A grandmother and granddaughter swap souls, causing chaos throughout the entire court.

Wen Jingxian was already as weak as a sheet of paper because she had not received adequate nutrition for many years.

Today, she was first pushed and shoved by a wicked servant and frightened by her mother-in-law. Then she experienced the great joy that her daughter was not dead. Immediately afterwards, she was overwhelmed with grief and fear that her daughter wanted to kill her.

With such extreme emotional fluctuations, coupled with the intense fear she had just experienced, her body finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Well……"

Wen Jingxian hunched over in pain, clutching her swollen pregnant belly tightly with both hands, her forehead instantly covered in a dense layer of cold sweat.

She could clearly feel a sharp, stabbing pain in her stomach, and it seemed as if warm liquid was slowly flowing out of her lower body.

She trembled as she stretched out her bloodless fingers and gripped Zhong Tingyuan's withered wrist tightly, her voice so weak it seemed as if it might break at any moment.

"Master...I...my stomach hurts so much...I think...I'm bleeding..."

Zhong Tingyuan is already a father of four, so how could he not know what it means for his wife to bleed at this time!

Jingxian is only six months old!

He looked down sharply and saw that the edge of the chair where Wen Jingxian was sitting was already faintly oozing a glaring crimson.

"Jingxian!"

Zhong Tingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and a mournful cry like that of a trapped beast escaped his throat.

He turned his head abruptly, his gray, empty eyes now brimming with tears of despair.

He disregarded all dignity, gripping the armrests of the wheelchair tightly with both hands, leaning forward desperately, almost falling off the wheelchair.

"Mother! Please save Jingxian!" Zhong Tingyuan pleaded hysterically to Guoguo, who was sitting in the main seat, his voice hoarse and shrill. "She's been traumatized and might be going into premature labor! Please save her and the baby in her womb!"

He knew his mother disliked the first wife's family, but right now in this Marquis's mansion, only his mother could save Jingxian!

"You can take my life right now! You can drain my blood to use as a medicinal ingredient for my third brother! I just beg you to have mercy and find a doctor to save her!"

While shouting, Zhong Tingyuan disregarded his crippled legs and tumbled off the wheelchair, landing heavily on his knees on the bluestone bricks with a "bang," and desperately kowtowing.

Guoguo was still cursing her wicked grandmother in her heart, but when she suddenly saw her mother's pale face and the shocking bloodstains on her skirt, Guoguo's face turned pale as well.

The baby in Mommy's belly is only six months old!

If I were to give birth now, given how severely my mother's health is compromised, how could I possibly survive!

That could result in the death of three people!

Guoguo was so anxious that cold sweat poured down her forehead. She waved her withered old hands wildly and shouted at the top of her lungs towards the door.

"Is anyone else outside?! Come in and help! Quickly carry Mother back inside!"

Hearing the commotion, Wan Tang and several rough-working women who were guarding the door quickly pushed the door open and ran in.

When they saw the bloodstains on the First Madam's skirt, they all gasped in horror.

The group quickly carried Wen Jingxian, who was in so much pain that she was almost unconscious, into the newly tidied west side room.

Zhong Tingyuan was also pushed in a wheelchair, following closely behind, his eyes bloodshot as he stared intently in his wife's direction.

Guoguo was about to follow when she suddenly slapped her thigh.

Damn!

Her precious purse is still with her wicked grandmother!

Without the silver needles and talismans her master gave her, she was empty-handed. How could she possibly save her mother?

"You, take me to Sixth Miss's place right now!" Guoguo grabbed a maid's collar and urged her impatiently.

The little maid was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she stumbled and staggered as she led the way.

They arrived at the side room.

The five-year-old body was still lying unconscious on the couch, sprawled out, with a large, shiny blue bump on its forehead.

Guoguo looked at her own face and felt a pang of heartache, but saving her mother was the priority right now!

She spotted the dusty little pouch hanging at her waist immediately.

Fortunately, the wicked grandmother didn't notice the purse and didn't throw it away.

Guoguo snatched the purse from her hand, clutched it tightly, turned around, and strode off back home in a hurry.

West main room.

The smell of blood gradually filled the air.

Wen Jingxian lay on the soft bed, looking as if she had been pulled out of the water, her breath barely a whisper.

"Jingxian...Jingxian, hang in there..."

Zhong Tingyuan sat in his wheelchair, tightly gripping his wife's cold hand, his eyes filled with a deathly despair.

Beside the bed.

Dr. Chen, who had rushed over with his medicine kit on his back, was placing two fingers on Wen Jingxian's slender wrist.

He was covered in sweat, beads of sweat dripping down his chin, and he didn't even bother to wipe them away. His face was so serious it looked like it was about to drip water.

It's over! It's all over!

Dr. Chen was inwardly groaning in despair.

The First Madam's pulse is thin and weak, and although it is slippery, it is chaotic and disordered, which is clearly a sign of premature labor and miscarriage!

What's worse is that the First Madam's health was already severely depleted and she was extremely weak, and she was carrying twins!

The two fetuses were like vines parasitizing a dead tree, frantically absorbing the meager nutrients left in the mother's body every day, leaving the First Madam's body an empty shell.

Now that she has been so frightened and stimulated, the fetus is moving violently, which is clearly a forced premature birth!

but……

Doctor Chen secretly glanced at the First Madam, who was lying on the bed, unable to even utter a sound of pain.

At this moment, the First Madam had absolutely no strength left to give birth.

Even if they were lucky enough to give birth, the two fetuses would not have developed properly at full term in the womb, and would be extremely weak and unable to survive.

Most likely outcome...

That's three lives lost in one pregnancy!

The physician was so frightened that his legs trembled and he quickly withdrew his hand.

Normally, he wouldn't even bat an eye at whether the eldest son and his wife lived or died.

Everyone in the Hou family knows that the old lady hates the eldest son's family the most. Now that the eldest son's wife is dead, the old lady might even give him a few taels of silver.

But today is different!

The maid Wan Tang who came to invite him earlier gave him many instructions on the way.

It is said that the old lady's temperament has changed drastically today. She is protecting the eldest son's family as if they were her own eyes, and she even wants to spend a thousand taels of silver to repair the eldest son's courtyard!

Since the old lady has spoken to protect the eldest madam, if he fails to do so, given the old lady's extraordinary abilities, his head will likely fall as well!

"Sir..."

Doctor Chen turned around and met Zhong Tingyuan's eyes, which were bloodshot and filled with murderous intent like a trapped beast. He was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground.

"Sir, the Madam's condition... is extremely critical!"

The physician, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead haphazardly with his sleeve, replied in a trembling voice.

"The First Madam was already deficient in both qi and blood, and now she is pregnant with twins. She has suffered a great shock, and the pregnancy is completely unstable. She is about to give birth."

"But the First Madam is barely breathing and has no strength left to give birth! If we force labor, I fear... I fear it will result in the deaths of both mother and child!"