Even though the Princely Heir Pei has seen and experienced much, there are still so things he finds baffling.
His master wouldn’t enlighten him.
So Princely Heir Pei pondered alone, but with only those disjointed dreams and images, he couldn’t deduce anything.
It seed as though she was sohow connected to the world within his dreams.
Many of her habits and traits clashed with this world, which he had noticed before but just thought she was different and didn’t think much about it.
Princely Heir Pei was not one to resist new things; in fact, he held a respectful attitude towards distinguished individuals, which is why he indulged her back then.
However, the things he was facing now were beyond anything he had ever known, things he had never even contemplated.
Princely Heir Pei didn’t tell her about these things. He always had this feeling that if he spoke, would it, as his master said, ruin so sort of fate and bring about so irreversible consequence?
Princely Heir Pei was not afraid to take risks, but if it involved her, he had to be exceedingly cautious, for the slightest mistake could lead to irreparable regret.
"You said you’d accompany out, but you’re distracted again. What are you thinking about?"
Qu Fulan, indeed noticing his distraction, propped her chin on her hands, sowhat exasperatedly looking at him. "If you have things to attend to, there’s no need to stay ho with . I’m not a child; I don’t need company."
Pei Ji’an snapped back to reality and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, it’s my fault, I got distracted."
Qu Fulan’s tone was confident, "You’re hiding sothing from ."
Pei Ji’an, "... Other than official matters, what else could I possibly hide from you?"
"Well, there’s no official business today. Why are you so absent-minded?"
Pei Ji’an felt cornered by her question, but his quick wit prevailed, and there, readily available was a perfect excuse. He gestured in the direction of his elder brother’s family of four, "Seeing my elder brother’s family of four harmoniously together, I was just imagining that in the future, when we have children, it would be such a scene."
This reason was powerful, and Qu Fulan indeed believed it. Looking at the scene of the family of four, her mind also painted a picture of them in the future with children — it must be very happy.
Honestly, Qu Fulan never used to think this way; after all, living alone was tiring enough for her, how would she have the ti to think about children?
But now she felt that when the ti ca, having a child wouldn’t be bad.
Their child would surely grow up in a loving environnt and wouldn’t suffer the injustices she had.
Moreover, children are small, soft, and very cute. Perhaps they would take after her more, or him more...
Oh no, she couldn’t think about this, thinking about it would make it addictive, making her wish to have a child right away.
But she was only twenty, maybe in a few years.
Qu Fulan was not in a hurry because she felt she was still too young. She should focus more on her career, and once it’s all on track, then consider settling down.
Princely Heir Pei also wasn’t in a hurry. Naturally, he liked the thought of their children, but he also felt she was too young, and they hadn’t enjoyed their world enough, so they could wait.
Yet those baffling images gave him a sense of crisis.
If his suspicion was correct, would she...
But what if they had a child? Could that change anything?
If having a child wouldn’t help, then what?
Princely Heir Pei was troubled; his indecisiveness over the past two days was greater than in all those preceding years combined.
Unlike Princely Heir Pei’s headache, Mrs. Pei was bothered by her granddaughter-in-law not being pregnant yet.
The eldest lady was fine with it, as she liked grandchildren but the household wasn’t lacking children. If she wanted to play with a child, she could go to the second house and tease a nephew.
But the old lady couldn’t take it. She had always spoiled the second grandson and as she aged year by year, she was constantly hoping for the granddaughter-in-law to get pregnant, so she could see the great-grandson sooner, and leave the world without regrets if that day ca.
But there wasn’t any news for so long, so she started thinking that they should get checked out in case there was an issue that needed treatnt.
As it turned out, after a thorough check, neither had any issues.
As for why there was no pregnancy, the doctor couldn’t say for certain, only that so things couldn’t be forced, and a child would co when it was ti.
Princely Heir Pei listened to the doctor, maintaining his usual calm deanor.
But Qu Fulan was quite guilty.
The root reason they weren’t getting pregnant was simply because they were taking precautions, really disappointing the old lady’s expectations.
It’s not just the old lady eyeing her belly; other relatives and friends also kept their eyes on her abdon.
So people were waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
For instance, those distant aunts and grandaunts, every ti they ca to visit they would bring up the topic of children, as if she couldn’t conceive.
That’s why Qu Fulan didn’t like these relatives, always finding excuses not to see them, and even when she did, she felt annoyed.
But there were also those who genuinely cared for her, wanting to share tips on conceiving.
This person was none other than Princess Qing. After being married for years, she was finally pregnant, which wasn’t easy.
Princess Qing drank many herbal dicines to conceive, so she assud Qu Fulan had a physical issue too and recomnded her a secret redy.
Qu Fulan accepted it out of politeness.
At the Prince Qing Mansion, she didn’t see her cousin Tao Wan, so she casually asked and got to know that she had been sent back ho.
Talking about this cousin, Princess Qing’s expression wasn’t good. If it were anyone else, she wouldn’t speak of it, but she had good relations with Young Lady Pei, so she didn’t mind telling her.
"I knew her ambitions were high but didn’t know she’s such an ungrateful wretch!"
Under Princess Qing’s account, Qu Fulan learned that her cousin had actually tried to seduce Prince Qing.
Tao Wan’s thoughts were quite malicious; she heard that for won, childbirth was life-threatening, so if anything happened to her cousin during childbirth, she could take her place.
After all, a child would always need a legitimate mother, and who could be better than family?
As a result, Prince Qing, who already didn’t like this cousin, didn’t fall for the seduction.
In the end, her cousin was sent back to her family and was never seen again.
There was initially an idea to find her a good match, but she repaid kindness with betrayal, so she had to fend for herself, Princess Qing washed her hands off it.
The cousin’s family even ca to plead, but Princess Qing said if they continued to bother her, she’d expose what the cousin had done, and then in this lifeti, she’d never get married, so her family dared not trouble her anymore.
"It goes to show how unknowable people’s hearts can be, we must keep our eyes open, lest we get plotted against soday."
This was Princess Qing’s sincere advice to Qu Fulan.
Leaving Princess Qing, Qu Fulan also felt overwheld; these days, not even close sisters could be trusted.
Fortunately, her current relatives were all quite good, whether it was Mrs. Li, Cousin Jinxiu, or Hao Qiancheng.
Speaking of Hao Qiancheng, he had now beco the Grand Steward, adeptly handling all business matters, providing great support to Qu Fulan.
Nowadays, she handed over the managent of the departnt store to him, sparing herself much fatigue.
Upon returning to the Pei Mansion, hearing that Pei Ji’an had also returned, Qu Fulan rushed to find him.
And she found him looking at one of her dresses.
Her dress was beautiful, but it required wearing to bring out its beauty, what’s the point of just looking at it like that?
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