Chapter 22 Yu'er is Pregnant
"Yu'er!" His voice trembled, filled with unprecedented panic. He looked down at the tightly closed eyes and bloodless face of the girl in his arms. All the anger, grievances, and scheming from before were replaced by immense fear!
"Summon the imperial physician! Summon the imperial physician immediately!!" he roared, scooped the person up in his arms, and without even glancing at the astonished women in the hall, strode out, heading straight for—the Glazed Pavilion!
A deathly silence fell over Changchun Palace. The Crown Princess's teacup clattered to the ground, shattering into pieces. Her face was deathly pale. Consort Zhang and the others were dumbfounded, their bodies ice-cold. His Highness's panicked, earth-shattering appearance...where was even a trace of "disdain"?!
Inside the Glazed Pavilion, chaos reigned.
Xiao Jingzhan gently placed Su Jingyu on the bed, holding her hand; her fingertips were icy cold. The imperial physician was brought in by Lu Chen, tumbling and crawling, and knelt down trembling to take her pulse.
Time ticked by, each second feeling incredibly long to Xiao Jingzhan, every breath an agony. He stared intently at the imperial physician's expression, afraid of missing a single detail.
Finally, the imperial physician withdrew his hand, his face showing a mixture of surprise and joy. He knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly: "Congratulations, Your Highness! Consort Su is... is pregnant! She has been pregnant for over a month! Consort Su is delicate, and may have been worried and overworked recently, causing a slight deficiency of qi and blood, which led to her fainting. This old minister will prescribe some medicine to calm the fetus and soothe the mind. With proper rest, she will be fine!"
A... a happy pulse?
Xiao Jingzhan stood frozen in place, his mind blank. He stared blankly down at Su Jingyu, who was still unconscious on the bed but whose complexion had slightly improved, and then stared blankly at the imperial physician kneeling on the ground, as if he couldn't understand what he was saying.
He Yong was the first to react, and overjoyed, he burst into tears. He immediately knelt down and said, "This servant congratulates Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness!"
The palace servants, as if waking from a dream, knelt down in unison, cheering loudly: "Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness!"
An overwhelming joy swept over Xiao Jingzhan like a tsunami! He slowly squatted down, his hands trembling, and gently stroked Su Jingyu's still flat stomach. There... was his child? His and Yu'er's child.
He was no longer angry. She was only tired and uncomfortable because of her pregnancy! And this bastard was still sulking with her, making her get up early to pay her respects!
Overwhelmed by a mixture of endless regret and overwhelming joy, the usually calm and composed Crown Prince's eyes instantly welled up with tears. He leaned down and gently kissed Su Jingyu's forehead, his voice hoarse and barely audible: "Yu'er... my darling... we're having a child..."
At this moment, all notions of equal distribution of favors, imperial scheming, and the utterly meaningless Cold War were cast to the winds! All he wanted was for his Yu'er to be safe and for their child to be healthy!
Su Jingyu slowly woke up in a warm and familiar embrace. The air was filled with the refreshing scent of ambergris, and she was under a soft and comfortable brocade quilt. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Xiao Jingzhan's handsome face magnified before her. His eyes were bloodshot, but they were filled with an overwhelming joy and nervousness she had never seen before, a joy that was almost like losing something and then regaining it.
"Goodness, you're awake? Is there anything else that's bothering you?" His voice was terribly hoarse, trembling with apprehension.
Su Jingyu blinked, her memory returning, remembering that she had fainted in Changchun Palace. "Your Highness... what happened to me?"
Xiao Jingzhan held her hand and pressed it against his cheek, his eyes filled with barely suppressed excitement and tenderness: "My dear, we're pregnant! The imperial physician said it's been over a month!"
child?
Su Jingyu was stunned. Then, a huge surprise exploded in her mind like fireworks! She was pregnant with His Highness's child? The fruit of her love with the man she had unknowingly fallen deeply in love with? An indescribable warm current instantly flowed through her body. Her cheeks flushed, her eyes sparkled, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but turn up: "Really? Your Highness! Really?" She grabbed his large hand tightly, her voice filled with joy and disbelief.
Seeing her pure joy, soft and cute appearance, the last bit of ice wall that Xiao Jingzhan had built up in his heart due to the cold war completely collapsed, turning into a heart full of tenderness.
He lowered his head, forehead to forehead, nose to nose, his voice deep and tender: "It's true, my dear, it's absolutely true. We're going to be daddy and mommy."
After the joy subsided, Su Jingyu suddenly remembered the neglect she had suffered over the past few days. Her lips trembled, and her eyes instantly reddened. With a thick nasal voice and aggrieved accusation, she said, "Your Highness is so mean! You've neglected me for almost half a month... Everyone is laughing at me for falling out of favor..." As she spoke, crystal tears rolled down her cheeks and landed on Xiao Jingzhan's hand, burning his heart.
"Nonsense! Eight days!" Xiao Jingzhan immediately retorted, frantically wiping away her tears, his heart aching unbearably. "It's my fault, it's all my fault! I shouldn't have argued with you..."
He held her tightly, as if she were a lost treasure that had been found again. "Eight days is the limit of what I can endure! If I hadn't been so angry, why would I have agreed to let you go to pay your respects? The thought that you might... might not need me that much makes my heart feel like it's being cut by a knife!"
Hearing him explain the reason, Su Jingyu's tears fell even harder. She sobbed, "Your Highness is of noble status, and in the future... in the future there will be many women, children... children are the foundation of the country. I... I am of lowly status, how dare... how dare I have such thoughts of one person for life? I just... I just don't want to make things difficult for Your Highness, I don't want to become a jealous woman in other people's eyes... I am heartbroken, and Your Highness still blames me..." The more she spoke, the more heartbroken she became, crying out the deepest fears and grievances buried in her heart.
These words struck Xiao Jingzhan's heart like a heavy hammer!
Only then did he realize the heartache and helplessness hidden behind her "generosity" that day! It wasn't that she didn't love him or didn't mind, but that she loved him too much and was too aware of his identity and responsibilities, so she forced herself to be sensible!
"Fool! Silly girl!" Xiao Jingzhan's heart ached terribly. He kept kissing her hair, forehead, and tear-stained cheeks, his voice choked with sobs. "It's all my fault! I'm such a bastard! I shouldn't have thought of you like that! What does it matter if you're of low status? In my heart, you are my only treasure! What does it matter if I have many women? I only want you! From beginning to end, there has only been you, Su Jingyu!"
He cupped her face in his hands, his gaze burning with an undeniable vow: "Listen carefully, my darling. You will be my future Crown Princess, you will be my wife, you will be the mother of my children, and in my heart, now and forever, there will only be one woman—you!"
"To hell with all this talk of equal distribution of affection and having many children! All I want is you, as long as you stay by my side safely and happily, and bear my children! Everything else, I'll take care of everything! You don't need to be afraid of anything, understand?"
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