On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tian An declined the emperor and empress's kindness to keep her in the palace for the New Year and resigned from the emperor and empress.
"Anping is a newlywed. This is her first year in her husband's family. How can she spend it away from home?"
The Queen nodded understandingly, "Indeed, the situation is urgent this time. We summoned you urgently. I'm sure the palace is still worried! If I keep you any longer, it would be my fault."
In that case, you can have lunch in the palace and then go back! This will also give me some time to prepare some New Year's goods for you."
Tian An felt a little embarrassed. He had just taken someone else's hot spring villa a few days ago! Now he was buying New Year's goods. "Aunt, you are too polite. Anping always eats and takes things every time he comes to the palace. How embarrassing!"
"Look at what you said, kid. It's obviously me who troubles you every time, leaving you no time to prepare New Year's goods. Today is the 28th, and you are pregnant. What can you prepare when you go back?" The queen patted her hand affectionately.
"That's right, we are a family, so don't be polite, cousin-in-law." Yaoyao also echoed.
"In that case, Anping will respectfully obey your orders. Thank you, uncle and aunt..."
After having lunch with the Emperor and Empress in the Queen's Palace, Tian An officially set out from the palace.
In order to take care of the pregnant Tian An, the queen specially asked the palace servants to arrange a larger palace carriage to send her back. Although it was not as big as Zhao Yiming's carriage, it was not much smaller.
The soft couch in the carriage was covered with a thick and soft blanket. The originally pointed corners of the small coffee table were rounded. There was no sharp object in the carriage. Even the surrounding areas were wrapped with blankets. No matter where Tian An touched, it was soft and his hands would not feel cold.
The secret compartment was thoughtfully filled with a variety of sweet and sour candied fruits, interesting gadgets, and storybooks to entertain her. There was even a small dressing table so she could fix her makeup and hair at any time.
This was practically tailor-made for her! But it took less than half an hour to get from the Imperial Palace to the Duke of Zhao's Mansion. It was such a waste to arrange it this way!
After getting on the carriage and saying goodbye to Yaoyao who came to see her off, Tian An lay comfortably on the soft couch, covered with a soft blanket, holding the most fashionable storybook on the market in her hand. Deng Xue fed her two sour and sweet apricot preserves from time to time, and she fell asleep in a short while.
She didn't know how long she slept, but when she woke up, she was still in the carriage, which had stopped.
After rubbing his still-awake eyes, Tian An softly asked Deng Xue, who had been taking good care of him, "Where are we?"
Deng Xue stepped forward and helped her sit up. "Madam, we have arrived at the mansion."
Tian An was stunned and asked quickly: "How long have I been sleeping?"
"An hour and a half." Deng Xue replied.
"What? It's been an hour and a half? Why didn't you wake me up?" Tian An asked in surprise.
Wouldn't that make the palace maids who sent her back keep waiting? This is too embarrassing!
"Deng Xue, help me down quickly. We have to free up the carriage quickly and let the palace servants take it back to report." Tian An said as he was about to stand up.
Deng Xue smiled and told her to sit down and feel at ease, "Madam, the palace maids have already gone back, and there is no need to pull this carriage back to the palace. The nanny who sent us back said that this carriage was originally intended for you by the Queen.
"The Empress felt sorry for you because you were pregnant and had to manage such a large mansion. You would have to go out a lot, and it would be too uncomfortable to travel in an ordinary carriage, so she had the craftsmen build this carriage just for you."
Hearing this, Tian An was still a little bit unconvinced, "The Queen specially had this carriage built for me?"
No wonder she felt everything was to her liking as soon as she entered the carriage. Sure enough, custom-made ones are different.
However, "You'd better help me get down quickly! I've been sleeping in the carriage for so long. No matter how good this carriage is, I can't stay in it forever! People who don't know will say that I'm a country bumpkin who has never seen the world." Tian An said, pulling open the blanket and about to get up.
Deng Xue hurriedly called out to the outside and reached out to help her.
After getting out of the carriage, Tian An realized that Deng Xue and the others had driven the carriage directly to Tongxin Courtyard.
Fortunately, the gate of Tongxinyuan is big enough, otherwise we really couldn’t get in.
After getting off the carriage, Tian An happily walked around the carriage and noticed the sign on the carriage. On one side was a picture of the royal symbol, and on the other side was written "Princess of Anping County".
Isn't this telling the world that she, Princess Anping, is a member of the royal family and has the royal support behind her!
The Queen wasn't just giving him a carriage; she was clearly giving him status and honor! Without putting on a show, Tian An bowed sincerely in the direction of the imperial palace.
Someone pulled the carriage down and took good care of it. Then Tian An went into the house with the help of Deng Xue.
After this incident in the palace, the news of Tian An's pregnancy could no longer be concealed. The imperial doctors who knew about it first sent people to deliver a lot of supplements as soon as they left the palace. As a result, everyone in the Duke's Mansion, from Zhao Ningyan's family to the maids and servants, knew about it.
Then, familiar families and even ordinary people outside knew about it.
I originally wanted to be the first to tell Zhao Yiming this good news, but now, he is probably the last one in the whole capital to know it.
Tian An sympathized with him helplessly for three seconds, then turned around and happily listened to Jiang, who had heard the news, talking about her experience during pregnancy.
Although Tian An himself is a doctor and knows everything he should know, the experience of being a bystander is different from that of experiencing it personally. The two women who had the same experience quickly found resonance and talked as if they were good sisters for many years. Zhao Qinhua and Zhao Ranhua on the side couldn't even get a word in and could only sit aside and listen to them chat.
The news of Tian An's return home spread quickly. Soon, Tian Mingwu and An Wan came with a few children, and even her little apprentices came to see her.
Even though Tian An was not yet unable to move, Jiang still asked her to sit still and enthusiastically greeted her parents on her behalf. She not only asked her own children to accompany Xiaokang, Yunxu, Yuhong and others, but also asked Zhao Ningyan to come and talk to Tian Mingwu.
The children were of similar age, so they went to the garden to have fun. Tian Mingwu was also invited by Zhao Ningsong to go to the martial arts field of the Duke's Mansion to practice.
After a while, only Tian An, An Wan and Jiang were left in the room.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with An Wan, Jiang found an excuse to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, leaving the space for the mother and daughter.
As soon as Jiang left, An Wan stood up distressedly and walked to Tian An's side, holding her hand and said, "Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant? I could have come to take care of you earlier!"
She suffered a lot when she was pregnant, and the trauma still haunts her. When she heard the news that Tian An was pregnant, she was subconsciously worried, but she ignored the fact that this was no longer the time when they were in Jinning County.
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