Chapter 220: Really or Pretending
The medicine was boiled in the small kitchen. She drank it while Chunyu was still on duty and rinsed her mouth several times. Chunyu's sense of smell was always very sensitive.

The sun was warm today, and Ye Jiayao thought of the pile of coconuts, so she asked someone to move out a dozen of them, intending to make her own coconut flakes.

The girls in the yard found it interesting and came to help, but they had no idea how to use this hard stone. Ye Jiayao taught them to peel off the outer layer of the palm first, and then they could see the three points on the top in the shape of a Chinese character "品". They could knock with a small hammer and the small hole would open. There were no straws in this era. Originally, you could drink the sweet coconut juice by inserting a straw, but now you can only drink it in a bowl.

There is a strange phenomenon with coconuts. Often, if the coconut milk is sweet, the coconut meat is not fragrant, while if the coconut milk is light in taste, the coconut meat is delicious.

Ye Jiayao tasted it and found it tasted bland, but she was happy. What she wanted was not coconut milk but coconut meat.

"What's this taste? It's like water, but with a special taste." Xiang Tao obviously couldn't stand this stuff and blurted it out quickly.

Ye Jiayao smiled: "It doesn't taste good when you drink it like this. It will be a great soup base for cooking. Cherry, go get a jar and collect all the juice inside."

Anyway, what she wanted was coconut meat, not coconut milk, and she couldn't get enough of it.

After pouring out the coconut milk, Ye Jiayao asked the strong Song Qi to split the coconut open, dig out pieces with a knife, and then put them in a stone mortar to beat out rich coconut milk. After sedimentation, it was made into coconut powder, and the residue was spread on a sieve to dry and made into coconut shreds.

When Xia Chunyu came back, he saw Xue Ye and the others collecting coconut shells in the yard.

"Where is the second young lady?" Xia Chunyu asked.

"The second young lady is in the kitchen and said she was going to cook something delicious." Xue Ye replied.

Xia Chunyu entered the house first, changed his guard uniform into casual clothes, and then went to the small kitchen.

Ye Jiayao was busy in front of the stove. There was a special fragrance wafting in the kitchen, the fragrance of chicken and another fragrance that he had never smelled before.

"What delicious food are you making?" Xia Chunyu leaned over to take a look.

Ye Jiayao kept it a secret and said with a smile, "You'll know in a moment."

As soon as the prince arrived, the maids tactfully retreated, leaving only Xiangtao who was lighting the fire. Xiangtao was also very tactful and concentrated on lighting the fire seriously.

Xia Chunyu put his hands around her slender waist, hugging her lightly, being careful not to put pressure on her abdomen. He gently rested his chin on her shoulder armor and asked softly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable today?"

When he woke up in the morning, he brought up the old topic again and wanted to take her to see a doctor, but she refused. This made him uneasy the whole day, fearing that she would suddenly become unwell.

"No, I'm fine!" Ye Jiayao said lightly. It would be better not to tell him about that matter for now, so as to prevent him from being nervous. Even if it doesn't happen this time, the doctor said that the body can be adjusted, so just take it slowly!
Xia Chunyu turned her body over and observed her expression carefully. Her eyes and eyebrows seemed to flow slowly, clear and bright, and her face was a little rosier than in previous days. Only then did he feel relieved.

"That's good. However, you should see a doctor in a few days. You always have cold hands and feet."

Ye Jiayao's heart suddenly sank, her hands and feet were cold, in fact, many women were like this, but in her memory, neither the modern her nor the original owner of this body was like this. She remembered that in the winter, she and Su Mama snuggled together to keep warm. Su Mama always said that she was a little stove. And there was also the period that made her suffer so much pain. The time on the mountain was relatively good, she was only half dead on the first day, but since she fell into Yanxia Lake, the lake water was so cold in the chilly spring season, and after that, every time she had her period, she would be half dead for several days.

"What's wrong?" Xia Chunyu noticed that her expression was not right. Her delicate eyebrows twisted involuntarily, and her eyes, which were originally bright and smiling, became dark and deep. His heart, which had just been relieved, was lifted up again.

"No, nothing. I just felt a little unhappy that Liuli got the upper hand this time and our children will have to call her children brothers and sisters in the future." Ye Jiayao concealed the truth.

Xia Chunyu sneered. They really are of one mind. When he heard that Liuli was pregnant last night, his first thought was the same. He scratched her small nose and said, "What does it matter? They will go to the fiefdom in the future anyway. It's rare to see each other for several years. It's not like they call each other every day."

Ye Jiayao sneered: "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm making coconut milk chicken! This is my first time trying it, I don't know if it tastes good."

Xia Chunyu took a deep breath and showed a salivating look: "Just smelling this fragrance makes my mouth water. It must be delicious."

At dinner time, Ye Jiayao brought a pot of coconut milk chicken to the upper room.

After taking a bite, Youshi found the fragrance lingering in her mouth and found it extremely delicious. She quickly asked someone to serve a bowl of it to Liuli.

From today on, Liuli's diet will have special imperial chef preparations, and she will not come over to eat with everyone.

Not long after, the maid came back and said that the Third Young Lady said it was delicious.

Yushi asked again: "Didn't you vomit?"

The maid said, "The Third Young Madam vomited after eating fish for dinner, but she didn't vomit after drinking this bowl of chicken soup."

