After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

"I will not take the concubine's things for nothing, lest I be accused of coveting a woman's dowry. I see that the concubine likes the hot spring villa very much, so I will exchange it with the concubine."

Shen Yunjin kept muttering in his heart: I was just acting on impulse at that time. The prince is really stingy. He still remembers it now. Is he going to let it go?

However, she would be more than happy to exchange the hot spring villa for her.

It's not too far from the capital, and it produces vegetables. Although they are not as valuable as her own farm, once she renovates it, it may not be much worse than this one.

She was in a state of confusion, but she smiled, "Your Majesty, are you really willing to give it to me? Didn't you say that the Second Imperial Concubine wanted it?"

"What my father gave me is mine. I can give it to whoever I want. I don't care about other people's business."

Well, you are the prince and you have the final say. Shen Yunjin could not refute it.

"What should we do with Li Zhuangtou?" she thought of this.

"This person is useful to me, so you don't have to worry about it."

When Shen Yunjin heard this, she just let it go. She didn't have to worry about it anymore.

"Then shall we set off for home tomorrow?" Shen Yunjin was a little worried about Aunt Li and didn't know what the situation was like there.

Xiao Minshen could see that Shen Yunjin was eager to go home, and coincidentally, he also had things to deal with back home.

"Well, rest early tonight. The king has already given the order to set out early tomorrow morning."

It took nearly ten days to get here, but only a little over a day to get back.

As soon as Shen Yunjin returned home, he saw that all the servants in the mansion were in high spirits.

She asked Cui Liu who came to serve her, "Is there any happy event in the mansion recently?"

Cui Liu curled her lips and said, "The imperial physician came to check Ping An's pulse and found that the princess was pregnant. The princess gave everyone a month's salary as a reward."

Shen Yunjin thought about it and realized that she must have gotten pregnant after the last celebration banquet.

"What? Didn't I give you any reward?" Shen Yunjin teased Cui Liu.

"Am I the kind of person who is greedy for money? I just can't stand those people who come forward to say nice things to me one by one."

"Hey, who offended our Cui Liu?" Yuzhi teased Cui Liu.

"No one. Anyway, I will not use my master's money to please the princess. I don't know who is my breadwinner."

Cui Liu was very angry, but everyone thought she just couldn't stand the servants in the mansion, so they just smiled and ignored her.

Xiao Minshen was the first to learn about Ning Ruyan's pregnancy.

With a gloomy face, he came to Qixia Garden.

When Nanny Zhao saw that Xiao Minshen looked unhappy, she quickly asked all the servants to stay away from him.

"Princess, are you unable to remember how this child came about? I advise you to deal with it."

Xiao Minshen is looking forward to having children.

However, when he thought about how this child came about, his heart skipped a beat.

It is better not to have an unpopular child in the first place.

"Your Highness, this is my child. It is not your turn to make the decision."

Ning Ruyan lay lazily on the chaise longue, touching her belly.

How could she get rid of it? This was the child she had spent so much effort and endured so much humiliation to get, how could she just give up on him?

"If you have nothing else to do, Your Majesty, please go ahead. I need to rest now. I can't wake up when I'm pregnant."

Xiao Minshen looked at Ning Ruyan, who looked like she was going to leave without saying goodbye, and felt filled with anger.

"Princess, you'd better take care of yourself. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

Ning Ruyan didn't care when she saw Xiao Minshen leaving in anger.

She remembered the promise her sister, Concubine Ning, made to her when she entered the palace.

She must give birth to this child safely!

After Shen Yunjin came back, the first thing he did was to visit Aunt Li.

At this time, Aunt Li's belly was already starting to show slightly. In order to avoid being noticed, she wrapped her belly with white cloth every day.

"Aunt, please stop giving Madam the medicine."

Shen Yunjin touched her aunt's belly and said, "Aunt can tell father about your pregnancy now."

"Okay, this way I don't have to find excuses every time to let your father leave." Aunt Li's face flushed.

In the evening, Shen's father came over and was surprised to learn that Aunt Li was pregnant.

"But are you sure?" He nervously held Aunt Li's hand.

"Well, I haven't changed clothes for a few months. Jin'er was worried and took me to see a doctor. Only then did he know that I was pregnant."

Aunt Li's shyness was mixed with sweetness, after all, she was not young anymore.

"Good! Good! Good!" Father Shen called out three times in a row.

When Mrs. Shen told him that she was pregnant, he was not as happy as he is now.

"I just thought that if I could give you a brother, I would have no regrets in my life."

"Don't say those discouraging words. Not having a son is not a big deal. If it is destined to happen, it will happen eventually. If it is not destined to happen, don't force it."

Father Shen reached out and held Aunt Li in his arms. These were his true words.

Although, he has always been ridiculed by his colleagues for being henpecked and having no son to carry on the family line.

His stepmother also advised him to take in a few more concubines and have a son.

But, so what? There is no throne to inherit in his family anyway.

Autumn goes and winter comes, and in the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.

The winter weather was cold, and Shen Yunjin began to hibernate.

Ever since Ning Ruyan found out she was pregnant, she said she would take good care of the baby and told all the concubines not to pay their respects to her every day.

An Meiren and Shu Meiren had a rift because of the last incident, and they both stayed in their own rooms and refused to come out.

Since Xiao Minshen returned home that day, he has been busy every day and there is not even a trace of him to be seen.

Shen Yunjin was also happy to sleep until she woke up naturally every day.

That day, when Shen Yunjin woke up, he saw Jinzhi looking at him hesitantly, wanting to say something.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

She stretched out her hands and let Jinzhi help her put on her clothes.

"Master, haven't you noticed that you've been sleeping too much lately?"

"What time is it now?"

"It's the hour of Gui. Are you hungry, master?" Jinzhi helped Shen Yunjin sit down at the table.

"Now that you mention it, I really feel hungry." Shen Yunjin touched his rumbling stomach.

"I have been keeping it warm on the stove, thinking that the master will want to eat when she wakes up."

Yuzhi came in from outside carrying a tray.

Shen Yunjin was really hungry. She ate two bowls of millet porridge with red dates and longans, a spring pancake, and even most of the side dishes.

When she finished eating, she saw the two maids staring at her in amazement.

"Oh, I accidentally ate a little more." She touched her slightly bulging belly.

Shen Yunjin stood up and walked around the room to digest his food.

Jinzhi looked at Shen Yunjin's belly again and again, and it was hard for Shen Yunjin to ignore it.

"Jinzhi, have you ever heard of the term 'putting on winter fat'? Your master is one of them now."

"Master, you can eat now, but you are sleepy. Are you pregnant with the little master?"