Chapter 19 Entering the City to Seek Medical Attention

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  "Seventh daughter?"

  Mrs. Zhao was startled by Gui Fang at first, and seeing her pale face covering her mouth and running out, she hastily followed behind.

  "Ugh..."

  Wang Qifang felt a surge in her stomach, and the food she had just swallowed came back up. But that was not all - after vomiting up all the food in her stomach, she still felt nauseous, bent over at the waist, holding onto the tree trunk, pounding on her chest, and spitting out sour water every now and then.

  "Seventh girl, are you feeling a bit better?" Zhao Ayi supported Wang Qifang's waist with one hand and gently patted her back with the other. Seeing that she really had nothing to throw up, she quickly ran into the house, brought out a cup of warm water, and handed it to Wang Qifang: "Here, rinse your mouth!"

  "Ah!" Wang Qifang vomited for half a day, and tears welled up in her eyes. With great difficulty, she leaned against the large Chinese scholar tree in the courtyard, and with Zhao's support, she straightened up, took the cup of water, rinsed her mouth, and waited until the foul sour smell in her mouth gradually dissipated before drinking the warm water in big gulps to alleviate the emptiness in her stomach.

  Mrs. Zhao watched Wang Qifang finish a cup of water, her old eyes filled with a hint of expectation, and she quietly observed Wang's expression while softly asking: "What's wrong, is the food not to your taste or is the meat not fresh?"

  "There isn't, I just can't smell that fishy smell," Wang Qifang didn't think much of it, she handed the empty cup to Zhao Ayi, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve pocket, wiped away the tears on her face and the water stains around her mouth, trying not to make eye contact with the dirty stuff by the tree root, afraid that if she looked at those things again, her empty stomach would rebel once more, she didn't want to go through another ordeal like this.

  Compared to Wang Qifang's worries, Zhao Ayi didn't have so many taboos. She took the empty cup and her two eyes kept scanning between Wang Qifang and the dirty things on the ground.

  Suddenly, she thought of a possibility and excitedly patted her forehead. She ran to the gate of the small courtyard in a few steps, pushed open the door, looked around cautiously, and after making sure there was no one else around, she withdrew her body, closed the door with both hands, and neatly bolted it shut.

  "Wet nurse? What's going on here?"

  Wang Qifang leaned softly against the tree trunk, inexplicably watching Zhao's movements. She closed her eyes and tried to calm down the turmoil in her chest and abdomen once again.

  Aunt Zhao didn't answer Qifang's words, but instead pulled her hand and quickly flashed into the house, just as nimbly closing the door, and pushed a bewildered Qifang to sit on the kang, "Seventh Lady, when you had a miscarriage that day, did you have any blood clots discharged?"

  "What? Blood clots?" Wang Qifang still didn't understand what Zhao Nian said, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. She recalled: "There shouldn't be any, since I got on the horse carriage, I've been drowsy all along. When I woke up, I found that my undergarments and small clothes were all stained with blood, but there was no clotted substance! Wait a minute, wet nurse, could it be...?"

  Thanks to her rich experience in film and television, Wang Qifang is very familiar with the classic reactions of pregnancy, even though she has never been pregnant herself.

  Nausea, vomiting, and occasional fatigue, plus confirmation from the wet nurse that this body had indeed been pregnant before. Moreover, seeing Zhao's ecstatic expression when she saw her vomiting, even a fool would know what was happening - perhaps "her" child hadn't miscarried after all!

  "Ah, it's very likely!" Old Lady Zhao was overjoyed, her round face filled with genuine smiles, but the corners of her eyes had suspicious tears. Since she found out about Seventh Young Mistress' situation, she had been worried sick, thinking that Seventh Young Mistress' life was ruined.

  Even if the uncle looks at Xiaoyan's face and reluctantly takes Qiniang back, Qiniang's status in the Zhao family will not improve. Instead, she will be sent to a remote courtyard to "rest" or "worship Buddha", and will never have the opportunity to regain her husband's respect and love!

  It's a different story now, if Qīniáng's child wasn't lost but was born safely as a boy, the eldest son of Gūyé, then Qīniáng's status would be elevated. The Wáng family, who had always neglected Qīniáng, might also look at Qífāng in a different light due to the direct blood relationship between the two families.

  At that time, her husband's family had the respect of the old master and mistress, and her natal family had the support of several uncles. Qīniáng's position in the Zhao family would be unshakeable. Hmph, that lowly fox spirit, thinking of replacing her as the seventh daughter-in-law, what a ridiculous fantasy!

  However, all the good ideas must have a premise, that is: "Qīniáng, tomorrow I'll think of a way to invite a doctor. First, confirm the child's condition, and second, also take the opportunity to check your body, let the doctor open some nourishing medicine, and take good care of yourself. Oh, right, this matter, must not be told to the two mouths of the Feng family, do you know?"

  "...I know," Wang Qifang sighed softly after hearing the nanny's words, her emotions tangled up again - Alas, how could there be another child? Should she leave or not?!

  "No, we can't invite the doctor," The wet nurse thought that Gui Fang was also excited and didn't know how to express herself, so she patted her wrist understandingly. In her mind, she began to plan the next move. When she thought of the not-so-simple couple, Mr. and Mrs. Feng, she suddenly thought of something and said with a hint of anxiety, "No, it's better for us to go to the town ourselves, we can't let that foolish Feng know about your pregnancy, otherwise, Beijing will also find out soon."

  "Then listen to Nainai!"

  Wang Qifang's mind was in a mess at this moment, and she didn't have any thoughts of calculation, so she just said it casually.

  "Alright, from now on, Qīniáng will listen to Niangniang, okay?!"

  "Ah!"

  Wang Qifang saw that Zhao's mother had misunderstood again and didn't open her mouth to explain, letting her happily hug herself and talk and laugh.

  The next day, Zhao Ayi somehow talked to Feng Tiezhu, and Feng Tiezhu prepared a horse-drawn carriage and sent a young maid to accompany Wang Qifang and Zhao Ayi to Qinghe Town, which was over 80 miles away from the Qingyuan Manor.

  Under the guidance of passersby, the carter drove the horse cart to the only clinic in town.

  "Madam, Zhao Ayi, we've arrived!"

  "Got it!"

  Madam Zhao heard the sound, lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, got off the horse cart first, and then stretched out her hand to help Wang Qifang down.

  "It's easy to come to the county town, don't be foolish and wait at the door, just come over half an hour later to pick us up," Zhao's wife took out two silver corners from her pocket and threw them to the driver and the little maid, "This is the second young lady's reward for you, go shopping if you want to buy something!"

  "Oh dear, thank you Second Young Mistress, thank you Zhao Ayi!"

  The cart driver's small eyes, upon seeing the glittering silver coins, could no longer see anything else. He quickly took the money with both hands and put it to his mouth for a forceful bite, verifying the purity of the silver after which the smile on his face grew even thicker.

  The little maid's eyes were also dazzled by the silver corner, but thinking of her master's entrustment before leaving the house, she stretched out her hand with some hesitation.

  "What's wrong, is it not enough?!"

  Madam Zhao saw this and coldly retorted.

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