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Yichun Palace.
After Yue Jiang and Jing Yan returned, they changed into dry clothes and drank ginger soup to warm themselves up.
Afterwards, Yue Jiang leaned against the headboard and suddenly noticed a slight movement from the baby in her womb.
She immediately pulled Jing Yan over to listen, but when Jing Yan leaned over Yue Jiang's belly to listen, the child in Yue Jiang's belly did not react at all.
“Your Highness, it seems the child doesn’t want to talk to you,” Yue Jiang said with a forced smile.
Jingyan's head remained gently resting on Yuejiang's abdomen, his breathing shallow and his tone gentle and patient.
"It's alright if you ignore Father. Just stay in Mother's belly and grow well. Don't bother Mother, don't make Mother uncomfortable, and don't stay in the womb when it's time to come and make Mother suffer."
“Otherwise,” Jing Yan’s voice suddenly became more serious, with a slight warning, “If you dare to ignore your father now, he won’t be lenient with you when you get out.”
"Your Highness, so you wanted to be a strict father!" Yue Jiang listened to Jing Yan's words and felt a warmth in her heart when she heard that many of them were for her sake.
She also heard that he, as their father, would strictly discipline their children, so Yue Jiang looked forward to seeing how Jing Yan would discipline them in the future.
"If Your Highness is to be a strict father, then I can be a loving mother," she thought to herself, raising her chin in a daydream. But halfway through her thought, her mood suddenly plummeted, and she feigned sadness.
"No, as the saying goes, a loving mother spoils her son. Your Highness, being a strict father, will surely resent me for being such a loving mother who spoils her son."
Jing Yan: "Nonsense. What mother in the world would deliberately destroy her own child? Unless you are blinded by a leaf and presumptuously express your maternal love, it is unfair to blame it on the loving mother."
"There's also the saying 'a loving mother's hand sews a thread.' Jiang'er started sewing a bib when our child was only two months old. Is this intention wrong?"
"My mother is very good. She didn't ruin anything for me. She is now patiently disciplining Jingyi. At her coming-of-age banquet a while ago, I saw that she was much better behaved and had toned down her tendency to speak without thinking."
He lifted his head from Yue Jiang's belly, his eyes full of confidence: "I have long said that I believe Jiang'er will raise our child well."
"An orphan child should be proud and happy to have a mother like you."
"Really? Your Highness feels lucky to have me as the mother of your child?" Yue Jiang smiled slyly.
Jing Yan smiled warmly: "Of course, the fact that Jiang'er is still asking now makes it seem like I haven't done enough for her."
How could Yue Jiang not know that Jing Yan was telling the truth? She just wanted to hear more from Jing Yan.
It's because he always made excuses about getting close to me before.
Yue Jiang straightened up and moved a fraction or two closer to Jing Yan, their noses brushing lightly together.
She whispered softly between Jing Yan's lips, inviting him tenderly, "No, Your Highness, I would be even happier if you could kiss me now."
Upon hearing this, Jing Yan's long eyelashes trembled slightly. He did not push her away, but instead carefully wrapped his arms around Yue Jiang's waist and pulled her into his embrace.
Seeing that Jingyan was cooperating, Yuejiang took the initiative to cover Jingyan's lips with hers and gently taste them.
Yue Jiang's arm was wrapped tightly around Jing Yan's neck, just as she was about to become emotional, when suddenly, Rong Ying's voice came from outside the hall.
"Your Highness, are you there? I have something to report!"
Yue Jiang and Jing Yan were both startled. They looked up and Yue Jiang sighed and complained, "Really, on the first day of the new year, Father Emperor was hosting a banquet for his officials in the Delin Hall. Why is Military Advisor Rong Ying not at the banquet? What is he doing at the East Palace?"
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I have something to report!"
Rong Ying's voice continued again and again, sounding very anxious. Jing Yan was also puzzled as to what Rong Ying could possibly have that she had to say today.
He comforted Yue Jiang: "I will go out and see what Rong Ying has to say. If he can't say anything, I will punish him."
Yue Jiang had a sudden inspiration and grabbed Jing Yan's hand, pleading, "Your Highness, if you're going to punish someone, punish him by making him build a snowman in Yichun Palace. I don't have many opportunities to see heavy snow in Yue Kingdom, but a snowman built from the heavy snow in Jing Kingdom will definitely be beautiful."
"Let Rong Ying build a snowman?" Jing Yan didn't know how Yue Jiang came up with this strange idea, but seeing that Yue Jiang really wanted to see it, he nodded.
"I'll go out and ask him what he has to say."
Immediately, Jing Yan walked out of the hall, and as soon as he stepped out the threshold, he saw Rong Ying brushing the snow off.
"Why are you rushing here at this time? Has something happened at Delin Palace?"
Upon hearing Jing Yan's voice, Rong Ying immediately turned around, pulled him to a pavilion where no one could eavesdrop, and told him the urgent matter.
"Your Highness, I have noticed a woman from the Moon Kingdom at today's banquet."
Jing Yan subconsciously turned around and looked at Yue Jiang's room.
“Not the Crown Princess,” Rong Ying quickly explained upon seeing Jing Yan’s reaction. “Your Highness, do you remember the woman sitting next to Cheng Suyun at the banquet? That woman was very likely a woman from the Yue Kingdom.”
"Or perhaps she's a legendary beauty from the Moon Kingdom, secretly kept by the emperor."
"How did you determine that?" Jing Yan's eyes darkened, and his expression immediately became serious.
Rong Ying's face showed sorrow, as if recalling painful memories of the past, and his voice was filled with compassion.
"Didn't I tell Your Highness before that I once knew a princess from the Yue Kingdom who was sent to marry a foreign ruler? The eyes of that woman today are very similar to those of the Yue Kingdom princess I once knew."
"Furthermore, when Your Highness went out to find the Crown Princess, I overheard Empress Dowager Cheng chatting with His Majesty and the Empress."
"They were talking about a poor girl who had come to the Cheng family for help. They even said they would arrange a marriage for her. Your Highness thought, usually Cheng Suyun would come to the palace alone, so why is there a strange girl with her this time?"
"A girl with no one to rely on and who needs to come here, the Cheng family can just busy themselves with finding her a match. Why does the Empress Dowager Cheng need to worry about it personally? What kind of match does the Empress Dowager Cheng want to find for this girl?"
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