The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 45 In Chaos
The next night, Nian Shilan tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

What came to mind from time to time was the human head that the prince had thrown away, rolling to the side with its eyes open.

Sometimes it was the sinister look in Yinzhen's eyes after he walked out from the depths of the horse farm.

Sometimes it seemed as if thousands of troops were running in my mind, but the picture was that the prince led his men to rush into the depths of the horse farm to capture and kill the assassin.

Nian Shilan's mind gradually became confused, and in this confusion, her headache began to attack again.

Seeing that Nian Shilan had been frightened in the past two days, Songzhi prepared some pills and rice wine for treating headaches early in the morning.

At this time, Songzhi heard Nian Shilan tossing and turning on the bed, with faint moans of pain coming from her mouth.

She hurriedly took down a pot of water that was warming on the sealed coal stove in the corridor, filled a basin that had been prepared long ago with water, put the pot of rice wine into the warm water, and warmed the wine through the water.

The little girl on duty outside tonight is celebrating Grain in Ear and Cold Dew.

Seeing that it was late at night, Songzhi did not send them to do anything.

Mangzhong heard the sound of Songzhi lifting the door curtain and coming out to get water.

She quickly stood up and walked to Songzhi, took the kettle from Songzhi's hand, turned around and put it back on the stove, then bent down to test the temperature of the wine.

The temperature is just right, suitable for the concubine to take medicine.

Songzhi and Mangzhong entered the house and gently called Nian Shilan to take medicine.

However, Nian Shilan could not be awakened no matter what. She just kept muttering unclear words as if in a nightmare.

When Nian Shilan had a headache, she fell asleep and had a dream.

In the dream, she followed Ulanara, but Ulanara seemed unable to see her.

Ulanara was sitting at the rosewood carved hollow table in her inner room. Qiu Mei, who had always been following her, was nowhere to be seen, and there was no one else serving her.

Nian Shilan was standing next to her, but she was unaware.

She was flipping through a medical book.

The medical book looked like an ancient book, and the edges of the pages were badly damaged.

Ulanara turned the pages one by one, reading each one carefully.

Nian Shilan followed and read for a long time. The ancient books only recorded the treatment methods for some common diseases, but those treatment methods did not seem to be seen in daily life.

After watching for a while, Nian Shilan lost her patience.

She muttered to herself that she had not realized that this Ulanara was quite knowledgeable in medicine.

Nian Shilan looked around and found that there was a child about two years old sleeping on the bed in Ulanara's inner room.

Just as Nian Shilan was about to move over to take a look at the child, she saw Ulanara stop turning the pages of the book.

She stared at the page for a long time.

Nian Shilan finally became curious and moved closer.

The child on the bed suddenly cried out, and Ulanara closed the book.

Qiu Mei came in from the outer room and called the wet nurse to coax the child back to sleep.

The scene changes.

Nian Shilan saw Ulanara supporting a pregnant woman and walking slowly in the palace garden.

Nian Shilan followed, but she could not see clearly what the woman that Ulanara was supporting looked like.

No one here can still see Nian Shilan.

Nian Shilan only saw that the woman's outline was different from that of an ordinary pregnant woman. An ordinary pregnant woman would look quite plump when she was seven months pregnant. When Nian Shilan was in the mansion, her two sisters-in-law were like this during their pregnancies.

The woman in front of him was different. Only her belly looked bigger. Her limbs still looked thin, and her shoulders and arms were not as thick as those of ordinary pregnant women.

Nian Shilan wanted to see clearly what the woman looked like.

When he approached Ulanara, he saw her carefully helping the pregnant woman to sit down, and said, "Fujin, slow down."

The woman called Fu Jin seemed to be smiling, but Nian Shilan still couldn't see her face clearly.

The pregnant woman smiled, patted Yixiu's hand gently, and said softly: "There are no outsiders here, so you should call me elder sister."

Nian Shilan knew in her heart that this should be the eldest daughter of the Anbei General's Mansion, who later became the Fourth Prince's legitimate wife, Ulanara, Yunxi.

Yixiu also smiled gently and told Qiumei to open the food box that she had been holding in her hand.

There were several kinds of tea and snacks in it, including a bowl of unknown food that looked like mud and was made into the shape of a flower in the bowl, which was very delicate.

Yixiu watched the maid take out everything from the food box and place it on the stone table in the garden.

She held the bowl of exquisite flower-shaped food in both hands and placed it in front of Yunxi.

"Eldest sister, try this. This is the new cheese plantain that the kitchen has developed. It is sweet and delicious, and it suits your taste best."

Yunxi still smiled, but did not take the bowl from Yixiu.

Seeing this, Yixiu took out an empty bowl from the bottom layer of the food box, gently picked up a petal with her jade chopsticks, brought it to her mouth and slowly ate it.

Yunxi smiled and said, "Sister, what do you mean? You know I was lazy during my pregnancy, and before I had the chance to talk, why did you do this poison-testing behavior first? It's as if you're blaming me for not believing you."

Yixiu slowly swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "Sister, you are too worried. I just tested the temperature and it is just right now."

She picked up the bowl of cheese and bananas again and held it in both hands before Yunxi.

"Eldest sister, why don't you give it a try? A few days ago, the kitchen heard that you had trouble defecating during pregnancy, so they took the trouble to prepare this bowl of dessert. You love sweets, and this bowl of dessert is made by the kitchen mashing bananas into a paste, adding milk and cheese, and adding cane sugar, and then steaming it. There are no other ingredients in it, so you can eat it without worry. According to the imperial physician, steaming bananas is very good for the spleen and stomach, and it is just right for you at your current health."

Yunxi took the bowl, took a few bites slowly, and spoke softly.

"Sister, I know you have been resentful, but you shouldn't have tampered with my food."

Yixiu was shocked and quickly knelt down.

"Eldest sister, did you misunderstand something? How dare your younger sister?"

Yunxi put down the bowl in her hand, looked at Yixiu for a while, then picked up the bowl again and took a few bites.

She spoke slowly, "Eldest sister was just teasing you. You look so nervous. Did you really do something to let your elder sister down?"

Yixiu bit her lower lip for a moment before speaking with dissatisfaction.

"Eldest sister always makes fun of me. How dare I have any other thoughts about her? Even if I have ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to do that. No one can compare to the importance of elder sister in the master's heart, unless I don't want to live anymore. Elder sister is always the eldest sister."

After hearing this, Yunxi covered her lips and laughed.

"Alright, alright. I know you don't dare. But you are my biological sister, and you came to the mansion before me. So of course the master has you in his heart."

She looked at the sky before speaking slowly and asking the maid to help Yixiu up.

"This bowl of dessert is delicious. Ask the kitchen to make it more often in the future."

Yunxi stood up and Yixiu still went forward to support her.

Nian Shilan was watching nearby when she suddenly heard Yinzhen's voice.

(End of this chapter)