Chapter 404: A Big Show

While no one else was in the yard, Autumn Frost quickly brewed the medicine and brought it into the room.
Yao Yuer leaned against the bedside, gazing at the bowl of medicine, her eyes somewhat blank.
Autumn Frost hesitated for a moment, wanting to persuade her a few more words, but Yao Yuer reached out her hand, "Give it to me."
"Madam..."
"I said, give it to me."
Yao Yuer's expression was determined, and Qiu Shuang dared not disobey her, trembling as she handed over the medicine bowl.
Yao Yuer took the medicine bowl, stared straight at it, and before drinking it, she said a few more words: "Listen, later, you will do as I say."
"Madam, you speak."
Yao Yuer explained a few words to Qiu Shuang, and then without hesitation, she drank the bowl of medicine.
Qiu Shuang watched her worriedly. After a while, Yao Yuer felt unbearable abdominal pain, her face turned pale in an instant, and cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
"Autumn Frost!" Yao Yuer shouted in fear, feeling a surge of hot blood flowing out below.
Seeing the situation, Autumn Frost panicked and shouted nervously, "Madam? Are you alright?"
Yao Yuer gritted her teeth and endured the pain desperately, "Go, go call someone..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she had already passed out.
"Madam? Madam!"
Qiu Shuang called out a few times, but when she received no response, she didn't know when tears started to fall. She hastily wiped them away with a swipe of her hand, hurriedly covered Yao Yuer with a blanket, and then closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she thought of Yao Yuer's instructions just now. Only then did Qiu Shuang turn around and rush out of the door.
She ran and cried out loudly, "Help! Someone, come quickly!"
Qiu Shuang almost ran straight to Chunlan Garden, "I want to find the young master! I want to find the young master!"
She came to the door, but was stopped by two maidservants. Autumn Frost cried out, "Master! Master! Please go and take a look at our lady! It seems like she's not doing well..."
The two maids near the entrance were also newly transferred, and they became frightened after hearing this.
However, they both understood the young master's temper. He was currently having an intense quarrel with the person inside. If they caused a disturbance at this moment, they would undoubtedly receive a scolding.
Both maidservants dared not let anyone in, blocking Autumn Frost from entering.
Autumn Frost cried and made a scene at the door, and the people inside naturally heard it.
Chunlan was holding a zither and playing music. After hearing that, she stopped playing and asked with curiosity, "Who is outside the door?"
Cao Liang was drinking wine while drooling over Chunlan's beauty. At first, he didn't understand her doubts, but after listening carefully for a while, he finally understood.
In an instant, his face turned cold and gloomy.
Seeing Chunlan here, he restrained his temper and gently comforted her, saying, "Wait here, I'll go out and take a look."
"Okay."
When Chunlan saw him leave, her facial expression subtly changed and she lightly tugged at her lips.
She came to the window, opened it, and looked at the scene outside.
Cao Liang came to the door, saw Qiu Shuang, and said unfriendly, "What are you shouting? Can't you see that this young master is busy?"
秋霜见到曹良终于出来了，她哭声更凄烈了些，“少爷，你终于来了，你可知道夫人她……她出事了！”
提到姚玉儿，曹良不由得微皱起眉，语气也缓和了些，“她能出什么事？”
Autumn Frost hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed while crying and sobbing, saying, "Just now, this servant served the madam some anti-miscarriage medicine, but who knew that not long after, the madam suddenly felt abdominal pain... Young Master, the madam bled a lot and has already fainted. Young Master, please go and check on the madam!"
"What?!" Cao Liang's face turned uglier upon hearing this, "How did you take care of them?"
After all, Yao Yuer is carrying his flesh and blood, this is also his first child.
He still cares a lot, but he feels sorry for her physical discomfort, so he hasn't been visiting her these days.
Unexpectedly, something like this happened!
Cao Liang quickly went to the Linshui Residence. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a strong bloody smell. He furrowed his brows and walked into the inner room, only to see Yao Yuer lying on the bed with a pale face. It seemed that her lower half was soaked in blood, and the entire bed and blanket were dyed red.
Caoliang was so frightened that he dared not approach. He quickly left the house and saw Qiushuang following behind. He coldly shouted, "How did you take care of the person? Letting them become like that? Hurry up and call the doctor!"
Autumn immediately nodded and turned to call the doctor.
After the doctor arrived, upon diagnosis, Yao Yuer's child was already lost. Fortunately, her life was saved.
Only this abortion has caused her immense damage, and it may be difficult for her to conceive in the future.
Upon hearing this news, Cao Liang sat down in a daze.
His child is gone?
How could this happen?
He just found out recently that Yao Yuer is pregnant, and he is very happy about it.
Over the years, although there have been some women in his backyard, none of them have gotten pregnant, and he almost started to suspect that there was something wrong with him, until Yao Yuer suddenly got pregnant. He was very happy in his heart, knowing that there was nothing wrong with him.
But he just got the feeling of being a father, and now it's gone so quickly?
After calming down, Cao Liang slapped Qiu Shuang, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground.

