The Virtuous Concubine

Compared to Bai Fu's panic, Jingyi was very calm. After comforting Bai Fu, she refused Bai Fu's request to find Malu.

This is not because Jingyi doesn't care about Malu, on the contrary, she cares about Malu just as much as Baifu does. It's just that if she goes there rashly without knowing the inside story, it will easily ruin Malu's plan.

"Bai Fu, don't be anxious. We need to take a long-term view. If we act rashly now, it will only harm the Queen." Jingyi said softly.

"But the Queen's current condition is unclear. Are we just going to wait here? What if..." Bai Fu's eyes were full of worry.

"I know you're worried, and so am I. But we can't lose our composure now. The queen will definitely call you later, so go back quickly and stay there to make sure nothing goes wrong. I'll go have dinner with the queen later, and then we'll see what's going on."

Bai Fu bit her lip. Although she was unwilling, she knew that Jingyi was right, so she nodded and left with heavy steps.

Jingyi sighed when she saw Bai Fu leaving.

Your Majesty is now in a high position, what could possibly bother her?

Jingyi felt vaguely uneasy, as she thought of the Fourth Prince, whose depth and emotions were becoming increasingly difficult to detect. She couldn't help but call Thirteenth Prince over and told him to behave himself for the next two days and not to fool around with the two princesses and disturb the Imperial Concubine in the main hall.

The Thirteenth Prince blinked his big eyes. Although he didn't quite understand why, he nodded obediently: "I know, I won't make trouble, mother. Recently, my son has been practicing riding and shooting with the Fourteenth Brother. He won't make trouble."

Jingyi smiled and touched the Thirteenth Prince's head: "Our Yinxiang is such a sensible and good child. In the future, when Yinxiang becomes a general, he must not forget his mother."

Thirteenth Prince patted his chest and nodded proudly, "Of course. Fourteenth Prince and I have agreed that he will take Empress De out, and I will take Mother out. Fourth Prince will arrange for our two residences to be next to each other. Then we will still be neighbors and the closest of brothers."

Jingyi smiled and pinched Shisan's nose: "Brothers, you two don't look alike at all-"

Before Jingyi could finish her words, she seemed to be suddenly cast under a spell and stopped talking abruptly, and the smile on her face disappeared.

Thirteen was a little surprised. He tugged at Jingyi's sleeve and called out repeatedly, "Mother, mother? What's wrong with you?"

Jingyi seemed to have woken up from a nightmare. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. She forced a smile and continued, "You two have completely different personalities. I don't know why you two are so close. But you have a good relationship, and mother is happy too."

The Thirteenth Prince blinked his big eyes and tilted his head to think for a while: "Mother, this is fate. I like playing with the Fourteenth Brother. We have a tacit understanding when we practice riding and shooting. The Fourth Brother also said that it is good for the two of us to be like this."

Jingyi nodded absentmindedly, feeling her heart beating like a drum, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.

She said a few perfunctory words and sent the Thirteenth Prince away. After the Thirteenth Prince left, Jingyi turned back to the inner room in a hurry.

The Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince really don't look alike at all! I never thought it was strange before, because the Fourteenth Prince's face was somewhat similar to the Fourth Prince and the Seventh Prince, so I didn't think too much about it.

However, Jingyi has always been very meticulous. Now that she has looked into it in detail, she was shocked to find that the similarities between the Fourteenth Prince and the Fourth Prince and the Seventh Prince were all due to his similarities with Empress De, not with the Emperor!

She couldn't help but start to doubt herself. Could it be that because she had not been favored in the palace for too long, the emperor's face had gradually become blurred in her memory, so that she was confused and remembered these similarities incorrectly?

But how could she forget? How could she forget Kangxi's face that ruined her life?

The doubts in Jingyi's heart grew bigger and bigger like a snowball. If this was not her illusion, then the secret hidden in it must be shocking.

Jingyi was more determined to meet Malu that night. Unfortunately, Malu didn't meet anyone that night, because today was already the third day, and there was still no news from Kangxi.

She had no choice but to call Bai Xia: "Go get a brazier and some more menstrual belts."

Although Bai Xia didn't understand Malu's intention, she looked at her serious expression and didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she quickly replied, "Yes, Madam."

After the things were brought, Malu did not move. Bai Xia saw that she was not in a good state and was a little worried. Just as she was about to ask her, Malu calmly said that she felt that her physical condition was a bit like her period, and she was always very sleepy and wanted to take a nap first, so she asked her to leave for the time being and not to disturb her.

Her voice was very soft, as soft as a feather about to fall.

Although Bai Xia was full of doubts, she did not dare to disobey and could only respond softly: "Yes, Madam. You have a good rest. If you need anything, call me."

After saying that, he retreated quietly.

After Bai Xia left, Malu took out the medicine given to her by Doctor Gu with trembling hands and swallowed it without any hesitation. Not long after, she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

Malu was already prepared. Although beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on her forehead due to the severe pain and her face turned as pale as paper, she still lay quietly on the bed.

Her lips were bitten white, and her hands were tightly grasping the bed sheets. She did not make a sound, but just endured the pain silently.

According to Doctor Gu, bleeding would last for seven to half a decade after taking the medicine, but in fact it started on the first day... The most frightening and difficult day was the first day.

She was shaking with pain, and her consciousness seemed a little blurred in the severe pain. But she couldn't sleep yet.

Malu struggled to get up and changed the menstrual belt several times. After making sure that the amount of blood was the same as normal menstruation, she burned the used one.

After doing all this, Malu seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He fell heavily on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Malu decided to stay in bed and rest, saying she was ill, and ordered the door closed to visitors. Bai Xia and Bai Fu felt very distressed when they saw her pale face, so they prepared a lot of tonic food for her, which just happened to match the symptoms of miscarriage.

Malu also asked them to prepare medicinal food including motherwort and brown sugar water, angelica, Chuanxiong, peach kernel, roasted ginger, and roasted licorice.

These herbs can nourish blood, remove blood stasis, warm the meridians and relieve pain, so no one thinks there is anything wrong with them.

Just putting these herbs together can make the Shenghua Decoction which helps the uterus contract and promotes the discharge of lochia.

Lochia is the blood, decidua and other tissues remaining in the uterus after miscarriage. If it cannot be discharged in time, it may cause infection, abdominal pain and other problems. Shenghua Tang can also relieve symptoms such as abdominal pain and cold pain in the lower abdomen that may occur after miscarriage, and it is also very symptomatic.