If It Takes Long...

Ever since LiangLin and XueYa had left Qiu, life in the palace had returned to normal and Zhang YaYun had settled into a routine that he performed every day.

Wake up before sunrise and kiss the pregnant mate good morning without waking Lan QingYu up.

Attend the meeting with the old geezers, space out midway through one of the brain numbing monologues from the officials, and nod off the last quarter of the meeting.

As soon as the meeting is over – rush back to the sleeping chamber and kiss pregnant QingYu good morning again, tell him he is beautiful and feed him the morning congee that the rabbit god doctor recommended for all pregnant shifters.

Kiss QingYu goodbye and run to the study to look through the notices he had slept through during the meeting.

After two hours, hurry back to QingYu's side and give him a foot massage to ease the pregnancy bloat, kiss him goodbye, and hurry back to the study.