Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 573 - 575: Wrong, Wrong (Part 6)

She calmed down, looking at the maid kneeling on the ground, and said, "What did you eat last night that your stomach suddenly hurts now?"

The maid froze, then turned back, still frightened, glancing at Zitan and Nanny Li as well as Nanny Xing who were also kneeling, and replied after a moment’s thought, "Ate... ate... ate the rice dumplings sent by Fourth Madam."

The Grand Dowager’s eyes narrowed as she asked, "The rice dumplings sent by Fourth Madam?" The maid nodded repeatedly, replying, "Yes, Madam said she was hungry, but there was nothing to eat in the room, so I gave her one of the rice dumplings sent by Fourth Madam."

"Silence." The Grand Dowager’s face was full of disappointment, and she said angrily, "Nonsense!"

The maid kept kowtowing, "I am not lying, Grand Dowager, if you do not believe me, please go over and see for yourself."

At this moment, Xiqiu walked out from the main room, looked at the maid kneeling on the ground with a cold expression, and said, "You say the rice dumplings were sent by me, and you personally opened them for Second Madam to eat?"

The maid looked at Xiqiu, her eyes fierce yet unable to help but dodge, and she nodded, "Yes... yes!"

Xiqiu then laughed coldly, "Do you know what kind of rice dumplings I sent?" The maid’s face changed as she felt a bad premonition, and she heard Xiqiu say, "There were no rice dumplings made in the Mansion this year, and the ones I sent to the Second House weren’t for eating; they were filled with items to ward off evil!" At the time, she had even specifically reminded Second Madam.

The maid’s face instantly turned ashen.

"Bind them together." The Grand Dowager suddenly stood up and said, "I want to see what else she can do."

Saying so, she was supported by Nanny Wu as she walked towards the outer courtyard. The First Madam looked deeply at Xiqiu, nodded slightly to her, to which Xiqiu responded with a smile.

"Fourth Brother!" Xiao Yanyi pondered for a long time, as if each word took all his strength: "I’ll leave this to you." Saying this, he quickly stepped out the door.

Second Madam lay on the bed, tears flowing as she saw the Grand Dowager come in: "Mother, my stomach hurts, it hurts so much!"

The Grand Dowager entered with a cold expression, sat down on a chair without even glancing at her.

Second Madam’s face turned pale, cold sweat kept streaming down her forehead, she clutched her stomach and the bed board and said to the Grand Dowager: "Mother, I know you’re upset with me, but please hear my explanation. Although those people are my personal maids, how can I monitor their every action? Mother, I truly didn’t know."

The Grand Dowager squinted her eyes and looked at her with a non-smiling smile: "Didn’t know? If you didn’t know, how come you’re aware of what happened in just a short time? And you claim you didn’t know?" The Grand Dowager looked at Second Madam with disappointment: "Chengning, from the moment you entered the mansion, I have treated you like a daughter, held you dear, afraid you’d suffer any grievance, and considered everything for you. I thought you understood the bigger picture, recognized the greater good. Even when Xing was titled Princely Heir, I was filled with gratification for you, but I never expected it was all a sham. You actually... actually..."

The Grand Dowager couldn’t continue, clutching her chest and gasping, Nanny Wu hurriedly poured tea and fed her pills, calming her down, and shedding tears herself said, "Xing is so young, just a child, what does he know, yet you actually poisoned him, how could you be so heartless!"

"Setting fire to the Fourth Brother’s courtyard, do you know how many people live there, his whole family resides there, and you still did it? Just for your little selfish desire, you’ve committed so many wicked acts." She spoke, pointing at Second Madam and shaking her head repeatedly, "I... I am utterly disappointed in you!"

Second Madam struggled to sit up, shaking her head, tears continuously flowing, she mournfully said, "Mother, please believe me, had I wanted to harm Xing over these two years, how could I not have done it sooner? Why wait till today? Mother, it is really all a misunderstanding..." with that she fell back onto the bed, clutching her stomach, "Mother, my stomach hurts so much, really so much!"

The Grand Dowager looked over and saw Second Madam with disheveled hair, cold sweat all over her head, rolling on the bed, a vast contrast to her usual graceful and elegant appearance.

She shook her head, sighed, "Don’t say anymore, I don’t want to hear it!" With that, supported by Nanny Wu, she stood up, and looking at Second Madam said, "You will stay in this courtyard, think carefully about where you were wrong, given your status and the Marquis Mansion’s, we cannot dismiss you, but from now on you will remain here, not allowed to step out without my orders."

"Mother!" Second Madam shook her head repeatedly, crying, "How can you do this, even if not for me, at least consider your own grandson, Mother!"

The Grand Dowager no longer looked at her, heading for the door, and Second Madam screamed with a hoarse voice: "Xiao Yanyi, Xiao Yanyi, I want to see Xiao Yanyi!"

Someone at the door responded coldly, "The Marquis has left."

Second Madam fell back onto the bed, blood already flowing down her pant leg, she clutched her stomach and screamed, "My child, my child..."

A few maids rushed over, one was terrified to the point of being pale as earth, and Second Madam glared at them, shouting, "Go get the doctor, hurry and get the doctor!"

Someone dazedly ran out.

Second Madam lay curled on the bed, tightly clutching her stomach, she could clearly feel something being slowly torn away from inside her...

Such pain, a tearing pain, that she couldn’t even scream, even her tears were dried up.

"Xiao Yanyi, Xiao Yanyi!" she called out Xiao Yanyi’s name, "Our child, quickly save our child."

But no one responded, she stared with wide eyes, gazing at the canopy top, where the white canopy was embroidered all around with mandarin ducks in love, the azure waves reverberating layer upon layer, two mandarin ducks’ necks intertwined, full of love.

She recalled the day she first saw Xiao Yanyi, in the imperial palace, she hid behind the curtains of Cian Palace, looking at him through the water-blue veil, feeling he was gentle like water, a noble young man, both graceful and elegant like orchids and jade trees...

She lost her heart, dreaming of a beautiful future.

Finally, she married in, not love but respectful and courteous, and at last they had a child together, but now...

Their child, their love, is slipping away with each piece slowly torn from her body, disappearing, vanishing!

This wasn’t the life she wanted, not the life she imagined, not, not!

Where did it go wrong, whose fault was it, that made her lose her child.