Upon hearing Luofengtang relay the news about the second prince, Yang Ruqing couldn't help but laugh.

"It's a good thing the Second Prince still remembers our Chen'er. When you get the chance, bring Chen'er to visit the Second Prince." she said.

Luo Feng Tang said, "The Second Prince has invited us to his residence with Chen'er more than once, but I have declined every time."

Yang Ruqing giggled. She knew he would refuse.

Forget about going to the Second Prince's residence, I wouldn't go there even if you paid me! With Luo Bingqing around, there's no way I'd set foot there.

"When the Crown Prince's wedding day arrives, we'll see then. If Chen'er is willing to take a day off from the Academy, we'll bring him along to attend the wedding feast," Luo Fengtang added.

Yang Ruqing said, "Okay, you arrange it."

The Yao family is indeed rather impatient. After just one day, they sent someone to invite Yang Ruqing over for a visit.

When Yang Ruqing arrived at the Duke's mansion, there was a strange woman in Madam Yao's room.

She was also dressed in luxurious attire, but her body was thin and frail, looking haggard and listless.

When sitting there talking to Mrs. Yao, he also looked dejected and lacked confidence in everything he said or did.

It goes without saying that Yang Ruqing could guess with her toes that this young woman was Zhang, the wife of the Prince of Anle Houfu.

"Madam Luo has arrived!"

Yao's eyes were sharp, and she immediately saw the maidservant beckon Yang Ruqing over. She quickly patted Zhang's hand and then got up to greet her.

Zhang shi was startled, and quickly followed suit, getting up to greet Yang Ruohua at the doorway.

At Yao's introduction, Yang Ruqing and Zhang met each other and then sat down respectively.

Yao said: "We are all our own people, and the purpose of gathering together today is clear to everyone. Let's get straight to the point."

“Shu Qin, you quickly come over and let Madam Luo diagnose your body. See what's wrong with you that you haven't been able to conceive for so many years.” she said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang's face flushed red, and she looked at Yang Ruoqing with a slightly embarrassed gaze, her eyes filled with inquiry and consultation.

Yang Ruqing smiled faintly and gestured to the noble concubine's couch over there: "Go lie down over there."

Zhang replied with a sound, obediently got up and lay down by the noble concubine's couch.

Yang Ruqing washed her hands clean and came to the couch beside the noble consort Zhang, feeling her pulse for diagnosis.

In traditional Chinese medicine, there's a saying "Look, Listen, Ask, and Touch." She'd learned quite a bit over the years following Master Fu around.

After the diagnosis, she was slightly surprised.

"May I ask, Madam the young mistress, what did the previous doctors say? And what kind of medicine did you take?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

Zhang thought carefully for a moment and said, “I have been frail since I was a child. Since I could eat, I started taking medicine.”

"She's a walking pharmacy." Mrs. Yao chimed in.

Zhang smiled sheepishly and continued, "Regarding this matter of pregnancy, the doctor's diagnosis didn't really give a clear plan. He only said that I was weak in constitution, with cold body and a natural predisposition to not conceive easily. I need to first regulate myself with warming and nourishing medicine."

Then Zhang listed several prescriptions, each with numerous herbs. He recalled the names of most of the key ingredients clearly, as if they were on the tip of his tongue.

Yang Ruqing listened and analyzed, gradually getting a clearer picture in her mind.

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“Your constitution is indeed inherently cold and weak. It will be more difficult for you to conceive than for ordinary women.” Yang Ruoheng said.

"And, if I may be so bold as to ask, how old are you this year?" she asked.

Zhang said, "I am eighteen this year. I married into the Duke of Anle's mansion at the age of thirteen."

“Have you reached thirteen?” Yang Ruqing asked again.

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Zhang's face flushed red, she didn't know how to answer this question.

Yang Ruqing said, "Avoid illness by not seeing a doctor. Don't worry, think about it first."

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Then, she turned her body sideways to pick up a bowl of tea from beside her and took a sip.

