Chapter 698: Hidden Tempest 2 (2/2)

Miss Yuan had likely intended on taking revenge on House Ying, so she had come to some agreement with Miss Su in secret. One of the troublemakers had now disappeared by herself, while the other had been married to Royal Prince Shou as per her wishes, and was now safe in Prince Yongkang’s Estate.

Chu Lian was rather in ‘awe’ of these two sisters. However, it didn’t matter to her whatever happened to them now.

“Are you tired? Do you want to nap for a bit?” Chu Lian asked He Changdi tenderly. He had been keeping late nights recently. At his busiest, he might not even return home for one or two days. He had slimmed down visibly. Whenever he made a rare trip home, he could only hug her to sleep before heading out again early the next morning.

He Changdi rubbed his temples and stood up to take off his outer robes. He tossed his clothes to one side and slid under the blankets next to his wife.

He carefully hugged Chu Lian, his other hand reaching to her chest and groping it. The eyes he had just shut flew open again, and warm puffs of breath blew over Chu Lian’s sensitive ear as he said, “It’s a lot bigger.”

Chu Lian: …

Wasn’t it normal for her breasts to swell during pregnancy…

“Are you going to sleep or not?!”

He Changdi kissed her earlobe, a smile evident in his slightly husky voice, “I’m sleeping.”

Chu Lian moved his wandering hand down to her waist. He Changdi didn’t resist and simply pressed even closer to the soft body in his arms, “Lian’er, please wait two more months. Once everything is settled, I’ll spend more time with you, and our child.”

“Just go to sleep. I’m doing just fine by myself without you.”

She wasn’t like the other noble madams, who were carefree without their men around. She had plenty on her plate to do!

He Changdi chuckled into her ear. Soon, his low chuckles faded into soft breathing.

Since he had fallen asleep so quickly, he must have been very, very tired.

Somewhere else, within a plain residence, there was a couple locked in embrace with each other.

The woman was sprawled in the man’s arms. Before she could even catch her breath, the man was already questioning her impatiently.

“What about the information I asked you to get from Imperial Concubine Wei?” Xiao Bojian’s voice was husky from their recent activities and release.

The woman harrumphed in a charming manner and directed a pout with her full, red lips at Xiao Bojian, “How heartless, Sir Xiao. You didn’t even me rest for a bit. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll change my mind and refuse to tell you anything?”

Xiao Bojian suddenly let out a sinister smile. The gap between the darkness in his eyes and his ethereal features made the woman drunk on his beauty.

“Are you really not going to tell me, Madam?”

The woman looked his body up and down with a seductive gaze, and caught hold of his face, “I can’t bear not to tell you, thanks to this face of yours.”