Chapter 200: Men’s morning sickness?
After a long while, Xiao Heng loosened his grip slightly and said softly, "Miaomiao, I heard that your father's fortieth birthday is in a month. Do you want to go back and see him?"
Liu Yuetang was stunned. She didn't expect that Xiao Heng would bring up this matter.
On the day she entered the palace for selection, she had thought that one day she would return home in glory to visit her parents and make Qi regret her choice.
But why would Xiao Heng let her go back to her parents' home when he knew that she had a bad relationship with her family?
She looked up at Xiao Heng, confused.
He looked at her with an exceptionally gentle expression, his eyes as bright as spring water and the moon. "Miaomiao, you told me before that you hate your mother and sister, right?"
Liu Yuetang nodded slightly.
Xiao Heng gently stroked her delicate shoulders: "Then go home, and return home in style to visit your parents with all the honor and favor I have bestowed upon you."
Seeing Liu Yuetang's clear eyes filled with surprise, Xiao Heng's expression became softer and more doting: "Miaomiao, the cruelest weapon to humiliate an enemy in this world is not a sword, but -"
His tone was calm yet tinged with a sharp chill as he spoke slowly, word by word, "Let them see with their own eyes that someone they once considered worthless has now ascended to a position unattainable to them. Even if they spent the rest of their lives, they still wouldn't be able to reach even a fraction of your clothes."
Liu Yuetang's eyes were burning as she whispered, "May I?"
"Of course."
Xiao Heng raised his fingertips and slowly straightened the hairpin on her bun, his words filled with unquestionable imperial pressure.
"You are now my Concubine Xi, and I am your backer. No one will dare to look down on you, and no one will dare to touch you."
Liu Yuetang looked at the dragon-patterned hair crown on Xiao Heng's head. If he was not an emperor, she would probably have believed it.
A really safe word...
But...he probably said this to more than just himself.
She pursed her trembling lips, as if deeply moved, and stretched out her arms to tightly embrace Xiao Heng's body, choking and calling out, "Your Majesty..."
"No one has ever said these words to me."
She clutched Xiao Heng's clothes tightly with her fingertips, as if she was afraid that if she let go, the person in front of her would disappear.
"I thought I would spend the rest of my life in loneliness...but I never imagined that God would have mercy on me and let me meet the Emperor, and that he would treat me so well..."
She sobbed, her throat choked with sobs and she couldn't speak, her shoulders heaving violently in his arms.
Hot tears slid down Xiao Heng's neck, and the spreading moisture burned his heart again and again.
He caressed Liu Yuetang's back distressedly, "Silly girl, I treat you well because you are so good."
Liu Yuetang still held him tightly, seeming to be so moved that she couldn't speak.
Xiao Heng stroked her head, his hot breath brushing against the tip of her ear: "If you keep crying, be careful that our child will also be a crybaby."
Liu Yuetang finally stopped crying and smiled through her tears: "No way~"
She quickly raised her sleeves to wipe away the only two tears on her face.
He couldn't help but frown as he covered his face with his sleeves.
How come I have no tears when I get pregnant?
I just shed a few tears.
Seeing her secretly wiping away her tears before looking at him, Xiao Heng felt even more distressed and raised his hand to rub her flushed cheeks.
"Okay, let's eat quickly, or the food will get cold."
Liu Yuetang took a deep breath and nodded with a smile: "Okay, I will serve the dishes for His Majesty."
After she finished speaking, she was about to pick up the chopsticks, but as soon as she raised her hand, Xiao Heng grabbed her wrist.
"Sit down, I have my own hands."
After helping Liu Yuetang sit down, Xiao Heng picked up a white porcelain soup spoon and scooped half a bowl of pigeon soup. Then he used the back of his hand to check the temperature. After confirming that it was still hot, he gently placed it next to Liu Yuetang.
"I just shed so many tears, I need to make up for it."
