Chapter 251: Chapter 253: The Miscarriage Incident

She slammed it several times.

Boom—

A loud explosion followed, and the barrel of beer burst open.

Screams and footsteps, instantly turned into chaos.

How foolish this woman must be, to put beer in an ice cellar and freeze it for several hours.

Under intense impact, it would explode, it would explode! Do not imitate!

Feng Bailing wanted to stop it, but it was already too late.

When the barrel exploded, wood chips and gases flew all around.

The most unlucky ones were Dongfang Li and Feng Ruoyan, who were sitting right in front of the barrel, followed by Dugu Wu, Feng Bailing, and Feng Zhan Tian alongside Feng Zhao’an.

Feng Zhan Tian’s face was scratched by several sharp wood chips, and Feng Zhao’an fared slightly better, but his forehead was also swollen red from hits by several pieces of ice.

Feng Bailing was stunned, unscathed herself.

The moment the barrel exploded, Dugu Wu, with astonishing speed, clutched her close to his chest like a mother hen protecting her chick.

His body, just having dispersed the Gang Qi, was unaffected by the wood chips and ice shrapnel — those were problems for others.

“Gang Qi is indeed very handy.”

Feng Bailing secretly admired, casually touching Dugu Wu’s developed chest muscles.

Dugu Wu was also startled.

He thought someone had loaded the barrel with gunpowder, felt a disquieting “little claw” on his chest fumbling around restlessly.

He glared at Feng Bailing.

“What happened? How could the barrel explode?”

Dongfang Li came to his senses, feeling his face wet and stinging painfully.

He touched his face, finding several cuts on it.

He darkened his expression.

Instinctively looking towards Feng Bailing, he saw her nestled against Dugu Wu.

Against Dugu Wu’s tall stature, Feng Bailing looked like a delicate bird relying on him.

Dongfang Li felt even worse.

“Seventh Prince, please calm your anger.”

Feng Zhao’an was quite shocked and hurriedly got up to appease the guests.

Feng Zhan Tian’s chubby face turned pale with fright, seeing his daughter Feng Ruoyan terrified and slumped on the ground, he gathered his courage to help her up.

“Ruoyan, what exactly happened?”

“Dad, my stomach hurts so much.”

When the barrel exploded, the sound near Feng Ruoyan’s ears was like a thunderclap hitting the ground, frightening her out of her wits, and shards from the barrel hit her stomach.

She felt severe pain in her abdomen.

“Ruoyan, you’re bleeding!”

Upon seeing this, Feng Zhan Tian was stupefied.

Feng Ruoyan’s dress was already stained red with blood.

“Someone, go call the Imperial Physician immediately.”

Dongfang Li upon seeing this, stepped forward to examine Feng Ruoyan’s injuries.

“My stomach hurts so much, husband, I’m so scared.”

Feng Ruoyan clung to Dongfang Li’s hand.

“Sister Bailing, you know how to treat injuries, please come and have a look.”

Seeing this, Feng Zhao’an quickly sought help from Feng Bailing.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Feng Bailing found it hard to refuse.

She walked forward and took Feng Ruoyan’s pulse.

“She’s pregnant, didn’t you know?”

Feng Bailing was also somewhat surprised. Feng Ruoyan was already almost two months pregnant. Counting the days, she should have conceived during the Xia He Banquet.

Dongfang Li was speechless.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ruoyan burst into tears that seemed to break her heart, clutching Feng Bailing’s hand.

“Sister Bailing, you have to save my baby.”

She had been longing day and night just hoping she could have a child, then she would finally be able to turn her life around.

“Bailing, you must have a way. You can even cure the Princess’s illness, you must also be able to stabilize Ruoyan’s fetus.”

Feng Zhan Tian also panicked.

His daughter and his chance to completely leap into a new life all depended on the child in Ruoyan’s womb.

Hearing that Feng Ruoyan was pregnant, Dongfang Li’s expression was somewhat wooden.

He did not feel any joy. He looked at Feng Bailing who shook her head and said something, but he couldn’t hear clearly.

He only heard Feng Ruoyan’s heart-wrenching cries.

When the Imperial Physician arrived, he said nearly the same things as Feng Bailing.

Feng Ruoyan was sent back to the Prince Li Residence.

A well-prepared banquet ended in disapproval, understandably, the mood at Feng Mansion was imaginable.

When Feng Bailing and Dugu Wu left, it was already deep night.

“That wine was from Chuyue Tower.”

Dugu Wu’s face was somewhat cold.

He glanced at Feng Bailing.

A night breeze blew, making Feng Bailing feel a bit cold; however, Dugu Wu’s gaze was even colder.

Feng Bailing frowned.

“Dugu Wu, what do you mean by that? You don’t think that I tampered with the wine barrel, do you? Beer is a carbonated beverage; it cannot be frozen. Zuixian Inn has sold so much of it without incidents; the explosion was merely because Feng Ruoyan froze it for a few hours.”

Feng Bailing felt very indignant about Dugu Wu’s suspicion.

Ordinary customers who buy beer don’t have ice cellars for long-term chilling; after the lesson of oil consumption was learned, everything sold from Zuixian Inn would be stored in ice cellars.

Originally, the beer was already frozen; after Feng Ruoyan bought it, in order to please Dongfang Li, she sent it back to the Prince Manor to chill, then transported it back by horse carriage. The trip was bumpy with large temperature differences, adding impacts, then it exploded.

Dugu Wu didn’t speak.

He was very clear about the capabilities of Feng Bailing.

Although she hadn’t condensed the Wenhua Seal, Feng Bailing was the most intelligent woman he had ever seen, even more so than Nalan Yan’er.

“Even if I am calculative, I would not tamper with the life of an innocent fetus.”

A twinge of pain crossed Feng Bailing’s heart; she walked away infuriated without getting on the horse carriage.

Dugu Wu stood at the spot.

“Sir, the Princess Consort is not that kind of person.”

Feng Zao, trying to help Feng Bailing in the argument, spoke.

The Princess Consort is the smartest woman he had seen, but she is not evil; on the contrary, she is very kind and cordial towards people.

“This is just too coincidental. This time, she had pushed Nalan Yan’er into a corner. Even a cornered dog will jump the wall, let alone Nalan Yan’er.”

Dugu Wu got a bit of a headache.

He had to suspect Feng Bailing. From their first meeting, the impression Feng Bailing left him was of being meticulous and calculative.

“Sir, let me go after the Princess Consort.”

Feng Zao tried to help Dugu Wu onto the horse carriage.

“No need, you go back first.”

With a stern face, leaning on a walking stick, Dugu Wu followed the direction Feng Bailing had gone.

Feng Zao was stunned for a moment before realizing, Sir, is this him going after the Princess Consort?