Thinking of being unable to have sex after being poisoned, Xiao Yeheng also felt extremely uncomfortable. "After returning to Beijing, I will recruit famous doctors from all over the world to see if they can cure this Qihuan Powder." He stared at her with a burning gaze, "When the time comes, This king will be able to go through the clouds and rains with Xin'er again."

"That's not it." Yan Shuixin put the medicine pestle back on the table, stood up and sat on his lap, resting her head lightly on his thick shoulder, "As long as I can be with the prince, even if I don't have sex, my heart will be happy."

Xiao Yeheng suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem, "Xin'er, then tell me what's going on?"

Yan Shuixin didn't want to hide it from him, but she really couldn't muster up the courage to tell him that he could no longer be a father, so she change the subject, "Your Highness, twenty taels of silver is far from enough for the medicine I bought. You must have noticed that."

"One plant of Seven Star Grass costs one hundred and fifty taels. Including other medicines, although I don't know the price of the medicine, at least it should be more than ten taels."

She took out several silver notes and ingots of gold and silver from her sleeve pocket and placed them on the table, as well as three strings of copper coins.

Xiao Yeheng glanced in surprise. The total amount was three hundred and thirty-four taels, and there were three hundred more copper coins than what they had before. "Xin'er, where did you get so much money?"

She said with a deliberately depressed face, "I stole it. My lord understands justice very well, shouldn't you catch me and put me in jail?"

He hugged her soft and boneless body, "Little fool, who told you that this king understands justice?" He touched her body with his big hands, checking whether she was injured and making sure she was okay, then he said, "You did all this for me. I'm too moved, so why would I arrest you? But you, where could you steal so much? Was it dangerous?"

After several questions in a row, and the more he thought about it, the more he became afraid.

A wealthy family with so much money would definitely hire a lot of guards, which is too risky.

Yan Shuixin told him about how she got the money.

"Expect for you, no one will think to go to a brothel to steal money in broad daylight." He only said with pity, "Xin'er, don't take risks for me in the future."

She refused, "If I don't have money to buy medicine, I can only watch you suffer from severe injuries and feel powerless, while the poison in your body gets worsen. In Xin'er's eyes, nothing is more important than your safety."

Xiao Yeheng was deeply moved and said firmly, "Xin'er, I swear, I will never let you down in this life!"

"The same goes for me." She responded to him.

He can't have children, so she will definitely treat him better.

Xiao Yeheng suddenly felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood surged into his mouth. He knew that the poison in his body had taken effect, and his whole body suddenly became weak.

To prevent her from worrying, he closed his eyes, endured the nausea, and forcefully swallowed the blood back into his stomach.

Seeing that his face was pale, Yan Shuixin could only speed up the pounding of the medicine. After it was completely crushed, she squeezed the medicine into small pills and fed him one pill first.

She went to the kitchen to get a plate and put it back on the table in the room. The other ten pills were spread out on the plate, waiting for it to dry naturally.

Take one pill every three days for a month.

This medicine can only suppress the onset of poison, but it cannot eliminate the poison.

She just hopes that this can be contained until she returns to Beijing to research an antidote.

Xiao Yeheng took the medicine and felt much better. If it weren't for Xin'er, he might not even be able to get out of the prison alive.

The two of them were lying in bed in the middle of the night, and as soon as Yan Shuixin touched the pillow, she fell asleep.

Xiao Yeheng held her in his arms, feeling heavy in his heart.

He always felt that Xin'er's crying just now was related to his physical condition. She refused to talk about it, so he couldn't force her.

After a good sleep, the sky turned bright. Yan Shuixin was awakened by his kiss, which is beyond words.

It was really close to going off the rails.

She glared at him angrily, "Husband, what are you doing so early in the morning?"

He said calmly, "You promised me last night."

She was embarrassed for a while.

Look at the sunlight coming in through the papered windows outside. The whole room is very bright.

She has seen the three rooms in the Li family, and this one is the best in terms of light and size. It can be seen that Li Youyun holds a very important position in the hearts of the Li family. This family does not favor sons over daughters.

Yan Shuixin put on her clothes and went to stand in front of the window. Through the crack of the window, she could see smoke rising from the chimney on the roof of the kitchen. She was really hungry now.

It's about 6 o'clock in the morning.

Li Youzhu was busy going in and out of the kitchen. He was a diligent person.

It turned out that this was what Xiao Yeheng asked for when he drank the medicine last night, and he did exactly that.

Yan Shuixin looked embarrassed, and of course she and Xiao Yeheng got intimate.

