"Concubine Lu is pregnant!!!"
"I, Uncle Qianhu, have an heir!!!"
News of the concubine's pregnancy spread like wildfire.
The Thousand-Household Commander told everyone he met and lavishly rewarded the servants in the rear courtyard. Even the three medicine apprentices received eight hundredths of a tael of silver each.
Concubine Lu was the only person in Wanju Pavilion wearing a miserable expression.
The Thousand-Household Commander grinned so broadly his mouth nearly split. "All my plowing day and night wasn't wasted!"
He walked up to Concubine Lu, pinched her chin, and gave a wickedly seductive smile. "Tell me, am I a real man?"
Concubine Lu clutched her handkerchief and lowered her head bashfully, her little face flushed scarlet.
Jian Ruonan immediately offered her NPC congratulations. "The concubine's belly deserves the credit, too."
Wang Defa said, "The concubine is truly blessed."
Jian Ruonan said, "I've never seen you care so much about anyone, sir."
The steward: "..."
He was utterly speechless.
You're a female physician. Have some sense of boundaries!
You've said everything. What am I supposed to say?!
The Thousand-Household Commander said, "A reward!"
After receiving her reward, Jian Ruonan added, "The concubine is carrying twins, a boy and a girl."
[Following the usual plot, it should be at least five babies in one pregnancy. Only two? What a shame!]
Commandery Princess Jiarou: ?? Five babies in one pregnancy?? What about that is usual?! Huh?
Dantai Mo: Jia Rou, have you forgotten the eight babies in one pregnancy? There's absolutely nothing wrong with what Fifth Miss said.
Commandery Princess Jiarou: That was a cow having eight babies! This is a living, breathing human being!
Wang Defa: Prince Rui is a Ruonan fanboy. Just take what he says with a grain of salt.
Dantai Mo: Hah. You're hardly any better than I am.