The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 134

Early in the morning on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Nian Shilan paid his respects to Lady Ulanara and just as he returned to Cheng'en Garden, he heard Feng's maid Ruyi exclaim.

"Gege, what's wrong with you?!"

Nian Shilan walked quickly to the room where Feng lived. Seeing Feng slumped over on the table with her hands on her stomach, her heart skipped a beat.

"Go and ask the doctor quickly!"

Xiao Linzi hurried out.

Nian Shilan sternly ordered the maids around to help Feng lie down on the bed first, but Feng only felt abdominal pain while lying down, and she nervously felt the movements in her lower abdomen.

"Fujin Hua, save me!"

Nian Shilan tried to slow down her tone.

"Don't be afraid. But did you get hurt by eating something today? Or did you accidentally bump into something?"

Feng was in so much pain that she gritted her teeth and uttered those words, then rolled over on the bed and groaned again.

Nian Shilan calmed down and asked someone to wait for Yinzhen in the front yard. As soon as he came back, she made sure to invite him to Cheng'en Garden. She also asked someone to go to Xingfu Courtyard to invite Ulanara.

He then questioned the servants who served Feng.

"What's for breakfast today?!"

Ruyi fell to her knees in front of Nian Shilan.

"Lady Hua, please understand! The servants just served the meal, and the princess hadn't had time to eat it when she suddenly complained of abdominal pain. In just a moment, the princess was in so much pain!"

Nian Shilan walked quickly to the table, where were served cold pecans, fried crystal dumplings, steamed pumpkin, stir-fried green beans with ham, and a bowl of jade rice porridge.

It looked very light and was one of the dishes that Nian Shilan had seen before, so there was nothing unusual about it.

Nian Shilan looked at Feng lying on the bed again. Her face was flushed and she was curled up in the corner of the bed with her hands covering her right abdomen.

"Go and boil a basin of hot water. Apply a hot towel to Feng before the imperial physician arrives."

Nian Shilan instructed Ruyi to apply hot compress to Feng, while he could only stand in the room waiting for the imperial physician.

"Feng, don't be afraid. You haven't eaten anything yet. It's definitely not someone who poisoned you. I think it's because of some other illness. If someone really harmed you, the master will not forgive them."

Feng was in so much pain that she couldn't speak. She just nodded slightly. She was also trying to recall what happened to her. After thinking it over, she found that there was no way anyone could poison her.

Xiao Linzi was very skillful and the imperial physician he invited was Wen Xianqing.

Wen Xianqing was pulled by Xiao Linzi and hurried all the way. The palace carriage ran as fast as it could on the street and had to avoid pedestrians on the road. As soon as he got off the carriage, Xiao Linzi ran with Wen Xianqing's box. Wen Xianqing was panting and finally caught up with him.

When entering Cheng'en Garden, he almost bumped into Ulanara. Jiang Fuhai stopped Xiao Linzi who was running forward with his head down.

"How dare you! Can't you see that the mistress is here?"

Xiao Linzi hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects, and Wen Xianqing just happened to arrive at the gate of Cheng'en Garden.

"I have seen you, Madam. May you be well and safe."

Ulanara had a calm expression on her face.

"Doctor Wen, there's no need to be so polite. Please go in and see Princess Feng."

When Nian Shilan heard that the imperial physician had arrived, she was already standing in the corridor.

"Doctor Wen, please check on Princess Feng!"

Wen Xianqing finally finished taking Feng's pulse and pressed the painful area on her abdomen. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, wipe the sweat from his head, and report to Ulanara and Nian Shilan.

"Please don't worry, Madam. The princess just has intestinal colic caused by catching a cold. Madam Hua's treatment just now was very appropriate. Hot compress will relieve the pain. I have examined her and there are no symptoms of poisoning."

After hearing this, Nian Shilan breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down.

Wen Xianqing went to prescribe a prescription himself to stabilize Feng's fetus.

Seeing that Feng's alarm was a false alarm, Ulanara asked the imperial physician to treat Feng and returned to Xingfu Courtyard. Nian Shilan looked at Feng, the blush on her face slowly faded, and her face turned a little paler.

"Don't worry, it's not a serious illness. When Doctor Wen prescribes the medicine, just take it on time."

Feng's hands were still on her abdomen. Before Wen Xianqing came, she applied hot compress to it with Ruyi, and it really didn't hurt as much.

