Chapter 343 – The Aged Blood Stain

“Miss, please come over and take a look at this. I-It’s…” Jin Ling frowned as she pointed at a dark corner of the palace wall.

It was a small but fixed hole in the wall that looked a bit like a dog door. It was fixed by piling up a few bricks negligently. The bricks were covered with moss, and they blended with the hue of the surrounding palace walls. Apparently, the walls had weathered through the years.

However, it was unexpected to see such an untimely hole in such a tall and magnificent palace. Even if the wall had been broken before, the palace guards should have repaired it properly instead of fixing it in such a sloppy way. Perhaps it was the reason why Shufang Palace did not have a Master.

Otherwise, why would they negligently fix the wall instead of patching up the hole decently?

Looking at the sloppily patched hole on the wall, Wei Yuewu inexplicably felt as if someone was suffocating her and she couldn’t breathe. There was a faint cry of surprise echoing in her ears as if someone was calling her.

“Miss. Miss. Miss! What’s wrong?” Jin Ling turned around and cried out in alarm as she saw Wei Yuewu’s deathly pale face. She hurriedly came over to help her up.

An old nurse, who was sweeping the floor at the side, lifted her head and looked at Wei Yuewu thoughtfully. She sized Wei Yuewu up with her sharp gazes as if she was trying to see through the latter and read her mind.

Sensing Jin Ling’s physical touch, Wei Yuewu darted her eyes in confusion. She gripped Jin Ling’s hand tightly and took a few deep breaths. Only then did she manage to slowly relieve the feeling of suffocation in her chest.

“I’m fine. It seems like… I remember something!” Wei Yuewu shook her head. She was still holding Jin Ling tightly, as if only in this way could she give herself strength.

“What did you remember?” Jin Ling asked anxiously while looking at Wei Yuewu’s pale face in concern, not knowing the fragments that flashed through Wei Yuewu’s mind.

“Some things from my childhood… I-I’ve been here, but… I can’t remember all of them!” There was a tired smile on Wei Yuewu’s pale face, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the hole that had been patched up.

She was sure that she should have something to do with this hole. The hole was too small for adults, but she should be able to crawl in when she was a kid!

Something didn’t add up. She was the dignified legitimate daughter of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang. Why would she come to the back door of this ruined palace? Did she not have any maids by her side? How did she come here? Everything was still in the dark.

Suddenly, Wei Yuewu’s eyes fixed on a certain part of the palace wall. There was a dark red mark on the side of the palace wall with the hole. It was not obvious under the moss, but when Wei Yuewu looked at it carefully, she could still spot it. This should be the place where Jin Ling pointed and shrieked in shock.

A dark red mark?

The scene of the girl vomiting blood inexplicably flashed through Wei Yuewu’s mind. Was she the girl who vomited blood? Feeling the tremble in her heart, Wei Yuewu walked closer to the wall with Jin Ling’s help, squatted down, and gently stroked the moss. Her heart was inexplicably sorrowful. Was that girl here too at that time?

Although the girl was thin and weak at that time, she was much older than Wei Yuewu, so it would be difficult for the former to crawl into this hole.

Was the girl playing with her at that time?

“Miss, this looks like blood!” Jin Ling squatted down beside Wei Yuewu and observed carefully.

Wei Yuewu’s hand trembled. She almost couldn’t control the pain in her heart. She fell into Jin Ling’s arms and grabbed her own collar tightly with one hand. The pain almost made her brain turn blank in an instant, making her completely at a loss.

“Miss, Miss, Miss!” Jin Ling immediately saw that something was wrong with Wei Yuewu. As she shouted, she held her up and let her stand up.

“I’m fine!” Wei Yuewu panted heavily twice. After resisting the pain that was like a tide, she would be fine.

Sure enough, the pain gradually receded. Her slightly trembling hands calmed down to some extent.

“Miss, were you sick in the past?” Jin Ling asked with concern. She was given to Wei Yuewu by Yan Huaijing, so she did not know what Wei Yuewu was like when she was in her maternal grandparents’ home.

“No, I’m not sick!” Wei Yuewu shook her head with a bitter smile and wiped her forehead with a handkerchief. After a while, a new layer of cold sweat covered her forehead, which proved how painful she really was just now. But as the pain resided, she found it so unreal that it seemed as if she had been in a dream.

“If you are not sick, how can you be so painful?” Jin Ling asked in surprise. It was hard for her to believe that Wei Yuewu was not sick judging from her ghastly pale face earlier.

But Wei Yuewu knew she was not sick!

With a slight frown, Wei Yuewu looked at the slightly damp handkerchief. When she was in her maternal grandparents’ family, even though she felt a little under the weather from time to time, it was basically a minor illness. Even if she needed a longer time to heal as compared to other people, her illness was curable, and there were no symptoms of heartache.

When did this symptom start? It seemed that it started after she came to the capital.

The biggest difference between her life in the capital and her previous life was the serenity. Her previous life was very calm, so much so that not a single obstacle existed. She liked this kind of calm and peaceful life.

Grandmother doted on her. Knowing that she enjoyed tranquility, Grandmother even placed her in the courtyard that was the furthest away from the center, not allowing anyone to disturb her peace. Thus, under the protection of Grandmother, she lived a peaceful life for a few years. Until one day, the Madam Dowager’s letter changed her life completely.

There was no such a thing in her peaceful life, but what happened after the peace was broken?

