Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Chapter 797 The deadline is approaching

General Bai's Mansion.

When Song Ruozhen and her group rushed over, they found the entire Bai residence brightly lit.

The women in the mansion were all wiping away tears, and Old Madam Bai was heartbroken, crying out:

"How could this happen? The general has always been in good health. The doctor checked on him a while ago and said he was doing very well. How could he suddenly become like this?"

General Bai's son, his face grim and barely concealing his anger, said, "Someone must have tampered with this and poisoned my father, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly fallen ill and become bedridden!"

Physician Xu sighed and said, "Judging from the pulse, the old general's body has always been in a state of deficiency, but he only appears to be healthy on the surface."

We happened to have a training exercise today, and the problems immediately came to light.

"And I've checked carefully, there are absolutely no signs of poisoning!"

"I don't believe it! You quack! My father has definitely been poisoned, or have you been bribed to deliberately conceal my father's condition!"

General Bai was furious. "How could I, as his son, not know my father's health condition?"

My father was in a good mood today, which is why he let me do a training run with him!

Physician Xu was grabbed by the clothes, and a look of panic appeared on his face. "General Bai, everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, go find another doctor. I really would not harm General Bai!"

General Bai was already quite old, and if he had simply focused on his health, he wouldn't have had any major health problems. However, today's training exercise further weakened his already depleted body, which is why he vomited blood.

"Bai Liang, let go first."

Seeing that Bai Liang was completely out of control, Song Lin quickly told him to let go, "I've already called Zhen'er. You know her medical skills."

Bai Liang let go of her hand, but his heart sank.

My father did indeed collapse suddenly after training with him. Could it really be because of training with him that my father became like this?

That means... he killed his father!

Seeing this scene, Gu Ruyan couldn't help but feel her eyes redden. General Bai and Old General Bai had always had a good relationship, and their friendship over the years had been excellent. Now, seeing this situation, they felt terrible.

"Father, Mother, I'm here."

Song Ruozhen hurried over.

The moment they saw Song Ruozhen, a glimmer of hope ignited in the eyes of everyone in the mansion.

"Zhen'er, go in and see. General Bai looked fine this morning, but after a training exercise, he suddenly vomited blood," Gu Ruyan said hurriedly.

Song Ruozhen nodded, and without bothering to talk to the others, she went into the house.

When Madam Bai saw Song Ruozhen, she hurriedly said, "Zhen'er, please think of a way to save this old general."

"Grandma Bai, I will do my best."

Song Ruozhen looked at General Bai on the bed. He was pale, weak, and exhausted. He seemed unlikely to make it through the night.

As she took the old general's pulse, her heart sank.

The old lady Bai, observing her expression, felt even more despair in her heart.

“Zhen, there’s nothing we can’t say. Actually, we all have our own guesses.”

Seeing that Song Ruozhen remained silent, Madam Bai's tears fell again. Even though she already knew the truth, she still felt an indescribable pain in her heart.

She and the old general have been husband and wife for so many years, from when she married him as a teenager to now having a house full of children and grandchildren.

Although I knew my time would come eventually, it's just too sudden right now...

Song Ruozhen frowned. She had just met General Bai a while ago. At that time, her father had been praising her medical skills with great pride, so she had taken General Bai's pulse.

Judging from his pulse at the time, General Bai was in good health. Although he had suffered from many hidden ailments on the battlefield in his early years, he was very capable, so his son, General Bai, was the one who went to the battlefield later.

General Bai stayed at home, enjoying his grandchildren. Because he was in a cheerful mood and had a clear mind, and because he had spent a lot of money on medicine to improve his health, he had made up for all the losses.

This situation occurred so soon after the fact, which is clearly unreasonable.

There must be something wrong!

Although the pulse diagnosis revealed nothing, Song Ruozhen was certain that there was a problem, so she carefully examined General Bai's condition.

One possibility after another floated through my mind, after all, some toxins can kill a person without them even realizing it, and no clues can be found.

"Has the old general gone anywhere by himself these past two days, or eaten anything that none of you have eaten before?" Song Ruozhen asked.

Upon hearing this, Madam Bai quickly replied, "Master went out yesterday to drink with some friends, including General Song."

Song Lin nodded, "Yesterday, my master and I drank together, and we ate the same food. There was nothing wrong with it."

He carefully recalled the events of yesterday and said, "Speaking of which, there was a dish of stinky tofu yesterday that I usually like to eat, but my master and the others weren't interested in it."

However, when my master heard me say that this thing was a delicacy, he became curious and took a bite.

Just as I was about to eat, the food was accidentally knocked over by the new waiter at the shop.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room widened their eyes.

"Could it be... that the stinky tofu is poisonous?"

After saying this, Song Lin's heart skipped a beat. Did this mean that the person the other party really wanted to harm was him?

The master only tried it out of curiosity about whether it tasted good, and that's when the trouble started.

Song Ruozhen was already investigating the possibilities, and after hearing this, she became even more certain that General Bai must have been poisoned, rather than truly nearing his end.

She never expected that all of this was directed at her father, while General Bai was an innocent victim.

Upon hearing this, Physician Xu felt a pang of unease. It seemed his medical skills were indeed far inferior to those of the Princess Consort of Chu.

Princess Chu could tell that she had been poisoned, but he could tell from her pulse that she was not feeling well, so it didn't seem like she was poisoned at all!

"Princess Consort of Chu, I really can't discern anything from this pulse. Please enlighten me, what kind of poison is this?"

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on Song Ruozhen, their hearts filled with anticipation.

If it is poisoning, then there is hope of saving the person.

Song Ruozhen had some guesses in her mind at this moment, so she quickly read out some medicinal herbs and asked someone to fetch them.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the 'Cycling Heartbreak Grass'."

"Seven-Star Heartbreak Grass?"

Physician Xu looked surprised. "I think I've heard of this poison before, but it's extremely rare, and I don't remember it at all."

There are so many kinds of poisons in this world, and even as a royal physician, one can only know a fraction of them.

According to his fragmented memories, the Seven-Star Heartbreak Grass did indeed cause a silent and undetectable death, without any discernible symptoms...