Chapter 2: Lin Ruhai's Poisoning

  Back at the Lin mansion, Jia Lian went to pay his respects to Lin Ruhai, while Daiyu first tidied herself up and took the opportunity to get familiar with her surroundings again. After all, some things in her memory were unreliable. Looking around the familiar room, Daiyu felt a wave of sadness wash over her, and suddenly she wanted to cry. This long-forgotten sorrow had swept over her, and she laughed at herself mockingly - this was indeed the memory that belonged to the original Daiyu, and it was also her own unique sorrow, but from now on, there would be no more.

  Seeing Daiyu's somewhat unnatural expression, Zi Juan's face changed and she walked forward. "Miss, go see Master after dressing up." She kindly supported Daiyu, but didn't know that at this time, Daiyu had already broken through the second layer of the Jade Pearl Technique, and could now resist all poisons, her body no longer as weak as before.

  "All right, help me change into some other clothes and tidy up a bit to go see Mother." Daiyu nodded slightly, indicating that Zi Juan and Xue Yan should get started together. In her heart, the scenes of Lin Ruhai's kindness to her flashed by quickly - was this fatherly love? The care of her own incomplete parents?

  After dressing up, Daiyu looked like a delicate porcelain doll, evoking sympathy and affection.

  "Miss, this way." Zi Juan and Xue Yan supported Dai Yu on either side, although her body had recovered, she wouldn't want to look for such unnecessary trouble, so she let them support her.

  "Ah Ma." Daiyu pushed open the door and entered, seeing a man with white hair sitting there reading. He looked so frail, clearly not long for this world.

  "Yu'er is back? It's all Ama's fault, making you fall ill and still have to come back." Lin Ruhai sighed and said, looking around at her daughter, her weak body, all the illnesses left behind by her mother.

  "It's Yu'er's fault, she can't stay by Ama's side to take care of her, that's why Ama fell ill." Daiyu carefully examined Lin Ruhai, his face was clearly poisoned. How could a dignified Jiangnan salt merchant be poisoned? However, this could also be understood, the oppression of officialdom, the transaction of power and money. "Xueyan, Zijuan, you two go down, I have something to discuss with Ama alone." Daiyu coldly instructed, there were some things she wouldn't let them know.

  "Miss!" Zi Juan said subconsciously, but was met with Dai Yu's cold gaze and shut her mouth. She and Xue Yan retreated and closed the door behind them.

  "Amma, you've been poisoned." Daiyu walked up to Lin Ruhai's side and stared steadily into his eyes.

  "How did you know, Jade?" Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu in surprise. This was a secret, even the servants of the Lin mansion thought that she had become weaker and weaker due to her longing for Jia Min, and now she was bedridden with illness, no one knew that she had been poisoned.

  "Amma, don't ask how I knew, just that I can detox is enough." Daiyu anxiously looked at Lin Ruhai, her past self had lost her parents at a young age, this life inherited Daiyu's memories, felt Lin Ruhai's love and care since childhood, naturally wanting to repay him well. Moreover, she didn't want to lose her father again at such a young age.

  "Yu'er, it doesn't matter whether I can detoxify or not. I should go accompany your mother now." Lin Ruhai's eyes were very calm, as if he had already seen through life and death. He indeed loved Jia Min deeply.

  "Would Mother allow me to be bullied by the Jia family alone? Isn't it a tragedy that my mother is gone, and now Mother wants her daughter to become a tragedy too?" Daiyu gazed coldly at Lin Ruhai, making him feel chilled to the bone. How could his own daughter have such an icy stare? What had she experienced in these two years at the Jia residence? No, it couldn't be - Grandmother Jia was her paternal grandmother and should have protected her well, let alone Yu'er...

  "Jade, didn't your grandmother treat you well?" Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu with tension.

  "Is that so? You've been suffering in silence, enduring the gossip of others. Ama, if your mother knew you were treating me like this, she would never forgive you." Daiyu gazed coldly at Lin Ruhai, her icy stare sending shivers down his spine. How could he have treated his own daughter this way, letting her suffer so much injustice?

  Seeing Lin Ruhai's emotional expression, Daiyu continued, "Auntie, the Jia family is just a bunch of servants, but we are the noble Lin Jia clan from the Imperial Guard. How can we be compared to them?" Daiyu emphasized that it was beneath her dignity for a mistress like herself to go live in a servant's household. It had never been heard of for a mistress to go borrow a place to stay in a servant's home, "Besides, I have you, Auntie, and the Lin Jia clan relatives, where would I need to go to borrow a place to stay?"

  "Yu'er, Ama is also doing this for your own good, so you can avoid the imperial court's schemes." Lin Ruhai sighed and said, he had already received the news that Kangxi was heading south.

  "What about the imperial family's plans, and how did Amma know that her daughter would rather go to Jia Mansion to humble herself and avoid trouble than face the wind and rain? Lin Daiyu argued, at most someone wants to marry me, but whether I want to get married or not is not up to them. Lin Daiyu's eyes were full of determination."

  "Yu'er, you..."

  "Amah, I want my daughter to give you an antidote. Amah has also studied medicine and naturally has golden needles." Daiyu interrupted Lin Ruhai's words, she wanted to let Lin Ruhai live first. "Amah, please survive for me." Daiyu said word by word, staring steadily at Lin Ruhai.

  "Good." Lin Ruhai nodded in agreement, looking at Daiyu's determined eyes.

  She rummaged around beside her, took out a golden needle from the drawer and said with a smile, "Ama, please lie down on the bed, I'll help you get rid of the poison."

  "Yu'er, where did you learn it from?" Lin Ruhai suddenly asked, he had forgotten to ask earlier.

  "Can't everything wait until the poison is solved?" Daiyu didn't want to explain this question anymore.

  "All right." Lin Ruhai obeyed and lay down on the bed, lifting up his shirt.

  Daiyu held the golden needle over the brazier, heating it until it was bright red. She carefully aimed at the acupoint and inserted the needle. This method of needling was quite special, belonging to the category of "putting one's life on the line" in order to revive. If not used properly, it could be fatal, but Lin Daiyu had mastered this technique since her previous life, so she could now use it with confidence and boldness.

  After a stick of incense, all the golden needles were inserted into Lin Ruhai's acupoints. Lin Ruhai only felt that his body was much more comfortable. When Daiyu pulled out all the golden needles, Lin Ruhai spat out a mouthful of black blood. Looking at his face again, it suddenly became rosy, apparently the toxins had been mostly cleared.

  "Ah Ma, all that's left is to take the medicine and recuperate, you must pay attention to your medication. Ah Ma, this poison was likely administered by someone close to her, accumulated over a long period of time, so when taking the medicine, one must be careful." Dai Yu thought for a moment before reminding her, it seems like there's a traitor in the Lin household, she needs to catch him.

  "I understand." Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu, and then he was going to ask his own question.