After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

A cesarean section is extremely exhausting, especially for someone whose health was already poor and who had already spent a whole day seeing patients at the abandoned Taoist temple. Lu Zhiyuan leaned against the Crown Prince, letting him clean her hands. Only after the man had regained his composure did he ask, "Is it possible to find a wet nurse?"

The man asked in a daze, "What?"

Sure enough, it was useless to talk to a man, especially one who had just lost his wife. Lu Zhiyuan forced herself to stay alert and asked the shopkeeper to bring paper and pen. She wrote down some things to pay attention to when raising a newborn. Just in case, she also asked the shopkeeper to find a woman who had given birth near the clinic to ask.

Upon learning that the child had lost his mother, the sister-in-law looked heartbroken. She walked up to the man, lifted the blanket covering the child, and peeked inside.

“Such a good child, how could he have lost his mother? Why was he wrapped up without even being washed? My house is nearby and has hot water. Should I take the child over and clean him up?”

As the sister-in-law spoke, she reached out to hug the child in the man's arms. The man was startled, snapped out of his daze, and instinctively hugged the child tighter.

The woman was startled by his gaze and quickly explained, "I'm not trying to take your child. I have four children at home, one more won't make a difference. Don't look at me like that, it scares me. I just felt sorry for the child and wanted to help. The shopkeeper knows that my eldest son works in the government office, I would never do anything like snatching or abducting a child."

Lu Zhiyuan asked curiously, "Your sister-in-law has given birth to four children. Is the eldest one already working in the government office?"

The eldest sister-in-law touched her temples: "Doesn't look like it? I had my child early, when I was a little over fourteen, not even fifteen, I gave birth to our eldest child."

I'm over thirty, and the older one is sixteen. He just joined the yamen this year, learning to be a yamen runner under the tutelage of his uncle.

Fourteen years old, not quite fifteen? Wouldn't that be about the same age she is now?

He looked down and stared at himself.

It's unimaginable what it would be like for someone her age to give birth to such a large child.

She was ultimately not from this world. In her mind, fourteen or fifteen years old was still a child, and going to school was the proper thing to do. Unfortunately, most women in this world, like the original owner, had no say in their marriages. Even with a modern soul, she had no choice but to submit to reality.

Fortunately, she met the Crown Prince. If it were anyone else... Thinking of this, she couldn't help but tighten her grip on the Crown Prince's hand.

I wasn't afraid when I was living a precarious life in the assassin training camp, I wasn't afraid when I was killing people, I wasn't afraid when I was accidentally transported here and almost killed, but now I am afraid.

The scariest thing isn't the appearance of zombies, or finding a pair of embroidered shoes when you open the door, or opening your eyes in the middle of the night to see a headless ghost looking down at you. It's that you have to get married at fourteen or fifteen, and become someone's wife and mother, while everyone around you, including yourself, thinks it's all normal.

The eldest sister-in-law was given to her husband's family by her own parents.

Her family was poor and couldn't afford the bride price for her brother's wedding. Her husband's family, on the other hand, couldn't afford it because he was disabled, and no one in the city wanted to marry him. It was an arranged marriage, a silent marriage, and even a marriage of convenience—it would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid. Fortunately, her husband was considerate, and her in-laws treated her well, so they had a relatively happy life for the past ten years.

Seeing that Lu Zhiyuan's expression was not right, she invited her and the Crown Prince to come to her home for a while. With so many people watching over them, she could give the child a bath, and the child's father would feel at ease.

The man couldn't bear to leave his wife, who had just passed away, nor could he bear to part with his infant daughter who had come into the world too soon. Torn between these conflicting emotions, he entrusted his daughter to Lu Zhiyuan.

She was his wife's benefactor and a doctor; she would never allow anything to happen to his daughter. He borrowed a carriage from the shopkeeper, took off his coat and spread it on the carriage, then gently lifted his wife and carefully placed her in the carriage. It was as if his wife hadn't died, but had simply fallen asleep from exhaustion after childbirth.

After doing all this, he solemnly thanked Lu Zhiyuan and the shopkeeper, then pulled his wife and headed home without looking back.

The sleeping baby seemed to sense something and began to cry loudly. The man, who had already walked away, visibly paused and his shoulders trembled when he heard the child's cries.

Seeing that Lu Zhiyuan was also inexperienced, the eldest sister-in-law naturally took the child and comforted him. Once the child stopped crying, she sighed, "What a poor little thing. He's hungry and wants to eat. Luckily, my sister-in-law is home. She just finished her postpartum period and is staying here with her child for a while."

The eldest sister-in-law, quick-witted and outspoken, carried the still-whimpering child home. Lu Zhiyuan and the Crown Prince exchanged a glance and followed closely behind.

Perfect timing, they wanted to find out what was happening on the street.

It only took a few hours to get from Ganzhou to the abandoned Taoist temple. When we left, everything was fine, but when we returned, it was in complete chaos, and someone even attempted assassination in the street. No one would believe that no one was stirring up trouble here.

The Crown Prince picked up Lu Zhiyuan, and she naturally wrapped her arms around his neck, nestling in his embrace. Her previously flustered heart instantly calmed. The Crown Prince lowered his head and asked Lu Zhiyuan, "Just now, what were you afraid of, A-Yuan?"

“I’m afraid of having children.” Lu Zhiyuan looked up and met the Crown Prince’s eyes. “My sister-in-law said she had a child when she was just over fourteen, not even fifteen. I can’t imagine what it would be like to have a child. I feel like I’m still a child myself and I can’t be a mother at all.”

“Ah Yuan doesn’t need to be a mother. Ah Yuan just needs to be healthy and be herself.”

“That’s because I met the Crown Prince,” Lu Zhiyuan said. “If I had married someone else, he might not have been so kind to me. I thought that although I was the legitimate daughter of a marquis, my marriage was not up to me. I also thought that my sister-in-law was like me and might not have wanted to be a mother at that age, but she just hadn’t met someone as good as the Crown Prince.”

“Ah Yuan is limited.” The Crown Prince smiled and gently brushed her forehead with his lips: “Ah Yuan is not the eldest sister-in-law. The eldest sister-in-law has no choice, but Ah Yuan does.”

What do you have?

Even though her mother was Xie Chaoyun, and even though she had a powerful maternal grandfather and three uncles she couldn't afford to offend, she still had to be careful not to harm the prince and married him.

Knowing she had misunderstood, the Crown Prince nuzzled her forehead again: "Have you forgotten your silver needles? Have you forgotten your Lu Yun? Even if I were the Crown Prince, if I forced you, A Yuan's needles and Lu Yun's sword would still pierce me without mercy. If the Crown Prince is like this, others are even more so. A Yuan is not the eldest sister-in-law, and A Yuan will never become the eldest sister-in-law."

Yes, she's not the eldest sister-in-law, she can't let others bully her. If her husband really dared to treat her like that... if he liked her, he could just give her a few acupuncture needles, but if he didn't like her, he might even end her life.

Thinking of this, her mood instantly brightened, and she gently patted the prince's back: "Walk faster, I'm afraid you'll get tired."

"Alright, I'll listen to A-Yuan and hurry up." Seeing Lu Zhiyuan's relaxed expression, the Crown Prince's mood improved.

The eldest sister-in-law was waiting at the door with her child in her arms. Seeing the two of them being so affectionate, she couldn't help but laugh and say, "Seeing you two reminds me of when my husband and I first got married."

Lu Zhiyuan replied, "Is this how your sister-in-law and brother are too?"

The elder sister-in-law covered her mouth and said, "Unlike you, my husband is delicate and can't lift me up."