Chapter 51 Pregnant "Sister, you're so cruel, leaving yourself all alone..."

"Sister, you're so heartless! You monopolize the prince all by yourself, can't you even have pity on me? I just want to stay by the prince's side!" Jiang Xinyan was on the verge of collapse. If she went back like this, she would never have another chance.

“Sister Jiang, this is the last time I’ll call you sister. I was able to persuade the prince to save you when you were in danger, but it doesn’t mean I have to save you every time you’re in trouble. A life for a life, and that was settled when your ship was leaking and you were almost caught by bandits!”

"You refused to marry the man your father had chosen for you. If you had come to me and the Prince to ask for a marriage, I would have even given you a dowry. But you avoided me and went directly to the Prince to ask him to take you in."

She knew that with Zhao Linzhang by her side, many more women would flock to her like moths to a flame. She had thought this younger sister was different from the other women, but unexpectedly, she was even more terrifying. This feeling was like being betrayed, and then told she was inferior to her! It was truly infuriating!

“You’re right. Your family background is better than mine, and your looks and talent are also superior to mine. Does that mean the prince has to take you in? There are countless women in this world with good family backgrounds and good looks. Do you expect me to let them all come into the manor for the prince to take in?”

After Shen Yunrong finished speaking, the man holding her hand tightly chuckled and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Shen Yunrong glanced at him; she was seriously defending her husband.

"Someone, see them out!" Zhao Linzhang received a look from his wife and quickly shooed them away. The couple had many things to do and didn't have time to waste words on these irrelevant people.

Jiang Xinyan was distraught and asked to leave the manor by Steward Tan. She was wrong from the start. Sister Shen was right. She could have been the principal wife, living a simple life in a humble household, but she was blinded by greed and only saw the wealth and luxury of the royal manor.

"Alright, don't be angry. I really didn't know she would use her father's name to request an audience!" Zhao Linzhang coaxed his wife softly.

Shen Yunrong's face was still flushed with anger: "I've been so good to her, and she actually dares to covet you!"

“Your husband is a hot commodity, you’d better keep a close eye on him!” Zhao Linzhang said with a serious expression, and Shen Yunrong couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"How dare you boast like that!"

"Alright, don't get angry with those people!"

Xiao Qiu rushed over: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Old Madam has suffered a terrible loss!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunrong's face turned pale instantly, her lips moved but she couldn't make a sound, and her whole body went limp. Zhao Linzhang had to support her to prevent her from falling.

"May I call a doctor?"

"We've already asked the doctor, but he usually wakes up shortly after acupuncture. This time it's been a whole day! The old lady is still unconscious!" Xiao Qiu said anxiously.

"Let's go see the old lady!" Zhao Linzhang supported his wife, who was unable to speak. He had a vague premonition in his heart that the old lady was most worried about her daughter. Now that they were married, her heart was breaking, and he was afraid that her days were numbered.

The mother's face was as pale as gold paper, and she was breathing very little and exhaling much!

"How could this be? Mother was still lucid yesterday!" Only a day had passed, and Shen Yunrong felt an intense emptiness in her chest, as if a huge boulder was pressing down on her, making it hard to breathe.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Madam, alas! I have done my best!" The old doctor had not yet left; this was Xue Wu Hui, a renowned physician in Pingnan City.

"Dr. Xue, is there any other way? What medicine do you need? I will have it sent over immediately!"

"Your Highness, the old lady is already at her last gasp, and medicine is useless!" Xue Wu Hui cupped his hands, for doctors fear most encountering these kinds of illnesses that they are powerless to cure.

"Miracle doctor, is there really no other way for my mother?" Shen Yunrong's tears fell like pearls from a broken string.

Doctor Xue shook his head helplessly.

Shen Yunrong felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and her body went limp as she collapsed. Fortunately, Zhao Linzhang was right beside her and caught her in time.

"Dr. Xue, what's wrong with her?" Zhao Linzhang asked in fear, holding the soft woman in his arms.

"This?" Doctor Xue exclaimed in surprise after pressing his hand on the unconscious woman's pulse, then held his breath and said, "Your Highness, the Princess Consort is pregnant!"

"What did you say?" Zhao Linzhang asked in disbelief. It wasn't that she had difficulty conceiving.

"The princess is three months pregnant, and she is probably suffering from a heart attack due to anger. I will prescribe some medicine to prevent miscarriage!"

"Thank you so much, Dr. Xue!" Zhao Linzhang hugged his wife, then looked up at his seriously ill mother-in-law. The joy of having a son was somewhat overshadowed.

Shen Yunrong slowly woke up and met Zhao Linzhang's bloodshot eyes. She hurriedly tried to get up: "Mother!"

"Mother-in-law is fine, but... but you are pregnant now, so please don't upset the baby!" Zhao Linzhang held down the woman who was about to bounce up.

"What do you mean pregnant?" Shen Yunrong asked hesitantly, then realized what she meant and looked down at her still flat stomach.

"You mean, the child!" She thought she would only have one daughter, Ruoyu, in this life, but she never expected that she could be a mother again.

"Yes, our second child is here!" Zhao Linzhang was overjoyed.

Shen Yunrong covered her lower abdomen with both hands; there was another little life inside.

"Mother will be very happy!" Shen Yunrong hurriedly wanted to tell her mother the good news.

"Okay, I'll go with you!" While she was unconscious, Zhao Linzhang carried her back to their courtyard.

In Chen's mother's room, Doctor Xue had been keeping watch. When they arrived, he bowed and stood aside.

