Concubine Rong showed a look of disgust on her face, "You figured it out too? Humph, it won't be long before this little girl will be able to gain power and bring prosperity to the whole family!"

Concubine Jia was shocked and asked, "Why is that?!"

Concubine Rong said gloomily: "Because she looks very much like someone!"

Concubine Jia asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Like someone? Who?"

Concubine Rong sneered and did not answer directly. Instead, she took the opportunity to put forward a condition to her: "If you can help me rescue Bingxiang, I will tell you why!"

"Forget it, I'll ask someone else." Concubine Jia said lightly.

The emperor had just ordered the punishment of that palace maid, but she went to plead for mercy at this critical moment. Isn't that courting trouble?

Concubine Rong threatened: "Since you don't want to, then forget it! But if Bingxiang can't bear the torture in there, and if she reveals some inside information...you must not regret it then!"

This sentence immediately reminded Concubine Jia!

Although she appeared calm on the surface, she secretly decided in her heart that she must find a way to solve this problem!

……

Jiang Mansion.

After Jiang Yaonian led Qing He back to the villa, he asked the maid to get hot bath water and put some herbs to drive away the cold and evil spirits in it. Then he said to her, "Take another bath. The water in the pool is cold. Let the cold air dissipate. Otherwise, you will get sick easily."

Qing He said nothing, just looked at him silently. This handsome and affectionate man was so good to her, how much more considerate he must have been to his childhood sweetheart...

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but shed tears...

Jiang Yaonian was stunned when he saw it, and looked at her and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Qing He shook her head gently, feeling very wronged and sad, but she couldn't say it...

The scene she saw in the palace kept flashing through her mind. The beautiful Concubine Jia threw herself into Jiang Yaonian's arms, crying over and over again that she regretted leaving him... and that no man would ever treat her as well as he did!

Jealousy, grievance and sadness continued to torture Qing He... She didn't know how to face Jiang Yaonian...

Qing He now just wants to escape to a deserted place, hide away and mend her shattered feelings alone.

Jiang Yaonian finally noticed her abnormality, sat down beside her, put his arm around her shoulders and asked, "Did you encounter anything unhappy in the palace today? Or did someone bully you?"

Qing He stared at him blankly, as if she didn't know him...

Jiang Yaonian continued to ask: "Did the concubine say something to you?"

According to his inference, besides Qinghe, there were only three people in Qingyang Palace at that time: the emperor, Concubine Jia and the Dowager Concubine. The emperor obviously liked Qinghe very much, and Concubine Jia did not know Qinghe. So the only one left was Dowager Concubine Rong, who had a grudge against Qinghe because of Jingying's poisoning incident.

Jiang Yaonian looked at her and said, "It doesn't matter. If the Concubine has offended you in any way, tell me and I will solve it!"

Qing He felt even sadder after hearing this...

If only I hadn't followed the eldest prince to peek... then I wouldn't be so sad now!

Alas, it’s a pity that there is no if…

Thinking of this handsome, mature and considerate man beside her who had just comforted her first love at noon and now came to coax her with soft words, Qing He finally couldn't help crying...

Jiang Yaonian stared at her blankly and said, "Qinghe, what's wrong with you? Just tell me what's going on. Don't keep it to yourself!"

Seeing that she was just crying bitterly, Jiang Yaonian had no choice but to hug her and whispered, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you to that banquet..."

It was this sentence that made Qinghe push him away immediately!

She thought angrily: If I don't go to the party, then you and that white moonlight will be happy, right?

Jiang Yaonian looked at her in astonishment and asked, "Did I do something wrong again?"

Qing He said in a hoarse voice: "No, it's my own problem!"

Jiang Yaonian immediately realized that he had somehow made her angry again...

This little girl is always like this. The more unhappy she is, the calmer she acts. But in her heart, she is silently accumulating anger...

He could only smile bitterly and said, "Alas! What's wrong with you? It's all my fault. I don't know how I made you sad again..."

Qing He stared at him blankly, feeling both painful and conflicted...

She wanted to escape from him and forget everything about him... She also wanted to forget the secrets she saw in the palace, and live a good life with him as if nothing had happened...

Two thoughts kept fighting in Qinghe's mind, making her very confused and not knowing what to do!

After Jiang Yaonian made the bed, he said to her gently, "Okay, stop thinking about it. Go to bed and have a good sleep! Everything will be fine when you wake up!"

Qinghe nodded!

She lay down on the bed with a tired look on her face and soon fell asleep...

Jiang Yaonian sat beside the bed, watching her quietly, and found that even though she was asleep, her face still had a hint of sadness...

He frowned and thought for a moment, then stood up and left the courtyard.

……

The sky gradually darkened and when it was time for dinner, Qinghe was still sleeping.

After hearing this, Madam Jiang felt something was wrong. She looked at her grandson and asked, "Nian'er, do you want to ask a doctor to come and check on Qing He? It's winter, and she's been in the water for a long time. It would be bad if she gets sick!"

Jiang Yaonian nodded, "Yeah."

Madam Jiang added, "Then let the doctor take another look. How come it's been almost half a year since you got married, but Qinghe's stomach still hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy?"

Jiang Yaonian didn't say anything.

Although he and Qing He have been married for almost half a year, they have only been husband and wife for the past one or two months...

But he couldn't tell his grandmother the truth, so he had to comfort Mrs. Jiang: "Don't worry, it will be there soon."

The old man glanced at him with dissatisfaction, "You have to work harder too! Spend more time with Qinghe when you have nothing to do, don't leave her alone at home all the time. Also, don't let her drink the tonic alone, you should drink some too..."

As Madam Jiang was talking, she called Xing'er over and told her, "Ask Doctor Su to come tomorrow to check Madam's pulse and prescribe some tonic medicine."

Xing'er replied respectfully, "Yes."

Jiang Yaonian said with a smile: "Grandma, Qinghe will be stressed if you do this."

The old lady glanced at him and said, "If I don't put some pressure on you, you won't know how to be anxious! You are already thirty years old, don't you want to have a child in your old age?"

Jiang Yaonian smiled and said, "That may not be the case! I just don't want Qinghe to feel stressed."

Madam Jiang's originally kind face suddenly became serious, and she reminded him, "If that's the case, then you have to be more careful! You know the family rules."

Jiang Yaonian stood up and said, "Well, I'll go back first."

Madam Jiang nodded, "Go ahead! Check on Qing He while you're at it. If anything happens, send someone to let me know. Falling into the water in the middle of winter is no joke!"

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