Chapter 22 The baby in her womb is gone.
After Xiao Qingyuan left, Granny Chai led the maids back into the room to serve Shen Wantang.
Qin Xin held back for a while, but couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, "Princess Consort, why did the Prince come and go? Isn't he going to sleep in our Wutong Courtyard tonight?"
Shen Wantang knew she loved gossip, so she didn't hide it from her. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal. She smiled and said, "Of course he doesn't sleep in our Wutong Garden. He came because he saw that I had revived my mother and wanted me to give Chu Yanluo acupuncture to protect her pregnancy."
"What?! The young master actually sent you to help that woman with her pregnancy? He..."
Has he gone mad?!
Qin Xin and Granny Chai looked at each other in disbelief, and the other maids were also stunned.
They knew the young master was outrageous, but they never expected him to be this outrageous.
Who would let the principal wife treat the concubine's illness? No, that's not right. The one from Jixin Nunnery isn't even a concubine; she's at most an outsider!
Isn't this an insult?
Fortunately, the Crown Princess is magnanimous and good-tempered. If it were someone with a slightly stronger temper, they would have thrown hot tea in his face, which would have been the least of their worries. Someone with a bad temper would probably have made a scene on the spot, scolded him severely, and kicked that Chu Yanlu out!
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The night passed quickly. When Shen Wantang got up in the morning, she first went to pay her respects to the Princess. After checking on her, she saw that the Princess looked much better than the night before. Then she returned to her own courtyard and began to take charge of the household affairs.
She was just about to have Granny Chai call all the stewards in the Prince's mansion to recognize them when Qin Xin hurriedly walked in.
"Princess Consort, the one from Jixin Nunnery, lost her baby."
Shen Wantang raised her head: "The baby is gone? Are you sure?"
Why so early in this life?
That shouldn't be the case. Shen Mingxuan didn't drug her this time, so how could the baby be lost?
"It's confirmed. It was Dr. Su, who treated that patient, who told me himself. I gave Dr. Su some money and found out a secret: the miscarriage wasn't caused by being frightened, but by taking abortion pills!"
Shen Wantang was genuinely surprised: "She took abortion pills? Who gave them to her?"
Qin Xin shook her head: "Doctor Su doesn't know either. No matter what he asked, she wouldn't say. Later, she simply pretended to be unconscious! But I think she probably ate it herself. Otherwise, how could she have captured the prince's heart while carrying an illegitimate child?"
"She must have panicked when she saw the prince getting married, otherwise she wouldn't have followed the prince to our palace without any official status."
"You don't know, she used to be quite pretentious. After the Chu family sent her to the Jixin Nunnery, the young master visited her almost every day, wanting to bring her to the palace. But she refused, saying that it wasn't proper for her to come. What she meant was that the young master wanted to marry her in a grand ceremony and bring her into the palace!"
"Now look what's happened. She deliberately staged a miscarriage to make the prince feel sorry for her, and he took her straight back to the palace."
Seeing that Qin Xin's analysis was so logical, Shen Wantang couldn't help but smile: "It's a pity you're a maid. You'd be better suited to solving cases at the Dali Temple."
To be honest, although Qin Xin was not reborn, she probably guessed the truth of the matter. She is a clever and intelligent maid, no wonder she was given special attention by the princess.
But if Chu Yanluo herself took the abortion pills, then the reason for her miscarriage in her previous life becomes quite interesting. Perhaps Shen Mingxuan really was framed, and it might not have been her who administered the drugs, but Chu Yanluo herself.
Seeing Shen Wantang smile, Qin Xin stamped her feet anxiously: "Princess Consort, why are you still smiling? That woman from Jixin Nunnery is no pushover. I'm not lying to you, even the Princess Consort suffered at her hands! You must quickly find a way to drive her out of the Prince's mansion, otherwise she will definitely hold onto the Prince tightly!"
Shen Wantang knew, of course, that Chu Yanluo was no pushover; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to keep Xiao Qingyuan so firmly under her control while pregnant with another man's child.
"Don't rush, it's not my turn to make a move yet. Besides, if I kick her out, will the young master stop liking her? At that point, he'll probably go live with her, won't he?"
Qin Xin was taken aback: "This... seems to be true."
Even though Chu Yanluo moved into a nunnery, it didn't stop Xiao Qingyuan from pursuing her. He even became a monk for her sake.
Calming down, Qin Xin realized that she had made a hasty decision and almost caused a big mistake: "It is the Crown Princess who has thought things through so thoroughly. I was too hasty and gave a bad idea. Luckily you did not listen to me, otherwise I am afraid that it would have created a rift between me and the Crown Prince."
Shen Wantang didn't think she had done anything wrong; Qin Xin was just too eager to help her snatch Xiao Qingyuan away.
But she had no intention of taking Xiao Qingyuan away. Wasn't her life good enough? Peaceful and stable, it couldn't be more comfortable.
"Go ahead and get busy. Go find out what you need to find out. If you need money, ask Dujuan for it. I'll make up for the money you gave to Physician Su. Dujuan, give Qinxin twenty taels first."
Qin Xin smiled and said, "Thank you, Princess Consort!"
This intelligence gathering was a great success! The Crown Princess is indeed very generous; following her is definitely the right choice!
Du Juan stepped forward and handed over the silver, and Qin Xin happily took the silver and left.
"Princess Consort, if you spend money like this, our money will be gone very quickly."
Du Juan was in great pain. When they were in the Shen family, they didn't even spend twenty taels of silver a year. But after coming to the Prince's mansion, they had to spend over a hundred taels a day. It was simply unbearable.
Shen Wantang comforted her, "Don't worry about the money. You have to spend it when you need to. Who would want to do things for me if I'm stingy? Don't worry, I earn money very quickly. We'll have more money than we can spend in the future."
In her previous life, she had a similar mindset to Du Juan. Because she was used to being poor, she was always reluctant to spend money even after she earned it. As a result, several of the shop managers she had painstakingly trained were poached by others at high prices.
Even when she was exhausted and physically weak, she didn't spend a lot of money to buy the best ginseng and bird's nest for maintenance. When she got sick, she would just give herself a few acupuncture treatments and tough it out.
Later, her health deteriorated to the point that acupuncture was no longer effective, and she needed to drink large bowls of medicine. Then, for some unknown reason, one of the bowls of medicine caused a problem, and she died.
Why save money? If she dies, wouldn't it all benefit Liao Youhe?
Therefore, she is now spending money in a somewhat retaliatory manner.
She took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into Dujuan's hand: "Have the kitchen add two dishes for us at noon today. I want to eat hibiscus bamboo fungus and drunken fish. Also, have someone make a bowl of eight-treasure porridge and send it to the princess. She is ill and this is suitable for her."
Dujuan accepted the silver and left to carry out her orders.
The morning passed quickly, and at noon, Shen Wantang had more dishes added to her meal, which she enjoyed immensely.
She had just finished eating when Granny Quan arrived.
Her face was full of smiles: "Your Highness, the Princess Consort was very happy after eating the Eight Treasures Porridge you sent her at noon. So, she found all the brightly colored fabrics she got in the palace and said she would send them to you to make clothes."
After she finished speaking, she waved to the maids who had followed her, and the maids placed bolts of fabric on the table, stacking them high.
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