Chapter 104 Chapter 104 We are in love with each other, from...

Fang Ying said goodbye to Li and walked back to her room. Lichun smiled and said, "Madam, you are really happy today. The whole yard is full of joy."

"Well, the Duke of the County is coming back, and there are many happy events at home." Fang Ying also felt that her mother-in-law was particularly happy today.

"It's my wife's pregnancy that makes Madam happy the most," Lichun said happily. "When the Duke returns home and finds out, he'll surely be very happy too."

"Really?" Fang Ying felt that Li was happy to know that she was pregnant, but it seemed that she was not as happy as Lichun said, to the point that everyone in the yard was so happy.

After all, it wasn't the first time she had grandchildren. Even if the illegitimate sons weren't counted, the second wife had already given birth to three granddaughters. She had just gotten pregnant, so it wasn't enough to make her mother-in-law so happy. It was probably because there were so many happy events in the family.

When Ji Yanlang returned home and mentioned the Huang family's gift, Fang Ying mentioned that Li was particularly happy, "She even noticed the beginning of spring."

"I really think I can hide it as a mother." Ji Yanlang said with a smile.

"What are you hiding?" Fang Ying didn't understand.

Ji Yanlang raised his hand and gently placed it on her abdomen. "I went to tell mother what the imperial physician said. She was so happy that she asked someone to arrange for us to go to Xiangguo Temple to fulfill our vow. I said that the imperial physician's words must have been effective. When we talked about it this morning, mother was not so happy."

"You're asking for trouble." Fang Ying said to him with a smile.

Ji Yanlang chuckled, "Mother was happy today, and she didn't even scold me. Not only did she not scold me, she even said that of course she was happy, but the imperial physician hadn't come to see her yet. She was afraid that if it wasn't her turn, she would be too happy and we would feel uncomfortable."

"Oh," Fang Ying understood, "so Mom was deliberately hiding her happiness and not showing it all, right?"

Ji Yanlang nodded: "Mother also said that pregnant women are often more worried than usual. You are the first child, and she is too happy. She is worried that you will become a burden if she keeps it in her heart."

Fang Ying was somewhat moved: "I see, I thought Mother had seen a lot..."

Ji Yanlang held her hand and said with a smile, "I thought so too. I even told Mother about it, but Mother turned her face up and told me to come back for dinner and then go to her place to be lectured. She said she had a lot to tell me."

"I knew you couldn't escape this scolding." Fang Ying smiled and ordered Lichun, "Hurry up and serve the meal. Don't be late and disturb the Madam's rest."

Ji Yanlang: "...Why are you so happy when my mother teaches me a lesson?"

"Shouldn't I be happy?" Fang Ying asked back, "Mother said that after Fourth Mother gets married, she will go to Zhenzhou with Father. I'm afraid it won't be so easy to listen to Mother's teachings in the future."

"But you're pregnant now. Can mother really just abandon us?"

"Don't tell Mom that."

"Why?" Ji Yanlang was puzzled. "Don't you also want your mother to go north in the middle of winter?"

Fang Ying really didn't want to. After she got pregnant, she hoped to have elders around her who she could rely on. However, she said, "We can't just think about ourselves. Mother really wants to go to Zhenzhou to reunite with her father. She always has so much longing when she talks about it."

"Really?"

Ji Yanlang really didn't know. Seeing Fang Ying nod, he thought for a while and finally sighed: "You are right."

After the two of them had dinner, Ji Yanlang wrapped himself in a cloak and went out. Fang Ying paced back and forth in the room to digest the food, and chatted with Lichun for a while. Later, when they both began to yawn and feel sleepy, Ji Yanlang came back.

"Mom said we won't go to Zhenzhou this year." He said when he saw Fang Ying, "But it wasn't me who suggested it, it was Mom who suggested it herself."

"Is it because of me?" Fang Ying asked.

Ji Yanlang handed the cloak he had taken off to the maid, rubbing his hands and saying, "You are my first child, and my mother-in-law passed away early, so I am worried."

