"After the child is born, you can go wherever the master wants. Mingyou will accompany you through life and death."
"Pah, pah, pah, who wants you dead?"
Jiang Jingyu was tough on the outside but soft on the inside. When she heard Mingyou say the word "death", she quickly turned her head and spat three times on the ground.
A smile flashed in Mingyou's eyes: "Don't be angry, I will take the master out for a walk."
Jiang Jingyu turned her head away again with an awkward look on her face when she heard that: "No, I'm not going anywhere except the Imperial City Street."
Seeing that she was still making a fuss, Mingyou leaned over and picked her up.
Jiang Jingyu was startled and quickly put her arms around Mingyou's neck: "Where are you taking me? Put me down!"
Mingyou ignored Jiang Jingyu's struggle and carried her out of the Yutian Palace, finally stopping in front of Changliu Lake in the Imperial Garden.
Seeing the lake covered with lanterns, Jiang Jingyu's eyes widened in surprise: "Did you have someone do this?"
Ming You nodded slightly: "My master is pregnant now, so it's not appropriate for her to go to crowded places. This year, I'll have to let you watch the lanterns in the Imperial Garden. Next year, I will definitely accompany you out of the palace to watch the lanterns on this day."
"Hmph, you still have a conscience."
Looking at the lanterns floating all over the lake, Jiang Jingyu snorted coldly and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Mingyou carried Jiang Jingyu to the lakeside, stepped onto the sailboat docked by the lake, and finally held her and sat on the bow of the boat so that she could see the lanterns in the lake from a closer distance.
Surrounded by the beautiful scenery, Jiang Jingyu instantly forgot her previous unhappiness and showed a satisfied smile on her face, like a child who had received his favorite candy.
Mingyou used his inner strength to drive the boat, causing it to slowly drift on the lake.
"They are so beautiful, Mingyou. When did you ask someone to prepare these lanterns?"
Jiang Jingyu leaned in Mingyou's arms and turned to look at him.
Mingyou gathered his cloak around Jiang Jingyu and replied, "My master has just found out she is pregnant."
After learning that Jiang Jingyu was pregnant, Ming You considered that she might not be able to leave the palace today. In order not to spoil Jiang Jingyu's fun, she ordered people to fill Changliu Lake with lanterns early in the morning.
Seeing that he was so thoughtful about her, Jiang Jingyu curled her lips and snuggled into Mingyou's arms again.
"Master, do you want to light lanterns?"
Mingyou lowered his eyes to look at the little head in his arms. Jiang Jingyu looked up at him and said without hesitation, "I want to."
The next moment, Ming You used his inner strength to drive the boat to stop, and then took out an unlit lantern from behind him and placed it in front of Jiang Jingyu, and handed her a fire starter.
Jiang Jingyu directly grabbed Mingyou's hand holding the tinder, and together with him, brought the tinder to the wick to light the lantern.
This lantern was specially left by Mingyou. It is in the shape of a rose, symbolizing his undying love for Jiang Jingyu.
Mingyou picked up the lit lantern and said to Jiang Jingyu, "The water is cold, let me go."
Jiang Jingyu did not refuse and watched Mingyou put the lantern that belonged to them into the lake with her own eyes.
The lantern carrying the deep love between the two floated forward with the rippling lake water. Jiang Jingyu grabbed Mingyou's two fingers, leaned in his arms, and watched with him as the lantern merged with the other lanterns.
The boat swayed and wandered around Changliu Lake for most of the time.
Suddenly, a few bright colors floated in the sky. Jiang Jingyu looked up in surprise: "It's the people releasing Kongming lanterns!"
"Master, do you want to see what the Imperial City looks like right now?"
"Um?"
Jiang Jingyu turned her head to look at Mingyou. Mingyou lowered her head and put her thin lips close to Jiang Jingyu's ear: "I'll take the master to see it."
As soon as the words fell, the two of them disappeared on the boat.
When Jiang Jingyu landed on the ground again, she and Mingyou had already arrived at the highest tower of the palace.
Looking around, the two of them saw the lights of thousands of homes.
The Kongming lanterns carrying the wishes of the people floated past the two of them and floated higher into the sky.
It was not the first time that Jiang Jingyu came to the city wall, but it was the first time that she saw this scene on the city wall.
Looking at the lights of thousands of homes in front of her, Jiang Jingyu smiled.
That’s great. I hope every citizen can find his or her own little happiness.
Mingyou put his arms around Jiang Jingyu's waist from behind, lowered his head and rested his chin on the top of her head, looking at the bright lights in front of them with her.
It’s great that among all the lights in the world, there is one that belongs to him alone.
Mingyou raised his thin lips slightly, and covered Jiang Jingyu's flat belly with his big palm.
There is a little life here, belonging to him and his master.
Jiang Jingyu held the back of Mingyou's hand: "Mingyou, do you like boys or girls?"
Mingyou said seriously: "I like them all."
He likes any child, whether it is a boy or a girl, as long as it is with his master.
Jiang Jingyu was about to ask him if he had decided on a name for the child when Mingyou's voice came from above his head again.
"But the favorite... is the master."
Mingyou's serious love words successfully pleased Jiang Jingyu, and her eyes, reflecting the lights of thousands of homes, curved slightly.
"I am looking forward to the arrival of this child."
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The news that Jiang Jingyu was pregnant spread through the imperial city and reached Jialan Palace.
Ever since she learned the truth of that year, the late empress has been immersed in grief and unable to extricate herself. She even wanted to commit suicide and go to Huanglu Road to find the late emperor and apologize to him.
Just when the former empress was depressed and wanted to die, the former emperor and queen appeared in her dream.
Looking at that familiar face, the former empress lost her voice in pain.
That night, the late empress talked a lot with the late queen in her dream. She asked him if he was resenting her, which was why he had not appeared in her dreams in all these years.
But the late queen said that he had never blamed her and that everything he did was voluntary. He kept counseling and advising the late empress, trying to help her untie the knot in her heart.
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