She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 55: The Heir to the Marquis Residence is Actually a Woman

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: The Heir to the Marquis Residence is Actually a Woman

Yan Lingzhen’s heart was in turmoil, as this was the secret she had been carefully guarding all this time.

Today, the person she most feared would discover it had found out.

She didn’t know what to do now.

"Sister, I really have a way to detoxify, I wouldn’t joke about my own body," Yan Lingzhen said to Yan Wanqing earnestly.

Yan Wanqing couldn’t clearly say whether she felt more angry or panicked at this moment.

This was her sister, the one she owed the most to since childhood.

Yet, Yan Lingzhen was willing to use herself to test the poison... It felt like an invisible hand was squeezing her heart painfully.

"Why must you go to such lengths for me?" Tears welled up in Yan Wanqing’s eyes as she spoke, one drop trickling down.

This was her first tear since her rebirth.

Yan Lingzhen was even more panicked, having never seen her sister cry before, she clumsily tried to wipe her tears away and comforted her, "Sister, don’t cry, don’t cry. These past days, I have been observing the Thousand Mechanism inside my body and have found that it follows a pattern. Given some more time, I am certain I can find a way to detoxify."

"You know as a doctor the harm Thousand Mechanism can do to one’s organs, Xiaoliu, you’re being foolish!"

Yan Lingzhen tightly grabbed Yan Wanqing’s hand, "I am Red Buddha’s Hand, the youngest yet most renowned Divine Doctor in the world, there is no poison I cannot cure. Sister, you should have faith in me."

"Really?" Yan Wanqing saw her younger sister’s full confidence and couldn’t bear to knock her down.

Sometimes, it is oftentimes oneself that destroys one’s hope.

Yan Wanqing knew this truth well.

Since Yan Lingzhen was so confident and willing to test the poison on herself, she, as an elder sister, should not hold her back.

Seeing that Yan Wanqing was no longer so resistant and upset, Yan Lingzhen breathed a sigh of relief.

She had thought that her sister would be angry with her over this, thankfully she was not.

Indeed, her sister was the most understanding and reasonable sister under the heaven!

The sisters chatted for a while longer, then Yan Lingzhen had someone close the door and began applying acupuncture to Yan Wanqing.

While doing the acupuncture, she suddenly started whispering almost incoherently.

"Sister, I have something to tell you, and you mustn’t tell anyone."

Yan Wanqing saw this and smiled lightly, nodding, "Okay, I won’t tell anyone."

"Have you noticed that the Young Marquis from the Northern Border is a bit strange?" Yan Lingzhen gestured and said, "The kind that’s sleazy and soft."

Yan Wanqing nodded, "There are cultural differences between the Northern Border and the Capital City, perhaps that’s how all men are over there."

"Not at all!" Yan Lingzhen realized her voice had risen, and quickly lowered it to whisper in Yan Wanqing’s ear, "Sister, haven’t you noticed that the Young Marquis would look better in women’s clothes? He might not surpass you, but he certainly would look much better than me."

Yan Wanqing was stunned for a moment, "When did you notice?"

Yan Lingzhen was nonchalant, "I found it odd at first, then I tested a few times. She hid it very well, even using incense to mask her body’s distinct medicinal smell, but who am I? My nose is better than a dog’s, after smelling it a few times, I was more and more convinced."

"You are such a clever little devil," Yan Wanqing complimented.

Seeing her reaction was rather mild, Yan Lingzhen was displeased now, "Sister, why aren’t you at all surprised? This is such a huge secret—an heir to a Marquis Residence, and she’s a woman! Sister, you just smiled, as if you already knew... wait, did you—"

Yan Lingzhen widened her eyes at Yan Wanqing, who slightly nodded under her gaze.

"When?"

"On our way back today," Yan Wanqing said.

The act of Huai Yu blocking the carriage and that pot of hot tea had let Yan Wanqing know that Huai Yu was indeed a woman.

She had hidden everything well, except there.

"Enough about this, it’s a matter concerning the Northern Border Marquis Residence, it has nothing to do with us," Yan Wanqing shook her head, while Yan Lingzhen stuck out her tongue. "Right, right, Sister is correct, it is someone else’s affair, and it has nothing to do with us."

After finishing the needlework, Yan Wanqing watched Yan Lingzhen begin to tidy up and stretched out her wrist.

"Xiaoliu, take a look at me, I’ve been feeling sleepy all day, my back hurts, and I can’t seem to fully wake up even after sleeping. I wonder if it’s because the Thousand Mechanism has been intensified."

Yan Lingzhen pretended to be profound and pressed two fingers on the pulse. "Let Divine Doctor Red Buddha’s Hand have a look for Sister ... My dear mother!"

"What’s wrong?" Yan Wanqing was startled by her.

Yan Lingzhen was stunned, she grabbed Yan Wanqing’s wrist and pulse meticulously. After confirming it again, she almost fell off the chair.

"What happened, Xiaoliu?"

Yan Lingzhen looked at Yan Wanqing with disbelieving eyes. "Sister, how did you manage to do this alone?"

"What?"

"How did you manage to get pregnant by yourself?!" Yan Lingzhen lowered her voice as she spoke, making gestures over her belly.

Yan Wanqing froze, "Say that again."

Yan Lingzhen got up from the ground and pressed her hand on Yan Wanqing’s belly. "Sister, there is a little life here."

"... You’re saying that I, I..." Yan Wanqing paused, then calmed down, her hand touching her lower abdomen through Yan Lingzhen’s hand. "I am pregnant?"

"Yes!" Yan Lingzhen nodded vigorously. "Sister, are you a goddess who can conceive life on her own?"

"What nonsense are you talking." Yan Wanqing couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "You’re a doctor, yet you believe such things."

"If it’s not that, then who is it?" Yan Lingzhen’s expression became even more bizarre. "Exactly which cursed man..."

"Sister can’t say now," Yan Wanqing’s mind was in turmoil, with one thing after another, she felt overwhelmed.

"Alright ... then," Yan Lingzhen’s gaze dimmed slightly. "Sister, what do you plan to do now?"

Yan Wanqing looked at her flat belly, shaking her head. "I don’t know, Xiaoliu, give me two more days, I’ll tell you the answer after two days."

"... Okay." Yan Lingzhen didn’t know how she walked out of Lotus Garden, she returned to her own courtyard in a daze, cursing the man who had won her sister’s favor.

He was the goddess in her heart, which despicable man dared to lay his hands on her!

Sister was still fiercely protecting him!

What merit does he have to deserve this!

Inside the Lotus Garden, Yan Wanqing dismissed her maids and sat alone in the room.

The trip to Southern Mountain was too hurried, and she had not even had time to drink the Contraceptive Soup.

Who could have expected her frail, sickly body could still conceive a child.

She stared at her belly, lost in thought.

To abort, or to...

The candlelight flickered all night inside the room, and eventually, Yan Wanqing could no longer resist the sleepiness and deeply fell asleep.

No one knew that after she had fallen asleep, a regal-looking man had held her in his embrace and also deeply fell asleep.

A dreamless night.

When Yan Wanqing woke up, she found herself having slept exceptionally well, only the scent of gardenias lingered in the air, elegant yet intense, captivating to the mind.