“Then you sleep first. The doctor will be here soon.”
After saying so, he lay on his side with his clothes on the outside of her to keep her company. His hand reached under the quilt and wrapped Xiao Qiao’s slightly cold hand in his warm palm, slowly rubbing it.
The room was quiet. Xiao Qiao’s forehead lightly rested on his chin, closed her eyes.
It was only a short time, but Wei Shao was impatient to wait. Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside. The doctor came in a hurry.
Chun Niang greeted. As she walked, she whispered about the Lady’s discomfort.
The doctor heard that the menstruation was late and that she had vomited and had not eaten any unclean food at night, so the first thing that came to mind was that.
Accompanied by Chun Niang, he hurriedly inside. He saw a tall, majestic young man wearing embroidered gold robes behind the green screen. Knowing he was the Lord of the Xin Palace, the Marquis of Yan, Wei Shao, he was busy saluting him.
Wei Shao’s face was displeased: “Why did you just come? My wife just vomited and did not feel well. You go and check!” He turned around and went inside.
The doctor followed the Marquis of Yan into the inner room. He saw a young woman who looked only 15 or 16 years old lying on a brocade bed. Her skin was bright and snowy. She was so beautiful that he didn’t dare to look at her. He sat down on a low stool brought by a servant and put his fingers on the wrist that stretched out from under the brocade quilt. He closed his eyes to meditate and calm his breath.
Wei Shao stood aside and stared.
But a few moments, the doctor opened his eyes and smiled: “Like a pearl on a plate, round and smooth, this is the pulse of pregnancy. The servant just now said that the Lady’s menstruation is late, which fits the pulse. This should be a happy pulse.”
Wei Shao was dumbfounded. After a moment, his face slowly turned to Xiao Qiao.
When Xiao Qiao heard that, she was also shocked for a moment. A sense of bewilderment arose in her heart.
Wei Shao cast a glace upon her, and there was a brief silence in the room.
Chun Niang was overjoyed and called out, “Master! Can you hear? The Lady is pregnant! If the old madam knew about it, she would be happy!”
Wei Shao abruptly turned to the doctor: “You did not make a mistake?”
The doctor rose and said, “Don’t worry, my Lord. I have been taking pulses for more than 20 years. If I make a mistake, you can smash my sign. It’s just that when I checked her pulse, I felt that her qi and blood were insufficient. I think she is too young, and it is her first child, so I will prescribe a prescription to nourish her a little.”
Wei Shao nodded: “Prescribe it quickly!”
Chun Niang kept smiling when she guided the doctor to write the prescription.
Only the two of them remained in the inner room. Xiao Qiao finally realized one thing clear from the sudden bewilderment. She was pregnant.At this moment, her heart suddenly jumped around. A strange feeling that felt like happiness, but not only that, surges out. She slowly raised her eyes. Wei Shao was still standing before the bed, looking straight at her.
She moved her body slightly. When she shifted her shoulders, Wei Shao lunged towards her and hugged her tightly with his arms. Not a word was spoken, just holding on tightly like this. He squeezed Xiao Qiao’s face against his chest. With her eyes closed, she felt his heart’s rapid beats. She heard the sound of blood rushing through his whole body.
“Husband, have you gone silly? Why don’t you say anything?” She finally opened her eyes, tilted her face, and whispered.
One of Wei Shao’s hands, slowly reaching to her belly, gently stroked it.
“Man Man, is it here, here?”
Xiao Qiao nodded her head.
Wei Shao’s eyebrows twitched. After staring at her stomach for a moment, he suddenly laughed out loud. Xiao Qiao felt his chest vibrate slightly.
“Man Man! You are going to give birth to my child! I am going to have a baby too!” His expression was ecstatic and smug. Kisses fell like rain on her forehead, cheeks, and lips. After kissing her for a while, he stopped abruptly.
“I forgot! Just now, you smelled me and threw up!” He released her and carefully put her back on the bed. Then, he got out of bed. He still could not restrain the ecstasy in his heart and walked out quickly.
Not knowing what he had said, Xiao Qiao heard a cacophony of congratulations from the servants outside.
Xiao Qiao lay on the bed, closed her eyes, and raised her hand to her now flat belly, which he had just touched.
A new life, created by her and Wei Shao, unknowingly began to breed in her body.
How wonderful.
The bewilderment she felt when she first learned the news, and the strange feeling that she didn’t know what it was, suddenly disappeared. From the bottom of her heart, she was finally filled with joy, slowly but thoroughly.