"Nianxue~ Nianxue~~~" Lanqin pulled up her blanket and found a lot of blood under her bed. She silently estimated the time since her last period; it seemed to have been more than a month. However, Lin Mengyao's periods were also irregular, and her mother had taken her to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital for treatment, but it still didn't work. So, Lanqin wasn't nervous when she realized she hadn't had her period for more than a month, and she certainly hadn't considered the possibility of pregnancy. She also never imagined that the bloodstain in front of her would be the result of a miscarriage.
"Princess, what's wrong?" Nianxue was dusting in the main room when she heard Lanqin shout. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly dropped the feather duster and ran to the bedroom.
"It's nothing, I think I've gotten my period. Look, I've made the bed all dirty." Lanqin looked at Nianxue apologetically, because this meant she had caused trouble for Nianxue and the others again.
"Princess, it seems you haven't had your period for over a month. Now that it's back, you must take good care of yourself. The master has already sent a lot of tonics through the head nanny." Nianxue felt a vague discomfort seeing that Lanqin knew nothing about it, yet she had to keep it from her.
"Hmm, help me change my clothes." Lanqin tried to get up, but suddenly felt dizzy and weak all over.
"Princess, you should rest. You were seriously ill yesterday, and you must not be fully recovered yet. I think you should stay in bed for a few more days." Nianxue tried to persuade Nianxue to stay in bed for a few more days because she knew that miscarriage was very harmful to the body, and if it was not treated properly, it would greatly affect her future fertility.
"No, Fourth Master promised me yesterday that he would take me out to play today. It would be a waste to stay in bed." Lanqin panicked when she heard Nianxue say this. But unfortunately, she was too weak to get up and could only sit limply on the bed, panting.
“Princess, you haven’t recovered yet, how can you go out? I’ll go and inform the master right away and ask him to come and persuade you.” Nianxue hurriedly helped Lanqin sit up, and then called Xicha from outside to help pull off the soiled sheets.
The two of them took the soiled sheets and left. Nianxue said to Xicha, "Go quickly and inform the master that the princess has woken up."
Xi Cha nodded, then took the bed sheet to the side room and handed it to Huan Bi, asking her to wash it.
Huanbi immediately recognized the blood-stained sheets, and after thinking for a while, she took them to the kitchen to fetch hot water.
Meanwhile, Xicha hurriedly walked towards the main courtyard. As she jogged and was about to turn the corner through the flower-shaped gate, a person suddenly walked out from the corner. Xicha lost her balance and bumped into her.
"Ouch! Who is it that's so blind!" The woman who had been bumped on the shoulder by Xicha was being helped up by a maid who looked like a servant girl. She was curled up and glaring angrily at Xicha, who had also bumped into her shoulder. This woman was indeed the Fujin's younger sister—Yan Yu.
"This servant didn't mean it. This servant has urgent business to see the master." After saying that, Xi Cha tried to walk past Yan Yu, but Yan Yu suddenly blocked Xi Cha's way with his body.
"Where are you from, maid? How dare you be so rude! You bumped into me and didn't even apologize properly!" Yan Yu was very displeased with Xi Cha's neglect. She was the type of person who would never suffer a loss and was quite strict and demanding with her servants.
“Miss, I didn’t mean to bump into you. Our princess has something to attend to and must go see the master immediately. Please move aside.” Xi Cha had never met Yan Yu before and did not want to talk to her, so she tried to squeeze past her.
"No way! You think you can just leave without apologizing? What kind of ill-mannered girl is this?" Yan Yu was annoyed that Xi Cha hadn't apologized, so she started cursing.
"I was just in a hurry, and your sudden appearance wasn't intentional. You can scold me if you want, but why insult our princess?" Xi Cha glared at Yan Yu, completely baffled as to who this woman was. She had seen almost all the women in the Fourth Master's household, but this woman was nowhere to be found. Could she be someone who had entered the manor from outside?
"Who do you think you are, Princess? If she can't discipline the maids, I'll do it for her!" Yan Yu was pampered by Fei Yanggu since childhood, and because of her young age, she was also favored by her older brothers and sisters. As a result, in addition to being lively, she was also a bit domineering.
“My princess is from the Niohuru clan, and I am here on her orders to invite the master.” Xicha thought that revealing Lanqin’s identity would make the arrogant woman in front of her step aside. As she expected, Yan Yu’s eyes flickered when she heard that she was from the Niohuru clan, and she said awkwardly, “Then you can go. Be careful next time you walk.”
Xi Cha nodded slightly and brushed past her.
Yan Yu watched as she ran towards the front yard, then rubbed her shoulder where she had been bumped and said, "I'd like to go and see this Niu Shi, and see what kind of person she is who has bewitched my brother-in-law to such an extent."
Her personal maid, Yun Yuan, asked, "Princess, shall we still go to the garden?"
Yan Yu turned around, adjusted the pearl hairpin in her hair, and said, "Go ahead, a mere maid can't spoil my fun!"
Upon hearing that Lanqin had woken up, Fourth Master put down his book and immediately followed Xicha to the South Courtyard.
As soon as Lanqin saw the Fourth Master walk in, she wailed, "Master, what should I do? I'm feeling really unwell today. I was hoping to go for a walk with you."
"From today onwards, you should take good care of yourself. Eat snow frog and bird's nest every day until you're plump and healthy. There's plenty of time for us to go out. Once you're well, I'll take you to Jiangnan!" Fourth Master said generously.
"Jiangnan! My lord, you must keep your word and not deceive me." Lanqin suddenly jumped out of the gloom of being unable to go out, and the depression on her face vanished.
Wow, she's going on a tour of Jiangnan!
"But if you don't take good care of yourself, then I might have to go back on my word." Fourth Master said with a stern face, suppressing his guilt.
"I don't need to work in the fields. I'm fine with eating four or five meals a day." Lanqin was most happy to hear about food.
"I'm going to the palace tomorrow and I'll be very busy these days, but I'll come to see you as soon as I get back. Don't cause any trouble for me. Just eat and sleep well!" The Fourth Prince sat down on the edge of Lanqin's bed and took out a "necklace" from his pocket, letting it hang down in front of her face.
"Is this a pocket watch?" Lanqin exclaimed in surprise as she grabbed the exquisitely crafted "little necklace" and played with it in her hand.
"You know it!" Fourth Master's eyes lit up, but he wasn't surprised that the little princess recognized it. She liked Western things, which was why he had specially found this little gadget from the storeroom.
The little one had just recovered from a serious illness and then, in a state of confusion and ignorance, lost a child!
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