"Dr. Xue must be tired after taking care of my mother for so long. Xiao Qiu, take Dr. Xue to rest!" Shen Yunrong felt a little reluctant to leave the doctor, who was even older than her mother.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"I'm sorry to trouble you to stay at my residence tonight, sir!" Zhao Linzhang was afraid of any unexpected situation in the middle of the night, so he dared not send the doctor back.

"This is my duty!"

After seeing the doctor off, Zhao Linzhang sat down with Shen Yunrong and took her hand, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll be by your side!"

She had a premonition that her mother was going to leave her, but when the day finally came, she felt as if her soul had been ripped away.

She couldn't eat, and Zhao Linzhang felt sorry for her but couldn't help her. He could only persuade her to drink half a bowl of bird's nest porridge for the sake of the child.

Shen Yunrong held her mother's hand as she did when she was a child, and fell asleep by the bedside at some point. In her hazy state, she heard someone stroking her hair.

She was immediately jolted awake; Zhao Linzhang had just gone out on business.

It was her mother, with her withered hands, laboriously stroking her head again and again.

"Mom, you're awake! Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Are you hungry? What would you like to eat?"

“Mother isn’t hungry, child, listen to what your mother has to say!” A strange blush appeared on Mother Shen’s face.

"Mother, I'm listening, I'm listening!"

"After Mother passes away, ask the Prince to move Father's grave here. That way, we can keep a closer eye on you!"

"Mom, don't talk nonsense, you'll get better!"

"Your mother has finally waited for you to get married. Your mother has no regrets. Don't cry. Your mother should go find your father now!"

"No, Mother, don't leave me and Ruoyu! Oh, Mother, I'm pregnant! Wait a minute, come and see my and the Prince's second child!"

"Is it true? God bless my son, now I can finally rest easy!"

The prince is a good boy. He has your heart. You must be good to him. Mother can't wait any longer! Mother is so happy, so happy! After saying these words, Mother Shen had exhausted all her strength. She tried to raise her hand to stroke her daughter's face, but her hand suddenly fell in mid-air.

Shen Yunrong stared blankly as her mother smiled and closed her eyes, then cried out in heart-wrenching pain, "Mother!"

As soon as Doctor Xue entered the room, he knew that Madam Shen had already passed away. He pressed his withered hand and shook his head at Zhao Linzhang.

My mother-in-law has passed away!

"I have no mother anymore, sob sob...!" Shen Yunrong cried her heart out; the person who was best to her in the world had left her forever.

"You still have me, and our children!" Zhao Linzhang comforted her with tears in his eyes; he understood the feeling of losing a loved one.

"Yes, Mother definitely wouldn't want to see me cry. She said she's very happy. She went to find my father!" Shen Yunrong wiped away her tears.

"Your Highness, could you please send someone to move my father's grave here so that he can be buried with my mother?" This was my mother's last wish!

"Okay! I'll send someone to take care of it right away!"

Zhao Linzhang gave Madam Shen a grand funeral. Shen Yunrong, having lost her mother and being heavily pregnant, was listless every day.

After finishing his official duties, Zhao Linzhang would always tell her some interesting stories from the streets to cheer her up.

At four months, the baby's belly was already showing a slight bulge. Sometimes the baby would roll around inside, which Zhao Linzhang found particularly fascinating. He would put his ear close to listen to the movements inside.

He wants to make up for the lack of fatherly love he received while his wife was pregnant with Ruoyu.

"He kicked me!" Zhao Linzhang returned early again that day, and the first thing he did was lie down on Shen Yunrong's stomach to listen.

But it was kicked by a foot that was so tiny it couldn't be smaller.

"He's grown up!" Having already been pregnant once, Shen Yunrong knew that this was all just the baby playing in her belly.

Was Ruoyu like that back then too?

“She was different back then, a little girl, always quiet and well-behaved!” Shen Yunrong was also a little puzzled as to why this one was so noisy!

"Daughters are still the best!" Zhao Linzhang had a bad feeling that this boy was probably a brat, so mischievous.

"Mother said that it's fine for Ruoyu to have a companion, whether it's a boy or a girl!" Shen Yunrong thought it would be best if he were a boy, so that he could protect his sister.

"That's right, do you remember that Jiang woman? She eloped with a scholar!"

“Sister Jiang, no, Jiang Xinyan?” Shen Yunrong was somewhat surprised, but quickly said in a calm tone, “This does seem like something she would do!”

She was always impatient for quick success and only saw what was in front of her. No matter what, the Jiang family was an official family, and her father would not force her to become a concubine of a 60-year-old man. But she did not believe it. In fact, she only believed in herself.

"Lord Jiang even came to me for help in finding him!" Zhao Linzhang found it amusing; did he really seem like such a kind-hearted person?

"If Your Highness has any clues, please help him find his daughter!" Raising a daughter is not easy. If she runs away to become a concubine, then Mr. Jiang's willingness to swallow his pride and beg Zhao Linzhang must mean he has some affection for this daughter.

"Hmm!" Since the lady had spoken, he instructed his subordinates to keep a close eye on things.

Zhao Linzhang leaned over her chest, deeply inhaling her scent, and forcefully suppressed his impulse once again.

"The doctor said you can't!" Shen Yunrong could see that he was in pain, but she didn't dare to take the risk and told him to just bear it and it would pass.

"Yes, listen to the doctor, I'm fine!" the man said in a hoarse voice, his forehead veins bulging from holding back his pain.

He can endure it for only a few months!