After having breakfast comfortably in the room, Tian An always felt that the look in Aunt Xiao's eyes when looking at him was a little strange.
He couldn't help but ask her, "Mammy, why are you looking at me like that?"
Madam Xiao glanced around and found an excuse to send the maids away. Then she looked at Tian An with a look of expectation and a burning gaze, "Madam, your period hasn't come yet?"
Tian An was stunned for a moment, then realized that the pregnancy could not be hidden from the old man.
Although she wanted to tell Zhao Yiming first, no one knew when he would be back, and she couldn't keep it a secret from everyone!
What's more, this kind of thing can be hidden from young maids like Deng Xue, but it cannot be hidden from experienced old people like Madam Xiao.
So she faced it calmly and said, "Yeah! Not only this month, but last month's period also didn't come."
Hearing this, Madam Xiao could hardly control the smile on her face and looked at Tian An expectantly, "Madam, are you..."
Tian An looked at his still flat belly with a gentle gaze, subconsciously reached out and touched it, nodded slightly, and gave Madam Xiao an affirmative answer. "Yes!"
"Oh! May our ancestors bless us! It is really our ancestors who bless us! The master has an offspring." Nanny Xiao clasped her hands together excitedly and prayed to the heaven sincerely.
After that, he happily squatted beside Tian An, looked at her belly lovingly, and talked to the baby inside. "Little Master, Little Miss! The master has gone out on business, you must be good and don't bother the lady!
From today on, I will take good care of you and your mother, and make sure you both stay plump and healthy."
Tian An looked at her serious expression and couldn't help laughing: "Mammy, you are so happy that you are confused. The child is just over a month old and is just a little bean sprout. How can he listen to what you say?" Even the B-ultrasound will have to wait a few more days!
Mammy also laughed, "This old slave is so happy!"
Tian An pulled her up, thought for a moment, and then warned, "Mammy, please don't tell anyone else about my pregnancy for the time being."
Madam Xiao smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Madam. If the pregnancy lasts more than three months, I won't have to tell anyone about it."
"That's not the reason."
Tian An lowered his head and said shyly, "I wanted to tell Zhao Yiming first, but this happened suddenly, and I was afraid he would be distracted on the way, so I didn't tell him. But no matter what, I can't let him, the father, be the last one to know!"
"Oh~~" Nanny Xiao suddenly understood, "Madam and Master have a bond stronger than gold. They really always consider each other."
"However, Madam, it's time to prepare the little master's or young lady's clothes early! I remember there are two pieces of particularly soft cloth in the warehouse, which are just right!" When talking about making clothes for their children, the excitement in Madam Xiao's eyes was real.
Tian An was a little hesitant, "Isn't it too early? Besides, if I make the clothes, everyone will know about it!"
Why not wait until the fetus is a little bigger so I can see if it's a boy or a girl, and then we can make clothes."
Unfortunately, Madam Xiao’s enthusiasm was not so easily dismissed. “Children wear the same clothes when they are young, regardless of whether they are boys or girls. I usually keep them in my room so they won’t be discovered.
If the maids really find out, just say you're making preparations first.
Besides, the master's trip out on official business shouldn't take long. If it takes too long, you won't be able to hide your pregnancy!"
Tian An nodded. "That's true, but you're old after all. It would be hard on your eyes if you were to stay in the room making clothes all day."
Madam Xiao waved her hand indifferently. "Oh! That's nothing. We used to do this when we used to paper the windows. Now the rooms have glazed windows. The light is much better. There's no way it will hurt your eyes. Madam, please let this old servant do it!"
Seeing Madam Xiao's enthusiasm, Tian An couldn't refuse anymore, but still reminded her: "Then you just need to arrange some time to do it every day. Don't work day and night just to make clothes, otherwise it will hurt your body."
"Don't worry, madam. I will just do it a few times. It won't hurt your body. I still have to take care of the young masters and young ladies until they grow up and get married and have children for you and the master!" Seeing that Tian An agreed, Nanny Xiao made assurances again and again.
After the maids came back, she carefully instructed them to take good care of Tian An, and then she went to the warehouse to get the cloth.
Watching her leave, Tian An became more excited about the baby in her belly. "Zhao Yiming! You have to come back soon!"
In Meixian County, thanks to the efforts of everyone, all medical services have been established and order is gradually getting back on track.
In addition to the patients who have been diagnosed, Zhao Yiming would have healthy people in the city line up for pulse diagnosis every day, for fear that they would be infected without knowing it and thus infect more people.
Within a few days, all the infected people were concentrated in the three medical centers that had been established.
Although new infected patients are still occasionally detected, the rate of spread has been well controlled compared to before.
Moreover, thanks to the imperial physicians' tireless research and constant adjustment of medications, the speed at which the people fell ill and died had significantly slowed down. In the past, once the disease started, the patient would surely die within ten days.
But since Zhao Yiming came, the patients have received treatment. The latest batch of people who were sick are still alive. They were already beyond saving because they did not receive timely treatment before. The number of corpses carried out for cremation every day has also been greatly reduced.
Although the imperial doctors still cannot completely cure the strange disease, it gives everyone hope. After all, as long as the patient survives, there is still a chance of recovery.
The situation in Meixian improved, and Zhao Yiming finally made time to write to Tian An.
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