Doctor Luo took his pulse and said leisurely, "Chengyu is just too tense. All his strength was used to support his legs, so naturally he collapsed once he relaxed. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine after resting for a while."
Everyone was somewhat bemused but still helped Yang Chengyu to a nearby chair to sit down and then gathered around the child, happily uttering auspicious phrases.
After a while, Yang Chengyu felt better in his legs and stood up. Without glancing at his son, he prepared to visit his wife’s room.
Yang Mengchen came out just in time, reaching out to stop him: "Fifth Brother, what happened?" The situation with your wife clearly arose from fright leading to the sudden birth.
"Xuanxuan was bumped into in the garden. I don’t know the specifics," Yang Chengyu said with a face dark as ink.
When he arrived outside the birthing room and heard his wife’s screams, he was filled with nervous worry and had no mind to question the cause.
With eyebrows tightly furrowed, a bone-chilling coldness and murderous intent flickered through Yang Mengchen’s eyes as he swiftly turned his gaze towards Sister Yu.
Before Fifth Young Lady married into the Yang family, Yang Mengchen had originally planned to arrange a sister from the palace to take care of her. Later, seeing that Sister Yu was Fifth Young Lady’s nurse and sincerely loyal and also competent, he decided to let the matter rest.
She had delayed the competition precisely because Birdy had told her that something had befallen Fifth Young Lady.
Whether it was the Prince Mansion, Commandery Princess Mansion, Yang Mansion, or Second Brother’s General Mansion, the intake of new personnel was always cautious. Who would have thought that there would still be someone with malicious intent hidden within? Whose secret pawn could it be?
Upon hearing this, everyone looked over, while Lady Xiao instructed the midwife to carry the child inside, lest the child be startled.
Sister Yu fell to the ground with a heavy thud: "Answering Princess, it was Ling Yongxu’s maid who suddenly ran into Fifth Young Lady." She recounted the event in full.
After Yang Chengyu and his wife returned to the capital, the Ling family came to visit. Ling Yongxu and either Lady Ling or Ling Youxuan’s eldest sister had come over twice.
When Yang Mengchen learned that Yang Chengyu was set on Ling Youxuan, he investigated the Ling family and knew that Ling Yongxu was unscrupulous. Thus, he made it clear to the Ling family that they were not to bring Ling Yongxu to the Yang family again. Although the Ling family did not understand the reason, they never brought Ling Yongxu thereafter.
Unexpectedly, Ling Yongxu had taken advantage of everyone’s attendance at the competition to bring her maid to the Yang Mansion.
As the visitor was a guest, and moreover a half-sister, Ling Youxuan could not turn her away at the door and thus allowed her and her maid to enter.
Yang Chengyu had been accompanying his wife, but now that Ling Yongxu had arrived uninvited, to avoid suspicion, he had instructed Sister Yu and others to take care of his wife while he took his attendants to the outer study.
Ling Yongxu brought several small clothing items and shoes, claiming they were made for her nephew or niece.
Ling Youxuan thanked her and asked the maid to put the items away. She wouldn’t use these things: firstly, she didn’t like this seemingly docile, yet actually deep and scheming half-sister; secondly, the Ninth Sister had already prepared a whole room of various clothes. Most importantly, this half-sister had always been stingy since childhood, begrudging even one tael of silver, hardly exchanging it unless for a return of hundreds or thousands. Who knew what she wanted in exchange this time?
Ling Yongxu did not seem to mind Ling Youxuan’s attitude. Even without mentioning that Yang family’s in-laws were all from noble families, just the fact that her stepmother had already prepared many clothes didn’t concern her. Her mind was not on these offerings. Bringing the clothes was a pretext for entering Yang Mansion to get close to Ling Youxuan.
But there were too many maids and sisters around Ling Youxuan; Ling Yongxu couldn’t find a chance to make her move and was inwardly anxious.
Ling Youxuan, seeing Ling Yongxu had nothing to do, made an excuse of feeling a bit tired, suggesting that Ling Yongxu visit another day.
Who would have known that Ling Yongxu, unwilling to leave, started to drag on the conversation, clearly not ready to go. She eagerly persuaded Ling Youxuan to walk more in the yard, even claiming that the doctor had said that walking more would be beneficial for the childbirth later on.
Ling Youxuan had heard this from Yang Mengchen before and walked in the yard every day. The weather being good, she decided to take a walk in the yard.
Ling Yongxu wanted to step forward and support her, but Sister Yu and Qing Xia seamlessly stepped in first. The other maids and sisters quickly followed, keeping a considerable distance from Ling Yongxu and her maid.
Ling Youxuan walked slowly for about half an hour before she reached the pavilion in the yard to rest. The maids and sisters dispersed, for Doctor Luo had mentioned that the place where Ling Youxuan rested needed ventilation to avoid stale air.
Ling Youxuan took a rest in the refreshing and elegant pavilion every day after her walk, so it was exceptionally clean, with not a single pebble on the ground.
Ling Yongxu followed Ling Youxuan into the pavilion, behaving very properly.
Seeing that Ling Yongxu continued to linger without leaving, and disliking facing her directly, Ling Youxuan stood up and, leaning on a pavilion post, admired the scenery.
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