Chapter 79 Verification
"No wonder." The old lady snorted and laughed. "Even though they look like you two, they all know that the child is from the Liu family. Even if they had the guts, they wouldn't dare say such words in front of you."
Xie Jinglan's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously thought of Xi Bao's pair of black eyes, with the slightly upturned corners of his eyes, which were surprisingly similar to his own.
He breathed slightly faster and asked anxiously, "Grandma, do you think they look alike?"
The old lady didn't answer immediately, but looked at him for a while.
Until I saw his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the edge of the teacup, and even his fingertips turned a little red.
The old lady then slowly spoke.
"From a distance, he looks about the same as the cleverness the Marquis had when he was two years old. But if you really look closely," she paused, her gaze settling on her grandson's face, "his eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips, they look like they were cast from the same mold."
With a loud "bang", Xie Jinglan felt as if his head exploded. His breathing stagnated and all the blood in his body rushed to his head.
Seeing him like this, the old lady finally calmed down and spoke in a deep voice, "So, I want to ask you, Lord Marquis, when did you first ask for that girl after she entered the mansion?"
Xie Jinglan's eyes darkened.
In the past, he would have believed that he truly wanted her in the border town, after she gave birth to the child, and there was no doubt about this.
But now, the old lady's words were like a stone thrown into a deep pool, and the ice-like determination in his eyes was cracking little by little.
Confusion mixed with surging waves, all those details that he had deliberately ignored suddenly emerged from the depths of his memory, making him feel stuffy in the chest.
He pondered for a long while before speaking abruptly, "Grandson feels that there are some things that need to be clarified first. Grandma, please give me some time to find out."
The old lady looked at him like this and finally sighed and said, "You are very decisive in marching and fighting, but when it comes to matters of love, you become confused."
She glanced up at him, her tone hinting at a hint of disappointment, "Investigate it, find out everything that needs to be found out, but judging by the girl's expression, I'm afraid she's also confused.
When she came here just now, she said she was looking for another place to live and would leave the mansion with Xibao soon. I found an excuse to keep her here temporarily. My Lord, you can investigate, but you must not alarm her and her child."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jinglan hurriedly bowed and said, "Grandson, save yourself the trouble."
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Xie Jinglan hurried back to the study and said in a deep voice to the servant waiting outside, "Go and call the palace doctor, immediately."
Not long after, the court physician came in with a medicine box. Seeing his solemn expression, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "My Lord, did you send for me? Are you feeling unwell?"
Xie Jinglan took a sip of tea and placed the teacup heavily on the table. His dark eyes were filled with anxiety. "Please check my pulse and see if I can still have children."
The court doctor's throat rolled.
He heard that Miss Wen had returned, but he didn't expect the Marquis to be so anxious.
After all, Miss Wen came with her child, so the Marquis must not want to be outdone and is determined to have a child of his own with her.
The court physician placed his fingertips on the Cun, Guan, and Chi points on the wrist, concentrating for a moment, his brows gradually furrowed. "The Marquis' body is still full of toxins. Although his life is not in danger for now, the toxins are accumulating in his meridians and lungs. If... if he wants to have children, it may be difficult."
Xie Jinglan wasn't surprised by this answer. He suppressed the throbbing in his heart and asked, "If I had physical contact with a woman when I was first poisoned, and the poison hadn't yet penetrated my body, would that affect my fertility?"
The court physician twirled his beard and pondered, "In the early stages of the poisoning, the toxins mostly roam the body's surface, not yet damaging the root. If there had been an infection then, it certainly wouldn't have affected offspring."
Xie Jinglan's Adam's apple rolled, his voice trembling slightly. "If this Marquis and she...were involved on the night of March 16th two years ago, she gave birth on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month of the same year."
He paused, his fingertips clenched until they turned white. "Also, that child and I are both allergic to the same type of pecans, and we experience the same symptoms when we have an attack. Furthermore, that child, now two weeks old, looks exactly like me when I was little."
Xie Jinglan stared at the court physician, his eyes a mixture of anticipation and fear, "If that's the case, then what are the chances that this child and I are father and son?"
The court doctor's hand stroking his beard suddenly stopped, shock flashed in his eyes, and then he said firmly:
"Allergies are often passed down through bloodlines, and their birth dates are perfectly aligned. Add to that the resemblance in appearance... In my opinion, this child and the Marquis must be father and son!"
Xie Jinglan felt a warm current rushing from his heart to the top of his head, and the words of the court doctor buzzed in his ears.
Unable to suppress the trembling of his fingertips, he clenched his fists suddenly, and his throat rolled a few times before he found his voice.
"Don't tell anyone anything about what happened today."
After saying this, he waved his hand, signaling the court doctor to leave.
The court doctor was startled and quickly bowed and replied, "I'll save it. I dare not say more."
Xie Jinglan's hand on the table suddenly paused, and the tiny doubts that had just been dispelled by ecstasy suddenly surfaced.
He turned around, frowning slightly, as if he remembered something important that he had overlooked.
Before the court doctor had completely retreated to the door, he had already called out to him.
The excitement in his voice faded a little, and a bit of caution was added, "Wait!"
The court doctor stopped and turned around, bowing to listen.
Xie Jinglan tapped the table twice with his fingertips and asked thoughtfully, "There's one thing I'm still unsure about. If a woman is born with a certain body odor, she can usually cover it up with a scent sachet. But after giving birth, will she have to nurse the child? Will that body odor change?"
The question was asked suddenly, with a certain urgency that was difficult for others to understand.
The court doctor was stunned for a moment, then carefully recalled the records in the medical books and replied while stroking his beard:
"My Lord, a woman's qi and blood flow differently after childbirth. Breastfeeding requires even more energy to nourish breast milk. Her body qi may fluctuate depending on the balance of her internal organs and the surplus or deficit of qi and blood.
If the natural body fragrance is related to Qi and blood, it may be lighter, or it may become stronger with the addition of the warm and gentle aroma of breastfeeding. This is also normal."
Xie Jinglan's eyes darkened as he pressed the issue, "If her body fragrance has changed, will her original, natural fragrance return when she stops breastfeeding and stops nursing her child?"
The court physician said, "Natural body fragrance stems from one's constitution, and it cannot be completely changed by a temporary fluctuation in Qi and blood. After weaning, Qi and blood will gradually recover, and the internal organs will return to their proper positions. As long as the damage is not fundamental, it will slowly return to its original state over time."
After Xie Jinglan heard this, he stopped tapping his fingertips, and the doubt in his eyes seemed to be washed over by warm water and gradually calmed down.
He waved his hand, his tone returning to its previous calmness: "I understand, you may withdraw."
The court physician bowed again and left, and silence returned to the study.
Xie Jinglan walked to the window and analyzed it from beginning to end.
All doubts seemed to be resolved.
I see.
He closed his eyes and suppressed the excitement that was about to burst out. The heat rising in his throat made the tip of his tongue tighten.
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