Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1984: Chapter 1983: Unable to Accept

If Ma Linglong were content and lived well with Ji Bao, Bai Ruozhu wouldn’t want to bring up her past, after all, women in this era have it tough.

But Ma Linglong shamelessly continued an affair with Tian Chen after marriage, a behavior that anyone would find intolerable.

”Master Bai, what do you mean by this...?” Ji Bao looked at Bai Ruozhu in shock. Could it be that pleading for leniency for his wife would cost him his life? Isn’t this too unreasonable?

Bai Ruozhu sneered, ”Why, do you think I’m threatening you? You’re a scholar too, you should have your judgment and sense of right and wrong, shouldn’t you? Your sister is the one harmed, and you just want to dismiss it with a word? Don’t you find it ridiculous? You might as well not have read all those books these years!”

”And, have someone beside you take a look, aren’t your eyes slightly darkened, do you feel a tingling under your arms, and always feel sleepy in the morning?” Bai Ruozhu’s face showed more mocking, ”These symptoms weren’t present before, were they? They all appeared shortly after marriage.”

Ji Bao’s expression turned blank, he instinctively pressed under his arm, indeed feeling a tingling sensation. As for the other points Bai Ruozhu mentioned, they all matched!

He originally thought this was due to marital bliss, having too much fun at night with Ma Linglong, which made him tired and even blamed himself for being weak and needing some supplements or something.

Could it not be like that?

”Master Bai, what’s the reason for this? Does my son have some illness?” Ji Min asked nervously.

Bai Ruozhu glanced at Ji An and said to Min Xiang, ”Take Miss Ji to rest aside, prepare some Chrysanthemum Tea for her, and some light dimsum.”

Ji An was about to say not to bother, but she quickly realized what Bai Ruozhu was about to say wasn’t suitable for her to hear, so she hurriedly stood up to excuse herself and followed Min Xiang out.

Seeing Ji An with a worried expression, Min Xiang gently advised, ”Miss Ji, don’t overthink it. My master is discussing men’s health issues, it would be somewhat awkward for a young lady like you to hear.”

Ji An quickly nodded, ”I understand, just a bit worried about my third brother.”

After Bai Ruozhu and the others walked away from the house, he continued, ”Miss Ji hasn’t married yet, these words aren’t suitable for her to hear.”

Ji Min’s face grew increasingly grim, clearly indicating that what was to be said wasn’t good news.

”Perhaps you think I have a personal grudge against Ma Linglong, and that I am deliberately blowing things out of proportion, but as a doctor, it’s hard not to save a life when I can, so I have to remind you, whether you believe or not is up to you.” Bai Ruozhu continued.

”Please, go ahead,” Ji Min said in a deep voice.

”When Prince Saihan from Turkic came to the Capital to choose a bride, he once got very close to Ma Linglong, and was even caught in an intimate situation. Later, Saihan attempted to kidnap Princess Diao Yao but failed and fled the Capital City. When we captured him later, we discovered he harbored a very sinister poisonous insect in his body. Even after his death, the insect could escape, showing its extraordinary nature.”

Ji Min and Ji Bao shivered, poisonous insects were very rare in Danliang Country, and a Poison Master was scarier than a Poison Master.

Bai Ruozhu ignored their reaction and continued, ”I only discovered last meeting that Ma Linglong carries the poisonous insect poison, I’m afraid it will be difficult for her to have children in the future, and when I saw Young Master Ji, I realized he too was poisoned, and it’s damaged him fundamentally.”

”What?” Ji Min jumped up, ”Will anything happen to my Ji Bao? Can this poisonous insect poison be treated?”

Bai Ruozhu shook his head, ”For now, it’s not a problem, but continuing with Ma Linglong will deepen the poison, and this kind of poisonous insect poison I am also helpless against. In Zhongyuan, doctors generally have little research on poisonous insects, and Saihan’s poisonous insect can be said to be top-tier and even harder to resolve.”

”How could this happen? It’s impossible! A doctor checked my pulse just the other day and didn’t mention poisonous insect poison at all, you, you must be mistaken!” Ji Bao shouted in agitation.

Bai Ruozhu’s face instantly turned stern, no doctor likes having their medical skills questioned, and Bai Ruozhu was no exception.

”Believe it or not, Danliang doctors mostly haven’t encountered poisonous insect techniques and can’t recognize it, which is normal. If it weren’t for my husband and child having previously been poisoned maliciously, I wouldn’t have specifically paid attention to this area; I might not even recognize it now. I can’t help you with treatment, you may leave now.” Bai Ruozhu made a gesture for them to leave.

Ji Min hurriedly bowed, ”Master Bai, please calm your anger, it’s my son being disrespectful, please don’t take it to heart, but in his current condition, how much of an impact will there be?”

”His body will be weaker than before, may age faster than his peers, and might not live past fifty,” Bai Ruozhu said.

Ji Min wavered, ”How, how did it come to this? Ours was a marriage granted by the emperor, how could we end up like this?”

Bai Ruozhu saw Ji Min, in a moment, seemed to have aged several years and felt some pity, but there was indeed nothing she could do.

After all, Saihan’s poisonous insect was Fen Gu, a legendary existence, and the poison was passed into Ma Linglong through intercourse, like a mother insect releasing a child insect, even people of Southern Border might not have a way to treat it.

”You should seek help from a Southern Border Poison Master.” Bai Ruozhu said.

Ji Bao, however, pulled Ji Min, ”Father, I’m fine, she must have mistaken it, look at me, I’m healthy, how could there be an impact? She just doesn’t want me to plead for Linglong, we’ll leave now.”

Bai Ruozhu sneered, ”It’s not that I don’t want you to plead, but no matter how you plead, I won’t spare Ma Linglong, she deserves it.”

Ji Bao glared fiercely, ”How can your heart be so cruel, haven’t you heard the saying ’to forgive when you can’?”

”I’ll return that to you, why don’t you see how cruel Ma Linglong is? She wasn’t heartless when poisoning Ji An, hoping it would end with just a few days in school? She wasn’t willing when she tried again, hoping Ji An would be disfigured or die, so she could report it to the Government Office and have me sentenced. Why didn’t you ask her if she considered ’forgive when you can’ when doing these things?”

Bai Ruozhu laughed in anger, ”She has a personal grudge with me, but drags an innocent girl into it as mere willfulness, while I don’t want to spare such a murderer, that makes me heartless, Young Master Ji you seem to have learned nothing from your years of study!”

Ji Bao wanted to speak, but Ji Min raised a hand and slapped him across the face, ”You fool, you are completely bewitched by that woman, the family has wasted years nurturing you, do you want to kill us for Ma Linglong? Say no more, go back and write the divorce paper, we can’t afford such a daughter-in-law in our family!”

Ji Bao’s legs went weak, he sat on the ground, suddenly covered his face and cried, ”Father, I, I just can’t accept this, give me some time...”

Bai Ruozhu sighed secretly, Ji Bao actually wasn’t blindly going all the way, it was just his pride, his sincerity that made it temporarily difficult for him to accept these facts.