Unreconciled

Naturally, Consort Gao did not wish to learn more rules, but she was unwilling to concede her momentum. She let out a soft laugh, her face filled with smugness: “Then just send them away. After all, we’ve already heard the entire story. It’s truly a pity the Princess Consort didn’t hear it with her own ears.”

With that, she burst into laughter and departed.

Mama He was so furious her face darkened. She could only rudely order her people to drive the storyteller and his attendant out.

At this moment, Jiang Yu Shu had just managed to stabilize her fetal qi with great difficulty, lying still on the bed, not daring to move.

She had obtained this child with such effort; she could not lose it.

In Mei Xiang Residence, Jin Xin stood at the door, listening to the commotion outside, and couldn't help but let out a sigh: “Finally, this Consort Gao has done something good.”

Lian Rong returned with water and, seeing her standing at the door, quickly helped her sit down, chiding: “Mistress, your leg still cannot bear weight. You must rest more.”

“It’s fine. The medicine Consort Liu sent is indeed very good. There’s nothing to worry about anymore; it merely looked serious,” she said.

“Earlier, this servant saw Qiao Er rushing to invite a physician in the front courtyard. I wonder if something happened in Xi Luan Courtyard.”

Hearing this, Jin Xin’s eyes lit up: “Do you know anyone in the kitchen?”

“Yes, this servant used to sprinkle water and sweep the floors in the Prince’s courtyard, but I was on good terms with servants from other courtyards, and I also have good relations with a few people in the kitchen,” Lian Rong quickly replied.

“Then tonight, ask someone to get some powdered medicine from the Princess Consort. Just by looking at the prescription, we’ll know what happened.”

If her fetal qi was disturbed, her body was truly useless.

Indeed, Lian Rong worked efficiently. By evening, she had truly found the powdered medicine. She took it to Wen Yue, who provided the answer.

The Princess Consort’s fetal qi was disturbed, and she was now preserving her pregnancy.

Hearing this, a malicious thought suddenly arose in Jin Xin’s heart.

But in an instant, she quickly suppressed that malicious thought.

Jiang Yu Shu was indeed venomous, but Jin Xin had not yet lost her humanity to the point of harming a small life. If she did that, she would lose herself.

However, she remained unreconciled.

“Perhaps, you should rest first?” Seeing her troubled expression and poor complexion, Lian Rong thought she was uncomfortable and advised her.

Jin Xin nodded. Looking at the sky, it was indeed getting late.

Jin Xin extinguished the lamp, intending to lie down, but she felt no sleepiness. For the past few days, she had only eaten and slept, with no work to do, so she had slept all day. Now, at night, she couldn’t sleep at all, tossing and turning, unable to fall into slumber.

She was about to get up and light a lamp to read for a while, when unexpectedly, she saw a figure standing at the door, accompanied by a strange hissing sound. Jin Xin uneasily sat up and saw several snakes slithering in through the crack in the door.

Her night vision was excellent, and with the bright moonlight tonight shining into the room through the paper window, the room was not completely dark.

Seeing those venomous snakes begin to flick their tongues and move, Jin Xin was so frightened she covered her mouth, not daring to make a sound. The snakes also began to slither along the corners of the wall; there were at least four or five of them.

Their long, slender bodies crawled up the table legs, and some hid in dark corners.

If they climbed onto the bed, and she was bitten by a snake in her sleep, she feared…

Only when the figure disappeared did Jin Xin dare to get up and burst out of the room.