Chapter 325: What Do You Mean, “Not Like You”?
Chu Tiankuo entered the space and saw Xingnong standing on a bookshelf, searching for something.
Most of the bookshelves were filled with medical books.
He walked over to her side: “What are you looking for?”
“Do you have any books on dietary restrictions for pregnant women, or recipes for pregnant women?”
Upon hearing this, Chu Tiankuo’s mind stirred, and a few books flew off the shelf. He caught them and started flipping through the pages: “Aunt Shen is pregnant?”
If he discovered this now, they wouldn’t be able to return to the Chu Kingdom.
It’s just that Shen Ruoxi’s mind is simple, she doesn’t even have any sense of guarding against others, no wonder this girl directly asked to see him!
You know, you’re not supposed to see each other a month before the wedding, she’s always been casual about things, calling it unfounded superstition! But he wanted to grow old with her and be happy forever, so he always followed the rules, even if he wanted to see her, he didn’t. It’s just that this girl is heartless, she always has more important things to do than her fiancé, so the two of them really didn’t see each other this month, only communicating through letters in the space. Now she suddenly asked to see him, and he immediately thought there must be something urgent!
Xingnong nodded. “Yes. So I wanted to find some books for her to read. Also, do you have any pills here for stabilizing pregnancy? Give me some, I’ll prepare them for my mother.”
There were all sorts of pills on the medicine shelves in the space, but no pregnancy-stabilizing pills. How could Chu Tiankuo have prepared pregnancy-stabilizing pills? He wouldn’t need them!
However, he thought that he and Xingnong were getting married soon, and who knows when they might have a child carrying their bloodline, so pregnancy-stabilizing pills were indeed necessary!
Chu Tiankuo shook his head: “No, I’ll make some now, it’ll be quick.”
There was an alchemy furnace in the space, and pregnancy-stabilizing pills were simple pills. All kinds of medicinal herbs were available in the space, so he could refine them in just a quarter of an hour.
Xingnong: “Make more, for example, pills needed during childbirth, and pills needed for postpartum recovery.”
Xingnong didn’t know exactly what pills were needed, but Chu Tiankuo understood medicine, so he would know.
“Okay.” Chu Tiankuo agreed without hesitation and went to gather the medicinal herbs.
Half an hour later, Xingnong, carrying a large medicine chest, went to Kunning Palace to see Shen Ruoxi.
When Xingnong entered, she happened to hear the Jin Kingdom Emperor coaxing: “How about we wait until the child is born before going to the Chu Kingdom?”
Originally, Shen Ruoxi had already made plans, and even packed her luggage. After Xingnong got married, she would follow the wedding procession to the Chu Kingdom.
The Jin Kingdom Emperor had also written the abdication edict and arranged everything, planning to accompany Shen Ruoxi back.
It’s just that now that Shen Ruoxi is pregnant, the long journey would be tiring, and she gets seasick and carsick. Now with morning sickness on top of that, how could she bear the journey?
Shen Ruoxi touched her belly and nodded: “That’s the only way! As soon as the child is born, I’ll go back!”
The Jin Kingdom Emperor hurriedly nodded: “Naturally, whenever you want to go back, I’ll accompany you!”
Shen Ruoxi sighed: “This child really came at the wrong time, I couldn’t even properly see Xingnong off for her wedding.”
Xingnong then spoke: “Mother, don’t worry about me, you just focus on taking care of yourself and the baby.”
Seeing Xingnong enter, Shen Ruoxi hurriedly beckoned: “Come sit down.”
Xingnong sat down next to them, placing the large medicine chest on the side of the table.
The Jin Kingdom Emperor asked: “What’s this?”
Why did it look a bit like a medicine chest?
Xingnong opened the medicine chest: “These are some pills that pregnant women might need. Each bottle has a label with instructions for use, dosage, and contraindications. And there’s this medical book, which contains all the things pregnant women need to pay attention to. I personally copied it, Father, you should read it carefully.”
The Jin Kingdom Emperor didn’t know where Xingnong got so many pregnancy-stabilizing pills from, but hearing that the book was personally copied by Xingnong, he immediately reached out to take the book: “Father will definitely memorize it!”
