The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 62 Say it directly
Ulanara looked at Nian Shilan's smile and found it extremely annoying, but she had to put on a smile.

She is the legal wife and should be generous.

"Sister Nian is always playful and funny. She is always feeling unwell, so we should ask the imperial physician to take a look. As for Duan, we are all sisters serving the master, so we should also take good care of our bodies. I will ask the imperial physician Wen to take your pulse and prescribe some medicine for you."

"After all, the wife is magnanimous. As the legal wife, her tolerance is truly admirable."

After Nian Shilan finished speaking, he looked at the people sitting opposite him with amusement.

Hu Gege sat upright without looking around.

Shu Gege glanced at Nian Shilan secretly, then continued to lower her eyes, looking at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Mrs. Feng looked at Nian Shilan, smiled and nodded.

This Feng was a princess in the Lanfang room of the Nianshi family in her previous life.

Nian Shilan was self-indulgent and willful. She was always jealous and would not let Yinzhen get close to Feng. She also often punished her out of jealousy.

He gave Feng some food to eat.

Nian Shilan's eyes passed over Feng and fell on Duan.

Duan felt guilty when she saw Nian Shilan's eyes, but she thought of what Fu Jin had just said, that they were all sisters serving the master.

Duan sat up straight, looked back at Nian Shilan, and her heart was beating fast.

Nian Shilan looked at Duan but said nothing.

He just stood up and bowed nonchalantly to Ulanara.

"Please forgive me, Madam. I am tired. Now that I have greeted you, I will let you sisters go."

The smile on Ulanara's face could no longer be maintained, so she waved her hand and signaled everyone to disperse.

She returned to the inner room.

While instructing the servants in Xingfuyuan to prepare breakfast, Qiu Mei brought over a cup of hot tea.

Ulanara sat at the table, gently rubbing her temple with the fingertips of her right hand.

I don’t know what’s wrong with Nian. Every time she pays her respects, Ulanara can’t keep a good expression on her face.

"Master, today the concubine was so presumptuous, why didn't you show your dignity as a concubine, and let her talk nonsense instead?"

Qiu Mei patted Ulanara's shoulder, her tone sounding a bit aggrieved.

She is just a concubine, after all. Even if her master really punishes her, who can say anything?

Ulanara finally recovered.

"She didn't say anything too extreme today. If I punish her, it would make me, as the legal wife, look like I'm not magnanimous enough. Seeing that she is the apple of the master's eye, she is in the limelight, so why should I bother with her? Even if she talks about it in front of the master, it's just that she was a little willful, and the master would blame me for being intolerant. It's better to wait until later and punish her for her mistakes together."

"The master is the master. I just felt that she was disrespectful to you. I never thought that these things would come to the fore."

Qiu Mei softened her tone, stopped massaging Ulanara's shoulders, and whispered softly into her ear.

"The farm reported that Yuluo's wound has almost healed. It's amazing that she survived after being beaten so hard and her back was bloody. I told the farm manager to just let Yuluo recover from her wound. As for her face, I have secretly sent someone to Yangzhou to find the best doctor. I think it should be able to achieve the effect the master wants."

Ulanara nodded and said nothing more, and her maid served her breakfast.

It was already afternoon when Wen Xianqing arrived. Hanlu received an order from Nian Shilan and went to Jianjiaxuan early to invite Duan to wait in Cheng'en Garden.

When Duan arrived at Cheng'en Garden, Wen Xianqing had not arrived yet.

Nian Shilan asked her maid to pass on a message that she was changing clothes, and asked the maid to move a chair to the yard and ask Duan to sit down and wait for Doctor Wen.

The maid placed the chair next to the small flower bed, where there was a grape vine, which provided some shade.

There are grapes on the vine, but they don't seem to be fully red yet, so they haven't grown well yet.

Duan sat under the grape vines, looked up at the lush grapes, and swallowed involuntarily.

