CHAPTER 523: CHAPTER 513: COUSIN, CAN YOU APOLOGIZE TO IT?

When the time came, Cui Yun personally removed the silver needles from her body, tidied everything up, and went out temporarily to receive the fetus-preserving medicine that had just been prepared by Ji Xin.

Yingwu knelt in the courtyard with palpable trepidation.

Cui Yun did not look at her and turned around to say coldly, "Go and accept your punishment."

With that, he entered the room.

Ying Yi approached: "You are assigned to stay by the Princess Consort’s side to protect her safety. In such critical moments, you should have remained even closer by her side, not a step away."

Yingwu was dispirited, indeed unable to absolve herself from the blame that was rightfully hers.

Inside the room, Shen Hua was cautiously touching her flat belly. It was hard to imagine that life was gestating there, nearly coming to harm.

After learning of the incident, the Cui Xuan family hurried back as well. During the first three months, there were many taboos to observe, so it was naturally not widely publicized.

In the following period, the girl was nurtured inside the room.

Obedient beyond words.

Heeding the physician’s advice, just as earnest as when she drafted her will previously.

On this day, the white-haired Ni Kang came again to take her pulse.

Shen Hua offered her wrist: "I heard you saved a girl on the street, and they say saving a life makes you akin to her reborn parents. Yet this girl, despite her lower status, wants to become your bride."

Ni Kang: ...

Lying honestly in bed, how could you still manage to be informed of everything?

What, without your gossip, Shengjing City wouldn’t turn any longer?

Seeing that he remained silent, Shen Hua tilted her head slightly.

"What, shy now? Although you look a bit too old, with your superior medical skills and still relatively young age, you managed to casually pick up a wife on the road. Ordinary people couldn’t achieve that."

She, who never skimped on praise, extended her thumb: "You deserve the compliments!"

Ni Kang silently selected the longest needle.

Shen Hua suddenly widened her eyes. Her small hand unconsciously clenched the bedding, and she buried her face to become silent.

"Has the young Madam experienced more morning sickness?"

Cui Yun watched her small movements from the side and pulled down the quilt covering her face: "She vomited twice this morning."

"This is a normal reaction. It depends on individual constitution, but constant vomiting isn’t good either. When it eases, she could eat more frequent meals."

Shen Hua listened attentively, followed by the sharp pain of the needle entering her body. The girl bit her lip, not uttering a sound.

After everything was explained, Ni Kang left in a hurry.

The obedient Shen Hua immediately turned her head indignantly.

"I have at least a bit of a grudge against him."

The girl on the couch was cool and noble.

"It was only some innocuous words. But he, without saying a word, just pulled out the needle! He’s trying to scare me!"

Cui Yun responded with a nasal sound, saying indifferently.

"He is indeed unreasonable."

Whatever the girl said, he would always echo in response.

Shen Hua: "I think, he deliberately chose the longest needle."

Cui Yun did not state it clearly, but Ni Kang’s technique was the most standard. Moreover, these past few days, the girl, afraid of pain, always kept her eyes shut and did not dare to look; that needle, in fact, was used every time.

"That’s really improper. Once you’ve recovered, we will find fault with him."

Shen Hua nodded sensibly in agreement: "Right now, I can’t afford to provoke him."

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Since Shen Hua became pregnant, she seldom attended banquets.

Though she was not present, it aroused even more envy among a group of people.

"So many months have passed and we’ve rarely seen the Princess Consort out and about."

Out of jealousy, someone snidely remarked: "She is just lucky, marrying well not to mention, and now she’s become a golden ball, not to speak of the steady stream of supplements, frequent visits from the Duke Mansion, Minister Xie visiting the Dengyangling Marquis Mansion."

Wang Yingyu sat quietly to one side and upon hearing this, couldn’t help but gently interject.

"These words are not quite correct."

"Not just these, there’s also the Cui Family’s Matriarch’s maternal family, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, Commander Xie Yinong (Commander’s wife), Seventh Prince, Seventh Princess Consort..."

While speaking, a glint flashed in her eyes, yet her tone remained as usual.

"And the Heir of Prince Gong."

Wang Yingyu listed them one by one.

"It shows that Miss Shen is quite well-liked. If you think about it, this is also a top honor in Shengjing."

Everyone: ... They don’t really want to hear these things.

Someone smiled embarrassingly: "If she gives birth to a young man in the future, her status will be even more extraordinary."

In the past, they wanted to argue them to death! What about the future!

They might as well walk sideways down the streets of Shengjing City.

But Wang Yingyu was frowning.

"It’s not just because Shen Hua is pregnant that her husband’s family values her."

Wang Yingyu, who judges only by looks: "What kind of talk was that earlier? Not a single word that I liked to hear. Jealousy is useless unless you look like her."

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At six months, Cui Yun was dealing with official duties in the study.

The girl’s belly bulged. She sat in front of the window, pinching her needle and thread, nimbly embroidering little shoes for the baby to wear.

The little shoes were very detailed, yet smaller than her palm.

Cui Yun occasionally looked up at her. It was rare for him to see her not causing a fuss.

The girl was earnest in her expression, her profile was calm, and her skin was white as jade. Her lips unconsciously curved upwards, rippling with charming and touching waves.

Who would have thought that just yesterday, Wei Yingying and the others had come over intentionally, fearing that she would be bored, and they ended up playing a game of Pai Gow.

The girl lost ten silver taels in a row.

Previously, when she would drop a piece of gold on the ground, she was too lazy to pick it up when paying the bill.

But that night, she woke up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and not forgetting to shake Cui Yun awake as well.

Cui Yun thought she was having leg cramps again and hurriedly used the methods he learned from Ni Kang to press on her legs.

But Shen Hua stopped him.

The room was dim with only a nightlight left on, and the girl suddenly felt very wronged.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.

Even for ten silver taels, she dwelled on it persistently.

"I lost them all, and they still robbed me! They still robbed me!"

She covered her face, unable to bear this grievance, and cried her eyes out.

"I’m very sad."

Cui Yun didn’t know whether to feel pity for her or to stifle a laugh.

Seeing him at a loss for words, Shen Hua grabbed Cui Yun’s collar: "Let’s have a quarrel."

As she said this, she added a sentence.

"Of course, you are not allowed to win against me."

Cui Yun supported her waist: "Then I admit defeat."

Shen Hua was clearly unsatisfied with this answer. It made her victory seem undeserved.

She climbed onto his shoulders: "You have to argue with me and then lose. And you can’t let me see through any flaws; you can’t skip this step!"

Outside, a violent wind was raging, and large raindrops plummeted down, making a pitter-pattering noise.

Shen Hua deliberately went outside to look. With the moonlight shining brightly, she looked at the ground in a daze.

Her thoughts were always so sudden and sometimes ludicrous.

But once she had an idea, if she didn’t act on it, Shen Hua would feel restless and uneasy.

Therefore, knowing her behavior was absurd, she still said slowly.

"It can’t get wet."

Shen Hua: "Quick, hold an umbrella for it!"

"How can the ground of my Sui Courtyard bear such disgrace!"

So, a yard full of Shadow Guards and servants got up from their beds to accompany Shen Hua in holding up a huge umbrella.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Hearing the noise, the girl put down her needle and thread and walked over with small steps, looking at the brush pen in his hand with unrestrained sorrow.

"How long have you used it."

Cui Yun pulled her into his embrace to sit down: "Three years. It fits very well; I can’t bear to change it."

Shen Hua’s eyes reddened in an instant.

"It has really worked hard."

Shen Hua looked at him expectantly: "Cousin, can you apologize to it?"