The Marquis's line has ended? The pregnant maid is pregnant again!

Supported by Lu Jihan, Shen Qinghe remained silent the entire way and obediently followed him back to the courtyard.

When he entered the courtyard, Fang Yu was busy working in the yard. As soon as he saw Lu Jihan, he hurriedly came up and bowed, saying, "This servant greets the young marquis."

Lu Jihan's gaze lingered on Fang Yu for a moment. "No wonder I didn't see you in Mother's courtyard. So you were assigned here."

"Reporting to Young Master, they said the courtyard was short-handed, so this servant was transferred here," Fang Yu said, his posture respectful and his words perfectly appropriate.

Shen Qinghe was also observing Fang Yu, after all, he was someone from the Hou's courtyard, and in her previous life the Hou's wife had been quite distant from her.

The old lady trusted her. Shen Qinghe didn't spend much time with the Lady of the Marquis. She only knew that the Lady of the Marquis disliked Shen Yun'er and seemed difficult to get along with.

Shen Qinghe couldn't help but be more cautious.

After this little incident, Lu Jihan and Shen Qinghe returned to their room.

With only the two of them left, Shen Qinghe took the initiative to ask, "Are you hungry, Master? My little kitchen is just finished, would you like to try some?"

As she spoke, Shen Qinghe was about to get up to prepare some food, but she had only taken two steps when someone grabbed her wrist:

"It's too late, don't bother, you must be tired." Lu Jihan looked at her and pulled her down to sit. "Linfeng, bring the physician from the manor!"

"Yes!" Lin Feng's voice rang out from outside the door.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghe assumed that Lu Jihan still didn't believe her. "Master, didn't I just check? I'm indeed not pregnant yet."

Shen Qinghe's voice was tinged with disappointment. She had been trying so hard to get pregnant as soon as possible, and now that she wasn't pregnant, how could she not feel upset?

"no."

Hearing the undisguised disappointment in Shen Qinghe's words and seeing the panic on her small face, Lu Jihan frowned slightly: "You don't need to make things difficult for yourself because of your grandmother's anxiety. The matter of having offspring is a matter of fate, and it's not something you can control. There's really no need to force it."

Shen Qinghe nodded: "I've remembered what you said, Master."

Remembered it? Judging from her expression, how could she have remembered it? Lu Jihan knew that this little girl could be a bit stubborn at times, so he simply stopped talking and instead said, "I invited the physician from the manor not because of the child."

Shen Qinghe looked up at him. Why did he call the royal physician? Or was he just saying he didn't care, but actually still cared about whether she was pregnant or not?

There was a knock on the door, and Lin Feng spoke before entering with the family physician: "Master, the Zhuang family physician has arrived."

"It was rushed just now, so please take her pulse carefully and check if there's anything wrong with her body. She was sick yesterday."

As Lu Jihan spoke, he watched as the Zhuang family physician placed his fingertips on her wrist, and his thin lips parted slightly: "She was caught in the rain yesterday, could she have caught a cold?"

As he spoke, Lu Jihan glanced at her sideways, then turned back, his expression somewhat unnatural: "Last night I was so focused on city patrol affairs that I forgot to have the imperial physician check your pulse."

Shen Qinghe was somewhat stunned, not expecting that Lu Jihan had invited the Zhuang family doctor for this reason.

She opened her mouth, "I thought..."

"Did you think it was because I didn't want to accept that you weren't pregnant?" Lu Jihan glanced at her and could roughly tell what she was trying to say.

He chuckled and said, "You underestimate me. If it were really about carrying on the family line, I'd be in someone else's courtyard right now."

Shen Qinghe thought about it and realized that it made some sense. If he were in a hurry to have children, he wouldn't have stayed away from anyone else in his previous life because of Ye Shu.

"Young Master, Miss Qinghe's health is not seriously affected. She has just caught a chill, and her poor appetite may be related to the season and weather."

The doctor from the Zhuang family said, taking out paper and pen from his small wooden box: "If the young lady follows my prescription and drinks it for three consecutive days, she will get rid of the cold in her body and be fine."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jihan's expression softened slightly, and he waved his hand, saying, "Go down. Just come to check on my pulse every day from now on."

Only Shen Qinghe and Lu Jihan remained.

Shen Qinghe looked at Lu Jihan beside her, gazing at him expectantly: "Master, is it possible that you're taking a break today?"

Her question was very subtle, but Lu Jihan felt as if he were Tang Sanzang in the Spider Cave.

Like meat on a chopping board, being watched intently by others.

He's the one in charge; she should be the one at his mercy.

How come it's completely upside down?

"Of course, I still have official duties to attend to." Lu Jihan coughed lightly, covering his mouth, and made a move to get up, but his sleeve was firmly pulled back.

Turning her head, Shen Qinghe looked at him pitifully: "But the bed is too big, I'm scared..."

"Then I must prioritize official business." Lu Jihan said sternly, turning his head away to force himself not to look at her.

"Then shall I go with you, Master?" Shen Qinghe responded immediately, smiling at him. "Your bed is certainly bigger than mine. You'll be more afraid if you work alone until late at night. I'll go and protect you."

It was a rare and fresh excuse, and Lu Jihan couldn't help but glance at her.

He immediately met her clear, sparkling eyes, which, with a smile, appeared exceptionally soft and alluring in the candlelight.

The smile on her face was genuine, with a touch of playfulness.

Lu Jihan was a little curious. Wasn't this girl just now disappointed because she couldn't conceive? How come she seems to have come back to life now?

Like the grass on the prairie that can never be burned out, it may be bent over by the wind, but it will stand up again when the wind subsides.

Lu Jihan's lips unconsciously curled up. "Since you went to so much trouble to come up with an excuse, I'll allow you to go with me."

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As night fell, the boundless darkness had already spread throughout the entire Zhenguo Marquis's mansion.

When the doctor from the Zhuang family passed by the garden, he turned a corner and went into the ancestral hall.

Only Wu Xiaoniang and her personal maid Fangfei were present.

"Reporting to Madam," the Zhuang family physician glanced around the ancestral hall, finding no one else present, and reported in a low voice, "Shen Qinghe is indeed pregnant. You're not mistaken; she should be about a month along."

"Uncle! What did you say today?" As soon as Wu Xiaoniang saw her distant cousin, she pulled a hairpin from her hair and stuffed it into the Zhuang family doctor's hand: "I'm short of money right now, so please keep it, Uncle."

The physician from the Zhuang family accepted the hairpin: "Don't worry, madam. I have followed your instructions and temporarily concealed her pregnancy. However, I'm afraid it won't be able to be hidden for long, so please make plans as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay, you just need to stall as much as possible and not let anyone else know that she is pregnant. I will definitely find a way."

To avoid attracting attention, the doctor from the Zhuang family left immediately after exchanging only two sentences with Wu Xiaoniang.

Just as he returned to his resting place, a figure emerged from his inner room: "The Zhuang family physician."

The Zhuang family physician wasn't surprised, seemingly used to it. He turned his head and saw Zilan beside Cao Xiaoniang, and met her with a fawning and worried smile:

"Miss Zilan, I've done as Madam Cao instructed, and I even dragged my distant cousin into it. Please plead with Madam Cao to release my son!"