Chapter 215
"I'm pregnant? Didn't the doctor take a wrong pulse?"
The doctor said very firmly: "Princess, don't worry, Cao Min has checked her pulse countless times, and there will be nothing wrong."
He said it with great assurance, and he was an old doctor again.
Lin Yunwan lowered her head and touched her belly, which was still very flat.
After sending away the doctor, the two maids became very gentle as soon as they came in, for fear of disturbing Lin Yunwan.
Cuiqin asked in a low voice: "...Princess, do you want to send someone to tell the prince?"
Lin Yunwan said: "Don't be in a hurry."
This was her first pregnancy, and it felt very strange. She wanted to tell Qi Lingheng, but she didn't want to.
"Didn't the doctor say that after the first three months, the fetal symptoms will gradually stabilize? We will wait until it stabilizes."
Lin Yunwan specifically asked them: "Don't mention this matter yet."
The two maids took it to heart, and when Qi Lingheng came back, they didn't say anything about this happy event.
Qi Lingheng was also too busy. He came back to see Lin Yunwan and left after having a meal.
He also didn't realize that when he wanted to be intimate, Lin Yunwan was refusing: "It's rare for the prince to come back, so take a good rest!"
I thought she just felt sorry for him and was tired.
"I heard that several counties around Yulin are colder than here. Don't think that because the weather is getting warmer, you should wear less clothes."
Lin Yunwan went to find some thick cloaks for him and put them in the cage.
Qi Lingheng looked at her busy look and suddenly liked the palace and their family very much.
Lin Yunwan was packing his things while mumbling instructions.
She looked up and saw Qi Lingheng looking at her and smiling.
"Why are you laughing, Your Majesty?"
Lin Yunwan covered the box and cage herself and ordered people to carry it out and put it on the carriage accompanying Qi Lingheng.
"I'm not laughing at anything, I just feel... having you in the palace makes me feel at peace."
Qi Lingheng stood up and smiled.
Lin Yunwan tied a cloak on him and said with a smile: "It seems that the construction of the river embankment in Yulin is very difficult? The prince has missed his family."
"I miss home."
Qi Lingheng suddenly hugged her tightly and was reluctant to leave.
"What kind of fragrance does it smell like?"
Lin Yunwan said: "There is no fragrance anymore, it smells like bergamot."
She pointed at the bergamot placed in the room. Because it was placed far away, the aroma was far away and near, and she couldn't tell that it was its aroma for a while.
Qi Lingheng still let go of his hand.
He briefly mentioned to her: "The embankment and weir are easy to repair, and there are plenty of good materials and good workmanship. The difficulty is dealing with the officials inside."
The officials in the imperial court were intertwined with each other, and the money used on the rivers and embankments was exploited layer by layer. There was not much that could really be used to do things.
Lin Yunwan also understands this.
When the prince first came to Jiang Qian, it was not easy to do things well.
She nodded: "You go ahead."
"gone."
Qi Lingheng patted her shoulder and told her not to send it away. It was still windy outside and he didn't want her to get cold.
"princess?"
Cuiqin came in to change the tea and saw Lin Yunwan in a daze, so she asked, "Are you worried about the prince's official duties?"
Lin Yunwan thought of the child in her belly, paused and said, "Let's not cause trouble to the prince."
She picked up the scissors, casually cut out a pattern for children, and said, "Go get my embroidery fabric."
I want to make bellybands and tiger-toe shoes for my children with peace of mind.
Half a month later, Qi Lingheng returned home after a long journey, and finally realized that Lin Yunwan was different from before.
He gave her a piece of meat with chopsticks, but she didn't move the chopsticks very much.
He didn't say anything immediately. After finishing the meal, he pulled her into his arms and interrogated her jokingly: "What's wrong with you? You don't smoke incense or put on makeup. Now you are picky about what you eat."
Lin Yunwan didn't want to sit in his arms.
Qi Lingheng tightened his arms, not letting her move, and asked in a low voice: "...Do you know what I have seen in the past half month?"
"Princess, please be honest."
Lin Yunwan stopped struggling and asked with a smile: "Then what do you think is going on, my lord?"
Qi Lingheng shook his head: "How do I know?"
The couple practiced Tai Chi for a long time, and Lin Yunwan suddenly said: "I'm pregnant."
Qi Lingheng was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but said, "You have a child?"
"Um."
Lin Yunwan said with mixed feelings: "It's only been less than three months. I originally wanted to wait until three months before telling you."
Judging from his keen look, he can't wait more than three months.
Qi Lingheng let go of his hand and touched her belly, not trying too hard for fear of pressing the child.
"No wonder..."
