Zhou Jing'an curled his fingers slightly, and a trace of annoyance flashed through his heart.
The look Yin Jie gave Jiang Ling made him feel very uncomfortable and offended.
He sat down calmly and apologized to them, "I'm sorry, my wife is having a hard time with her pregnancy, and I need to take extra care of her. I hope you can understand."
Qi Xiaoming quickly said how dare he, and took the opportunity to say a few words about the good relationship between the two, "Mr. Zhou and the princess are a loving couple, their love is very deep, and others are envious."
Zhou Jingan chuckled and asked politely, "Brother Qi, have you married yet?"
Qi Xiaoming is twenty-five years old this year, so Zhou Jing'an naturally calls him Brother Qi out of courtesy.
Qi Xiaoming smiled shyly when talking about this, "I already have a family and a three-year-old daughter."
Zhou Jingan smiled and continued, "Brother Qi is also a happy couple."
Qi Xiaoming waved his hands and spoke modestly. Zhou Jing'an slowly looked at Yin Jie and asked at the right moment, "I wonder if Brother Yin has married and had children?"
Yin Jie was startled, raised his eyes to meet his gentle ones, and shook his head, "No."
"Brother Yin is a man of few words and is obsessed with martial arts, so he can't take care of these things." Qi Xiaoming said with a smile.
Zhou Jing'an curled his fingers slightly under the table and lowered his eyes.
On the other side, Jiang Ling drank half a bowl of soup and couldn't eat anymore. Jiang Lan and Xia Zhixian noticed it and told her to go and rest first.
Jiang Ling shook her head. "The guests are still here. It's not good to leave first."
She persisted for another quarter of an hour, but she felt really uncomfortable and her head seemed to start to hurt.
Seeing that her complexion had turned worse, Xia Zhixian told her to go back and rest no matter what.
Jiang Ling tried to endure the cramps in her stomach and the headache, but she only felt the pain was unbearable. She forced a smile and stood up to salute: "Ling'er will withdraw first. Grandmother and mother, please forgive me."
"It's not a crime or not. You should go and rest." Jiang Lan had a stern face, not because he was angry at her, but because he felt sorry for her.
Jiang Ling agreed, moved to the screen and bowed to the dining table.
"My wife is feeling a little unwell, so I'll leave first. I hope Grandfather and Father will forgive me. Please forgive me, my two guests."
Zhou Ke waved his hand and asked her to go down and rest. Zhou Huaixin asked a few questions with concern, and Jiang Ling just said it was okay.
Qi Xiaoming smiled and said that he didn't dare. Yin Jie didn't say a word, but just raised his eyes quietly to look at her figure hidden behind the screen.
Zhou Jing'an didn't care about his look and frowned in worry. But the guests were still there, so how could he, the one who greeted them, leave first?
Yin Jie suddenly said, "Master Zhou, please go and take care of the princess."
There was no other tone in the words, they were very plain.
Qi Xiaoming also echoed, Zhou Jing'an looked at his grandfather and father, and Zhou Ke said, "Go and take a look."
Zhou Jing'an immediately stood up and bowed to everyone. Before leaving, he secretly glanced at Yin Jie. He and Qi Xiaoming were standing up to return his greeting, with their heads lowered, and their expressions could not be seen clearly.
He stopped looking and turned to chase Jiang Ling.
After dinner, it was getting dark. Qi Xiaoming and Yin Jie refused Ye Song's offer to take them home, and the two of them slowly walked towards Huguang Pavilion.
Qi Xiaoming was a talkative person and kept talking all the way.
Yin Jie stood aside without saying a word, only occasionally responding with a word or two.
Yin Jie would only show an arrogant look when there were not many outsiders around, especially when there were no important figures like princes and nobles.
Although he came from a poor family, Yin Jie was naturally arrogant and unruly due to his martial arts skills.
Those sharp eyes were like a leopard hiding in the darkness, making people dare not look directly at them.
On their way back, they met Ye Bai leading a man in official uniform hurriedly inside.
After a simple greeting, Ye Bai kept walking, as if he had something urgent to do. The adult behind him also looked nervous.
Yin Jie took a closer look, and Qi Xiaoming said, "That's the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital. Is the princess ill?"
He grumbled about how difficult it was for a woman to be pregnant, and talked about his wife's past situation, but Yin Jie just listened with one ear and out the other. He frowned as he watched the imperial physician hurried away.
Doctor Lin asked questions and took the pulse before he heaving a sigh of relief. "It's nothing serious. It's just that the princess has been eating less recently, and eating more today made her feel uncomfortable. Also, the persimmons she ate in the afternoon conflicted with the eggs she had for dinner, which caused the abdominal pain. She just needs to be well cared for."
Zhou Jing'an, who was nervous on the side, also breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully asked about other food incompatibilities and wrote them down one by one. Doctor Lin prescribed a prescription for warming the spleen and stomach and asked someone to boil it and drink it.
Jiang Ling was also relieved, as she thought something had happened to the child.
He sent Doctor Lin away safely and sent someone to tell the elders not to worry.
The medicine would take half an hour to take effect, so Jiang Ling wanted to go out for a walk to help digest the food.
"I won't eat more next time." She sighed.
Zhou Jingan held her hand and walked slowly, "Don't force yourself. If you can't eat, don't eat more."
Jiang Ling glanced at him and muttered softly, "Isn't it because I'm afraid that my grandmother and mother will worry? They'll be worried too if they see that I can't eat."
"I know." He sighed, "But you can't force it. No one can force you. Otherwise, like today, it will make people worry to death."
Jiang Ling herself was also shocked. Who knew she would suddenly have morning sickness again? Not only that, her stomach suddenly started to hurt.
Zhou Jingan lowered his eyes to look at her and said softly, "You're making me anxious."
He frowned, still feeling frightened.
Jiang Ling felt a little guilty. She fell on the couch in pain, her face pale. Anyone who saw her would be shocked. No wonder Zhou Jing'an's voice changed in anxiety. He just asked someone to go and get Doctor Lin.
She touched her nose and said, "The force came back all at once, and then the pain went away."
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