Chapter 1011 - 430: Spring Imperial Examination (Part 3)
Yueyao understood An Zhichen’s thoughts and started to smile. After laughing, she felt warm inside. An Zhichen was so concerned about her that he got anxious: "In the past, I thought about becoming a monk to avoid those disputes. Now my life is so good, why would I go and become a monk? Don’t overthink it." What Yueyao meant was, as long as life remained this good, she surely wouldn’t become a monk, but if it turned bad, she might think about it again.
An Zhichen held Yueyao and said softly, "Don’t worry, I will always make sure you live a life better than now."
Yueyao nestled in An Zhichen’s arms and gently murmured in agreement.
After fasting for half a month and chanting the Fertility Sutra hundreds of times, Yueyao finally hung the Picture of Guanyin for Blessing with Children at the head of the bed.
An Zhichen looked at the Picture of Guanyin at the bedhead holding a chubby baby, and said with a smile, "Since cousin said your painting is very efficacious, we’ll be holding a chubby boy next year."
Yueyao, however, had a different opinion: "I still hope to give birth to a daughter. In the future, she can help me take care of her brother!"
An Zhichen picked Yueyao up and placed her on the bed, and then jumped onto the bed himself: "Daughters or sons, all are good." After half a month of abstinence, he could finally get what he wished for.
Yueyao got up close to noon the next day, her back aching terribly. Luckily, Nanny Hua had already prepared a medicinal bath for her.
After soaking in the medicinal bath and having her meal, it was already noon. Yueyao hadn’t been managing household affairs for half a month; Peng Chun’s wife had been handling them, supervised by Nanny Hao. Only urgent matters were reported to Yueyao.
Now that Yueyao was back, she naturally needed to inquire thoroughly about matters from the past half month. She spent over an hour handling internal affairs and then went to the Niu Mansion.
It’s good to live close by, so they could visit each other at any time.
When Yueyao saw Mingzhu again, Bai Yi was supporting Mingzhu as she walked in the yard. Mingzhu walked very slowly, and with each step, her brows furrowed involuntarily, showing that she was in a great deal of discomfort.
Yueyao was startled: "What’s going on?"
Mingzhu felt uncomfortable all over, and when she saw Yueyao, tears welled up in her eyes: "My whole body is swollen and it hurts so much." It’s not easy being pregnant with this child; the swelling was getting worse. She’s only seven months along, and her legs are swollen like chubby, white radishes, making walking painful. But it’s not an option not to walk; being only seven months along, she can’t just stay in bed eating. It’s manageable now, but she would suffer during childbirth.
Bai Yi was both heartbroken and amused. Every time she saw Miss Yueyao, she would complain, making one wonder if Miss Yueyao was her mother!
Yueyao went over to support Mingzhu inside.
Mingzhu was quite strong in front of others, but in front of Yueyao, she was like a little girl. Mingzhu held Yueyao’s hand and said, "It’s only the seventh month, there are still three months of suffering to go."
Yueyao knew twins tended to be born early, generally around eight or nine months, but speaking of premature birth wasn’t auspicious: "It’s okay, you’ve made it through seven months, just endure three more months and it’ll pass."
With Bai Yi’s help, Mingzhu shifted slightly: "Yueyao, this time I’ve made up my mind not to have any more children. Even if they are two boys, after giving birth this time, I won’t have any more. It’s too much suffering." If it happened again, she feared she couldn’t bear it. In her life, she had only suffered twice, once when giving birth to Little Bun and the other was this time with twins.
Yueyao smiled and comforted her: "No more, having three boys is already enough." With three legitimate sons, Niu Yanghui wouldn’t have to worry about sons anymore.