"My feet hurt." Yin Qingyi looked at Yinzhen with teary eyes. Logically speaking, she was already in the late stages of pregnancy, and even if her face was beautiful, it couldn't be that good-looking.

But it was so amazing that only Yin Qingyi's belly grew, while the rest of her body remained the same as before she was pregnant. In fact, her face was even more beautiful than before she was pregnant. Even though she looked a little haggard from the ordeal these past few days, it couldn't hide her beauty in the slightest.

Qiuju knelt down and took off Yin Qingyi's shoes. The moment she took them off, Qiuju gasped in surprise.

"Princess! Your feet are so swollen." Qiuju looked at her with heartache; her once beautiful feet were so swollen that they were unrecognizable.

Yin Qingyi quickly pulled up her skirt to cover her feet. Qiu Ju was usually quite composed, why was she acting like this today? Was her foot even fit to be shown to Yinzhen?

Yinzhen had already seen the pair of feet that were swollen beyond recognition. Yinzhen showed no disgust at all; in fact, he felt more heartache than disgust.

However, Yinzhen did not speak, but quietly sat with Yin Qingyi in the pavilion to rest. After he had rested enough, he stood up.

"Master, are you going back?" Yin Qingyi's heart tightened. Did Yinzhen see her and then look down on her? She was annoyed. How could Yinzhen have seen her like that?

"Why didn't you say your feet were so swollen? They must have been hurting on the way here, right?" Yinzhen picked up Yin Qingyi in his arms, his voice deep. He adjusted the strength and position of his arms so that the person in his arms would be comfortable without squeezing her stomach.

"Master?" Yin Qingyi was bewildered after being picked up by Yinzhen. What was going on? Wasn't he disgusted with her?

"I don't know what you're thinking all day! Do you think I'm such a shallow person? You suffer from bearing children for me, and I can still complain about you? Am I even human?" Yinzhen saw through Yin Qingyi's thoughts at a glance. All the little woman's thoughts were written on her face, and he didn't even need to try to guess them.

"..." Yin Qingyi didn't speak. At this moment, she didn't know if it was the pregnancy hormones that were making her want to cry after hearing Yinzhen's considerate words, but she didn't want to, so she could only remain silent. She knew very well that as soon as she opened her mouth, she would definitely be unable to control her tears.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Can't I say anything?" Yinzhen lowered his head, but could only see the back of her head; the little woman had buried her face in his chest.

"No," came Yin Qingyi's muffled voice.

"If you feel unwell in the future, just say so. You don't have to pretend to be strong in front of me." Yinzhen could hear the slight nasal tone in those two words, and he knew that this little woman was crying again.

"Hmm." Yin Qingyi still didn't raise her head. Although this posture made her a little uncomfortable, it was better than having others see her with tears streaming down her face. This wasn't Luoxue Pavilion. If others saw her like this, who knows how many stories they would come up with for her.

Seeing this, Yinzhen said nothing more and steadily carried the girl back to Luoxue Pavilion. Granny Qi followed behind without saying anything. She had checked this morning and the princess's feet were not swollen, nor had they ever been swollen before. This was probably another hurdle to overcome; the later stages of pregnancy were always more difficult.

"Nanny Naqi, should the royal physician examine her foot?" After setting Yin Qingyi down, Yinzhen turned to look at Nanny Naqi. Although he was the father of several children, he really didn't know these things.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this is normal for the Princess. She just needs to soak her feet in warm water and massage them. However, I'm afraid the Princess will be walking less in the future, and her feet will swell up more frequently. When they're swollen, it will be difficult for her to walk, so she'll have to come to walk many times a day," Granny Naqi replied truthfully.

"Well, then I'll have to trouble you, Granny Naqi. She's still young and doesn't understand anything, and the maids around her don't know how to do these things either." Yinzhen was relieved to hear Granny Naqi say that.

"This is what this old servant should do; it's nothing to trouble you with." Granny Naqi shook her head; this was something she was willing to do.

"Then I'll leave this place to Granny Naqi. I have some things to take care of, so I'll come again tomorrow." Yinzhen stood up and looked at Yin Qingyi sitting beside him. He reached out and patted her head, his tone full of affection: "You must be a good girl and listen to Granny Naqi. I'll come to see you again tomorrow."

"When have I ever been disobedient?" Yin Qingyi glared at her with her fox-like eyes, clearly displeased.

"Yes, you're the best." Yinzhen chuckled, pursed his lips, and turned to leave.

"Chunlan, go boil some hot water for the princess to soak her feet." Granny Naqi watched the interaction between the two from the side, feeling somewhat worried.

To be honest, both of them were quite important to her, and she was happy that they could get along well. However, she was clear in her heart that the women in the inner palace, especially those in the royal inner palace, could never lose their hearts. Such women usually did not have a good ending. She wanted the two of them to love each other, but she knew very well in her heart that it was impossible. Therefore, she did not want Yin Qingyi to care too much about Yinzhen.

But Yinzhen was also the child she had raised, and their feelings for each other were undeniable. She couldn't bring herself to ask Yinzhen to treat a woman who didn't love him so well, so Granny Qi was very conflicted.

As Granny Qi kept agonizing over this, Yin Qingyi noticed that something was wrong.

"Granny, what are you thinking about?" Yin Qingyi waved her hand twice in front of Granny Qi's eyes, but Granny Qi didn't see it and could only ask.

"Does Your Highness have any instructions?" Granny Naqi asked, snapping out of her reverie.

"No, I just saw you spacing out here, Granny. Granny, what are you thinking about so intently?" Yin Qingyi asked curiously. You see, since Granny came to Luoxue Pavilion, she had never seen her spacing out before, so she was very curious to see it today.