Chapter 34 She...is pregnant?
Yunzhu placed her hands on her chest, looked up in astonishment at the little beggar.
"What, what did you say?" she asked incredulously.
The little beggar blinked his bright eyes and said, "That's right, my mother was like that before, and not long after, my little brother was born."
Yunzhu suppressed the nausea rising in her stomach and turned to look at Ayan.
Ayan hurriedly pulled the little beggar aside and asked again, "You, is everything you said true?"
"Yes!" The little beggar nodded, his appearance disheveled but his expression extremely serious.
Ayan frowned and hurriedly turned back to look at Yunzhu.
Yunzhu overheard their conversation. She clutched her stomach tightly and it took her a while to calm herself down.
"Ayan..." After calming down a bit, she instructed Ayan, "You settle the child first, have a meal with her, and I'll go back upstairs to rest. After we finish this meal, we'll go to the clinic together."
"good……"
Ayan knew that once the little beggar said those words, Yunzhu would definitely lose her appetite.
They were both young girls in their early twenties, with no experience in pregnancy and no one to give them advice. Ayan wanted to accompany Yunzhu upstairs, but Yunzhu waved her hand.
Although her stomach was upset, she could still move around fairly easily. She wanted to go back upstairs alone to think things through... to think... if she really was pregnant with Xiao Mingzhang's child... if she really was pregnant...
Yunzhu held onto the handrail as she went up the stairs, something she had never even considered before.
A chill gradually crept over her entire body. She hadn't been able to think about much on the way here. As soon as she entered the house, she couldn't help but slump down on the cold floor tiles.
Once upon a time, Yunzhu truly longed to have a child, a child with Xiao Mingzhang. But ever since she learned what Ying Shi had done to her, her desire for a child diminished considerably, and now all she felt was a yearning to escape the Huan Prince's mansion…
If the child really comes at this time... if the child really does come at this time...
Yunzhu kept rubbing her lower abdomen with both hands, unsure whether this was a stroke of luck or misfortune.
She began to recall when her last period was... It seemed... it had indeed been several months since her last period?
But since last autumn, Yunzhu had been taking care of her health under the care of a doctor, and her periods were often irregular... She really couldn't be sure if she was pregnant.
She could only sit blankly on the ground, letting tears unknowingly cover her entire face.
She didn't come to her senses until Ayan knocked on the door, and immediately got up to open it for her.
“Princess…” As soon as Ayan entered the room, she saw Yunzhu’s tearful eyes and quickly reached out to wipe them away with heartache.
Her brows furrowed tightly, but it was no use; she knew there was nothing she could do about it.
Should she persuade her own princess to keep the child? They had just escaped from Yunzhou, and now they wanted to leave behind a child belonging to their Prince Huan's family? This was truly infuriating.
But could she really persuade her own princess not to have the child? Ayan couldn't bring herself to say such a thing. She had seen firsthand how much Yunzhu longed for the child when they were in the Prince's mansion.
“Princess…” Ayan could only leave everything to Yunzhu to decide.
"It's nothing, maybe that child was just talking nonsense." Yunzhu wiped the tears from her cheeks and said to Ayan, "Let's go to the clinic first. Maybe I just ate something bad, or maybe I'm just too tired, too tired..."
Seeing that Yunzhu was about to start rambling incoherently, Ayan quickly grabbed Yunzhu's hand to stop her from continuing.
"Princess, let's go, let's go to the clinic, we'll go right now!" she said to Yunzhu.
Yunzhu nodded, and the two of them tidied up and headed to the clinic.
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According to the innkeeper, there is a clinic just a few steps away from the inn, which is one of the largest clinics in Luozhou City.
When Yunzhu and Ayan arrived, they found the clinic packed with people; even getting medicine required jostling and pushing each other.
"Even though it's a large clinic, it shouldn't be this crowded, right?" As soon as Ayan arrived, she felt that the clinic was too crowded. She asked around and found out that after a large number of disaster victims poured into Luozhou, the clinic had been distributing free medicines every day and providing free medical consultations to the people.
“No wonder…” Ah Yan murmured.
"A doctor's heart is benevolent." Wearing a veil, Yunzhu, after learning about these things, simply held Ayan's hand and did not discuss other clinics with her.
The two waited for quite some time before it was finally Yunzhu's turn to see a doctor.
"What brings you two here?" The doctor in front of him, who had probably seen quite a few patients all day, asked Yunzhu without even bothering to look up.
Yunzhu did not remove her veil or hat, but sat down on the stool in front of the doctor and said, "I want to see if I am pregnant."
"hiss--"
Although Yunzhu had lived in the Central Plains for nearly three years, she was still a person from the Western Regions. No matter how well she spoke the Central Plains dialect, she still had a Western Regions accent.
The doctor seemed surprised to find that the person speaking beneath the veil was a woman from the Western Regions.
He finally raised his head and, surprised, glanced at Yunzhu a few more times through the veil.
A moment later, the doctor called for her to extend her hand.
She rolled up her sleeve slightly, revealing a slender, white wrist.
The doctor placed a handkerchief on Yunzhu's wrist and began to take her pulse.
"Are you from the Western Regions?" He began asking Yunzhu some questions while taking her pulse.
"Yes," Yunzhu replied.
"It's quite rare for someone from the Western Regions to speak the Central Plains language so well. You..." The doctor glanced up at Ayan, who was standing beside Yunzhu, and asked, "Are you a couple?"
"Otherwise what?" As a guard, Ayan was naturally exceptionally sensitive to danger. Although this clinic was good, the doctor's scrutiny earlier made her very uncomfortable, and his inquiries now made her even more suspicious.
The doctor chuckled twice: "Young master, you have quite the temper. I'm just surprised that you two, a young couple from the Western Regions, have come to Luozhou. Are you passing through or seeking a living?"
