auspicious time has come

Chapter 223 Pregnancy
"The concubine is really fine." The princess was a little embarrassed: "His Royal Highness finally found time to have a good meal, but the concubine disturbed it..."

The prince had no choice but to say, "What stupid things are you talking about? I can feel at ease knowing that you are fine."

The princess could not help but pursed her lips and smiled.

Watching this scene, Princess Jiayi felt that she was used to it.

As long as she can remember, father and mother have respected each other as guests, but they also love each other deeply.

When a little child doesn't know what Qin Se and Ming are, they just feel that they are comfortable and at ease with such a pair of parents.

The medical officer in the East Palace soon arrived, and after inquiring about the Crown Princess' recent symptoms of discomfort, he checked her pulse.

Seeing that the medical officer hadn't spoken for a long time, as if he was confirming something repeatedly, the prince and princess looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy.

"Medical Officer Jia, what happened to my mother?" Princess Jiayi also noticed something was wrong and asked.

"Back to the little princess—" After repeated confirmation, the medical officer showed joy on his face: "The princess is happy!"

Then he saluted the two princes: "Congratulations, Your Highness, and congratulations to the Crown Princess."

All around suddenly stopped.

The prince and princess looked at each other blankly, forgetting how to react for a while.

This possibility... seems to be too far away from them, so far away that it seems like a delusion, and it is not easy for ordinary people to make associations on this matter.

"You're happy...what do you mean?" Princess Jiayi asked tentatively when she saw that her parents' expressions were not right, and the mothers and maids in the palace were also holding their breaths.

She was not yet ten years old, and because there were no other children in the East Palace, she had no chance to hear these two words.

"The Princess doesn't know something..." The wet nurse next to the Crown Princess, Xiang Nai, came back to her senses, overjoyed and excited: "If you are happy, then...the Crown Princess is happy!"

Princess Jiayi: "?"

It's really like listening to what you say.

But seeing Nanny Xiang being so excited, she was looking at her mother's belly again...

Princess Jiayi understood instantly, and said pleasantly, "You mean Aunt...is pregnant?"

"Exactly!" The medical officer nodded with a smile.

The prince suddenly showed a smile: "Reward!"

Nanny Xiang understood and immediately asked for a reward for the medical officer.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Doctor Jia saluted with a smile, and then said: "It seems that everything is fine in the fetal appearance, but the Crown Princess has been suffering from a slight physical weakness for many years, and she had... suffered from the root cause of the disease before. Pregnancy is the luck of luck, God protects the East Palace, so more than ordinary people need to pay more attention to raising the fetus."

The crown prince nodded with a smile: "So it's time for the medical officer to prescribe some anti-abortion prescriptions!"

The medical officer responded, and immediately went to prescribe the prescription, and gave a lot of detailed instructions on diet and daily life.

Nanny Xiang personally sent Doctor Jia out with a happy face.

"Yingying..." The prince walked up to the princess, held her hand lightly, but was startled: "Why are you crying?"

"Father, do you still need to ask, A Niang must be crying happily!" Princess Jiayi walked over with a smile, and asked with bright eyes: "Is that right, A Niang?"

The Crown Princess smiled through tears and nodded slightly.

The prince laughed loudly: "Yes, I'm not as smart as Yi'er."

"So, don't I have younger brothers and sisters?"

The prince smiled and looked at the princess: "Yes, someone is accompanying Yier."

"Your Highness, I don't know yet..." The Crown Princess smiled, not daring to say unlucky words, but also not daring to give too much hope because of the lessons learned from the past.

The prince understood her unease, held her hand and said: "The medical officer has said that everything is fine with the fetus, so you just need to rest assured to raise the fetus."

Having said that, the Crown Princess looked at the pregnancy prescription left by the official Jia doctor.

"When I have younger brothers and sisters, then I will be a sister. Then I will take good care of them and protect them!" Princess Jiayi leaned close to the princess, holding her mother's arm, eyes full of tears. Hope authentic.

The princess smiled and stroked her head lightly: "Yi'er is good."

"No." The prince looked at his daughter and corrected with a smile: "It is my responsibility to take care of and protect them, Aunt Ni and I. We, Yi'er, only need to do what we want to do."

"But Yi'er just wants to protect her younger siblings." Princess Jiayi said without hesitation: "When Yi'er grows up, she must protect her father and mother!"

The smile in the prince's eyes deepened: "Okay, as long as Yi'er thinks, then do it. But you still need to know that if you want to protect more people in the future, you need to strengthen yourself."

Princess Jiayi nodded with burning eyes.

When Nanny Xiang returned after seeing Doctor Jia off, she saw the warm scene of the family of three snuggling together and talking.

After Princess Jiayi was sent back to rest, the prince took the hand of the princess and walked into the inner room.