Autumn Frost covered half of her face and cried non-stop, without making a sound.
"Tell me! How did you take care of the lady? She was perfectly fine, why did she miscarry?"
Autumn Frost's mouth was bleeding, and she knelt on the ground, crying, "Young Master, if you want to blame someone for this, blame me!"

"What on earth happened?!"
Autumn Frost seemed troubled, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Madam was perfectly fine today, but she missed the young master. She said she hasn't seen him for two days. Seeing Madam longing for the young master, I couldn't help myself... I couldn't help but tell Madam about bringing the young master back home with the girl from Ruyi Alley. After Madam heard it, she just cried and didn't say anything. I thought it would be fine, but who knew, right after she drank the fertility medicine, she... she..."
"What happened?" Cao Liang's face turned pale after hearing these words, and he stared at Qiu Shuang fiercely.
"Madam suddenly felt abdominal pain, and then I saw her bleeding. I was scared and could only go find the young master..."
As she begged for mercy, Qiu Shuang kept knocking her head and said, "Young master, it's all the servant's fault, the servant shouldn't have spoken out of turn."
As she said that, she was ruthless enough, she slapped herself a few times and vigorously hit her own cheek.
In an instant, both sides of her cheeks swelled up high.
Seeing her like this, Cao Liang got angry and kicked her, knocking Qiu Shuang down to the ground.
Standing up, he went into the inner room.
As he entered, Autumn Frost slowly stood up from the ground, a strange smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
In the inner room, the dirt on the bed has already been cleaned by the maid.
The faint smell of blood inside the room had not yet dissipated as Yao Yuer had just suffered a miscarriage. She could not be exposed to drafts, so the windows couldn't be opened for ventilation.
Cao Liang sat down next to the bed and gently held Yao Yuer's small hand.

The voice softened a bit: "Fool, why are you forcing yourself?"
No matter how much he said, it couldn't compare to the guilt and remorse in his heart.
He shouldn't have disregarded her feelings for the sake of his own pleasure.

