Chapter 213 – The last night of summer 2 (1/2)

Chapter 213 – The last night of summer (2)

With her back straightened to support her belly, Ji Man went over to visit Old Madame. It had only been a short period of half a month, but Old Madame looked as if she had considerably aged.

Leaning back against the pillow, Old Madame held her hand and said, “People will always have to face retribution for what they’ve done. When I was younger, I did plenty of wicked things. Otherwise, Xuan-er wouldn’t have been able to peacefully live up today and start his own family. But, a debt always has to be paid back. They’ve probably come for me to pay back what I owe them.”

Feeling a bit scared by these words, Ji Man hurriedly said, “Don’t scare yourself like this. Sangyu will be giving birth to your grandchild soon. Don’t have these wild thoughts.”

Old Madame looked at her belly, and her eyes curved into smiling crescents. “I’ve been looking forward to this precious grandchild, always hoping for its arrival.”

Ji Man’s eyes turned red. She stroked Old Madame’s white hair, then left the room to prepare soup for her.

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At the sight of Nie Sangyu in the kitchen, Aunty Zhao was almost scared out of her wits. “Madam, you shouldn’t come to this place. Be careful with your health! If you need anything, us servants can do it.”

Ji Man shook her head. Old Madame had been the person that treated her the best. No matter what, she should at least do something, right?

When she had passed by the rooms where the doctors were saying, she heard them quietly discussing that Old Madame probably wouldn’t make it to the end of the year.

She pretended that she hadn’t heard them and devoted herself to preparing soup for Old Madame.

Marquis Moyu seemed to be preoccupied with something troublesome lately. His brow never relaxed. In the imperial courts, the crown prince and the third prince continued to be mutually opposed. However, the third prince had an outstanding track record of political achievements, and the emperor seemed to be considering giving him the title of crown prince. In addition, the imperial noble consort was also imploring the emperor during their pillow talks, so the crown prince’s position appeared as if it was on the verge of tottering over.

Ji Man couldn’t figure it out. If she gave birth to Marquis Moyu’s child, it would practically be a deathblow to the crown prince. However, other than frightening her that one time, the crown prince hadn’t done anything. He hadn’t actually harmed her. It couldn’t be that the crown prince was really that magnanimous and willing to let her peacefully give birth to this baby, right?

Ning Yuxuan was currently sitting in her room and quietly reading a book. Noticing her scrutinizing gaze, he put down his book and impassively asked, “What’s wrong?”

Ji Man shook her head. Perhaps, she was overthinking things. At the beginning, Ning Yuxuan hadn’t wanted her become pregnant either. How could he possibly be secretly helping her?

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On the last night of summer, Ji Man suddenly felt a burst of pain. Her scream woke up the entire household.

The imperial physician and the midwife came over to take their positions. The other women also gushed forth to Feiwan Courtyard to wait. In the midst of her illness, Old Madame still sent Danggui and Shouwu to wait over there too. As soon as there was any news, they were to come back and report to her.

Wen Wen personally went over to call over Ning Yuxuan. Seeing him sitting in the dimly lit study, she said, “Madam is about to give birth. You should come with Wan-er to go over there.”

Ning Yuxuan lightly nodded. “I still have documents that I need to look at. Just send someone over later to tell me if she gave birth to a boy or a girl.”

Wen Wan sweetly smiled. “My lord, how can you be like this? Madam is giving birth to a baby for you. How can you not be willing to go over there to just take a look?”

Right after saying this, as if she was scared he would change his mind, she immediately turned around and said, “Then, this servant will go over there to tell the people on that side for you. As soon as there’s news, this servant will come back to tell you.”

In the midst of the quiet study, Marquis Moyu said one word, “Alright.”

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