Chapter 27

Hui Lin was very surprised to hear that the painting depicted a girl he had never seen before, the sixteen-year-old Qi Xinglan.

He forgot to reply and just admired it with full concentration.

The painting only shows his profile, which looks a little immature compared to now, but is still very handsome.

"Lan'er, when you were in the Great Zhou, did someone always express their feelings to you?" Hui Lin asked.

Qi Xinglan felt a little jealous when she heard what he said, so she deliberately replied, "Of course, and there are both men and women, and their family backgrounds are comparable to mine. My father actually thought about arranging a marriage for me..."

Hui Lin suddenly seemed to get angry, pulled Qi Xinglan over and gave her a fierce kiss, and said in a very controlling tone: "No, you are mine."

Qi Xinglan knew she was being unreasonable, so she redirected the conversation to Hui Lin, crossed her arms and asked back, "So no one proposed marriage to you when you were a teenager?"

"No." Hui Lin said directly.

Qi Xinglan's expression showed obvious disbelief.

Seeing this, Hui Lin said, "Really not. Men in Xiyuan generally get married late. Look at Yancheng, he is in his twenties and he is still unengaged."

After hearing the real-life example around her, Qi Xinglan believed it to some extent and said, "Well...well, let's just put this matter behind us."

Hui Lin had no opinion, nor did he dare to have any opinion.

I also thought about Qi Xinglan’s 19th birthday party in a few days.

"Lan'er, the seventh day is your birthday, shall we hold it in the palace?"

In fact, Hui Lin had already instructed his subordinates to make the arrangements. Now he just wanted to ask Qi Xinglan for his opinion. If he didn't want to, then the arrangements could be suspended. Anyway, it could be put into use on Hui Lin's birthday in a month or two.

Qi Xinglan wanted to go out of the palace to play, but with a little kid in her belly, she was afraid of getting bumped into anything, so she didn't dare take any risks.

Hui Lin saw his confusion and tried to ask, "Do you want to go out of the palace to play?"

Qi Xinglan said nothing, but looked at him accusingly, as if to say: Don’t you know whether I want it or not?

Hui Lin understood what was going on, but at this moment he could only comfort him, "Actually, there is not such an interesting Lan'er on the streets of Xiyuan..."

Hui Lin saw that Qi Xinglan's expression was still not right, so he suddenly changed his tone and quickly said, "——But as long as Lan'er wants to see it, I will convince my mother to let me take you there."

"Let's schedule it after the birthday party, okay?"

It was almost three months by then, so the fetus should have been settled.

Qi Xinglan lowered her head and said nothing. After a while, she raised her head and said, "Forget it. Male childbirth is dangerous. I really don't dare to take the risk with the lucky grass."

Hui Lin was afraid that Qi Xinglan's mood swings were caused by her pregnancy. She was smiling just now, but now her brows were frowning again.

Without thinking, he picked up Qi Xinglan by the waist and carried her to the bed. Under Qi Xinglan's puzzled look, Hui Lin covered him with a quilt in this almost early summer day and pressed him down carefully.

"What's wrong? Why do you want me to rest all of a sudden?" Qi Xinglan was about to get up. "How can I go to bed when I haven't even washed up?"

Hui Lin held his shoulders, looked at Qi Xinglan seriously and said, "Lan'er, don't worry. You can't let yourself have fun just for the sake of a child. This is putting the cart before the horse."

"After you wash up, take a good rest. No, take a good rest for the next few days. I'll take you out after the birthday party."

"Don't worry about whether the child is in danger or not. He's so stubborn that he didn't even get hurt when he was stabbed. He must be fine. Just focus on yourself first, okay?"

Hui Lin cares a lot about Qi Xinglan's thoughts. From the beginning, he never thought about having a child. He only wanted to be with Qi Xinglan for the rest of his life. Now that he has a child, the child's safety is certainly important, but he cares more about whether Qi Xinglan is happy.

At first, when Qi Xinglan knew she was pregnant, she was very excited and her face was full of anticipation for having a child. However, she was able to ride back on a horse and she didn't have to worry about the bumpy ride causing any problems for the child.

But now, whenever she wants to do something, she first considers whether the child will be in danger, and it is rare for her to even smile in front of him.

Hui Lin didn't want this kind of Qi Xinglan. If having a child would make his Lan'er become like this, then he didn't want it.

Hui Lin was thinking about these things after he finished speaking. While thinking, he also looked at Qi Xinglan's expression. His lips were almost worn out from talking so much. Lan'er should know what he meant.

But he saw Qi Xinglan's expression change from confusion to surprise, and then from surprise to an emotion that he could not understand.

Neither of them spoke, but they stared at each other intently. Hui Lin saw that Qi Xinglan's eyes were getting red. He was so flustered that his words were incoherent. Just as he was about to ask something, Qi Xinglan grabbed his neck and hugged him.

Hui Lin rubbed his back with both hands to comfort him, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just asked softly, "What's wrong?"

He felt that the phrase he had said the most since they met was "What's wrong?" He knew that Qi Xinglan was naturally proud and proud, and there were some things she might think but not say, so he learned to take the initiative to ask.

This time too.

However, he could vaguely hear a slight sniffing sound.

"Lan'er, if you keep crying, the baby in your belly might feel it. When he is born, he might question me, asking why I always make his mother cry."

