Capture the Jade - Chapter 8-2

Jue Sheng and Qizhi could not help, but say: “General Duan, our senior brother, himself was injured. If there still really was some more Liuyuan Dan, why did he not take the medicine himself?” 

Only then did everyone notice that Lin Chengyou’s robe had blood on it, and his complexion was a lot worse than before. 

The servants from the palace were frightened to death, as they did not pay attention to Lin Chengyou’s clothes. At this sight, they trembled with fear, and rushed up like a swarm of bees, and were ready to serve his needs: “shi zi1shi zi = prince , do you need this old servant to send someone to the Shang Pharmacy to invite Yu Fengyu?” 

Lin Chengyou impatiently raised his arm to block: “stop making a fuss about nothing.” 

The steward was still mourning and crying: It really is an unexpected disaster. Madam is ill, and the second lady has always served at her bedside all day. Such a rare opportunity to come out to enjoy the festival, yet she would end up losing her life. Just needed one pill, why is it so cruel——” 

Duan Ningyuan stood stiffly like a wooden carving, with his heart filled with misery, yet no way to vent it out. Remembering the matter just now, he angrily looked towards Teng Yuyi.

This is his fiancee? Wearing a veil, so one could not see her appearance clearly, but this woman was without a doubt the most disgusting person he has ever seen. 

“When on the road, she was still cheerful and lively, and now she’s just gone.” The steward cried till she was gasping for air. “My second lady has a Bodhisattva-like heart. She is even reluctant to wreck flowers and plants. What a sin this is! Why must it be the second lady…” 

The contours of Duan Ningyuan’s cheeks loomed, as he was clearly tightly clenching his teeth. At last, he was stabbed in the core of his intestines by these words, and coldly spoke: “Lady Teng, since the medicine was in your hands, I don’t ask for you to not be selfish, but there were four pills in total, why is that that all four pills were used up by the Teng family, and not even a single pill was left for others?” 

His voice was hoarse, clearly losing his rationality because of anger. 

Duan Wenyin hastily shouted: “Ningyuan!” 

Madam Du spoke: “General Duan, when Yu’er distributed the medicine, she did not know that there were only four pills. If she knew in advance, she would not have arranged it like this.” 

“When she took the last pill, she should have known, right? She still gave it to her own subordinate, and it can be seen that she only has herself in her eyes. Other people’s lives are as unimportant as dried grass to her. Sister, do you understand now, such a selfish and domineering woman, how is it a good match for the Duan family?” 

All the madams present were flabbergasted. Lin Chengyou looked up at Duan Ningyuan with some surprise in his eyes. 

Duan Wenyin went blank for a moment, and furiously said: “What nonsense are you saying!” 

Teng Yuyi gave a salute and indifferently look towards Duan Wenyin: “Madam has heard. General Duan wants to break off the marriage, because I saved a subordinate of the Teng family.” 

Duan Wenyin fiercely glanced at her younger brother, and comforted Teng Yuyi with a warm voice: “Ningyuan drank a lot of wine during the feast. He is muddle-headed, which is why he would say such nonsense. Yu’er should pardon him, don’t take these intoxicated (drunken) words to heart.” 

Teng Yuyi nodded her head: “General Duan slipped his tongue (indiscretion), yet asked others to bear the responsibilities, so when we met the evil spirit in the forest, who else should we ask to bear the responsibilities?” 

Duan Ningyuan choked for a moment. 

“We hardly managed to escape from the forest, and the spirit chased all the way to the Ziyun building. At that time, Lanxia Pavilion was in chaos, and biao jie2Biao Jie = older female cousin and the rest of them were in critical condition. I was afraid of delaying time to save people, so I did not count the number of pills before distributing them out. It was only after that I found out that there was only one pill left. General Duan, if you were in my shoes, what would you have done?” 

Duan Wenying angrily said: “The Teng family already had three pills. For the sake of fairness, the last pill should be distributed to others.” 

“But Duan Fu is not just the subordinate of the Teng family.” Teng Yuyi’s tone was ice-cold, “If it weren’t for Duan Fu holding off the spirit for a while, we would have all died in the forest long ago. Now that his life is in danger, and I have obtained the medicine, but don’t use it to save him, then haven’t I become an ungrateful person?” 

Duan Ningyuan gritted his teeth. He was clearly twisting his words and forcing logic out, but because there were so many people present, he could not refute solemnly. 

“In your eyes, Duan Fu is only a lowly subordinate, but how is it that he is not our savior? If one does not even care about their benefactor, why would one even consider rescuing a stranger? I would like to ask General Duan, do you regard me as an enemy? Do you blame me for saving my own life-saving benefactor? Or do you blame me that I did not have the ability to save Dong Erniang? If I gave the medicine to Dong Erniang, but disgredared Duan Fu, would you still denounce me for acting unfairly?!” 

