Chapter 15: Chapter 15: False Alarm

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Doctor, please check again,” Jiang Ning said hurriedly, not quite believing what she had just heard.

“Miss, I’ve been a physician for almost my entire life. How can I not even know how to read my patient’s pulse?” The doctor said, feeling a little offended by the insinuation.

“I didn’t mean to say I didn’t trust you. It’s just…”

“Old Feng, just check again!” Cheap Daddy demanded.

The physician checked her pulse again, and after a while, he was still as determined as before, “The young lady’s body is fragile. She justneeded to eat well and rest well to recuperate. There are no other problems.”

The doctor gave Jiang Ning a side glance, daring her to question him again.

Jiang Ning resisted the urge to roll her eyes and didn’t say anything.

Jiang Ruobai, on the other hand, was overjoyed.

Lin Zizi smiled gently and said, “Ningning is just a child. She doesn’t understand these things. I’ve been through this before. When I was pregnant with my son, I didn’t feel anything. But when I gave birth to Xiao Qi, I constantly vomited and couldn’t eat for three months.”

“I also feel like throwing up–”

“The young lady is just weak in the spleen and stomach.” The physician interrupted her.

This time Jiang Ning glared at him.

Feeling slightly reprimanded, The doctor silently lowered his head.

“Hahaha!” Jiang Ruobai burst out laughing. His heart was overjoyed, and he felt the weight on his shoulders from a few minutes ago had flown off into the distance. He patted his chest as he said to himself, “It was a false alarm, a false alarm.”

“If I’m actually pregnant, you won’t kill me because I’m a disgrace to the family, will you?” Jiang Ning worriedly asked.

“What are you thinking about, child?” Jiang Ruobai’s face was full of smiles. His mood had just soared up to the sky. “As long as you’re not pregnant with Old Li’s child, everything is fine.”

Jiang Ning touched her chin in thought.

Could Jiang Ruobai know Old Li?

Old Li was short and fat and looked much older than the gentle and elegant Jiang Ruobai. She really couldn’t imagine the two men interacting with each other, but she really couldn’t judge.

Jiang Ruobai smiled, “Ningning, you’ll stay here for the next two days. I’ll hire a nurse to teach you all the proper etiquette you need to learn. In two days, you will enter the palace with your two sisters and let the Empress and Noble consorts take a look.”

Jiang Ning’s face fell, “People say that the palace gate is as deep as the sea1. Why are you pushing me into the fire pit?”

“Silly child, Prince Yu left the palace last year,” Jiang Ruobai said. “If you’re chosen, then you’ll be drowning in the sea once you enter the palace.”

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let you enter the palace unprepared.”

What nonsense was this? He wasn’t even answering her question!

She couldn’t be bothered to think whether she would be picked as a consort or not.

The most urgent problem she needed to solve was the question of her pregnancy or the lack of it.

If she wasn’t pregnant, there was nothing wrong with participating in the selection. She wouldn’t be selected anyway, so she could just treat it as a one-day trip to the palace. As long as the prince was like any ordinary man, she knew that he would not choose someone who had a disability as his wife.

However, if she was pregnant and was discovered by the imperial’s staff…

Then that would be a matter of losing hers and her family’s head.

It had been more than two months since she had transmigrated to this world, and her period had not come even once. Her chest was swollen, and the smell of oil, smoke, and meat was revolting to her. What other symptoms could this be if not pregnancy?

Moreover, Physician Feng’s shifty eyes didn’t seem very reliable.

Jiang Ning thought for a while and decided to find another doctor to give her a good diagnosis.

If she wasn’t pregnant and had some other terminal illness, she would be even more screwed.

If she wanted to find another doctor to treat her, she had to be rich first.

Because medical related things all required money.

She had no savings of her own. Even her pockets were cleaner than her face.

Not a single copper coin.

“Daddy,” When Lin Zizi was not paying attention, Jiang Ning pulled Jiang Ruobai aside to whisper, “Lend me some money.”

“Money? Oh, I don’t have any money on me right now. Tell the Lady in charge to withdraw some silver from the account in advance for you.” Jiang Ruobai didn’t think too much about his daughter’s odd request. “Xiao Qi, you stay in the manor and have a good rest with your mother. I’ll go to the palace to make some arrangements and pick a good Momo1 for you.”

With that, the man left her in a hurry.

Jiang Ning turned around and saw Lin Zizi sitting in the corridor again, holding a fan with a dazed look on her face.

And she seemed to be mumbling something.