“My lady, please calm down. No matter what, you are pregnant. This is something they are all jealous of. Instead of being angry, you should think about how to protect yourself,” said Liuying.
Even though Liu Ying had many ideas, she knew that if she was careless and Ye Liangdi miscarried easily, she would not be in a good position.
"Then what do you say? Hmph, what's the use of them being jealous of me if they can't have children?" Ye Liangdi said disdainfully.
“Now that the lady of the house can’t come in person, why don’t I go back and arrange for two people to come?” Liu Ying said.
"Mother isn't coming?" Ye Liangdi frowned. "Should I go back?"
"It's best not to move now, as your pregnancy is unstable. Don't worry, Her Majesty the Empress will have people watching over you. His Highness will also be watching over you. Your pregnancy will definitely be safe."
"Then go, go now." Ye Liangdi bit her lip: "Look at them all, I feel so..."
Although she was slow-witted, she wasn't completely stupid.
She was indeed a bit smug, but she also knew that the people in the mansion harbored ill intentions towards her.
"Yes." Without further ado, Liu Ying went.
Su Liangdi smiled gently as she held the newly delivered sachet from the sewing room: "These days, the fragrances are all so pleasant."
The embroiderer smiled and said, "This is new. They say it was prescribed by the imperial physician and just arrived. It's said to be very good for a woman's health."
"Really? I liked the old kind too, but they're not available anymore?" Su Liangdi asked.
"Ah, they used to say that one of the herbs was a tribute from outside, but we don't have it for now. They said it would only be available after autumn, and by the time it arrives here, it will probably be next year. If you really don't like the smell, I'll go and get it for you," said Liu Mama from the sewing room earnestly.
Whether she was genuinely unaware or putting on an act, Su Liangdi couldn't discern anything amiss.
So he said, "It's alright, this one smells good too. We'll talk about that one when we have that one."
She smiled again: "The one from before must have been quite rare. I've never smelled it anywhere else."
Mother Liu smiled apologetically, "It's only because you're different from Consort Ye that you have such good things. Where would you find any more?"
Su Liangdi smiled and nodded, gave her the tip, and then had someone send her away.
In the past, sachets naturally contained a medicinal ingredient.
However, that alone is not very useful.
It must be paired with the tea you drink regularly, any kind of tea will do.
Combined, it's not some kind of potent medicine; it simply makes it harder for women to conceive.
Consort Su was favored by the emperor, so she had more sachets here.
She assumed the sachet contained the medicine and didn't realize that drinking tea was necessary for it to be effective.
Shu Chengfeng doesn't want the two of them to give birth for the time being; he doesn't intend to cut off their offspring.
This method only reduces their chances of getting pregnant, it doesn't guarantee it.
So once it becomes permanent and no longer useful, it becomes invalid.
However, Ye Liangdi's unstable pregnancy was not entirely due to the effects of this medicine.
This is probably because she didn't know she was pregnant for the past few months, so she hasn't been paying attention to her diet. This has caused some delays.
She herself had a cold uterus and irregular periods, which had been present since she entered the manor; it was not caused by Shu Chengfeng.
In fact, the medicine that Shu Chengfeng gave them had some benefits, namely, it could regulate menstruation.
However, very few women would use this to regulate their menstrual cycle.
Now that the sachet had been changed, Su Liangdi understood that she could get pregnant.
She slowly let out a long breath. No matter what, she had to have offspring.
Otherwise, how could she establish herself?
When Liu Ying returned to the Ye family, she soon brought back two old women. These were elderly members of the Ye family, specializing in treating pregnant women.
At this moment, he disregarded everything else and focused solely on carefully treating Ye Liangdi's health.
However, these two, who prided themselves on coming from the Duke of Ye's household, were quite disdainful of others.
On the second day after he entered the mansion, trouble broke out.
Yan Nangui's health has suffered some setbacks, and she needs to recuperate gradually.
One of them is that every month when I have my period, if I'm not careful, it will hurt.
Because she had suffered a major hemorrhage before, she has been experiencing extreme irritability, general discomfort, and poor appetite in the past few days.
So these past few days, I've become exceptionally picky about food.
I don't feel like eating anything today, I just want to drink some longan, red date, and brown sugar tea.
This wasn't anything rare. It's just that they were out of dried red dates. So Chanyi went to the kitchen to ask for some.
On their way there, they encountered Granny You, Ye Liangdi's nanny.
Chanyi didn't recognize her, so naturally she ignored her.
I told the kitchen staff I wanted dried red dates and to arrange lunch.
"Of course, miss, wait a moment. Take the dried red dates back first, and I'll arrange the meal right away." The kitchen staff knew that this lady lost her appetite at this time of month, so they took extra care of her during these days.
When Xiao Heizi went to the back to look for dried red dates, he ran into trouble.
"This...it's moldy! Didn't you air it out?"
"It's not that it wasn't dried; it was leaking when it rained a few days ago, so drying it out is impossible now. The new ones haven't arrived yet. What are we going to do?"
“No problem. Ding Zhaoxun still has some left. Give it to Yan Liangyuan first,” Xiao Heizi said.
Du Ruo agreed.
They quickly brought out the items, and Chanyi then suggested several dishes, all of which were good for replenishing blood and energy.
Ginseng chicken soup should have been an ordinary dish, but because it rained a few days ago, no one expected that it would leak later, so some things got wet.
The small packet of ginseng used for stewing soup has become soggy and is unusable.
Xiao Heizi said with difficulty, "We really don't have enough ginseng right now... We only have two, and the main courtyard also needs ginseng chicken soup. Ye Liangdi also needs some. We really don't have anywhere else to find any in the kitchen..."
Chanyi frowned slightly: "Is there no other way? Our Liangyuan is fine with everything else, but she ordered this."
"No, no, no, it's not like there's no other way. It's just... let's not talk about the one in the main courtyard, just do the whole thing. As for the rest, how about we cut one ginseng in half?" Xiao Heizi said with a smile, "Ye Liangdi is pregnant, so she can't eat too much nourishing food. As for Yan Liangyuan, we'll have a little less this time, and she'll get a new one tomorrow."
Chanyi was about to say that it was fine, since even if it was a whole stem, it would be a whole pot of soup, and the master couldn't finish it.
But before she could speak, Granny You became angry.
She originally came here to watch over Ye Liangdi's meals.
After listening to a young man fawning over that secondhand woman in Jiyue Pavilion for a while, I got angry.
"I don't care what you do, our Liangdi here must remain intact." Her expression was very cold.
Xiao Heizi was also intimidated and looked helplessly at Chanyi.
Chanyi glanced at Granny You a few times, then looked at Xiao Heizi: "If you really don't have any, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll have someone bring the ginseng over later. We've made this concession out of consideration for your kitchen. You should remember that." With that, she left.
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