Duan Ningyuan froze, as if someone slapped him on the face. His face was red and showed a look of embarrassment. 

All the madams came over, and looked at the thick curtain in front of the bed, then looked at the steward. They all slowly return to their senses. 

As early as when they were in the courtyard, the servants from the palace had said that Dong Erniang could enter the Ziyun building, because the madam of the Marquis of Yong’an was in charge of taking care of her, and General Duan hurriedly rushed over. However, asking the subordinates of the Teng family, as opposed, Teng Yuyi was blamed unscrupulously. It did not seem like he came here for the Teng family, but more like he came here for Dong Erniang. 

The more Madam Du thought about it, the more disappointed she was, glancing at Duan Ningyuan: “Yu’er was frightened several times tonight. Forget it if General Duan does not even show the slightest concern for Yu’er, but how can you blame Yu’er when the situation was not even clear? Although she is young, she faced the situation very calmly, and was able to save so many people. Yu’er takes half of the credit, and if it was another family’s child, do not even mention distributing the medicine to save people, they would have fainted from fear long ago.”

“If General Duan still has a heart, after thinking about it for a bit, you would have understood. There was not enough medicine, and this was not Yu’er’s fault. ‘Selfish and domineering’, our Yu’er can not bear these words. ‘Good match or not ‘Good match’, General Duan is not qualified to say such disgraceful words!” 

Duan Ningyuan was full of shame. Just now, his mind was a mess and he took out his anger on others, and now that he had calmed down, he knew that he had gone too far. In front of everyone, he knew that he could not refute. He could only directly lift up his robe to apologize. 

Teng Yuyi sneered in her heart. At this point, how could she give him an opportunity to open his mouth to defend himself. She shed tears and blessed herself, opening her mouth to speak: “General Duan is a man who is able to support both heaven and earth (respectable and honorable), and there is no reason in taking them back. Since General Duan personally said that he wanted to break off the marriage, I kindly ask that the madams present, can help be a witness.” 

Duan Wenyin’s expression changed drastically. Teng Yuyi’s words clearly meant to oppose the Duan family. She should have expected that a child of the Teng family would have such extreme ideas, and she definitely could not be vainly wronged and not fight back. She hurriedly laughed: “Yu’er misunderstood. The steward of the Dong family was crying endlessly, and it is inevitable that when one hears it, they will feel uncomfortable. When Ningyuan spoke out those words, he wanted nothing more than to make this muddled woman figure out the reasoning herself. The original intention was to dissolve the misunderstanding, and definitely did not have the intention to reverse question our family3Family: in this case, means with whom one is on familiar terms, not actual blood family relation. Ningyuan, I have said earlier that you are too outspoken. You really had good intentions, but the intoxicated (drunken) words that you said caused Yu’er to misunderstand. You must feel very remorseful right now. What are you standing there for? Quickly apologize to Yu’er and Madam!” 

Teng Yuyi “sadly” shook her head: “Whether General Duan is drunk or sad, I can’t tell, but tomorrow, I will write a letter to inform father about this matter, asking him to make the decision. The madams here have lots of experience, and at the look of this matter, I suppose one would understand. For tonight’s matters I ask for all of you to help make a judgment.” 

The madams originally did not want to be involved in the right and wrong of the two families. However, hearing that Teng Yuyi insisted on informing Teng Shao about this matter, it can be seen that this child would not let the Duan family act as if nothing happened. Teng Shao is a very powerful figure, and General Duan’s way of handling things tonight really has one feeling bitterly disappointed. It was not good to pretend that they were confused about the matter even when they clearly were not, so they hurriedly spoke: “It’s a pity to see that Lady Teng had just arrived at Chang’an, and has already encountered such a situation. We all know in our hearts that Yu’er was wronged.”  

Duan Ningyuan’s complexion was blue for a moment, and then red for a moment. Duan Wenying was angry and helpless. Yuyi, this child looks to be very unfamiliar with the affairs of life, but she actually has a nature of being so determined. In a few words, the matter of breaking off the marriage was settled. 

What can one do now? Ningyuan was seen muddle-headed in front of so many people. They could not conceal this matter even if they wanted to. It really got to the point of even breaking off the marriage, and all the fault would be placed on her younger brother. After leaving the Ziyun building tonight, the rumors and gossip will definitely spread throughout Chang’an tomorrow. 

Thank you for reading! I felt like there was so long paragraphs in this chapter