After she walked out of the room with a small cloth bag, Li Youzhu came out of the kitchen and greeted her quickly, "Yueniang is up. The porridge for breakfast has been cooked. Go and eat some."

She nodded slightly and went to Li Cui's room next door first. In the room, she saw Li Cui sitting on the bed, with medicine applied to the fractured part of her leg and a bandage wrapped around it.

"Aunt Li, are you feeling better?" Yan Shuixin asked with concern.

"Much better." Li Cui's wrinkled face was cheerful, "Thanks to the medicine prescribed by Yueniang. After Zhu'er bought the medicine, he crushed it and applied it on me according to the method you told me. I didn't feel any pain last night. The effect is really good."

"That's good." Yan Shuixin walked over and took Li Cui's pulse, "You need to rest for another nine days before getting out of bed. Otherwise, it will not heal well and you will suffer in the future."

"I understand." Li Cui couldn't help but nod, her bright eyes falling on her new clothes, "Yueniang looks really good in her new clothes. I really wronged you by wearing Youyun's old clothes before."

"There's no grievance." Yan Shuixin handed the small cloth bag in her arms to Li Cui, "Aunt Li, I've been living in your house and without giving you any gifts. So, these are the new clothes I bought for you. Do you think they'll fit you?"

Li Cui took the cloth bag and found that it was actually a new set of clothes inside. She hurriedly said, "Yueniang, this can't be done. You've already helped me medically, and I haven't even paid for it yet."

"Auntie, you are too kind." Yan Shuixin smiled slightly, "As long as you like it."

"Why wouldn't I like it?" Li Cui's face was full of emotion, "My family is poor, and I haven't worn new clothes in three years." She kept stroking the new clothes, "Last night, I heard from Zhu'er that you also bought 40 catties of rice, 7 catties of flour, and 3 catties of pork. It's really expensive."

Yan Shuixin actually bought ten catties of flour, but when she was preparing to make pancakes with the flour, so she secretly gave the three catties to Xiao Yeheng, "Now that we all eat from the same pot, it's only fair."

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Li Cui looked at Huang Yueniang with more and more fondness. Zhu'er is still unmarried in his twenties. It would be great if she could stay in the Li family.

Thinking this way, Li Cui's attitude became even more enthusiastic.

Yan Shuixin went to the kitchen and scooped out a pot of porridge, took it to the room, and shared it with Xiao Yeheng.

Li Youzhu only thought that she was a shy girl who preferred to eat by herself.

A large pot of bamboo slices was boiling on the kitchen stove. Yan Shuixin asked, "Brother Li, what is this for?"

Li Youzhu scratched his head in embarrassment, "The weather is hot, so I'm going to make some bamboo mats and sell them in the city to exchange for some copper coins."

Yan Shuixin remembered her and Xiao Yeheng's bamboo vests, which were missing sleeves and trousers, and she wanted to weave the missing pieces in, so she requested Li Youzhu to buy a lot of boiling bamboo slices from him. The other party refused to accept the money, claiming it wasn't worth much, so she didn't force him.

The sun was very comfortable today, and she wanted to spend more time with Xiao Yeheng, so when she was weaving bamboo pants, she moved them into her room.

"Is the Li family here?" A middle-aged woman knocked on the door outside the courtyard.

Li Youzhu was skillfully weaving a mat in the yard and went to open the door, "Sister-in-law Ahua? What's the matter?"

"It's broad daylight, what's the need for bolting the gate to your house?" Sister-in-law Ahua had a bad expression on her face.

"Nowadays, those black clad people are wandering in the village from time to time. How many houses don't bolt their doors?" Li Youzhu said, but the important aspect is that Yueniang is in his house and cannot be seen by outsiders.

"Okay, I won't talk to you about that anymore." Sister-in-law Ahua said with a shrewd look, "Those men in black had gobbled up about half of the grain in the field, leaving my family with not enough food. While your household consists of only you and your mother, I'm confident you haven't used up your grains. So I came here to borrow thirty catties of rice from your family, which I will return to you in a few days."

Li Youzhu laughed sarcastically, "Do you think I'm stupid? People in the village who returned to the village last night said that the city of Jiacheng is now closed, and the price of food has risen sharply. Almost all the food ingredients in the city have gone up in price. Those with surplus grain in the village are now selling rice that was previously worth four cents per catty for twelve cents per catty. You dare to ask me to borrow expensive rice. After the city gate is unblocked, the price of grain will be reduced to its original price of four cents per catty. Compensate me? You're clearly taking advantage of me, has your heart been eaten by a dog?"

