Wen Tingyun felt helpless and amused. She was about to become a mother, so why was she still so easily shy when facing him?
At this moment, Wen Shiqing spoke up: "Now that Mother has returned, Tingyun, you should come with me to pay your respects to your grandmother."
"Yes." Wen Tingyun withdrew his gaze and nodded.
The father and son went to Deshou Hall.
At this moment, Wang Houde and Lü Qiao unloaded all the gifts from the carriage.
"Your Highness, what should be done with these gifts?" Wang Houde asked.
Wen Nongnong glanced at the gifts the two were carrying and was about to speak when Madam Xu frowned, "You're back, so why did you bring so much stuff?"
Wen Nongnong shrugged. "These were all prepared by the prince, but they have nothing to do with me."
When Madam Xu heard that it was Gu Linchao who had prepared it, her attitude immediately changed. She was both surprised and delighted, saying, "Your Highness is too kind."
Lu Yingying covered her mouth with her handkerchief and chuckled, "It seems the Prince values Nong Nong."
Wen Nongnong raised an eyebrow. "You know about this too? It's just that he had some gifts prepared, and you think he values me?"
Lu Yingying said, "If the prince didn't value you, why would he personally have someone prepare gifts for your return?"
Madam Xu nodded in agreement, and said with emotion, "The Prince may seem cold, but he is a thoughtful and considerate person." As she spoke, her gaze fell on Wen Nongnong, and she said with relief, "Seeing that you are doing well, I am relieved."
Wen Nong Nong rummaged through Wang Houde's arms and picked out a few gifts for Lu Yingying.
"Sister-in-law, here's some bird's nest for you. You're still in the early stages of your pregnancy, so eat more of it. It'll be good for the baby. But you shouldn't eat it in the later stages, otherwise the baby will grow too big and it will be difficult to give birth."
Hearing her earnest instructions, Madam Xu was surprised, then laughed and scolded, "You understand all this?"
Wen Nongnong retorted, "How could I not understand? In Mother's eyes, am I that stupid?"
Madam Xu said, both amused and exasperated, "Of course you're not stupid, but it really surprises me that you know these things." If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she really wouldn't have believed that her youngest daughter would understand these things.
"I know a lot of things, not just this one," Wen Nongnong said with a touch of pride.
When Madam Xu saw this, she felt both affection and joy. "I didn't know our Nong Nong had made such progress."
Wen Nongnong blinked, handed the several boxes of bird's nest in her hand to the maid next to Lu Yingying, and then turned around and picked out a few tonics suitable for Madam Xu from Lü Qiao's arms.
"These Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng are good for you, Mom and Dad. Remember to stew them and drink them often."
Xu was furious and deliberately said, "Giving it to me and your father is considered a bargain for us, but giving it to your sister-in-law is not what you said. What, in your eyes, is your sister-in-law closer than us?"
Wen Nongnong made a face at her, "That's right. I'm just closer to my sister-in-law."
Madam Xu was both angry and amused, "You little devil..." but her eyes were full of affection as she looked at her.
Lu Yingying looked at her mother-in-law and sister-in-law with a smile, feeling a sense of relief.
"Oh right, give these writing implements to my eldest brother. As for my second brother, he'll inevitably be wielding swords and spears in the future, so these knee pads will suit him well." Wen Nongnong finished distributing the gifts, but noticed that Lü Qiao still had two items left in her arms.
She muttered under her breath, "Why is Gu Linchao preparing a gift for that old woman? She doesn't even like me and wants me not to come back..."
Xu and Lu Yingying heard it, but pretended not to.
Madam Xu took the two gifts directly from Lü Qiao's hands and handed them to a servant beside her, instructing, "These are gifts that the Prince and Princess brought for the Old Madam. Quickly send them over."
"Yes." The servant took the gift box and hurried into the mansion.
"Alright, let's go inside and talk, the three of us." Madam Xu pulled one of them by the hand and led them into the mansion.
When the servants delivered the gifts to Deshou Hall, Wen Shiqing and Wen Tingyun were paying their respects to Old Madam Wen.
With a stern face, Madam Wen wanted to reprimand Madam Xu in front of Wen Shiqing. At this moment, a servant stepped forward and reported, "Madam, this is a gift specially chosen for you by the Regent and the Princess. Madam asked me to deliver it to you."
Upon hearing this, Madam Wen was taken aback. "A gift from the Regent?" She automatically ignored Wen Nong Nong.
"Yes." The servant presented the gifts.
As Madam Wen looked at the two exquisitely packaged gift boxes on the table, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Wen Shiqing said with a smile, "Mother, please open it and take a look."
Seeing this, Madam Wen pretended to be reserved and said, "The gifts from young people are just so-so. Let's just leave them."
Wen Shiqing sighed inwardly and said, "Mother, you must be tired from your journey. Please rest well. Tingyun and I will head back now."
Madam Wen nodded. "Go ahead."
After the father and son left, Madam Wen hesitated for a long time before finally opening the box.
When she saw that the box contained a string of Buddhist prayer beads and a Buddhist scripture, she was stunned for a moment. Then she picked up the prayer beads, rubbed them in her hand, and found that they felt very good and each bead had a good luster, indicating that they were not ordinary. She also found that the Buddhist scripture was one that she had never read before.
A smile finally appeared on her old face. "The Regent is truly thoughtful."
The servants attending to her quickly chimed in, "Yes, the Regent is so attentive to you, which shows how much he values our Fourth Miss."
When Madam Wen heard Wen Nong Nong's name, her expression stiffened for a moment, but she didn't say anything because of the Buddhist prayer beads in her hand.
The servant glanced at her face and, seeing that she didn't make trouble this time, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought to himself that the Regent was really clever; the gift he gave was so much to the old lady's liking.
On the other side, after Wen Nongnong, Madam Xu, and Lu Yingying entered the mansion, they went directly to Madam Xu's courtyard to talk.
"Mom, I have good news to tell you." Wen Nongnong said mysteriously as soon as she sat down.
Upon hearing this, Madam Xu was overjoyed. Her gaze immediately fell on the woman's stomach, and she couldn't stop smiling. "You're pregnant?"
"Cough cough cough..."
Lu Yingying, who was drinking water, choked and looked at Xu Shi in surprise, then at Wen Nongnong, and quickly started calculating in her mind.
When she last visited the Regent's Palace, Nong Nong and the Regent had not yet consummated their marriage. Now, it's only a few days short of a month. How could Nong Nong have gotten pregnant so quickly?
Wen Nongnong was also caught off guard by Xu Di's words. Her peach blossom eyes widened as she looked at her in surprise, "Why would Mother think that?"
Madam Xu glanced at the distraught Lu Yingying, then at the astonished Wen Nongnong, paused for a moment, and asked, "Haven't you done it yet?"
"Of course not." Wen Nongnong was speechless, not understanding why her mother would think of this.
When Madam Xu heard her denial, she felt as if she had been doused with cold water and immediately deflated, but her eyes still lingered on Wen Nongnong's belly, "You've been married to the Prince for quite some time now, why haven't you heard anything yet?"
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