Chapter 1207: Tang Ning Chronicles STAR (2/2)

She scolded him, “Tang Li, look at your mother! Your mother dotes on you most of all! Just look at her, okay?”

Tang Li’s gaze finally moved to Lady Tang’s face. He stared for a while, expression still blank, voice still mute. Ning Jing was about to speak some more when she noticed the edges of Lady Tang’s eyes were wet. Very soon, a single tear trickled down her face. Only then did she know that Lady Tang had already woken up.

Steeling her heart, Ning Jing took Tang Li’s hand and made him wipe away that tear. But Tang Li immediately shook her off and stood back up. Ning Jing rose as well, asking, “Tang Li, why are you rejecting it?”

Tang Li only shook his head endlessly.

“Why? Why aren’t you listening anymore?” Ning Jing pressed. She could clearly feel his repulsion.

Tang Li suddenly turned and ran out the door. He happened to run into the servant girl carrying Tang Tang inside, and the ensuing crash sent the little girl flying!

“Tang Tang!”

“My granddaughter!”

Ning Jing ran out at the same time Lady Tang fell out of her bed in shock. She ignored the pain and her dizzy head to chase after them all. At the door, she saw a shocking scene.

Seconds before little Tang Tang crashed to the ground, Tang Li had flown out and hugged her before twisting his body and crashing on his back to the floor.

Thank goodness!

Everyone exhaled in relief. Lady Tang couldn’t help the tears prickling at her eyes again. Ning Jing didn’t express anything, but her tightly clenched fists betrayed her inner feelings. It was little Tang Tang who began gurgling in delight in Tang Li’s arms as if she loved the scary game.

It wasn’t clear whether Tang Li had been scared as well, but he was grinning foolishly back at his daughter. Whenever she was present, Ning Jing never pressured Tang Li on anything. She had the servant girls and guards keep an eye on them while returning to the bedroom with Lady Tang.

Neither mother nor daughter-in-law said a word about the secret tear just then, as if it never happened. Ning Jing tucked Lady Tang back in her bed and prepared to leave when the matron called her back.

“Ning Jing, let’s have a chat?”

Ning Jing could more or less guess what Lady Tang wanted to talk about, but she sat down.

“Lately, has A’Li...always been sleeping in your room?” Lady Tang asked.

There was a lot of meaning to her question. Ever since their marriage, they had shared a bed even if they dreamed separate dreams. Tang Li didn’t have the habit of sleeping in his study for a single day. After Ning Jing brought him back, Tang Li only recognized her and their daughter. Where else would he sleep if not Ning Jing’s room?

Lady Tang clearly knew the answer, but she was asking a rhetorical question. Ning Jing knew she wanted to ask about those matters. To be more accurate, Lady Tang wanted to know if there was a chance Ning Jing could get pregnant. A calculating look flashed through Ning Jing’s eyes. This might be her best excuse for the moment.

“No,” she replied, “He’s not willing.”

Actually, she had no idea whether Tang Li was willing or not. But every night, she ended up just embracing him to sleep until morning. If she said he wasn’t willing, would this mean they wouldn’t help Tang Li find another woman in the future?

Hearing this, Lady Tang took out a small pouch of medicine and handed it to Ning Jing in a low voice. “You should know how to use this. Ning Jing, help Tang Li birth a son.”

Ning Jing guessed what Lady Tang wanted to do, but she never expected the matron to have her drug Tang Li! She only felt like the sight of the powder was extremely mocking. A sardonic smile rose to her lips.

Lady Tang noticed this and said, “Zijin and the elders are all at the royal capital. It’l take three to four years of work before they finish things there. Tang Li should be shouldering the various duties of the Tang Clan during this time, but what can he do now?”

“I can shoulder them!” Ning Jing declared. She knew the ins and outs of the Tang Clan extremely well and had advised Lady Tang on multiple matters already.

“Who will believe you unless you birth a son?” Lady Tang asked her helplessly.

1. Quote from Chapter 680.

2. Shuang’er (霜儿) - Nickname meaning “Frost.”