In her previous life, the old lady fell ill in early April.

April is a wonderful season when grass grows and birds fly, and everything is full of vitality.

Various influenza viruses are also the most rampant.

In modern times, it can make a whole host of children and adults sick, causing hospitals to be overcrowded.

In this day and age, it also struck the old lady down in an instant, causing her to pass away before she could even celebrate her sixtieth birthday.

This time, the old lady was sick, but it wasn't a physical illness.

It must be due to a heart ailment.

She was perfectly fine when everyone was having dinner together.

It was only when Jiang Shuwan mentioned the difficulty of childbirth that the old lady's expression changed.

As everyone knows, this is a taboo topic for the old lady.

The elderly woman not only suffered physical damage during the difficult childbirth, but her child was also stillborn.

She always felt sorry for her children, a thorn in her heart, vaguely feeling that she was the one who had harmed them.

However, over the years, everyone has been trying to persuade her.

They said things like the child was unlucky and that the bond between mother and child wasn't strong enough, trying to comfort her.

Jiang Shuwan's words, along with the medical records and knowledge she had collected, all told her something.

The child's death was largely her fault.

She ate little and had many responsibilities. Despite being pregnant, she did not rest properly and took care of all household affairs herself.

They also had to deal with the tricks of the concubines and mistresses in the mansion.

A child grows up by absorbing nutrients from the mother.

She eats little, so the child naturally absorbs less.

She was overwhelmed with work and worried every day, which made her unhappy. Her mental health also affected her physical condition.

Moreover, she became pregnant at the age of newlyweds, just after reaching marriageable age.

She didn't feel there was anything wrong with getting pregnant at this age.

At one point, she even thought that having a child so soon after her marriage would help her gain a foothold in the Marquis's household.

No matter how arrogant a concubine is, or how much she is favored, she can never surpass a woman without children.

Unexpectedly, the information Jiang Shuwan gave her included data comparing the ages of pregnant women and their difficult childbirth.

The data told her all of that.

Women who are considered old maids or late-married women in their early twenties by the general public.

They became pregnant in their twenties after marriage, and the children they gave birth to were much healthier than those born to women who had just reached marriageable age.

The rate of difficult labor is also low for pregnant women.

When girls first reach the age of marriage, their bones haven't fully grown yet.

How can you conceive a child when you haven't even grown up yourself?

These materials and insights were things the old lady had never heard of before.

If others were to mention it, she would simply think it was all nonsense.

After all, for hundreds or thousands of years, women married when they reached the age of marriage.

In her early twenties, she's considered an old maid by everyone.

Not only are the parents anxious, but the girl also has to keep looking for a husband, otherwise it will be difficult for her to get married.

Jiang Shuwan's data clearly told her that the old rules and doctrines that her ancestors had used for so many years were not all correct.

Pregnancy at an early age is not a good thing for women.

The death of her child was not due to some mystical reason, such as bad luck or lack of mother-child bond, as those who comforted her suggested.

She got pregnant too early.

Eating too little, dealing with too many things, and having too many worries led to a regrettable outcome.

She remembered clearly that the Marquis's mansion did not mistreat her when she gave birth.

Midwives were hired early on, and imperial physicians were on standby.

During the difficult childbirth, she insisted on saving the child.

On the contrary, it was her husband, with whom she had little affection or love, who chose to save her.

She was given a second chance at life.

But she also lost her fertility, and her health deteriorated, while the concubine became increasingly arrogant.

She was extremely domineering in the Marquis's mansion, and it was only after she caught a concubine secretly harming the children of other concubines that she lost favor.

She also took the opportunity to adopt her illegitimate son, and her life gradually improved.

Her ability to maintain her position as the mistress of the Marquis's mansion is a story of blood and tears.

So much so that when the illegitimate son who inherited the title wanted to marry Lady Wen, she thought that she had no affection for the deceased Marquis and that the marriage was entirely a transaction of interests.

Even though she was dissatisfied with Wen Shi, she still fulfilled the child's wish.

The housekeeper was handed over generously, without the slightest difficulty.

With her duties relieved and much more free time, she watched the newborns being born from time to time in the four households of the mansion, and her longing for her deceased child grew even stronger.

She once deeply resented the deceased Marquis.

She hated his ruthlessness, hated that he was afraid that if she gave birth to a legitimate son, his concubine would never be able to turn the tables, so he called the imperial physician to save her.

Now all that hatred has been transferred to myself.

It was like being stabbed with a knife, leaving her covered in wounds, and causing her excruciating pain, as if her heart and lungs were being ripped out.

pain!

It hurts so much!

It's not some nonsense about being unlucky or lacking a mother-child bond.

She killed her child.

The old lady lay in bed, tears streaming down her face.

She could endure it last night because she had to go to the palace today.

Now that she has returned from the palace, she couldn't help but burst into tears in her room.

He cried for three days straight.

No one is visible.

Jiang Shuwan went to pay her respects every day, and Chang Mama always sent her away.

Now, not only Qingxing, but even Granny Tao started to get anxious.

She had previously thought that Jiang Shuwan was calm and collected, and that she had something on her mind.

As servants, all they need to do is trust Jiang Shuwan.

Jiang Shuwan has gone to pay her respects to the old lady for three consecutive days, but the old lady has refused to see her.

This worried Granny Tao.

No matter how good Jiang Shuwan is as a granddaughter-in-law, she and the old lady are not blood relatives after all.

The two had only been together for one or two months.

How much affection can there be?

Although Jiang Shuwan was intelligent, the old lady was kind and did not allow them to pay their respects.

She would occasionally go over in the morning or afternoon to chat with the old lady and have some tea.

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