The Marquis' Wife
Good and bad news

Adelia felt her body easily tired lately, she felt dizzy and often urinated to make her mood becomes unstable.

The feeling of wanting to lie down and lazy to do anything often approached Adelia after the departure of her husband to Fucheng even today her body is so heavy in carrying out activities makes her confused.

Adelia decides to fight the lazy by having Lu Mei and Lu Yan buy rosella flowers for her to make wine. He sat down while waiting for two servants to bring home the rosella flowers.

"Sister. Are you okay?" Lu Cheng and Lu Shan who had just returned from learning to see Adelia were sitting limp.

"I'm fine Lu Cheng. Why?" Adelia still wanted to lie down and answer her sister without changing her position.

"Sister Adel looks lethargic" Lu Sheng said.

Adelia looked at the body and held her face. "really? Maybe I haven't had lunch yet" he replied unsure.

Lu Shan recalled that Adelia ate a lot at breakfast but did not remind her sister-in-law, Lu Cheng said that the woman would be angry if she said that she ate a lot, she did not want to make Adelia upset.

"What do you want for lunch, brother? Let's buy it if you don't taste it" Lu Cheng advised.

Adelia thought for a moment and then answered the antuas. "I want strawberries. Yeah I want strawberries".

Saliva began to reminisce in Adelia's mouth imagining a sour and sweet fresh strawberry, her body suddenly becoming fit. He called Lu Fang to buy him two strawberry baskets making Lu Cheng and Lu Shan even more astonished.

Before long Lu Fang returned with two baskets full of strawberries, immediately Adelia's impatient face beamed and took the fruit to eat but Lu Fang immediately reminded.

"Hamba will wash the fruit first lady".

Adelia's enthusiastic mood suddenly decreased, she flicked her lips in a huff but said nothing. Lu Fang immediately washed the strawberries clean and placed a plate full of strawberries in front of his master.

Lu Fang looked at Adelia's mood that had returned well and savored the sweet sour strawberries voraciously. His suspicions grew stronger, when he bought two baskets full of strawberries. The seller joked to her by saying that she was a good in-law who satisfied her daughter-in-law's cravings.

Lu Fang was stunned and thought that Adelia was pregnant but her master did not show any symptoms of nausea like other pregnant women made her hesitate, however, after seeing his master's unstable mood return made him feel confident.

Lu Shan also had a taste to see his brother-in-law devouring strawberries very favourably but his face frowned feeling the sweet wry strawberries and was confused to see his brother eating strawberries without frowning.

"Did Adel's sister not feel the straw was sour?".

"No. You still want Lu Shan? But don't do much yeah, I want to eat all these strawberries". Adelia shook her head then gave one strawberry to her sister with a reluctant face.

"No brother. You just eat, I don't want to".

Lu Cheng looked at Adelia, is her brother pregnant as he thought?.

"Miss, may I ask you something?". Lu Fang was unable to hold back his curiosity and asked.

"What's?".

"When did the last lady come to the moon?".

Adelia stopped the chewing in her mouth and was stunned. " It seems like almost two months?" She doesn't remember the date she last menstruated.

"really? Is madam pregnant?!" Lu Fang asked very pleased.

Lu Cheng and Lu Shan's eyes widened. He looked at Adelia who was also stunned.

Lu Fang immediately ran out to look for the healer at the pharmacy store. Lu Cheng waited impatiently for the arrival of the healer and reported the happy news, he immediately wanted to tell his sister in Fucheng if Adelia was really pregnant.

Adelia stroked her flat stomach and felt astonished. Is she really pregnant?. He immediately looked for a testpack in the lotus space but did not find it, he may not think to buy a testpack because he had never done bodywork with another man other than Lu Xiang.

Shortly after, the healer visited Lu Xiang's house under Lu Fang's insistence.

"Quick the doctor, check on my sister-in-law. Is Adelia really pregnant?" Lu Cheng told the healer to quickly check on Adelia's condition.

The woman he wanted to examine was busy eating strawberries while looking hopefully at the healer.

The healer immediately put a thin cloth on Adelia's wrist and began to detect a pulse, he closed his eyes focusing on feeling a strong pulse and then smiled.

"Congratulations, Miss Xie Hsien. Your content is 8 weeks old". The doctor smiled happily because he would get a high incentive after he reported good news to the family he visited.

Lu Cheng and Lu Shan cheered happily, as well as Lu Fang, he was happy that his master would have a baby.

"I'll write a letter to Brother Xiang, he will definitely be happy!". Lu Cheng immediately rushed to his room but Adelia prevented.

"Don't Lu Cheng now, Lu Xiang is still taking the test, what if he doesn't focus? We'll let you know after Lu Xiang gets home".

Lu Cheng thought for a moment then nodded in disappointment. Adelia was right, she wanted her sister to focus on the exam and would hear the good news when she came home later.

"Young master, if you report when you come home later. Wouldn't it be double good news?, I'm sure you'll come home with good news as well". Lu Fang's suggestion.

Lu Shan nodded although not so sure, Lu Chen finally smiled brightly and nodded in agreement.

Adelia incentivized 3 silver coins for the healer who examined her making the white-bearded old man very happy and satisfied with the money he got.

"May the young master be born with a healthy mistress". Said the healer but made Adelia confused.

"Do you know the gender of the child I'm carrying?" To his knowledge, the new content can be known gender at the age of 18-20 weeks and even then with the help of technology.

The different reaction from usual that the healer saw made the old man stunned. "Sa-I don't know mistress, I just pray that the fetus in your womb is a boy".

Adelia's awake, under the concept of patriarchy, pregnant women expect their first child to be a man, not a woman because it will make the status of the woman in the family home her husband becomes more solid thanks to the boys. If the woman then both husband and in-laws will feel disappointed and start underestimating the woman until the woman is pregnant again as Miao's mother Adelia feels.

Adelia's smile slightly disappeared, she did not know if Lu Xiang would behave the same when the child she gave birth to was a girl instead of a boy?. She immediately dismissed those negative thoughts, she had not heard from Lu Xiang herself so it was not good if she judged directly what her husband was thinking.

"I don't care if this fetus is male or female. After all if it's a woman then Lu Cheng and Lu Shan will protect her right?". Ask Adelia kindly.

Lu Shan nodded strongly. "If women will be beautiful like you, Brother Adel".

Lu Cheng also nodded in agreement. "Lu Shan and I will look after and protect our niece be it a girl or a brother, you don't have to worry".

Adelia smiled happily and laughed happily. The healer who saw the harmonious atmosphere smiled but his smile turned pitying thinking that Xie Hsien would have a different opinion with his sister about it but it was none of her business, the old healer said goodbye after explaining the abstinence against pregnant women and food that can be consumed.

Lu Shan and Lu Cheng returned to study after lunch while Adelia sat back leisurely waiting for Lu Mei and Lu Yan to bring the rosella flowers home. Mood was very good because of the encouraging news he had just heard but it seemed like fate was not always good and smooth, Lu Niang returned home with bad news.

"Mrs! Bad news, madam. There's a new cake shop selling tarts just like us?".

Adelia was stunned for a moment then her eyes turned cold, like Lu Lian found a new master! Or husband?.