Chapter 1058: Chapter 766: Unless You Enter the Garden, How Could You Know the Splendor of Spring? (Part 2)

Yu Wenqian looked at him and gave a faint smile, "When that time comes, it will be my turn to congratulate you, Second Brother."

After speaking, he eventually turned his head to glance at Shang Ruyi, then looked at her obviously swollen belly, and said, "Well, since the army has already departed, I must return to the palace to report these matters to Father Emperor, so I shall leave first."

Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi both cupped their hands in salute to him. He also cupped his hands and then turned to leave.

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For the following month or more, as the army was on the move, there were no additional military reports, so Yu Wenye actually spent most of his time in Qianqiu Palace, accompanying Shang Ruyi.

During this period, Shang Ruyi’s belly rapidly grew, soon becoming prominently swollen, to the point where ordinary clothes no longer fit her.

Fortunately, the weather warmed up at this time, and everyone changed into spring clothes. She didn’t have to bear her big belly while wearing heavy winter clothing, but even so, her movements gradually became inconvenient. When she walked, she wobbled, and every time Yu Wenye saw her back, he couldn’t help but smile. When asked why he was smiling, he would never say until one day she inadvertently turned back and saw her own reflection in the copper mirror, finally understanding why he was laughing.

She looked like a duck in the way she walked!

Seeing this, she felt embarrassed and was unwilling to go out for a walk.

But how could Yu Wenye allow her to be so willful? Besides, Imperial Doctor Su Qinglan had repeatedly instructed that after the belly gets bigger, pregnant women need to walk frequently to aid future childbirth. So, no matter how busy he was, after meals, Yu Wenye would accompany her for a thousand steps along the Thousand-step Corridor.

He then came over and took Shang Ruyi’s hand, "Let’s go."

"No,"

Shang Ruyi turned her head to glance at the copper mirror beside her and said angrily, "I don’t want to go out and let people laugh at me in this state!"

Yu Wenye immediately said, "Who’s laughing at you? Who dares to laugh at you?"

Shang Ruyi looked up and glared at him, "Who was just laughing at me? Wasn’t it you?"

"..."

Hearing this, Yu Wenye felt a bit guilty, but seeing her indignant expression, he found it even more amusing than when he saw her wobbly walk. In fact, despite urging Shang Ruyi to walk and move, she couldn’t avoid putting on some weight. She wasn’t excessively fat but rather fuller than her previously thin figure, especially with a bit of flesh on her cheeks and under her chin.

This made her look round and plump, and although she was several months pregnant and about to become a mother, she appeared even more childlike.

He crouched down, looking at her like a child, "I won’t laugh anymore."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi immediately glared at him again, "So you did laugh."

Yu Wenye said, "But I promise not to laugh anymore."

Shang Ruyi said, "But you already laughed!"

Seeing her beginning to become unreasonable, Tushere, standing by, couldn’t help but be a little worried. It wasn’t that she thought Miss was going too far, but rather that Prince Qin was always proud and aloof, and how could he put up with her throwing tantrums like this?

As expected, seeing her being so unruly, Yu Wenye also furrowed his brow.

Seeing him like this, Tushere was shocked and hurriedly wanted to step in and mediate, but before she opened her mouth, Yu Wenye just paused in silence, then still smiled and said, "Then what should I do?"

Tushere immediately stopped in her tracks.

"..."

This left Shang Ruyi a bit dazed.

Indeed, after winning the argument, what should he do?

Besides, over such a trivial matter, what’s the point of winning the argument?

She hesitated for a moment and then said, "Then let’s skip the walk today."

Originally, she thought this request would be readily granted, but Yu Wenye, upon hearing this, still shook his head and said, "No. Doctor Su and several physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau have said that you must walk and move every day, which is beneficial for your health."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi got a little angry again and let go of his hand.

"You—"

At this moment, Yu Wenye furrowed his eyebrows.

Just then, a sudden sound of hurried and heavy footsteps echoed from outside the hall, stopping at the outer hall. After a while, Chang Wan hurriedly entered the inner hall to report, "Prince Qin, we have received a letter from General Shen Tu at the front!"

Hearing this, Yu Wenye’s expression changed, and he immediately stood up.

Shang Ruyi quickly forgot her anger and also stood up with difficulty; it was Tushere who came forward to support her. Together they walked to the outer hall, where they saw Mu Xian, with a letter in hand, waiting. Seeing the two of them come out, he hurriedly came forward to salute.