Chapter 248: Revealing the Truth
Chapter 248: Revealing the Truth
September 30, 2024
Princess Wanping's expression grew solemn.
After a moment's pause, she said to Meng Qianqian, "You just focus on treating her, no one will know you were here tonight."
Meng Qianqian's relationship with Lin Wan'er was very special, and should anything happen to Lin Wan'er, the Lu family would undoubtedly blame Meng Qianqian.
The common people of the capital would likely not side with Meng Qianqian either.
Princess Wanping's words cut off all of Meng Qianqian's troubles, taking full responsibility for the consequences.
Meng Qianqian didn't pretend to be a saint, as one less trouble was one less burden.
Princess Wanping had no grudge against Lin Wan'er, and the Lu family couldn't possibly blame her for this.
"Please, Princess, allow me to escort you."
Princess Wanping glanced at Lin Wan'er and said to Meng Qianqian, "You may use the servants in the courtyard as you please."
"Alright," replied Meng Qianqian.
After Princess Wanping left, Meng Qianqian immediately wrote a prescription and asked Manager Bao to send Wu Ge'er to the Governor's Mansion to get the Miaojiang medicinal ingredients from Liu Qingyun.
The two of them hurried to the Governor's Mansion on horseback.
Meng Qianqian instructed the maids to boil hot water and prepare scissors, quilts, and swaddling cloths.
A maid from the small kitchen entered and asked, "Young Madam Lu, would you like some ginseng soup?"
Meng Qianqian thought for a moment, "Yes, please make some."
Lin Wan'er smiled bitterly, "Ginseng soup won't help me."
"I know," Meng Qianqian nodded, "I'll drink it."
Lin Wan'er was taken aback, then laughed self-mockingly.
Meng Qianqian disinfected the scissors as she said, "Save your strength, don't exhaust yourself before the birth."
Then, she turned to the two experienced elderly maids in the room, "Please, both of you, help carry her to the neighboring room."
The adjacent room had been transformed into a temporary delivery room, and it must be said that the servants in the Princess's Mansion were far more efficient than those in the Lu family. They worked swiftly and calmly, ensuring that Lin Wan'er received the best care and treatment in the shortest time possible.
They carried Lin Wan'er to the neighboring room and gently laid her on a bed covered with thick quilts.
Meng Qianqian tied her hair up high, removed her intricate outer garment with wide sleeves, rolled up the sleeves of her white undergarment, and carefully washed her hands with soap.
Lin Wan'er's condition was dire. Meng Qianqian had used the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles to protect her heart pulse, but she still couldn't hold on. In just over half an hour, she had fainted twice and her pulse had stopped once.
"Lin Wan'er, stay strong!"
Meng Qianqian revived her for the third time.
Lin Wan'er shed tears of grievance, "Meng Qianqian... I can't hold on any longer..."
"Good people don't live long, but evil lingers for a thousand years. How could you possibly not hold on?" Meng Qianqian said.
Clang!
Yu Zichuan burst into the room, covering his eyes as he handed over a bottle of medicine, "The medicine is here!"
Meng Qianqian took the medicine, and Yu Zichuan, still covering his eyes, stumbled out, bumping into things several times.
With the Vitality Preservation Pill from Miaojiang, Lin Wan'er's parched body seemed to be suddenly infused with endless energy. Her complexion turned rosier, and her breathing became smoother.
One hour passed.
Then another.
After enduring the pains of childbirth throughout the night, the lonely and spacious Princess's Mansion finally welcomed a loud cry at dawn.
"She's born! She's born!"
The maids and elderly maids in the courtyard rushed about excitedly.
Princess Wanping, who had waited in the neighboring room all night, breathed a long sigh of relief.
Lin Wan'er, weak, gazed at the child in Meng Qianqian's arms.
Meng Qianqian weighed the baby and skillfully wrapped her in the swaddling cloth, "It's a girl, five and a half pounds."
Lin Wan'er's voice choked with emotion, "Can I... hold her?"
"Hmm."
Meng Qianqian gently placed the little one in Lin Wan'er's embrace.
Lin Wan'er looked down at the wrinkled baby, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'll go out first, you two stay here for a while."
"Meng Qianqian..."
Lin Wan'er stopped her, "I have something to tell you."
Meng Qianqian glanced at the maids and servants in the room and said, "You all can leave first."
"Yes, Second Madam Lu!"
The servants filed out of the room.
Meng Qianqian turned around and looked at the weak Lin Wan'er on the bed, "What do you want to say? If it's about you impersonating me, I already know."
In the past, Lin Wan'er would have been shocked.
However, at this moment, only one thought flashed through her mind: As expected, I knew it was impossible to hide it from you.
Lin Wan'er said, "Why didn't you ask me about the Shier Wei earlier? If you threatened me with my life, I would have definitely told you."
Meng Qianqian replied, "Oh."
Lin Wan'er seemed to never understand Meng Qianqian. She had countless opportunities to deal with or manipulate her, but she seemed to have never done so.
But to say that Meng Qianqian was soft-hearted would be wrong.
Meng Qianqian's heart was harder than a knife.
She just... just...
Had principles.
Indeed, she had her own principles.
She had lost, lost completely.
Or perhaps, from the beginning, she never had the qualifications to compare with Meng Qianqian.
"Are you really Meng Qianqian?"
Lin Wan'er asked in a daze.
The person she wanted to compare with was the Meng from Lu Lingxiao's mouth, but the person she met in the capital seemed like an unattainable woman.
"You should rest now."
Meng Qianqian shook her head, not interested in these trivial matters.
"I'm Xiaoli, I'm Lin Wan'er's neighbor."
Lin Wan'er, or more accurately, Xiaoli, began to tell her story from the border.
Her father was a gambler, her mother was a shrew, and with seven siblings, their family was extremely poor.
Lin Wan'er's father was a blacksmith, who later went to serve in the army, and she often visited Lin Wan'er. Lin Wan'er was the only neighbor willing to be her friend.
The other neighbors kept their distance from her family.
On that day, her parents were fighting and scolding the children at home, and she was so scared that she hid in Lin Wan'er's house. Unexpectedly, several masked people arrived at the Lin residence and fought with Lin Wan'er.
It was then that she realized the gentle and amiable Lin Wan'er had such formidable skills.
She killed seven of the ten black-clothed men.
At that moment, both she and the remaining three were severely injured, and none could do anything to the others.
Just then, one of the black-clothed men discovered her and grabbed her, using her to threaten Lin Wan'er.
Lin Wan'er took out a token from her embrace, which she later learned was an execution order, but at that time, Lin Wan'er said:
"This is the Black Armor Guards' rescue order. As long as I release the signal, Black Armor Guards within a hundred li will come to aid. If you know what's good for you, let her go and leave quickly, otherwise, you will surely die today!"
The black-clothed man threw her aside and fled.
"Wan'er! Wan'er, you're injured! I'll go get a doctor for you!"
She was very flustered and anxious.
She didn't want Lin Wan'er to die. Lin Wan'er was the only person in the world who treated her well, secretly giving her food and teaching her to read.
"Xiaoli..." Lin Wan'er propped herself up with a long sword and knelt on one knee.
"I won't make it... When my father returns... Please tell him for me... Wan'er was unfilial... couldn't provide him... a peaceful old age... But Wan'er... didn't disgrace her mission..."
Lin Wan'er died, right in front of her.
(End of Chapter)
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