Mrs. Chen chanted a Buddha’s name, her face breaking into a broad smile.

A smile also appeared on Sixth Brother’s face.

Hui Niang’s expression was a little complicated, but she quickly smiled as well.

Seeing that the situation with Little Bowl was very good, Yun Jiao didn’t stay long and soon went back with Yang Ying.

Who knew that the next afternoon, Sixth Brother came galloping up to the gate of Renxin Hall on horseback, rushed in and shouted, "Sister Jiao Jiao, hurry and come home with me to take a look, Little Bowl is having massive bleeding!"

Gu Yunjiao was in the middle of seeing a patient, so she could only apologize to the patient, "Uncle, I’m sorry, could you come again this afternoon? I have to rush off to save a life."

As she spoke, she called for Ah Er to hitch the carriage while picking up the medicine chest and heading out.

Yang Ying followed her. "I’ll go too, I can lend a hand or something."

When they arrived at Sixth Brother’s house, they saw Mrs. Chen pacing round and round in the courtyard. Seeing Gu Yunjiao was like seeing a savior, "Jiao Jiao, quick, hurry and save Little Bowl."

Gu Yunjiao said nothing, lifted the curtain and went in; the metallic stench of blood rushed straight at her.

There was only Zhu Er in the room taking care of Little Bowl. Without another word, Gu Yunjiao first fed Little Bowl a safety pill of White Medicine, then disinfected the silver needles and began doing acupuncture to stop the bleeding.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the fresh blood that had been gushing as if it would never end stopped.

Gu Yunjiao took Little Bowl’s pulse, her brows knitting together.

Yesterday, Little Bowl’s pulse had still been very steady, and her labor had gone very smoothly without any danger. By rights, she should not be having a hemorrhage.

Gu Yunjiao had Little Bowl stick out her tongue coating for her to see.

Little Bowl had just barely held onto her life and no longer had much strength. She slowly stuck out her tongue coating for Gu Yunjiao to see.

One look, and Gu Yunjiao’s expression changed. "What did you eat?" Little Bowl’s tongue coating was yellow, not a normal color.

Little Bowl shook her head slightly. "I didn’t eat anything, just some milk-promoting soup."

Gu Yunjiao frowned. Milk-promoting soup shouldn’t be enough to make the tongue coating turn yellow.

Judging from Little Bowl’s condition, it was very likely she had taken red flower, and from the looks of it, quite a lot.

Red flower invigorates the blood and dispels stasis. Normally, after childbirth, a woman will continue to bleed for a period of time. At this time, if she takes red flower, it would be strange if the bleeding didn’t increase.

Gu Yunjiao instructed Zhu Er, "Go to the kitchen and take a look, see if there’s any of the soup Little Bowl drank left."

Zhu Er went and soon came back. "There’s none left. That soup, Auntie had a bowl in the morning and another at noon. She’d eaten almost all of it. Grandma told my mother to clean it up and said she’d cook another kind of soup tonight."

Gu Yunjiao frowned and said nothing.

She got up and went out, standing in the courtyard and glancing at the room to the north of the east wing.

Just then, the cry of an infant came from that room, followed by Hui Niang’s gentle voice, "Baby, don’t cry, we’ll eat again in a little while, alright?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Gu Yunjiao then turned her gaze to Sixth Brother, who was waiting in the courtyard.

Sixth Brother’s face was anxious. "Sister Jiao Jiao, Little Bowl, she—"

Gu Yunjiao called him to the side and said coolly, "Her life is temporarily saved."

"However, this hemorrhage of hers is very suspicious."

Sixth Brother didn’t understand for a moment. "What do you mean, suspicious?"

Mrs. Chen’s face turned pale on the spot. She couldn’t help glancing toward Hui Niang’s room.

Gu Yunjiao said, "By rights, Little Bowl’s labor was very smooth, she shouldn’t have had a hemorrhage."

"I just checked Little Bowl’s tongue coating; it has turned yellow."

She paused. "There is a medicinal herb called red flower. It has an excellent effect of invigorating the blood and removing stasis. Because its pigment is strong, people also use it as a dye."

"From the look of Little Bowl’s tongue coating, it seems to have been stained by red flower she ingested."