"Husband, my legs don't hurt, don't massage them, it'll only tire you out. You have to go to court early tomorrow morning, don't worry about me, just rest." Ye Miaoyun said, taking Qi Jiu's hand.
This man is really good to her, especially after she became pregnant. Qi Jiu always likes to stay by her side, and he even neglects his duties in court.
Fortunately, he was not the kind of autocratic ruler.
Qi Jiu was quite willing to delegate authority before.
"Then you should rest too, let's sleep together!" Qi Jiu said with a smile.
Although Ye Miaoyun was wide awake, she still closed her eyes.
Perhaps because she had gotten up and tossed and turned in the middle of the night, Ye Miaoyun slept in a daze and couldn't sleep soundly. She kept feeling that the baby was kicking her inside her belly.
However, when he woke up the next morning, he touched his stomach and found nothing unusual.
Qi Jiu was worried that Ye Miaoyun would have wild thoughts, so he quickly sent someone to bring Ye Miaoyun's mother, Hua, and her sisters-in-law, Zhou and Tian, into the palace.
Ye Miaoyun hadn't seen them for a while and actually missed them quite a bit.
However, everyone has their own life to live, and just because she became empress doesn't mean her family should revolve around her all the time.
The Ye family did not covet wealth and status, and even after she became empress, no one rushed to curry favor with her.
Although Qi Jiu bestowed upon them a large mansion, and granted their father the title of Duke Cheng'en and their mother the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady, and sent them monthly stipends, the two elders were used to frugality and lived a simple life.
My father still enjoys practicing calligraphy and reading, while my mother listens to the maids reading stories every day to relieve her boredom, and occasionally goes out for a walk.
Compared to their previous life in the countryside, the only difference is that they have more people to serve them and their food, clothing, and daily necessities are better. Their preferences are still pretty much the same as before.
My two older brothers and their wives are still running Taoyuanju, and I heard that business is booming.
They did not enter the court to serve as officials because their sister became empress, nor did they rely on their sister for a living.
"Miaoyun, your belly is even bigger than when we saw you last month. How have you been lately? Is the baby fussy?" Mrs. Hua asked lovingly, holding her daughter's hand.
The baby in my daughter's belly is a real treasure.
"Your Majesty has no sons," Xianya said. "This child is definitely a son, and he will surely become the Crown Prince and inherit the throne in the future."
This is the bloodline of the Ye family!
Every time Hua visited her daughter in the palace, she was especially happy.
She was a Buddhist, and lately she had been going to temples outside the city to burn incense and pray for blessings. Every day she would also chant sutras in the small Buddhist hall in the courtyard where she lived, asking all the gods and Buddhas to bless her daughter to give birth to the child safely.
"Replying to Mother, the child has been quite well-behaved lately," Ye Miaoyun said with a smile.
"That's good!" Hua nodded.
"Is Mother still burning incense and praying to Buddha?" Ye Miaoyun asked.
Although Taoism was the orthodox religion of the Great Yan Dynasty, Buddhism was not banned.
There were still many Buddhist temples throughout the dynasty, especially among elderly women like Hua, who became more and more devoted to Buddhism as they grew older.
“My mother would go to the temple outside the city every three days to burn incense and pray for blessings. In addition, she would chant scriptures in her small Buddhist shrine every day. She also had my father hand-copy two scrolls of scriptures, which are offered in front of the Buddha,” Zhou Shi said.
My father-in-law is quite old and his eyesight is failing, yet my mother-in-law is forcing him to copy Buddhist scriptures that he doesn't like. It's quite pitiful to see.
After finally finishing copying one volume, his mother-in-law said he wasn't sincere enough and made him copy it again.
Now, the father-in-law dared not say that he did not believe in Buddhism or like Buddhist scriptures. He agreed with a devout look, fasted and bathed every day, and copied them for a full half month before he finished.
My mother-in-law is finally satisfied, and she's been smiling a lot lately.
"Let my father copy scriptures!" Ye Miaoyun couldn't help but laugh. "I'm afraid only my mother could do that."
Her father was a respectable scholar who didn't believe in Buddhism or God; he simply thought that studying was the most fulfilling thing in the world.
Later, after being enlightened by an immortal, Xianya learned esoteric arts, including fortune-telling and ghost-catching.
Only after witnessing it firsthand did my father believe these things.
The fact that my mother could get my father, who had never seen the Buddha, to devoutly copy scriptures shows that she really has the ability!
"At first, I asked him to copy the scriptures, but he was very reluctant and copied them very carelessly. His handwriting was not good enough. Later, I told him that I wanted to pray for you and your son, so he fasted, bathed, burned incense and prayed. He copied the scriptures very seriously for two hours every day until he finished copying the entire scroll. I was amazed!" Hua Shi couldn't stop laughing when she mentioned this.
The old man has a stubborn temper.
However, he would compromise if it were for the good of his family.
The group sat together chatting, and the room was filled with laughter.
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiu, who was standing outside the door, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was at ease as long as his wife was happy.
"Send someone to keep a close eye on things. As soon as the princess returns, report back immediately so that the Empress can rest assured," Qi Jiu instructed, turning around.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the eunuch replied and immediately went to make the arrangements.
In fact, every time Ye Xianya returned to the capital, she would go directly back to the palace and not go to the princess's residence.
Today is no exception.
She had just arrived outside Ye Miaoyun's palace when she heard cheerful laughter coming from inside.
"Your father told me that it's better to rely on yourself than on others. If you and the baby in your womb are to be safe and sound, praying to gods and Buddhas is useless. It's more likely that you'll be able to pray to our family's fairy bud!"
Hua laughed as he spoke: "But it's better to believe it's true than not to believe it. He sometimes accompanies me to chant sutras in the small Buddhist shrine now."
The old man did this simply because he hoped his daughter and grandson would be well.
Ye Miaoyun was deeply moved and was about to say something when she saw Ye Xianya come in.
"Xianya!" Ye Miaoyun was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to hold her daughter's hand. After carefully examining her, she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that her daughter was unharmed.
"Mother, what's wrong? Your daughter is fine, perfectly well!" Ye Xianya said.
“I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt that you were slapped and sent flying, coughing up blood and collapsing to the ground. It looked terrible, and I was very worried about you!” Ye Miaoyun said quickly.
Ye Xianya was somewhat surprised after hearing her words.
"Are you really hurt?" Seeing her daughter's expression, Ye Miaoyun's heart, which had been at ease, started racing again.
"No!" Ye Xianya shook her head: "Qi Chengshuo blocked a blow for me. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would really be like my mother in her dream, with my life hanging in the balance."
"Where is Cheng Shuo? Is he still alive?" Ye Miaoyun asked anxiously again.
That was a son-in-law candidate she highly regarded!
The fact that the young man stood in front of his daughter shows how much he cares about Xianya.
Such a good child, please don't let anything happen to him.
“Although he was seriously injured, he fully recovered in less than a day and has already returned to the capital. Mother, don’t worry!” Ye Xianya replied.
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