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"Mother." Lin Yuan bit her lip, trying to make her voice sound very weak. Thankfully, her period was just these few days, so even if she pretended, it wouldn’t raise Lady Liu’s suspicions. However, she still felt quite guilty about worrying her.

"What about my little sisters..."

Hearing her daughter’s trembling voice, Lady Liu was extremely distressed, "Go rest, they have Lin Yi and Dong Qing with them if they want to go out and play, right? You should stay home and rest, and don’t wander around anymore. Look how much pain you’re in."

After speaking, she hurried Shui Xian and the others to help her back to her room and had Mother Zhang prepare brown sugar water, of course, not forgetting to instruct Xiao Linshuang and the others not to go to the courtyard and disturb Lin Yuan’s rest.

As for their eldest sister’s condition, the sisters had also noticed something was amiss and obediently nodded, quietly sitting to one side and discussing the evening’s plans around Dong Qing.

Dong Qing gave a sly chuckle and shot Lin Yi a smug look.

Lin Yi pursed his lips in bored annoyance and rolled his eyes at Dong Qing, the chatterbox.

No sooner had the three servants returned to their room than Lin Yuan suddenly lifted her head and urged Shui Xian to quickly fetch hot water for her to dress and put on makeup.

Seeing Lin Yuan’s sudden change to cheerfulness, Shui Xian and Yin Xing were dumbfounded. To put it bluntly, the Lin Yuan they just saw could be described as half-dead. How could she change so suddenly upon entering the door?

It was indeed all an act!

Yin Xing’s lips twitched, she knew it! How could their young miss, who had been flustered with changing clothes that morning, suddenly get her period? And without any warning signs at all!

"If Mother Zhang comes to deliver the brown sugar water later, immediately take it from her and don’t let her enter," Lin Yuan instructed while sorting out the clothes and jewelry she had prepared earlier.

She continued, giving Yin Xing instructions, "Also, for dinner tonight, you two go to the front courtyard to fetch it. If Madam asks, say that I’m feeling unwell and don’t wish to go out.

Oh, and most importantly, if Madam comes to see me, don’t let her in no matter what.

Just say I’m sleeping soundly and don’t want to see anyone. Got it?"

After exchanging glances, Shui Xian and Yin Xing nodded, "Miss, where are you planning to go?"

Stopping what she was doing, Lin Yuan smiled coyly, "It’s nothing, just... just going out to stroll through the night market."

Why would she not go to the night market with the younger misses? Why make it such a big deal to pretend to be sick and sneak away?

Nevertheless, since both servants were from the General Mansion and knew what could be asked and what couldn’t, they didn’t press further since their young miss didn’t elaborate.

But at this moment, Lin Yuan was already overflowing with happiness, and she couldn’t hold it back anymore. Without waiting for them to ask, she blurted out, "Actually, it’s nothing much. It’s just that your young master said he wants to take me to admire the lanterns at the night market."

Pfft.

Shui Xian couldn’t contain herself and burst out laughing. So it was a rendezvous with the young master! No wonder she didn’t want the younger misses to tag along!

Exchanging glances, they both became excited and quickly helped Lin Yuan get dressed.

In the meantime, Mother Zhang visited twice, once to bring brown sugar water and another time to deliver menstrual pads. Although Lin Yuan had prepared her own items, a mother was a mother after all, and she had still prepared quite a few in her spare time, worried about her daughter’s well-being.

Lin Wei and the others also came by once, but quietly left upon hearing that their older sister was sleeping. Presumably, after hearing the girls talking, Lady Liu did not come by. However, she had specially sent Hai Tang to pass the word for Shui Xian and the others to take good care of her.

After sending Hai Tang away, Shui Xian and Yin Xing couldn’t help but laugh out loud, the person "sleeping" inside was actually busy changing clothes.

After changing into her outfit and putting on her jewelry, Lin Yuan also deliberately powdered her face with some rouge, her cheeks suddenly flushed, making her look extremely charming.

As the sky darkened, Xia Zheng hadn’t made a sound yet, which made Lin Yuan grow more and more anxious. She couldn’t sit still any longer and started pacing back and forth in her room, holding up her skirt.

Shui Xian and Yin Xing were both waiting outside, ready to deal with any visitors, but upon hearing the urgent pacing inside, they couldn’t help but laugh.

While they laughed, they suddenly heard a low cry from inside the room. Startled, thinking something had happened, they quickly pushed the door open to check.

Upon re-entering, the room was empty, where could anyone be? If not for the wide-open window letting in the cold breeze, they would have suspected the footsteps they just heard were an illusion.