Chapter 302: Today Comes Every Year

"The Chinese New Year is in a month, and my parents should be back soon, right? I've already agreed with my sister that we'll celebrate the New Year at my house this year, with my aunt, uncle, and grandparents. It'll be a lively New Year at home this year... It's a little itchy, you can touch it if you want, it makes my stomach even itchier when you rub it like this."

At night, the two were lying on the bed talking. Shen Yuan tried to hold back for a while but couldn't, so he took Xie Hui's hand away.

"Sorry, I'm afraid I'm too heavy-handed."

The child was only two months old, so naturally she wasn't pregnant yet. Shen Yuan's belly still looked flat. Xie Hui often couldn't believe there was a child inside, so he would subconsciously touch Shen Yuan's belly when she was sleeping, but he was afraid that he would hurt it if he touched it too hard.

"It's not that easy to break. This is a stomach, not a melon. Besides, the baby is still as big as a bean. It won't know if you touch it."

"Then when will it know?"

Shen Yuan thought for a moment, "Well, I don't know. I'll know it when it finds out."

After that, both of them laughed.

Shen Yuan didn't take this matter to heart, but two days later, when she got up at night, she found that Xie Hui was not in bed. She put on her clothes, got up, and followed the faint light to find Xie Hui outside.

Xie Hui heard Shen Yuan's footsteps first and stood up, "Why did you get up?"

"I woke up and found you were not there, so I came out to see what you were looking at?"

Shen Yuan walked forward and asked, "Are you reading a medical book?"

Xie Hui nodded, asked Shen Yuan to sit on the chair, and said to her: "That night I realized that I knew too little about pregnancy. There were many things I didn't understand. I even went to consult the imperial physician these past two days. I guess my questions annoyed me, so Imperial Physician Lin threw a medical book at me."

I don’t have time to watch it during the day, so I can only watch it at night.

Shen Yuan reached out and hugged Xie Hui, raised his head and said: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, I also have a lot of things I don't know, let's study together later, it's too late at night, don't read it, you have to get up early tomorrow, how about this, every day off from now on will be a day for us to study, what do you think?"

"Okay, let's learn together."

"Okay, now take me back to sleep."

…

November 30th.

In the morning, Shen Yuan and Xie Hui had breakfast in the room with the door closed. When they were almost done, they heard someone knocking on the door.

Shen Yuan took a look and saw that the figure was Qing Dai, so he said casually: "Come in."

"Very much! Are you surprised?!"

Shen Yuan and Xie Hui were both shocked. It turned out that it was their parents who had returned. Shen Yuan quickly put down his chopsticks and stood up. "Mom, Dad, did you just arrive in the capital?"

"Yes, I came here directly without going home." Princess Kangle strode over to hug her good lady, but was stopped by her son before she could touch her.

Princess Kang Le didn't want to hug her son, so she quickly withdrew her hand and said, "What are you doing? Go hug your father. You are so old now, and your mother won't hug you anymore."

"Come, let Daddy hold you!" Xie Yuan walked over and gave his son a firm hug, "Do you miss your parents? You actually took the initiative to ask for a hug."

Shen Yuan stood behind Xie Hui and smiled until his mouth was crooked. After laughing, he took the initiative to walk forward and hug Princess Kang Le, "Mom, you are finally back. Brother Youqi and I missed you so much."

After that, he told Qingdai, "Go to the kitchen and ask someone to make a few more dishes."

"No, we're not hungry. We ate outside before coming into the city. We just wanted to see you first. We have to go home soon. We can have dinner together in the evening."

"Mom, Brother Youqi and I have something to tell you, just eat a little. Qingdai, go ahead."

After the two sat down, Shen Yuan and Xie Hui looked at each other, and finally they decided to let Shen Yuan announce the good news.

"Dad, Mom, I have something important to tell you... Mom, you're going to be a grandmother, Dad, you're going to be a grandfather!"