"Your Highness, I might like to thank Mrs. Ji's family this time." The Crown Princess regained her composure from her joy and said with a smile.

The prince helped her to sit down on the couch, a bit puzzled: "Ms. Ji's?"

The Crown Princess nodded lightly, explaining what Heng Yu had sent to Fang Zi before.

"...Since then, I have stopped all the decoctions and medicinal meals, and only used the prescription given by Mrs. Ji." The princess smiled and said, "Whether it is a coincidence or not, I must thank Mrs. Ji."

The prince nodded: "Yes, thank you."

After a while, he asked curiously, "Where did Lady Ji come from?"

"It is said that I got it from an old gentleman who is good at recuperating." The princess thought for a while, and added: "It seems that he is good at recuperating women."

Hearing the last sentence, the prince nodded, "That's why, Mrs. Ji really has a heart."

Then she looked at the Crown Princess and said in a gentle voice: "Tomorrow is the birthday banquet. Rest early tonight. Don't rush to get up tomorrow morning. The left and right banquets are held in the evening. All the affairs during the day can be handled by the palace servants."

The Crown Princess nodded in response, and gently stroked her still flat belly.

……

In Dingbeihou's mansion in the capital, Xiao Mu had just been invited to Mrs. Xiao's courtyard.

"My mother called me here, I don't know why?"

"I specially asked you to take a look at the items I bought back today, come quickly—" In the hall, Mrs. Xiao stood in front of a pile of brocade boxes, big and small, and waved to her son.

Xiao Mu walked over, and saw that the open boxes were full of gadgets.

What longevity locks, rattles, rattles, tiger hats...

Xiao Mu couldn't help asking: "Which family is the mother going to give the full moon gift to?"

In the capital, if it is only for the etiquette entertainment among the dignitaries, you only need to pick one or two relatively valuable things to send - the more trivial it is, the more meticulous and careful the relationship is, and the relationship is unusual.

"Is there any need to ask, it's naturally a new nephew for Ah Heng's family!" Mrs. Xiao said, "I just held a small full moon banquet a few days ago, but I just invited some close relatives. You can pass, but your future son-in-law's status is here, and these etiquettes will naturally have to be made up quietly—"

As he said that, he couldn't help giving Xiao Mu an angry look: "At the end of the day, it's not because you don't know what you want, but in the end, I, a mother, have to take care of it for you."

"When did my son stop paying attention?" Xiao Mu justified himself: "I have quietly sent the full moon gift that day."

Mrs. Xiao looked at him: "...is this a stack of silver notes or a box of gold?"

"A box of oriental pearls, big and round." Xiao Mu said in a "thoughtful" tone: "When he is older, he can use it to play marbles."

After a moment of silence, Mrs. Xiao advised in a kind tone: "Son, there are some things in the future, let others do it."

Xiao Mu, who was denied, was also silent for a moment - he clearly felt that this box of Dongzhu's gift was both thoughtful and interesting, and it couldn't be more appropriate.

But compared with such a meticulous gift from my mother, it does seem too simple.

When Xiao Mu looked at those large and small boxes again, he found something strange: "Mother, why are they all double?"

He had never heard of the rule of making double copies of the full moon ceremony.

"When I was picking it, I liked it." Mrs. Xiao picked up a rattle with a loving face, shook it, and said, "I thought of preparing a set for my future grandson by the way."

Xiao Mu was speechless for a moment, and after a while he was able to say: "...Could it be too early?"

"Early." Mrs. Xiao said, the smile on her face faded, and her tone was full of emotion: "No one can predict what will happen tomorrow... If there is something I want to do, I will do it , the sooner you do it, the sooner you will be happy, there is no reason to be too early."

Xiao Mu thought about it, but didn't speak any more.

He knew that his mother sent it out of feelings about Yan Ming.

Tonight, Yan Ming, who had taken care of all the funeral affairs of the Jiang family girl, secretly went back to Dingbeihou Mansion.

At this time, I was sitting and drinking with Yin Hai and Wang Jingyong in the courtyard.

Looking at his former companion with blue stubble, thin body and tired eyes, Wang Jingyong took another sip of wine.

Since Yan Ming came back, he didn't say anything, the three of them just sat and drank wine, surrounded by silence.

In this way, the flagon was emptied and emptied again, and the person who drank the most quickly passed out.

Wang Jingyong helped Yan Ming, who was so drunk and lying on the table, into the room, and when he came out, Yin Hai, who was waiting outside the door, let out a sigh of emotion: "Life is alive. There are many pains, love is not a pain, and it is also a pain to gain first and then lose. Only cherish the person in front of you, or you can make up for one or two regrets in the future."

Wang Jingyong glanced at him: "You have realized the most truths."

Then step down the stone steps and leave.

The moon is as cool as water.

Drunk and drunk, Wang Jingyong did not return to his room, checked the patrol arrangements everywhere, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he left the Dingbei Hou Mansion with inexplicable thoughts.