"Thank you, Concubine Hua."

Nian Shilan returned to her usual cold attitude towards Feng.

"You are a lucky person. Take good care of yourself and don't let anything happen to you in my Cheng'en Garden."

After this incident, Feng realized that Nian Shilan was sincere in wanting to protect her pregnancy.

Feng bit her lip and gently asked the question that had been lingering in her mind.

"I only know that Concubine Fu Jin is doing this for me, but I don't know why Concubine Fu Jin is doing this for me."

Nian Shilan glanced at Feng and said lightly.

"It's not easy for women in this world, and being pregnant and having a child is even more of a matter of life and death. I just don't want to see you suffer after losing your child, I don't mean anything else. You don't have to suspect that I have other intentions. If you don't ask for anything in return, I just hope that if I get into trouble one day, you can lend a hand. Even if you can't help me, just don't add insult to injury."

Nian Shilan didn't say that she had experienced the pain of losing a son, and she was domineering in her previous life and never took other women seriously. If a woman was noticed by Yinzhen, she would have to find a way to get rid of her.

In this life, Nian Shilan let go of her obsession with Yinzhen, and realized that she was indeed hateful at certain moments in her previous life. No wonder she made so many enemies.

If she had the chance to do it all over again, Nian Shilan didn't want to make so many unnecessary enemies. She felt the truth that if you lose your way, you will have few supporters. She had only realized this firsthand after she died once.

Feng was shocked. She didn't expect Nian Shilan to speak so frankly.

But, is she really not jealous of other women getting pregnant?

Yinzhen was busy that day and returned home at dinner time. According to the practice of previous years, Emperor Kangxi wrote many Chinese characters for "Fu" early in the morning and gave them to his close ministers and his sons. Yinzhen also accepted the reward and took it back.

When Yinzhen heard what happened today, he sighed and said it was a false alarm. One or two miscarriages are both worrying.

Yinzhen sent Su Peisheng to deliver a "Fu" character written by the emperor himself to Xingfuyuan, and said that in order to ensure Feng's safety, he also sent one to Cheng'enyuan of Nian Shilan.

After thinking about it, Qi Yuebin had been in the mansion for more than half a month and had been very quiet and didn't talk much, so he rewarded Yao Yueyuan with a picture and asked her to put it in the main house.

Ulanara was practicing calligraphy. When she saw Su Peisheng bringing her the word "Fu" awarded by the emperor, she thanked him with a smile and told Qiu Mei to stick the word "Fu" in the hall to show the emperor's great grace.

Nian Shilan flipped through the account book in her hand and asked Xiao Linzi.

"How could Xianzilou earn so much money last month?"

Xiao Linzi said.

"Yes, Master. I have also asked Shopkeeper Wu, who said that because of the New Year, many wives and daughters of officials sent people to buy a lot of things, and also prepared a lot of gift boxes and decorations. The prices are still the same, but the purchases are in large quantities. So the silver received last month was five times the usual amount!"

Nian Shilan was very satisfied. In her previous life, she spent lavishly, and the monthly allowance given by the palace according to her position was not enough to spend. Even though her mother's family subsidized her a lot, it was still tight. Then an official with a sharp mind came to her and asked her to introduce him to Nian Gengyao so that he could rise to a high position.

As a reward, Nian Shilan naturally earned a lot of money, but when Cao Qinmo betrayed her, all these crimes were committed at the same time, and her end was miserable.

Now that Nian Shilan thinks about it carefully, she can only blame herself for not knowing how to increase income and reduce expenditure at that time and for listening to slander.

Soon after she was reborn, Nian Shilan asked her mother for a lot of her savings and found someone to open Xianzilou. Shopkeeper Wu was someone her brother had saved, so he was really loyal to the Nian family. With him watching over Xianzilou, Nian Shilan felt relieved.

"Okay, tell Shopkeeper Wu later that according to the previous rules, except for the silver needed for turnover, the rest should be exchanged for silver notes in case of emergency."

Nian Shilan handed the account book back to Xiao Linzi.

At this time, no one knew where An San had gone and they hadn't seen each other for two days. Nian Shilan felt much more relieved when she talked to him.

Shu had been recuperating in Yaoyue Garden these days. When Yinzhen went to Qi Yuebin's room, Shu stood at the door to greet Yinzhen, but Yinzhen was always indifferent.

Shu felt lost.

(End of this chapter)