The location of Gu Yunting's leg injury was not too bad. With the help of the court doctor, Yan Muyun spent more than an hour to connect and fix the leg bone, and carefully applied medicine and bandaged the external injuries.

Old Madam Gu was too old to bear it any longer, so when she learned that Gu Yunting's leg could be saved, she returned to the courtyard and did not mention the matter of how to deal with Yan Muyun. Later, people from other families also left one after another.

In the second courtyard, the personal nanny leaned close to Tian's ear and whispered, "The people at Linfeng Residence passed on the message that Madam Nine has not changed her clothes this month."

"It's only the fifteenth day today, so it's normal for the period to be delayed by one or two days. Tell someone to keep a close eye on her. If there's anything unusual with Madam Nine, report it immediately." Tian thought for a moment, then asked the nanny, "Is Sister Ning's condition stable recently?"

"She has been taking medicine, and although the second young lady's condition has not improved, she is staying safely in the courtyard and hasn't caused any trouble." The nanny replied truthfully.

Tian waved her hand to let the nanny leave, and lowered her eyes to ponder carefully.

The daughter of the Yan family has been married into the Marquis's Mansion for more than a year. Her menstruation has always been very regular, never early or late. She is well versed in medical knowledge. If she is pregnant, she must get rid of the child as soon as possible. Once the man finds out about the pregnancy, it will be difficult for him to take action.

Three days later, in the imperial study.

Emperor Yuanjing discussed with several cabinet ministers the appointment of the commander of Luodu Guard, and indeed mentioned Gu Yunting.

Yan Yongchen and Gu Yunting are father-in-law and son-in-law, and the first thing Emperor Yuanjing asked was Yan Yongchen's opinion.

As the Minister of Personnel, even if Yan Yongchen wanted to help his relatives, he could not do it openly, and he could not play dumb in front of the emperor. He had to make his words convincing without arousing the emperor's suspicion.

Facing Emperor Yuan Jing's inquiry, he sighed with regret, "If my son-in-law knew that the emperor wanted to promote him, he would definitely not have gone hunting yesterday. Now I'm afraid he must be regretting it!"

"What happened? Did General Gu have an accident while hunting?" Emperor Yuanjing asked puzzledly.

Yan Yongchen sighed again, "Alas, Your Majesty is right. Three days ago, my son-in-law went out of town to hunt with his friends. He was attacked by a wild beast and fell down the hillside, breaking his leg. It will take a hundred days to heal the broken bones. I'm afraid he won't be able to serve the court for a while!"

"Is this true?" Emperor Yuanjing was very surprised. His first reaction was that Gu Yunting was avoiding the matter of staying in Luodu for appointment. However, the matter of appointment was only brought up today. Unless Gu Yunting had the ability to predict the future, it would be impossible for him to predict things that had not happened in advance.

"It is absolutely true. I also received the letter yesterday. I have taken my wife to visit the Marquis's residence. My son-in-law's calf bone is broken into two pieces. It is hard to say whether it can grow back to its original state!"

"General Gu is so seriously injured?" Emperor Yuan Jing also looked extremely sorry. "Lord Yan, don't worry too much. I will send the imperial physician to take a good look at General Gu later. It's just a broken bone. It will definitely be healed."

"I thank the emperor for his consideration!" Yan Yongchen bowed and looked up at Emperor Yuan Jing, and asked tentatively: "Can I keep the position of the commander of Luodu Guard for now?"

Hearing him ask this, Emperor Yuan Jing's doubts were somewhat relieved, and he said angrily, "Eh? Recovering from your injuries is more important. If General Gu wants to serve the court again, he has to wait until he recovers before mentioning the appointment."

Yan Yongchen looked unwilling, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

The next day, Emperor Yuanjing learned that Gu Yunting had indeed broken his leg, and that several people who had gone hunting with him were injured to varying degrees. Only then did he completely dispel his doubts.

At the Dingbei Marquis Mansion, Yan Muyun got up in the morning to check on Gu Yunting's injuries, only to find that the clothes on his back were soaked with sweat.

"How come you didn't even say a word when you were in so much pain?"

"It's okay. Broken bones always hurt for a few days. Just bear with it for another two days and it will be fine."

Seeing him gritting his teeth and enduring it again, Yan Mujun felt both distressed and annoyed, "It's not like there's no way to relieve the pain, why do you insist on enduring it?" As she said that, she took out a pill and helped him take it.

Yan Muyun also had a lot of pills left by Minghui. Although there were no direct painkillers, there were some that could make people sleepy. After taking them, the injured and sick could fall into a deep sleep and sleep for two more days, which would allow them to easily get through the difficult pain period.

Before Gu Yunting had his bones set, Yan Muyun gave him a pill. He was sweating all over last night due to the pain, which must be because the effect of the pill had worn off.

After breakfast, Yan Muyun took Banxia to the garden behind Linfengju for a walk to help digest the food.

The master and servant stepped into the garden and saw from afar several maids and old women chasing the second young lady of the third house, Gu Yuening.

Gu Yuening was the daughter of the third wife. She became a widow less than a year after her marriage. After being tortured by her in-laws for some time, she became insane.

Lin couldn't bear to see her daughter tortured to death by her in-laws, so she knelt in Madam Gu's yard for a day and a night before Madam Gu nodded and agreed to take Gu Yuening home.

Fearing that Gu Yuening might go crazy and hurt others, Old Madam Gu locked him up in a courtyard not far from the third house, and he was rarely let out on weekdays.

"Second Miss, you can't run forward anymore!"

In a few breaths, Gu Yuening had run up to the master and servant, and Yan Muyun hurriedly pulled Banxia back to the flower bed on the side.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yuening stopped in front of the master and servant, turned to look at Yan Muyun, and after his eyes lingered on her, his face suddenly became ferocious and he pounced towards her.

Banxia was quick-witted and stood in front of Yan Muyun, but the next moment she was scratched on the face by Gu Yuening's slap.

Yan Muyun pulled Banxia away and tried to reach out to subdue Gu Yuening, but was held tightly by the other party. With a thud, they both fell into the flower bed.

People wore thick clothes in winter and the flower beds were soft, so Yan Muyun was not injured. She struggled to stand up, but Gu Yuening on the opposite side grabbed her hair and slapped her twice.

"My, my child, the child is mine, give it back to me, give the child back to me..." Gu Yuening waved his hands and feet at Yan Muyun for a while, and then continued to slap her abdomen.

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you come and help them?" Banxia saw a group of people standing there motionless, so she pulled Gu Yuening and shouted, "Help, come and help them..."

A normal person would be careful about what he does, so how could he defeat a reckless madman? Seeing that Banxia's face was scratched with several bloody marks again, Yan Mujun no longer hesitated, pulled out the hairpin on her head and stabbed it into the back of Gu Yuening's neck.

"Ah~~~" Gu Yuening screamed miserably, his hands and feet stopped flapping, and he fell to the ground, motionless.

The servants who had been watching the excitement for a long time ran over to check when they saw Gu Yuening faint.

"Second Miss, Second Miss wake up!"

"The Second Miss's neck is bleeding. Go call the palace doctor and notify the Third Madam."

……

Yan Muyun was helped by Banxia to get up from the ground. She wanted to check on Gu Yuening's condition first, but suddenly she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.

Seeing that she looked unhappy, Banxia asked in a trembling voice, "Madam, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Banxia, ​​today is the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month?" Yan Muyun's voice was a little trembling. If she remembered correctly, her wedding had been postponed for several days.

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