Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

"Granny Chang, my lady was hit on the forehead by the old lady and just fainted. She is pregnant and she has a child in her belly. If something happens to her, how can I explain to the Marquis?"

I could only secretly go and fetch Doctor Liu. Please forgive me, Granny, I promise I will never do it again.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Madam's forehead was injured by accident, she bumped it against the wall. What does it have to do with the old lady!"

Zhiyi trembled with fear. "Yes, it was Madam who banged her head against the wall, not the old lady."

Anyone who saw it could tell that she had changed her words at the last minute because she was afraid of Granny Chang.

Granny Chang was so angry she almost fell over. That little brat, who's usually so sharp-tongued, was actually putting on an act this time.

But now is not the time to argue with her, Granny Chang smiled at Doctor Liu.

"Dr. Liu, please wait a moment at the door while we help Madam tidy up."

Without saying much, Dr. Liu turned and went to wait in the courtyard.

Granny Chang led several old women to the bedside.

"Quickly, help the lady up and change the bed."

Ji Yueru was roughly helped up by two old women, and knowing this, they quickly came over to help their mistress.

"Madam, let me help you behind the screen to change into some clean clothes."

Zhiyi felt sorry for her; she had only been gone for a short while and the lady had been treated like this.

The old women, no longer concerned about Ji Yueru, quickly removed all the mattresses and blankets from the bed and replaced them with clean ones.

I tried wiping the water stains on the floor with a dirty blanket, but the watermarks wouldn't disappear for a while.

Behind the screen, Zhiyi helped her master change his clothes. His hair would take a while to dry completely, so she had to make do.

Zhiyi helped the person out and laid them down on the bed, and Granny Chang went forward to lower the curtains.

The master and servant didn't say anything. In any case, Doctor Liu had already seen and heard everything he was supposed to, so there was no point in trying to cover it up now.

It was almost fifteen minutes later when Dr. Liu was invited in and sat on the low stool by the bed.

The curtain was lowered, and a hand reached out from inside.

The more Dr. Liu took the pulse, the more his brows furrowed.

This is hardly the pulse of a pampered lady; it's no different from that of a woman working in the countryside.

"Dr. Liu, is my wife alright?"

Granny Chang dared not leave now, fearing that something she didn't know might happen if she left.

"Madam is currently deficient in both qi and blood and is pregnant. If she doesn't take good care of herself, she may suffer during childbirth."

I'll prescribe a few dietary remedies for you to follow. Also, please don't overwork yourself and take good care of yourself during the pregnancy. You need to eat well too.

Zhiyi said helplessly, "Dr. Liu, could the dietary therapy prescription be replaced with a gentle pill? It's really..."

Zhiyi didn't say the last thing, but Doctor Liu could guess it.

Given the situation of the master and servant in the mansion, even if a prescription were given to them, the main kitchen probably wouldn't cook it.

Dr. Liu sighed silently to himself.

"I have a bottle of Qi and Blood Nourishing Pills here. Have your wife take one pill every day, but it will be more expensive, costing one hundred taels per bottle."

"It's alright, you can go to the accounting office with Granny Chang to settle the accounts later."

"I have another bottle of wound medicine here. I'll sprinkle it on your wife's wound later."

Granny Chang, who was waiting nearby, was so angry that her nose almost crooked. Didn't she know how well her mistress was treated in the Marquis's mansion? Could she afford a bottle of Qi and Blood Pill that cost a hundred taels?

"No need for Doctor Liu, just prescribe a dietary therapy prescription. We servants will take good care of you, Madam."

Zhiyi uncorked the bottle, quickly poured out a pill, and hurriedly pulled back the curtain to feed it to his wife.

"Madam, please eat quickly."

An'an clapped her hands happily in her belly; the little girl was just the way she wanted her to be.

Doctor Liu turned to Granny Chang and said coldly, "Once opened, there are no returns."

Finally, having no other choice, Granny Chang gritted her teeth and took Doctor Liu to the accounting office to settle the bill.

Zhiyi wasn't worried that Granny Chang wouldn't settle the bill for Doctor Liu, unless the reputation of the Marquis of Anshun's mansion wasn't bad enough.

Once everyone left, Zhiyi hugged her stomach and laughed happily.

"Hahaha, I never thought Granny Chang would have a day like this."

Oh right, Mom, I almost forgot about the important matter.

Have Zhiyi take down the sachet hanging on your bed curtains and remove it, then hang up an identical one.

"An'an, what's inside the sachet?"

She remembered that the sachet was given to her by Marquis Anshun one day when she was not long pregnant. He also asked Zhiyi to hang the sachet on the bed curtains, saying that it had a calming effect.

But judging from An'an's tone, this sachet can't possibly have such a simple calming effect.

An'an originally planned to tell her mother little by little, but so much time has passed since this morning, so telling her a little bit more shouldn't be a problem.

Actually, Mother, Marquis Anshun never intended for you to give birth to me. Your pregnancy was just an accident for him.

He was afraid that once you had your own child, you wouldn't care about Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan anymore, and that if you smelled the sachet for too long, you would naturally miscarry.

The dosage is extremely small; even if something happens to you, the doctor won't be able to detect it.

Ji Yueru's expression froze for a moment.

It turns out that even if Lin Wanwan hadn't pushed her, she wouldn't have been able to give birth to the child in her previous life.

[Mother, don't be afraid. With my help this time, I will definitely give birth smoothly. You don't need to worry either; I will be your biggest support from now on.]

A warm current swept through Ji Yueru's heart, bringing a touch of warmth back to her cold heart.

Not long after she was born, her older sister was frequently sick, and no matter how many doctors the family consulted, nothing could help.

Later, they found a Taoist priest to come to their home to examine the situation. The priest said that her birth charts clashed with her sister's and they had to raise their children separately.

After that, she was sent to her maternal grandparents' home in Jiangnan, where her maternal grandmother treated her very well.

But when she was twelve, her maternal grandmother passed away, and she was sent back to the capital.

Having grown up away from her parents, she always comforted herself that it was normal for her parents to favor her older sister more and not love her as much.

But sometimes she would feel sad and disappointed, longing to be loved by her parents like her older sister.

Even after she got married, she received none of her parents' affection; she was practically invisible in the Ji family.

Later, she married into the Anshun Marquis's family, but her reputation was so bad that her life was not much better than it was at her parents' home.

Apart from her maternal grandmother, no one had ever told her not to be afraid.

"Okay, from now on I'll only have An'an."

"Zhiyi, take this sachet out and don't let anyone see it. Find a quiet place to burn it, and then make an exact replica to hang up."

Zhiyi didn't ask any questions; she just did whatever her wife told her to do.

The sachets were made in the family's sewing workshop, and the design was very common; it wouldn't be difficult to find the same one.

Not long after, Zhiyi came in with another sachet and hung it on the curtain.

"Madam, please rest. You must be tired after all this commotion today."

Indeed, after all that fuss, Ji Yueru felt incredibly heavy, and her stomach felt a bit dragging.

"I'm going to take a nap first."

"Don't worry, Madam, I'll be guarding the door. No one will be able to disturb your rest."

On the other side, Granny Chang led Doctor Liu to the accounting office and settled 125 taels of silver, with an extra 20 taels given.

"Dr. Liu, please don't tell anyone about what happened today."