Fang Ying's eyes welled up: "Mom always thinks of us in everything..."

Ji Yanlang rubbed his hands to warm them up, then took her in his arms and sat down, smiling and interrupting: "Why don't you ask how mother taught me a lesson?"

Knowing that he was deliberately trying to cheer her up, Fang Ying blinked and asked with a smile, "How did you teach me a lesson?"

"you guess."

Fang Ying pretended to think for a moment and said, "I told you to be more accommodating to me?"

"Yeah," Ji Yanlang nodded, "and you said I have a bad temper and told me to control it - you tell me, isn't my temper good enough now?"

"It's indeed much better now." Fang Ying nodded with a smile.

"...It wasn't that bad originally, was it?" Ji Yanlang muttered unwillingly.

"What else did you say?"

Ji Yanlang sighed pretentiously: "You've said too much, asking me to learn to be more considerate and caring towards you, and not to be like my second brother, who is the father of three children but still doesn't understand anything."

He didn't wait for Fang Ying to speak, and continued, "That's all fine. We've already made preparations. Just like Mother said, if there are mistakes, we should correct them; if there are none, we should learn from them. But do you know what Mother warned me about in the end?"

"I really can't guess." Fang Ying shook her head. What could be considered a warning?

Ji Yanlang glanced at the maids standing by and asked them to fetch some hot water for him to soak his feet. Then he approached his wife and whispered, "Mother told me to abstain from sex."

Fang Ying: “…”

She glanced at Ji Yanlang, but he said seriously, "Really? Aren't we not allowed to have sex in the first three months?"

The imperial physician had just mentioned this this morning... Ah, Fang Ying began to understand: "It was my negligence."

"What did you overlook?" Ji Yanlang saw her looking outside and quickly raised his hand to block her gaze. "Mother was preparing for a rainy day and warning me first, but that doesn't mean I have those thoughts!"

"What did mother warn you?" Fang Ying asked, ignoring his explanation.

"Mother started by describing the fall of the previous dynasty, the rise and fall of Qi and Jin, and then the various princes in the north and south, and the countless heroes and outstanding figures who established great achievements," Ji Yanlang paused for a moment, then continued, "To the point where few lived long lives, let alone natural deaths."

Fang Ying: “…”

How did you get here?

Ji Yanlang looked at her expression and laughed: "I was exactly like you are now. Mother asked me the reason. Do you know why?"

He didn't know at that time that his mother wanted to warn him, so he couldn't imagine it.

"Mother said it was all because of wine, sex, money and anger."

Fang Ying suddenly realized, "That's true. Even if monarchs of various countries don't indulge in wine and women, they often have hot tempers, and there are many who plunder treasures and indulge in pleasure."

"Yes, how can such a person consolidate his foundation and unify the country?"

Fang Ying understood: "Mom is asking you to take this as a warning and cultivate your character?"

Ji Yanlang nodded: "Mother said that it was okay in the chaotic times before, but now that the world is stable, we should not learn the warriors' greed for wine and lustful habits, but should focus on taking care of ourselves."

Li's words were truly valuable advice, and she had chosen this moment to warn Ji Yanlang with such care and effort that Fang Ying could not help but be moved.

"Mother also said that a pregnant woman especially needs her husband's love and care. When she was pregnant with my eldest brother, my father was away leading troops and couldn't come back. She felt wronged. Now that I'm home well, if I don't put my mind on you and only care about myself, she will be the first to not forgive me."

Even if she was my own mother, she would be no more than this. Fang Ying's eyes immediately became wet and she was speechless.

Ji Yanlang saw it clearly, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled and said, "Why don't you ask me what I said?"

"What can you say?" Fang Ying choked up as she spoke. She quickly cleared her throat and continued, "Do you dare to disobey your mother in person?"

Ji Yanlang feigned displeasure: "Why don't you believe me? Am I the kind of person who can't wait to take a concubine as soon as his wife gets pregnant?"

