Shen Wan visited Yun Mo, and three days later, she went to the Ministry of Rites' residence to attend the child's third-day celebration.

Two days later, I went to the Yun family again.

They went to Prince Ping's residence to offer birthday greetings, and then to Prince An's residence to visit Princess Huai'an...

When Xie Jingyan went to the border, Shen Wan thought that since he wasn't there, she would rarely leave the mansion. However, she ended up going out more often than when Xie Jingyan was in the mansion.

It's good to be busy, though, because when I'm busy I won't have time to think about him.

On this fine day, the garden was filled with blooming flowers in all their glory.

Shen Wan played with the child until the child fell asleep. With nothing else to do, she went for a stroll in the garden.

Just as she entered the garden, a young maidservant came up behind her and announced, "Your Highness, the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping's heir has arrived."

Shen Wan then went to greet Yun Rui.

From afar, we could see Yunrui approaching with her maid.

Stepping forward, Yunrui curtsied to Shen Wan, who scolded her, "You said you'd come to talk to me in a few days at the Ministry of Rites' residence, but you only came half a month later."

Yunrui said, "I also wanted to come earlier, but I haven't been feeling well these past few days..."

Yunrui looked somewhat disappointed as she said this.

Shen Wan noticed and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yunrui said, "You and my eldest sister have both given birth, but I've been married for several months and still haven't gotten pregnant..."

She wouldn't have been in such a hurry before, but in order to have a child sooner, Lady Xuanping didn't let Lu Cheng and Xie Jingyan go to the border with her, and instead wanted him to go with the heir of the Duke of Du.

As it turned out, her period came on time, neither early nor late.

Perhaps it was because she was anxious that even her menstrual flow became abnormal.

Shen Wan said, "Why the rush? It's okay to wait a year or two before getting pregnant."

Yunrui said sadly, "My husband will be going to the border in half a month, and it might be a year or two before he comes back..."

When they returned from the border, Cheng Yao and Xu Huan had both given birth, but she was nowhere to be seen. Lu Cheng must have been disappointed.

She didn't want to disappoint him.

But Shen Wan couldn't help with the pregnancy, so she said, "How about we ask Doctor Tao to prescribe some medicine to help you conceive?"

When she was pregnant with Jin'er, she took the fertility-enhancing medicine as a contraceptive and got pregnant on the first try. Maybe it was the fertility-enhancing medicine that helped.

Yunrui came to see Shen Wan because she wanted to see Doctor Tao, since the Lady of Xuanping Marquis was able to conceive again after more than ten years thanks to Doctor Tao's examination.

Yunrui was a little shy, but she didn't refuse. Shen Wan knew she was really anxious, so she said, "Doctor Tao should be at the pharmacy right now. I'll go with you to find him."

Yunrui wanted to say that the maid could take her there, but before she could speak, Shen Wan pulled her and turned to head towards the outer courtyard.

In the pharmacy, Dr. Tao was fiddling with medicinal herbs.

Young Master Tao was not here; he had gone to the border with Xie Jingyan. Although Young Master Tao's medical skills were not as superb as Doctor Tao's, they were still at the level required to enter the Imperial Hospital. Doctor Tao wanted to go to the border with Xie Jingyan himself, but Xie Jingyan did not allow it and left him in the Prince's Mansion in case Shen Wan and the child needed him.

Xie Jingyan wouldn't let Doctor Tao go with him, so Doctor Tao sent his son, Young Master Tao, instead, as Young Master Tao's medical skills were sufficient for the military camp.

Doctor Tao was busy when a servant came in and said, "Doctor Tao, the Princess has arrived."

Doctor Tao paused for a moment, then looked up to see Shen Wan and Yun Rui walking in.

Doctor Tao quickly put down the medicinal herbs in his hand and asked, "Why has Your Highness come? Is something wrong with you?"

Shen Wan shook her head. "I'm not feeling unwell. I came to ask you to take the pulse of the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping and prescribe two doses of medicine to help her conceive."

Doctor Tao looked at Yun Rui and said, "Sit down, let me take your pulse."

Yunrui sat down, and Doctor Tao brought her a medicine pillow. Yunrui placed her hand on the medicine pillow, and Doctor Tao took her pulse.

Dr. Tao's brows furrowed as soon as he felt her pulse.

With her brows furrowed so deeply, not only was Yunrui worried, but Shen Wan's heart was in her throat.

Dr. Tao then asked, "What medicine did you come to me for?"

“A fertility-enhancing drug,” Shen Wan said.

Dr. Tao looked exasperated. "She's already more than two months pregnant, why are you prescribing pregnancy-enhancing medication?"

Yun Rui, “…???”

Maid Daimao, “…???”

Am I more than two months pregnant?

"How is that possible?"

Yunrui looked on in disbelief.

If it weren't for the fact that this was Doctor Tao, the doctor who cured Prince Ling's leg ailment and her grandmother's chronic illness, she would have seriously doubted that she had encountered a quack doctor.

Doctor Tao said, "I can detect a pregnancy pulse."

Shen Wan looked at Yun Rui, "You're pregnant, and you haven't had any symptoms at all?"

Yunrui stood up, walked to Chen Wan's side, and whispered, "I had my period a few days ago..."

Although the amount of menstrual flow has been less than before in the past two months, and even less this month, it has definitely arrived.

Doesn't pregnancy stop menstruation?

Over the past month, she felt a bit sluggish than before, and she even felt nauseous in the mornings. However, she nauseated during her period, but only for a moment or two, without actually vomiting. She really couldn't bring herself to think that she was pregnant.

Yunrui suspects she might be having a false pregnancy, having heard that such a possibility exists.

Shen Wan felt that with Doctor Tao's medical skills, he shouldn't be unable to detect even a false pregnancy. She asked, "Will a woman still have her period if she's pregnant?"

Doctor Tao said, "Such women are extremely rare, but they do exist."

"Is your body alright after this?" Shen Wan asked with some concern.

Dr. Tao said, "That's normal."

Hearing Doctor Tao say this, Shen Wan felt relieved.

Seeing that Yunrui still seemed somewhat skeptical about her pregnancy and hesitated about whether to see another doctor, Doctor Tao smiled and said, "Even if you see ten or eight doctors, you're already more than two months pregnant."

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