Ren Yingying experienced great discomfort in her late pregnancy. Her legs were severely swollen, and she couldn't sleep well at night.
If you can't sleep well, you're prone to irritability and want to... cause trouble.
Negative emotions such as "Why did you get to enjoy the child we had, while I have to suffer like this?" would surface in my mind, and I couldn't control them, so I wanted to pick a fight.
Qu Nian had a good temper; he would do whatever he was told.
There was no other way; otherwise, Ren Yingying would have just hugged the Dog Meat and cried, "Son, let's just go back to where we came from, and take your sister with us."
Qu Nian: "..."
Now Ren Yingying is not his wife, but his ancestor, an ancestor he worships with disrespect!
Emperor Wen had previously told him that women would become irrational for a period of time after giving birth.
Qu Nian has made full preparations.
But she hasn't even given birth yet, and she's already showing symptoms ahead of time?
Qu Nian didn't understand, but he cooperated by being subservient.
For example, tonight, even though everyone was about to go to sleep, Ren Yingying suddenly wanted to eat shredded chicken wontons.
That's simple; Qu Nian it, he just needs to call someone to do it.
Anything is fine as long as it's not filled with dragon meat.
As a result, Ren Yingying said she wanted to eat what he made.
Qu Nian:???
"I don't know how either!"
"No one is born knowing how. If you don't know how, you can learn."
Qu Nian: By the time I learn it, won't you starve to death?
Okay, okay, let's learn, learn, learn.
Not knowing how to wrap wontons is already a heinous crime; making excuses only makes it worse.
Tomorrow, I'll cry and tell him that I couldn't control my emotions last night and he had to comfort me.
My dear daughter, how hard it has been for your parents?
Come out quickly, or your marriage will break down.
I was muttering to myself about getting dressed when there was a sudden noise outside.
Upon hearing that Jinse had arrived, Ren Yingying lost her appetite for wontons and hurriedly said, "Quick, let Jinse in!"
Why is she here?
Qu Nian had never welcomed Jinse as warmly as he did now.
Is that a person?
He's a savior!
Jinse entered, travel-worn and bowed deeply.
Ren Yingying couldn't bend down to help her up, so she glared at Qu Nian and said, "Aren't you going to help me up?"
Qu Nian: Men and women shouldn't touch each other. What if you get jealous later?
However, he dared not speak out; he had to keep quiet.
Fortunately, Jinse didn't want to make things difficult for him, so she got up on her own.
"What happened? Was it Tangbao or you...?"
"No, Her Majesty the Empress is well, and I am also unharmed," Jinse said.
The long journey, day and night, had left her looking extremely tired, but her eyes remained sharp and bright.
"That's good." Ren Yingying breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Jinse along, asking, "Have you eaten yet?"
Qu Nian immediately replied, "I'll go and have someone arrange food right away."
Please, whatever you do, don't mention chicken wontons.
Jinse gave him a strange look.
--Why does the Crown Prince seem so short-tempered? Did he upset the Crown Princess?
If that's the case, I really need to have a serious talk with him.
"Go quickly, don't disturb our conversation." Ren Yingying waved her hand.
Qu Nian quickly slipped away.
Jinse looked at Ren Yingying's protruding belly and asked her about her condition with concern.
Ren Yingying said, "Everything is fine, except that I sometimes can't control my temper. But the young master doesn't hold it against me, I'm fine... What's wrong with you? Why did you come to Liaodong in such a hurry without telling me beforehand?"
There must be something urgent.
"This is a long story..."
It turned out that Emperor Wen asked Jinse to help lure out and eliminate the woman disguised as Tang Zhuyun.
The main culprit was lured out and eliminated, but unexpectedly, while trying to harm others, it also brought others into the picture.
"Who are the others?" Ren Yingying asked curiously.
Seeing Jinse, all her pain disappeared, and her mood improved. She no longer found Qu Nian, who was sneaking around the door eavesdropping, annoying her.
It turns out that she was so upset because her beauties weren't around.
"The people of Nanyue who raise Gu poison."
"Gu?" Ren Yingying's eyes widened instantly. "Gu really exists?"
"Yes," Jinse nodded, "But it's been lost for a long time, and I only have a superficial understanding of them; I can only barely recognize them."
As for how to use Gu and what the consequences might be, she had no idea.
Ren Yingying said, "Believe in science!"
Jinse: "Who is science?"
Qu Nian: I second that.
Ren Yingying: "A magic that can defeat everything."
Qu Nian: Oh, it's magic, so it's not human.
Jinse looked at her with adoration. "Princess Consort, you really do know magic."
Ren Yingying: "..."
I'm so tired.
"Qu Nian, where's the food?"
When his name was called, Qu Nian immediately stood up straight and came out from behind the door with a serious expression. "I'll be right there."
"Jinse, please continue."
"I felt his appearance was definitely not a good thing; he might even be plotting against the Empress, so I kept a close eye on him and followed him the whole way."
To my utter surprise, they followed me all the way to Liaodong.
"He came to Jinzhou too?" Ren Yingying's eyes widened.
"This servant doesn't know," Jinse said, bowing her head. "Two days ago, I lost track of them. But I guessed that since they've come this far, they must have come to Jinzhou."
It's probably aimed at Linlin or Yanran.
No one else has this value.
Ren Yingying: "Then hurry up and send someone to tell Linlin."
"There's no need to rush," Jinse said. "My men have already gone to inform the Prince."
Those were people Emperor Wen had placed by her side; she assumed they were well protected.
In any case, they were truly united in their hatred of the enemy and relentlessly pursued and intercepted the Gu keeper.
But that man was too cunning, and he managed to escape.
"That's good." Ren Yingying rubbed her temples. "I don't know why, but my eyes keep twitching."
Qu Nian: "I'll find you a piece of paper to stick on."
Ren Yingying told him to get lost, and gently stroked the Dog Meat's fur.
Jinse looked at the listless Dog Meat and asked about Dog Meat condition. The two talked until midnight.
The next morning, someone from the Prince's Mansion came to invite Ren Yingying.
Ren Yingying hasn't woken up yet because she and Jinse went to bed too late last night.
She slept with Jinse that night.
Qu Nian, who had been relegated to a side room to sleep, looked gloomy. "What are you going to do?"
The person who came said that Yanran had invited the person who grilled squid to the mansion and invited them to eat grilled squid together.
Qu Nian said, "No, I'm not going. I'm not a child anymore, why should I join in the fun? Go back and tell the princess that the Crown Princess is unwell and won't be going."
The visitor readily agreed.
"Wait." Seeing that the person was about to leave, Qu Nian called them back. "Never mind, just tell them the Princess Consort will be there later. If they've finished eating, have the person who made the grilled squid brought over."
Perhaps Ren Yingying also wants to try this.
The messenger, both amused and exasperated, agreed and left to carry out the order.
Qu Nian looked up to the sky and sighed, "Daughter, come out quickly! If you don't come out, your father will have a breakdown."
Was it easy for him?
(Can you believe it? I'm so cold today I can't even hold my hands to type! I can't believe it myself, but it's true! I'm continuing with a hot water bottle~)