Doctor Wang's words made the Queen and the wife of Marquis Xuanping feel very disappointed. Dan Ruo smiled casually and tried to comfort them, but both of them did not believe it.
Everyone knows how important face is to a girl. Danruo must be forcing a smile.
At this time, the maid beside the queen brought the medicine. The queen took it and drank it all. The wife of Xuanping Hou asked with concern:
"Shu'er, why are you taking this medicine at this time?"
The Queen saw her mother's worried look and felt miserable:
"Originally I drank it once every night before bed, but lately the Queen Mother has become increasingly dissatisfied with me, so I thought that drinking it a few times a day might help."
Dan Ruo also heard that the queen had been childless for many years, and some people even put the blame on the wife of Marquis Xuanping.
After all, the wife of Marquis Xuanping only gave birth to two daughters, which was considered a small number of offspring in ancient times.
She took the queen's hand and said, "Sister, you don't need to take medicine every day. Just stay cheerful and play shuttlecock with the palace maids in the palace more often to exercise. You will definitely be able to conceive."
Seeing Danruo's certainty, the queen inexplicably believed it.
"I have been drinking this medicine for many years. If it worked, I would have had it long ago. From now on, I will listen to my sister."
The wife of Marquis Xuanping was anxious, thinking that Danruo was just talking nonsense as a child, but she was afraid to intervene and affect the two sisters who had just met. She could only try to pray for her eldest daughter more every day.
During the following period, Lady Xuanping Hou took Danruo on shopping sprees. She wanted to make up for all the debts she owed her daughter over the years.
The queen in the palace also bestowed various clothes and jewelry from time to time.
On the one hand, he truly loves this sister he just found.
On the other hand, the Queen Mother's attitude towards her had changed recently, and she even comforted her with a few words.
She was puzzled, and then the nanny beside the Queen Mother reminded her that every time Princess Yan Yang came, she would speak well of the Queen.
She had heard from her mother that Princess Yan Yang wanted to marry her younger sister, and she knew that Princess Yan Yang spoke well of her in front of the Queen Mother because of her younger sister.
Besides, Princess Yan Yang has never come to her to mention this matter, which shows that Princess Yan Yang is sincere.
But when it comes to important matters like marriage, she will still consider her sister's own ideas.
Danruo, as the newly adopted daughter of Marquis Xuanping and the Queen's biological sister, was already sixteen years old.
Many people wanted to ask for marriage for their sons, but were all rejected by the wife of Marquis Xuanping.
Only Princess Yan Yang came to visit every once in a while. She was mainly worried about whether Danruo was pregnant. Calculating the time, they had been having sex for more than a month, but Danruo's belly was flat.
She couldn't ask directly about Dan Ruo or Lady Xuanping Hou's face, after all, the two families had not yet decided on the marriage.
Even though it would embarrass the girl, she could only do it more frequently, implying that Lu Xiuyuan would definitely take responsibility after they had a child.
Princess Yan Yang did not receive this good news, but good news came from the palace.
The Emperor and Empress accompanied the Empress Dowager for dinner. The Empress suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit while eating. After the imperial physician checked, it turned out that the Empress was already one month pregnant.
When Princess Yanyang learned the good news, the Queen had already written a letter to the wife of Marquis Xuanping.
She said that her sister was a lucky star. The emperor was overjoyed to know that he would have a legitimate son. After listening to what the queen said, he specially granted Danruo the status of a rural lord.
Other rich daughters in the capital sent invitations to Danruo one after another. Among them, the one that attracted Danruo was the one from Gu Wanyan, the second wife of the Gu family.
Gu Wanyan and Gu Wanru never got along. Gu Wanyan's mother was a kind-hearted and weak woman. She was the only person in the Gu Mansion who had given the original owner help and warmth.
So when Danruo mentioned it accidentally at home, Xuanping Hou remembered it and spoke for the second master of the Gu family in the officialdom, so that the second master of the Gu family would have the strength to fight with Gu Wanru's father.
If you bully his daughter, the eldest wife of the Gu family will never live a good life in this world.
Gu Wanyan learned that Danruo would come to the banquet she was hosting. She thought about her mother's previous small actions, which made Xuanping Hou willing to help her father get promoted.
So she wanted to please Danruo even more, so naturally she would bully Gu Wanru, who had treated her badly in the past, in front of Danruo, or hand Gu Wanru over to Danruo and let Danruo do it.
Don't blame her for not having sisterly feelings towards Gu Wanru. She was almost divorced because of the scandalous things Gu Wanru did, but her uncle still protected Gu Wanru.
It was only because her father cruelly separated from the Gu family and Marquis Xuanping helped her father in the officialdom that she was able to keep her marriage.
So she had someone trick Gu Wanru from Qiao Guangzhi's house on that day, claiming that Gu's grandmother was seriously ill.
After all, Gu Wanru is now a concubine in Qiao Guangzhi's mansion.
At that time, Lord Gu went to see Qiao Guangzhi and told him about Gu Wanru's pregnancy, hoping that the two families would discuss the wedding date.
Qiao Guangzhi was unwilling to do so. Gu Wanru's reputation was already ruined. If he married her at this time, he would be talked about in the streets along with Gu Wanru.
He would soon be a descendant of the Lu family, and Gu Wanru was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, so she was barely qualified to be his wife.
Now Gu Wanru is just the daughter of a small military official, how can she be worthy of being his wife.
Seeing that Gu Wanru was pregnant, Lord Gu could only threaten her with Qiao Guangzhi's background. Qiao Guangzhi thought of his subsequent plans, pinched his nose, and was finally willing to use a sedan chair to quietly bring Gu Wanru back as a concubine.
So, seeing that Gu Wanru was so useless, Lord Gu sent her away without giving her any dowry.
Just try it out as a last resort.
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Gu Wanru was taken back by the Gu family's housekeeper to visit her grandmother, but was taken to a banquet hosted by the second branch of the Gu family.
Looking at Dan Ruo, who was like the moon surrounded by stars, Gu Wanru subconsciously wanted to escape. However, Gu Wanyan would not let her do so and stopped her in time.
Gu Wanru came over and paid her respects to Danruo. Her current status as a concubine made her feel uncomfortable all over, but she straightened her belly which was not noticeable. Fortunately, she had a child and she could still turn things around in the future.
After a while, Gu Wanyan looked at Danruo and exclaimed, "Why is the hairpin on Xiangjun's head gone?"
Dan Ruo knew that she had not lost any hairpins today, but before she came, she knew that Gu Wanyan would definitely try to please her.
She became even more certain when she saw Gu Wanru, so she pretended to be surprised and cooperated with Gu Wanyan's performance.
Gu Wanyan asked everyone to look for it, and then she pretended to look around casually, and coincidentally found a bulge in Gu Wanru's purse.
Then she quickly took the purse in her hand and indeed poured out a ruby hairpin.
Gu Wanyan was shocked and said, "Sister Wanru, I know that my uncle thinks you are shameful and didn't give you a dowry, but you can't steal the county lord's hairpin at the banquet."
Gu Wanyan wanted to set up a plan, so naturally she invited all the girls from the Gu family and her maternal grandparents' side. When everyone saw Gu Wanyan speaking, they all joined in.
Gu Wanru was wronged and knew that these villains were trying to confuse a horse with a zebra.
She could only place her hope on Danruo: "Xiang Jun, I didn't steal your hairpin."
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