He walked aimlessly along the back street of Dingbei Houfu.

The Qianqiu Festival is approaching, and in order to have fun with the people, the curfew has been lifted in central Beijing. At this time, lanterns are hanging high everywhere, street vendors are hawking, and there are many people watching the night.

Wang Jingyong was walking in the bustling market, but his mind was in a trance and mixed.

From time to time flashed in his mind Yan Ming Luo Ji's appearance as if he had been pulled out of his soul, and from time to time Yin Hai's thought-provoking Buddhist teachings sounded.

And soon, these sounds and images were covered by a figure.

That figure not only appeared in his mind, but also broke into his vision like a hallucination.

At the end of the dimly lit street, the maple-red slim figure was picking something in front of the stall.

Wang Jingyong blinked hard.

The next moment, he concluded that it wasn't his own dazzle.

Because beside her, there was still a young man in a dark blue robe standing beside her.

No matter how dazzled he is, he won't be so blinded by another person?
The two stood side by side, not knowing what they were talking about, but they were all smiling.

Action preceded consciousness, Wang Jingyong walked over.

Gu Tingnan raised his eyes and saw him, and couldn't help being taken aback: "Vice General Wang?"

After seven or eight steps away, Wang Jingyong looked at her, but did not move forward.

"Ting Nan, I wonder who this is?" The young man beside her asked upon seeing this.

Gu Tingnan replied with a smile: "This is a good friend of mine, surnamed Wang, who is also in the army."

friend?

Looking at the two standing together, Wang Jingyong frowned slightly.

Normally, the word "friend" would definitely make him feel too close, but at this moment, it made him feel completely opposite.

"Then... I'll go to the front and wait for you first." Seeing that "friend" was not very approachable, the young man left with his hands behind his back.

Gu Tingnan walked up to Wang Jingyong, just about to speak, when he smelled of alcohol, he couldn't help but startled.

Immediately, she took a look around at the people coming and going, and took advantage of no one's attention, she dragged him to a dark alley and said, "How much wine have you drank, maybe you're drunk?"

Didn't he always boast that he has a clear mind and never do things that may affect his achievements?
Why did you go out when you were so drunk today?
Gu Tingnan looked at him with some amusement.

He only heard that his voice was a little more personable than before, and asked her: "Who was that person just now?"

"You said Brother Yu." Gu Tingnan glanced at the direction outside the alley, and explained casually: "That is the elder brother of Ah Yao's sister-in-law in Ah Heng's family. A Yao's father was originally a military general in the north. Brother Yu He also joined the army with his father when he was young, and the father and son have been stationed in Ganzhou in recent years, and they were just called back to Beijing a few days ago—"

"Ayao hasn't seen her father and brother for several years. This time, taking advantage of the baby's full month, she moved back to the Yu family. I haven't seen the Yu family's uncle for a long time, so I came with him."

She said, pointing to the scattered mansion behind the street: "The Yu family is just behind the street, but it's quite close to Dingbeihou's Mansion."

Wang Jingyong glanced at the direction of her finger, and when he turned his head, he asked mysteriously: "Based on this, you and him are childhood sweethearts?"

Gu Tingnan looked at him: "That's right."

He asked again: "Two little guesses?"

Gu Tingnan smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Of course not—Vice General Wang had a voice in his heart that was about to come out.

When it came to the mouth, it changed into: "Then... is he married?"

Gu Tingnan smiled and shook his head slightly: "Not yet."

Vice General Wang frowned, and said in a tone of "this is outrageous", "Is he still unmarried at his age?"

"Deputy General Wang is also at the same age, hasn't he never married?" As she spoke, she took another step towards him. With this movement, it seemed that only two people could be accommodated in the already narrow alley.

He looked at her motionless as if he had been immobilized.

"Vice General Wang has always kept people away thousands of miles away, and suddenly he cares so much about my affairs with others, isn't he afraid that I might be misunderstood?" She raised her face slightly, her eyes reflected the moonlight, and there was a gleam of brilliance.

When he lowered his eyes, the distance between the two seemed to be very close.

At such a distance, something happens, it seems reasonable.

And for some answers, yes or no, at this moment, it no longer takes a sharp and sober mind to distinguish.

Instinctive and drunk, Wang Jingyong leaned down and kissed the bright red lips.

Without hesitation, Gu Tingnan put his hand on his shoulder.

This action, like a spark starting a prairie fire, burned the night into a blaze.

……

The next day was the princess's birthday banquet.

Unlike other people who came to the palace for the banquet, Hengyu taught Princess Jiayi as usual today.In the afternoon, as soon as he came out of the Eastern Palace Academy, he was invited by the envoy Yuejian to the Crown Princess.

　Good night everyone~
　　The transitional chapter is over, starting tomorrow (no)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)