Chapter 229: Joy and Sorrow

The next morning, Helian Jing went to pick up A Ruan first and then went to Jing'an Marquis Mansion to wait for Ye Jiayao. He estimated that Chunyu Ge would also go, after all, the negotiations were over, and everyone was happy with the result, and Chunyu Ge could finally rest.

As expected, Xia Chunyu and Ye Jiayao came out together soon, but there was also a beautiful girl beside Yaoyao.

"Sister Yaoyao..." A Ruan jumped off the carriage and took Ye Jiayao's hand warmly. She looked at the tall and handsome man standing next to Ye Jiayao. There was no need to guess, this man must be the famous and famous son of Jing'an Marquis. In this negotiation, the son of Jing'an Marquis was an extremely difficult person to deal with. The envoys had complained to her many times, saying that this son had sharp words, a clear mind, and was very skillful in speaking, and he had led them into a trap without them realizing it.

Ah Ruan was secretly surprised. She thought that Prince Jing was an extremely handsome man, but she didn't expect that this guy was even more handsome than Prince Jing.

Xia Chunyu bowed to A Ruan and said, "Xia Chunyu greets the princess."

Ah Ruan smiled and said, "Don't call me princess, just call me Ah Ruan!"

Xia Chunyu heard from Yaoyao that Princess Aruan was straightforward, lovely, and unpretentious, and was a friend worth making. Moreover, if she and Xiaojing could get married, they would be considered family. So he smiled, stopped being polite, and discussed with Xiaojing about going to Puji Temple instead.

Xiaojing was also having a headache about going to Qianmaping. The road there was difficult to travel on, and it had rained last night. Chunyuge's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, so he agreed immediately.

"Who is this?" A Ruan looked at Jin Yao again and thought, what a pretty little sister.

Ye Jiayao introduced: "She is my third sister, Jinyao, come and meet Princess Aruan."

Jin Yao hurried forward and saluted: "Jin Yao greets Princess A Ruan."

When A Ruan heard that she was Ye Jiayao's sister, she loved her and was very polite to Jin Yao.

Everyone got on the carriage and headed towards Puji Temple.

The three women squeezed into a car, while Xia Chunyu and Xiaojing rode on horses.

"I was worried that you wouldn't go. I've thought about it. If you don't go, I'll drag you there." A Ruan spoke to Ye Jiayao quite casually.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "How can I not go when A'ruan invites me? I have to thank you for giving me this excuse. I have been wanting to go out for a walk for a long time."

"Then accompany me to another place tomorrow." A Ruan actually showed a rare shyness.

Ye Jiayao was curious: "Where are we going?" It's not possible to go out and play every day.

Ah Ruan whispered in her ear, "Go to Prince Helian's Mansion."

Uh, she's going to meet the parents... to give her courage.

Ye Jiayao said with a smile: "This is a must, I will go with you."

Ah Ruan happily gave Ye Jiayao a big hug: "Sister Yaoyao, I like you so much."

Jin Yao was stunned as she watched from the side. It turned out that her elder sister had such a good relationship with Princess Aruan. Aren’t all princesses very proud?
Just as the five people were happily heading towards Puji Temple, Liuli was lying on the bed with a pale face. There were only three people in the room, her, Xiaoya and Imperial Physician Li.

The house was filled with the strong aroma of mugwort.

Imperial Physician Li's expression was also unusually solemn.

"Tell me the truth, can this child still be saved?" Liuli asked this almost gritting her teeth.

Xiaoya's heart tightened and she was very sad. How could this happen? Everything was fine before, and she had taken such careful care of the child, but then Imperial Physician Li said that something was wrong with the child.

Imperial Physician Li remained silent, and the room was dead silent.

After a long while, she said cautiously, "Let's fumigate with mugwort for a few days and see. If there is no improvement, then..."

Liuli's face turned even paler, her eyes flickered slightly, and she looked at Imperial Physician Li solemnly, and said resolutely: "We must save the child."

Although she couldn't say that she liked Chunfeng very much, the child had been in her belly for several months. She touched her belly every day and felt the child growing bigger in her body day by day. The joy of being a mother was something she had never experienced before.

Moreover, when she was in the simplest situation, it was the timely arrival of this child that turned the situation around and made her easily become the focus of the Marquis' Mansion. Everyone had to depend on her and pamper her. More importantly, at this point, she completely defeated the Ye family, which made her proud.

But, the situation happened so suddenly, if I lose this child...

My heart ached, as if it was being squeezed by an invisible hand, and it became difficult to breathe.

If she loses the child, Chunfeng will be disappointed, her mother-in-law will be disappointed, and all the people who have high hopes for her will be disappointed. But the man named Ye will definitely be very happy!

So, she couldn't lose the child, and she had to do her best to keep him.

The long process of fumigating moxa is finally over.

Imperial Physician Li packed up his things, wrote another prescription, and told Liuli to lie still.

Rich ambergris was lit in the house, and all the windows facing the garden were opened to let the scent of wormwood slowly dissipate.

This matter is still kept secret, and I hope the situation will improve.

Xiaoya stood beside the bed, looking at the lifeless princess, and said sadly: "Princess, don't think too much. Imperial Physician Li said that you should relax."

Liuli was silent. It was easy for her to say that she could relax, but this was her child, her own flesh and blood. How could she possibly relax? She didn't know how sad, heartbroken, and scared she was.

