Xu Yulan sneered, Bai Suihe kept her eyes closed, under her watchful gaze, unable to make any small moves, and unable to bribe the mansion doctor, it seemed she truly was ill.

She felt a bit disdainful inside; after all, such a delicate lady, yet causing so much fuss just from being pregnant.

It’s only been five months, what will it be like when she gives birth?

She couldn’t help but maliciously grin, staring at Bai Suihe’s back.

This chilling gaze made Dongmei very uncomfortable, she walked over directly, standing in front of her and saluted, "I was really in a muddle just now, didn’t expect to trouble the Second Young Madam to come by in person, please wait here for a moment, and I’ll order them to serve tea for you."

"No need," Xu Yulan feared if she stayed in this wealthy nest any longer, she might say something unpleasant, "since there’s nothing much going on with my sister-in-law here, I need to return and report to mother.

Mother has always been worried, can’t let her be troubled."

"On behalf of our Third Young Madam, I thank the Second Young Madam, for troubling you to come over personally. Once our Third Young Madam wakes up, she will certainly properly thank you."

Although she knew this girl couldn’t make decisions on behalf of her mistress, her words were quite pleasing to the ear.

She couldn’t help but glance at her own maid Bicao behind her; this was a girl her father bought for her in the village when she got married, quite naive, needing to be taught everything.

Indeed, this third household was toxic, she hadn’t stayed long and yet she had several times felt out of sorts, she snorted coldly and left, flicking her sleeves.

As for her demeanor, Dongmei and the others didn’t take it to heart, after all, the Second Young Madam often acted this way, they were already used to it.

To them, they actually preferred dealing with the Second Young Madam, whereas the First Young Madam, although seemingly magnanimous and fair, always gave people an unfathomable feeling.

Once sure there were only her own people in the courtyard, Bai Suihe sighed and sat up.

"Miss, about this medicine..."

"Go fetch the medicine back, remember to have someone boil it." Bai Suihe wasn’t sure if it would be needed in the future, but taking the opportunity to stock some wouldn’t hurt.

"But Miss, could we avoid using this trick in the future? After all, it’s not very auspicious." Chunxiang helped her put on her shoes and assisted her in getting up.

"Don’t worry, your Miss has her own good fortune," Bai Suihe didn’t believe in such things; as long as she gained tangible benefits, it was fine.

She thought that working nine to five in modern times was grinding enough, but it was only upon arriving in ancient times, with its morning and evening rituals and various rules, that she knew what a true earthly purgatory was.

Though her means were somewhat lowbrow, the tangible benefits she gained were real—at least she didn’t have to hurry over every day at dawn, put on a smiling face, and endure various humiliations.

Now with this incident, she could seize the chance to be lazy for a few days.

"Go organize my dowry list, I want to take this opportunity to have a good look." Bai Suihe thought of her previous promise to prepare a dowry for these two maids; rather than leaving it to be confiscated, it was better to be generous this once and fulfill this sentiment.

As for the second-class maids and old women serving in the courtyard, Bai Suihe really couldn’t do much for them now. It was impossible to let everyone go; she could only ask Mrs. Bai to buy them back.

After all, these were all from the Bai family, accompanying her as her dowry, believing Mrs. Bai would be willing to help.

This would be beneficial to her as well, and could also establish higher prestige in the Bai Mansion.

"Miss, the dowry list is here, and there’s an additional one for what was previously spent; please review it." Chunxiang promptly and respectfully took the dowry list out from the box; she managed it regularly, recording in detail where each item went.

Seeing that storeroom full of dowry stunned Bai Suihe; she hadn’t expected the dowry list to be such a thick book.

"Take two maids and come with me to the storeroom, and also fetch your indentures."

"Miss..." Though Bai Suihe had discussed it with them before, Chunxiang still felt a bit reluctant at this moment.

"Check if there are any useful maids below these two days, elevate them then," Bai Suihe commanded, allowing no refusal; she appreciated having this authority, and that she could decide for these maids’ futures.

Chunxiang dared not say more, responding respectfully, yet her eyes turned red.

Bai Suihe packed a box of silver ingots for each of them in the storeroom, not daring to take too much, giving each only two hundred taels.

She also gave them each a handful of gold melon seeds reserved for rewards.

Seeing these, Bai Suihe couldn’t help but lament; these were just the dowry on the surface, and there wasn’t more she could do.

She picked out two modest sets of jewelry for each, and took some fabrics.

Feeling it seemed a bit thin, she additionally took out a thousand taels of silver, saying, "Later, go find Nanny Wu and have her buy two small estates."

"Miss, don’t you have several estates?" Chunxiang was puzzled; the estates Miss brought as dowry were quite large, why buy such small ones?

Bai Suihe lightly tapped her, "Silly girl, these are dowry estates for you and Dongmei. Large ones would be too conspicuous; these are just right."

"Miss, this servant doesn’t need an estate," Chunxiang’s tears fell instantly, Miss’s arrangements made her quite anxious.

Everything had been fine before, but now she wanted to send them off and give dowries, was it really as Miss said, that something bad was going to happen to the Gu family?

They were well arranged by Miss, but what about Miss herself?

"Don’t say such foolish things, quickly go do your work. You might say that later Miss will still have to rely on your relief." Bai Suihe couldn’t bear to see this, from memory, Dongmei and Chunxiang were devoted and meticulous towards the original owner, and she believed if the original owner were here, she would have made the same arrangements.

Chunxiang nodded, placing everything into the box before turning to leave.

Bai Suihe stood in the storeroom, looking at the boxes of dowry, her eyes full of reluctance. Such fine things, all a mother’s best wish for her daughter.

She took half of the gold melon seeds, and some small items used for rewarding servants. There were also some dowry items not in detail on the list, just written as ’several,’ and she took most of them, reluctant to stop there.

Afraid she’d lose control and take everything into her space, she closed her eyes and turned to leave.

Pretending to be ill, Bai Suihe made the maids and old women in the courtyard run around all day.

She sent them out to buy some coarse cloth material, to make clothes suitable for ordinary people.

Shoes were also made according to her and Gu Kaiyuan’s sizes; nowadays, the comfort of the thousand-layer soles was unmatched, so these might lessen their suffering on the exile road.

Unaware of this at home, Gu Kaiyuan, now with Bai Suihe’s space as a backup, also acted boldly, informing Manager Mu and Manager Chen to start purchasing extensively.

After all, if he made a move, there would always be traces; but concerning the two unrelated managers, others would merely think it ordinary business dealings, or perhaps a new business strategy.