Chapter 200: Crown Princess

I'm so sorry, my darlings, I haven't finished writing yet, I'm writing non-stop!

I'll replace it later. Don't stay up late like me, take care of your health and get some rest! Mwah!

"Physician Liu, how is it?"

Liu Huai met her eager gaze, but still just shook his head.

"Consort, please don't be impatient. This matter..." Liu Huai paused.

"Do I... have something wrong with my body?"

Shen Ruolan suddenly stood up, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Please calm down, Consort. Your body is indeed a bit cold, but you can take care of it by following the prescription I gave you."

Moreover, it's common for babies to be premature and unable to be delivered.

The concubine is still young; she'll have children eventually.

"Indeed, Physician Liu has gone to great lengths."

"polite."

Shen Ruolan gave a pale, forced smile. She waited until Liu Huai finished writing the prescription before leaving with it.

Liu Huai watched her retreating figure, and unconsciously shook his head and sighed.

Why did Lord Liu sigh?

The imperial physician, who was consulting medical books nearby, curiously poked his head out: "Didn't you say there was nothing seriously wrong? Could it be some kind of troublesome hidden illness?"

"She doesn't have any hidden illnesses, nor is she particularly troublesome; it all depends on whether she can come to terms with it."

The man instantly understood and said, "Feeling depressed? That's normal. After all, even the eldest daughter of the Shen family, who came in later, is pregnant. Not many people can remain calm about this kind of thing."

Liu Huai nodded and said nothing more.

A group of people were having lunch at Jianzhang Palace when Xiao Quanzi suddenly whispered something to Hongyu outside the door. Their voices were neither loud nor soft, audible but not clear. The Empress Dowager gave a wink to Fei Cui, who was serving the dishes. Fei Cui understood and immediately put down her chopsticks, went out and led the person in.

"What are you saying outside? Are you impaired by my hearing?"

The Empress Dowager kept eating with her chopsticks, serving food to Yuan Siyin and Yuan Fuqing, and also urging Yu Shiyan to eat more.

Xiao Quanzi was quick-witted. Knowing that the Empress Dowager was in a good mood and had no intention of arguing with him, he immediately bowed with a grin and said, "How could I dare? Your Majesty is sharp-eared and sharp-eyed. I overheard something outside and then came back to tell Sister Hongyu that it was not true."

The Empress Dowager was getting on in years and enjoyed listening to trivial matters. She immediately nodded to him and said, "What is it? Tell me about it."

Yuan Siyin raised her head upon hearing the sound, intending to listen to some gossip to make her dinner more palatable.

"My legs have been aching these past two days, so I was thinking of making a trip to the Imperial Hospital to ask Physician Liu if I could get some acupuncture. Guess who I saw?"

Xiao Quanzi flicked his whisk and smiled knowingly, keeping everyone in suspense.

Seeing that Yuan Siyin was listening intently, Yu Shiyan quietly put some green vegetables into her bowl.

Yuan Fuqing saw it and was about to remind his sister when Yu Shiyan smiled and slipped a straw cricket to him from under the table.

The crickets were lush and green, so lifelike that they seemed to jump up at the slightest touch of a finger.

He thought for a moment with great pride, then without hesitation, he drawled out his words and said to Yuan Siyin in a coquettish tone, "Sister, don't just listen, eat your food!"

As the saying goes, "He who takes a bribe is bound to be obligated to pay it," and "a brother's debt is his sister's debt."

He didn't want to either, but some of the people who wanted to become his brother-in-law were too good at bribing him.

You can't blame him; he's just a child and doesn't understand the tricks of adults.

Yuan Siyin was so bothered by him that she could only hastily eat a mouthful of food to get through it, and naturally did not notice the extra vegetables in her bowl.

Emerald stood behind the Empress Dowager with her head bowed, taking in everything without making a sound, only smiling subtly.

I used to only do it occasionally, but now I'm a bit addicted.