The full moon celebration was completely different from the 100-day celebration. The baby was brought out by the wet nurse and stayed obediently in her arms. When he saw Xu Lingzi, he couldn't help but reach out to grab her.

These eyes are quite useful; no wonder they open so quickly.

After the entire ritual, the child was adorned with many auspicious symbols and was then held by the wet nurse.

As night fell, the Duke's mansion was enveloped in the tranquil darkness, with the occasional gatekeeper and old woman leaning against the doorframe taking a nap.

Today is the fifteenth of the lunar month, and the moon outside is round and big. Li Shiyue leans against the window, lost in thought.

Suddenly, a weight was placed on my body, and I was given an extra coat.

After bathing, Xu Yunci wore clean undergarments, only her hair was dripping wet. She stopped beside Li Shiyue, followed her gaze, and immediately saw the bright, full moon hanging high in the night sky.

"The moonlight is beautiful tonight, but I can't sleep?"

Xu Yunci held her hand. It was almost the end of the year, and although there was a charcoal brazier burning inside, it was still quite cold with the windows open.

He gently squeezed Li Shiyue's cold fingers, closed the window, put his arm around her shoulder, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? It's cold and windy. Do you want to take those herbal soups?"

Since getting married, Li Shiyue has rarely been sick, and she has even rarely seen those medicinal soups.

Xu Yunci wasn't trying to scare her; he simply came out of the bath to find the beauty standing by the window, her brows furrowed with worry and sorrow, as if trying to envelop her and isolate the room from her.

Thinking she was still upset about Guo Cheng's actions today, Xu Yunci held her hand and said seriously, "I have already told Guo Xun what Guo Cheng did today, and he will naturally punish him."

"But that's the first time he's gotten his hands on that stuff today. It's a cheap, low-grade drug. I've decided to investigate where it came from, what it's supposed to be used for, and ideally, I should keep a record of it."

If such a drug were to become widespread, many people would use it to do bad things.

Some private transactions might be one thing if they remained unknown, but now that they were happening right before his eyes, Xu Yunci couldn't just sit idly by. If the Jingzhao Prefecture didn't take action, then there would be a lot of unrest in the capital.

"No, that's not it. I'm thinking about something else."

Li Shiyue shook her head slightly. Seeing the puzzled look on Xu Yunci's face, she turned around to face him, tilted her head slightly, and asked with seriousness and earnestness in her eyes: "Husband, do you like children?"

"They say we've been married for a long time, and I should have a child for you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Yunci's face did not show the expected smile, but instead became serious.

Li Shiyue felt a little uneasy. Did Xu Yunci not like children, or did he not like the child she bore...?

"Don't listen to that, Yan Yan."

Xu Yunci lowered his head slightly, sighed, and placed his hands on Li Shiyue's shoulders: "That's not right, so we shouldn't listen to it."

"Is that wrong? What do you mean?"

Li Shiyue looked up at Xu Yunci, not wanting to miss a single expression on his face, as if she was afraid that Xu Yunci was just trying to deceive her.

Xu Yunci sighed, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. However, there were some things he had to say, otherwise there would be misunderstandings between them. How could a husband and wife hold a grudge overnight?

"We've been married for quite some time now, and no one in our family is pressuring us to have children, so I feel we're not in a rush and want to wait a little longer."

"Moreover, the child is the most important testament to our relationship, as it means that we both have each other in our hearts. It's not about you having a child for me, but about me loving you more than myself, which is why we had the child."

Xu Yunci's voice had an inexplicable ability to soothe her unease, as if it possessed a special magic. As long as she listened to Xu Yunci speak, Li Shiyue's heart could quickly calm down.

For example, just now, she was standing by the window, and she had even thought of the worst possible outcome. But after Xu Yunci's words, she couldn't remember those things anymore. She was only thinking about what Xu Yunci said: "It's not that it should be for me, but that we both want to."

Actually, there was another point that Madam Xu told her after she came back tonight.

When Xu Yunci was young, Xu Yunxu was born. Perhaps the fetus was over-nourished in the mother's body, making it difficult for him to come out.

As a result, Yang suffered a lot. Xu Yunci felt sorry for his mother. At that time, he asked the Duke of Rongguo, and the answer he received was that Yang had not taken good care of her health when she was young.

Therefore, after the marriage, Xu Yunci never mentioned the child. He didn't want to put pressure on Li Shiyue, and he also wanted to tell her that the Rongguo Duke's Mansion didn't only have a husband, and that he liked all the daughters equally.

More than anything, he preferred to be with Li Shiyue. Regardless of whether they had children, he wanted to take better care of Li Shiyue and wait until her body was ready to conceive before preparing for pregnancy.

He couldn't bear to see Li Shiyue suffer like Yang Shi, and even worse, the slightest mishap could endanger both mother and child. This was something Xu Yunci would never gamble with.

"I was just thinking, the oldest men your age have children running around everywhere, and the youngest are over a hundred days old, so maybe we should—"

"don't want."

Xu Yunci's decisive and straightforward refusal was something Li Shiyue hadn't expected.

"Don't you want to be a father?"

Xu Yunci shook his head, looking at the slight unease in Li Shiyue's eyes, and cupped her cheeks in his hands.

His eyes held a gentle smile, the corners of his eyes turned up, and the smile at the corner of his mouth was quite meaningful.

"Jiaojiao, as long as you are by my side, what does it matter whether I can be a father or not? Even if I lose my child, I have you. Every day when I return home, the person I most want to see is my wife."

"So what if you have a child? I will be a good husband and a good father. Let's see if it's us, the father and son, who will protect you, or if it's me who will protect you and the child."

Xu Yunci's smile deepened, even showing a hint of pride. Her eyes seemed to be waiting for Li Shiyue's praise, and Xu Yunci smiled and gently pinched her cheek.

"Don't think too much about it. Children don't just appear out of thin air. Let's let nature take its course. When the time is right, they will come to find us."

Xu Yunci said with a smile, seemingly not really caring about the matter.

Li Shiyue looked at him suspiciously, when suddenly she was picked up and carried horizontally, which startled her so much that she quickly wrapped her arms around Xu Yunci's neck.

Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with anger and displeasure: "What did you do? You scared me."

Xu Yunci chuckled mischievously, and deliberately bounced Li Shiyue up and down while holding her. He glanced at the moon outside the window; it really was a round and big moon.

"Since my wife likes the child, I should naturally be happy to oblige. But how can we have a child without effort? I hope my wife and I can cooperate more."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Yunci had already carried her to the bed.