Adhering to the principle of "taking money and doing good deeds", Shen Qiyin stopped beating around the bush with Shen Cang and said directly, "What Grandmother values most is offspring".
“But look at the state of my eldest and second brothers now. Forget about bringing glory to the Shen family, they’ll probably have a hard time even finding wives to continue the family line.”
"If Aunt Wan were to give birth to good news at this time, would Grandmother just stand by and watch her beloved grandson wander outside?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Cang's eyes immediately lit up.
"That's right!" he exclaimed excitedly, slapping his thigh. "How come I didn't think of that?"
Chen Xiyin said that with your tiny brain, it's normal that you can't think of anything.
Shen Cang thought he had come up with a brilliant plan and was extremely excited. He muttered to himself, "Yes, yes, the old lady loves her grandson. As long as Wan Niang is pregnant, the current predicament will naturally be resolved."
"At that time, I'm afraid she'll bring up the idea of bringing Wan Niang in herself before I even have to say anything."
But as he spoke, the smile on Shen Cang's face gradually froze.
This child isn't something you can just have whenever you want.
Even if they lied to the old lady, the pregnancy came at such a coincidence that the old lady might become suspicious. If they then asked someone else to take her pulse, wouldn't the truth be exposed?
Tsk, this is going to be difficult.
I should ask Shen Xiyin again, but then I thought that she is a daughter after all, and it might not be appropriate to tell her this.
But then he thought again, he had already told her about his plans to bring Wan Niang into the mansion, so one more thing wouldn't make a difference. So he braced himself and said, "I'm afraid that pregnancy is something beyond human control."
"Who said Aunt Wan has to actually get pregnant?"
"But if we're going to fake it, then your grandmother would have found someone else to examine Wan Niang's pulse, wouldn't that have backfired?"
"Then you'll make sure he can't diagnose it."
"this……"
Shen Cang frowned, and after struggling for a long time, he finally turned to Shen Qiyin for help: "Yin'er, your father is too caught up in the situation to figure it out."
"Is there anything else you can do?"
"...How...how can you talk to Father like that!" Since he needed something from him, Shen Cang didn't dare to throw a tantrum.
As Shen Qiyin counted the silver in her hand, she asked absentmindedly, "Why were you arrested and imprisoned in Qiying Pavilion? Have you forgotten?"
Now, Shen Cang can't help but break out in a cold sweat whenever he hears the words "Qiying Pavilion".
How could I possibly forget!
Consort Li in the palace faked a pregnancy to win the emperor's favor. As the imperial physician who had once treated her, he was naturally suspected and was arrested and taken to Qiying Pavilion for investigation.
"You mean, you want me to use Consort Li's method?"
“That’s right.” After counting the silver, Shen Qiyin put the little darlings back into her money bag one by one: “Even the imperial physicians couldn’t diagnose that the pregnancy pulse was fake, so the chances of the doctor that Grandmother found being able to tell are extremely slim.”
“That’s foolproof, but…” Shen Cang looked troubled: “I don’t know what method Consort Li used.”
If he had known, he would have sought medical attention back then.
Moreover, when he was released from Qiying Pavilion, they only said that the case of Consort Li's fake pregnancy had nothing to do with him, and no one explained the ins and outs to him.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin paused in her hand as she put the silver in her bag.
With a slight shift in her gaze, she said to Shen Cang with a sincere expression, "I know what method she used."
How did you know?
"Don't ask." Shen Qiyin gave her an expression that said, "Knowing too much is not good for you."
Shen Cang suddenly realized.
It must have been Prince Xiao who told her!
Otherwise, how could she have known about palace secrets like Consort Li's fake pregnancy, which she herself hadn't even dared to tell the old lady?
Therefore, Shen Cang did not dare to ask any further questions and simply listened attentively.
Shen Qiyin said, "The reason why Consort Li was diagnosed with pregnancy is because she took a certain medicine."
"And my junior brother knows how to prepare this medicine."
"Fifty taels of silver per piece."
Shen Cang thought he had misheard: "How much?! How much did you say?"
"Fifty taels."
"Why are there so many?"
"If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it."
Shen Cang looked depressed.
The price to bring someone into the mansion is too high.
Undeterred, he asked Shen Qiyin, "You two are brothers in the same martial arts school, can't he just tell you the recipe directly so I can make it myself?"
"Or, even a lower price would be fine."
Shen Qiyin pulled the drawstring on the money bag and said in a nonchalant tone, "You still want the formula? Why don't you just ask Guangrentang for it directly?" You're out of your mind.
Shen Cang did find it too expensive, but he couldn't refuse to buy it.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, deciding to spend the fifty taels.
Shen Qiyin told him to take the money directly to Guangrentang and buy the medicine from Sanwa, and then send it to Jiang Wan along with the medicine.
Shortly after he left, Madam Shen also came to the Begonia Courtyard.
Miss Shen thought to herself happily, "I've got business again," but on the surface she maintained a calm and composed demeanor.
In contrast, Madam Shen was far more impatient.
"Your father just left the manor again; he must have gone to see that little hussy again!"
"It seems he's determined to bring that little vixen into his household."
"It's already this late, and you still won't give me any advice!"
The more anxious she became, the calmer Shen Qiyin remained. She slowly said, "Haven't you heard the saying, 'When it rains, it pours; when a mother wants to remarry, she wants to marry'? It's beyond human control. It's the same now that Father wants to take a concubine."
"Don't say that I, as a daughter, am hard to manage. Even if I were a grandmother, I would still have to be able to manage her. Do you see if Father listens to her?"
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