Mrs. Liu felt very uncomfortable when she saw her like that. She walked to the bed, stuffed a soft pillow behind Liu Yaozhen, helped her lean against the head of the bed, and said softly, "Yes, you are pregnant. You have to take care of yourself from now on and don't always seek coolness."

"Really?" Liu Yaozhen was so happy that she shed tears. She gently stroked her belly with a motherly tenderness on her face, and repeated: "I have a child, I have a child..."

When Mrs. Liu saw this scene, tears started to drip from the corners of her eyes. She quickly turned her face away and wiped them with a handkerchief.

Liu Yaozhen said happily behind her: "Mother, when will we return to Beijing? I have to tell Mu Bai about this great happy event as soon as possible."

Madam Liu turned around and tried to stop him, "There's no need to rush. You're still young, and you got hurt today. Your third sister said to take good care of yourself. We'll return to Beijing when the baby is firmly established. It won't be too late to tell Cui Er then."

Liu Yaozhen did not doubt him and said with a smile: "What mother said makes sense. I will always listen to her. If Mu Bairuo knew about this, he would be very happy."

Madam Liu patted Liu Yaozhen's head, ordered the servants to take good care of her, and then winked at Yu Jiao, who said to Liu Yaozhen, "Sister, take a good rest. If you feel unwell, send someone to call me. I will go back to the yard to write some medicinal food and ask Jianjia to bring it to you."

Liu Yaozhen responded crisply and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Third Sister."

Yu Jiao followed Madam Liu out of the yard and walked to a secluded place. Madam Liu said, "It's better to keep Cui Er's matter a secret from Yao Zhen. She just got pregnant. If she gets excited and accidentally gets pregnant, it's better to keep it a secret."

"Madam is right." Yu Jiao said.

Madam Liu was stunned for a while. "I will write a letter to the capital and tell your father about Yaozhen's pregnancy. Let's see... let's see what your father thinks. Let your father decide whether to tell Cui Er or not."

Yu Jiao glanced at Madam Liu's expression and thought that Madam Liu must be very confused at the moment, which was why she said all this. She was not asking for Yu Jiao's opinion, but just wanted to tell someone about it.

Yu Jiao nodded and said, "Father will make good plans for my elder sister, so Madam, don't worry."

Madam Liu felt relieved after hearing this. She smiled at Yu Jiao and said, "Why don't you call me mother like Yao Zhen and Yao Yu do? When you first came into the mansion, I felt a little uncomfortable, but it wasn't directed at you." She said to Yu Jiao gently, "Just call me mother from now on."

Yu Jiao didn't know what to say for a moment, and after a while she said, "Mother."

Madam Liu responded with a smile, raised her hand and touched her head, took out a jade hairpin and put it on Yu Jiao's head: "Good child."

Yu Jiao did not refuse. She thought of her elder brother Liu Ziqi. She and Liu Ziqi might not be Madam Liu's children. Madam Liu was willing to let them enter the house and never treated them harshly. She was already tolerant and generous. Yu Jiao did not resist when she called her mother.

After she and Madam Liu returned to their respective courtyards, Yu Jiao wrote a few prescriptions for medicated diets to help maintain pregnancy and asked Jianjia to deliver them to Liu Yaozhen. She also asked Bai Lu to find Liu Yaoyu, to prevent her from running over and saying the wrong thing when she heard that Liu Yaozhen was pregnant.

Soon, Bai Lu brought Liu Yaoyu over. She thought Yu Jiao and Madam Liu had not finished their conversation yet, and had been talking to her third aunt in the yard, and did not know that Liu Yaozhen was pregnant.

Yu Jiao repeated Mrs. Liu's words to Liu Yaoyu, and reminded her to keep her mouth shut, as her elder sister was pregnant and could not bear the shock of Cui Qiong's letter.

Liu Yaoyu nodded vigorously: "I will keep my mouth shut, but when we return to Beijing in a few months, won't my elder sister still know about it? We can't stay in Pingliang Prefecture until my elder sister gives birth to the child."

"Father and mother have their own arrangements. There's no point thinking too far ahead. The most important thing right now is not to tell my eldest sister." Yu Jiao said.