Chapter 67 Anxiety
Xie Qingran found Xie Yankang's hypocritical behavior utterly ridiculous, but she still obediently nodded: "Yes, daughter will definitely talk to her sister properly."
"I knew you were a sensible person!"
"Master, Consort Lian has fainted!"
Suddenly, the servant rushed in, knelt on the ground, and looked anxious.
Upon hearing this, Xie Yankang disregarded everything else and hurriedly ran outside.
Xie Qingran felt there was something interesting to watch, so she quietly followed along, but she kept her expression restrained and only pretended to be anxious.
The Lotus Pavilion was packed with people inside and out.
Lady Wang even brought the family physician with her, deliberately putting on a virtuous act in front of Xie Yankang.
Soon, the physician took her pulse and knelt on the ground: "Congratulations, sir, congratulations, madam, Concubine Lian is pregnant."
"What did you say!"
Wang clenched her teeth and glared fiercely at the physician.
But soon, Madam Wang realized what she meant and swallowed her words back, changing her tone to say, "Congratulations, sir."
"Is this for real?"
Xie Yankang never expected that he would be able to have a child at his age.
He smiled broadly at the imperial physician, and after receiving confirmation, he waved his hand and said, "Good, very good, reward me!"
"Thank you, sir."
At this moment, Aunt Lian slowly woke up. She was startled to see so many people in the room and hurriedly got up to greet them: "Greetings, Madam."
"You should lie down and rest. You're pregnant now, so there's no need for such formalities. You just need to take good care of yourself," Xie Yankang quickly stopped Aunt Lian, his face full of tenderness.
This Aunt Lian was carefully selected and bought at a high price by Xie Qingran. She looks seven or eight parts like the Imperial Concubine, but she is younger than the Imperial Concubine and is more in line with the Imperial Concubine's appearance when she was young.
Xie Yankang already doted on her, and now that she had a child, he treated her like a treasure. Before she even left, the gifts he bestowed upon her were already flowing into the Lotus Pavilion like water.
Originally, Wang could maintain her outward indifference, but her expression immediately changed upon seeing these things. Her eyebrows furrowed tightly as she recalled that she had never received such treatment during her first pregnancy, and Xie Yankang had never been so happy!
"My lord, there are so many things, I can't possibly use them all."
"Is it true that I am pregnant?"
Aunt Lian held Xie Yankang's hand, tears streaming down her face, looking utterly pitiful.
Xie Yankang was already overjoyed at this moment, and hearing this made him even happier. He smiled and said, "Of course it's true. You have a child, and we have a child. You must give birth to this child well. It will definitely be a child as beautiful as you!"
Seeing that Wang's face was becoming increasingly ferocious, Xie Qingran smiled and turned to walk outside.
Her smile at that moment was like a knife stabbing into Wang's chest!
Wang couldn't do anything to Xie Yankang, so she just chased after Xie Qingran, glaring at her through gritted teeth: "Are you here to laugh at me too?"
"Where's the joke?" Xie Qingran looked at Wang Shi in confusion: "If Father has a child, that child will still be your child, Mother. Isn't that a good thing?"
That being said, in all these years, none of Xie's concubines had ever had a child; this was the first time.
Despite Wang's strict precautions, some children still managed to slip through the net. Especially now, seeing how much Xie Yankang cared about the child, Wang became even more jealous.
Seeing Xie Qingran like this now only fueled her anger. She grabbed Xie Qingran's arm, gritted her teeth, and looked at her: "I don't care about anything else, I just want to ask you, did you give Aunt Tian the idea? Did you bring these two people back?"
"Qingran really doesn't understand, Mother, what are you talking about?"
Xie Qingran took a step back, her face flushed. She was still unmarried and a young woman confined to her chambers. How could she possibly arrange such a thing for her father?
Seeing Xie Qingran's bewildered expression, Madam Wang realized that she had been too agitated. Her eyebrows furrowed tightly as she shook off Xie Qingran's arm: "Yue'er was punished because of you and has been lying in bed for several days now. As her older sister, you should go and see her!"
"yes."
Xie Qingran did not refute, but simply nodded, bowed, and turned to walk towards the Begonia Garden.
Since she was there to visit a patient, Xie Qingran naturally brought many gifts.
Seeing Xie Hanyue lying on the bed pretending, Xie Qingran smiled, sat down next to Xie Hanyue, and said lightly, "Little sister, you've really worked hard."
"What, did you come here to laugh at me?"
"Who do you think you are to laugh at me? You think you can replace me with these petty tricks? You're dreaming!"
Xie Hanyue clenched her fists and stared coldly at Xie Qingran.
There were only the two of them in the room, so Xie Hanyue naturally didn't act; she made as ferocious a face as she wanted to be.
Seeing this, Xie Qingran smiled faintly: "Little sister, you really misunderstood me. I never thought about replacing you. You are the youngest girl in the family now, so you don't understand my feelings. But it doesn't matter. We will have a younger brother or sister soon. Then you will know how it feels to be an older sister."
"What do you mean?" Xie Hanyue frowned deeply, looking at Xie Qingran with some confusion.
Xie Qingran raised an eyebrow: "Don't you know that Aunt Lian is pregnant?"
"What? How is that possible? That bitch has only been here for a month, how could she already be pregnant?"
“My father is still vigorous despite his old age; he was pregnant in just one month.”
Xie Qingran covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
She stood up and looked down at Xie Hanyue on the bed.
"Sister, tell me, if Father has other children, how much weight will we, the grown-up children, still carry?"
Seeing Xie Hanyue's face grow increasingly gloomy, Xie Qingran didn't say anything more, but simply stood up and walked outside.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye. She will be twenty years old in a month. If Xiao Jue does not come to propose marriage soon, she will really become an old maid who cannot get married. Not only will she be fined, but she may also be punished with caning and exiled.
Thinking of this, Xie Qingran sighed. When they met before, Xiao Jue spoke so harshly. Now, she didn't know how she should face Xiao Jue anymore.
Fortunately, the banquet at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was just around the corner, so Xie Qingran had one last chance to have a proper talk with Xiao Jue.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Qin was busy making arrangements inside and out, but the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion always seemed to be in a state of decline, which she couldn't hide no matter what she did.
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