"I won't go back unless you grant me one request."

"What do you want?" If she agrees to just one request, it's a good deal.

Nan's eyes darted around, and an idea flashed through her mind. She chuckled and said, "It's very simple. For the next month, Master will belong to me. He's not allowed to go to any of the courtyards."

Nian, you dared to steal my thunder? Well, I'll give you something even tougher.

When Yinzhen heard her say that, his brows furrowed and his face turned ashen. She really dared to bring up women.

Upon hearing this, Lady Nian was alarmed. She covered her mouth and coughed again, coughing until blood welled up in her eyes and she couldn't breathe properly. Her watery eyes were fixed on Yinzhen, afraid that he would agree. She was also annoyed that she had caused trouble for no reason. She was unwilling to let her master go to Lady Tong's courtyard for a month. She had really shot herself in the foot.

Taking advantage of their stunned expression, Nan Yi grinned roguishly, "What, are you going to agree or not?"

"You broke your promise. If you don't agree, we have plenty of other tricks up our sleeves," she said as she walked over to Yinzhen.

Just as Yinzhen was about to speak, he saw that Lady Nian was coughing incessantly again and was almost unable to breathe. He wanted to reach out and unbutton Lady Nian's collar so that she could breathe.

Nan Yi saw Nian Shi's actions and thought to herself that she was really good at pretending. She raised her hand to press a certain acupoint on Nian Shi's chest. Yinzhen didn't know what she wanted to do and pushed Nan Yi away.

The Fourth Master didn't see clearly and pushed Nan Yi in the waist and abdomen, but he didn't expect that she was wearing platform shoes, so the push was a bit too forceful.

Nan Yi lost his balance and, in his panic, forgot that he knew martial arts. He frantically tried to grab something, then waved his hands in the air before falling heavily to the ground.

In an instant, before the pain in her buttocks subsided, a dull ache came from her lower abdomen, radiating throughout her body. Nan pressed her abdomen tightly, seemingly unable to bear it, and curled up with a muffled groan.

Yinzhen stared blankly at his hands. Seeing that Tongshi's pain seemed genuine, he hurriedly bent down and hugged Nan Yi's upper body.

He didn't do it on purpose. He didn't know what Nan Yi was trying to do. He just made a feint to block, and that's how he fell.

Nan's face was as white as snow, and cold sweat poured down her forehead. Yinzhen asked in a hoarse voice, filled with fear and confusion, "Yi'er, what's wrong? Where does it hurt? Tell me, where does it hurt?"

Nan Yi felt as if a warm, wet current was flowing out from under her body. She didn't want to tell him, so she took his hand and placed it on her aching abdomen, murmuring in a low voice, "My stomach hurts, it hurts so much."

When Yinzhen heard her say she had a stomachache, his gaze quickly fell on her abdomen. When he looked away, he saw a bright red stain on her lower robe, which gradually increased until the blood soaked through her clothes.

His mind went blank, and his body trembled slightly. He knew what this was. After being married for so many years, he understood all too well: the child, her child, the child they had longed for for so many years.

What exactly did I just do?

Lady Nian was also terrified. She had been secretly pleased when she saw Lady Tong fall to the ground, but she never expected that such an accident would happen.

There was a large pool of blood on Tong's lower body. Her eyes widened in shock, and then she screamed in horror.

Judging from the amount of blood, Madam Tong must be pregnant. Under these circumstances, the child is probably in danger. I hope you won't take your anger out on her.

In a panic, Yinzhen picked up Nan Yi and placed her on the bed, then pulled Nian Shi up from the bed and roared, "Summon the imperial physician! Summon the imperial physician immediately!"

Outside the door, Yiren Lanzhi and Lanye were arguing with Yuexiang, Yuexia, and Yueying. Hearing the shouts inside, they didn't care. With their master's skills, they would never suffer a loss. Instead, they blocked Yuexiang from entering.

