Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

It was already the afternoon of the next day when Shen Chuning woke up.

She lay on the bed and was about to rub her eyes with her hands, but she found a round bead in the palm of her hand.

Shen Chuning looked closely and found that it was a white jade button. She suddenly thought of the clothes Zhou Lin wore last night. It seemed that there was a button like this on the lapel.

Shen Chuning turned her neck and found some pain near her collarbone. She covered her neck, got out of bed, walked to the mirror, and saw a small cut on her neck.

"Birui, what's wrong with me?" Shen Chuning pointed at the wound on her neck and asked Birui who had just come in from outside.

"Miss, you're awake. When the Fifth Young Master sent you back last night, he said you fainted while watching the lanterns outside. You were scratched when you fainted. I applied medicine on you, so it shouldn't leave a scar. Just be careful not to get wet in the next few days."

Shen Chuning was confused. Before she lost consciousness, someone clearly covered her mouth and nose.

And how did Fifth Brother happen to pass by such a remote and dark alley?

And what about Zhou Lin? What about the Fifth Prince?

"Miss, Doctor Zhao from Tianxitang came and said that Aunt Xue took the medicine away."

Shen Chuning's thoughts were interrupted by Birui.

Shen Chuning came back to her senses, "Okay, I understand."

Birui was combing Shen Chuning's hair in front of the mirror. "Miss, if you don't want to keep the child in Aunt Xue's belly, there are plenty of opportunities in the mansion. Why do you have to go through so much trouble?"

Shen Chuning looked at her pale face in the mirror and said slowly, "No matter how wrong Aunt Xue and Shen Jingwan are, the unborn child is not at fault. After all, it's my father's child, and I'm related to him. I don't want to be contaminated by his karma."

Shen Chuning sighed and continued, "Now the life and death of the child is entirely up to Aunt Xue herself. If she wasn't so obsessed with giving birth to a son, the fetus in her belly would definitely be fine."

What she didn't say was that she wanted to accumulate virtue for her child in her previous life who didn't survive to be born safely, so that he could be reborn soon.

"Miss, I still don't understand why you said you wanted to open a pharmacy selling medicine for giving birth to a son next to Tianxi Hall. Doctor Zhao can be controlled by you. How can we have such a magical prescription?" Birui asked doubtfully.

"Do you think the medicine from Tianxitang is magical?"

"How can it not be magical? It's guaranteed to be a boy." Birui said in surprise.

After Birui finished combing Shen Chuning's hair, Shen Chuning picked out two rose-pink pearl flowers to wear, which made her face look less pale. "Which women do you think most want to have a son?"

"Of course she is a woman in the palace. Not to mention the promotion and rewards she will get if she gives birth to a prince, if her son succeeds her, she will become the Holy Mother Empress Dowager in the future." Birui answered exaggeratedly.

Shen Chuning stood up and walked to the Eight Immortals Table, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp. "That's right, the people in the palace can't get what they want. If that medicine really works, there will be no princess in the palace."

Bi Rui followed and asked, "What's wrong with the medicine in Tian Xi Tang? Tian Xi Tang has been open in the capital for quite some time. If there was something wrong with the medicine, it would have closed down long ago."

"As for medicine, what's wrong with ordinary tonics? They won't kill people. Let me tell you now that the pot of tea in front of you is brewed with the water in the pure bottle in the hand of Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth. Drinking it will guarantee you to give birth to a son. Do you want to buy it?" Shen Chuning said, pointing to the teapot on the table.

Birui blushed, "Miss always teasing me."

"For example, if you want to have a son, you will definitely pay for this pot of tea. Well, can you guarantee that you can get pregnant this month?" Shen Chuning asked again.

Birui shook her head. "Very few women get pregnant in the first month of marriage. Some women may need three or four years of marriage to get pregnant."

"Okay, then let's assume that we can get pregnant five months after marriage. If both of us buy medicine for five months at the same time, it will cost one thousand and two taels of silver," Shen Chuning wrote two fives on the table with her fingers dipped in tea.

"Now both women are pregnant; one has given birth to a son and the other a daughter."

Shen Chuning wrote a number three on the table again, "Now, families who give birth to daughters go to Tianxitang to return 300 taels, and Tianxitang still makes 700 taels."

Birui asked, "So, Miss, is this how you threatened Doctor Zhao from Tianxi Hall?"

Shen Chuning picked up the half-embroidered purse from the basket on the table and took a look at it. The dark green purse was embroidered with slender bamboos.

"Tianxitang is a scam. When a woman becomes pregnant, she either gives birth to a boy or a girl."

"As long as everyone who goes to Tianxitang gets pregnant after taking the medicine for a month or two, and all the babies born are girls, then Tianxitang will definitely make a profit."

"Tian Xi Tang has made a fortune from this scam over the years. How could they possibly cut off their financial resources for Aunt Xue?"

"Besides, I also reminded Doctor Zhao to ask Concubine Xue to write a written agreement. If anything goes wrong, Tianxitang can't be blamed. Doctor Zhao is eager to cooperate."

Birui nodded as if she understood, "My lady is very wise. I just can't see what's wrong with Tianxi Hall."

Shen Chuning picked up the purse she had just been looking through and asked Birui, "Do you have a crush? From the color scheme to the pattern, this purse doesn't look like something a woman would use."

Birui's face flushed to her ears. She quickly snatched the purse from Shen Chuning's hand and stammered, "How...how can there be any sweetheart...I just embroidered it for fun..."

Seeing Shen Chuning's teasing look, Birui quickly made up for it, "No...it's not me...it's...I embroidered it for my brother, yes, for my brother."

After saying this, he nodded, as if to increase the credibility of his words.

But the more this happened, the more Shen Chuning didn't believe it. If it was really embroidered for her brother, she should just say it openly. Why hide it like this?

Shen Chuning smiled and said, "I won't tease you anymore. If you really have a sweetheart, you must tell me, my lady. I will take care of it for you and prepare a generous dowry for you, so that you can marry off in style. You know that I, your lady, am quite rich, right?"

Birui brought Shen Chuning's money box, in which was left a bag of gold melon seeds given by Yun Zian before the New Year, a few pieces of silver, and two fifty-liang silver notes.

"Ah? Where's my money?"