She slowly stroked her bulging belly with her hand, trying to feel the movement of the fetus in her belly, but after a long, long time, there was no movement at all.

Child, don't sleep, wake up and tell me you are fine...

Tears welled up on my brows and hung there for a while, then finally slid down in disappointment.

"Princess, the Third Madam requests to see you."

The maid outside is reporting.

Liuli raised her hand weakly, and Xiaoya stepped back to deal with Zhou.

"Madam, the princess feels weak today and is resting."

Zhou asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it might be because of the hot weather. Just take a rest." Zhou gave a few instructions and went back.

Halfway through the walk, he turned around and went upstairs.

"Sister-in-law, I just went to see Liuli and heard that she wasn't feeling well." Zhou tried to be nice.

Yu's heart suddenly began to lift: "What's the situation? Did you say you were feeling unwell?"

Zhou said, "Xiaoya said Liuli was resting, so I didn't go in. But it should be just a minor problem. With Imperial Doctor Li taking care of her, she'll be fine."

Youshi was still worried. She hadn't been to see Liuli in the past two days. She would have to go and see her later.

As they were talking, the housekeeper next to Qiao came.

"Madam, the eldest young lady is vomiting violently, would you like to go over and take a look?"

Yu asked calmly, "Vomiting? When did you start vomiting?"

"Just today, he vomited for no reason." Mrs. Fang replied.

"Where's the eldest young lady's menstrual period?"

"It seems like several days have passed. He hasn't come."

Yu Shi understood and said, "Hurry up and ask a doctor to come and take a look."

Zhou saw Youshi's reaction and thought that after all, he was not her biological son, so Mingxiu was probably pregnant. She did not see her sister-in-law get excited.

Ye Jiayao had no idea what was happening in the mansion. At this moment, they had already arrived at the mountain gate, abandoned the carriage, and started walking up the stairs.

On both sides are towering ancient trees, thick green shades, and the occasional chirping of birds, which makes the ancient temple in the mountains even more quiet and deep.

Because it rained last night, the stone steps were still wet and a little slippery. Xia Chunyu helped Ye Jiayao up step by step, carefully reminding her to watch her step from time to time.

And A'ruan had already run to the front happily. The foreign costume on his body had many silver pieces on it, and when he ran, the sound of silver pieces jingled and clanged, which was very crisp and pleasant.

"Xiao Jing, you're too slow. How about we have a race to see if you can outrun me." A Ruan stood on a high place, turned her head and smiled sweetly, challenging the lagging Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing didn't dare to compete with her. The stairs were slippery. If he fell, he would be held responsible.

"Don't run, be careful not to fall." Xiao Jing shouted.

Ah Ruan pouted and smiled: "No way, come and chase me!"

As she said that, she started running again. Xiao Jing was afraid that something might happen to her, so he had to catch up with her.

Ye Jiayao looked at the two people, one running and the other chasing, and couldn't help but sneer: "Do you think they can succeed?"

Xia Chunyu thought thoughtfully: "It should work!"

"Aruan is going to the Helian Palace tomorrow and wants me to accompany her to give her courage."

Xia Chunyu smiled and said, "Then go ahead. Speaking of which, I haven't visited my ancestor for a long time. He will definitely nag me."

Jin Yao fell behind alone. She lacked exercise on a daily basis and was already out of breath after walking a few steps. Poor her, she had no one to support her and fell further and further behind.

Seeing my elder sister being carefully supported by my brother-in-law, I felt envious and jealous. My brother-in-law is so good to my elder sister! My elder sister is so happy.

When Qiao Xi saw this, she asked, "Miss Third, may I help you?"

Jin Yao shook her head and smiled: "No need, I can do it myself."

Suddenly, an idea came to her mind, and Jin Yao deliberately twisted her foot and cried out in pain.

Ye Jiayao and Xia Chunyu both heard it. When they turned around, they saw Jin Yao sitting on the steps, holding her ankle with one hand, looking very painful.

Ye Jiayao hurriedly said, "Go and have a look."

Xia Chunyu ran down a few steps, squatted beside Jin Yao, and asked, "Did you sprain your ankle?"

With tears in her eyes, Jin Yao nodded aggrievedly: "Brother-in-law, it hurts."

Xia Chunyu hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to touch her ankle.

Jin Yao's heart suddenly started beating fast. Seeing her brother-in-law from such a close distance, he was really handsome, with ink-black eyebrows, star-like eyes, and a straight nose... She could also smell the faint scent of green grass on him.

Xia Chunyu checked it, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, the bones are fine."

Ye Jiayao also came over and asked, "Are you okay?"

Xia Chunyu said: "It shouldn't be a big problem, it's just a twist and hurts the tendons."

Ye Jiayao was stunned. She sprained her ankle just after arriving.

"Then... can we still go?"

Jin Yao said hesitantly, "Sister, brother-in-law, please leave me alone. I'll wait for you here."

Ye Jiayao said, "That's fine, Song Qi, go get a sedan chair."

Song Qi responded and ran down the mountain.

"Sister, I'm sorry for ruining your fun." Jin Yao said apologetically.

Ye Jiayao was helpless: "What are you talking about? You don't want to do it."

Qiao Xi stood aside silently. The stone steps were so smooth and the Third Miss walked so slowly, how could she have twisted the steps?

(End of this chapter)