Yuxi gave out a slight nod. "It is inappropriate for us to intervene in this matter." She had done her extreme benevolence, and utmost dutyChinese idiom : meticulous virtue and attention to duty¹by giving a wake up call to Ye s.h.i.+ and old woman Hua. As for whether they believed it or not, it was beyond her control. If Ye s.h.i.+ was still unable to keep the child and then requested her Dageda=eldest brother, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege²to marry Ke Minjie as his concubine, Yuxi would help her aunt in stopping Ke Minjie from entering the residence.

Old woman Hua went to the most well-known drugstore in the capital city. She found an in-house physician of the drugstore and showed him the sachet, "Mr Physician, my family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³felt uncomfortable after smelling this sachet." It was not because she didn't believe in what Yuxi said, but she knew that Yuxi didn't know about Ke Minjie until today, thus it was impossible for Yuxi to suddenly frame Ke Minjie when there was no actual grievance between the two people. .

Old woman Hua nodded and explained , "My family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³has been pregnant for more than a month. Mr Physician, is there anything wrong with this sachet?"

Old woman Hua's face turned white and it took awhile for her to regain her composure back. She then explained, "My family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³has an unstable foetus, and the invited physician had advised her to stay in bed for the first three months. When she smelled this thing just now, she suddenly felt very uncomfortable. Is there any possibility for her to incur a miscarriage?"

Old woman Hua carefully recalled the incident at that time, "My family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³only smelt this sachet for a short while. Moreover, it was at a distance of four or five steps away. Mr Physician, do you think there will be a problem?" This was mainly because Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³Ye went to see Qiu s.h.i.+ first, and then returned to Rosin Courtyard. Therefore, Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³Ye and Ke Minjie only being together in the same room for a few minutes, before Yuxi arrived. At that time, Ke Minjie did not even try to get close to Ye s.h.i.+, and the sachet was taken out only a few minutes later.

Old woman Hua shook her head and replied, "No. My family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³and Madam spoke for about two quarters of an hour and then she went to sleep." Women in the early stages of pregnancy tended to be more sleepy.

Old woman Hua felt a little relieved and paid the consultation fee, then she went back to the state residence. The anxiety that filled her when she first came to the drugstore lightened up a lot.

On her way back, old woman Hua had been debating whether she should tell Ye s.h.i.+ about the sachet or not. She was afraid that if Ye s.h.i.+ knew about this, it would only be harmful to the foetus. Imperial Physician Le had reminded that her Master was resting now, so she should never be overworked or be bothered, and even more should not be stimulated. When she saw Ye s.h.i.+, old woman Hua made up her mind not to say anything about it until her Master's child was firmly stable. .

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Old woman Hua cautiously said, "Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³, the last time Imperial Physician Le came here was three days ago. If we calculate the time, he should be coming back this afternoon, right?"

Imperial Physician Le came to visit Ye s.h.i.+ on time that afternoon. After examining her pulse, he said, "I'll change another prescription for Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³."

Imperial Physician Le's expression also eased a lot, "The child is fine now, but Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³still needs to take good care of it. After three months, when the baby is finally stable, Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³will no longer have to lie in bed. By then, Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³will have to walk more."

When Imperial Physician Le was writing a prescription outside, old woman Hua waved all the others away and took out the sachet. "Imperial Physician Le, is it harmful for my family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³to smell this stuff this morning?" It was still necessary for the Imperial Physician to give an accurate reply before old woman Hua could finally feel at ease.

Old woman Hua asked, "Imperial Physician Le, what will happen if my family Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³smells this thing?"

When old woman Hua heard these statements, her legs went a little soft, "Imperial Physician Le, please don't talk about this with others." If the Old Madam and Madam knew, it would be disastrous.

After seeing off Imperial Physician Le, old woman Hua told Ye s.h.i.+, "Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³, I wish to make a trip back to Ye Residence!" This matter must be told to Madam, so that Madam wouldn't bring Ke Minjie again next time.

Old woman Hua did not dare to let Ye s.h.i.+ become aware of this matter. But she did not hide her feelings regarding this matter to Ye s.h.i.+. She only said, "Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³, you must take good care of the foetus, and you should not be concerned over those trivial things, I will deal with it. Daeldest⁶Nainaiyoung mistress of the house³, the most important thing right now is the child in your belly."

Qiu s.h.i.+ heard that old woman Hua had returned to Ye Residence and said discontentedly, "I used to think this old woman Hua was a reliable woman. Who knew she would be this unreliable? Madam Ye did not come here this morning. If it isn't because there's nothing can be said currently, I would have complained about it now." Qiu s.h.i.+ attached great importance to Ye s.h.i.+'s foetus and now she would run to Rosin Courtyard three times a day.

When Yuxi listened to Qiu s.h.i.+'s words, she said with a smile, "If you want me to say, the most unreliable one is Dageda=eldest brother, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege². I haven't seen him for almost a month." Yuxi had arrogantly followed Han Jianming to the Qiu family and the Zhou family on the third day of the Lunar New Year and then, she never saw him after that.

Yuxi tried to stop talking about this issue by changing the subject, "Eldest Aunt, Ergeer=second, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege⁹is 17 years old this year. Shouldn't he find himself a job?" It wasn't a good thing to delay this kind of matter like this.

Hearing her aunt's words, Yuxi suddenly became dumbfounded as she tried to recall whether there was any major event this year. As she thought, it reminded her of an event. It seemed that this was the year when the Crown Prince was deposed and the Imperial Court was reshuffled. However, because Han Jianming was in the same camp as the Ninth Prince, and the Ninth Prince was also the winner in this tussle, Yuxi refrained herself from opening her big mouth.

Yuxi nodded and said, "Since Dageda=eldest brother, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege²already said so, it must be for Ergeer=second, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege⁹'s good. It doesn't matter if this will take a few months." Although her Ergeer=second, ge=elder brother, short form for Gege⁹was currently 17 years old, young men like him were completely different from young misses. Even if young men got married after two years had pa.s.sed, they still would not have to worry about finding good young misses as their wives. It wasn't the same for young misses. Once they missed their marriage period, they had to lower their standard in choosing their future husbands.

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