He quickly remembered that the last time he came back, she wouldn't let him touch her.
Qi Lingheng hugged her again and whispered: "Yun Wan, you should have told me earlier."
"I want to know earlier about this kind of thing in the future."
Lin Yunwan paused and hummed softly.
A dreamless night.
There was no call for water again at night.
"My lord, are you still going out?"
After getting up in the morning and having breakfast, the couple went for a walk in the garden together.
Qi Lingheng said there was no need to go for another half month, so Lin Yunwan mentioned Xiruo's marriage to him.
"I sent someone to inquire about him. He is a good man, but he is a bit dull. But his character is very good as a husband."
Qi Lingheng heard that he was the youngest son of the commander of the guards, and said: "He Xiruo is also a good match."
He made the decision and said: "If Xiruo is not young, don't delay. Let her take care of things as early as possible."
Lin Yunwan nodded and continued with the matter, but in the end she personally took care of it.
She did not feel wronged by Xiruo, and married Xiruo in June with a decent house and a generous dowry.
The couple had been together at home for a while, and Lin Yunwan's belly was getting bigger.
"Be careful, there is a threshold here."
Qi Lingheng couldn't help but hug Lin Yunwan across the threshold.
Lin Yunwan pushed him away and said with a smile, "I can still lift my legs."
It's just that my stomach is bulging, and sometimes I really can't see the road under my feet.
The two of them walked in the garden for a while, and Cuiqin came over and said, "Princess, Mrs. Dong is here."
Dong Shuangshuang was out of confinement and had recovered her health. Occasionally, she would bring her sister over to talk to Lin Yunwan to relieve her boredom.
Qi Lingheng knew that the female family members had to talk about themselves, so he said: "I will send you back, and I will go out to meet a few people."
Lin Yunwan nodded and returned to the courtyard. Qi Lingheng avoided suspicion and did not go to see Dong Shuangshuang, but took him to the study.
"Shuangshuang, who will you take care of when you come out?"
The last time she came here, she mentioned that her mother-in-law still couldn't help but want to snatch the child.
Dong Shuangshuang said: "My mother-in-law took my brother over again, but we agreed that when I am at home, my brother must educate me."
She said forcefully: "I told my mother-in-law that the princess also likes our brother very much. My mother-in-law doesn't dare to snatch him away and not send him back."
Lin Yunwan was very pleased.
She didn't mind Dong Shuangshuang taking advantage of her, but she was afraid that Dong Shuangshuang was too weak and would always be manipulated by her mother-in-law.
"How's it going in your drug store?"
Lin Yunwan got down to business.
The Lu family is in the pharmacy business, and there are several big shopkeepers who are very good at running medical clinics.
Dong Shuangshuang said: "Princess, for those medicines you mentioned, I asked them to collect as much as they can. From the several prefectures around Jiang Qian, they basically bought everything they could buy."
Since she was pregnant with the child, she began to learn to be a housekeeper and take care of business matters.
Now he can speak in the Lu family.
For the sake of her grandson, Mrs. Lu dare not disobey her daughter-in-law.
Dong Shuangshuang was very confused: "Princess, those are medicinal materials for treating epidemic diseases. Why did you collect them?"
Lin Yunwan thought for a while and then said: "Several counties around Yulin suffer from floods every year... I'm afraid it won't be used."
Dong Shuangshuang said: "Didn't the river embankment be repaired a long time ago? There was nothing wrong with it last year, so it will be fine this year too!"
Lin Yunwan smiled lightly: "I hope."
They had just finished talking when it rained heavily the next day and lasted for half a month, making people feel restless.
As the celestial phenomena indicate, it may be a disaster year.
Lin Yunwan felt Qi Lingheng's irritability.
She gave him a cup of soothing soup.
Qi Lingheng picked it up, drank it in one gulp, and joked with her: "Why does it taste so good every time you deliver it?"
Lin Yunwan put her hand on his shoulder and said with a smile: "It's not because you only drink the ones I bring over every time."
He didn't taste it every time it was delivered from the kitchen.
Qi Lingheng smiled slightly.
He rarely told her anything that bothered her, but she understood everything.
Just when Lin Yunwan was about to relieve him, Ah Fu hurriedly came in: "Your Majesty..." When he saw Lin Yunwan, he stopped talking, but his face was very anxious.
"You go to the front yard first."
Qi Lingheng ordered Ah Fu.
Lin Yunwan said: "No need. Your Majesty, I will go back by myself."
Qi Lingheng called Cuiqin over and said seriously: "Take good care of the princess."
"yes."
Cuiqin helped Lin Yunwan leave. She heard intermittent voices coming from inside: "The river embankment... has been broken...".