Wei Yuewu felt her heart skipping a beat, and a trace of frigidness flashed across her eyes. Did it have something to do with Mother? She suddenly remembered that Wei Yuejiao had once said that she had a congenital deficiency.

Was this a congenital deficiency? She had been safe and sound because her previous life was too peaceful.

Seeing that Wei Yuewu was deep in thought, Jin Ling shook Wei Yuewu’s hand worriedly. “Miss, are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Let’s go!” Wei Yuewu shook her head and collected her thoughts. It seemed that she had to ask Doctor He what this so-called injury meant.

“Miss, do you want to rest?” Jin Ling saw that Wei Yuewu was not looking good, so she suggested in concern.

“Let’s go. Someone will be suspicious of us if we stay here for too long!” Wei Yuewu shook her head and held Jin Ling’s hand as she walked forward.

This was the imperial palace, after all. No one knew if someone would see her in an unknown place, so it was better for her to be careful. Since she had identified this palace as the place where she had an accident when she was a child, she could come back when she had the chance in the future.

However, it was not ideal to stay here for too long as it would arouse suspicion.

When Wei Yuewu passed by the old nurse who seemed to have not noticed anything, she stopped but only glanced at her. Seeing that the nurse was sweeping the ground nonchalantly, she walked away…

This place was very mysterious…

After returning to Chu Xiu Palace and passing by Wei Qiufu’s room, Wei Yuewu saw that many palace maids and eunuchs stood at the door with gifts in their hands. Ming Yan had her hands on her waist and arrogantly instructed the people to put down the things in their hands. When she saw Wei Yuewu and Jin Ling, she did not come over to talk to them like she usually did. Instead, she rolled her eyes at them and unexpectedly turned around and entered the room.

“Miss, she…” Jin Ling was so angry that she wanted to say something in the heat of the moment, but Wei Yuewu waved her hand to stop her.

It seemed that this was another new reward from the Crown Prince. After what happened earlier, the incident not only did not reduce Wen Tianyao’s adoration to Wei Qiufu, but he also increased his reward for her. Was there really nothing wrong with this?

Or was it that Wen Tianyao had really been deceived so that he had greatly changed his opinion of Wei Qiufu overnight, so much so that he could ignore what he witnessed with his own eyes?

The scene just now displayed the dispute between sisters, Wei Qiufu’s cunning scheme in harming her with Wei Fengyao, and also Wei Qiufu’s intolerance. In fact, it showed that she was vicious and sinister. Even so, did the Crown Prince not mind about it?

It seemed that the Crown Prince was also plotting something. Moreover, this matter was related to Wei Qiufu. In the past, there might have been a trace of uncertainty. Now, Wei Yuewu could basically be completely certain.

A faint sneer appeared on the corner of her lips. In fact, no one knew what was hidden behind this glory.

No longer paying attention to Wei Qiufu, Wei Yuewu went around the corridor and went to her own room, but she was stopped by a eunuch when she was at the door.

“Greetings, Sixth Young Lady.” The eunuch smiled and bowed respectfully to Wei Yuewu.

Wei Yuewu stopped in surprise. “Who are…”

This eunuch was wearing the same clothes as the guard at Wei Qiufu’s door, so he should be the Crown Prince’s eunuch. However, Wei Yuewu did not think that this matter had anything to do with her. Yesterday, she had only staged a play with Wei Qiufu and became Wei Qiufu’s “prop”. She did not have any interaction with the Crown Prince throughout the play.

“There is a lantern festival in the Palace tonight. The Crown Prince rewarded jewelry to all the young ladies in the Chu Xiu Palace. This is yours, Sixth Young Lady.” With a smile, the eunuch took out a small but exquisite jewelry box from his sleeve and handed it over.

Jin Ling reached out and took it. Wei Yuewu bowed. “I thank the Crown Prince for the reward!”

“You’re welcome, Sixth Young Lady!” The eunuch looked at Wei Yuewu meaningfully and left with a smile.

“Come, let’s go in!” Wei Yuewu said to Jin Ling calmly.

Just as she was about to take a step forward, she suddenly heard Wei Qiufu’s voice, “Sixth Younger Sister, you’re back!”

“Fourth Elder Sister!” Wei Yuewu stood still, her expression slightly cold as she said indifferently. No one would feel at ease after what happened earlier.

“Sixth Younger Sister, it was my fault for what happened just now. I thought that Eldest Sister was saying the truth and that she just wanted to slap you, so I helped her. I didn’t know that she wanted to scratch your face.” Wei Qiufu looked very pale. Her eyes were red, and she looked like she had cried.

Although the makeup on her face was still neat, her hair was a little messy, which made her look a little weak and apologetic.

Wei Yuewu’s eyes shifted from Wei Qiufu’s face to her hair, and she sneered in her heart. Wei Qiufu was always in her acting role all the time. Even at this moment, she was still trying to play a show of deep sisterhood affection with her. She was doing this show to the people from the Crown Prince Mansion.

However, Wei Yuewu was not in the mood to participate in this so-called play.

“Fourth Elder Sister, I still have something to do, so I’ll go in first!” After saying that, Wei Yuewu entered her room without waiting for Wei Qiufu to say anything else and closed the door under Wei Qiufu’s cold gaze.

She actually did not give Wei Qiufu the slightest chance to speak or perform.

The jewelry box was placed on the table, but the moment Jin Ling opened the jewelry box, she almost cried out in shock. She reached out to cover her mouth. Only then did she manage to suppress the shock in her heart…

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