“What you say is true, Princess. You are pregnant, so please go inside quickly. If you catch a cold, it will be my fault.” Granny Qi also hurriedly came up to help Yin Qingyi into the mansion, pushing Chunlan aside.
"..." Yin Qingyi was completely bewildered. Good heavens, why is Granny Naqi so enthusiastic?
"Your Highness is so beautiful." After helping Yin Qingyi into the room, Granny Naqi smiled kindly at her and asked her to sit down.
"Hehe, you flatter me, Granny." Yin Qingyi smiled awkwardly. This was not what she had expected. Could this Granny Naqi have been replaced?
"Princess, don't be nervous. This old servant just feels a sense of familiarity looking at you. You look very much like an old friend of mine." Granny Naqi looked at Yin Qingyi, her eyes slightly moist. Those fox-like eyes were so similar—they were so similar to her daughter's, the daughter who died of smallpox at only a few years old. She only had one daughter in her life, yet she hadn't fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother. Only after her daughter's death did she learn that her family was heartless and cruel, not even allowing her to see her daughter one last time. But it didn't matter; she had already sent them to be with her daughter.
"Who is this old friend, Granny? I'd like to see someone who looks a lot like me." Yin Qingyi didn't notice Granny Qi's strange behavior and asked curiously.
"I won't see him anymore." Granny Qi shook her head and didn't say anything more.
"...Granny, don't be sad. Then, please look after me more often in the future." Yin Qingyi held Granny Naqi's hand and comforted her.
"Your Highness is joking. You are different from her; you are a blessed person." Granny Naqi put away her somewhat out-of-control demeanor and returned to her usual appearance.
"Granny, you can ask Qiuju for anything you want. Your room was cleaned last night; you and Qiuju should go see if there's anything you need." Yin Qingyi didn't know how to continue the conversation. She's lucky? If she were lucky, she wouldn't be a concubine. They're talking about a princess; what's the difference between that and a concubine?
"Alright, then this old servant will go and put the things down before serving the princess." Granny Qi really wanted to be alone at this moment; she felt guilty and regretful for not being able to see her daughter one last time. She thought she had let go of the matter, but the moment she saw Yin Qingyi, she clearly understood that she was only deceiving herself.
After Granny Qi left, Yin Qingyi sat down, desperately trying to recall the story of Granny Qi in the novel she wrote in her previous life. However, after thinking for a long time, she couldn't recall any family or relatives of Granny Qi, nor did she remember having any family members of Granny Qi. She hadn't written about whether she had any family members or not... So who could this old friend be?
However, judging from the way that Granny Qi looks, at least she's not an enemy. That's good, otherwise she might have been forced to give up her mother and keep her child.
Thinking about it gave Yin Qingyi a headache. She yawned and said, "Hmm, I'm sleepy. I got up too early today. I'll go catch up on sleep first, and think about the rest after I wake up."
So when Granny Naqi came back after figuring things out, she found the entire Luoxue Pavilion extremely quiet. For a moment, she even wondered if she was hallucinating. It was so lively outside when she went in. How long had it been? Half an hour?
"Granny, the princess is asleep." Mingyue quietly approached Granny Naqi and whispered to her to answer her question.
“Okay, I’ll go inside and take a look.” The old woman nodded, her voice also lowered.
"Then please keep your voice down, Granny. The princess is a light sleeper these days, and she'll wake up at the slightest noise." Mingyue nodded; all of them from the front courtyard knew Granny Qi.
"Hmm." After nodding, Granny Qi entered the mansion. A faint fragrance wafted into her nose, causing her to frown slightly. It was best for pregnant women not to use incense. Who knew if the incense had been tampered with? This Consort Yin was too careless. But then she thought, Consort Yin was still young, and the young ladies serving her were all girls. It was normal that she didn't know.
I walked over to the incense burner intending to extinguish the incense, but found it completely clean. There wasn't even a speck of ash, let alone any fragrance. So what was the source of the faint fragrance in the room? A sachet?
As a result, Granny Naqi searched the room but did not find a single sachet, which was quite strange. Granny Naqi turned around and left the room, then pulled Feng Qing aside.
"Feng Qing, does Princess Yin usually have the habit of burning incense?" Granny Naqi asked quietly.
"I don't know either. Mingyue and I only arrived yesterday. Did you discover something, Granny?" Feng Qing, seeing Granny Qi's expression, assumed that she had discovered something terrible, and her face showed tension.
"It's nothing, I'll go ask Qiuju first." Granny Naqi didn't expect these two to arrive at the same time as her. She released Feng Qing and walked towards Qiuju, who was guarding the door.
"Is there something you need, Granny Naqi?" Qiuju asked, seeing Granny Naqi coming in and out, chatting with Feng Qing, and now walking towards her.
"It's like this, Granny, I'm also worried. Does the princess usually burn incense? You young people don't know, but pregnant women should avoid incense the most. Who knows if someone will tamper with it? So if the princess has a habit of burning incense, you must talk to her about it properly." Granny Qi pulled Qiuju aside and said a lot, afraid that Qiuju would misunderstand.
"Granny, the princess doesn't have the habit of using incense. You must be referring to the princess's body fragrance." Qiuju was both amused and exasperated, and could only tell Granny Naqi. She even whispered the last two words into Granny Naqi's ear.
"I see, then I'm relieved." The old woman suddenly understood. She wondered why the room smelled so good when there was no incense or sachets. She sighed inwardly again, thinking how truly blessed this Princess Yin was. Beautiful and with a natural fragrance, she'd only been in the household for a few months. When she first arrived, the master wasn't even home, and he only returned a month or two later. And now, less than three months later, she was pregnant! That meant she was likely to bear children easily. If she gave birth to a son this time, the princess's position in the household would be secure. Plus, with her own help, the position of concubine was almost certain for the princess.
Indeed, in that half hour, Granny Naqi decided to serve Yin Qingyi from now on. This was a kind of self-comfort for her, projecting her longing for her deceased daughter onto the princess. But she wouldn't let anyone know this, not even the princess.
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