Chapter 564: Transmigration into a Qing Dynasty Spirit Spring System (15)

Only then did Bafujin remember she was feigning illness, so she feigned weakness and said, "Haiyin, Eighth Aunt really feels very uncomfortable."

"Then please forgive Haiyin's lack of medical skill; how about I have my master come instead?"

"……"

Imperial Physician Chang used the silk-thread pulse-taking method, and the conclusion reached was the same.

Bafujin was bewildered.

On one hand, she was puzzled by this body; didn't the novels and television dramas of later generations all say that Bafujin could not bear children and was born infertile? How could even the imperial physician not detect it? Was it truly congenital infertility or not?

But if it wasn't congenital infertility, why couldn't she conceive? Not to mention the original owner, just speaking of herself since she transmigrated, her marital relations with Ba Ye were quite harmonious, and she knew how to calculate her ovulation period; every time she was ovulating, she would find ways to keep Ba Ye in her room, and after finishing, she would use a pillow to elevate her hips. If she didn't have this congenital condition, logically she should have conceived long ago.

On the other hand, she hadn't seen anything different about Haiyin; could it be that she really wasn't a transmigrator?

In that case, was she the only transmigrator?

If that were true, that would be great!

The more Bafujin thought about it, the more excited she became; she couldn't care about feigning illness anymore and sat up excitedly. She had to go to the study! She would record all the major events she remembered, and when the time came, she would guide Ba Ye to properly contend for that position!

"Bang!"

Just at this moment, the room door was kicked open heavily.

Ba Ye's face, which was usually as pleasant as a spring breeze, was now as dark as water; he arrived at the side of the couch in a few steps and slapped Bafujin hard across the face: "Feigning illness? And you even had me go into the palace to beg the Emperor to assign you an imperial physician? You foolish woman! I truly don't know what you are meddling with!"

"Ah!"

Bafujin clutched her stinging cheek, staring at Ba Ye in disbelief.

"You still dare to glare at me?"

"Slap!"

Another slap.

Bafujin was completely stunned by the beating.

"Someone! Drag all these negligent servants around the Fujin out and give them fifty strokes of the board each!"

"No... it has nothing to do with them..."

Bafujin came to her senses and wanted to plead for her maids and matrons.

But how could she resist Ba Ye when he was truly enraged?

Following the "thwack-thwack" sounds of the boards, the people who had been lively just minutes ago were beaten until they were a bloody mess and dragged out as limp piles of flesh.

She was so frightened that all the color drained from her face.

This time, her face was truly deathly pale, not just from makeup powder.

This was the first time since she transmigrated into Bafujin that she had faced the terror of imperial power head-on.

She also truly understood the phrase "human life is as cheap as grass."

The cruel hierarchical suppression scared away all her thoughts; she only wanted to protect this life of hers.

Xie Yang soon heard about this incident from the Main System and sighed in her heart.

This is the era where imperial power is supreme; the ruling class is like a towering tree that covers the sky and has deep roots, while the bottom class is like a weak plant struggling to survive in the cracks, unable to shake the big tree in the slightest.

She is now also caught in this torrent of history, at best a relatively sturdy new twig grown by this towering tree. But no matter how it grows, it cannot grow into a decisive trunk in such a short span of time.

Fortunately, this towering ancient tree is currently firm and straight; although there are wood-boring insects hidden in the trunk, it has not yet been corroded to the point of collapsing with a crash. The weak plants under the tree can still vaguely see the sunlight through the mottled branches and leaves.

And what she can do is to grow hard, striving to grow more lush branches and leaves in the shortest time possible, so that when the storm rages, she can hold up a sky that shelters the weak, swaying plants below.

After settling her thoughts, Xie Yang continued to work toward the two goals she had set—

Practicing the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Technique to improve her self-defense combat power as quickly as possible; mastering Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture, which could both save lives and change her own destiny.

……

When the lotus leaves in the back garden's lotus pond withered, the Immortal Grass seedlings that Xie Yang had meticulously tended finally grew another two inches.

Yes, the ten Immortal Grass Seeds soaked in Spirit Spring and watered with Spirit Spring finally sprouted one after another when the lotus flowers faded, though only six small sprouts ultimately survived.

It wasn't that they weren't planted successfully, but that four sprouts were pecked into the bellies of birds that smelled the scent of the Spirit Spring.

Only six were rescued.

Later, these six Immortal Grass sprouts were transplanted by Xie Yang into six flowerpots, with maids watching over them at all times. During the day, they were carried into the courtyard to see the wind and sun, and at night, they were carried back to the indoor windowsill to bathe in the moonlight, where they would not be visited by birds.

However, the growth period of the Immortal Grass was truly slow; it took a month just to go from sprouting to seedling, and another month or so for the seedling to grow into a small plant.

This was still the result of daily Spirit Spring watering and meticulous care.

Like over at Shisanye's place, where they hired professional herb farmers to do the Planting, there hadn't been a single sprout heard of to this day.

It was evident that it relied entirely on the Spirit Spring to support them.

It was just that while the Spirit Spring could stimulate the activity of the Immortal Grass seeds and help them grow sturdily, it had no ability to simulate the spring-like climate of Shenyi Valley.

Xie Yang couldn't help but worry.

She herself wasn't afraid of the cold; after breaking through the second level of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Technique and drinking tea brewed with Spirit Spring Water every day, her physique had improved by several grades.

But the delicate Immortal Grass Miao Miao could not withstand the cold.

Even though they were moved indoors at night and carried out to sunbathe during the day, as the weather grew colder, the Miao Miao were visibly wilting.

Xie Yang thought it over and finally called the craftsmen in the manor to help her build a Fire Kang in the southern half of the Ear Room.

If one speaks of winter in the north, the Fire Kang is the most economical and practical for heating!

Although it couldn't compare to the cleanliness and beauty of the Warm Pavilion or the portability of the Incense Cage, it was indeed an excellent "warm bed" greenhouse for the plants.

After the Fire Kang was built, Xie Yang tested out the temperature most suitable for plant growth, then had the matron on duty watch the stove, ensuring there were no flames but also not letting the charcoal fire go out completely; after maintaining this temperature, she moved the six pots of Immortal Grass Miao Miao onto the Kang.

She picked a rough-work maid who was careful in her duties to specifically watch over these six pots of Miao Miao, keeping an eye on the soil moisture in the pots from time to time, and watering them with the diluted Spirit Spring Water she had prepared whenever they got a bit dry.

Every day during the period with the most sufficient sunlight, she would open the south window right next to the Kang, allowing the Miao Miao to receive natural sunlight even while on the Kang to perform photosynthesis.

She didn't tell her cheap father about this, fearing that if he knew, he would snatch away her six pots of Immortal Grass Miao Miao.

The reason being that the courtyard he lived in had a Warm Pavilion, and the temperature was much more stable than a Fire Kang.

However, Xie Yang wanted to personally observe the growth process of the Immortal Grass and record her observations.

She still had quite a few Immortal Grass Seeds in her possession; she would not bring them out again in this plane, but she might plant them in future Task planes, and with the cultivation insights from her personal observations, she could avoid unnecessary detours later on.

Therefore, she sought a slip from Si Fujin to build a Fire Kang, though she did not state the specific reason.

Si Fujin assumed she wanted to set up a small kitchen but was too embarrassed to ask; by building a Fire Kang in the Ear Room, she would have a stove with an open flame, so she would not need to go back and forth to the main kitchen if she wanted to eat something at night. This was not considered a violation of regulations, so Si Fujin readily agreed.

As a result, for a very long time, Si Ye did not know that his daughter had successfully cultivated six Immortal Grass Seeds.