Chapter 115 Mabel Is Stabbed by a Villain
Patrick never expected something like this would happen.
"Wasn't she just going to the church to pray? How did she run into criminals? I can't just hand out my family crest badge casually, otherwise..."
Before he could finish, Cressida had already walked over and yanked the crest badge from his waist.
Patrick snapped, "Why are you snatching it? It's not like I wasn't going to give it!"
Cressida couldn't be bothered to argue with him and handed it directly to Noah.
"Donny has trouble walking, and going to the palace would waste time. Get a servant who's quick on their feet to go to the palace immediately and fetch the court physician."
After saying this, Cressida told Verity to go along.
Then she turned and hurried toward Mabel's room.
As soon as she entered Mabel's courtyard, she heard Jessica's heart-wrenching cries.
"Tell me, who stabbed Mother? Tell me now!"
Cressida walked into the room and saw Jessica gripping Michael's collar tightly, shaking him as she demanded answers.
Michael looked completely dazed. He cowered his head in fear, shaking it and saying he didn't know.
"Jessica."
"Cressida!" When Jessica saw Cressida, she immediately burst into tears. "My mother is dying!"
Cressida immediately went to the bedside to check Mabel's injuries.
She saw that on Mabel's back, near her heart and lungs, there was a bloody wound.
Right now her blood wouldn't stop flowing, and it had already stained half the bedsheet red.
Cressida examined the wound and guessed it must have been made by a sharp dagger stabbed straight in.
Mabel's face was pale, her breathing weak. If she wasn't saved soon, it would be too late.
Cressida immediately had Emma go to the room and get the medicine Cressida had brought back.
When Cressida had been hanging by a thread before, it was this medicine that had saved her life.
Doyle had given her three bottles, and she still had one left.
Then, Cressida very calmly and decisively tore down the bed curtain nearby.
She wrapped Mabel's upper body tightly with the bed curtain to prevent the blood from flowing out too quickly.
"Ingrid, go boil the thousand-year-old lingzhi mushroom that Prince Marshall gave us last time into a medicinal soup and bring it here," Cressida commanded methodically, then looked at Jessica's maid. "You go find two sets of clean clothes for Mabel."
Jessica was now crying so hard her legs went weak, sprawled by the bedside, calling out to her mother over and over.
Cressida asked, "Where are the servants who accompanied Mabel up the mountain?"
"They've been tied up and taken to the punishment room. My father is interrogating them now," Jessica said through her sobs.
Cressida told Jessica to stay here and watch, then headed straight for the punishment room herself.
As she passed by Michael, Cressida suddenly stopped.
Michael seemed frightened and kept shrinking his neck and trembling.
Cressida withdrew her gaze and walked quickly toward the punishment room.
Donny was already so anxious that the veins on his forehead were bulging. He kept cracking his whip, demanding the servants tell him what had happened.
But they were so panicked from the beating that their cries rose and fell one after another, mixed with confused explanations, making Donny more and more agitated.
Until Cressida came in.
"Donny, go sit over there. Let me ask."
Cressida turned to look at the servants kneeling on the ground.
This time when Mabel went out, she had brought four maids, two attendants, and a trusted aide named Delta.
Delta was Mabel's dowry maid. Cressida questioned Delta first.
"When was Mabel injured?"
"This morning, around seven o'clock. Mrs. Mabel Hamilton hadn't gotten up yet. I called out at the door, but Mrs. Mabel Hamilton didn't answer. When I went in, I found Mrs. Mabel Hamilton lying in a pool of blood." Delta was crying so hard she could barely breathe, but her words were still fairly clear.
Cressida asked, "How do you know she was injured this morning?"
Delta said, "I called the priest right away. There's a medical cleric at the church, and he made the judgment."
Next, Cressida asked several more questions.
Finally, she understood what had happened.
This morning before dawn, a criminal had broken into Mabel's room trying to steal something. He accidentally woke Mabel, and during the struggle, he stabbed Mabel. The criminal escaped with the valuables.
Delta was heartbroken: "It must be that when Mrs. Mabel Hamilton was praying for blessings for the little gold cross, she was targeted by someone with bad intentions. Who would have thought that person would be so bold as to attack someone even in a church!"
And he specifically chose the time when it was just getting light.
Cressida asked again, "Where were all of you at that time?"
When it came to this, things got even stranger.
Delta and the maids had started having stomach problems the day before.
They originally thought they weren't used to eating the vegetarian meals at the church, plus it was thundering and raining, so Mabel decided to stay at the church for one more night before returning.
So at that time, Delta was already awake, but she had gone to the bathroom.
As for Brynn and Michael, they were staying in a courtyard two rooms away and didn't hear anything either.
After getting all this clear, Donny said to Cressida with red eyes, "Cressida, you must find out the truth for Mabel!"
He was so upset he was about to faint, holding on by sheer willpower, determined to get to the bottom of this.
Cressida supported him. "Donny, you should go rest first. I will definitely catch the robber."
Later, the court physician arrived too.
Fortunately, the bottle of medicine Cressida gave her worked and stopped the bleeding in time. Plus, when Doyle heard it was a matter concerning The Hamilton Mansion, he immediately sent three court physicians, all famous doctors with excellent medical skills.
They all worked together, and finally by evening, they managed to save Mabel's life.
Cressida stayed by her side the whole time, watching bowl after bowl of medicinal soup being poured into Mabel's mouth like water.
Ethan, who had just heard the news, also specifically asked for leave and rushed back from the palace.
Seeing the wound Mabel had been stabbed with, aimed at her heart, clearly meant to kill her!
He punched the wall, his eyes bloodshot. "Find out who that person is, and I'll tear him to pieces!"
At this moment, Clio arrived with Rose.
Jessica didn't like them to begin with, and being in a bad mood now, she naturally blocked them from entering.
"My mother needs rest. You should leave!" Jessica said.
Rose's tone was gentle. "Jessica, my mother came to see Mabel. Just let her see her once."
Jessica glared with tear-reddened eyes. "See what? Want to laugh at my mother? Don't think I don't know—Clio used to always say bad things about my mother. Why the fake kindness now!"
Clio was surprised. "Jessica, you're being too harsh. Fine, if you won't let me see her, I won't cause trouble. But with your mother in this condition, she definitely can't take care of Michael anymore. I'm taking Michael with me."
Jessica pushed over Michael, who was cowering and shrinking his neck nearby.
"Take him, take him away! If it weren't for praying for his blessings, how would my mother have been targeted by such a vicious criminal?"
Michael bumped into Clio, who immediately grabbed his hand, saying over and over that Michael had suffered.
Then they left with Michael.
Cressida watched Michael's retreating figure, lost in thought.
She suddenly stood up and said to Jessica, "You watch over Mabel. I'm going out for a bit."
Clio and the others returned to their room and closed the door.
Only then did Michael drop his foolish expression and suddenly kneel on the ground.
"Mother, I'm unfilial. I made you suffer before!"
Tears streamed down Clio's face as she rushed over and hugged Michael. "When I saw the letter you left the other day, I knew you were alright. Michael, you've finally come to your senses!"