, and drank some soup together in her room, and then she was poisoned."

Mrs. Shen was shocked: "You...you mean Shen Ning poisoned Shen Yan?"

The doctor who took the pulse looked at Shen Shian with an ambiguous look, stood up and said to Madam Shen: "Madam, your daughter is not poisoned, and the specific cause of the disease has not been diagnosed."

"Big...Big brother!" Shen Yan curled up in pain, trembling all over, and her face was pale, "Big brother...Big brother save me! I'm in so much pain, I'm in so much pain..."

Shen Shian walked quickly to the bed: "Yan'er, Yan'er, tell me, did you add anything to the soup..."

"I... didn't..." Shen Yan gritted her teeth, her voice trembling with pain, "I just added a little sleeping pill, nothing else... nothing, brother, Shen Ning poisoned me... she poisoned me..."

Shen Shi'an's pupils shrank slightly: "Yan'er, are you telling the truth?"

"It's true, it's true." Shen Yan grabbed his hand tightly, and her sharp nails pinched Shen Shi'an in pain, "Brother, I just feel sorry for my elder sister. She hasn't had a good rest since yesterday... until now... I... I want her to sleep..."

Shen Shi'an's eyes suddenly turned cold, thinking of Shen Ning's cold-blooded cruelty, he felt chilled and disappointed for a while.

If it weren't for what happened yesterday, he really didn't know that Shen Ning was so selfish and cold-blooded, and so cruel to her family.

How did Yan'er let her down that she was so cruel?

"Doctor, is there really no way?" Madam Shen asked anxiously, "Yan'er is in so much pain..."

The doctor said helplessly: "Madam, the symptoms of Miss Shen Er are really strange. I can't diagnose the cause of the disease, and it doesn't look like poisoning. I really can't do anything. I'm sorry."

After that, he could only say goodbye and leave.

"Mother, mother!" Shen Yan kept screaming, holding her stomach and rolling on the bed, "Mother, save me, big... big brother, save me, I'm in pain..."

Madam Shen was panicked by her shouting: "I'll go to Shen Ning to ask, don't worry, don't worry."

She hurried to Haitang Courtyard, but was told by the female official guarding outside that the princess was resting and no one was allowed to disturb her.

"Please be flexible." Madam Shen begged regardless of her status, her face pale, "Yan'er is in too much pain, please Ning'er... please the princess..."

The two female officials stood guard like door gods, with gentle expressions but no compromise: "Please understand me, Madam. The Regent has a strict order, we only listen to the princess's orders."

"Then you go in and tell them..."

"The princess ordered us to stay here. No one is allowed to disturb her during her rest. Madam can wait until dinner time to come."

"But I really have an urgent matter!" Madam Shen was so anxious that her face turned pale, and she spoke humbly, "Please go in and tell them, okay?"

Lanzhi and Lanhua were silent and no longer responded.

Madam Shen looked at the two female officials disappointedly: "Even if Shen Ning married the Regent, she is still my daughter. Can't I, as a mother, see my daughter at home?"

However, no matter what she said, whether it was soft and gentle, or threatening, Lanzhi and Lanhua were unmoved.

Madam Shen was so angry that her face turned blue. She could hardly maintain the demeanor of a duke's wife and turned away in anger.

In desperation, she could only go to the Duke of Zhenguo and hurriedly told her husband the truth about the situation. She couldn't help but complain: "Shen Ning is too arrogant. I have to be humble when I see her. And those two female officials are clearly relying on the power of the regent to bully others!"

"Now that things have come to this, what's the point of saying so much?" The Duke of Zhenguo looked gloomy. "If I had known that the regent was interested in her, I would never agree to Qin Yanshu taking her as a concubine, and doing such a shameless thing!"

Although until now, he didn't think that his actions were wrong. This is how the world is. The daughter of a famous family loses her innocence, which is almost the same as death.

If she really died, she could save the family's reputation because of her strong character. Otherwise, it would affect the future marriage of her daughter and the future of her brother.

He did nothing wrong, and his mother wanted Shen Ning to commit suicide to apologize.

The only mistake they made was that they did not anticipate that the emperor would grant the marriage.

It is said that the emperor's mind is unpredictable.

In the current Great Yong Kingdom, the regent's mind is the most unpredictable.

Just like this sudden imperial edict.

Everyone knows that without the regent's permission, the imperial edict cannot leave the palace, but no one can figure out why the regent would allow this imperial edict to appear in the Duke's Mansion.

Why is he so desperate that he suddenly wants to marry a woman whose reputation has been tarnished?

But what's the point of saying this now?

The Duke of Zhenguo sighed deeply: "I'll go to the palace and ask the emperor to send a doctor to see Yan'er."

Mrs. Shen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot: "It will take another hour to go back and forth, and Yan'er..."

"Then what do you say we should do?" The Duke of Zhenguo's eyebrows turned cold and he was furious. "I clearly told her to stay in her room and not go out. Why did she have to go to deliver lunch to Shen Ning? Are all the servants dead?!"

Mrs. Shen's face was trembling, and she dared not say more.

The Duke of Zhenguo walked out with a gloomy face.

No one is worry-free.