She had just heard that she had fainted because her pregnancy had been disturbed. Would the child be all right?
"Do not worry, my beloved."
Liu Xie smiled faintly and reassured her, "Imperial Physician Hua has examined you. The child is fine, but you must take care to rest and recuperate from now on."
"You must never practice martial arts again. I do not want anything to happen to you. Do you understand?"
It was one thing for Lü Lingqi to practice martial arts ordinarily, but now that she was pregnant, continuing would be far too dangerous.
"I understand."
Hearing the earnest concern in Liu Xie's voice, even Lü Lingqi, who had never understood matters between men and women, felt an unprecedented warmth and sweetness in her heart and answered softly.
Liu Xie reached out and drew her into his arms, caressing her tenderly.
What he failed to notice, however, was that outside the Bedchamber's pearl curtain, Zhen Mi was watching their embracing figures, biting down hard on her red lips.
After standing there for a long time, Zhen Mi pushed through the watching crowd and silently left Ziyun Palace, her retreating figure looking especially lonely and desolate.
After sharing a tender moment with Lü Lingqi, Liu Xie told her to rest easy in the palace and instructed the palace maids to care for her attentively. Only then did he leave with his mind at ease.
"Where is Noble Lady Zhen?"
Liu Xie walked out of the Bedchamber and swept his gaze over the crowd outside, but found no sign of Zhen Mi, so he asked the attendant palace maid.
Now that Lü Lingqi had become pregnant first, that vinegar jar Zhen Mi was bound to be jealous. He would have to go and soothe her properly.
He could not