After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

"I've been married into the Qi family for five years, and I still haven't gotten pregnant. If I can't conceive soon, my mother-in-law might force my husband to take a concubine." Ke Miaoran's bright eyes slowly dimmed.

"Has a doctor been consulted?" Rong Yingluo asked.

"I have invited them, and they have taken a lot of bitter medicine, but it just doesn't work." Ke Miaoran was also bitter.

For a woman to establish herself in her husband's family after marriage, she needs to have children. At first, the couple can maintain their relationship based on their love, but as time goes on and no children are born, pressure from all sides will follow, and even the best relationship will be crushed.

"Sister Ke, don't worry, you are a blessed person, you will have a child sooner or later," Rong Yingluo comforted her. "When you have time, you can invite me to your residence, or we can go on a trip together to relax."

Rong Yingluo winked, shamelessly letting someone else invite her instead of her inviting them.

She looked at Ke Miaoran's face and saw that she had a blessed appearance and was likely to have a son, perhaps waiting for her to cure her illness.

She was the one who changed her fate.

"Okay, let's go to Jing'an Hall outside the city to pray to the Bodhisattva in a couple of days." Ke Miaoran could tell that Rong Yingluo might have something to say to her, but couldn't say it in this place.

The two agreed to this.

"Oh, isn't this my second cousin's wife? How can you be with someone like that? Aren't you ashamed?" Just then, two girls who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old walked towards them.

Ke Miaoran's smile faded when she saw who it was. The girl who spoke was Hu Bing'er, her mother-in-law's niece.

"Cousin, you mustn't be rude. Young Madam Rong just received praise from the Emperor," Ke Miaoran warned.

"Hmph, such a despicable tactic of using money to please the Emperor. Only you would think that praise was genuine. The Emperor was just saying it casually so that the Rong family would obediently hand over the money." Hu Bing'er glanced at Rong Yingluo with disdain.

She was also present in the Empress's palace before. A merchant's daughter actually stole the limelight from so many noble ladies in the capital.

Even just strolling around the garden earns praise from the Emperor.

What angered her most was that this merchant woman had actually gotten involved with Ke Miaoran, that barren hen.

She had her eye on her second cousin and was waiting for him to divorce his wife so she could marry into the Qi family.

But her second cousin hesitated to divorce her; she was already sixteen and couldn't wait any longer.

The longer she waited, the more she hated Ke Miaoran. Naturally, she also disliked Rong Yingluo, who was on good terms with Ke Miaoran. What's more, Rong Yingluo had made a big splash in front of so many noble ladies.

"Miss, we have no past grudges or present conflicts, so why are you targeting me?" Rong Yingluo couldn't stand this kind of behavior; she dared to disregard even the Emperor's words.

"Hmph, we are all noble ladies from the capital. What right do you, a merchant's daughter, have to stand with us?" Hu Bing'er hated merchant's daughters the most.

Her father took a merchant's daughter as a concubine. She was adept at using money to win his heart, causing her and her mother to suffer a lot.

"Cousin, what makes you want to lash out at me? Madam Gu is now a third-rank lady. Aren't you afraid of being punished for offending her like this?" Ke Miaoran also had a temper.

"What's so great about something obtained through flattery?" Hu Bing'er's voice was a little softer. Her status as a third-rank lady did make her a little more wary. After all, they were in the palace at the moment, and if it reached the Emperor's ears, it would affect her father's reputation.

Rong Yingluo scoffed, "My husband is not only the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, but also the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The Emperor bestowed upon me the title of Third-Rank Lady, based on my husband's official position. Miss, don't tell me you don't even have this much common sense?"

Even the noble ladies of the capital only know how to parrot what others say.

Hu Bing'er had nothing to say and slunk away.

"Sister Rong, I'm sorry, my cousin has some grudges against me. She doesn't dare to do anything to me openly, so she's turning her attention to you. She's just making veiled accusations against you." Ke Miaoran had long seen through Hu Bing'er's reasons for targeting Rong Yingluo.

"You have a conflict with her?" Rong Yingluo asked, puzzled. Aren't they cousins?

"Her name is Hu Bing'er, and she is my mother-in-law's niece. I had been married for five years without having any children. Her mother then went to my mother-in-law and advised her that if she divorced me, she would be willing to marry her daughter to my husband."

"Hu Bing'er has always coveted my husband, just waiting for me to be divorced so she could marry him." Ke Miaoran was even more heartbroken when she talked about this.

If a woman cannot have children and her husband's family is heartless and ungrateful, the consequences are predictable.

"Then what does your husband mean?" Rong Yingluo really wanted to know what kind of person the Second Young Master Qi was.

If it doesn't work, then she'll have to consider whether or not to cure Sister Ke.

"He said that if my family really pressured me and I still couldn't get pregnant by the time I was thirty-five, he would consider taking a concubine, having a son registered in my name, and he wouldn't divorce me." Ke Miaoran blushed slightly as she spoke of her husband's promise.

My husband had actually said that he was the second son, and it wouldn't matter if he didn't have any children, since his elder brother had already had three sons and the Qi family already had someone to carry on the family line.

"Congratulations, Sister Ke, on marrying such a kind and loving husband." Rong Yingluo made up her mind to help her cure her infertility as soon as possible.

The two strolled along the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden.

Along the lotus pond, young ladies from various families were playing in different spots.

When the two reached a less crowded area, two young women were squatting with their backs to them, in a gap where there was no railing, watching the fish shimmering in the water.

Just then, a veiled woman suddenly rushed towards Rong Yingluo and her companion. She was very fast, and her arms were half-open, clearly indicating that she was about to push them.

Rong Yingluo possessed the skill of lightness and agility, and with a gentle pull, she and Ke Miaoran dodged the woman's attack.

The woman was moving too fast and didn't expect her sudden attack to be dodged. She didn't have time to stop and continued to pounce forward, landing right on the two young ladies who had been looking at the fish with their backs to them.

The end result was that all three girls fell into the water at the same time.

Three consecutive "thumps" followed by screams.

Ke Miaoran was quite frightened.

The lotus pond on the fifteenth of August was already quite cold. She already had difficulty conceiving, and if she fell into the water and caught a chill, it would only make matters worse.

Who is so malicious as to want to harm her?

"Help! Help!" came the cries for help from the water.

Rong Yingluo thought the voice sounded so familiar.

The two ran a few steps to the edge of the lotus pond and saw three women splashing around in the water.

The water was deeper than a person at this spot, and the three women were about to be submerged. Ke Miaoran felt that the two girls who had been pushed into the water were innocent, so she started calling for help.

"Help! Help! Someone has fallen into the water!"

Rong Yingluo saw one of the girls' faces emerge from the water; it was Gu Qingya. No wonder her voice sounded so familiar.

She hadn't fully recovered from falling into the water and catching a chill before, and now she's fallen into the water again.

That's really good luck.

And look at the other one, isn't that Princess Xiangyi who shares the same bad taste as her?

The girl who pushed the person had her veil stuck to her face after it got wet, so it wasn't clear who she was yet.

In this situation, should she save the person?

Rong Yingluo hesitated for only a moment before running to break off a tree branch and extending it towards the water: "Quickly grab this branch, I'll get you out of here."

The three people in the water were so frightened that they were completely disoriented and didn't know how to react, so they just grabbed at things haphazardly.

"Calm down, everyone! The more panicked you are, the less you'll be able to hold on!" Rong Yingluo shouted.