After their marriage, Xia Xiunian spent most of his time living at the Li residence. Every few days, he would bring Li Yunyan back to the Xia residence to have a meal with his family.
Feeling apologetic towards Li Yunyan, Xia's mother kept piling food onto her plate.
Li Yunyan could understand her choice that day, and she had no grudge against Xia's mother. After all, they only met occasionally, so it was enough to maintain appearances.
Today's meal was very plentiful. Looking at the rice bowl that was stuffed full, Li Yunyan suddenly felt nauseous.
She immediately put down her chopsticks, turned to the side, covered her face with a handkerchief, and took a few deep breaths.
A small action startled the whole family.
Xia Xiunian and his mother immediately came over to show their concern, and Xia's father also looked at her with his eyes.
Chunyu's nanny, Su, kept patting her back. "Miss! Are you alright? Should we call a doctor?"
Li Yunyan waved her hand, barely managing to suppress the nausea, and said, "I am a doctor myself."
She turned around and, under Xia Xiunian's concerned gaze, raised her hand to take her pulse.
By this time, they had been married for over a month, and the pregnancy could already be detected by pulse diagnosis.
She said shyly to everyone, "Father, Mother, Anian, I'm pregnant!"
"really?!"
"Very good!"
The happiest person was Xia's mother!
My daughter-in-law has only been in the family for a short time, and she's already pregnant! What a joyous occasion!
She was so happy that tears welled up in her eyes. Holding Li Yunyan's hand, she kept saying "good"!
"Yunyan, you're so wonderful! Mother was mistaken before! Thankfully, you're still our daughter-in-law!"
"Mother, please don't say that! Everything you've done is for the Xia family!"
Seeing that Li Yunyan was so sensible, Xia's mother felt even more guilty. "Yunyan, are you feeling nauseous right now? I have a dowry nanny who is particularly good at taking care of pregnant women. I'll have her go back with you later!"
"Okay, thank you, Mother!"
"Yunyan..."
"Mother!" Xia Xiunian finally couldn't help but interrupt, "Please rest for a while! Let me say a few words to Yanyan!"
"You little brat!"
Xia's mother patted him with a smile and then returned Li Yunyan to him.
Xia Xiunian longed to embrace her immediately, but considering his parents were present, he could only pull her hand over and interlock their fingers, his eyes overflowing with uncontrollable joy.
"Yanyan, we're having a baby!"
"Um!"
Li Yunyan smiled gently and gripped his hand even tighter.
Granny Su was already in tears; her young mistress was pregnant!
The Li family has an heir!
Now even if she dies, she'll have the face to go down and see the master and madam!
After returning to the Li residence, Li Yunyan and Xia Xiunian went to the ancestral hall to burn incense.
She shared this good news with the ancestral tablets, hoping that their spirits in heaven would hear it and find peace.
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Li Yunyan's pregnancy went relatively smoothly. By the time she was six months pregnant, her belly was already so big that it looked like she was about to give birth.
Only then did the Xia family realize that Li Yunyan was actually pregnant with twins!
Such a joyous occasion would surely be celebrated by Xia's mother, who would also like to show off to her old friends!
Thus, Li Yunyan saw Fang Zhiyue for the second time at the banquet at the Xia residence.
Ever since Xia's mother sent Fang Zhiyue back to the Fang family, she has been kept at home and forced to learn proper manners.
Xia's mother promised the Fang family many good things and even had Xia Xiunian find a job for someone in the Fang family, which finally made them stop pursuing the matter between the two.
During the period when Fang Zhiyue was confined to her home, she sincerely repented and behaved well. She is now engaged and will get married next year.
That's why Xia's mother relented and allowed Fang Zhiyue to come to their home again.
When Li Yunyan appeared at the banquet surrounded by admirers, she keenly sensed Fang Zhiyue's hidden resentment beneath her calm expression, as well as the faint, almost imperceptible, glances directed at her husband.
She looked up at Xia Xiunian, who was supporting her, and their eyes met.
Xia Xiunian was on tenterhooks, afraid that Li Yunyan might twist or fall, and his eyes never left her!
Li Yunyan smiled gently. It's normal for women to be interested in someone as outstanding as her husband! As long as he only has eyes for her, nothing bad will happen!
As long as Fang Zhiyue stops causing trouble and obediently waits to get married, she can tolerate it.
However, she still overestimated Fang Zhiyue.
How could Fang Zhiyue possibly be willing to accept this?
When her aunt sent her home, she thought her parents would stand up for her, or at least break ties with the Xia family!
Unexpectedly, they were won over by their aunt with just a few words! Not only did she stop pursuing the Xia family's breach of promise, but she also locked her up at home and forbade her to go out. Every day, she either studied etiquette or copied Buddhist scriptures to cultivate her character.
Later, he even casually arranged a marriage for her, and actually wanted to marry her off like that!
The marriage her family arranged for her was with a fiancé who was only a minor official of the seventh rank, and he was no match for her cousin at all!
On the day of their engagement, she had seen him from afar. He was frail and plain-looking, and far inferior to her cousin!
How could she possibly marry a man like that?
It's all because of that bitch Li Yunyan!
If it weren't for Li Yunyan, her cousin wouldn't have abandoned her!
Now even my aunt has been deceived by that vixen and is no longer as kind to me as before!
It's all because of Li Yunyan! Why doesn't she just die?!
Fang Zhiyue's hand, hidden in her sleeve, gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, a vicious glint flashing in her eyes.
If Li Yunyan disappears, then everything will go back to square one, and there will still be hope for her and her cousin!
Looking at Li Yunyan's enormous pregnant belly and her weak appearance, which required assistance to walk, she gritted her teeth in secret.
Li Yunyan has experience with pregnancy, so why would she need help with twins?
It's all because Xia Xiunian is too nervous. At home, he wouldn't even let her get off the ground, and carried her everywhere.
Fortunately, with the careful care of her nanny and her controlled diet, Li Yunyan only gained weight in her belly; the rest of her body didn't gain any weight at all! Otherwise, he would have really raised her like a pig!
Today's banquet is just a small gathering of relatives and friends. The guests are all relatives or close friends of the host family.
Li Yunyan sat lazily on the soft chair, her hands resting loosely on either side of her lower abdomen, a smile on her face, looking blissful.
Xia Xiunian peeled dried fruit for her, and the maid peeled grapes for her. She took a bite from the left and a bite from the right, as composed as an empress dowager!
Fang Zhiyue rolled her eyes inwardly.
She had been trying to find an opportunity to get close to Li Yunyan, but Xia Xiunian's mother was always on either side of her, and she was also surrounded by maids and nannies, so she really couldn't get in!
Upon hearing someone suggest going to the lakeside to admire the lotus flowers, Fang Zhiyue's eyes lit up.
She summoned her maidservant.
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