Who said the heir would die out? The concubine is pregnant again!

That's Liang Yunqian's voice!

Yingzhu wasn't mistaken, it was him!

"Your Highness? Is it really you? I thought you would never come to see me again, and that you believed what they said."

"How could that be? I promised you that no matter what happens in the future, I will stand by your side."

He was right next to me, but his voice sounded ethereal and unreal.

Overjoyed and weeping, Yingzhu sat up, wanting to grasp Liang Yunqian's outstretched hand, but found only emptiness; his image vanished...

Yingzhu suddenly woke up and looked around, but did not see Liang Yunqian.

The room was empty, with only the candlelight flickering weakly.

It turned out that it wasn't Liang Yunqian who came; it was just a dream of hers.

This was the first time she had ever dreamed of Liang Yunqian. She suddenly felt ridiculous. She was actually hoping that Liang Yunqian would come to help her. It was just a dream. She shouldn't have had any illusions about him.

Her head was spinning, and even keeping her eyes open was painful, so she simply closed them.

Tears were still streaming from the corners of her eyes, not from sadness, but from the burning sensation in her eyes caused by a fever, which made her tears fall involuntarily.

After a long and agonizing night, Qingfeng came to help Aunt Shen with her washing up the next day. She noticed something was wrong and immediately sent someone to fetch a doctor.

Yingzhu specifically instructed her, "Tell Granny Gui to go and invite Doctor Xue."

Doctor Xue was the one who treated her in the Prince's mansion, and she only trusted him; she didn't trust any other doctors.

Unable to leave the house, Qingfeng could only go to Granny Gui for help, but Granny Gui didn't take it seriously.

"Doctor Xue treats the masters of the Prince's mansion. Now that Concubine Shen has been kicked out, what right does she have to invite Doctor Xue? Besides, Doctor Xue lives so far away, why bother traveling back and forth? Just invite someone from nearby."

"Since Aunt Shen is pregnant, we must be careful. Granny Gui, please do me the trouble of running an errand for the sake of the child."

As she spoke, Qingfeng stuffed the silver into her hand. Granny Gui weighed it in her hand before reluctantly agreeing with a pout.

If it were just a common illness, it wouldn't be a problem, but since she was pregnant, she had to be careful with her medication. Only by asking Doctor Xue to come over could Yingzhu feel at ease.

Meanwhile, Liang Yunqian was still sending people to search for Shen Yingzhu's whereabouts, and Liang Xingzhou was also trying to find her.

He was blind and had difficulty moving around, and since he had only recently entered the Prince Rui's residence, he had very few people around him who could be of use.

Furthermore, his identity is very special. He is the Crown Prince's younger brother and cannot openly visit the Crown Prince's concubines; he can only search in secret.

During the time he was blind, his sense of smell and hearing became exceptionally sharp. He suddenly realized that Xiaobai's sense of smell was also very sharp, and perhaps he could use it to find Yingzhu's whereabouts!

After making up his mind, Liang Xingzhou left the mansion and went to his hometown to find Aunt Shen.

When Liang Xingzhou suddenly came to visit, Shen's mother couldn't help but feel guilty.

"Xingzhou? Weren't you taken by your father to get your eyes treated? Why are you back all of a sudden?"

"Aunt Shen, I've come for Yingzhu. Something's happened to her! I have to go find her!"

"Yingzhu?" Madam Shen's heart clenched. She instinctively wanted to ask what had happened to Yingzhu, but then she remembered Song Meizi's instructions and guessed that Xingzhou might be testing her. So she pretended to be calm and said:

"Yingzhu went to visit relatives in her hometown! She won't be back until after the New Year."

"I've already seen Yingzhu at Prince Rui's residence, Aunt Shen, please don't lie to me! She's been taken as a concubine by Liang Yunqian!"

Xingzhou is blind, so he couldn't possibly see Yingzhu. He must have some suspicions, but he wasn't sure, so he deliberately tried to trick her!

"That's not true. Who told you that nonsense?"

Shen's mother denied it readily, which made Liang Xingzhou anxious.

"I heard her voice. I can't be mistaken. Aunt Shen is Yingzhu. Although I'm also wondering why Yingzhu is at Prince Rui's residence, now is not the time to pursue that question."

