After saying goodbye to the old lady, he returned to the palace.
Zi'an had just finished his soup and was sitting in the yard reading a book. When he saw him coming back, he raised his head and looked at him, "Zhuangzhuang, are you willing to go?"
"went."
"That's good. I feel relieved when she goes." Zi'an put the book down. "You've been gone for so long. I thought she didn't want to."
Murong Jie walked to her side and gently put his arm around her shoulders. "No, I went to the Chen Mansion."
"Chen Mansion? Is there something going on there?" Zi'an's eyes flashed with confusion.
Murong Jie slowly squatted down, held Zi'an's hand, and looked at her. The sunlight filtered through the trees and shone on her clean face, as if it was covered with a layer of golden light.
"Zi'an, I want to talk to you." Murong Jie said seriously.
Zi'an's heart skipped a beat. "What's wrong?"
"Listen to me," Murong Jie continued to hold her hand, his eyes solemn, "This is my first time being a father, so I don't know how to deal with this emotion. I am very happy, but at the same time I am also very scared and worried. I am afraid that I can't teach this child well, so I went to find the old lady. The Chen family is harmonious, so she must have experience."
Zi'an's heart slowly calmed down. She was really scared and thought something was wrong. It turned out to be prenatal anxiety. Well, she, a pregnant woman, was not anxious at all, but the father was anxious.
"After talking with Lady Chen, do you know how to be a father now?" Zi'an asked.
"I don't know, but at least I have a rough idea in my mind." Murong Jie thought for a moment, trying to summarize the messy words in his mind. After a moment, he said, "Lead by example."
Zi'an raised his eyebrows. This was a very thoughtful statement.
Xiaoqi, well done.
"Whether the child is a boy or a girl, I don't want everyone to be afraid of me. Therefore, I will change my temper and personality before the child is born. If I can't help but get angry or have a bad temper, you have to remind me."
Zi'an laughed, "No, Lao Qi, you don't have to be like this. Strict father and kind mother, each playing a different role, that's good."
Murong Jie thought for a moment, "But, I hope that I am a kind father and you are a strict mother."
"Okay, it doesn't matter. It's all for the good of the child." Zi'an said.
Murong Jie looked at her and felt a little annoyed, as if even Zi'an handled the situation better than him.
Oh, so sad.
"Seventh Brother, are you really happy about the arrival of this child?" Zi'an asked with a little concern. He did appear happy, but this happiness did not last long and turned into worry.
Murong Jie nodded, "How can I not be happy? I am willing to exchange my life for this child, but because I am happy and value him so much, I am worried. I am afraid... I am afraid that he will become a person like the deposed crown prince and the eighth brother."
"No." Zi'an's eyes were filled with tears. "We will always be with our child, teach him the correct values, the world and principles of life, and tell him what he can and cannot do."
"What you said is the same as what the old lady said. The old lady said that there is no problem that cannot be solved by companionship." Murong Jie said.
"Yes, all the problems of children can be solved by companionship. And what you said is also very important, lead by example. Why did the Eighth Prince become like that? Because when he had the idea of fighting for power, your mother did not stop him but instead encouraged his desire for power and allowed it to expand. Why did the deposed crown prince end up like this? It was because the queen who was responsible for educating him was biased and told him since he was a child that he would be the emperor in the future, that he would hold great power and that he would get everything he wanted without any effort. This is the consequence of their failure to lead by example."
Murong Jie nodded, "You are right. Educating children is really a science. I will ask my grandfather for advice in the future."
He was talking about Grand Secretary Yuan.
Zi'an said, "Seventh Brother, you really don't have to be so nervous. Education is a long road. We don't need to think about it now. What we should worry about first is whether he will be healthy, whether there will be chaos in the court again, and whether I can give birth to the child safely."
This was Zi'an's deepest worry, because she had been poisoned by the Ecstasy Powder before and had also taken some other medicines, and she herself was not sure whether it would harm the child.
Moreover, in this era, there is no modern medical monitoring during pregnancy, so many data are unknown.
Moreover, is the Emperor really willing to stop
Murong Jie assured, "Zi'an, I will protect you at all costs and will not let you get hurt in the slightest."
Zi'an stared at him. The firmness and determination in his eyes made her trust him immensely.
This man was getting deeper and deeper into her heart.
Yueqing Palace.
Mei Fei's health has improved, but she has lost too much blood and needs to recuperate for some time.
Zhuangzhuang sent everyone out, leaving only Qinzhi and Qionghua here to guard.
Seeing that her face was still very pale, he said, "Remember to ask the servants to make more nourishing soup for you, so that you can recover slowly."
Mei Fei smiled palely, "Thank you, Princess. I will tell them."
"Well, does the emperor have any suspicions about you?" Zhuangzhuang asked.
"Not yet, don't worry Princess."
Zhuangzhuang nodded, "That's good, but as Zi'an said, there are still loopholes in this matter. You have to think of a good excuse. For example, how did you know that Concubine Yi killed Sun Fang'er, and how did you know that she buried the body in the back garden? The emperor won't ask now, but he will definitely ask when he calms down."
Mei Fei said: "Princess, rest assured, I have a detailed explanation."
"Also, when Axin came to your palace to exchange information, did he come in person?"
Mei Fei shook her head. "No, the prince didn't come here in person. He asked someone close to him to bring me some supplements to congratulate me on my pregnancy. He only came twice, so there were legitimate reasons for both visits. Therefore, there is no need to worry about this."
"Well, that's good, that's good." Zhuangzhuang remembered that he had doubted her before, and he was indeed too suspicious. "I suspected you of harming Zi'an at that time, and I wronged you. I will apologize to you."
Having said that, he stood up and bowed to her to apologize.
Mei Fei was startled and quickly held her hand. "This concubine, please don't do this. Please don't do this. I can't bear it. It's normal for the princess to suspect me. It is indeed Dong Mei who colluded with Concubine Yi."
"Fortunately, Zi'an insisted on believing in you. Otherwise, if I really misunderstood you, I don't know what you would do. By the way, the medicine that Zi'an asked you to take can diagnose slippery pulse. The imperial doctors didn't doubt it, right? And when the fetus was miscarried, did the imperial doctors have anything special to say?"
Mei Fei shook her head and said, "The imperial doctors had no doubts and all agreed that it was a pregnancy pulse. As for the miscarriage later, I deliberately stabbed my lower abdomen. The clothes were very loose and the blood would flow along the skin of my lower abdomen, so it also gave the illusion of miscarriage."
Hearing her say this, Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but hold her hand and said, "It's hard for you to suffer so much."
Mei Fei smiled and said, "What's the big deal? I have endured this for ten years. I don't know how happy I am now."
(End of this chapter)