In fact, after Shen Yuan finished the first half of the sentence, the two of them stood up directly.

Xie Yuan subconsciously glanced at his daughter-in-law's belly and asked tremblingly, "Is the baby born?" After all, his daughter-in-law didn't look like she was pregnant.

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "Of course not, Dad, the baby is still in my belly, it's just over two months old."

"Hurry up and sit down." Princess Kangle helped Shen Yuan sit down. "Two months, that's just the diagnosis, right? Do you have morning sickness, are you feeling unwell, has the imperial physician come to see you?"

"Yes, it has just been a short time since I was diagnosed. I have no morning sickness and no discomfort. My father asked Doctor Kang to check on me and he said everything is fine."

"Doctor Kang? Doctor Kang is good. I remember that it was Doctor Kang who treated me when I was pregnant. Can I trouble your father to find a doctor..." Princess Kang Le raised her hand and slapped her son, "How can you be a husband?"

"Mother, you misunderstood the due date. I happened to be in the Dali Temple at the time, so my father asked the imperial physician to see me. My father had a good personal relationship with Imperial Physician Kang, so he went to see Imperial Physician Kang."

"That's great. I didn't expect that Manman would give mother such great news right away. It's great." Princess Kangle held Shen Yuan's hand. "Originally, your father and I planned to go west after the New Year, but this time we can't bear to leave."

Xie Yuan also smiled and said, "I guess after you give birth, your mother and I will be even more reluctant to leave... Madam, you said you're resigning, can you still go back?"

"You've spent half your life in the Imperial Academy. Aren't you tired of it? When Manman is born, she and Youqi will have to go on duty. You will take care of the child for them."

"Okay, okay, that's good. You two can go to work at ease. I and your mother will take care of the child."

When the emperor knew that his sister had returned, he summoned people into the palace the next day. He was very happy to hear that his sister said she would not leave for the time being. Although he didn't know why she didn't leave, it didn't affect his happiness. This time he wanted to reward her with a house, Princess Kangle did not refuse it and regarded it as a gift from her uncle to the child.

Because it was not yet three months pregnant, Princess Kangle did not tell the emperor that his daughter-in-law was pregnant. However, she took the initiative to decline the family dinner on New Year's Eve for the two children. They felt restrained when eating in the palace and it was not as relaxed as at home.

When the seal was sealed before the New Year, Xie Hui told his uncle that he was going to be a father. There were so many gifts sent from the palace that day that Shen Yuan didn't dare to accept them.

However, Princess Kangle told her not to worry, because the emperor was just satisfying his fatherly desire to his nephew. After all, he had so many sons, it would not be appropriate to be too nice to any of them. Both the former court and the harem were keeping an eye on him, so he might as well treat them all equally and not show favoritism to anyone. After all, the royal family was the largest family, and they should not refuse their things.

This year's Chinese New Year was the most lively one for the families. The He, Xie, and Shen families celebrated the New Year together at the Ning'an Earl's Mansion where Shen Yuan and Xie Hui lived.

In the afternoon, Xiaomianhua and Suisui each led a goose around the yard, but Huang Jingao was still as lazy as ever, lying on the steps with his arms and legs spread out, not even moving.

Xie Hui, Shen Su and Lu Ne went together to post couplets at each house. Xie Yuan, Shen Yun, He's father and He's grandfather, it was too cold outside to go fishing, so they just played chess at home. However, the three of them had to take turns playing with Old Lady He, but no one could beat them. When the three of them joined together, it was even more difficult. Halfway through the game, before anything happened, the three of them started "quarreling".

Shen Yuan, Shen Xi, He Ying, the princess, old lady Shen, He's mother and a few others were chatting in the house, but they were mainly listening to Princess Kangle talk about what she saw and heard on the road. It can only be said that Dazhao is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. The princess and Xie Yuan like to go wherever there is a lot of fun, so they talked about new things one after another, and they hadn't finished talking when the New Year's Eve dinner started.