My Fair Princess: The Queen's Rebirth

"Isn't this great? Having two children at once, and preferably a boy and a girl, would be perfect. Then the daughter would be as lively and cute as you, and the son would be as handsome as me." Ertai said happily, his eyes full of anticipation.

"But..." Xiaoyanzi's face was filled with worry. "But have you forgotten? When Concubine Ling gave birth to the little prince and the little princess, her life was hanging by a thread. Ziwei's birth to Dong'er was even more difficult, so...so I'm a little worried. I'm afraid something might happen."

Ertai heard Xiaoyanzi's words and saw that she looked worried, so he quickly held Xiaoyanzi's hand and looked at her firmly.

"Xiaoyanzi, don't worry." Ertai suddenly put his hand on Xiaoyanzi's shoulder and held her in his arms. He then changed his hand to hold Xiaoyanzi's hand. "There aren't so many accidents in this world. That time with Concubine Ling, it was Xia Yingying who tampered with her food, and Ziwei's difficult labor was caused by Dong'er's oversized head circumference. But aren't they all fine now?"

Ertai kept comforting Xiaoyanzi.

Xiaoyanzi was still very worried, "But...but I'm worried about whether our child will..."

Ertai saw Xiaoyanzi's frown and said, "Xiaoyanzi, I will be by your side the first time you give birth. Besides, we have been very careful with your food and other things, so there will be no accidents."

"But no matter how careful we are, there will always be someone who takes advantage of the situation and does bad things, like Zhihua..." When Xiaoyanzi said this, she suddenly pulled her hand out of Ertai's hand.

"Xiaoyanzi, it's okay. Don't be so nervous." Ertai said to ease Xiaoyanzi's nervousness, "Didn't the Empress arrange Gao Yuan and Gao Da to secretly protect you? And how can we be afraid of a mere Zhi Hua? What's more, I am always by your side every time you enter the palace. I will not let you come to any harm."

Xiaoyanzi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

She nodded slightly and said nothing more.

……

The cooking competition was held as scheduled.

Xiaoyanzi happily pulled Ertai and walked out of the scholar's mansion.

"Xiaoyanzi, wait for me." Ziwei came out of the room, "I want to go to the palace to take a look too."

When Xiaoyanzi heard Ziwei's voice, she stopped immediately. When she turned around, she suddenly saw Ziwei wrapped tightly in front of her, with only two eyes and a nose exposed.

"Ziwei, you're wrapped up like this. If it weren't for your voice, I really wouldn't recognize you." Xiaoyanzi teased Ziwei half-jokingly.

"It's all because of Erkang."

Most of Ziwei's face was covered up, but from the tone of her voice and the look in her eyes, one could still tell that she was extremely unhappy at the moment.

Erkang took Ziwei's hand and said, "Ziwei, you can't say that. You just came out of confinement not long ago. I think you should be careful. Besides, your body is weak to begin with. What if you catch a cold?"

Ziwei glanced at Erkang and then looked at Xiaoyanzi, "Xiaoyanzi, look at Erkang, he always makes such a fuss. How could I be so fragile?"

Erkang held Ziwei's hand a little tighter.

Ever since Ziwei gave birth to the child, he has been protecting her even more exaggeratedly, which is exactly like the saying "hold it in your palm for fear of it breaking, hold it in your mouth for fear of it melting".

Xiaoyanzi and Ertai looked at them with smiles on their faces and couldn't help laughing together.

"Ziwei, just be content." Xiaoyanzi stepped forward and took Ziwei's arm. "It's enough to have someone who is so considerate and understanding by your side in this life."

"Xiaoyanzi, your Ertai is the same."

Ziwei turned around and looked at Xiaoyanzi seriously.

Xiaoyanzi raised her head suddenly and retorted, "Ertai? Come on, he just makes me angry all day long. There's not a single day I can be at ease."

After hearing what Xiaoyanzi said, Ertai looked at her with an aggrieved expression and said, "Xiaoyanzi, the world can witness how good I am to you. Ziwei and my brother have seen it all."

Erkang quickly shook his head when he heard Ertai say that, "Ertai, don't drag Ziwei and me into this. Only Xiaoyanzi knows whether you are good to her or not."

Ertai was speechless at this moment.

He knew they were deliberately trying to piss him off, so he didn't bother to argue and just walked out on his own.

At this time, the carriage was already waiting outside.

"Brother, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei." Ertai urged immediately after checking the carriage, "Hurry up, the three of you."

Seeing that Ertai was a little anxious, Erkang retorted: "Ertai, why are you so anxious? It's still early, and why don't you help her a little?"

"That's right." Ziwei pursed her lips and added, "You just said that heaven and earth can bear witness to your kindness to Xiaoyanzi. What happened? Your true colors have been revealed so quickly?"

Ertai was speechless for a moment after hearing what they said.

But when he saw Xiaoyanzi walking cautiously with her bulging belly, he couldn't bear it, so he turned around, walked to Xiaoyanzi, held her hand and walked slowly.

Xiaoyanzi held Ertai's hand tightly and said with a smile: "I told you, you deserve a beating. If I don't argue with you for a day, you will feel uncomfortable all over, right?"

"My dear wife, I am very happy when you tease me." Ertai said while rubbing his chest vigorously with his hands, "I just like being teased by you."

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense and help me get in the carriage." Xiaoyanzi came to the front of the carriage with Ertai's support and raised her eyebrows at Ertai, "Hurry up and don't waste time dawdling."

Ertai smiled and said, "Okay, okay, my dear lady."

After getting on the carriage.

Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi sat close together.

Ziwei sighed, "Xiaoyanzi, thank goodness the Emperor arranged the cooking competition for today, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to witness this grand event."

"Actually, during your confinement period, the Emperor, the Empress, and the Empress Dowager often mentioned you to me, asking if you had recovered." Xiaoyanzi said word by word, "They all kept you in their thoughts."

"By the way, will Zhihua and Yongqi come to this important competition?" Ziwei suddenly mentioned Zhihua and Yongqi.

Little Swallow pouted and shook her head.

Erkang, who was sitting opposite, nodded instead. "Ziwei, Xiaoyanzi, they will definitely come to such an important competition, so we should try to stay away from them. Especially Xiaoyanzi, don't get too close to her. Who knows what she might do."

"But even if we don't approach them, they will approach us." Xiaoyanzi suddenly said, "I can't just treat them as air. Besides, only we and the Empress Dowager know what Zhihua did."

At this moment, Erkang turned to look at Ertai who was sitting next to him.

Ertai quickly understood, "Xiaoyanzi, just follow me when the time comes. Don't act on your own. Also, even if they approach us, don't get too close to Zhihua, okay?"

"That's right. Anyway, stay as far away from her as possible."

"Yeah." Xiaoyanzi nodded.