The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 359 Killing a Rat May Damage the Jade Bottle
Zuo Yan came from a distinguished family and had practiced martial arts and studied Confucian classics since childhood. He knew that while the imperial family held power, the Xuan clan was revered, and even families like theirs could only look up to them. He also knew that the world revered the Xuan clan because there were things in this world that mortals could not touch, such as demons, monsters, and evil spirits that roamed the earth, requiring members of the Xuan clan to exterminate evil and uphold justice.

Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, those Taoist practitioners who know Taoist arts and can even go to heaven and earth are like half-immortals, and should be respected and revered.

Knowing this, Zuo Yan was momentarily stunned when he heard that the so-called curse was right beside him.

Was his wife cursed?
"You mean you're under a curse?" Zuo Yan swallowed hard, almost forcing the words out between his teeth: "How could that be!"

"Why is it impossible?" Lang Jiuchuan pressed one hand on Bai Shi's screaming head and looked over indifferently. "What I see is the reason. Her meridians are bound by an evil curse, which is why they are blocked and her qi and blood are weak. This curse will keep her weak and cause her to die from weakness, making it impossible for anyone to find out. In fact, if I hadn't come just now, she would have already been taken away by the ghost messengers. If that were the case, who would know that she died from the curse? I guess everyone would say that she was weak and sickly, and died after a high fever subsided."

Zuo Yan was speechless as he watched Bai Shi gradually regain her composure.

In the past two days, several imperial physicians and doctors from Wujing City have been invited to prepare him, because the medicine he has been given has not helped and it will be difficult for him to survive.

He refused to believe it; his wife was only twenty-seven, so young, how could she have died like this? That's why he went to Lang Jiuchuan, hoping to get a different explanation.

As it turns out, there are indeed different explanations, such as that it was due to a curse, which is absurd and unbelievable.

But Zuo Yan dared not disbelieve it.

He was at his wit's end.

“My wife is kind-hearted. Because of her frail health, she rarely goes out. Even when she receives invitations from various mansions, she often declines them due to her poor health. It’s unlikely that she would make enemies with anyone. How could she be cursed?” Zuo Yan asked, puzzled.

Lang Jiuchuan recalled what Jiang Che had once said: a woman's jealousy is terrifying.

Looking at his face, although he looked haggard, his handsome features were still undeniable. He was also tall and had a good family background. Furthermore, he was affectionate and devoted. Such a man should be the ideal husband in the hearts of many women.

“Sometimes, it’s not necessarily a beautiful woman who brings trouble; a handsome man can too.” Lang Jiuchuan said meaningfully, “Putting aside everything else, the young master’s family background alone is enough to make people drool… oh, make people’s hearts flutter. It’s not impossible that he might want to do something if he finds his wife blocking his way.”

Zuo Yan's face turned green upon hearing this.

“No, it shouldn’t be.” The nanny with a terrified look on her face looked over and said, “Our master, who is also the madam’s father, also passed away at a young age because of his poor health and the incurable disease.”

Lang Jiuchuan was surprised.

Zuo Yan nodded: "My father-in-law passed away when my wife was three years old, at the young age of twenty-six..."

He paused as he looked at his wife on the bed. She was not yet thirty. Was she going to follow in her father-in-law's footsteps?
"May I ask who the Crown Prince's in-laws are?"

"The former Director of the Imperial Academy, Bai Kuanglin, was my wife's grandfather and father-in-law, Bai Lixin. He originally had two siblings..." Zuo Yan's expression suddenly changed slightly, and his fingers trembled slightly as he asked the old nanny, "Nanny Zhang, I remember that Ning'er's uncle fell into the river and died at 7 p.m., while her aunt died in childbirth?"

Granny Zhang grew increasingly frightened, nodding heavily, "Yes, the Second Master passed away during the Dragon Boat Festival while watching the dragon boats fall into the water; the young master wasn't even a year old then. As for the young lady, she died in childbirth, giving birth to a daughter, and now she's fourteen." "It seems the Bai family's feng shui is unusual; all three siblings died young without exception." Lang Jiuchuan stroked his chin and asked, "And how are the young master and this young lady of the Bai family in health?"

Zhang Mama frowned and said, "When the young lady had a difficult childbirth, she almost didn't breathe when she was born. It was the doctor who sucked out the amniotic fluid that had entered her throat and saved her life. Therefore, her health is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and she is not very healthy. As for the young master, he is fine now, but the old lady and the others spoil him too much."

Zuo Yan knew that his wife's family had died young. He used to think it was just a coincidence, or at most, like Lang Jiuchuan said, he would sigh that it was bad luck and bad feng shui. But now, looking at it, could it be because of a curse?

He looked at Lang Jiuchuan and asked, "Doctor, could there be some coincidence here?"

Lang Jiuchuan looked at the Bai family and shook his head, saying, "I don't know anything about the Bai family, but one person can be said to have a short life, two can be a coincidence, and three can also be a coincidence? Especially since your wife is already under a curse, rather than thinking about coincidences, it's better to boldly imagine that someone has cursed the Bai family's offspring."

Zuo Yan said with a stern face, "Ning'er's grandparents are still alive, and my cousin-in-law is sixteen this year, which is perfectly normal. This..."

"Doesn't this just confirm that they're targeting the Bai family's offspring? The two elders are still alive, but their next generation all died in their prime, and the next generation after that, all of them were in poor health—she is, and so is that young lady. Young Master Bai is not at fault, but how can you be so sure? Perhaps it's just that the time isn't right yet!"

Granny Zhang's knees buckled, and she knelt by the bedside, her face pale.

Lang Jiuchuan said, "Regardless of any other hidden reasons, we must make a trip to the Bai family to investigate. Otherwise, the curse on your wife will be difficult to break. Just now, I tried to use my spiritual power to touch the evil curse on your wife's meridians, and it felt threatened and retaliated, which is why your wife is in so much pain. This curse is a bit troublesome!"

If a curse is attached to a meridian and forcibly removed, it will sense the threat and resist with all its might, which will be troublesome for the host. If the curse becomes violent and causes all the meridians in Bai's body to break, then the curse will be removed, but she will also become a cripple and will not live long.

Killing a mouse might damage the jade vase.

Zuo Yan's face turned extremely pale after hearing Lang Jiuchuan's explanation; this was much more difficult to treat than ordinary weakness.

Granny Zhang looked at Lang Jiuchuan with some surprise and asked, "Isn't the young lady a doctor?"

Lang Jiuchuan raised an eyebrow: "Who said I'm a doctor?"

Both of them looked over.

"I only know a little bit of esoteric arts, and medicine is also within my scope of study. I'm not very good at it, so I dare not call myself a doctor. But it's just a title, so feel free to use it as you like," Lang Jiuchuan said. "My Taoist name is Qingyi, but I don't live in a Taoist temple. I just cultivate in the secular world. You can call me Qingyi Sanren, or you can call me Miss Lang."

The two were speechless. He was too modest. He hadn't learned it very well, but his skill with acupuncture was superb. He had brought down the high fever in an instant. If he had learned it well, wouldn't the person have recovered?

At that moment, someone hurriedly came to the bedchamber and said, "Your Highness, someone from the Bai family has arrived. They say that your uncle has suddenly fallen ill and they request Your Highness's help to go to the palace to invite Imperial Physician Zhang Tang to come to the residence for treatment."

Lang Jiuchuan's eyes twitched. What is skill? This is skill!

(End of this chapter)