Chapter 1349: 1344: Affection and Sentiment

Chapter 1349: Chapter 1344: Affection and Sentiment

The last part of the message Wei Zhong delivered to Madam Wang could be described as a very firm threat.

If Madam Wang were clear-minded, she would surely understand… if she couldn’t bear to part with her stepson, the prosperity of the Wang family would come to an end. Bai Qingyan is now an emperor whose words hold weight, even though she is a younger generation, she can still make things happen.

In fact, as long as the matters of the Wang family did not involve Ah Jue, Bai Qingyan didn’t want to interfere, but alas, the couple was too ambitious and even dared to think about Ah Jue’s marriage.

Wei Zhong responded, took the edict, and hurried off to the Wang residence.

Wang Residence.

Madam Wang was so furious that she coughed up blood, truly catching Mrs. Wang Liu off guard.

No matter what, Madam Wang is now their only reliance. Although the couple never truly treated Madam Wang as a mother to honor and love from the bottom of their hearts, they sincerely wished for Madam Wang to live a long life.

Usually, the couple treated her with the best food and drink, whether it was the premium bird’s nest, deer antler, and ginseng that even their own mothers were reluctant to send, or nourishing medicinal food, they flowed like water into Madam Wang’s courtyard.

Today, they merely complained in front of Madam Wang about Mrs. Wang being summoned to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and also asked Madam Wang to speak with Mrs. Wang to quickly finalize the marriage between their daughter and the loyal King Bai Qingjue.

No one expected Mrs. Wang Liu’s incompetent daughter to start criticizing Mrs. Wang in front of Madam Wang. Madam Wang scolded her, saying that with such behavior, how could she be fit for the loyal king. The disobedient girl was unconvinced and shouted that since she wasn’t her real grandmother, she was unkind and couldn’t stand her doing well, which instantly made Madam Wang so angry that she coughed up blood.

The couple was now in a frenzy of panic.

Mrs. Wang returned, accompanied not only by Nanny Qin, the Empress Dowager’s close servant, but also by a group of Imperial Physicians and Imperial Army.

Mrs. Wang Liu and her husband were frightened to the core, and their daughter was even more terrified, hiding on her bed in the boudoir, shivering under the covers.

“Mother…” Mrs. Wang lifted her skirt, disregarding everything, and rushed to Madam Wang’s bedside.

On the bed, Madam Wang, her hair white as snow, lay with her eyes closed, the flickering candlelight reflected her sallow complexion, piercing Mrs. Wang’s heart.

Mrs. Wang knelt on the carved sandalwood footstool, clutching her mother’s withered hand, choking with sobs, “Mother… Mother, your daughter is back! Mother…”

Nanny Qin and Nanny Guan supported Mrs. Wang on either side, saying: “Fourth Madam, please get up, let the Imperial Physician treat Madam Wang!”

Mrs. Wang nodded continuously, was supported aside, and then saw Doctor Huang step forward to take Madam Wang’s pulse.

Doctor Huang took her pulse, looked at her pupils, opened her mouth to examine, then said: “Fourth Madam, don’t worry, Madam Wang has overindulged in supplements, causing inner heat, combined with intense anger, which resulted in the blood vomit. I will prescribe a remedy and then perform acupuncture…there should be no major concerns.”

“Thank you, Doctor Huang!” Mrs. Wang nodded repeatedly.

“Eldest Young Lady…you heard it, my wife and I have always been filial towards Mother, sending supplements daily. But we didn’t know over-consumption could be harmful!” Wang Dingkun said, bowing to Mrs. Wang, his words more directed at Nanny Qin, “We only hoped Mother could live a long life!”

Nanny Guan’s gaze seemed to want to swallow the couple, while Nanny Qin stood silently to the side, yet her eyes were cold and indifferent as she looked at the two.

As Madam Wang hadn’t yet awakened, Fourth Madam was worried beyond measure. Nanny Qin didn’t want to use the First Madam’s name to act now and add to Fourth Madam’s distress.

Before coming, Mrs. Dong instructed Nanny Qin to wait until Madam Wang woke up before speaking. If Madam Wang asked the Empress Dowager to take charge, then Nanny Qin would act on behalf of the Empress Dowager.

After Doctor Huang performed acupuncture on Madam Wang, she gradually came to her senses. Seeing her mother’s long exhale, Fourth Madam Wang hurried forward, tears rolling down her face. Only when Doctor Huang collected his needles did she proceed…

But before Fourth Madam Wang could speak, Wang Dingkun and Mrs. Wang Liu hurriedly crawled to the bed, crying.

“Mother, Mother, you scared your son to death!” Wang Dingkun approached on his knees, “It’s all my fault for not teaching the disobedient daughter well, daring to contradict Mother. Don’t worry, I will apply the family law!”

“Mother! Please, Mother, forgive Rouer!” Mrs. Wang Liu pleaded desperately when she heard Wang Dingkun talk of using family law. Her face went pale with fear, kowtowing to Madam Wang. She knew what type of man her husband was; if it was a show for the Empress Dowager’s maids, he would definitely apply family law, “Mother, please speak up, Master will really beat Rouer to death! She’s your granddaughter!”

Nanny Guan gritted her teeth, speaking coldly, “Madam Wang just woke up, how can she bear such crying and shouting?”

Nanny Qin, watching the couple, said softly: “This old servant, as the Empress Dowager’s close aide, will speak out of place. Madam Wang just awakened, and Wang Master and Madam are kneeling here crying and making a scene; it’s inappropriate. Regardless of how the girl is to be punished, it is the parents’ responsibility and shouldn’t be reported specially to Madam Wang, especially since she just suffered a hemorrhagic shock. Now, after acupuncture, she needs rest and can’t endure such noise.”

Nanny Qin’s words left Wang Dingkun and Mrs. Wang Liu sweating profusely.

“Yes, yes, yes! The nanny is right!” Wang Dingkun turned to scold his wife, Mrs. Wang Liu, “You still have the nerve to cry, what are you crying for! Teaching the daughter to behave like that, even daring to defy her grandmother, and you still have the nerve to cry!”

Mrs. Wang looked at her mother’s pallid face, tears falling like a string of broken pearls: “Mother! Mother…”

It was all her fault, unable to protect her own mother.

She hadn’t pleaded at the palace banquet for her sister-in-law and Kid to grant the marriage with Ah Jue, and that night the couple angered her mother into coughing blood. If she didn’t comply… they would continue tormenting her mother repeatedly; would her mother still have a life?

Madam Wang’s eyes were void, her silence was due to her deep disappointment. She had given the adopted offspring and grandchildren all her heart and soul, even more so than her daughter, fearing criticism.

She had loved and cared for her granddaughter from birth, there was genuine grandparental affection.

Yet, her granddaughter outright said she wasn’t her real grandmother, revealing…the words had been told by Wang Dingkun and Mrs. Wang Liu to the child before.