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As soon as I entered the door, Tao Yurong's voice came from the inner room.

Seeing the figure sitting in the inner room without moving, Xia Zheng lowered her head and walked in, standing behind Tao Yurong and bowing. "I thought the Crown Prince's wife wouldn't be back for a while, so I went to check the back room. Seeing that it was empty and dusty, I started cleaning it without even realizing it. As soon as I started, I forgot about it, and the Crown Prince's wife sent someone to look for me."

Tao Yurong sat in front of the dressing table and looked up at Xia Zheng through the bronze mirror in front of her.

Feeling the gaze, Xia Zheng lowered her head and everything was as usual.

"You're really nostalgic. If that house were to be given to someone else, wouldn't you still be disappointed for a while?"

"After all, this is the house I lived in when I first came to your mansion. It's the first time I've lived in such a nice house. It's also the kindness of the Crown Prince's wife. I will remember it for the rest of my life."

"Don't say such things in the future. You are a concubine now, half a master. If you say such things, those maids will laugh at you for being so ignorant and not treating you as a treasure." While she was lecturing, the corners of Tao Yurong's mouth were getting more and more upwards.

She was very satisfied with Xia Zheng's expression of loyalty, and her gaze gradually moved to her belly.

"Your belly seems to be getting bigger."

"Yes, there are some. I always like to take off my outer clothes at night to take a look. It's different every day. It's really amazing."

Xia Zheng gently stroked her belly, her words filled with happiness, which was very irritating to Tao Yurong's ears. She turned and asked, "I heard from the court doctor that your pregnancy is stable."

"Yes, but the palace doctor said that morning sickness and diarrhea cannot be controlled by these medicines. I think it's better for me to go out less in the future to avoid..."

Xia Zheng didn't continue speaking, but everything she said was clear.

Tao Yurong naturally also asked the court physician Xia Zheng about her condition in detail. Indeed, the sudden incidents that happened to her in the Marquis' Mansion that day were all common situations during pregnancy, not to mention that she had been like this before.

She also asked about Chen Miao's family, and there was nothing unusual. It was indeed Xia Zheng who was caught by her useless father on her way back from the toilet. The servant also told her every word he said, and there was nothing wrong with Xia Zheng.

It’s just that Gu Yizi arrived at the right time.

If he hadn't been going to war, she might not have been able to return home yesterday.

"Just rest assured and take care of your pregnancy in the mansion. I don't know if the prince will be able to return to the capital before the New Year. If you need anything, just send someone to let me know. Mo Youdu is alone, do you hear me?"

"Yes."

Xia Zheng agreed, and looked at Tao Yurong several times with her eyes lowered and a little hesitant.

In the mirror, Tao Yurong was picking out a hairpin while she smiled and said, "I just told you, but now you've forgotten it. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Xia Zheng knelt down immediately after hearing this.

Tao Yurong was so frightened that she stopped moving. She turned around and asked, "What are you doing? Get up!"

Xia Zheng shook her head and refused, "I came here today to ask the Crown Prince's wife to let my sister leave the house."

Tao Yurong's expression flashed with a hint of vigilance. "Your sister? Why do you want her to leave the mansion? I remember she's only eight years old this year, and there's no rush for her to get married. Your mother can take care of her at home, and she won't have to worry about food and clothing. If she leaves the mansion, she won't have any of that."

"I want my sister to go to school."

There were girls' schools in the Great Zhou, but they only taught literacy and stopped at the age of twelve or thirteen. The tuition was twice as high as that of ordinary schools, so only those from wealthy families who could not afford to attend the clan school would send their daughters there. I have never heard of an ordinary person sending his daughter there.

"The Marquis's Mansion also has a clan school. I can also talk to my mother and ask your sister..."

"No!" Xia Zheng excitedly raised her body, hesitating for several times before she said with tears in her eyes: "I don't want my sister to stay in the Marquis' Mansion. The Marquis... please help me once."

Only a fool wouldn't understand what's been said here.

She was afraid that the old marquis would do something inappropriate to her sister.

Although Tuan'er was only eight years old, and the neighboring mansion was too prepared for a rainy day, in Anyang Marquis Mansion, Tao Yurong knew that she was taking advantage of her father's virtue.

Now, except for the concubine who gave birth to the young master, all the others have been driven out by her. It can be said that there is no young person left. In this case, the old marquis will not be obedient for long, and he may become really cruel.

Xia Zheng’s worries are not unfounded.

What's more, Shuangxue was standing outside. She was Gu Yizi's man.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, get up quickly, the ground is cold."

"Thank you, Princess." Xia Zheng kowtowed with tears in her eyes before she stood up and left with Caiwei's support.

After making sure that the person had left the courtyard, Caiwei returned to the house and asked, "Why did the Crown Prince's Consort agree to her? She loves her sister very much. Wouldn't it be easier to control her if she kept her sister?"

"Isn't her mother still here? If the little girl stays in the mansion, it will be easy for her to get into trouble. It's better to let her go." Tao Yurong took out a pearl tassel hairpin from her makeup box and handed it to Caiwei without caring.

Caiwei took the flower hairpin and put it on Tao Yurong. "That girl is still so young, the Marquis shouldn't do that."

"It's better to be safe than sorry. We can't let anything go wrong right now. Let An Wen go and do Xia Zheng a favor. She's honest, so it saves me some trouble."

"What about Doctor Qian? Should he be brought into the mansion?"

"Send her back to the village and make it look like she left on her own."

"The Crown Princess doesn't want to check Xia Zheng's belly anymore?" Caiwei was surprised. She had spent so much effort to find this person, but now she gave up?

Tao Yurong shook her head slightly. Once the last incident happened, Gu Yizi would be suspicious even if he couldn't find any evidence. If he asked Doctor Qian to take Xia Zheng's pulse again, he would definitely be investigated. Even if Gu Yizi was not at home, his people were everywhere in the house.

He must not discover this.

As for what was in Xia Zheng's belly, she had already made up her mind that no matter what was in her belly, it would definitely be a boy!

The only one, baby boy.

……

Tao Yurong quickly did what she promised. She went to the temple to draw lots on the pretext of praying for Gu Yizi's going to war, saying that she wanted to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, so she gave the maids and servants under the age of ten in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion the option of releasing their indentures and leaving the mansion.

There weren't many people in the Duke's Mansion, but as Tao Yurong's mother's family, the Anyang Marquis Mansion, the legitimate family of Gu Yizi's father-in-law, had to follow suit. Almost everyone chose to take their deeds and leave the mansion. They all ran out with joy, as if they had left purgatory, and it even caused a lot of commotion.

Everyone said that the Anyang Marquis' Mansion was inhumane, otherwise why would so many little kids prefer to go out and look for food rather than stay in the mansion? By the way, the old marquis's long-standing sexual affairs were also brought up again.

The old marquis, who had already lost a lot of beautiful concubines and was depressed, really fell ill.

Xia Zheng didn't care about the old woman's life or death. She prepared a bunch of things for Yang the cook over the past few days, and gave her detailed instructions for each one: "Tell her to wear these three small clothes every day and change them every two days. These shoes are thin and can only be worn until winter. I will make her more. This money is for her tuition. Tell her not to spend it carelessly. Ask your sister-in-law to do her a favor and take her to buy some cloth to make two new sets of clothes, so that she won't go to the girls' school and be laughed at. And..."

"Or you should go by yourself. I can't remember someone as old as you." Chef Yang pushed away the pile of things in front of her and interrupted Xia Zheng's nagging.