"Eleventh Lady!" Xu Lingyi was stunned. He didn't care about the dirt on the ground. He sat beside the bed and gently stroked her back to comfort her.

"Madam!" Amber was startled. Seeing Xu Lingyi taking care of Eleventh Lady, she hurried to pour a glass of warm water.

Eleventh Lady vomited out everything she had eaten in the morning, and only then did she feel better.

Xu Lingyi took the teacup from Amber and passed it to Shiyi Niang's mouth: "Come, rinse your mouth!"

A little maidservant quickly brought over a washbasin.

Eleventh Lady's face flushed.

How could this happen? It was as if he couldn't help himself for even a moment.

She thanked him stammeringly, took the teacup and rinsed her mouth, then saw Amber leading the maid to clean up her own excrement. She awkwardly called out "Marquis", and felt the pungent smell of the excrement making her feel uncomfortable. She reluctantly said, "You'd better stay away from it", and felt disgusted in her heart, and she actually leaned over the bed and retched.

"Eleventh Lady!" Xu Lingyi was horrified and hurriedly ordered Humber, "Quick, go get me a cup of hot tea!"

His voice was harsh and cold, which made Amber's heart tremble. She responded hastily and hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea.

"Eleventh Lady!" Xu Lingyi called Eleventh Lady softly, holding her, who was panting beside the bed, in his arms. He took the amber tea and tasted it before passing it to her. "Come, let's drink some hot tea. Drinking some hot tea will make you feel better."

The tempting Tieguanyin is also less fragrant than usual.

Eleventh Lady lay weakly in Xu Lingyi's arms. Unable to bear rejecting his kindness, she took a small sip and turned away.

"Be good," Xu Lingyi coaxed her softly, "Drink another sip!"

Eleventh Lady had no choice but to take two more sips.

The nausea feeling just now seemed to revive in my body.

She frowned and looked away again.

Xu Lingyi didn't dare to force her. He handed the teacup to Amber, who was standing beside him with a nervous look, and gently stroked her forehead: "Just bear with it. I've already gone to get a doctor."

Eleventh Lady nodded slightly, covered her mouth, and an expression of patience appeared on her face.

Xu Lingyi's face changed.

Eleventh Lady has always been a repressed person. She likes to make a big deal out of a small matter, and doesn't bother others easily. Now that she has acted like this, she must be feeling very uncomfortable and has no other options...

As the thought flashed through my mind, I felt a dull pain in my heart.

"Eleventh Lady, Eleventh Lady," he stroked her back gently, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?" and kissed her cheek again.

The gentle movements, warm embrace, and loving tone made her brows gradually relax, but the strange smell lingering at her nose reminded her that there was the filth she vomited beside her bed, and her brows furrowed again.

These did not escape Xu Lingyi, who had been carefully observing her expression.

He thought for a moment and asked her softly, "Is it because the smell in the room is bad?"

Eleventh Lady pursed her lips a little embarrassedly.

Xu Lingyi smiled and pinched her nose: "You are as delicate as a twisted dough stick." Then he wrapped her in a quilt and carried her to the east end room, "Let them clean up, we will sit over there for a while."

Eleventh Lady’s face was as red as the sunset.

Amber watched as she and a few maids trotted to the east room. When they arrived, the kang table in the middle of the large kang by the window in the east room had already been removed and replaced with a royal blue mattress with a pattern of five bats and a large ink-splashed pillow, and a bright red brocade quilt with a pattern of a phoenix facing the sun. Tea bowls and tea sets were placed on the kang table on the east side.

Xu Lingyi did not put Shiyi Niang on the kang, but carried her onto the kang.

Amber's eyes lit up and she quickly squatted down to help Xu Lingyi take off his shoes.

The east end room was originally a small study room of Shiyi Niang. She would come here occasionally to read books and do some calculations. Unlike the inner room and the banquet room, there were always a few maids standing there to serve. The air was therefore fresher. Shiyi Niang took a deep breath and felt much better and more energetic. She became a little embarrassed.

"My Lord," she struggled a little, "I'll do it myself!"

Xu Lingyi ignored him and said, "Close your eyes and rest. The doctor will be here soon."

It would have been better if he hadn't said it. As soon as he said that, a strong sense of fatigue surged through her body. Xu Lingyi's embrace with a mellow scent made her feel particularly peaceful and quiet. Eleventh Lady couldn't help but yawn a little, still thinking about the lady in her heart: "I haven't gone to greet mother yet!"

Seeing that she was holding on, Xu Lingyi kissed her cheek lovingly: "Go to sleep! I'll talk to mom."

Upon hearing this, Eleventh Lady felt relieved, leaned into his arms, and soon fell asleep.

Xu Lingyi finally calmed down and thought about it. He was surprised and happy, and he just hoped that Doctor Liu would come soon. He also thought that the weather had been hot and cold in the past few days, and they slept back to back at night. Maybe they caught a cold. He regretted it very much for a while. Shiyi Niang was a dozen years younger than him. Although she behaved gracefully in front of outsiders, she was still a little girl after all. No one knew how delicate she was in private better than him. But he wanted to be on the same level as her. He was a few years older than her... And he was wrong that night. Shiyi Niang was shy. Not to mention coming over on her own initiative, she would blush with shame even if she hugged him tightly. What's more, she was teased by him that day and was about to cry...

Thinking of this, he put his face close to Eleventh Lady's face.

The little guy was probably both anxious and embarrassed at that time.

If I had known this would happen, I would have been gentler to her that day!