It's really strange. My period has been delayed for five or six days and I have no appetite. But today, I want to eat a few grapes when I see them. However, this is Cheng'en Garden.

If she were in Jianjiaxuan, she might have picked it herself.

Duan was just looking at the grapes and swallowing her saliva when she heard the eunuch announce that Doctor Wen had arrived.

She hurriedly stood up, but Doctor Wen walked straight across the courtyard and stood at the door of Nian Shilan's house.

The maid had received instructions, so as soon as she saw Doctor Wen coming, she lifted the door curtain and invited Doctor Wen in.

Duan stood in the yard and watched, biting her lip.

He slowly sat back in the chair. It was three quarters past noon, the time when the sun was the hottest in the day, not to mention in summer.

Even sitting under the grapevines in the shade, the weather in July was still hot.

Such weather reminded Duan of the time when she was a child and was wantonly humiliated by her mistress because she did not hold an umbrella for her younger sister in time under the sun.

Duan's real name was Duan Yilian, and her father was Duan Xunqi, a sixth-rank official in the capital.

In this imperial city where a brick could hit an official, there were countless civil servants from the sixth rank onwards.

Because the aunt who gave birth to Duan was not favored, Duan grew up in a haphazard manner, and even her name was given in a haphazard manner.

When Duan was seven years old, her aunt died of illness. At that time, her father Duan Xunqi was just a small scholar in the Imperial College and was henpecked.

So when the mistress of the Duan Mansion used Duan as a maid for her legitimate daughter, Duan Xunqi didn't say a word.

The eldest daughter of the Duan family is two years younger than Mrs. Duan. Her temperament is nothing like her mother, Mrs. Duan An. She is quiet and peaceful in her daily life.

Duan followed her younger sister and served her. Although she was tortured by her stepmother Duan An, she also secretly learned a few things.

But her fate was bad. When she finally grew up to be 15 years old, she was stuffed into Prince Yong's palace by her mistress Duan An to be a concubine, and a concubine of the lowest rank at that.

Fortunately, the prince is still young and handsome.

She wanted to seize the opportunity so that one day she could return to the Duan family with pride and put her stepmother under her feet.

Duan was still in a trance.

When Wen Xianqing entered the room, Nian Shilan was sitting at the table waiting for him.

"I, your humble servant, greet the concubine, may the concubine be well and safe."

Wen Xianqing performed the usual courtesy, and Nian Shilan didn't care. He just smiled and stretched out his hand for him to sit down.

"Doctor Wen, I have been feeling sleepy and absent-minded recently. I have a doubt in my mind. I hope Doctor Wen will take the trouble to take a look at it."

"I will obey your orders, Madam Consort."

Wen Xianqing took out the pulse pillow and waited for Nian Shilan to stretch out her hand. Songzhi, who was serving beside her, covered her wrist with a thin silk handkerchief. Then Wen Xianqing took Nian Shilan's hand and took her pulse.

After a moment, Wen Xianqing signaled Nian Shilan to use his other hand, and waited until Songzhi covered her with a silk handkerchief before taking her pulse.

Nian Shilan didn't say anything either, just stared at Wen Xianqing.

"Concubine, please allow me to speak frankly."

Wen Xianqing pondered.

"Doctor Wen is always straightforward. Just speak your mind."

Nian Shilan withdrew her hand and watched Wen Xianqing put away the pulse pillow and Song Zhi dismiss the people around him.

"I took your pulse and found that Concubine had used contraceptive medicine. The effect of this medicine is too strong. If Concubine continues to use it, it will not only harm her body and make it difficult for her to get pregnant, but she will also become increasingly sleepy, and then mentally confused, and even crazy. I dare to ask where did Concubine get this medicine?"

Wen Xianqing was puzzled.

Nian Shilan's heart skipped a beat. It was a good thing that she was not pregnant now.

But this medicine was found by her mother!
(End of this chapter)