You may not be now, but in the long run, who knows?

Fang Ying thought so in her heart, but smiled and said, "I didn't say that."

Ji Yanlang snorted: "Anyway, I told my mother that we are in love and have never thought about taking a concubine."

He looked straight into Fang Ying's eyes. "I'm so overjoyed that you're pregnant. Why would I take in a concubine just to not be able to sleep with you?"

When he said this in front of his mother, he added, "If you really do such a thing, you'd be no different from an animal." After being scolded by his mother, he remembered that although his father had not many concubines and maids, he still had quite a few, so he did not say it out loud.

It was this pause that made Ji Yanlang realize that Fang Ying's expression was not as happy as he had expected.

She seemed stunned, and it wasn't until Lichun and the others came in with water that Fang Ying came back to her senses and said, "Let's wash first."

The couple soaked their feet, undressed and went to bed. Ji Yanlang tucked in the quilt for Fang Ying and lay down too, but he didn't feel sleepy for a while.

He always felt that he had not finished what he said before, but when he thought about it carefully, he had said everything he wanted to say, but Fang Ying did not respond, so he felt that his words were left half-sentenced.

Is this a confession of his feelings? Doesn't she have anything else to say?

Ji Yanlang turned sideways and looked towards Fang Ying - Lichun had blown out all the lights, the inner room was dark, he could not see anything, he only heard her let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing much, I just feel so lucky to have such love and care from my mother..."

Fang Ying's voice was a little hoarse. Ji Yanlang was afraid that she would cry, so he hurriedly interrupted her with a smile: "Why are you only thinking about Mom? It's as if I have nothing to do with this."

"If you don't interrupt, it will be you."

Ji Yanlang immediately came over and coaxed, "It's my fault. Go ahead and talk. I promise not to interrupt."

Fang Ying seemed to chuckle, and then said, "I really didn't expect you to think so. It's not that I believe you or not, but I have always seen that, let alone a family like ours, even small officials with some wealth rarely don't have concubines."

Ji Yanlang resisted the urge to interrupt and listened to her continue, "If we talk about the deep love between husband and wife, then my father, mother, second uncle and second sister-in-law are also rare loving couples, so I never thought that you would not take a concubine."

"Even if I said so, you don't really believe it in your heart, right?" Ji Yanlang asked, remembering her slightly calm expression just now.

"I'm a little bit unconvinced."

Hearing her direct admission, Ji Yanlang felt a little uncomfortable. Unexpectedly, Fang Ying continued, "If it were you, would you believe it? In the mansion of a duke, your mother-in-law already treats you with love and care, and your young husband actually took the initiative to tell you that he doesn't want concubines..."

"I was listening to you carefully, but you are making up stories about me." Ji Yanlang laughed angrily.

Fang Ying defended herself: "Who made up the story? What I said is not true?"

Although her words were true, her tone was like she was acting outside. Ji Yanlang returned to his pillow and said angrily, "Just wait and see how I deal with you tomorrow."

It was too dark now, and she had just gotten pregnant. Ji Yanlang couldn't see her, and didn't dare to move. He could only say bitterly, "Go to sleep."

Fang Ying chuckled twice: "There's only one sentence left, and then I'll go to sleep."

Ji Yanlang turned over and said nothing.

"It's not that I don't believe you. On the contrary, I know that what you said was sincere. It's just that I can't believe that I'm so lucky."

Ji Yanlang's heart softened. He turned over and patted her lightly through the quilt, saying, "If you put it that way, I'm pretty lucky too. I survived a disaster, and you'll be waiting for me when I come back..."

Fang Ying smiled and agreed: "Well, we are all lucky, and this baby in my belly is even better."

Ji Yanlang liked to hear this, and the slight discomfort he had felt since Fang Ying didn't respond to him finally dissipated.

"Of course." He stretched out his arms and hugged Fang Ying, "Go to sleep."

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