Wife, Please Stop Running Away!

040 : The Diminishing Zusha Shi (Part 2)

Pale-colored smoke smoothly rises up in a thin delicate line like a soul of a descending life. It only needed a little waft to move it in a curve but eventually, it will just return to its peaceful rising state. The smell of sandalwood continued to permit in the air diffusing a wooden and floral blend making people feel calm.

Yet, no matter how many incense sticks can be lighted, the people inside the room could never feel such tranquility. This is especially concentrated on the person who just finished drawing some blood from Lin Mian Mian's finger. Two people are sitting in floor cushions while a few servants are stationed in every corner.

By just sitting there, the 'nth' physician can feel the desolate emotion coming from the thirteenth wife.

The drawn blood is then placed in a small vial. Inside the vial is a special liquid mainly used by the physicians to measure a person's fertility. Even though this method is somewhat weird and crude from the perspective of a modern man, this kind of method in this pseudo-set world is quite normal. Lin Mian Mian did not know the science behind it but even his transmigration after death remained a mystery.

The process of this test is quite easy. All you have to do is to take a few drops of blood from the subject then place it inside the vial. Somehow, the special liquid inside the vial has a non-polar characteristic. Meaning, it will act like how oil and water react. The special liquid is less dense than the blood so the blood will drop to the bottom.

Once the division between the two liquids is clear, then the physician will add a drop of a catalyst then mix it. There will be a variation on the mixture's color depending on whatever illness the subject had. If it becomes red then the subject is healthy. If it becomes black then the subject has some terminal illness.

Lin Mian Mian's result is violet - it means infertility. It doesn't have to be a ger, a female, or a male. As long as the result is violet, it means the same thing.

This result is similar to the results of the physicians who tested Lin Mian Mian before him. They have different methods in testing; using whatever material they are best at using. Yet, no matter how many chances and types, the answers are all the same. If this is in statistics, with all the factors are given and known, then it can only tell one truth.

Lin Mian Mian will never be able to bear a child.

"Lady Lin... the results..." The physician lowered his head, unable to continue his words.

This concubine is only one of the figureheads of the harem. If we talk about the significance, Lin Mian Mian is not the only one. However, somehow, this issue made a lot of people worry about him especially the physicians who initiated the tests. They suddenly feel sad and gloomy after knowing the result.

They have done this before with their other patients. They feel sad, they feel pity, but it is not to the point of getting affected. After all, despite being a physician, they were totally unrelated. But this becomes different when it comes to Lin Mian Mian.

Is it because of the influence that he had with the people?

It should be expected, the physician thought. The gers are known for having a weak body. Though it never happened before that they lost their ability of conceiving, this is still something expected. But he somehow wanted to change the result.

He wanted to receive a positive answer.

This ger had suffered so much in a short time. His honorable father died in a war. A month had not passed yet but he was wed inside the palace. It also didn't take a month for the emperor to leave to the borders. And now, something happened to him that caused his ability to conceive to be gone forever...