Ye Wanhe raised her eyes to look at Zhao Yun and said, "Your Highness knows exactly why I'm crying, so why test me with such words? I clearly don't want to defend Zhenzhu, yet you've already asked Your Majesty to announce the imperial decree to the world. How can I not be heartbroken?"

Zhao Yun ordered the palace maid to bring warm water, and he personally helped Ye Wanhe wash her face. "Whether it's Ye Wanhe or Wei Zhenzhu, you can be my wife. What difference does it make?"

Ye Wanhe said: "Your Highness, I will never be Wei Zhenzhu!"

Zhao Yun didn't say much, he just put his hand on Ye Wanhe's flat belly. The fetus was more than two months old but had not yet become apparent.

Zhao Yun said, "You'd better be careful in the first three months. On our wedding day, I asked the Ministry of Rites to simplify some procedures for you, for fear that you would be exhausted."

Ye Wanhe frowned, "Your Highness, I told you, I will never defend Zhenzhu."

Zhao Yun ignored her and gently placed his head on Ye Wanhe's lower abdomen.

Most men in Chang'an already have children by his age, and Zhao Yun is looking forward to having a child as soon as possible.

"Why can't I hear anything going on inside?"

Ye Wanhe said, "The fetus in the womb is only two or three months old. How can there be any movement? It will take five months for there to be any movement."

Zhao Yun chuckled and said, "There are no older maids in the Eastern Palace right now. You are pregnant, so we need to choose an experienced maid who knows medicine to take care of you. It would be better to let the wet nurse..."

Ye Wanhe quickly refused: "No!"

Zhao Yun said, "Nursinger is my most trusted nanny."

Ye Wanhe lowered her voice and said, "She was the one who gave me the abortion pills."

Zhao Yun frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't want Ye Wanhe to bring up this matter. He took Ye Wanhe in his arms and said, "Okay, I'll ask my mother to help you choose a trustworthy nanny. There's no need to mention this matter again in the future."

Ye Wanhe felt extremely ridiculous when she heard what Zhao Yun said.

Does not mentioning it mean that her previous child did not exist?

Ye Wanhe recalled the dream that had been haunting her, and the young man in the dream who called her mother, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes again.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun lowered his head and smelled Ye Wanhe's tears, then moved his kiss down and kissed Ye Wanhe's red lips.

Ye Wanhe frowned slightly and pushed Zhao Yun away. Seeing the puzzled anger in Zhao Yun's eyes, she quickly covered her lips with the back of her hand and pretended to retch.

Zhao Yun frowned slightly when he saw this and said, "You've been having morning sickness for almost a month, why is it still so severe?"

Ye Wanhe asked, "How can morning sickness be eliminated in just one month?"

Zhao Yun hurriedly asked someone to get some sour plum soup to help Ye Wanhe suppress her nausea.

--

In the Fu family.

Master Fu frowned as he looked at the imperial edict placed in the hall.

Fu Qianran's father, Fu Ting, walked up to Imperial Tutor Fu and said, "Dad, why did His Majesty marry Qianran to Xie Shi'an? And what about Wei Zhenzhu... How did the Wei family suddenly have such a daughter? Qianran is just one step away from becoming the Crown Princess."

Imperial Tutor Fu said, "Your Majesty has already granted the marriage, so we have to accept it no matter how inappropriate it is. Ming Er has been sentenced to exile to the northern border, and our Fu family should not make any more mistakes. Fortunately, Xie Shi'an is also the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple..."

Fu Ting frowned even more and said, "What about the position of Junior Justice of the Dali Temple? His mother is just a singing girl. When I was young, I went to restaurants and heard her sing Jiangnan folk songs. A woman of such a background is Qianran's mother-in-law. Your Majesty, are you afraid of our Fu family?"

Imperial Master Fu sighed, "Never mind. Qianran was broken off from engagement by the Crown Prince, so she couldn't marry into a good family anyway. Even though we've lost a daughter, we still have Anran. The most important thing is that Anran can marry Gu Yan."

Fu Ting was stunned: "Dad, isn't Gu Yan already married?"

Imperial Master Fu said, "Are you talking about that merchant's wife from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River? There are endless banquets in Chang'an during the spring. How many spring gatherings has that merchant's daughter attended at the homes of dignitaries? The daughters she gave birth to are not worthy of the surname Gu, which shows that she is not worthy of being in public.

Gu Yan would eventually take over the Ning Palace. How could the Ning Palace's mistress be a small-town merchant girl who was not presentable and would be laughed at? After all, he had to have a wife of equal status to be the palace's mistress.

Gu Yangang had just returned to Chang'an, and as an imperial censor, it was naturally difficult for him to divorce his wife immediately. He would wait for some time, and who knows when he would divorce his wife, who was from a merchant family."

Fu Ting said: "That's true."

--

In Qingfeng Garden.

Yun Xiangye was sitting on the swing in the yard and sneezed twice in succession. She didn't know who was talking about her behind her back.

"Mom." Xiao Nuonuo picked a lot of crabapple flowers and handed them to Yun Xiangye.

Yun Xiangye placed the crabapple blossoms on the small tuft of hair on Xiao Nuonuo's head, "Nuonuo is so beautiful."

"Mother is beautiful too. Mother is the most beautiful."

Yun Xiangye chuckled and held Nuonuo in her arms, "Nuonuo's little mouth is so sweet."

Yun Xiangye was swinging on the swing with Nuonuo. When she saw the person coming, the smile on her face paused slightly and she glanced at Gu Yan lightly.

Seeing this, Gu Yan walked over to the swing, picked up Nuonuo and said, "Do you miss your daddy?"

Little Nuonuo nodded and said, "I miss Daddy and the candied haws he brought back."

Xiao Nuonuo's speech was not very clear, but Gu Yan could already hear everything. He couldn't help but smile and pinched Xiao Nuonuo's cheek, "Little greedy cat, you must have inherited your mother's greed."

Yun Xiangye said, "I'm not greedy. I just follow your good things and imitate my bad things. It's obviously you who is greedy."

Gu Yan noticed Yun Xiangye's sarcastic tone and kept saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I just followed my craving."

Gu Yan chuckled as he handed a letter to Yun Xiangye and said, "My uncle and aunt will arrive in Chang'an sooner than originally planned. They should be here in about seven or eight days."

Yun Xiangye was happy to hear this, "That's great, my uncle and aunt will definitely miss me while we're on the road."

Yun Xiangye was only happy for a moment before frowning again. "However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already disregarded my feelings and asked me to defend Zhenzhu. I wonder if my uncle and aunt will be sad when they know about this?"

Gu Yan said, "That's the position of the Crown Princess. So what if she recognizes other people as her parents? You should know how noble the position of the Crown Princess is. All the people in the world are her subjects. Her child will be the emperor in the future. Why bother with whether the surname is Wei or Ye?"

Yun Xiangye said angrily, "According to what you said, in the future, Nuonuo can also recognize someone else as her father and change her surname in order to get married?"

Gu Yan whispered, "After all, Nuonuo's last name isn't Gu. If she can have a better future, she'll definitely change her last name to mine."

Yun Xiangye took Nuonuo back from Gu Yan's arms, "How casual! There's no need to wait until the future to recognize someone else as your father. I don't need to give you another chance. Go to mother right now and ask for a divorce. I'll find a new father for Nuonuo."

Gu Yan frowned and said, "How can this be the same?"

Yun Xiangye asked Nuonuo in her arms, "What kind of father do you want?"

Nuonuo tilted her little head and said, "Daddy who knows how to buy candied haws."