Chapter 1385: Aunt Six Has a Mourning_5

As soon as Xiaosuisui said this, Xie Pan’Er couldn’t help but twitch the corners of her mouth. She knew better than anyone about this little girl’s sharp tongue!

“Alright! Then when the time comes, you can enter the palace during the dinner banquet and have a beautiful meal!”

To coax this little girl, nothing else is needed but good food.

Hearing Xie Pan’Er’s words, Xiaosuisui was really looking forward to the banquet in the Great Hall, imagining a table full of delicacies, she couldn’t help but drool!

“Great! Then I’ll go back for now, pretty aunty, make sure to get plenty of rest, grandma, you should play more leaf cards, it helps prevent brainstem death!”

Empress Dowager Xiao: “…” Brainstem death? Is this implying that her brain doesn’t function well anymore?

A few days after Xiaosuisui returned, indeed, her sixth aunt received a letter from home, her mother had passed away.

Hu Shu’Er was overcome with grief and started bleeding on the spot, causing turmoil throughout the Ji Mansion. Ji Youlin was so anxious he was trembling, quickly sending someone to fetch Ji Youran, and another to notify Xiaosuisui.

Xiaosuisui, still groggy from sleep, didn’t even bother to put on her shoes and ran straight to Ji Youlin’s courtyard.

“Sixth aunt, you must hold on, the little brother in your belly needs you to be strong.”

Seeing Hu Shu’Er pale from excessive grief, Xiaosuisui immediately took her pulse and comforted her.

“Suisui… Suisui, my… my child, help me… help me save him! I beg you, please help me save him, okay?”

Hearing Xiaosuisui’s words, Hu Shu’Er immediately reached out and grabbed her hand, murmuring.

“I know, I know, sixth aunt, take this medicine and calm your emotions. I’ll regulate your Qi and help stabilize the fetus, but you must promise me not to overthink.”

Xiaosuisui quickly stuffed a pill into Hu Shu’Er’s mouth, and the maid promptly fed her some water.

Xiaosuisui then regulated Qi for her, helping to stabilize the pregnancy.

“Where’s second uncle? Tell him to come quickly to give sixth aunt acupuncture, hurry!”

Xiaosuisui shouted loudly to those outside.

“Coming, coming, what happened here? Hasn’t everything been fine before?”

Due to the elder lady of the Ji Family, no one had gone out, especially Ji Youran, being a doctor, had to frequently check her pulse.

There were two pregnant women in the Ji Family, and he would regularly check their pulses.

Just yesterday during the day, he had checked pulses for both Hu Shu’Er and Black Pearl, and both were fine.

How is it that come the evening, the maid reported that Hu Shu’Er started bleeding?

“Second uncle, please stop talking. Sixth aunt got too emotional and has unstable fetal position, hurry and give her acupuncture, I’ll stabilize with Qi.”

As soon as Xiaosuisui said this, Ji Youran didn’t bother with anything else, quickly took some gold needles and gave Hu Shu’Er acupuncture. The uncle and niece busied themselves for a long time before finally stabilizing the fetus for Hu Shu’Er.

Not until Hu Shu’Er fell asleep did they leave her room!

“Suisui! Your sixth aunt, she…”

“The crisis has passed, sixth uncle, you should spend more time with sixth aunt. The pain of losing her mother is something sixth aunt can’t accept all at once.”

Hu Shu’Er’s mother had become critically ill half a year ago. At that time, the Hu family originally wanted to send her a letter, but her pregnancy was notified first, so the Hu family kept it concealed.

Unfortunately, her mother didn’t live long enough to see her child’s birth and passed away, so the Hu family had to send the obituary, leading to this situation.

Upon hearing this, Ji Youlin nodded and said, “I understand, I’ll get things ready, we’ll set off for Yun County as soon as your sixth aunt wakes up.”

“Given sister-in-law’s current condition, it’s really not suitable for a long journey, she should best rest at home.”

Ji Youran raised an objection.

Ji Youlin replied, “Second brother, as children, how can we not fulfill our filial duties? When my mother-in-law was gravely ill, Shu’Er couldn’t be by her side to attend her, and she already feels guilty. If she can’t go back for the funeral now, think how distressed she would be! I know she shouldn’t be traveling long distances, but I can’t let her bear the stigma of being unfilial.”

On hearing this, Ji Youran found it made sense, yet Hu Shu’Er’s current condition made it impossible for exertion, so he suggested, “Then I’ll go with you, that way if anything happens on the journey, you’ll have me.”

When Ji Youran said this, Xiaosuisui added, “I’ll go too.”

No one opposed Xiaosuisui’s declaration, not that they didn’t want to, but because they all knew that once Xiaosuisui decided on something, no one could successfully oppose it.

Thus, at dawn, Xiaosuisui, Ji Youran, and Ji Youlin set out in the snow.

“Come back soon!”

Ji Youyuan didn’t say much more, but everyone understood he was concerned about the elder lady’s health.

The Ji family members were not ordinary, they all knew the elder lady didn’t have much time left.

And so, the group’s journey lasted three months before they returned.

She failed to attend the banquet for the Crown Prince’s ennoblement in the Imperial Palace.

For the New Year, the Ji family couldn’t reunite.

Yet on the fifteenth of January, Lantern Festival, they returned home and had a reunion meal.

The elder lady fell asleep at the dining table.

Xiaosuisui quietly shed tears.

On the sixteenth of January, officials from the palace came to fetch them. Xie Pan’Er’s belly was already showing, she couldn’t pick her up, but squatted and hugged Xiaosuisui for a long time without letting go!

“Empress, you’re pregnant, let her go quickly.”

Empress Dowager Xiao coughed to remind her.

Only then did Xie Pan’Er reluctantly send Xiaosuisui over, and Empress Dowager Xiao scooped her up, holding Xiaosuisui to her chest while looking her over, unable to resist kissing her small face repeatedly.

“My sweet little darling, you’ve gotten thin, let me pamper you properly. Hurry, Aunt Xiao, quickly bring over all the food that my little darling loves, let her nourish herself well!”

Xie Pan’Er: “…” Empress Dowager, you tell me to let go, only to snatch her away for yourself!

Xie Pan’Er in speechless bewilderment!!!