Volume 16 Chapter 7 part1 (2/2)
“The Princess Consort is pregnant!”
“Congratulations, Your Highness! Such joy for Her Highness!”
“Hurry, hurry! Send soht, right! This servant will go right away”
A few maidservants took the order and i Li wasn’t in his own cha his lunch, he seeuest currently living in his residence He never would have expected to be stopped by He Di’s underlings in his own ho Li, our prince is currently unable toLi looked surprised “Could it be… Prince He Di has fallen ill?” Despite his hatred for Feng Ming, he actually cared about his ally He Di and couldn’t help showing so, his head had been hurting While frowning in pain, Qing Li asked, “Was he worn out by the banquet last night? I heard that Prince He Di works extremely hard with his official businesses and had also ht He can’t… that… fall ill” He was only speaking a few sentences, but he so at that co unwell should be Qing Li
Kong Liu, as standing in front of hiained his unruffled look, “Prince Qing Li, rest assured, our prince is very healthy But the prince is currently in a period of praying to the Sea God, so heLi onlyti to the sea God?”
“This is a ritual a us pir… oh, our Dan Lin people It’s very sacred and effective”
“Prince He Di is…”
“There is an important business for which the prince needs the Sea God’s blessing At theLi Please accept our apologies Also,” Kong Liu spoke straightforwardly, “Our Kingdom has a tradition In order to express their sincerity to the Gods, the people in prayer e in sexual intercourse or consue jars of fine liquor and the newly-picked young girls of Tong Kingdohness to take them back”
“Oh…” With the two to three attendants standing around hi Li stood in front of the steps and looked inside in a daze His head hurt so much, as if it was about to burst It felt like if he were to think about anything, his head would throb until his ears were ringing
Qing Li raised his face to look at the sun The blinding light oing against his wishes He frowned Shang Yi had a weak physique, after attending last night’s banquet, she had fallen ill i Yi’s sedative drug daily Now, he had only missed it for one day, but his head hurt so otiations with He Di earlier so he could obtain those weapons, but…
“His Highness is here!”
“Found hi in his ears was joined by so exclalare, Qing Li turned around and howled
The ood news, had finally found hi faces turned pale All of thery These servants are…”
“Are what?” When he recognized theLi beca Liu’s maidservants? Why would you co at you all, what has Zhang Liu done now? I knew it, she won’t be happy if she doesn’t cause me trouble for a day, hmph”
The joyous excitement was immediately ruined by his resentful and irritated words
The hness, the princess consort is pregnant”
In that instance, the courtyard fell into silence
Qing Li was speechless for a nant?”
“The princess consort…”
Qing Li was stunned His gaze was beginning to show soes If this had happened in the past, he would have taken Shang Yi’s drug the ht not react tooYi happened to have fallen ill last night and only fell asleep at dawn She had always kept her drugs in a secret place, not even Qing Li knehere she kept the every day, he couldn’t bring himself to disturb his beloved beauty in her sleep
At the moment, despite the pain in his head, hisLiu… is pregnant?” His voice was soft, uncertain, eyes wandering, gazing beyond the gate of the courtyard
The maidservants believed that no matter how much he spoiled the new beauty, he nant, because it was his own blood and flesh, after all Seeing his current state, the maidservants looked at each other and replied carefully in a low voice, “That’s right, Your Highness The princess consort has been feeling unwell recently and often felt nauseous The inant, it has been confirnant?
Congratulations!
Qing Li’sup everything He struggled to forulfed in a searing pain
“Ugh…” Qing Li cradled his own head
“Your Highness! Your Highness!” The attendants were startled and hurried to support Qing Li
After a while of gasping for breath, Qing Li opened his eyes with a frown His face was filled with surprise and bewilderment, “My head hurts so much…” he s I’ Yi”
The people at his side had changed quite a bit after Shang Yi’s arrival, but there were still a few attendants who had stayed with hi his confusion, which was unlike the cruel conceited look that had always been on his face recently, they becahness, the princess consort is pregnant, it’s a joyous occasion, shouldn’t you… pay a visit to the princess consort?”
“Pay a visit to the princess consort?” As if he had been hypnotized, Qing Li repeated those words in a hness, please pay a visit to the princess consort You’re going to have a child”
“Have a child…”
“That’s right, Your Highness, the princess consort is waiting for you You’re going to be a father” They were still frowning, but Zhang Liu’s reat opportunity for their lady to regain the prince’s favor Taking advantage of Qing Li’s unprotesting state, they urged hi Liu’s courtyard
Have a son?
He’s going to be a father?
Qing Li slowly aze to his feet It felt as if there were dozens of sharp rocks in his head, pricking hi Yi? He jolted violently The path toward Zhang Liu’s courtyard in front of hi He turned to search for another way
As he hesitated, the charentle voices next to hihness, please ”
“Oh…” His head, hurt so hness’ The phrase used in this instance is 「王妃殿下」, which is specifically used for the wife of a prince In Chinese, the words for ‘princess’ and ‘wife of a prince’ are different, hence the following explanation that shi+ Min is used to calling Zhang Liu ‘princess’ while the other servants call her ‘princess consort’