"You..." Sister-in-law Ahua blushed with anger and said, "We're all from the same village. If you don't want to me to borrow, then let's forget it. Do you have to be such a stingy person?"

"You're familiar with other folks from the same village, and yet you come to take advantage of my family? Get out of here, if you don't have enough to eat, buy it at the market price!" Li Youzhu closed the courtyard door with a 'bang'.

Sister-in-law Ahua cursed and left.

Yan Shuixin threaded bamboo pieces with thread in the room and looked out through the window crack, "Brother Li is a decent person who understands how to handle situations correctly."

Xiao Yeheng sat in the chair next to her, with a stern face and said, "You address him as Brother Li, it's so intimate!"

She turned her head, glanced at his displeased expression, and smiled, "Smell it, what does it smell like? It's so sour."

Xiao Yeheng was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant and immediately retorted, "I am not jealous!"

"Okay, you're not jealous." She smiled.

He pulled her over and said, "Xin'er, I don't allow you to praise others. You have no idea what he's capable of. At this time, no one will allow others take advantage of them in vain. Also, don't call him Brother Li."

"This is basic courtesy while living in someone else's house. I can't even call him by his surname?" She looked innocent. "Or should I call him Youzhu?"

"How dare you." He said with a gloomy face.

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"Okay." She freed up a hand and stroked his mutilated left cheek, "No matter what, you are the only one in my heart, is that enough?"

"That's more than enough." He stared at her picturesque features, her shrewd eyes, and praised her beauty and wisdom countless times in his heart.

The sun was shining brightly at noon. Li Youzhu looked at the sky and walked to the door of the room where Yan Shuixin was. "Yueniang, what do you want to eat for lunch?"

"I'll have whatever, but just save a pound of pork for me. I'll be making pork pancakes later."

"Okay." Li Youzhu stood across the door of the room, listening to her moving voice, and his heart felt hot.

It's nice to have a young woman at home.

It would be even better if it was a wife.

Li Youzhu cooked every meal deliciously and tried not to let 'Yueniang' do any work.

For lunch, they had fried pork, stewed radish, fried vegetables, and an egg soup.

Yan Shuixin still secretly brought food to Xiao Yeheng in the room.

After lunch, Xiao Yeheng sat in front of the window in their room, enjoying the sunlight.

Yan Shuixin felt very sad when she saw that he could only bask in the sun through a layer of window paper. After returning to Beijing, or if his people come to rescue him, he will finally be able to do things openly and honestly.

She hugged him from behind and asked softly, "Husband, do you like children?"

Xiao Yeheng's body stiffened, "Xin'er, why are you asking this?" Thinking of his own body, his voice started trembling, "Am I unable to have children in the future?"

Tears fell down her fair cheeks. She was really helpless. As smart as he was, he guessed correctly.

Unable to admit such a cruel fact, she said instead, "Before you were poisoned, that night, we had sex all night long, five times in total." She blew into his ear, "Do you think there's a baby in my belly already?"

His eyes were filled with shock, and he turned around suddenly, staring at her in surprise with his deep single eye. Seeing her tears made his heart ache, "Xin'er, are you pregnant?"

She wiped away her tears before he turned around and denied repeatedly, "No." She spoke lowly, "That night, I was in my safe period. At that time, I had just got done with my menstruation, so it shouldn't be easy to get pregnant..."

"What is a safe period?"

She tried her best to explain in words he could understand, "In the early stage of the conception of a child, a man and a woman have sex. The man's sperm and the woman's egg combine to form an embryo, which is the first stage of the growth of a child. Every woman, on average, only produces one egg every month. According to my calculations, the night we had sex was not the day my egg was discharged. In other words, I won't be able to get pregnant as a result of this."

Xiao Yeheng had a rough understanding of this matter, "Basically, there is still a possibility."

"Some women will ovulate irregularly," she said. "This is rare, an isolated case."

"You were very excited that night." He raised his hand and stroked her long black hair, "What if you happen to win the bid against the odds?"

"This..." Yan Shuixin advised him, "Don't give me any hope, otherwise, if I don't get pregnant, I will be very stressed."

"Okay, I won't raise any hope." Although Xiao Yeheng said this, infinite hope grew in his heart.

Yan Shuixin suddenly thought of something, "Husband, so you want a child?"

He held her in his arms, and his deep voice was particularly charming, "I actually don't like children. However, I am very eager to have a baby with you. Regardless of male or female, as long as it is our child."

