22 Chapter 22
◎It’s different from the previous life◎
Xun Rou wanted to go to the capital, but she couldn't just leave. She had to prepare a team of guards to take her to the capital. Huiyin was of course unwilling to do this to someone who was plotting against her, but since she had already learned her lesson, she didn't need to beat the man when he was down.
Yun Hui stood beside Hui Yin and watched Xun Rou get on the carriage and leave. Knowing that her reputation was now ruined, she felt indescribably happy.
After Xun Rou left, Huiyin received a reply from Li Cheng. Li Cheng did not disappoint her. He arranged for Xun Rou to return to Jianye. He also asked about her well and said that he would come back to see her after a while.
"Why are you so long-winded and have written so much?" Huiyin felt a little embarrassed when she saw that he was giving her too many instructions.
Nan's mother said, "This is because the little prince loves you."
Huiyin shook her head. She remembered what Xunrou said, that Li Cheng had someone he loved in his heart. That girl was innocent and kind, but so what? In the troubled times, it was best to protect herself. Li Cheng finally married her, and she would not allow her husband to have another woman.
After all, it is impossible for a woman to say that she doesn't care who her husband likes, but caring is useless. Besides, it is very likely that all this was made up by Xun Rou, and she can't lose her temper with her husband over someone who doesn't exist.
How to dispel such a bad mood? Read a book.
"Fugui, buy me some new books from the bookstore." Huiyin said with a smile.
After buying the books, she picked out the ones she liked and immersed herself in the sea of books, even forgetting to reply to Li Cheng's letter.
Li Cheng waited for ten days but received no reply from his wife. He asked the bodyguard who was delivering the letter, "Did you fail to deliver the letter I asked you to deliver?"
"It was delivered. I personally delivered it to the little princess. The little princess also gave me a handful of reward money. I waited for a few hours in the mansion, but when I didn't see a reply from the little princess, I left first."
Li Cheng thought, maybe Huiyin was feeling uncomfortable or in a bad mood. Well, she was the only one taking care of the huge mansion, and now she was pregnant, so he wondered how uncomfortable she must be feeling.
When the soldiers in Huaisi have finished their training, he will stay in the Huaiyin Palace in Xuzhou. Otherwise, he cannot be too sentimental.
The weather in Xuzhou started to get colder. Huiyin lay in bed in the morning and could not get up. Winter in the south is completely different from winter in the north. In the north, people use kangs to keep warm at night, but in the south, the house is very cold and they have to put charcoal basins. She was pregnant, so she could not go out into the wind, so she stayed in her room and read.
By the time of the winter solstice, she was pregnant and the kitchen prepared glutinous rice balls. The southerners eat glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice differently from the northerners. Huiyin followed the local customs and began to integrate into the local culture.
"According to the date, my mother should have received my letter." Huiyin said this after finishing a glutinous rice ball.
Just after he finished speaking, no one responded. He looked up and saw Li Cheng.
"Husband." Huiyin got up and wanted to put on her clothes.
She was a big lazy bug. She was only wearing pajamas and a quilt and eating on the couch. She didn't expect Li Cheng to come back at this time, exhausted.
Li Cheng saw her getting up and hurried over to hold her down: "Don't get up. Pregnant women shouldn't move so violently."
The joy that Huiyin exuded from within also pleased Li Cheng. Li Cheng took off his armor and changed into casual clothes. He picked up the glutinous rice balls left by Huiyin and ate them. He touched her belly and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'm not by your side."
"It's okay. Although I still have things to take care of at home now, it's much quieter now. By the way, your cousin Xun has gone to the capital, saying that she wanted to fulfill her filial duties. I sent the letter to your grandmother, but when you wrote saying that you were sending her off, I didn't send her letter. I'm giving it to you now." Huiyin said.
Li Cheng waved his hands: "It's good that she's gone, never mind. But what about you?"
"I was just sick at first and couldn't eat, but after three months I felt much better. Now sometimes when I put my hand on my belly, the baby will say hello to me," Huiyin said with a smile.
Li Cheng wanted to try it immediately, and he naturally put his hand on Huiyin's belly. Huiyin's body felt a little numb, and she covered his hand with hers.
Li Cheng also seemed to sense something, and he looked up and saw Huiyin staring at him.
"What's wrong?"
"Did you come back just for me?" Huiyin wanted to confirm.
Li Cheng originally planned to come back for the New Year, but it was almost the winter solstice. Somehow, thinking of Zheng who was alone at home and pregnant, he felt a little compassion, so he came back.
He didn't know how to respond to his wife's eager eyes. She seemed to love him too much, and all her emotions followed his fluctuations. But he couldn't respond to such surging love, so he could only lower his head and said, "Hmm."
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Ji had indeed received the letter and was asking someone to prepare a lot of supplements and send them to Xuzhou. Xin had a lot of experience because she had given birth to a son, so she brought the small pillow her son had slept on, the small clothes he had worn, and even made a patchwork sweater to add to the gift.
"Madam, our little aunt is really great. She got pregnant right after getting married. It seems that Prince Huaiyin loves her very much. You can finally rest assured now." Xin said with a smile.
Ji was also very happy: "Originally, I planned to let Shuo'er deliver the things for us and get to know his brother-in-law, but the Marquis asked Shuo'er to meet Wei Duo. I can only let Heng'er go. You know that Heng'er has never been far away. I am very worried."
After listening to what Ji said, Xin secretly muttered to herself that Ji was biased. It was such a good opportunity to be able to meet the Prince of Huaiyin, but she only let her youngest son go.
But Xin would not show it. She could only go back and prepare more gifts. Her sister-in-law had a good relationship with her husband and she even wrote a special letter to him this time.
Ji and others were thinking about how to return the gift, but Madam Xu was anxious because she had not expected that Huiyin, who was to be married a few months later, would suddenly become pregnant.
Even Zheng Deyin became anxious after hearing this, and told Madam Xu that it was impossible.
Madam Xu said, "She has been pregnant for three months. I heard that the young prince doted on her very much. He left her in Xuzhou after he went there. He specially rushed back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with her. She is lucky."
Zheng Deyin had never thought that her sister would be married like this. She remembered that she spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with Concubine Wu in her previous life. Li Cheng only came back once a year, so she could not get pregnant. A year later, Concubine Wu betrothed Xun Rou to Li Cheng as a concubine. Xun Rou respected her very much. She thought that it would be better to let Xun Rou be the concubine, rather than letting someone she didn't know and was given by the King of Wei be the concubine. At least it would be easier to control.
Who would have known that Li Cheng disliked Xun Rou and instead treated the daughter of a clerk as a treasure. The girl was plain-looking and had almost no family background, but he doted on her.