Chapter 325: Chapter 230: News of Pregnancy
After learning of her pregnancy, Xie Wanqing became more cautious and stayed indoors whenever possible.
Worried that the days of wandering might have affected her, although she didn’t feel any discomfort, she still drank several doses of fetus-preserving medicine consecutively.
The days passed in a serene and leisurely manner.
Chen Xixi would come every day to chat with her, bringing pastries and vegetables grown by her mother-in-law.
The Li Family also raised a dozen or so chickens, and from time to time, they would gather some eggs to bring over.
Xie Wanqing understood the importance of social ties; she had spent several years learning household management by Mrs. Zheng’s side, and during the festive seasons, no matter the distance, it was necessary to send gifts to relatives and friends.
For closer kin, whatever seasonal fruits the farm produced, a basket would be sent over.
But being from a prestigious family, gift-giving was simply recorded in a book, and she just glanced at it. She had never experienced such a communal lifestyle filled with neighborhood interactions, which she found very novel.
In Chen Xixi’s words, she was like a phoenix that had fallen into a mountain nest, and found it surprisingly interesting.
As she spoke, there was a hint of envy in Chen Xixi’s eyes.
Only those noble ladies who have never suffered and grew up in a honey pot could have the courage to abandon their noble status and return to the countryside, right?
No matter how aloof Lu Ziyuan was, or how heavy his killing intent was, it was always towards others.
Although she hadn’t often seen their interactions, Chen Xixi knew that the God of Killing was probably reluctant to even speak harshly to his cousin.
Even an ordinary man with some silver coin would still buy a maidservant for help... Yet Prince Zhenbei, holding great power, even when drugged with an aphrodisiac, did not touch another woman.
At that time, her cousin had even married.
Most importantly, by staying with that God of Killing, once he ascends to the throne, her cousin would surely become Empress, and the child in her womb would be the legitimate Eldest Prince or Eldest Princess.
But now she could only follow their mother into the countryside, vulnerable to insults from others.
Xie Wanqing was holding a cup of milk, and when she looked up, she saw her cousin across from her giving her an indescribable look, and she said with amusement, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"..." Chen Xixi hesitated, her gaze moved from her delicate face to her belly that had yet to show, and she said in a low voice, "I heard something today."
"What is it?" At first, Xie Wanqing didn’t take it seriously, but after seeing her expression, she became more serious, "What happened?"
"Our Great Khan has a Crown Prince now, which is..." Chen Xixi tilted her chin slightly and said, "the father of your child."
Xie Wanqing was taken aback, then casually took a sip of milk and said, "I thought it was something else."
This was not surprising at all.
In his previous life, Lu Ziyuan was an Emperor, and in this life, as long as he wanted, the throne was within his easy reach.
Therefore, the earlier rumors of him coughing blood, being comatose, gravely injured, or on the brink of death, were indeed false.
Without her, he could more easily focus on ascending to become Emperor and sweep across the land.
"There’s one more thing, but it’s good news." Chen Xixi touched her own belly and smiled, "I’m pregnant too."
"Really?" Xie Wanqing’s eyes lit up.
Chen Xixi nodded with a smile, "It’s been over a month now, I just found out this morning. Normally, we would have to wait three months to announce it, but you’re not an outsider."
Over this period, the bond between the two sisters had indeed deepened.
Without kin to protect them, in Bianzhou City, they were each other’s only blood relatives.
