Mrs. Shen's face flushed, and she stroked her belly and nodded slowly.

"Well, my husband treats me very well."

After she finished speaking, she took Jiang Tangli's hand again and said, "Come back to the mansion with me. It's not good to disturb the princess all the time."

Jiang Tangli looked at Yan Ruyu's figure in the outer room, her eyebrows slightly curved: "My injury is not healed yet, I can't move for the time being, don't worry, Third Sister, there is nothing wrong."

Yan Ruyu came in with some snacks. Madam Shen wanted to stand up and greet her, but Yan Ruyu held her shoulders and said, "Madam, there is no need to be polite."

"Princess, I have no intention of offending you. It's just that my younger sister loves to play and has been weak since she was young. I am really bothering you too much..."

"It's okay," Yan Ruyu said softly, "Tangli is lively and cute. Living with Dongqiang, they must be very happy."

"Yes, and Third Sister, I am in good health now. I am no longer weak and sickly."

Mrs. Shen looked at Jiang Tangli carefully and saw that although she had injuries on her body, her face was rosy, her eyes were bright, and her lips were plump. She was indeed not as pale as before, with gray lips and prone to coughing and wheezing.

"I'm relieved that you're well again. The herbs I asked someone to give you seem to be effective."

Jiang Tangli was stunned. Yan Ruyu looked at her reaction, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she shook her head imperceptibly.

Jiang Tangli replied and nodded.

Madam Shen pulled her aside and said slowly, "I'll go back and tell your brother-in-law. If he knows you're here, he'll be very happy."

"Since the princess asked you to recuperate here, you should be well behaved. I will clean up a yard for you after I return home, and you must stay there when you are well."

Yan Ruyu whispered, "Madam Shen, this is exactly what I want to tell you."

"Don't tell anyone about Tangli's whereabouts for now."

Madam Shen was stunned for a moment, and hesitated, "Why is this?"

"Because the murderer who hurt Tangli has not been caught yet, this person is extremely dangerous. Let her recover here. Apart from you, no one else has come to visit her. This is also for her safety."

Mrs. Shen was not stupid, and she understood what Yan Ruyu said after hearing it.

"Then, my husband and I can also help. As Sima..."

"Mrs. Shen, you are wrong," Yan Ruyu said patiently, "The enemy is in the dark, and you are in the light. The murderer may not be aware of the relationship between Tangli, you and Sima Shen. Maybe, maybe he has already planted people around you."

"The Jiang family is a big tree that attracts the wind. Madam Shen, you should understand it better than me."

Mrs. Shen's face changed slightly, her lips tightened, and after a moment, she slowly nodded.

"What the princess said is very true. I understand and have taken note of it. I will not tell anyone, including my husband...for now."

She patted Jiang Tangli on the shoulder and said, "Your brother-in-law is a warm-hearted person, especially since you are my sister. If he knew, he would definitely not sit idly by. He would be confused by his concern. Listen to the princess and keep it a secret for now. When you need your sister and brother-in-law to vent your anger for you, he will definitely not show mercy."

Jiang Tangli nodded and leaned on her shoulder and said coquettishly: "Thank you, Third Sister."

Yan Ruyu retreated to the outer room, took out a few slices of red fruit, ordered someone to make hot water, and put them on the table to wait for them to cool down.

When the water was almost boiled and the sisters in the room had finished chatting, Yan Ruyu brought the teapot into the room and invited Mrs. Shen to have some tea.

Mrs. Shen said a few polite words, then smelled the sweetness and couldn't help but drink three cups in a row.

It was almost time, so Mrs. Shen said goodbye to Jiang Tangli reluctantly.

Yan Ruyu personally sent her out of the hospital and asked Linlang to escort her out of the house and back home.

When I returned to Jiang Tangli's room, the little girl who was chatting and laughing just now had her smile gone and was now anxious.

"Sister, my third sister...is there something wrong?"

The little girl was smart. Yan Ruyu looked at her and shook her head several times. She was confused but stopped asking.

"Tell me what you felt." Yan Ruyu sat down in front of her.

Jiang Tangli pursed her lips and said, "My third sister said she asked someone to give me some herbs, but I didn't receive them. Not only that, my family hasn't received any letters from her in a long time, otherwise my third uncle wouldn't have asked me to come and ask."

"But from what I heard from her, she did write it."

Yan Ruyu's eyes turned slightly: "When she married Sima Shen, did her family agree?"

Jiang Tangli hesitated for a moment and said, "We have no objection to our third brother-in-law. Third Uncle also likes him very much. We just have some disagreements on the wedding date."

"It was a sudden incident. Not long after the date was set, my uncle and my aunt were traveling and their carriages were frightened. They both fell off a cliff and died. The family had to hold a funeral, and all the young people were supposed to observe mourning."

"So, Third Uncle wanted to postpone their wedding date, but Third Brother-in-law was leaving Taizhou soon. He was a soldier, and it would be difficult for him to go back. My Third Sister was not willing to do so, and they had a few arguments about it. The wedding was not very grand, but she got married after all and left Taizhou with Third Brother-in-law."

Yan Ruyu listened carefully: "How did they know each other?"

"My third brother-in-law went to Taizhou to purchase supplies. He needed a lot of things and was unfamiliar with the place, so he came to my family, the Taizhou Jiang family. My grandfather's words still have influence, so I helped him gather local merchants to negotiate at the Chamber of Commerce."

"Although my third sister is a girl from an aristocratic family, she is very interested in business and is very smart. She is not restricted by the family and is also a frequent visitor to the Chamber of Commerce."

After a few visits, we naturally got to know each other.

Yan Ruyu was thinking in her mind, looking at Jiang Tangli.

Jiang Tangli felt a little uneasy and inexplicably nervous: "Sister, my third sister's baby..."

She had noticed it before and wanted to ask more questions about the fetus in her third sister's belly, but Yan Ruyu stopped her with a look.

Yan Ruyu poured her a cup of fruit tea and said, "I was just about to talk to you about this. You need to calm down."

Jiang Tangli clenched the cup and took a deep breath: "Okay, tell me, is my third sister's pregnancy a little unstable? I will find a good midwife for her when the time comes."

"No," Yan Ruyu shook her head slowly, "Mrs. Shen has no fetus in her belly."

Jiang Tangli's fingers trembled and the water almost spilled on the bed.

"Wha...what? No fetus? How is that possible? She clearly..."

Her belly is so big, it looks like she is five months pregnant.

If there is no fetus, then what is it?

Yan Ruyu gave her some time to buffer and motioned for her to drink some water first.

When she calmed down, Yan Ruyu continued, “Before you came, we had been paying attention to a temple here, Shenyuan Temple.”

"temple?"

"That's right. Shenyuan Temple was not well-known before, but it has become famous recently. It is very effective in making wishes, in addition to marriage, the other is for children."

"Sima Shen once went to the temple to pray for a child. In other words, the child in your sister's belly was prayed for from Shenyuan Temple."

Jiang Tangli almost choked on the water: "Why go and ask? My third sister... has difficulty in having children?"

"No, then she is pregnant, but there is no fetus in her belly, so how come?"

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