Chapter 1384: Extra Episode 15: Going to Give Birth
The north wind howled, and the snow swirled in flurries. In the corner of the room, four braziers burned brightly, and the modestly sized room was warm and free of any chill.
Mo Yan leaned softly against the couch, her lower half covered by a thick woolen blanket, presently engrossed in a medical book, staring in a daze at the snowflakes outside the window resembling large goose feathers.
At that moment, the thick door curtain was lifted a sliver, and a tall and handsome figure silently walked in, carrying a faint chill.
Looking at his wife, who was quietly watching the snow by the window, Xiao Ruiyuan didn’t immediately go over. He stood by the closest brazier for a while until the chill on him had entirely dissipated, then he trudged over to his wife’s side and grasped her hand.
Mo Yan looked up, her face showing a trace of surprise, "You’re back? Is everything taken care of?"
Previously, some matters had arisen in Jing City, and Emperor Huian had urgently summoned Xiao Ruiyuan to the palace, a trip that lasted over ten days. On one hand, Mo Yan missed him, and on another, she worried he was involved in dangerous affairs, which left her unable to sleep soundly these past few days.
"Mhm," Xiao Ruiyuan replied lightly, adjusting the blanket over his wife’s body, "There shouldn’t be anything else this year, so we can stay until the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month."
After the seventh day of the twelfth month came the eighth, by then they must return. The house’s first Laba Festival couldn’t be without its master and mistress present.
Upon hearing this, Mo Yan felt somewhat wistful, "The days here are too leisurely, and there are hot springs to soak in during winter; I don’t want to leave."
Xiao Ruiyuan, couldn’t help but pinch her slightly protruded cheek as he listened to her childlike words, "If you like it here, we can come back after the new year, and it’s fine to stay until you give birth to the child."
Mo Yan was quite tempted by the idea and was about to nod in agreement when she suddenly remembered her mother, who was also pregnant, and shook her head, "Never mind, my mother and I will give birth around the same time. If I really stayed until the birth, the bath-three ceremony and full-month celebration would be difficult to manage. We can’t expect my father and the others to travel all this way."