Yan Xuanye withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at the Shangjing City behind him.
He took out an apricot-pink handkerchief from his chest and looked at the handkerchief in his hand with a somewhat vague look.
He remembered the moment when he snatched the handkerchief from her hand that day. Su Qingci took out the handkerchief and wiped the water stains on her lips fiercely, and said that he was disgusting.
He couldn't help but chuckle. Perhaps she was the only one in the world who hated him so much.
For some reason, an inexplicable pain quietly spread in my heart.
He subconsciously pressed his hand against his chest, trying to relieve the discomfort, but no matter how hard he tried, the stinging sensation remained.
"Shi Zhuo, have you finished everything I asked you to do?" Yan Xuanye asked through the curtains.
His voice came through the curtains, carrying a hint of barely perceptible nervousness.
"Your Highness, please rest assured. Everything you ordered has been properly arranged. Now you just need to wait patiently." Shi Zhuo replied respectfully.
Yan Xuanye breathed a sigh of relief, then leaned against the back wall of the carriage, silently watching the curtains blown by the wind.
At this moment, for the first time in his life, he felt that time was passing so slowly, as if every second was a torture.
…
When Su Qingci learned that Yan Xuanye had left Shangjing City, she felt much more at ease and felt that she had returned to her previous comfortable life.
Lu Huan would accompany her back to visit Liu Jingru once a week, and as they had said before their marriage, he had secretly sent people to protect Liu Jingru's safety.
In fact, Liu Jingru secretly told Su Qingci that now that Su Songqi had a dozen concubines in his backyard, Wang Miaoqing no longer had the time or the energy to fight with her.
The power of housekeeping returned to Liu Jingru, and Wang Miaoqing's three sons were now able to hold official positions in Beijing thanks to Lu Huan's father Lu Guang.
She didn't dare to offend Liu Jingru, for fear that if Liu Jingru was unhappy, Su Qingci would whisper in Lu Huan's ear and make her son lose the job he had worked so hard to get.
So even though Wang Miaoqing lost her power as housekeeper, she didn't dare to make a scene. She just competed with the new concubines for Su Songqi's favor every day.
…
Su Qingci still did not drink the contraceptive pills prepared by Lu Huan. She thought she would be able to get pregnant soon, but she did not expect to have her period nearly ten days later.
She looked at her soiled panties, feeling somewhat powerless and her complexion was not looking good.
"Madam, are you having your period?"
Xiao He: "I will fetch some water and a change of clothes for Madam. Please wait a moment."
Xiao He quickly prepared hot water and a change of clothes. Su Qingci waved his hand and said, "You go down first."
"Yes, I will go out and make a bowl of warming uterus soup for Madam to replenish blood and invigorate qi."
After saying that, Xiao He closed the door and went out.
Su Qingci did not take a bath, but washed her body carefully, put on a menstrual belt, and changed into new clothes.
Su Qingci seemed a little troubled by the fact that she was not pregnant yet.
The last time Lu Huan accompanied her back home, Liu Jingru specifically asked her about this matter. After learning that she was not pregnant, she told her that she must find a way to get pregnant as soon as possible, otherwise the Lu family would definitely complain in a few months.
This was always the case for women in ancient times. If a woman was not pregnant after about half a year of marriage, the female elders in her husband's family would start asking about it.
Now, she has been married into the Lu family for more than three months, and she is still not pregnant. There are only three months left before the six-month period.
Su Qingci was leaning on the chaise longue when Xiao He pushed the door open and came in. She placed the uterine warming soup on the small table in front of Su Qingci and gently reminded her, "Madam, the uterine warming soup is ready. Please drink it as soon as possible."
Su Qingci took the uterus-warming soup and slowly stirred the astragalus, ginseng and other ingredients with her slender fingers holding the spoon.
"Xiao He, is the general back?"
"Not yet. In the afternoon, Liu Jian, who was with the general, came back and told me that the general went to a colleague's house for a drink."
Su Qingci put down the uterus-warming soup and said to her seriously, "Xiao He, go to the clinic and buy something for me."
"If anyone asks you, just say you're not feeling well and need to buy some medicine."
Xiao He: "Yes, Madam, what would you like to buy?"
"Go find Master Ji from Wujun Lane. He specializes in treating women's internal diseases. Ask him to prescribe a good medicine to help them with pregnancy."
"No matter the price, as long as it works. And the sooner the better!" Su Qingci instructed.
Xiao He was puzzled: "Doesn't the general order people to make pregnancy-maintaining medicine for Madam every day? Why do we have to go out to buy medicine?"
"Don't worry about it, just go."
"Yes, I will go now."
Seeing Xiao He about to go out, Su Qingci suddenly called her, "Xiao He!"
Xiao He turned around and said, "Is there anything else, Madam?"
Su Qingci looked gloomy, "Forget it, you don't have to go."
Let it be.
She thought.
Lu Huan didn't want her to get pregnant because he was afraid that she would be in danger when he was not around.
She wanted to get pregnant because she didn't want him to have a bad reputation and be talked about by others.
Taking the pregnancy medicine secretly was a bit too deliberate. If she didn't take the pregnancy medicine or the contraceptive pills and could still get pregnant normally, then this child was destined to come to her and Lu Huan without any human intervention.
She wanted to see if, if she let nature take its course, she could get her wish and have a child of her own.
Xiao He thought she was anxious to have a child, so she comforted her, "Madam, don't worry. If the pregnancy-enhancing medicine you buy from outside conflicts with the medicine the general gave you, that would be bad."
"You and the general are both healthy. You will have children sooner or later. There is no need to rush."
Su Qingci smiled and said, "That's true."
Su Qingci drank the warming uterus soup that replenished blood and qi, then handed the medicine bowl back to her and instructed, "Have someone light some lights in the corridor where the general will pass when he returns, so that he can see clearly on his way back."
"I understand. I'll go right away."
…
Su Qingci had her period and some menstrual pain, so she went to bed early at night.
But when she woke up in the morning, Lu Huan had already left for court.
Su Qingci looked at the place next to him in confusion, and used his hand to feel the temperature there. It was cold.
If the place next to him wasn't a little messy, as if he had slept there, Su Qingci would really have thought he had never come back.
"Xiao He, when did the general come back last night?"
"To answer my lady, the general returned at a quarter past midnight last night."
Su Qingci frowned: "Social engagements so late?"
Xiao He: "Yes, after the general returned home, he heard that Madam had her period and was experiencing lower abdominal pain, so he ordered Sister Zitan to call the doctor back to see Madam after she woke up in the morning."
"It's just the pain in my lower abdomen from my period, it happens every month. Why bother calling a doctor?"
Xiao He smiled and said, "This shows that the general is really good to his wife and takes everything to heart."
Su Qingci smiled and said nothing more, but a warm feeling flowed through his heart.
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