A second scream came, followed by the violent shouts of the master summoning the imperial physician from inside. Yiren beckoned to her maid, "Quickly go and see if the imperial physician has arrived yet."

Hearing her mistress's shout, Yuexiang struggled and went inside. Yiren and the other two followed her in. Consort Nian was fine, but their mistress seemed unwell. Yiren and the others felt a pang of anxiety and quickly gathered around her.

A large pool of blood lay on the floor, and the master lay pale and sickly on the bed. Yiren cried out, "Master, what happened to you?"

They were lively and energetic before they came in, but in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, how did they become like this? Lanzhi and Lanye didn't care about the prince's furious face and squeezed together to the bedside.

Lan Zhi calmly surveyed her surroundings, the bright red on the ground catching her eye, and there were also large patches of red on her master's robes.

Her mistress murmured in pain in the prince's arms. She quickly lifted a corner of her mistress's blood-stained outer robe, revealing a continuous stream of crimson blood between her legs. She immediately cried out, "Oh no..."

The imperial physician arrived quickly, took Nan Yi's pulse, and methodically removed the needles to stop the bleeding and administered medicine.

Everyone in the room held their breath and waited. After the nanny had cleaned up Tong Shi and Nan Yi's breathing had become steady and he had fallen into a deep sleep, the imperial physician reported, "Your Highness, the concubine's pregnancy is still in its early stages and she should be resting in bed. However, she suffered a strong impact, resulting in a miscarriage. I will prescribe another prescription for her to take. After taking three doses and resting for a while, she will be fine."

Yinzhen waved his hand weakly, signaling the imperial physician to leave.

Miscarriage was the last thing he wanted to see happen to her. It was all his fault; why did he come to Weifang Courtyard today? He should have been with her.

He could hear the soft sobs of Yiren from the side. He glanced at the three maids in the room and remembered that this was Nian Shi's room. Overwhelmed with grief, Yinzhen got up, wrapped Tong Shi in a quilt, and walked outside.

Lanyuan

Two days later, Yinzhen sat by the bed, gazing at the woman's sleeping face, his hand unconsciously tracing her delicate features, her brows furrowed even in her sleep.

What should I do? My child, the child he has been longing for for so long. She has been married to him for years, and she has never had any good news.

Tong's infertility troubled him greatly. In previous years, she was always restless, and he wanted a child to keep her occupied. Otherwise, he was not confident that he could keep her yearning for freedom.

In those years, he practically wore out the doors of the Imperial Hospital, everyone saying that she was perfectly healthy and just waiting for the right opportunity.

He didn't dare to completely trust the imperial physician's words, so he secretly gathered a lot of medicinal and dietary supplement recipes for her to take. He would keep her in bed with him whenever he had nothing to do, not even caring about shameful acts like daytime debauchery, but she just couldn't get pregnant.

However, after years of waiting, just when he had given up hope, the child suddenly arrived. Before he could even feel the joy, he was caught off guard and lost the child, which he had pushed away himself.

As the nanny cleaned her up, the bloody water she brought out stained his eyes red; he had never known that a person could bleed so much.

He has lost a lot of his child, but never as deeply as he has recently. Perhaps it was because his expectations were too high, or perhaps it was because of the person he loved so much, that he could not bear it both physically and mentally.

What should we do when she wakes up?

Yinzhen sighed deeply, his heart filled with bitterness and melancholy.

Sigh, I'm not afraid of her making a scene, I'm afraid she'll be heartbroken and secretly run away while hating him. Such a woman has no thoughts of being a good wife and mother, she only wants to live a life of chivalry and revenge.

Jianghu (江湖, a term referring to the martial arts world), I recall her saying, "Yinzhen, your backyard is actually a Jianghu, a Jianghu of women. Here, you are the target that determines success or failure."

She really dared to use metaphors, and as she said, "When you're in the martial world, you're bound to get hurt." He could hardly remember how many times she had been hurt in this martial world called "Backyard."