The ancients believed that a harmonious sexual relationship between a husband and wife was more conducive to bearing children. There was a scientific basis for this.

Modern people ate a balanced diet and their living conditions were much better than ancient times. However, even though so many people wanted to have children, there were still many couples who couldn't conceive even after preparing for more than a year. The key point was that the hospital couldn't find any problems with them.

Why?

There was nothing wrong with them!

It was just that these couples couldn't even devote themselves to sex because they had to prepare for childbirth all the time.

Psychology would affect physiology, so it wasn't surprising that they couldn't conceive in the end.

In Jia Su's previous life, she had seen many couples who didn't want to have children and took protective measures every time they had sex, but still got pregnant in the end. However, she had also seen many couples who couldn't conceive because they were too anxious and nervous to have children. Later on, they resented each other and quarreled, resulting in divorce.

However, after the divorce, it happened many times that both parties had children with their new partners.

In the beginning, Jia Su couldn't understand this situation.

The people around her all got pregnant within a year of marriage. If they weren't afraid of being fined, it was normal for them to have two children in three years.

But after seeing so many couples tense up when talking about their children, she gradually began to understand them.

When she first watched Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Su couldn't understand why Lin Ruhai and Jia Min got pregnant with Daiyu when they were in their thirties. Later on, she found out that the Lin family didn't have many children, so she reluctantly got an answer.

But now, Jia Su couldn't help but wonder if Jia Min's mother was like this a few years before she married Lin Ruhai in her previous life. She didn't care about anything and even helped to promote Lin Ruhai's relationship with his wife, but her only request was for them to conceive a child.

This was too much pressure.

Her mother-in-law didn't set rules for her. After she married, she immediately let her manage the backyard and didn't interfere with her son's relationship with his wife.

For example, she gave her son a maid or something.

Such a mother-in-law was a first-class good mother-in-law to the ancients.

However, Jia Min couldn't satisfy Mother Lin's only wish of having a grandson as soon as possible. Even though Mother Lin only mentioned it from time to time because she was in a hurry, she didn't really want them to get pregnant within a year or two.

The Lin family had only one child for several generations. Most of the time, they had children in their middle age. Mother Lin herself had only given birth to Lin Ruhai when she was in her thirties or forties. She must have been mentally prepared.

But how could the guilt in Jia Min's heart and the tension in her mind be relieved?

Her mother-in-law treated her so well and only had one request, but she couldn't fulfill it …

Anyone with a bit of conscience wouldn't be able to feel at ease, right?

Now that Jia Min had married someone else, what could she do if she, Jia Su, had to bear this sweet pain?

Of course …

Cold dressing!

The Lin family was destined to have no descendants. Why did she have to make things difficult for herself?

Jia Su had never sacrificed himself for others. Just because of someone else's request that had nothing to do with his survival, he ended up in such a miserable state.

Lin Ruhai was persuaded by Mother Lin and wanted to personally deliver the gifts to the Jia family.

If she was still sleeping soundly in her room when he arrived at Rongguo Province, not to mention the Lin family, even the people in Rongguo Province who indulged her now couldn't help but mutter, right?

With this thought, Jia Su hurriedly flapped her wings and flew back to Rongguo Province.

Not long after she arrived at her room, someone came to report that the Lin family's third place winner had personally come to Rongguo Province with many gifts and asked if she wanted to meet him.

Of course, she wanted to meet him!

If it weren't for Mother Lin, the dozens of jewelry that originally belonged to her would have been reduced to one. She was really curious about Lin Ruhai's thoughts.

Unfortunately, when she arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Lin Ruhai wasn't there.

Holding the book with a worried expression, he said, "Young master's superior sent someone to find him. He said that His Excellency had something to discuss with him. He had no choice but to let me wait here for Third Miss."

Jia Su was a bit disappointed.

Holding the book hurriedly handed several wooden boxes to Cui Yan and said, "Young master personally went to Ruyi Square to pick out these gifts. I hope Third Miss will like them."

Jia Su took the boxes and thought about what was inside. Her mood immediately rose to the peak, "Thank your young master for me."

Holding the book nodded shyly and smiled embarrassedly.

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Back to Lin Ruhai's side.

Because he was too young when he passed the Grand Scholar examination, and because of his outstanding appearance, he only got third place. Because of this, he had no choice but to stay at Hanlin Academy as an editor.

An editor was just an insignificant position that wasn't worth mentioning. However, his superior, the Chancellor, was an official with real power and was known as the "Internal Minister".

If his superior wanted to meet someone, he had no choice but to abandon the things in his hands.

However, Lin Ruhai didn't expect that the Chancellor wasn't looking for him because of official business, but because he wanted to be a matchmaker.

Of course, he didn't have the courage to go against the Emperor's favored Duke Rongguo. He only wanted to give him a beautiful concubine.

This concubine's identity was also very presentable.

One of the daughters of the Chancellor's concubines.

Because he would be working under the Chancellor in the future, Lin Ruhai had already asked his former schoolmates and teachers to help him find out about this person, as well as any rumors related to her.

Among them, there was information related to this concubine's daughter that the Chancellor wanted to betroth to him.

She was as beautiful as a flower, extremely talented, dignified and virtuous.

In short, all kinds of good words were piled on her. She was a living example of a "talented woman".

From the looks of it, she seemed to be very compatible with Lin Ruhai.

However, Lin Ruhai's heart was as if he was cursing a dog. Logically speaking, he hadn't even gotten married yet and he had already brought home a talented woman who was famous and seemed to be more compatible with him. The key point was that his fiancée obviously wasn't a talented woman.

Did he want to die, or did he want to die?

No matter how stupid he was, he should know that he shouldn't do this right?

Wasn't this trampling on the face of his fiancée and his future in-laws?

Lin Ruhai remained silent for a long time. He still felt that he was still young and didn't want to die young. Thus, he chose to reject without hesitation.

The Chancellor was very unhappy. "Ruhai, although my daughter is useless, she has been studying since she was young. Don't tell me that in your heart, she can't be compared to the daughter of a noble from a peasant background?"

If he didn't pay attention to his words, he would have offended his superior.

However …