He put aside the embarrassment caused by the word "like" and didn't think about it at all. He just kissed Shiyi Niang's temples carefully, as if this could make up for his frivolousness that day. In his heart, he secretly hoped that it was not a cold, and even the joy of expecting pregnancy was reduced a little.

Then he told Amber: "Madam is not feeling well and won't see anyone. Ask Madam Song to report to the Madam too."

Amber was willing to do it, and she knelt down and said "yes", and immediately went to make arrangements. After returning to Xu Lingyi, another idea came to her mind, and she hurried to Zhu Xiang.

Eleventh Lady was drowsy and had no idea when Doctor Liu came or left. When she woke up, the lights were on in the room and Xu Lingyi was reading a book while leaning on a large pillow on the octagonal table on the kang.

Feeling the movement, he lowered his head: "Wake up!"

Maybe it was because of the lighting, but Shiyi Niang felt that Xu Lingyi's eyes were particularly gentle when he looked at her.

"Hmm!" She didn't expect that she would sleep for so long, and slowly sat up. "What time is it now?"

Xu Lingyi took out his pocket watch: "It's the beginning of the tenth month!"

"You slept for such a long time!" Eleventh Lady was very surprised.

Xu Lingyi smiled and rubbed her hair, then asked her gently, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat anything?"

Eleventh Lady has no appetite, but not eating will only make her body worse.

She thought for a moment and said, "I want to drink millet porridge."

Xu Lingyi called the maid.

Eleventh Lady felt lazy and didn't want to get up, so she leaned on the big pillow and talked to Xu Lingyi: "What did the doctor say?"

"He said you might be tired." Xu Lingyi's eyes flashed with something strange, "I said I'll come back in a few days to check your pulse."

"Have you prescribed a prescription?"

"It's been opened!" Xu Lingyi thought that she could read the prescription and knew that she knew something about pharmacology, so he smiled and said, "Ask the steward of the outer courtyard to help get the medicine. I'll show it to you tomorrow!"

Eleventh Lady nodded and asked if the list of guests for the March 3rd banquet had been sent to Manager Zhao? She did not go to greet the Madam, so what did the Madam say? Are the children all right?

Xu Lingyi chatted with her about family matters, and after the maid brought her some millet porridge, he stood up and moved the kang table in front of her.

Eleventh Lady was not used to being served by Xu Lingyi in this way, especially when she ordered millet porridge, she didn't want to eat it after just two bites.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat." Xu Lingyi didn't take it seriously and asked the little maid to leave. "You've slept all day, so it's inevitable that you don't have much appetite. Eat when you want to!"

Shiyi Niang felt hungry again. Thinking of how she used to eat only fruit at night to maintain her figure, she asked her maid to peel an apple, but she only ate half of it.

Amber fetched some water and helped her wash up.

"No need." Eleventh Lady smiled and tried to get off the bed, "Let's go to the bathroom!"

Amber looked at Xu Lingyi for help.

Xu Lingyi immediately said, "Let them help you wash up here! You are not going out today, so there is no need to go through so much trouble."

Eleventh Lady still felt a little awkward. Xu Lingyi had already lifted the curtain and walked out, and Amber had wrapped a white scarf around her shoulders. She could wash her face by lowering her head.

It seems like I have some serious illness!

Eleventh Lady looked at him and muttered to herself, then her expression froze and her heart began to pound.

Could it be that I have some terminal illness?

Is that why Xu Lingyi didn't show her the prescription, and why Amber and the others were so cautious when serving her?

After finally suppressing the confusion in her heart, Eleventh Lady observed carefully.

Amber seemed to be afraid that her movements would be too big, and she kept observing her expression, and would do it for her as soon as she made a slight move. Once she sat there quietly and motionless, their expressions relaxed.

Eleventh Lady didn't want to embarrass them, so she just sat there and let them do whatever they wanted.

After she finished washing up, a maid came in and reported, "Madam, the eldest lady heard that you were not feeling well, so she and the fourth and fifth young masters made two orchid sachets and sent them to you. She also said that she would come to greet you when you feel better!"

"Bring it in!" Eleventh Lady smiled and leaned lazily on the pillow.

Amber helped her put up the quilt neatly, and Luyun took the sachet from the maid and handed it to her.

Eleventh Lady put her nose close to it and sniffed it. Her heart was churning, and she bent over and spit out the apple she had just eaten.

Amber brought out a royal blue cloisonné enamel basin with hundreds of birds and flowers from somewhere, and Shiyi Niang just vomited into the basin. After Shiyi Niang finished vomiting, the little maid brought warm water to rinse her mouth, and Luyun gave her a honey-juiced green plum to suck on. Everything went smoothly.

Eleventh Lady looked at the smiling faces in the room, and in a flash she thought of the days when her period had not come yet... Her hand unconsciously rested on her abdomen.

"Amber!" She looked at Amber helplessly, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

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"So, we have to wait until March to get definite news?" Mother Du helped the lady take off her hairpins.

"But they didn't diagnose anything else." The lady's eyes and eyebrows were full of joyful smiles. "I called Mother Song to ask her. It's 80 to 90 percent that she is pregnant."

"Congratulations, Madam!" Mother Du smiled and bent her knees to salute the Madam.

The lady smiled and took her in hand: "Don't say anything for now. The fourth brother is still hiding it!"

Mother Du was a little surprised.

The lady smiled and said, "That's just his nature. He won't say anything unless he's sure of something." After thinking for a moment, she said happily, "I'm afraid the imperial physician doesn't know as much as we do about this kind of thing!"

Mother Du burst into laughter.

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The evening update is a bit late, please wait and read it tomorrow morning!

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