"How was your journey? How did you make a living?" Ayan was about to retort to the meddlesome doctor when Yunzhu tugged at her sleeve, telling her to shut up.
She readily agreed, saying, "I've heard that Luozhou is a major city in the Central Plains, and it has always welcomed people from all over the country. After the Great Yu and the Western Regions achieved peaceful coexistence, many of us from the Western Regions also wanted to come to the Central Plains to see it, and Luozhou was the first choice."
This statement seemed to answer the doctor's question, but in reality, it said nothing at all.
"I see." After taking Yunzhu's pulse, the doctor finally removed his hand from her wrist.
"How did it go? What was the result?" Ayan asked anxiously.
"Congratulations, madam, you are three months pregnant," the doctor said slowly, looking at Yunzhu with a smile.
Ayan gasped, and Yunzhu's lips, hidden beneath the curtain, trembled slightly.
She's pregnant? Is she really pregnant? Is she really carrying Xiao Mingzhang's child?
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake in your diagnosis?" Ayan couldn't help but ask.
The doctor glanced at Ayan with amusement: "If you don't believe me, you two can go out and turn left to find another clinic."
After looking at Ayan, he turned his gaze back to Yunzhu.
"This is a prescription for a safe pregnancy." The doctor quickly wrote down a prescription and handed it to Yunzhu. "If you trust me, you can go and get the medicine now. Judging from your pulse, you must have been exhausted from your journey these past few days. Regardless of whether you are in a hurry to continue your journey, I advise you to rest more for the sake of the child in your womb. If possible, stay in Luozhou for a few more days and continue your journey after you have recovered. This will be good for both you and the baby."
Through the veil of her veil, Yunzhu looked at the prescription the doctor handed her, and for a moment she didn't know whether she should accept it or not.
Should she take the call? Should she get some rest for the sake of her and Xiao Mingzhang's child?
"What, you don't want this child?" The doctor seemed to see Yunzhu's hesitation and asked.
Ayan immediately took the prescription for Yunzhu: "Who said that? We want it! It's our child, of course we want it!"
She answered for Yunzhu herself and then took Yunzhu to get the medicine.
“Ayan…” Yunzhu still couldn’t quite understand, but Ayan said, “Whether we keep the child or not, we still have to take the medicine, right?”
Yunzhu then fell silent.
She watched as Ayan dutifully finished dispensing the medicine at the clinic before accompanying her back to the inn.
When the innkeeper saw the two return, he greeted them warmly and asked about their medical treatment. Yunzhu and Ayan didn't really want to talk, so they just gave him a few perfunctory answers.
Once they got upstairs, they were finally able to get some proper rest.
Ayan had nothing to say to Yunzhu, so she went to prepare medicine for her.
Now that the child is definitely pregnant, whether or not Yunzhu wants the child is entirely up to her.
Ayan had already made up her mind. If the princess wanted the child, they would raise it well. They had money, so it shouldn't be difficult, as long as the child didn't grow up to be as heartless as its father. If the princess didn't want the child, then she would be happy to relax. She would accompany the princess to get rid of the child, and soon they would be truly free again.
In short, no matter what, she will stay by the princess's side.
"Ayan..." When Ke Yunzhu saw that Ayan was about to go and do things for her again, she quickly took off her veil, revealing a rare, calm expression on her face.
Ayan's heart clenched.
This was the first time she had seen such a bleak expression on Yunzhu's face. Yunzhu was usually bright and sunny, full of vitality. Even when she was angry, she was like a beautiful peony, captivating everyone's attention. But since coming to the Huan Prince's mansion, she had been heartbroken and haggard time and time again. Now, with her plain appearance, how could she resemble her princess at all?
Ayan quickly stepped forward and took Yunzhu's hand.
Yunzhu clapped her hands lightly, the movement as light as a feather, but her tone was inexplicably heavy.
“If I were to say, I would like to keep this child…” she said.
“Then I will accompany the princess to raise him!” Ayan spoke quickly and thought quickly, her mind as clear as a mirror that needed no wiping.
Yunzhu was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting her to agree so quickly. After the initial shock, she finally smiled in relief.
On the way back, Yunzhu thought a lot about whether she should keep the child, and whether the child would be more of a burden or a surprise for her.
She thought about it all the way back to the inn, and struggled with the decision the whole way. Only after returning to the inn was she finally certain that she wanted to keep the child; she couldn't bear to abort him.
This is the child she has always wanted. Even though she has left Xiao Mingzhang now, the child is innocent. The child will be hers alone in the future. He will not be affected by the Huan Prince's Mansion or those evil people. She will raise him well.
Seeing Ayan's support, Yunzhu finally felt relieved, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Ayan couldn't bear to see Yunzhu cry, so she stroked her cheeks and wiped away her tears before taking the newly acquired medicinal herbs downstairs.
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Meanwhile, Yunzhu and Ayan finally made up their minds to welcome the baby that was about to arrive. Inside the clinic, after witnessing the two leave, the doctor also got up.
A young apprentice followed behind the doctor and asked, "Master, since that woman is already three months pregnant, she shouldn't be in such danger. Why did you advise her to rest for a few more days? What if she has urgent business to attend to?"
The doctor looked up at his young apprentice but didn't reply.
After he finally finished writing the contents of the paper, he handed it to his young apprentice and said, "Send someone to deliver this letter to the Prince Huan's residence tonight, and tell the Crown Prince that I have seen the Crown Princess."
The young apprentice was startled and hurriedly did as instructed.
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Author's Note: Here it comes! Ugh, I'm so sorry, my period came last night and I felt so awful. I couldn't get up smoothly this morning either. I'll make up for last night's episode later!
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