The Marquis' Wife
Sketch of the perpetrator and the panic of Liang Chenyue

Lu Mei hugged the frowning Adelia holding back the pain in her right hand as well as her stomach that had started to ache due to the contractions from the shock of what had just happened.

The two waited for the waiter to call Lu Xiang but had already waited for a few minutes there was no sign of anyone coming to where they were.

Lu Mei looked around looking for a passing servant but her eyes widened noticing the oddity!. Not a single waiter appeared on the road leading to the bathroom, this was not a natural thing to happen because so many maids were there, there is no way that no one will ever step onto that path.

"Please!! Helpgg!!!" Lu Mei shouted out loudly, no matter the commotion and embarrassment she caused, the most important thing now was to help her master quickly.

"Tolohr!!! Helpgg!!".

The hysterical cry was heard to the party place made people wonder where the cry came from.

Lu Xiang who heard that was startled and immediately stood up quickly and dashed towards the source of the sound making people shocked.

Prefect Zhong also heard and was surprised by Lu Xiang's actions, he told his servant to check and report to him what happened.

"Aelia!! Where are you?!!". Lu Xiang shouted loudly.

"Great master!! We're here, big master!!!" Lu Mei was so happy to hear Lu Xiang's voice and immediately replied loudly.

Lu Xiang's eyes were wide-eyed to see his wife lying on the ground hugged by Lu Mei, her breathing suffocating her heart as if gripped tightly by something.

"A-adellias! What's going on?" Lu Xiang sat to the side, his hands that touched his wife's face shaking violently.

"A servant bumped into the mistress from behind and ran away. Grand master! The madam had contractions and pain in her hands".

Lu Xiang took over Adelia's increasingly pale body then lifted her body and walked quickly to the gate, he wanted to immediately check on his wife's condition on the healer but only a few steps did he meet with Prefect Zhong's servant.

"Mr Xiefu, you can take Madame Xiefu to the northern room. I will immediately summon the personal healer Prefect Zhong!" They don't know what's going on but now it's about saving and treating Adelia.

Lu Xiang regained his senses and nodded quickly then walked quickly under the direction of the maid. One servant returned to the party venue and reported what they saw to Prefect Zhong while the other immediately summoned the personal healer of the Zhong family.

It would be fatal if master Xiefu Lu's wife happened to him.

"Lu Mei, take care outside don't let anyone else in but the healer".

"Good great master" Lu Mei stood outside with her hands tightly grasped until it trembled, she hoped inwardly nothing had happened to Adelia.

"Lu Xiang" An increasingly pale Adelia called out her husband's name.

"I'm here, baby. Baby...did you hear me? Take out the lotus well water baby, you have to drink it so that his body no longer hurts".

Adelia heard her husband's words and took out a water bottle filled with lotus well water but she was unable to raise her hand to drink. His contracting stomach made it very difficult to focus on anything else.

Lu Xiang drank lotus well water and kissed Adelia until her wife drank water in her mouth, she did so several times until Lu Mei reported that the physician had arrived.

Prefect Zhong, Liang Shu, the concubine of Prefect Zhong and Liang Shu immediately went to the northern room and saw the healer who had just arrived.

While his children stay at the party and calm other guests and end the party. Although many people were wondering but they did not get a satisfactory answer and were forced to leave the Zhong family home.

The doctor checked Adelia's pulse and saw her right hand sprain.

"Mistress Xiefu's demeanor was fine, only her hands were sprained. I will take note of the herbal medicine for Madam Xiefu".

The healer then massaged Adelia's sprained hand to make the woman choose pain and then put topical medication on the wrist before wrapping it with a cloth so that the ligament muscles do not experience movement that will worsen the sprain.

"What the hell is going on?" Prefect Zhong who was waiting outside asked Lu Mei, he was so shocked to hear what his servant reported.

Lu Mei glanced into the room and bit her lower lip then kowtowed at Prefect Zhong.

Everyone present there was shocked, especially Liang Chenyue, her pupils were trembling in panic yet she immediately calmed herself down. No, he must remain calm, he has prepared everything and is unlikely to be discovered.

"Whatchu mean? Who's gonna make Adelia?".

Lu Mei told me from the beginning that she and her employer went to the bathroom until someone hit Adelia from behind, and what she did afterwards.

"Hamba vividly remembered what the waiter's face looked like up to his clothes and accessories!! lord Prefect please help madam servant capture that ruthless offender!! He wanted to kill two lives one body!!".

Lu Mei kowtowed and begged Prefect Zhong. Lu Xiang who was in the room also heard that, his hands clenched to a pale, his jaws hardened imagining what happened to his wife.

Liang Chenyue!!

Just that one name he thought of as the culprit who hurt his wife!! You fucking lady!! Just because I was silent you dared to extend your hand to Adelia!!.

Liang Chenyue grew even more panicked, her face paled slightly but no one noticed as all focused on Lu Mei.

"good. I'll definitely catch the culprit, Lu Xiang you take it easy. Uncle won't let the culprit just run away".

Lu Xiang did not reply and just focused on Adelia's face that was starting to improve, the water of the lotus well in dampening the contraction due to shock and he was very grateful for that. He gently stroked his wife's forehead and kissed slowly and carefully.

"Picture the waiter who hit Adelia in as much detail as possible, I'll have the attendant look for her as soon as possible". Prefect Zhong's orders, he told his servant to pick up a brush and paper and give it to Lu Mei.

Lu Mei nodded strongly and began to paint the face she remembered, although it was not so bright yet it was enough for her to remember the face of the maid.

"His silence was bleeding from begging for mercy, when I told him to call the great master Lu Xiang, he fled".

Prefect Zhong looked at the rough sketch drawn by Lu Mei and told his servant to see if they knew the maid.

"It! It's Meng Yueyue!!" A servant knew the servant.

"Find him all over this house!! and order the guards to multiply this sketch and give it to the yamen officer on duty tonight!".

"Good Prefect!!".

Lu Mei who was looking at the sketch was getting panicked and pale, her trembling hands she had hidden in hanfu but the gesture instead made her uncle's concubine distract to her.

The concubine looked in surprise at Liang Chenyue's strange demeanor, her eyebrows raised and her eyes slightly enlarged when thinking of a possibility. She looked at Liang Chenyue then at Liang Shu who was staring anxiously, this party under her watch, her husband would definitely blame her if something happened to Lu Xiang's wife.

The healer handed Lu Xiang a piece of paper and Prefect Zhong's servant contained about the herbs that should be prepared and boiled for drinking.

Prefect Zhong's servants immediately searched the medicine into the pharmacy shop and boiled it according to the instructions on the piece of paper and brought it to the northern room.

"This is the cure, doctor".

"Mr Xiefu, drink this to your mistress to make her feel better".

"Good healer". Lu Xiang returned to drink the bitter medicine mouth to mouth until Adelia frowned at how bitter the liquid was entering her mouth.

"I'm going to bring my wife home. Thank you for your help from the doctor". Lu Mei held Adelia and exited the room.

His steps stopped when he saw Prefect Zhong and the others.

"Please investigate the arsonist some time ago uncle. I'm sure it was the same guy". Lu Xiang spoke to Prefect Zhong but his eyes stared intently and coldly at Liang Chenyue.

He no longer wanted to just shut up and let things happen to his family. Tonight he realized that he could lose Adelia who was the foundation of his life at any time if he let this incident be buried like the burning shop some time ago.

Liang Chenyue's eyes were wide-eyed as she did not expect that Lu Xiang knew that he was the arsonist!!!.