He was still so young, how could he possibly feel the emotions of the outside world? Qi Xinglan knew that Huilin was trying to play with him, so she punched him on the back.

But he did not leave Hui Lin's embrace. Instead, he spoke close to his neck in a heavy nasal voice.

"You are so nice to me, I like you so much..."

After saying that, she moved closer to his cheek and gave him a kiss, then immediately turned her head away like a thief and pretended that she had not kissed him.

Hui Lin was amused by his little action, but did not cooperate with Qi Xinglan's "stealing behavior". He pulled the man out and questioned: "Lan'er, did you also say kiss just now?"

"Ah? What?" He played dumb.

However, someone pulled her chin closer, and Hui Lin, the "robber", succeeded. There was no doubt that Qi Xinglan was unable to resist a deep kiss, and her lips and tongue were swept by Hui Lin. However, he did not go too far and let her go after enough kissing.

Qi Xinglan hadn't recovered yet. When she looked at Hui Lin, her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist. Her lower eyelashes seemed to be wet and stuck to her eyes. Her nose was red from crying, and she looked at him pitifully.

To Hui Lin, this looked like a frightened little white rabbit, and he was the big bad wolf who came to rob. Hui Lin had already reacted, and fearing that he could not control himself, he forcibly turned his gaze away from Qi Xinglan's face.

Qi Xinglan didn't understand, "Why don't you look at me?"

When Hui Lin heard this, he closed his eyes tightly and said softly: "Lan'er, you are pregnant..."

The words were just a brief mention, but Qi Xinglan glanced down as if she understood.

Hui Lin:......

What to do if his husband is so good at flirting.

He can't do anything.

"Okay, Lan'er, go wash up first, okay? I'll tell you everything about your birthday, just be happy, okay?"

Qi Xinglan nodded, then hesitated, "If you want to...", I can help you.

Hui Lin understood, but thought it was just manual labor and happily waited for the night to come.

He didn't realize anything was wrong until Qi Xinglan finished washing up and it was Hui Lin's turn to come back.

Until he reached the bed, Qi Xinglan pushed him down and made him lean against it. He saw with his own eyes Qi Xinglan holding down his legs and kneeling in the middle.

He then realized that this posture was a little wrong, and quickly held down Qi Xinglan's hand which was about to take off his underwear.

"Lan'er!"

Qi Xinglan looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You...you you you, what you just said is..."

Not manual?

"No! You are pregnant, how can I let you do this?"

Even when she was not pregnant, she was reluctant to go back to Lin.

Qi Xinglan was dissatisfied, "Didn't you do this for me before? Why can't I do it when I want to?"

Without waiting for him to say anything, Qi Xinglan leaned over and continued his actions.

......

Qi Xinglan couldn't speak and didn't want to rest in the middle. Perhaps it was because the stimulation was too great and different from the past, this time it ended a little faster than before.

After the meeting, he returned to Lin Xian and asked Qi Xinglan: "Lan'er..."

Qi Xinglan waved her hands and said, "I'm fine."

Hui Lin touched the red corners of his mouth and kissed him again.

The two cuddled for a long time, and finally fell asleep in each other's arms.

*

Qi Xinglan's birthday was on the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, and the official in the royal court who was in charge of this matter had already decorated the Penglai Palace two days in advance.

The chef in the kitchen was studying the dishes for that evening. Just as he was wondering whether the nobles had any dietary restrictions, someone from Lanquan Hall came with a message saying that foods that were too spicy, blood-activating, or cold in nature were not allowed to be served.

The teachers looked at each other, as if they all knew something.

In the royal court, there are no women who have the right to give birth, but men are not incapable of giving birth...

However, no one was the first to spread the news, and by the night of the birthday banquet, only a handful of ministers knew that Qi Xinglan was pregnant.

Yan Ziping knew about it, but he didn't learn it from the royal court. Qi Chaoting and Yan Cheng had told him, and he took the opportunity to hear it.

Listening to the ministers discussing how light today's dishes were, Yan Ziping acted as if nothing had happened. He glanced at them a few times and thought, you will know what's going on soon.

Yan Ziping looked forward again and saw Prince Ning in front of him. He had always felt that Prince Ning was not a good person, so he turned his head away and thought it would be better not to look at this person directly.

Qi Xinglan and Hui Lin were naturally the last to arrive.

"May your Majesty be well and may your Majesty be well."

When everyone looked, they saw that not only was Her Majesty the Queen being supported by the King's staff on her right hand, but she also had a personal maid on her left.

There were palace maids accompanying him in front and behind, and it was obvious that something was wrong.

"Stand up."

As soon as they got up and sat back in their seats, they heard Hui Lin raising his glass in the hall: "Today is the Queen's birthday. All the dear ministers have come to congratulate her. I will raise the glass on behalf of Lan'er."

The people below kept saying they didn't dare, and they all drank up the wine. No one dared to ask Qi Xinglan why she didn't drink.

"Today's dishes are light, and perhaps you are not used to them. Please understand. After all, the queen is pregnant and needs to pay attention to her diet..."

For a moment, the noise below continued.

I don't know who started the congratulations, but everyone said in unison: "Your Highness the Queen is pregnant. Your Highness the Queen is truly a hero to our Xiyuan!"

Their king was not originally planning to have descendants, but because of Qi Xinglan he had them. Doesn’t that make him a hero?