Yan Nangui knew that Shu Chengfeng had gone to Luo Liangyuan's place, but he didn't feel anything and went to bed early.
The next morning, when the main courtyard paid its respects, Luo Liangyuan was naturally the last to arrive.
Shu Chengfeng had just left.
Of course, she couldn't serve the emperor in bed, but the crown prince hadn't left yet, so she couldn't leave either.
But from the perspective of others, it's a different story.
"Oh, you're pregnant and still so reckless? Aren't you afraid of something going wrong? You have the nerve to keep His Highness here, aren't you afraid of making him angry?" Ye Liangdi sneered.
"Consort Ye," the Crown Princess interrupted her, "What are you saying? Consort Luo is pregnant, so naturally His Highness should go and see her. What nonsense are you spouting?"
"Am I wrong? Humph." Ye Liangdi sat down.
Su Liangdi glanced at the Crown Princess and immediately understood. This was... Luo Liangyuan had approached her yesterday, and she had accepted this matter?
“Speaking of which, Consort Luo is pregnant, and she looks a little different than before. And these past few days, Sister Ning also looks rather haggard,” Consort Su suddenly said.
All eyes immediately turned to Ning Chenghui.
She was truly low-key and never spoke up. Now that someone was looking at her, her face paled: "Consort Su, are you mistaken? Perhaps it's because of the cold weather, I..."
“If you’re sick, you should call the imperial physician. Why hide it like this? I’ve heard you haven’t had much of an appetite these past few days.” Consort Su interrupted her with a smile, “Although you are the Crown Princess’s cousin, you are still His Highness the Crown Prince’s consort. How can you not take care of your health?”
Hearing her say that, anyone with a brain would understand what was going on.
Are you sick but not saying so? Perhaps you are sick?
The Crown Princess's expression was also not good, but things had come to this point, so she couldn't remain silent.
"In that case, let the imperial physician take a look first."
The previous physician was reassigned to be a military doctor, and this one was naturally the newly appointed one.
We'll be there soon.
Ning Chenghui's face remained pale, but there was nothing he could do but ask him to take his pulse.
Upon taking her pulse, a shocking discovery was made: "Congratulations, Madam, you are three months pregnant."
The crowd gasped in disbelief.
Yan Nangui suddenly laughed: "Oh dear, look, Sister Luo, you've run behind everyone else."
Luo Liangyuan suddenly felt relieved: "That's right, I'm not as good as Sister Ning. Congratulations, Sister."
Ning Chenghui was extremely embarrassed. It had been three months; there was no way she didn't know. She must have deliberately kept quiet.
This is a slap in the face to the Crown Princess.
The Crown Princess's face was indeed unpleasant, but she couldn't say anything unpleasant in public.
Ye Liangdi was about to say something when Yuehua stopped her again.
Su Liangdi smiled and said, "Oh my, I have a keen eye for this. You see, although it's not good to tell people the baby is less than three months old, it's not right to keep it a secret like this. This is a joyous occasion."
"Yes, it was my fault." Ning Chenghui could only continue with this statement: "My health is not good. I really didn't know at first. Later... I thought I would wait until I was three months pregnant before making a decision."
"It's a joyous occasion, you two are pregnant, this is certainly a great joy." The Crown Princess, now regaining her senses, smiled and said, "When His Highness the Crown Prince returns to his residence, remember to pass on the message and tell him to be happy too."
"Now that you're pregnant, you need to pay attention to your diet and rest." The Crown Princess glanced at Ning Chenghui.
"There's nothing else to do today, so let's call it a day. Ning Chenghui, you can stay for a while."
Everyone laughed and dispersed.
Inside the main room, Ning Chenghui lowered his head and dared not speak.
"Ning Jiaoyun, you are truly remarkable," the Crown Princess said calmly.
Ning Chenghui immediately knelt down: "I know I was wrong..."
"What did you do wrong?" The Crown Princess sneered, "You didn't tell me you were pregnant. What? Were you afraid I would harm you?"
"No, no, I'm just afraid of Consort Ye. She... she treated Consort Xia like that. I'm just a Chenghui, I'm really scared. Your Majesty, cousin, please believe me." Ning Chenghui crawled a few steps forward.
"What is Chenghui doing?" Madam He smiled, stepping past the Crown Princess to help her up: "We are all family. We can't be two Nings with one stroke of the pen.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Chenghui was just being ignorant. Now that she's pregnant, isn't that a good thing?"
The Crown Princess was only angry for a moment, but she wasn't really confused.
“The wet nurse is right.”
Since we're going to let go of one Consort Luo anyway, a second one isn't out of the question. Now that the Ning family is interested in arranging a marriage between them and the Seventh Prince, if both Ning family women from the Crown Prince's residence become pregnant and give birth, surely one of them will be a son.
If not... then we'll see.
Ning Chenghui is pregnant, and it's definitely something that needs to be done.
To be honest, even if I had known she was pregnant a month ago, I wouldn't have protected her. I might have even attacked her. But things are different now.
"Alright, you can go back now. I'll make arrangements. Just be careful." The Crown Princess waved her hand.
Ning Chenghui agreed and carefully took his leave.
After she left, the Crown Princess gently touched her belly and said, "She certainly knows how to keep things a secret."
"It's not her fault, after all... well, let's not talk about that. This is a good thing now. The Ning family should have some ideas by now. As for the future... she's just a Chenghui, and not favored, so it's rare for her to have the chance to serve His Highness."
To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter whether the mother stays or not.
Back at his residence, Ning Chenghui sat down with a frown.
"Chenghui, have some water." Hongdou poured her a cup of hot water.
"Don't worry too much, after all, you're a member of the Ning family," Hongdou said.
"When did she ever consider me a member of the Ning family?" Ning Chenghui smiled faintly. "But right now, she has to protect this child."
"That's good, so you don't need to worry too much," Hongdou said.
"This household is about to become lively. Once this door is opened, she won't be able to stop it." No matter how much harm she does in the future, it's impossible for every child to be unable to be born.
Yan Nangui in Jiyue Pavilion thought the same thing.
In a great mood, he said, "Let's go, let's go for a walk."
There's still some snow from a while ago. Of course, it's gone from the ground, but there's still some on the eaves and trees. It's too cold, so it hasn't melted much.
Let's just treat it as enjoying the snow.
About half an hour later, she also felt cold and was about to go back when someone came from the front yard to tell her that His Highness invited her over.
Yan Nangui raised an eyebrow: "When did Your Highness return?"
"Consort Huiyan returned early this morning after court," said the eunuch in the front courtyard.
Yan Nangui responded and went to the front yard.
In the study in the front courtyard, Yan Nangui stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."
"Hmm, I just heard you were in the garden. With this weather, what's fun in the garden? Look, these are two pots of peonies brought from the palace, they're in full bloom." Shu Chengfeng pointed to the flowers on the table.
"Wow, it must have taken a lot of effort to get the peonies to bloom so beautifully this season." These are two pots of White Snow Tower, also known as Jade Tower Spring.
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