Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1035 - 1033_1

Chapter 1035: 1033_1

The next day, early in the morning, Xiao’er and Du Yijin arrived outside the palace gate, waiting for the Empress Dowager to come out and accompany them to the Guanyin Temple to pray to Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, for a child.

"Didn’t the Empress Dowager hurt her foot? Why can’t she just stay in the Cining Palace to recover? Why does she have to complicate things? We could go on our own!" Du Yijin also wanted to pray to Guanyin, as lately Shangguan Ruixi had been drinking so much tonic soup that he had nosebleeds. She also drank a bowl of health-improving tonic soup every night, and she was getting tired of it.

The most important thing was, both of them wanted a child.

"She just doesn’t trust us, and since she’s tired of lying in bed, she’s probably looking for ways to give us a hard time! Just wait, I bet this journey won’t be peaceful!" Xiao’er always prepared for the worst when it came to the Empress Dowager.

This time, with the Empress Dowager’s foot injury, the worst-case scenario would probably be her having to carry the Dowager up to the Guanyin Temple herself!

Upon hearing this, Du Yijin became even more worried. She was already apprehensive of the Empress Dowager and didn’t know how to handle the Dowager’s deliberate provocation. In the past, Shangguan Ruixi had always solved this for her.

Seeing her look like she was about to face a great disaster, Xiao’er couldn’t help but laugh: "Come on, no matter what the Empress Dowager does, she’s not as bad as your stepmother used to be. What are you scared of?"

After hearing this, Du Yijin felt better. The Empress Dowager was usually tough-talking but rarely acted on her words.

Strictly speaking, she didn’t have the chance to because all her plans were thwarted by her descendants.

But what her stepmother had done, it was downright pushing people into the fire pit.

"I hope I really get pregnant after praying to Guanyin this time!" Du Yijin expressed with a hint of anticipation.

"Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with your body. You’ll definitely get pregnant. I think the reason you can’t conceive is psychological. Sometimes, if you’re too anxious, always thinking about getting pregnant quickly, it ends up harder to get pregnant."

"Does getting pregnant have anything to do with mood?" Du Yijin asked surprisingly.

"To some extent, it does. It also has to do with whether you rest well. Or maybe you could try placing a pillow under your... " Xiao’er shared some of the methods for getting pregnant she had read about before.

After hearing Xiao’er’s suggestions, Du Yijin decided to try them when she got home. She didn’t question whether Xiao’er’s methods were reliable. Xiao’er, like her, hadn’t gotten pregnant for over two years after getting married. Regardless, she trusted Xiao’er’s advice.

As for why Xiao’er hadn’t had a child for so long, she thought Xiao’er probably didn’t plan to have one, or else there would have been a bunch of kids running around her room by now!

At this moment, the heavy sound of the palace gates opening could be heard. It must be the Empress Dowager coming out.

Both of them quickly stepped off the carriage and stood aside to wait.

As the carriage passed them, they immediately bowed.

Inside the carriage, the Empress Dowager said to the nanny, "Let them get on the carriage quickly. We’re setting off. It’s nearly mid-morning!"

Hearing this, Xiao’er couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of her mouth. Whose fault was it that it was already mid-morning!

They had been waiting here since sunrise!

Therefore, the nanny, in a place where the Empress Dowager couldn’t see, gave the two an embarrassed smile and reverently said, "Please, Princess Rui and Crown Princess, get on the carriage. We’re setting off."

Xiao’er and Du Yijin nodded and then got on the carriage.

The carriage made its way through the bustling Imperial City boulevard, heading straight for the city gate.

The streets were busy with people coming and going. When the common people saw the luxurious carriage of the Empress Dowager passing by, they all made way.

Xiao’er and Du Yijin shared a carriage. Xiao’er’s carriage was characterized by luxuriousness that was understated, which made it exceptional but also rustic at first sight.

Xiao’er and Du Yijin continued to discuss childbirth. Xiao’er told Du Yijin what to eat if she wanted to have a boy and what to eat if she wanted to have a girl.

Du Yijin listened attentively and carefully took notes.

Recognizing a familiar voice on the street, Xiao’er couldn’t help but lift the curtain to take a look. It turned out that Master Fang had come!

He was asking the locals about the location of the Ruan Mansion.

Master Fang had only arrived in the Imperial City this morning. The man sent by Shangguan Xuanyi had casually revealed information about Mrs. Fang and Fang Wanping to him. He also conveniently dropped a money bag in front of him, then secretly followed him. Sure enough, once he had the money, he hired a carriage and headed for the Imperial City.

Upon arriving in the Imperial City, the first thing Master Fang did was to ask where the Ruan Mansion was located. Of course, he just wanted to find out, not foolish enough to go to the Ruan’s immediately. He was worried that if he went directly to the Ruan Mansion, he would be beaten to death by the harsh matrons ordering their servants!

Now, he was just a commoner! The most insignificant figure in the world!

He planned to lie in wait, first to figure out where the Ruan Mansion was, then to lay in wait every day, waiting for the two mother and daughter to be unattended, so he could capture them!

Master Fang’s plan was good, but he didn’t know that Fang Wanping had broken a rib and needed to lie in bed to recuperate. His daily stakeout near the Ruan Mansion resulted in him waiting for a month without seeing a shadow. The silver he had picked up was all spent, and he had to beg for a living.

Of course, that’s another story.

Xiao’er heard him asking where Master Ruan’s mansion was, and then the person asked which Master Ruan he wanted to find.

Something exciting is bound to happen soon, Xiao’er thought.

It’s a shame that Fang Wanping broke her rib because of the Empress Dowager. Otherwise, the excitement would have come faster. Now, she’s bedridden, and without three to two months, she’s not likely to leave the house. So, for at least half a month, neither she nor Mrs. Fang had left the house.

Xiao’er looked away and asked Du Yijin about Shangguan Wanru’s situation, as she hadn’t seen her come to learn to play the flute recently.

"Mother is planning to find a new marriage for Wanru, but she absolutely refuses. These days, she probably doesn’t have time to learn to play the flute because of Mother." said Du Yijin.

The Princess Consort An showed Shangguan Wanru the portraits of many sons every day and dragged her out of the house to meet friends every few days. Shangguan Wanru was simply fed up lately!

Princess Consort An thought that as long as Wanru remarried and Zhuan’er changed his surname, Gong Qinghua wouldn’t aim for Zhuan’er any longer.

No court official would be happy to see a grandchild who had changed his surname ascend the throne, or a woman who had remarried become the Empress Dowager!

"..." Princess Consort An really was talented! She was capable of giving her own son aphrodisiac, forcing her own daughter to remarry. Xiao’er wondered if there was anything she wouldn’t do?

.....

The Guanyin Temple was not too far from the Imperial City, and they arrived after about an hour and a half.

After getting off the carriage, Xiao’er looked at the blue sky and sun above her head and immediately felt much hotter.

Then she took a look at the green mountains and waters in front of her. Well, the scenery here was lovely, which made her feel a bit better about being there.

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