Liu Yuetang was slightly stunned. This was the first time that Xiao Heng served her soup. It seemed that she benefited from the baby in her belly. In addition, the words she just said completely won his sympathy.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." She picked up the bowl and put a spoonful of food into her mouth.
Xiao Heng gazed at her quiet and gentle face, and couldn't help but recall the scene when Liu Yuetang had her first meal in Zichen Hall.
She picked up the crab and ate it with relish. Everyone else was focusing their attention on themselves while eating, but she was completely focused on the crab.
Her greedy and cute appearance at that time reminded him of his first lunch at the lap of Queen Wen Yi.
So after she left, he asked the imperial kitchen to send crabs over, and whenever he got something rare, he would subconsciously think of her.
After Liu Yuetang drank several mouthfuls of soup, she saw that Xiao Heng didn't move his chopsticks, so she picked up a piece of fish fillet and put it into his bowl.
"Your Majesty, I just ate this fish and it was quite good. Please try it."
Xiao Heng picked up the fish fillet, but before he put it into his mouth, he smelled a strong fishy smell. He suddenly felt nauseous and retched.
Liu Yuetang's expression tightened, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"I..." Before he could finish his words, the fishy smell made him so nauseous that he vomited several mouthfuls of water.
Liu Yuetang quickly stood up and patted Xiao Heng on the back.
He shouted to the outside world: "Go and get the imperial physician quickly."
Wanqiu and Zhou Defu, who had retreated to a distance, hurried forward.
Liu Zheng poured a glass of water for Xiao Heng to rinse his mouth, while Zhou Defu frowned anxiously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Please don't scare this servant."
After rinsing his mouth and drinking two more sips of tea, Xiao Heng finally felt much better. He turned his head to look at the worried Liu Yuetang and said, "I'm fine, I just felt a little nauseous for a while."
Zhou Defu looked at the delicacies on the table and asked, "Your Majesty, you have never had any issues with fishy smells. Why are you vomiting?"
He thought, even if someone was going to vomit, it should be Concubine Xi who should vomit, so why did the emperor vomit?
As he thought about it, Zhou Defu suddenly had an idea. He pointed at the fish dish with a serious expression and said, "Is there something wrong with this fish?"
Wan Qiu said quickly, "When this fish was sent to Yaoyue Palace, I had Doctor Shen examine it. We also tested it for poison before serving it. Logically, there shouldn't be any problems, and the Empress ate it, too."
Hearing that Liu Yuetang had eaten, Xiao Heng's brows tightened and he looked at Liu Yuetang: "Is Miaomiao okay?"
Liu Yuetang shook her head blankly: "I'm fine. I just praised the fish for being delicious."
Xiao Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I think it's just that my stomach has been a little cold these past two days. It's nothing serious."
After saying that, he asked Liu Yuetang to sit down and continue eating, while he ate some side dishes.
After the meal, Doctor Shen arrived.
He placed his fingertips lightly on Xiao Heng's pulse, held his breath and concentrated for a moment, then withdrew his hand and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty's pulse is stable, his Qi and blood are balanced, and there is nothing wrong with your body."
"Then why did the emperor vomit just now? Doctor Shen, please take a closer look at this dish."
Doctor Shen nodded slightly, picked up a piece of fish with his silver chopsticks and put it into his mouth. After tasting it carefully, he said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing unusual about this dish."
Zhou Defu was even more puzzled: "The emperor is in good health, and there is nothing wrong with this dish, so why is the emperor vomiting?"
Doctor Shen lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked at Xiao Heng cautiously, then lowered his head again, wanting to say something but hesitant.
Xiao Heng's tone was slightly deep: "Just say it!"
Doctor Shen said slowly, "I have heard of cases in the folk where husbands suffer from morning sickness while their wives are pregnant."
As soon as these words were spoken, the hall instantly became quiet. Liu Yuetang had never heard anything like this before and stood there in disbelief.
Xiao Heng's pupils shrank, and a cold rebuke of disbelief escaped from his throat: "Absurd!"
"How can a man have morning sickness when a woman is pregnant?"
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