Her tears fell again, "Your Highness, I didn't get pregnant that night."

But that was his only chance to be a father.

"It doesn't matter." He kissed the tears on her face with his lips and said affectionately, "The main point is that after the poison in me is cured, I will work harder, and we will eventually have a baby."

No more, no more, no more! She cried and shouted in her heart. She really couldn't bear to expose it, so she just choked and nodded, "Okay."

Xiao Yeheng stretched out his right palm and put it against her belly, "Xin'er, I think you have a baby in your belly."

She had no choice but to raise her hand to feel her pulse, "No, your diagnosis is incorrect."

His single eye showed a look of disappointment, which she couldn't bear it, so she added, "It has only been less than ten days since that night, and it is impossible for someone to sense a pregnancy pulse now. Even if there is a pregnancy, the sperm and egg have just recently been mixed, and it will be at least a month or two before it can be detected through pulse."

"Then I will wait another month before I can sense the baby." Xiao Yeheng looked at Yan Shuixin's eyes, which were extremely soft, "Xin'er, In the future, don't do any work. If you have anything else to do, have Li Youzhu do it for you. If he isn't up to the task, then I will do it. Only then will you be able to raise your baby with peace of mind." He frowned again, "This courtyard is far too rough to raise a baby in. However, the road back to Beijing is too long, making it difficult for pregnant women to travel large distances."

Yan Shuixin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she corrected him sternly, "My lord, I'm not pregnant, not pregnant, not pregnant! Do I have to say it three times in a row?"

She should have known better than to bring this matter up. She'd rather tell him when she's genuinely pregnant than wait another month and watch his joy turn to disappointment when she's not.

"Okay, okay." He quickly reassured, "Xin'er, don't get excited."

She wanted to continue making bamboo pants again, but he wouldn't let her, saying he would do it.

She could only teach him from the sidelines and let him do it.

Then, Yan Shuixin saw a dignified prince with only one eye, threading bamboo pieces with needle and thread in front of the window.

For the very, very small possibility of pregnancy. She really stopped working

for the sake of Xiao Yeheng's only hope of becoming a father.

Li Youzhu is not good at cooking, but the food he cooks is edible.

After the city was closed yesterday, Yan Shuixin thought that there would be another massive search inside and outside the city.

Sure enough, in the evening, Li Youzhu hurriedly knocked on Yan Shuixin's door, "Yueniang, a large number of officers are going door to door to search for Jiangyang robbers! Do you want to hide?"

"Who's hiding!" Bang! There was a loud noise, and the door was kicked open by an officer. The leader shouted loudly, and more than ten officers with swords followed into the yard.

Li Youzhu was so frightened that he trembled all over, "Oh... Master, why did you come in without knocking on the door?"

"How dare you!" the leader of the officers screamed, "You are harboring an imperial prisoner, and yet you dare to talk nonsense in front of your superiors!"

Li Youzhu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, "Master, I can't afford to bear this crime."

He pushed Li Youzhu away and kicked open the door of the room where Yan Shuixin was.

Yan Shuixin was standing inside, but luckily Xiao Yeheng hid in advance.

She used the cosmetics she bought yesterday to put on makeup. Her eyebrows were thickened, her mouth was slightly larger, and her skin was painted slightly yellow. Her original stunning appearance became ordinary.

The leading official looked her up and down, "Who are you?"

Li Youzhu said quickly, "She is this slave's cousin Yang..."

The official interrupted him and pointed at Yan Shuixin, "Speak!" and asked another official to take Li Youzhu down and question him separately.

Yan Shuixin lowered her head and muttered, "Yang Ru is my name, and I'm from Yuanshan County. Li Youzhu is my cousin. I came back to visit my aunt this time."

She had long guessed that they would perform another search after closing off the city. So she devised a strategy with Li Youzhu ahead of time. She couldn't claim to be Li Youyun because Li Youyun is married in the next village. If an official officer searches her, there will be a leak in their story.

Li Youzhu's cousin is Yang Ru. Yuanshan County is far to the east of Duanji City, therefore pretending to be her is not an issue.

"Raise your head!" The officer spread out a portrait of Wan Niang and compared it with Yan Shuixin's appearance, and found that she looked nothing like her at all.

Another official came over to report to the boss, and the confession he received was consistent with what Yan Shuixin said.

The leading officer narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then what are you hiding?"

