Chapter 214 This child must not be kept!
In a blink of an eye, a few more days passed.
Xiyan has been feeling weak lately. When she gets up in the morning and puts on makeup in front of the bronze mirror, her hands, which are holding the black ink on their fingertips, would tremble for no reason.
Helian Feng knew that she had a poor appetite recently, so he tried his best to prepare some light meals for her.
During lunch, in order to prevent Helian Feng from noticing, she forced herself to eat the food he picked for her.
Helian Feng saw that she looked unhappy and asked a few questions. Xiyan just said that it was like this every summer. Helian Feng didn't ask any more questions and ordered someone to bring her some candied plums.
"I've been busy with government affairs these past few days, and I have to go check on the armory soon. If you're bored, you can ask Zou Yi to accompany you out of the house and take a walk on the streets."
Xiyan nodded, Helian Feng pecked her on the forehead and hurried away.
Seeing him walking away, Xiyan left the table, making an excuse that she wanted to take a walk in the garden.
After walking out of the hall and finding a deserted place, she slowly squatted down, holding onto a big tree, her fingertips tightly grasping the handkerchief. The sour feeling in her stomach almost swallowed her.
She vomited violently until she had vomited out all the food she had eaten, and only then did she feel better.
However, this is the third time this has happened today.
She picked up the flower hoe beside her and buried the vomit. Suddenly, she remembered that her period, which was supposed to come last month, has been delayed for more than half a month.
Xiyan's heart sank. What on earth was wrong with her? Could it be...
impossible!
She immediately denied it.
She and Xiao Nanyan would take a pill to avoid having children every time they had sex. For the past few months, they had been living in peace, except for -
The night before she entered the palace and had the accident, Xiao Nanyue pestered her for it several times when she came back from Phoenix Pavilion. In the morning, before she could take the pill to prevent heir-prevention, she was summoned by the imperial concubine. Then she was injured, and Xiao Nanyue handed her away.
I didn't take the medicine that one time, how could it be such a coincidence that I got sick!
But, my symptoms...
Xiyan knew that Helian Feng was not at home today and would not be back until dusk.
Before leaving, he told me that if I felt bored, I could go out for a walk.
She thought that if she didn't bring Zou Yi with her, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of Helian Feng and the others.
So, she planned to take Zou Yi with her, find an excuse, and secretly go to Huichuntang to ask the doctor to take her pulse to find out.
I found Zou Yi and told him that I wanted to go for a walk, and Zou Yi agreed readily.
Once on the street, Xiyan walked around, with Zou Yi and two guards following closely behind her.
Xiyan noticed that the street behind Huichun Hall was full of silk and cloth shops.
She stroked the silver hairpin on her temples with her fingertips, looked up at the sun, and deliberately softened her voice:
"Guard Zou, I'm going to the cloth shop to make two summer shirts."
"good!"
Zou Yi had a very good impression of this little maid who was as beautiful as a fairy from heaven. He also knew that she was the prince's sweetheart. Even if she could not become the prince's consort in the future, she could at least be a concubine. Naturally, he did not dare to disobey her and was very polite to her.
After entering a cloth shop, Xiyan said she wanted to measure her size and choose some fabrics and clothing styles. Zou Yi was not in a position to follow her, so he sat at the bamboo table outside with two guards and drank tea.
Xiyan entered the inner room, quickly selected a few pieces of fabric, and then placed a heavy piece of silver on the pear wood cabinet:
"Please, boss, open the back corner door. I'm going to the end of the alley to look for a sister. It's not convenient for the servants outside to know. Please be kind, boss. I'll be back soon."
The shopkeeper got the silver and didn't care what she did. He bowed and led her around the shelves piled with Shu brocade and pushed open the back corner door covered with vines.
Xiyan left the cloth shop, quickened her pace, and soon entered Huichun Hall.
She threw a silver ingot and asked the old doctor to find a secluded place for her so that she could take her pulse alone.
The small inner room was filled with the aroma of mugwort, mixed with the sound of her disordered heartbeat.
When the old doctor with a white beard placed his fingertips on her wrist pulse, she subconsciously shrank back, but was held firmly by the warmth of his palm.
"The girl's pulse..."
"How?" Xiyan felt her throat tightening.
The old doctor narrowed his eyes and twirled his goatee with his other hand:
"It's as smooth as a rolling ball, and it sinks down strong, but your period is late?"
Xiyan bit her lower lip and dug her nails into her palm:
"Please be frank, sir."
When the old doctor raised his eyes, his face was full of joy:
"Congratulations, you are almost two months pregnant!"
Xiyan stared at the peony pattern on the pulse pillow and felt a buzzing in her ears.
"impossible……"
Is it true that I didn't take the medicine that one time and didn't realize that it would lead to such bad consequences?
The old doctor misunderstood her shock and comforted her gently:
"No mistake! I've been practicing medicine for forty years and have never misdiagnosed a pregnancy. Remember, be extra careful during the first three months and don't disturb the fetus."
Xiyan nodded mechanically, feeling her heart tremble suddenly, and a voice repeatedly exploded in her ears:
She was pregnant. She was actually pregnant with Xiao Nanyan's child!
Just when she wanted to break free from Xiao Nanyue's shackles and seek freedom, the child came unexpectedly.
And the father of this child is currently standing behind the palace walls, using his hands, which are used to manipulating power, to pave a road that seems glorious but is actually full of thorns.
No! This child must not be kept!
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