Lu Yun had married a new wife, so Lu Ze didn't want to rush in and just stayed in the room to play with Lingling.

After Qi Yuning hurriedly washed up, she glanced at Lingling and went to Lu Yun's courtyard.

Outside Lu Yun's courtyard, Princess Pingrou's trusted nanny had surrounded the courtyard. The four maids that Chen Nian brought with her as a dowry were left inside, and the maids who had been in Lu Yun's courtyard before were nowhere to be seen.

Qi Yuning entered the courtyard with a big red wedding sign pasted on it, and saw the maid beside Chen Nian carrying out a red dress with a lot of blood stains, and burning the dress to ashes with a candle.

Qi Yuning hurried into the room and saw Shen Nian lying weakly on the bed with a cloth wrapped around her forehead, crying softly.

Lu Yun, who was standing by, listened to Princess Pingrou's scolding. "You, you, what can I say to you?"

Even though Qi Yuning had learned from Lingling that she probably didn't have any brothers or sisters, she never expected that something would happen the day after her wedding day.

The imperial physician familiar to Princess Pingrou hurried over, and after checking Shen Nian's pulse, he sighed and said, "The Princess has had a miscarriage."

Princess Pingrou looked disappointed. She gave the imperial physician a small box of one hundred taels of silver and said, "Please prescribe some medicine for me to recuperate. Please do not utter a word about this matter."

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After the imperial physician left, Princess Pingrou asked the nanny beside her to give some careful instructions to the maids around Lu Yun, making sure that no one dared to say anything about the matter. Only then did Princess Pingrou leave Lu Yun's courtyard exhausted.

Qi Yuning stepped forward to support Princess Pingrou and said, "Mother, what happened? It's been five months, how could something else happen?"

After five months of pregnancy, the fetus was considered stable, so how could she suddenly have a miscarriage?

Princess Pingrou sighed and said, "Although the wedding was streamlined yesterday, I was exhausted after all. Lu Yun, that scoundrel, was still making trouble at night... Alas!"

After all, it was a matter of his uncle's room, so Qi Yuning didn't say anything more. She only advised Princess Pingrou, "Mother, after Shen Nian takes good care of herself, you will still have a grandson."

Princess Pingrou sighed helplessly.

After sending Princess Pingrou back to her room, Qi Yuning went to Lanwenyuan again.

When he entered, Lu Yun looked at Shen Nian on the bed with a guilty look on his face and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really not a good-for-nothing!"

Shen Nian turned his back to Lu Yun and looked at Han Ge'er beside him, tears still in his eyes.

Qi Yuning stepped forward and said, "Miscarriage is the same as confinement. You can't cry during confinement. Stop crying and take good care of yourself. The baby will be back soon."

Shen Nian heard Qi Yuning's voice and reached out to wipe away the tears in front of her eyes, "Okay."

Qi Yuning said: "Just take good care of yourself in the next few days and don't be too sad. Han Ge'er needs you too."

Shen Nian still couldn’t stop crying and said, “Okay.”

Qi Yuning didn't try to persuade her any further. When she left Lanwenyuan, she glanced at Lu Yun unhappily and said, "Miscarriage is very hurtful, especially when it's a miscarriage of a five-month-old baby. Treat her well in the future, and don't be irresponsible just because she lost the child..."

Lu Yun married Chen Nian because of the child in her belly. Now that Chen Nian has lost the child in her belly, Qi Yuning is really afraid that Lu Yun, this scoundrel, will deny his promise.

Lu Yun pouted and said, "I'm not that shameless."

Qi Yuning returned to his courtyard. Just as he was about to deal with the letters and account books sent from various places, he saw Lu Baozhu hurried in.

"Qi Yuning, do you know what happened today? Why don't you even offer tea? I asked my mother, but she was so upset and sad that she didn't want to talk to me anymore."

Qi Yuning whispered in Lu Baozhu’s ear: “Chen Nian had a miscarriage.”

"What?" Lu Baozhu was shocked. "Chen Nian just entered yesterday, how could she have a miscarriage?"

Qi Yuning said, "She's been pregnant for five months. She's been pregnant for a long time. Since she got pregnant during the national mourning period, the fewer people who know about this, the better."

Lu Baozhu said, "No wonder. I was thinking that no matter how bad Lu Yun was, he shouldn't have married a widow with a child. It turns out they got married because of pregnancy!"

Qi Yuning also sighed and said, "Don't dwell on this sad thing that happened earlier."

"Don't worry, I won't mention it."

Qi Yuning felt even more sad as she watched the drizzle falling outside in the first month of the lunar year.

Lu Ze came over with Lingling in his arms and said to Lu Baozhu, "This matter could be serious or minor. You must not say a single word to anyone!"

Lu Baozhu pursed her lips, indicating that she would keep her mouth tightly closed.

After Lu Baozhu left, Qi Yuning took Lingling from Lu Ze and said, "It's a pity that Lingling has lost her brothers and sisters."

Lu Ze leaned closer to Qi Yuning and said, "So we still have to give Lingling a brother or sister."

Qi Yu would rather ignore Lu Ze. He was on leave from court these days and there were not many state affairs, so he did not have to attend the morning court. On weekdays, he only needed to go to the palace for two hours every day. He had a lot of free time and his behavior was very absurd.

If he was busy with Lu Yun's marriage these days, he would probably be even more ridiculous.

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling in her arms and said, "Don't rush to give Lingling a brother or sister. It will take at least three years before she asks for one."

Lingling quickly picked up the brush beside her and was about to put it in her mouth. Qi Yuning snatched the brush from Lingling's hand and said, "You can't eat it."

Last year's Lantern Festival was not lively at all due to the national mourning. This year, the imperial court held a Lantern Festival in Shengjing City, and all the prominent families in Shengjing City presented lanterns.

Qi Yuning ordered people to prepare a lantern early in the morning. It was a rabbit lantern, just because Lingling was born in the year of the rabbit and she really liked little rabbits.

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