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This was his daughter’s calligraphy!
Tsk tsk, the words written by his precious princess were simply comparable to those of calligraphy masters!
“Don’t worry, Father will take good care of your mother, I won’t let her lose a single hair!” The Jin Kingdom Emperor knew what Xingnong was worried about.
With him around, if anyone wanted to harm her, they’d have to get through him first!
Shen Ruoxi wasn’t thinking about something happening to her, she pulled Xingnong’s hand, a bit reluctant: “Mother can’t go back to the Chu Kingdom for now, after you get married, you have to take good care of yourself, okay?”
The Jin Kingdom Emperor also said: “Originally, I and your mother planned to accompany you all the way to the Chu Kingdom for your wedding, but now that your mother is pregnant, going to the Chu Kingdom can only be postponed. If you’re bullied in the Chu Kingdom, if Chu Tiankuo dares to take a concubine, you must write back! I’ll send troops over and flatten the Chu Kingdom!”
Shen Ruoxi glared at him: “Don’t talk nonsense! That child Tiankuo is not like you, he won’t have so many women!”
Talking about taking a concubine at this time, wasn’t it scaring Xingnong?
Jin Kingdom Emperor: “. . .”
What do you mean, “not like you”?
He’s also very devoted, okay?
It’s just that he met her too late!
Isn’t he only doting on her now? He doesn’t even step foot in the courtyards of other concubines!
But this wasn’t something he could say in front of his daughter.
The Jin Kingdom Emperor felt a little wronged: “I’m just concerned about Xingnong, you’re always defending other men.”
What do you mean she’s always defending other men? That’s her son-in-law! He’s like her son! Shen Ruoxi ignored his nonsense. “You go out first! I’ll talk to Xingnong.”
Shen Ruoxi planned to teach Xingnong some things about consummating a marriage. Originally, it wasn’t urgent, after all, she planned to follow her to the Chu Kingdom. Now the plan had changed, and she could only teach her now, otherwise, there wouldn’t be time.
The Jin Kingdom Emperor obediently stood up and said to Xingnong: “Xingnong, you talk to your mother, but don’t talk for too long, go back and rest early, you’ll be busy tonight. Also, your mother just threw up, she has no appetite and hasn’t eaten yet. I’ll have someone bring in food, you accompany your mother to eat.”
Shen Ruoxi found him long-winded and interrupted him: “Xingnong just finished eating, how can she eat more? I’ll eat when I’m hungry later, you go and get busy!”
“Then I’ll go get busy.” The Jin Kingdom Emperor thought about the banquet just ending and didn’t say anything more. He’d come back later to accompany her to eat a little. He walked out.
The imperial physician said that if the morning sickness is severe, then small, frequent meals are needed, she shouldn’t be hungry, especially since she’s carrying twins. Generally, one twin is smaller.
If the Empress is carrying twin daughters, it’s fine, but if it’s a boy and a girl, girls are naturally weaker and definitely can’t compete with the stinky boy in the womb, wouldn’t that starve her? How could that be allowed?
He’d better summon all the imperial physicians to discuss Xingnong’s copied medical book and come up with a recipe to properly nourish the Empress and the children in her womb.
Xingnong watched the Jin Kingdom Emperor obediently leave, feeling that Shen Ruoxi was becoming more and more relaxed with the Jin Kingdom Emperor, and her words were less polite. However, this was also brought about by the Jin Kingdom Emperor’s doting.
Seeing their relationship getting better and better, Xingnong was more and more relieved. Moreover, the Jin Kingdom Emperor and Shen Ruoxi planned to return to the Chu Kingdom to live, and the Jin Kingdom Emperor had even drafted the abdication edict, planning to leave secretly. The other princes didn’t know about this, but Xingnong did.
So she never worried about Shen Ruoxi. But now that Shen Ruoxi was pregnant, the journey was long and bumpy, really not suitable for traveling at this time. Staying in this palace, she wasn’t too reassured, so the mother and daughter thought about teaching each other how to be a wife, one planned to teach the other how to deal with and guard against the concubines in the harem.
