Prince Jin returned at about midnight. Seeing that the lights were still on in the room, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. His little princess was waiting for him.
When I entered the room, I saw Jiang Changning sleeping on the bed with a book on his lap.
He walked over, took the book aside, and carefully helped Jiang Changning take off his outer clothes.
Although his movements were very gentle, Jiang Changning was still awakened.
Jiang Changning opened his eyes and saw that it was Prince Jin. He smiled, "Prince, you are back."
"Go to bed if you're tired. Can your neck bear lying crooked like this?"
"It's okay." Jiang Changning twisted his neck. "Where is the fire? Is it the lighthouse?"
"It's not the lantern tower, it's the bear mansion."
"General Xiong's Mansion?"
"Um."
Jiang Changning had a very bad impression of General Xiong and snorted coldly, "Was General Xiong burned to death?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you." King Jin laughed, "Although General Xiong is in a mess and his beard was burned by the torch, he is fine."
"How did the fire start? Was it caused by the lanterns?" Jiang Changning stared at the people in the mansion, took down the lanterns from various places, and waited until they were completely extinguished before entering the storage room.
"Someone deliberately set the fire before people fell asleep. They probably just wanted to burn down the house, not hurt anyone."
Jiang Changning was shocked. "It wasn't a fire. Someone set the fire! Has the arsonist been caught?"
"The Xiong family is busy putting out the fire. It's a mess. Go over there and arrest them."
"It's retribution. He set off fireworks to destroy other people's houses, and now his own house has been set on fire." Jiang Changning gloated.
"General Xiong also thought that it was those disaster victims who sneaked in and set the fire."
"So what? What is he going to do?"
The Prince of Jin lay down on the bed and sneered, "He shouted for fighting and killing, but he didn't catch anyone. Who would he fight and kill? Princess Yirao went to report to the authorities."
He did not tell anyone what Zhuo Xilan had told him.
"Will the government catch anyone?" Jiang Changning asked as he came over.
"Princess Jin, if you ask questions like this, people will suspect that you were the one who set the fire." The Prince of Jin said with a smile.
Jiang Changning curled his lips, "I thought so, but it was too late."
As he said this, he walked to the door, called the maid to bring in water, and helped Prince Jin wash.
After the New Year's Eve, the New Year atmosphere disappeared and life returned to normal. On the 25th day of the first lunar month, Imperial Physician Xue came to the Prince of Jin's mansion to check the pulse of the female members of the family.
After examining Jiang Changning's left hand and then his right hand, Jiang Changning asked with a smile, "Master Xue, do you have any good news to tell me?"
Doctor Xue also smiled, "It seems that the princess knows what's going on."
"It's been almost a month and a half, right?" Jiang Changning asked again.
"When I came to take your pulse last year, I felt it was similar, but I couldn't be sure. I examined you again today. Congratulations, Princess." Doctor Xue bowed.
"I'll have to trouble you, Master Xue, for my baby." Jiang Changning glanced at Xiulan, who was laughing beside him, and said, "Xiulan, Xiulan, Xiulan."
"Ah, ah, I'm here." Xiulan came to her senses and hurried to get the big reward.
Doctor Xue smiled and told Jiang Changning some things to pay attention to during pregnancy. As this was the first time she was pregnant in two lives, Jiang Changning listened very carefully and even asked Xiulan to bring her paper and pen.
A good memory is not as good as a bad pen.
Doctor Xue was also very dedicated. He talked for a full half hour before he stopped talking and drank a large cup of tea. "Princess, have a good rest, walk around appropriately, and don't be too nervous."
"Thank you, sir." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"Please check Ping'an's pulse next time and I'll come again." Doctor Xue stood up and said.
"Good news, I would like to tell His Majesty in person, but please do not mention it in front of His Majesty." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"I understand." Doctor Xue was also young once, and he knew that this was the interest between young couples.
"Xiu Lan, send Master Xue out for me."
After the two of them went out, Jiang Changning touched her belly which had not changed much and smiled sweetly.
But she waited for three days before she told King Jin the good news in person.
"You, you are pregnant?" Prince Jin stared at her belly in disbelief.
"It's been a month and a half. You're going to be a father. Are you happy?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.
"I'm happy." King Jin laughed. "I have a son. How can I not be happy? I'm so happy!"
Jiang Changning was unhappy when he heard this, "My son is happy, but my daughter is not?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I would be happy whether you give birth to a son or a daughter." Prince Jin walked over and touched her belly.
Jiang Changning pursed her lips and smiled, not wanting to argue with him about this issue, "Mother, then, you go and announce the good news."
"Okay, take a good rest and don't run around."
"When did I run around?" Jiang Changning pouted.
"But it's just a waste of my words. Don't be upset. Be careful that your child is as stingy as you." Prince Jin scratched her nose.
Jiang Changning groaned twice, and the couple talked for a while. Prince Jin walked outside and said to Xiulan, "The people in Rujingyuan have worked hard to take care of the princess. I will give them three more months' salary."
"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness." Xiulan bowed.
Prince Jin walked past her and went out of the courtyard. He wanted to tell the good news to the Queen Mother.
When the concubine found out that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, she smiled from ear to ear, "I remember there are three hundred-year-old ginsengs in the storeroom. Take them out and give them to your wife."
"Mother, there is no need for this. The princess is pregnant, not weak."
The concubine pretended not to hear anything. She called the maid, opened the storehouse, and personally held the three hundred-year-old ginsengs in her hands, and went to Rujingyuan.
Prince Jin couldn't stop her and had to go with her.
Jiang Changning was leaning on the couch and reading the Nineteen Ancient Poems, "There is a tall building in the northwest, reaching up to the clouds. It has windows that are interlaced and decorated with brocade, and a pavilion with three levels of steps. There are strings and music playing on it."
Prenatal education, start now.
Before he finished reading the poem, he heard the voice of a maid outside paying respects to the dowager concubine.
Jiang Changning quickly put down the book and went out to greet him.
When the concubine saw her, she said anxiously, "Slow down, walk slower, you are in such a hurry, are you in a hurry?"
Jiang Changning felt that he was not walking fast, but, well, there was no need to argue with the concubine about this matter, just take one step at a time as half a step, that should be fine, right
"Mother, why are you here?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.
"I heard that you were pregnant. Mother is so happy that she came to see you." Prince Jin said with a smile.
The concubine did not come just to see Jiang Changning, she also came to clean the house. When she entered the house and looked around, she found everything she saw displeasing.
Pointing to the footrests and pedals, he said, "Put away all these things that are bumping around."
"And move that official kiln flowerpot out, too. Be careful not to shake the water out."
"Take out that Boshan incense burner as well. Your master is pregnant and can no longer burn incense."
"Put a thick carpet on the threshold."
"From now on, someone will be waiting at the door. Your princess should be careful when she goes in and out."
Jiang Changning decorated the room warmly and romantically. The antique shelves were filled with her favorite antique porcelain, jade carvings, bronze ware, and small embroidered screens.
The concubine asked her servants to put away all the ornaments.
Yan Yinyao rushed over after hearing the news, and saw her cousin's wife sitting on the couch next to her, holding a cup in her hand, with a look of despair on her face.
Her aunt was ordering the servants in the yard around, and the scene was quite chaotic.
My throat is itchy and I'm coughing. I wanted to save a day of injections, but I decided to go for it. Poor back of my hand, it's all blue now.
(End of this chapter)