"This little girl got married in Yuanshan County, and my husband often violently abuses me. I came here to hide because I was frightened of being beaten." Yan Shuixin explained, while lifting up her sleeves to reveal a red wrist, "This is what my husband did." I'm terrified that if the men search and my presence here is discovered, my husband would take me back and continue to beat me." This bruise was caused by Xiao Yeheng's excitement the night before. Although he couldn't take the last step, it still doesn't hinder the flirting when they were alone together.

It was just a red mark the night before, but it has turned a little green over time, no different from a bruise.

"I'm busy catching criminals, so I don't have time to talk to a village girl like you." The leading official glanced at the bruises on her hands, gave her an idiot look, and waved his hand. "Search carefully and never miss any hiding place."

"Yes!" More than a dozen officials began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets.

Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng 's little bit of clothing and medicinal materials had been packed into a bag, allowing Xiao Yeheng to carry them out the back window and hide them with him on the roof.

The roof of the Li family's house is very wide and the tiles are relatively flat. It's no problem to hide someone on the roof.

On the other hand, Li Cui's loud howl came from the next door, "Master, we are all good citizens, please search carefully and don't break my things!"

Li Youzhu was brought back to the courtyard, and the leading official asked, "Who lives next door?"

"It's my mother." Li Youzhu answered respectfully.

Eighteen officers searched for a while and reported back one by one, but found no one they were looking for.

The leader warned, "You must not harbor imperial criminals. Otherwise, the whole family will be guilty of the same crime, don't you know?"

"Yes, I will never dare." Li Youzhu only dared to take Yueniang in because the Zhao family was looking for her, and not the government.

The leading officer showed two portraits of a man and a woman in front of Li Youzhu, "Look carefully. If you see these two people, report it to the government office immediately. There will be a heavy reward."

"This slave will definitely do it." Li Youzhu said solemnly.

After finally getting rid of all the officials, Li Youzhu took a deep breath and asked Yan Shuixin with concern, "Yueniang, did that scare you?"

Yan Shuixin shook her head, "I'm fine."

"These people are really lawless." Li Youzhu complained, "If you want to catch robbers, then just arrest those robbers. It's really hateful to disturb ordinary people."

She remained silent.

"I don't know if the wanted person is a villain. In the past, there were gangsters who were so heinous that they even killed eighteen people, but I have never seen the government take it so seriously."

Yan Shuixin didn't feel comfortable saying anything more, she just said she was going to take a rest and then returned to the room.

As soon as the door was closed, Xiao Yeheng entered the room through the back window carrying a baggage.

The two hugged each other in silence.

In fact, the current situation is quite favorable right now. Whether it's a government official or the men in black, they were all looking for people randomly. Especially since the Li family's house had already been searched by each of these two groups once, so it was quite safe.

The two of them stayed at Li's house for another four days.

Li Youzhu would always talk to Yan Shuixin about what happened outside, maybe because he wanted to find something to chat with her.

She was also happy to listen.

The county magistrate's closure of the city caused food prices to rise. In ancient times, many people were poor and very few had little savings.

Furthermore, a group of disabled men and young girls who resembled Wan Niang were wrongfully arrested.

Especially in the city, there are a group of scholars who need to pass the East Gate of Duanji City to take the imperial examination in the capital. These scholars may be future officials. If they are not released, it will affect the scientific examination.

The county magistrate could not resist the pressure and decided to release all the people on the fifth day of the city's lockdown. But those who left the city by the east gate, on the other hand, were subjected to rigorous interrogation.

On the evening of the fifth day, Yan Shuixin was making pancakes in the Li family's kitchen.

The seven catties of flour belonged to Li Youzhu, and the three catties of flour that was secretly hidden belonged to Xiao Yehenghe.

She ate two catties of the three catties of pork she bought before. She specially set aside one cattie of minced pork and mixed it with a lot of shredded radish in the pancakes.

While she was cooking, Li Youzhu was weaving bamboo mats in the yard. He had no idea of how much she had cooked.

Ten catties of flour were used to bake 70 shredded radish and pork pancakes. Each pancake had very little pork, but mostly shredded radish.

Thirty of the pancakes were hidden away .

Originally, she had planned to steal it for Xiao Yeheng to slowly eat in his bedroom. But that night, Xiao Yeheng spit out a mouthful of black blood.

Yan Shuixin checked his pulse, but found that he was poisoned even more seriously.

It's more than 1,300 kilometers journey for someone to send a message to the capital, and even if you ride a swift horse, it would take more than 20 days. Furthermore, she didn't have money to buy horses for people to ride on, so she could only hire someone to rent horses. It will take two months to go to and from Duanji City, no matter how fast you travel.