Here, if we were to start criticizing the Zhang family.

"At this point in time, you're still embarrassed about such things?" Mrs. Yao said.

"Let's not even talk about the fact that Lady Luo and I are both women. Even if she were a male doctor, a renowned physician,"

"When the doctor asks you questions, you must answer truthfully, unless you want to never have children. If you want children, you have to be willing to sacrifice!"

Yao's words hit the nail on the head, and Zhang's face relaxed slightly.

She lowered her eyelashes, her voice a mere whisper.

Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

"Not yet..."

Hearing Zhang's words, Yang Ruqing couldn't help but be surprised.

Even for a well-off family, a daughter must wait until she has passed the doorway before she can get married.

How could this Miss Zhang, a legitimate daughter of an official's family, be married off to the son of Marquis Anle before she even came of age? What's the rush in her family?

Yao shi saw Yang Ruqing's surprise and said somewhat resentfully, "Shuqin is the legitimate daughter of the family. She has been a sickly beauty since she was young, but her mother was alive at the time, so she was extremely well-protected, a pampered little lady."

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When she was eleven years old, her biological mother passed away. Her father remarried, and his new wife was a wicked woman.

There's a saying that goes, "If there's a stepmother, then the biological father inevitably becomes the stepfather." I wonder what she whispered to her father in bed. At only thirteen years old, she was married off to the declining estate of Duke Anle!

Upon hearing Yao's words, Yang Ruqing understood.

Looking at this man, I can only feel pity for him.

Here, Zhang was a bit embarrassed and whispered to Yao, "As children, we shouldn't gossip about our elders behind their backs. Besides, those are all things from the past, let's just forget about them!"

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Yao pursed her lips and said nothing.

Yang Ruqing also said, "Yes, let's get back to the point, continue with your condition. I ask you, when did you start experiencing this?"

Zhang Shi thought for a moment and said, "The second year after I married the Crown Prince, I started my period... But it was always irregular. Sometimes I would come twice a month, other times not for half a year."

Yang Ruqing then asked some other questions, and finally, she helped Zhang stand up.

“Your situation is the opposite of Yao’s. You need to gain weight,” Yang Ruqing said.

"Gain weight?" Zhang was surprised.

Yang Ruqing nodded, glanced at Zhang's frail body like a piece of paper, and said, "For a woman to get pregnant, her body fat percentage must reach a certain level to meet the conditions for pregnancy."

"Look at you, the esteemed young mistress of the Marquis's manor, you've become so thin. This won't do."

Zhang shi blushed and said, “On one hand, my appetite isn’t good, so I don’t eat much to begin with. On the other hand, in this Great Qi kingdom, thinness is considered beautiful. If I were too fat, I wouldn't be able to perform the Flying Swallow Dance properly, and I would be laughed at.”

"The Crown Prince didn't like…"

"With your sickly, delicate appearance, that's what he likes, isn't it? He's not completely bewitched by Zhuge Hui, that cunning fox spirit?"

Mrs. Yao said with some dissatisfaction.

"As for Zhuge Hui, I think she's not thin at all, rather a bit plump. Your young master still favors her, and they even have two sons now!"

Mrs. Yao's words were indeed incisive, directly causing Mrs. Zhang to feel ashamed and unable to refute. She could only droop her head in dejection.

"I'm so useless. A dignified noblewoman like me, reduced to this state... It's truly a disgrace to our main house." Madam Zhang murmured to herself.

Yao said: "Don't be discouraged, I used to feel as down as you are, but ever since I met Madam Luo,"

"Mrs. Luo not only helped me recover my health, but also helped me regain my confidence."

“So, Shuqin, this is a rare opportunity, you must seize it. Do whatever Lady Luo tells you to do. As long as you become pregnant, you can establish yourself in the Hou Mansion. Becoming pregnant is the first step!”

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Yao tightly grasped Zhang's hand and said, word by word.

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