PFC Chapter 342 The evil woman who used poison is not worthy of the imperial physician (9)
Chapter 342 The evil woman who used poison is not worthy of the imperial physician (9)
It was many days later that Chen Yanchuan and his entourage arrived in the capital.
Because the timing was not right, he only submitted the memorial first, and waited until the next day when he went to court to report the plague in person.
Since the Sang father and daughter had no place to stay in the capital, they followed Chen Yanchuan back to the Chen family.
However, as soon as they entered the house, what was waiting for Chen Yanchuan was not the consolation of his family, but the "family rules" in the hands of his father Chen Banxia.
"I'll beat you to a pulp." Chen Banxia mercilessly whipped Chen Yanchuan on the back with the cane in his hand. "You're such a fool, look at what you've done."
The Sang family father and daughter came in with Chen Yanchuan, and they were obviously frightened by Chen Banxia's temper.
Sang Tianqi was the first to react. He quickly stepped forward to pull his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, what are you doing? The child is already so tired. This time, it's not easy. Why don't you praise him a little instead of hitting him?"
Chen Banxia broke free from the other person's hand, glanced at him sideways, and continued to whip Chen Yanchuan with the rattan stick.
Chen's mother, who loved her son the most, was wearing plain clothes and turned her head away slightly, not looking at her son.
She did not come forward to stop her husband, but just sat there crying silently, wiping the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand from time to time.
This process lasted for about half an incense stick of time. He stopped only when he realized that Chen Banxia could not beat him anymore.
Chen Yanchuan had been beaten to the point of half-kneeling on the ground.
Seeing that Chen Yanchuan was about to stand up, Chen Banxia was about to pick up the cane to hit him again.
"Okay, what's the point of just venting your anger? Even if you beat him to death, there's no turning back now." At this time, Mr. Chen, who had been sitting in the main seat, spoke up, "You have to save some anger for him to see the emperor tomorrow."
After hearing this, Chen Banxia put down the cane in his hand, glared at Chen Yanchuan and said, "When you come back tomorrow, I will punish you!"
"Grandpa, father, I don't understand what I did wrong." Chen Yanchuan finally spoke after a while, and dared to speak, "I know I was too cautious this time, but human lives are at stake, I can't take too many risks."
Chen Banxia was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect her son to say that, but then she thought of another possibility: "Don't you know that Baili Yue is also infected with the plague?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the three people who were unaware of the situation - Chen Yanchuan, Sang Tianqi, and Sang Wanyu - all changed.
"How is it possible?" Chen Yanchuan was so excited that he could not feel any pain in his body. He was just anxious. "She was fine when she left. Why did she suddenly get infected with the plague?"
Sang Tianqi glanced at his daughter who lowered her head, and felt a chill in his heart.
The Baili family is the largest medicinal material dealer in Rong Country. If they hold this account against them, father and daughter, what will they do in the future?
Chen Banxia felt a little better when she saw that her son was not as indifferent as before. After all, ignorance is not a crime. However, it was too late to say anything now.
Mother Chen put down the handkerchief in her hand, took a jade hook from the nanny beside her and said, "Take it! This is something Xiaoyue sent. From now on, you two will have nothing to do with each other."
This jade hook was originally a pair, cut from the same piece of jade.
There is a small gap at the two jade hooks, so they can fit perfectly together, symbolizing a perfect match.
Before leaving for the epidemic area, Chen Yanchuan specially gave it to Baili Yue as a token of engagement.
Although the two were betrothed at birth, both families were open-minded parents and had stated that after Baili Yue reached the age of 15, if the two were truly willing to become husband and wife, they would then formally propose marriage.
Although Chen Yanchuan often "disdained" Baili Yue, he was touched when he saw her "correcting" his "bad" things little by little.
After all, they had been together for many years, so she agreed to the marriage.
The engagement was arranged after the coming-of-age ceremony, and the plan was to get married when Baili Yue turned sixteen.
No one expected that just when they were about to get married, a plague would break out, and Chen Yanchuan was sent over to take charge of the situation.
Baili Yue finally got her family's consent and arrived at the epidemic area a month later than Chen Yanchuan.
Who would have thought that what was originally a journey of sharing hardships and enhancing their mutual feelings would end up being the last time the two of them spent together.
Chen Yanchuan took the moon hook from his mother's hand and quickly put it together with the moon hook he had always kept.
But after trying several times, it still didn't fit as perfectly as before, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Mom, this jade hook is fake. If it doesn't match, it's obviously not Xiaoyue's."
It would have been better if she hadn't said this. Once she said this, Mother Chen couldn't hold it in any longer and suppressed crying followed.
She will always remember what her friend, Baili Yue's aunt Baili Qing, said when she returned the jade hook to her.
"Bai Shao! Originally, I should have returned this jade hook to you intact." Baili Qing was choking up a little when she said this, "But when I took it out at the last moment, Xiaoyue didn't hold it firmly, and it fell to the ground and broke a little."