She had only just been taken as a concubine when she was framed and discovered to have used a spell to harm the Crown Prince. In a fit of anger, the Princess Consort Rui banished her from the palace and hid her. Now, Yingzhu's fate is unknown, and I have no choice but to come to you!

Hearing him recount Yingzhu's ordeal, Shen's mother trembled with fear.

"What did you say? Yingzhu was driven away? What talisman? She doesn't understand those things at all, how could she possibly use talismans to harm people?"

On the way here, Liang Xingzhou was only 70% confident.

Hearing Shen's mother's question, she no longer denied it, but instead sought the reason. Liang Xingzhou was now certain that he had not guessed wrong; Aunt Shen was indeed his fiancée, Shen Yingzhu!

The truth can only be discussed later; the most urgent task is to find Yingzhu's whereabouts!

"I also believe that Yingzhu would not do such a thing. It must be that someone in the manor is jealous and plots to harm her."

But Princess Rui refused to reveal where she was being sent, so I thought I'd borrow one of Yingzhu's old clothes and have Xiaobai follow her scent to find her. Xiaobai knows her well; perhaps he can find her.

At this moment, Aunt Shen was in great agony. Sister Song repeatedly told her not to tell Xingzhou that Yingzhu was in Prince Rui's mansion, lest he refuse to cooperate with the treatment.

But Xingzhou said that Yingzhu was in trouble. Xingzhou likes Yingzhu so much, he shouldn't scare people with her safety.

Maybe what he said is true, maybe something really happened to Yingzhu!

She couldn't disregard her daughter's safety just because of Song Meizi's words. Qie Xingzhou seemed quite rational; he appeared to have accepted the situation.

After thinking it over, Aunt Shen didn't hesitate any longer. She went inside and found an old dress that Yingzhu used to wear.

"I'll go with you to look for them too."

"I know you're worried about Yingzhu, but please wait for news at home! If she gets separated from you, I'll have to look for her again. Don't worry, I'll definitely come back to deliver news to you as soon as I have any information about Yingzhu."

After careful consideration, Aunt Shen realized that she was not familiar with the outside world and her legs were not very strong. Going out would not be of much help and would only cause trouble. It would be better to stay at home and wait so that the boat could focus on finding Yingzhu.

"Okay, be careful too. I'll wait for your news!"

Cherry, who had just come out of the outhouse, did not immediately stand up after hearing these words. Instead, she waited for a long time before coming out, pretending not to know anything, and went to wash her hands to pick vegetables.

After obtaining Yingzhu's old clothes, Liang Xingzhou took Xiaobai to find someone, and Xiaobai followed the scent all the way.

Upon reaching the fork in the road, Xiaobai did not hesitate and decisively turned left.

Liang Xingzhou prayed silently that Xiaobai could find Yingzhu soon, and that nothing bad would happen to her!

The men Liang Yunqian sent out confirmed that Princess Rui had six villas, and they had already searched three of them, but had not found any trace of Consort Shen.

But they did not give up and continued their search.

After Doctor Xue arrived, he prescribed medicine for Aunt Shen.

Yingzhu took the medicine and her fever subsided an hour later, but it started to return in the evening.

Qingfeng was extremely anxious, but unfortunately she had only taken the medicine not long ago, and there would be at least two hours between doses.

Since she couldn't take any more medicine right now, Qingfeng quickly soaked a towel in hot water and applied it to Aunt Shen's forehead.

Yingzhu lay in the tent, feeling drowsy all day, weak and listless.

In a daze, Yingzhu heard footsteps again, steady and powerful, with faint calls.

She sighed softly, "I'm hallucinating again. I heard footsteps outside, and it sounded like someone was calling my name."

Qingfeng listened intently. "You heard me right, I heard it too. There was indeed a man calling your name. It's probably the young master who's here! I'll go check it out."

Is it really Liang Yunqian? Yingzhu had already had a dream once and experienced the disappointment of waking up to find nothing. This time, she dared not have any more expectations.

Despite this, Yingzhu unconsciously raised her head and looked towards the door, where she saw the misty blue floral cotton curtain being lifted, and a pair of black boots stepping into the room.

Yingzhu's gaze slowly moved upwards, and when she saw the person's face clearly, her heart skipped a beat, and her doe eyes widened!