You said to Ye Jiayao, "Second son's wife, make her another portion tomorrow."

Ye Jiayao smiled and agreed. She thought, Liuli was already very delicate, and now that she was precious because of her son, she became even more precious. In the past, Liuli would hint that what she cooked was delicious, but Youshi never took the initiative to ask her to cook. Now, Youshi's heart is completely devoted to Liuli, and the degree of attention is comparable to that of the national treasure giant panda. This is just the beginning. In the future, I am afraid that there will be more and more requests!

Ye Jiayao really calculated it. The next day, Liuli said she wanted to eat ice cream. The imperial physician thought that it would be okay to eat a little bit, so Ye Jiayao did as she was told.

On the third day, Liuli said she wanted to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall again, so Ye Jiayao continued to make it. On the fourth day, Ye Jiayao's late period finally came. This time, probably because she was a little depressed, the pain was so severe that she couldn't get up from the bed, and Liuli said she wanted to eat cake again.

Damn, isn't there a special imperial chef serving you? Why do you always order her around?

Ye Jiayao couldn't get up, so she asked Song Qi to go to the pastry shop and bring one back for Liuli.

Then gossip started spreading, saying that she became impatient after working for just two days and must be envious of Liuli for having something she didn't have.

Of course, these words did not reach Ye Jiayao’s ears. Someone told Chunyu, and Chunyu was furious. His Yaoyao was already so sick, did he still want her to get up and serve Liuli?
Although Chunyu was angry, he still endured it and ordered his servants not to pass on these gossips to the Second Young Lady.

Princess Yi De happened to come to visit Liuli, and when she knew Ye Jiayao was lying down, she came over to take a look.

"Poor child, how did she become so haggard?" Yi De saw that Ye Jiayao looked very bad and thought that this was not normal.

"It hurts so much, have you seen a doctor?"

Seeing the Second Young Lady's expression, Qiao Xi said nothing.

Ye Jiayao smiled weakly: "The doctor said it's due to the imbalance of qi and blood. It will be fine after some recuperation."

Yide asked, "Which doctor are you seeing? Is his medical skill good enough? Doesn't Liuli have an imperial physician? She specializes in gynecology. Let her come and take a look."

Ye Jiayao didn't want Liuli's exclusive imperial physician to come and see her: "He was sent by the Queen Mother to help Liuli with her pregnancy. It's not appropriate, right?"

Yide didn't understand what Ye Jiayao meant, and said to himself: "What's the big deal? I'll call her over right away."

Yi De was truly doing this for Ye Jiayao's own good, so he told Youshi about Ye Jiayao's severe menstrual pains, and naturally there was some blame in his words.

Maybe it's because you, as a mother-in-law, don't even care about your daughter-in-law when she is so uncomfortable.

Mrs. You only knew that Ye Jiayao felt uncomfortable for a few days every month, but she didn't know it was so serious. Seeing Yi De unhappy, she blamed herself for her negligence. She immediately asked Madam Sun to invite Imperial Physician Li.

"What? We want to let Imperial Physician Li treat Mr. Ye?" Liuli said unhappily after hearing the news.

"I heard that the second young lady had her period and was in severe pain. She has been lying in bed for two days." Xiaoya said.

Liuli sneered: "I didn't realize she was so delicate. Maybe she is jealous of me and is unhappy!"

"Then... should we let Imperial Physician Li go over?" Xiaoya asked.

"Let my mother-in-law and aunt speak, how can I not let them? I want to see if she is really sick or pretending. If she is pretending, I will expose her. If it is real..." Liuli narrowed her eyes slightly, and a hint of coldness condensed in her eyes.

Ye Jiayao looked at the Imperial Physician Li who was checking her pulse with some trepidation. She was 34 years old, and her eyes were calm and focused when she checked her pulse. It was said that Imperial Physician Li was the only female imperial physician in the palace, and she had superb medical skills, especially in gynecology.

After a long time, Imperial Physician Li put away the pulse pillow, asked Ye Jiayao some questions, and then left.

A few people were whispering outside. Ye Jiayao winked at Qiao Xi and asked her to go out and listen.

After a while, Qiao Xi came back and said that they went to the upper room to talk, and only heard Imperial Physician Li say that there was a little trouble.

Ye Jiayao's heart trembled. What kind of trouble is a little trouble? The doctor at Renhetang said there was a problem, but he didn't say it was a big trouble!

Damn it, what can't be said here? Why do we have to go back to the upper room to talk? Usually, people hide their illness from patients when they are terminally ill, okay?

Ye Jiayao's heart was in turmoil. She felt the pain in her stomach getting worse and worse, with waves of cramps.

We finally waited for Princess Yi De to come back.

"Princess, is there something wrong with my body?" Ye Jiayao asked, propping herself up and sitting up.

Yi De smiled gently: "Silly child, of course there is something wrong with you being in so much pain, but it's not a big problem, it just takes some time to recuperate, and it will get better slowly."

Ye Jiayao couldn't tell whether Yi De was telling the truth or not. Maybe she was in a bad mood and tended to think negatively. If that was the case, why did she go to the upper room to talk? This incident became a cloud of doubt in her heart that she couldn't get rid of.

"You should take good care of yourself and don't think too much. As women, we must take good care of our bodies. I will come to see you in a few days." Yi De comforted her with a few words and went back first.

(End of this chapter)