Chapter 241 Listening to Fetal Movements
When Xiao Heng heard this, his eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Moved? How did he move? Let me hear it."
After saying that, he couldn't wait to put his ear to his abdomen, holding his breath and concentrating on feeling the movement in his abdomen.
But a long time passed, and there was no movement in his stomach. Just as he was about to look up, he felt a faint tremor on his cheek, like a small fish swimming nimbly in the water.
"I heard it!"
He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and looked up at Liu Yuetang with a smile.
"This kid is greeting me."
His usually calm and stern face was now filled with the expectation and satisfaction of being a father. The corners of his eyes were filled with unconcealable joy, with a hint of silliness.
Liu Yuetang smiled, her eyes curved like two clear springs, "Your Majesty! You don't even know if it's a boy or a girl, but you're still calling her 'boy'. Aren't you afraid that she might be a princess and get upset?"
The smile on Xiao Heng's face faded a little, "I just said it in the heat of the moment, the baby in my belly won't blame me."
Liu Yuetang still had a smile on her face, but she already understood in her heart.
Xiao Heng prefers the prince.
That's right... within these palace walls, daughters are just icing on the cake. Only princes are the foundation for stabilizing the throne and continuing the country's prosperity.
"Let me hear it again..." Xiao Heng lowered his head and placed it on Liu Yuetang's bulging belly, saying softly, "Be obedient in the womb. You'll be able to come out to see Father and Mother in four months."
In the afternoon, the heavy snow gradually stopped.
After Xiao Heng returned to the Qinzheng Palace to meet with the ministers, Su Nanqing came.
Liu Yuetang was delighted to see Su Nanqing's face, "Sister, it's so cold outside, why did you come here?"
Su Nanqing took the hand warmer bag from Taxue's hand and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, so I thought of coming to see you."
"This is the hand warmer bag I made for you."
Liu Yuetang took the bag, stroked the brocade and said in surprise: "This is Shu brocade, it's a pity to use it to make a bag, sister."
Su Nanqing smiled gently and stroked Liu Yuetang's hand: "As long as I do it for you, it won't be a pity at all."
As she spoke, she looked at Liu Yuetang's figure: "Let me see... You seem to have gained a lot of weight, and your belly is much bigger too."
Liu Yuetang handed the cloth bag to Wanqiu, spread her arms and said, "Yes, I've grown very fast this month, and my belly has become bulging."
Su Nanqing raised his hand and placed it on Liu Yuetang's lower abdomen, caressing it gently with his palm: "In the last two months, your belly will get bigger and bigger, and the baby in your belly will also get bigger and bigger."
Even through her clothes, she could still feel the tense muscles beneath her skin, the familiar feeling of a bulging pregnant belly.
Once upon a time, she also liked to gently stroke her belly and whisper sweet words to the baby inside.
Su Nanqing's fingertips paused for a moment, and she looked up at Liu Yuetang: "Sister, if one day, this child has to be raised by someone else, would you be willing?"
Liu Yuetang was slightly stunned: "Why do you ask that, sister?"
Su Nanqing removed his hand from her abdomen: "I just suddenly became curious and wanted to ask."
"After all... there are so many things that have to happen in this palace. Children... can never be with their biological mothers."
As she spoke, her face was filled with sorrow, and a trace of sadness gradually spread to her eyes.
Liu Yuetang knew that she had never let go of the Fourth Prince's death. She held her hand tightly and said softly, "Sister... I know Bai'er's death was a huge blow to you."
"Don't worry... I am a concubine now, and I will never let my child be raised by anyone else."
Su Nanqing smiled slightly: "That's good... Fortunately, you have a high position."
Liu Yuetang took her to sit down together: "Sister, after the child is born, I will let him call you Auntie, or Mother Rou, okay?"
"Then we'll watch him grow up together."
Su Nanqing nodded heavily, tears welling up in her eyes: "Okay! Let's watch him grow up together!"
She placed her hand on the back of Liu Yuetang's hand, and they smiled at each other.
When Xiao Heng finished his official duties and came to invite Yuegong, it was already the hour of Xu.
The red charcoal fire in the hall flickered, making the hall warm and cozy, as if it were spring.
As soon as Xiao Heng stepped into the inner hall, he saw such a beautiful scene - a woman in a translucent gauze was leaning on the bed, her head lazily supported by one hand, her eyes slightly closed, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness and charm.
He walked forward lightly and waved his hand to let Liu Zheng, who was massaging Liu Yuetang's calves, step back.
Then he sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and gently kneaded Liu Yuetang's calves.
After a long while, no one on the bed noticed his arrival. Xiao Heng couldn't help but look at Liu Yuetang, only to see that she was still resting with her eyes closed.
Xiao Heng slowly withdrew his gaze, and when he saw Liu Yuetang's hazy and soft figure, his eyes fixed instantly and his Adam's apple moved slightly.
He raised his hand, wanting to stroke from her calf upwards, but suddenly saw her slightly bulging belly. He cleared his throat and forced himself to suppress the restlessness in his heart.
"It hurts... Your Majesty." The strength of his fingertips gradually increased, and Liu Yuetang couldn't bear it anymore and made a sound.
Xiao Heng raised his eyes and saw her slowly opening them. He smiled and said, "Okay! Liu Yuetang."
"You knew I was coming, didn't you?"
Liu Yuetang smiled brightly and glanced at him gently: "Your Majesty, I can tell you are here just by the scent of your presence."
"I just want Your Majesty to massage my legs more often."
After saying this, she slowly stood up from the couch with her bare hands, and the gauze as thin as a cicada's wing accidentally slipped down, revealing half of her frosty forearm.
Xiao Heng's gaze fell on the forearm and the fullness, and the lust in his eyes became even stronger.
After a moment's pause, he calmly looked away and put the veil back on her.
"Although there is a charcoal fire in the house, you are pregnant. Don't wear such light clothes in the future."
As he spoke, he reached out and held Liu Yuetang's hand. Only when he felt the warmth did he feel relieved.
Liu Yuetang stared at Xiao Heng in a daze. In the past, even if she just touched her gauze dress lightly, he would be unable to resist the temptation and pounce on her.
Why is it that ever since I got pregnant, no matter how seductively I dress, he still has no interest in me?
Could it be that it was because he had often stayed at Yaoyue Palace in the past two months?
Because we see each other every day, the passion gradually fades and the novelty is gone.
Seeing Liu Yuetang's watery eyes staring at his face, Xiao Heng asked in confusion: "What? Is there something dirty on my face?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a touch of warmth suddenly covered his lips. Xiao Heng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he looked at Liu Yuetang in disbelief and surprise.
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to kiss her lips.
Just as Xiao Heng's reason was melted by the overwhelming heat, Liu Yuetang suddenly released her lips.
Their eyes met, and her delicate lips moved slightly: "Your Majesty, there is nothing on your face. It is you who... miss you."
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