As for why Li Chenjiao chose to help the Xie family at this time, there is actually no reason or explanation.
For Li Chenjiao, it wasn't really helping the Xie family at all.
For her, it was just a matter of giving a few instructions.
Furthermore, Li Chenjiao truly had no intention of helping the Xie family. Li Chenjiao's soft heart was only for her own people; she had no sympathy for the Xie family whatsoever.
Otherwise, Li Chenjiao would have already hinted to the Fourth Master about Xie Shi's good fortune.
Li Chenjiao never intended to interfere in Xie's affairs, but today Xiao Luzi happened to run into her and reported it to her. Now that Li Chenjiao knew about it, she couldn't remain silent.
Li Chenjiao knew very well that Xie Shi wouldn't risk her chance to turn her life around, so it could only mean that Xie Shi was really about to give birth, and there was no need to worry about any risks.
To put it bluntly, Li Chenjiao only gave some instructions today. When Fourth Master returns, no matter what happens afterward, he will still remember her actions today.
Li Chenjiao doesn't need to do anything right now; she just needs to wait for the servants to finish their work and report back.
After finishing her meal, Li Chenjiao stretched in the midday sun. When the two maids told her that the Second Princess had woken up, she asked Granny Chen to bring the Second Princess over.
Li Chenjiao loved to place the Second Princess in front of her where she could see her, and she also learned to hold the Second Princess without being taught. The little girl was very attached to her.
However, the little girl was indeed very well-behaved when she was in her arms, but she would always cry at night.
Li Chenjiao slept soundly these past two days and hadn't been woken up. It wasn't until the two maids told her this morning that the Fourth Master had been woken up by the Second Princess's crying yesterday and went to check on her in the middle of the night that he found out.
The way the little girl looked in Li Chenjiao's arms made it hard to believe she had been crying incessantly the night before. Li Chenjiao found it quite novel.
"If Second Princess is still crying today, wake me up. Doesn't she get tired of howling all night?"
Li Chenjiao said the second half of her sentence while touching the little girl's face, which felt as soft as tofu. Li Chenjiao's smile never stopped after she held the Second Princess in her arms.
However, although the little girl was very close to Li Chenjiao at the moment, sleeping was definitely the most important thing for her.
Granny Chen then held the little girl and coaxed her to sleep, finally carefully placing her on the second princess's small bed in the inner room.
Li Chenjiao wasn't too sleepy at the moment, but she wasn't in the mood to embroider either, so she asked Qiu Hu to take out the storybooks she hadn't finished reading before and start reading them.
Xiao Luzi and Dongsheng went to carry out Li Chenjiao's instructions, but Dongsheng had to return first.
Dongsheng reported from outside the screen that Xie Gege was indeed in labor. Xiaoluzi had already sent the prefectural physician to check on her, but the physician said that Xie Gege's baby was in an abnormal position and there was no midwife available. They needed to find a midwife to help Xie Gege give birth as soon as possible.
Fulu was startled when he heard the news in the front yard. He almost tripped and fell when he went out. Xiaoluzi wanted to help him up, but Fulu got up nimbly on his own and then ran away and disappeared.
They even left Xiao Luzi completely dumbfounded. Is this the skill of the servants in the front yard?
With the imperial physicians all gone, the commotion in Princess Xie's courtyard could not be kept secret.
Upon learning that Xie Gege was about to give birth, everyone's first thought was: How could this be?
Yeah, how could that be?
Those who are smarter can easily guess, by doing some careful calculation, that it was made during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.
This inevitably brings to mind the wife of the main wife in the main courtyard.
The Fujin (principal wife) in the main courtyard naturally found out first, since Wang Jinzhong rushed back to the main courtyard to report to her after knocking the girl unconscious.
Upon hearing this, the princess was naturally both angry and resentful.
However, after being "reminded" so many times by the Fourth Prince, the Fujin (wife) really didn't dare to make a move against Xie's child.
It was Granny Qian who came up with the idea.
“Your Highness has misunderstood. Consort Xie is pregnant? Consort Xie is not pregnant at all, so how could she be about to give birth? This old servant thinks Consort Xie has lost her mind. I will have someone send some medicine to Consort Xie to treat her illness.”
Since Madam Xie had kept Yu Xi's pregnancy a secret, the main court could now seize this opportunity to quietly dispose of the child in Madam Xie's womb.
Granny Qian called Wang Jinzhong in again to ask if no one was there at the time and if no one heard the girl's commotion.
If you're going to take action, you have to do it quietly and without leaving a trace.
Granny Qian herself was knowledgeable in pharmacology, and even brought various medicinal herbs with her when she entered the mansion, just in case.
Just as Granny Qian was about to start preparing the medicine herself, Yu Ru's anxious voice came in, saying, "Madam, they're saying that Consort Xie is about to give birth. The physician has already gone, but there's no midwife—Fu Lu from the front courtyard sent someone to ask Madam what she thinks."
Granny Qian glanced at Wang Jinzhong and withdrew the step she had just taken.
She closed her eyes and sighed inwardly, "As expected, I couldn't hide it after all."
The only solution right now is to delay as long as possible, until Ms. Xie has a difficult childbirth.
The Fujin and Granny Qian exchanged a glance and quickly composed themselves: "Send someone to the Imperial Household Department to invite a midwife. It must be done as soon as possible. We absolutely cannot delay Xie's delivery."
When the Fujin mentioned "the sooner the better" and "it delayed Xie's production," she paused noticeably.
Wang Jinzhong, being so clever, naturally understood what the Fujin meant.
After kowtowing and paying his respects, he quickly withdrew.
Apart from Li Chenjiao in the East Courtyard, no one in the back courtyard could sit still after hearing the news.
The Xie family really kept it a secret very well.
Upon hearing the news, the first person in the backyard to become restless was Madam Song.
As soon as she received the news, Madam Song went to Madam Xie's courtyard. On the way, she couldn't help but say, "I was wondering why she hadn't come to my courtyard to sit lately. She's been sick and hasn't gotten better. A few days ago, I heard the Fujin say that she was going to send her to the estate to recuperate, and I even spoke up for her. I never expected that she would secretly go into labor without telling me."
Liu Xu first looked around, after all, they were in the garden, and there was no guarantee that her princess's words might be overheard by someone with ulterior motives.
The two, mistress and servant, were walking along when they ran into Princess Wu coming out of her courtyard.
Wu Gege's south courtyard is very close to the garden.
When Wu Gege saw Song Shi, she showed no embarrassment and nodded in greeting: "Is Song Gege also going to see Xie Gege? Let's go together."
Everyone wants to find out.
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