176. Dragon Child II

Third-person POV

Lu Cixi immediately stands up with a wide smile on her face.

Lu Cixi: "Aijia didn't hear wrong right?"

Physician: "No Your Majesty Empress Dowager. Her Majesty Empress is indeed pregnant and it is already three weeks old."

Lu Cixi turned her eyes to the shocked Hong er and grabbed her hands. Hong er couldn't say anything back as her mind was jumping up and down. Then Princess Yue hugged her from behind and rambled about the gender of the child.

Not long after, Weisheng appeared at the front gate whilst panting heavily from excitement rather than fatigue. His crimson red eyes were bright as sun as he stared at Hong er with a wide smile. He ran to her side and couldn't help but let out a little laugh a few times.

He scooped her up and spun her around whilst laughing out loud. Everyone immediately panicked and Lu Cixi smacked his head.

Lu Cixi: "Put her down, you idiot! What if you hurt the baby?!"

Weisheng finally realized his mistake, he quickly put Hong er down and scanned her from up and down to ensure that she is alright. He demanded the physician to check if the baby inside was healthy or not but the physician reassured him that Hong er has a very strong body and Qi inside her which strengthened the baby.

Weisheng turned to the silent Hong er and saw her smiling from ear to ear while caressing her flat belly. She looked up and excitedly spoke.

Hong er: "Xue Lang! Xue Lang needs to know that he is going to have a little sibling. Go call him!"

Meiyun: "Yes!"

The Yun sisters that were jumping up and down and circled around whilst holding hand immediately

regained their composure and went to fetch Xue Lang up. Weisheng cautiously helped Hong er to sit down and earned a burst of laughter from his mother.

Lu Cixi: "We pregnant women are not that weak and fragile. As long as you don't do anything heavily

or stressful, you will be fine."

Hong er: "Thanking Your Majesty Empress Dowager for the advice."

Weisheng: "But-"

Lu Cixi: "What but? Your Majesty Emperor is the one who almost squashed her. Since Hong er is

pregnant with Aijia's grandchild, Aijia will protect you with all costs even from Your Majesty Emperor."

Even his mother had ignored him and choose Hong er more than him, he thought. 

Hong er: "Hehehe~"

Then Hong er thought back to the dish that Princess Yue made for her.

Princess Yue: "It's fine~ My seasoned pork could reveal sister-in-law's pregnancy is already

enough, hahaha~"

The dish was taken away and quickly replaced with lightly flavored dishes for their lunch. Then

fast little footsteps were heard from outside of the hall.

Xue Lang: "Imperial Mother!"

Hong er: "Xue Lang, come here."

Hong er stretched out her hand and Xue Lang jumped into her embrace. He leaned his ear on Hong

er's belly and frowned when he didn't hear anything.

Xue Lang: "Imperial Mother, where is the baby?"

Hong er: "Hahaha~ You can only hear it after it got bigger."

Xue Lang: "Oohh~ I can't wait to play with them."

Everyone smiled warmly at the cute interaction between mother and son. Lu Cixi patted Cue

Lang's head and gently spoke.

Lu Cixi: "Sit and eat your lunch."

Xue Lang: "Yes, Imperial Grandmother."

Later at the night, Weisheng couldn't stop caressing Hong er's abdomen and felt like he was in

cloud nine. The security in the palace became stricter and tighter after the news of Hong er's pregnancy. The news very quick traveled into Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing's ears and they immediately sent a few gifts to Hong er.

Even Xu Weimin and Xiu Rong secretly visited Hong er just to give her pieces of advice about what

to do when she was pregnant. They gave Xue Lang a jade necklace with his name carved on it before they returned to Xi Bei the next morning.

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Xue Lang who couldn't sleep went to take a walk around his mother's courtyard and met Meiyun that was guarding in front of the door. Meiyun was surprised to see him walking alone in the middle of the night, she went to his side and worriedly asked him.

Meiyun: "Why are you alone here? In the middle of the night?"

Xue Lang: "Auntie Meiyun…" (Xue Lang called her auntie bc Hong er said that the Yun sisters are

basically her sisters but he didn't use 'imperial')

Meiyun: "Yes, Your Highness?"

Xue Lang: "Do you think Imperial Mother will forget about me if the baby came out?"

Xue Lang asked with his eyes downcast. Meiyun smiled brightly and ruffled his hair.

Meiyun: "Of course not! Her Majesty Empress is not that kind of person, trust me."

Xue Lang: "But I'm not Imperial Mother's biological son. Imperial Mother will-"

Meiyun: "Shh shh shh~ Being in the new family and didn't know anything about them, and always

afraid of being thrown away, I know, I know it well."

Xue Lang: "How?..."

Xue Lang stared at Meiyun full of puzzlement. Meiyun only smiled at him and didn't r answer his

question.

Meiyun: "Your Highness, you should go to bed."

Xue Lang: "En. But I feel lonely in that room."

Meiyun: "Fine. Why don't we talk until you fell asleep?"

Xue Lang: "En." 

Meiyun and Xue Lang sat on the stairs in front of Hong er's chamber and talked until his head nodded back and forward. Meiyun signaled the bodyguards that hid behind the wall to come and take Xue Lang back to his room.

After Xue Lang was taken away by his bodyguards, Meiyun went back to her previous position and continued to guard her masters. But unknown to them, the couple inside heard everything that they talked about and felt sad that Xue Lang thought that they would throw him away just after she had her child.

Weisheng sighed as he didn't know how to comfort a kid. Hong er pondered for a while and thought

up an idea. She took out her embroidery set and started to draw a design on the white cloth.

Weisheng stared at her and also contemplated what should he gift Xue Lang. Then he recalled that

Xue Lang hadn't had his own weapon yet so maybe he would bring him to search for his affinity weapon.

The couple made sure that their cute adoptive son would always feel loved.