Taking advantage of her pregnancy, Ye Yun successfully avoided a busy and tiring New Year holiday.
The emperor values this pregnancy of hers, and no one dares to make her tired.
If anything goes wrong, no one can take responsibility.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the eighth day of the New Year. The palace had passed its lively times and it was now quite quiet everywhere.
Ye Yun's belly is now five months pregnant, and she has started to experience fetal movement in the past two days.
Although he had done it several times before, Ye Jun still found it very novel.
After two lifetimes as a human being, this is the first time I have created a human being.
Indeed, she was really looking forward to this child.
Ning Chen also had the same expectation as her.
After finishing the work at hand, I asked.
"What has Ming Xiuyuan been doing these past two days? Is your food and clothing good? Did you tell me if you need anything?"
Yuan Jiu was watching him every day, afraid that the emperor would ask, so he answered fluently at this moment.
"Your Majesty, Xiuyuan has not been out for a few days. She is well fed and well dressed, but she particularly likes to eat dried radish these past two days. She wants a small plate of it at every meal."
"Dried radish?" Ning Chen was puzzled.
Yuan Jiu explained, "It's just dried radish cubes sprinkled with sesame oil. Xiuyuan now wants to chew two with every meal."
Ning Chen frowned, "This is too unnutritious. Maybe the food in the kitchen is not to my taste."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I asked the kitchen and the imperial physician early in the morning. They said that this woman is pregnant and her taste is always different from that of ordinary people. Besides, Xiuyuan doesn't only eat this. She also enjoys other meals." Yuan Jiu said.
After hearing this, Ning Chen nodded and his expression relaxed a little.
He breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, "Let's go to Yuxiu Pavilion. I haven't been there for a while."
Yuan Jiu nodded quickly and asked someone to prepare the sedan chair.
"Xiuyuan should have just woken up from her nap. Now that the emperor has gone, it's a good time to have a chat."
Ning Chen walked out with his hands behind his back, and narrowed his eyes when he heard this.
"You seem to care a lot about Ming Xiuyuan."
"Xiuyuan is pregnant, so I dare not be careless." Yuan Jiu said respectfully.
But Ning Chen suddenly looked up and asked coldly, "How is Concubine Fang's pregnancy? What has she eaten and done recently?"
Yuan Jiu's face turned pale and he knelt down in a hurry.
"Damn you slave!"
"She really deserves to die." Ning Chen's face darkened. "I may not ask, but Concubine Fang is carrying my blood, and I cannot just ignore it. If there is a next time, you don't have to be the chief eunuch anymore."
"I know my crime, please forgive me, Your Majesty. I will be careful and cautious and will never be careless again!"
At this moment, Yuan Jiu was already covered in cold sweat, his face as pale as paper.
He was indeed careless at these times.
Because Ming Xiuyuan was favored, the emperor asked a lot of questions, so he didn't pay attention to Concubine Fang.
But Concubine Fang is carrying the emperor's blood. The emperor can treat her coldly, but he will never allow his servants to neglect her.
Yuanjiu committed a serious taboo this time.
"Okay, get up. I'll take some things to Concubine Fang later. It's up to you." Ning Chen waved his hand.
After giving Yuan Jiu a warning, he also began to reflect on himself.
Being too cold towards Yao.
If this continues, I am afraid that when a child is born, the servants will step on the inferior and praise the superior, and the child will be hurt.
When he was a prince, he had already grown up. His father was away at war, and the pregnant concubines in the palace had no protection. It is unknown how many children he had lost.
He had even seen little princesses who fell ill and died because the servants did not take good care of them because their mothers were not favored.
Ning Chen didn't want such a thing to happen in his harem.
This is what makes him different from the previous emperor; he is more compassionate.
Arrived at Yuxiu Pavilion.
Just as Yuan Jiu said, Ye Jun had just finished his nap.
But Ye Jun stayed in bed late today and got up late, so he is still in bed now.
Ning Chen came into the inner room and poked his little head out from under the thick and soft quilt, his eyes not fully open yet.
“Your Highness.” Huiyue and Nanzhi bowed hurriedly.
The person on the couch heard the worship sounds and then stretched out a tender white hand to rub his eyes.
He yawned and opened his eyes.
"Why don't you get up yet? You'll feel dizzy after sleeping for too long." Ning Chen said softly.
As he spoke, he walked closer, lifted his robe and sat down on the couch.
Ye Jun was too lazy to move.
Seeing that he was not observing etiquette, I simply skipped the verbal greeting.
She said softly, "The baby in my belly hasn't woken up yet. If I get up, I won't disturb his sleep."
It sounded like nonsense, but her voice was so soft and milky that it made people feel cute.
Ning Chen couldn't help himself and reached out to pinch her red face.
"You're going to be a mother, why are you still so childish?"
"Ah!" Ye Jun suddenly shouted.
Ning Chen was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his hand, looking at a loss, "What's wrong? Did it hurt?"
Ye Jun didn't say anything, but quickly reached out a hand from under the quilt, grabbed Ning Chen's hand and pulled it into the quilt, covering her stomach.
Ning Chen never expected such a move.
Through a thin layer of pajamas, a warm touch came from the palm of my hand.
He has never touched a pregnant woman's belly.
It's not as soft as I imagined, but rather feels hard, and it's hard to describe what it is like.
Just as he was stunned, something suddenly hit his palm lightly.
Ning Chen was so frightened that he was about to withdraw his hand, but Ye Jun grabbed his wrist.
"Your Majesty, do you feel it? It's the child moving."
"He, he can move now?" Ning Chen was extremely surprised.
The baby hasn't been born yet, so how come it's moving already
It's no wonder he was surprised. In this era, no one would popularize reproductive knowledge to men.
Ye Jun smiled and said, "My belly is already five months pregnant, and the baby will slowly start to move."
As I was talking, another part of my stomach moved.
Ye Jun took Ning Chen to experience it again, and this time, Ning Chen felt indescribable novelty.
It only moved for a moment and then disappeared.
Ning Chen felt a little unsatisfied.
When Ye Jun got up and put on her clothes, she looked at her bulging belly for a long time.
If he had felt before that the baby was not born that it was a little unreal, after this incident, Ning Chen could truly feel the little life that was about to be born.
At this moment, in addition to anticipation, he also felt a sense of closeness.
After all, no other children had interacted with his father before they were born.
And this is exactly the result Ye Jun wanted.
After changing clothes, he sat down and talked to Ning Chen.
Now that she was pregnant, she always got hungry quickly, so Nan Zhi brought her a few plates of snacks.
They are all freshly baked and still steaming hot.
Ye Jun ate a piece of red bean cake, wiped her hands, and said, "Other people may like sour or spicy food when they are pregnant, but I like to eat sweet food more."
After hearing her say this, Ning Chen tasted a piece of red bean pastry.
“It doesn’t taste very sweet to me.”
"Of course, because I asked them to put less sugar." Ye Jun said with a smile, "This cake uses milk to begin with, and more sugar is added. I also eat a lot, so I must be big and fat."