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Since that day, Ye Jinsu began to lie at home all day. Please don't settle down in the morning, don't look at Mrs Zhao's womb, and don't go out for a stroll. Sometimes they don't even go to the yard, they only stay in their rooms.

In the meantime, he even called for a doctor, pretended to take the pulse diagnosis, and then took the medicine to pretend to fry.

Every morning and evening, he would fry the medicine twice on time. The fragrance of the medicine drifted outside. The whole House of Ye knew that Ye Jinsu was sick.

It was all thanks to the fan in Little Red's hands – she would fan it every time she tried to fry the medicine.

As she fanned the stove, she turned to Ye Jinsu beside her and asked, "Miss, are we doing this to confuse Second Miss?"

Ye Jinsu, who was playing with Little White at the door, couldn't help but raise her head and look at Little Red, "You guessed it?"

Xiao Hong's eyes lit up and said, "Last night when I went to steal the dregs, I happened to hear a few maidservants gossiping, saying that Miss was hurt badly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been out for so many days."

That pitiful tone, if it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Hong was sneaking around, she would have taught them a lesson.

However, after returning to the courtyard, Xiao Hong thought about it and suddenly felt that this rumor was not a bad thing for them.

With this thought, he understood.

"I've grown, I'm getting smarter." Ye Jinsu laughed and praised.

Meng Lan came back with a box of food. She hurriedly took off her wet cloak and served some food to Ye Jinsu while it was still warm. Looking at the dish, Meng Lan couldn't help but twitch her mouth.

"This act of feigning illness is not worth it." Meng Lan looked at the bowl of porridge on the table and sighed.

In the morning, Ye Jinsu told her that she could only get light food from the kitchen. Ye Jinxiu usually did not like plain and light porridge. Although the porridge had been added with chicken, it was still not Ye Jinsu's taste.

Seeing that Ye Jinsu had been eating less these past few days and had started to lose weight, Meng Lan couldn't help but sigh.

Ye Jinsu looked at the porridge on the table and sighed with melancholy.

"Let's just make do and eat. It's only a few days away." Ye Jinsu picked up her spoon and changed the topic, "What's the situation outside?"

Ever since she stopped communicating with Ning Yunyin, Ye Jinsu had been paying attention to the situation outside.

"The Qi King is still suspecting Ning Wang and has secretly sent people to investigate." However, he is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the thirteenth prince and is at the end of his wits. "

After saying that, Meng Lan paused for a moment. She then spoke up with a heavy expression on her face, "This servant is worried that His Highness the Qi King will make a move on your side …"

After all, Ning Yun had hidden it well, and it was difficult for her to find a breakthrough.

However, it would be much easier to get it from Ye Jinsu.

Earlier, there was still someone watching outside Ye Jinsu's yard, but now, there was no one left. Meng Lan was a little worried about Ye Jinsu. After all, there was still the dangerous Ye JinRu in the Ye residence.

Ye Jinxiu stopped eating her porridge as if she was not surprised by Meng Lan's words. She only pursed her lips, not knowing whether she was happy or angry.

"Nothing."

Ye Jinsu put down the spoon in her hand, stood up and walked to the table to write something. Putting down the pen, Ye Jinsu blew on the paper, put it away and handed it to Xiao Hong.

"Give this to father." Ye Jinxiu said.

Xiao Hong was stunned for a moment before it nodded its head.

"If he has anything to say, bring it to me when he comes back. But if he wants to come find me himself, there's no need. " Ye Jinsu said.

Although Xiao Hong did not really understand, she still nodded her head and took in Ye Jinsu's words.

Meng Lan was picking up the dishes on the side. She looked at Ye Jinxiu who only drank half of the porridge, and said with a pained heart, "How about I go to the kitchen and make some food for little miss?"

"No need. Isn't Ye Jinru still holding us up?" Ye Jinxiu shook her head, sat down, took a sip of tea and said, "Go and prepare the oranges."

Xiao Hong, who was standing at the side, looked at Meng Lan with a surprised and puzzled expression before looking at Ye Jinsu, "Miss, are you really prepared to send an orange to Consort Xian?"

Although this Consort Xian didn't have any background in the imperial court, and only had one unfavoured princess, she was still a concubine after all. He couldn't be so unpresentable.

Meng Lan laughed and said, "You don't know yet, but Consort Xian isn't in the palace to celebrate her birthday this year."

Xiao Hong's eyes widened in surprise.

"The Concubine Xian said that the borders haven't been peaceful in recent years, and the affairs of the country aren't going well either. Now that the Emperor has fallen ill, she wants to take advantage of his birthday to organize an official's wife to go to the temple to pray for the Emperor's blessings. "

Her head was already in a headache from when she was born. Now that she proposed it herself, she decided not to do it and instead went to pray for the Emperor's blessings. This saved the people in the palace a lot of trouble.

Xiao Hong was a little surprised, but there was nothing amiss when she thought about it. After frowning for a moment, she asked, "Then, who will be going to our residence?"

"The old lady is already old and the madam is pregnant with a child. Our young miss will definitely not go, so naturally, it will be the second young miss."

"Then why are we sending oranges?" Little Red pouted and said.

Meng Lan smiled and didn't say anything.

Xiao Hong looked at the smile on Meng Lan's face and looked at Ye Jinsu's unfathomable expression. Suddenly, it seemed to have understood something.

She nodded, changed her expression into one of understanding, and left.

Meng Lan was speechless.

Ye Jinxiu could not help but laugh.

"Does she understand?" Meng Lan turned her head to look at Ye Jinsu and asked with a puzzled expression.

Ye Jinsu continued to laugh, "She probably thinks she understands."

Meng Lan felt helpless again …

After Xiao Hong finished frying the medicine, she took the basket and left. She first made a trip to the warehouse to get some ginseng, lingzhi, and other items to help nourish Ye Jinsu's body.

When he finally returned, he went to get some new furs and prepared to act as Ye Jinsu's bodyguard.

When he finally came back, he "accidentally" passed by Ye Zhenzi's yard and quietly walked in.

Ye Jingru was currently outside buying.

Tomorrow, on the birthday of Consort Xian, all the wives of the court will follow her to the temple to pray for the Emperor's blessings. She was in a hurry to buy a new present because she couldn't use the present she prepared previously.

She picked a jade ruyi, hurried to the temple to ask the master to light up, this can be considered as a sincere gift.

However, the Opening Ceremony required some time, so Ye JinRu was arranged to rest in the temple's backyard. In the quiet backyard, there were a few kids cleaning up the snow. Ye Jingru was sitting in her room, seemingly waiting for something.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew from outside and a black shadow flashed across the yard.

The boy who was sweeping the snow rubbed his eyes and looked around suspiciously. Did he see something just now?

However, there was nothing to be seen. The little boy's heart sank, and he lowered his head to sweep the snow.

The courtyard was as quiet as ever, and only the sound of the window closing could be heard from one of the rooms.