He understood the difficulties she faced during pregnancy and didn't want to bother her too much.
Who knows...
Speaking of which, it's also his fault.
These days, he has been captivated by Chunlan. Despite spending so much money at Ruyifang, he hasn't even had a chance to meet with Chunlan alone.
I don't know what happened these two days, Chunlan is willing to see him, he is so happy in his heart that he forgets about the backyard.
Yao Yuer has been with him for so long, she has always been very obedient and understanding, and now she is pregnant with his child, so this feeling is naturally different.
The next morning, Yao Yuer woke up slowly.
As soon as she woke up, she noticed that Cao Liang was dozing off by her bedside.
Her thoughts gradually came back, and she realized that her clothes and bedding had been changed. She couldn't help but touch her abdomen, tears welling up in her eyes, but she forcefully held them back.
She can't cry now.
She knew that she and Qiushuang's plan should have been half successful.
Thinking of this, the stone in her heart also fell by half.
Yao Yuer let out a soft hum, raised her hand, pretending to have just woken up.
Cao Liang woke up and found Yao Yuer awake, and quickly exclaimed in surprise, "Yuer, you woke up."
He held Yao Yuer's hand and gently massaged, asking, "How do you feel? Is there any discomfort?"
Yao Yuer looked puzzled and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with me?"
Cao Liang felt even more distressed seeing her like this. He gently touched her head and said, "Yuer, you're okay. You're just..."
Yao Yuer seemed to have realized something, her hand touched her abdomen, and she shouted anxiously, "Is my baby okay? I remember, I seemed to feel some bleeding, and then I didn't know anything."
She carefully looked at Cao Liang and anxiously asked, "Sir, is our child okay?"
"..." Cao Liang felt even more guilty when he saw her like this. With red eyes, he said, "Yu'er, the doctor asked you to rest well..."
"Our child is gone, isn't he?" Yao Yuer asked softly.
Cao Liang saw the tears filling her eyes and couldn't help but reach out and hug her. "Yuer, I'm sorry, it's my fault. Don't worry, we will have another child."
Yao Yuer did not cry and make a scene, tears just kept falling down. "Young Master, it's Yuer's incompetence. Yuer couldn't save our child, sob sob sob..."
The more she said this, the deeper the guilt in Cao Liang's heart.
Two people hugged and cried together.
However, Cao Liang could not possibly notice the intense hatred in Yao Yuer's eyes as he held her.
She coldly curled her lips, determined to regain everything!
After comforting Yao Yuer, Cao Liang told her to rest well before leaving.
He stayed up all night and his body felt exhausted.
Just as he stretched and yawned, he suddenly remembered the spring orchid he brought back with him last night.
If it wasn't for what happened last night, he would have been able to get her.
However, he just lost a child, so he doesn't have the energy for that.
He only called someone over to inquire about the situation at Chunlan Garden last night.
The servant reported, "Young master, Chunlan left last night."
What?
"Chunlan mentioned before leaving that there were family matters you needed to attend to, so she didn't want to disturb you further and took her leave. We didn't dare to stop her either," the servants added.
Cao Liang angrily scolded, "You bunch of worthless people! What's the use of keeping you!"
However, no matter how he cursed, he knew that this time he was left with nothing, both in terms of money and people.
But he can't spare the time now and can only go along with her. Let's talk about it later.
For now, he should spend more time with Yao Yuer.
At this moment, a servant came running and urged him to go to Cao Dongyun's study, saying that his father had something to discuss with him.
Cao Liang speculated that his father might also know about Yao Yuer's miscarriage. He nodded helplessly and went to his father's study.
However, when he arrived, Cao Liang saw Doctor Wang, who had been treating Yao Yuer, in the study.
Cao Liang greeted and asked in confusion, "Dad, why did you call me?"
Cao Dongyun's face turned cold and grim as he said, "Ask him yourself!"
Cao Liang became even more puzzled and asked, "Doctor Wang, what does my dad mean?"
After bowing and saluting, Doctor Wang said, "Master Cao, I have been taking care of Lady Yu's medical needs since she became pregnant. This prescription for a pregnancy-stabilizing medicine was also given by me. However, I heard that Lady Yu experienced stomach pain and bleeding after taking the medicine last night. I found it strange, so I asked a maid to bring me the remnants of the medicine. Upon investigation, I understood that the reason Lady Yu had a miscarriage was because of this bowl of 'pregnancy-stabilizing medicine.'"
Saying that, Dr. Wang took out a pile of medicine residue and showed it to Cao Liang.
Cao Liang frowned and said, "What are these? I can't understand. Just tell me the result."
"This medicine residue is not a medication for a safe pregnancy, but an abortion drug!"
"What did you say?" Cao Liang exclaimed.
"The prescription has added a medicinal herb called Danggui, which has the function of nourishing and activating blood. But for pregnant women, it is a big taboo! Especially for early-stage pregnant women like Lady Yu with an unstable fetal condition, even a normal dosage can cause her to have a miscarriage and bleed..."
After listening to Dr. Wang's words, Cao Liang was completely stunned. "Are you saying that Yu'er's miscarriage was not an accident?"
Dr. Wang nodded lightly.
The prescription he gave was absolutely fine, but Yao Yuer suddenly began to bleed heavily and had a miscarriage, which made him suspect that something was suspicious about it.
Just when Cao Xiang found him, he listened to what he said and ordered someone to investigate the residue of the medicine that Yao Yuer drank last night.
This investigation indeed uncovered a problem.
Now the question is, who is responsible for this accident?
Cao Dongyun's face was gloomy, he waved his hand towards Doctor Wang, indicating for him to leave.
After Doctor Wang left, Cao Dongyun looked at Cao Liang and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Cao Liang came back to his senses and said angrily and nervously, "Father, what kind of person do you think this is, daring to harm the heirs of our Cao family!"
曹东运瞟他一眼，有些忍不住泄气。
看样子，指望他是指望不上了。
“也有可能，不是外人呢。”曹东运道。
“不是外人？”曹良苦思冥想，突然想通了，“爹，你的意思是，是我后院里的那些女人？”
"They don't have children themselves, so they want Yuer's child gone!" Cao Liang exclaimed angrily.
Cao Dongyun, however, said in a low voice, "That is only one possibility."
Cao Liang asked, "And what about the second one?"