The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Eunuchs were still clearing snow throughout the palace, and the road leading to Lengyan Palace was only half a meter wide.

"Young Master, let me carry you on my back!" Shadow Four said.

Jingze was wrapped up tightly, with only his eyes showing. He shook his head and said, "I can walk by myself!"

"Let him walk by himself! He'll warm up a bit while he walks, and we'll talk to him when he gets tired!" Jingxue led Jingze along at a slow pace.

Everyone says it's not cold when it snows, but it's cold when the snow melts; today's temperature is really low.

The group walked against the wind and through the snow at a much slower pace than usual. Although Jingze insisted on walking on his own, Ying Si carried him for a while.

They finally arrived at Lengyan Palace. Jingxue had checked the situation inside beforehand, and Jing Zhiyuan and two servants were sweeping snow in the courtyard.

Inside the small house outside the gate, a man in armor was drinking tea. This man was not the previous General Wei; it must have been a different guard.

Sure enough, when they saw them coming, one of the two soldiers on duty went in to report, but after waiting for a long time, the person who was drinking tea finally came out unsteadily.

Seeing Jingxue standing ramrod straight, the man gave a perfunctory bow, "The Princess Consort of Zhan has come to visit. We must first perform the routine check-up."

Jingxue waved her hand without saying a word, and Lixia stepped forward to hand over the package in her hand.

To everyone's surprise, the soldier slammed the package to the ground, kicked it, and shouted, "Open it!"

Jingxue went up and kicked the soldier, sending him sprawling to the ground in the snow a short distance away. The officer drew his sword with a "whoosh" and pointed at Jingxue, shouting, "Princess Consort Zhan, do you want to rebel? How dare you attack the Imperial Guards!"

Upon seeing the Imperial Guards draw their swords, the two shadow guards quickly shielded Jingze behind them.

Jingxue took off her mask and looked at the gleaming steel knife. "You'd better put the knife away. Your soldiers have no discipline. I, the princess, will teach them a lesson. Do you have a problem with me? How dare you point a knife at me? Come on, let's go find your superior to settle this, or even the emperor. Look at the behavior of you all."

Just as the Imperial Guard leader was about to speak, two men in black flew out of the courtyard, one of them flashing a golden waist badge at the leader.

The Imperial Guard leader was terrified when he saw the waist badge and quickly put away his sword. Both the Golden Armor Guard and the Imperial Guard belonged to the Imperial Bodyguards, but the Golden Armor Guard had a higher status than the Imperial Guard. Even the leader of the Imperial Guard was no match for a Golden Armor Guard, so this leader of the Imperial Guard was definitely afraid.

Another golden-armored guard picked up Jingxue and the others' packages and brushed off the snow and dirt.

He pressed it down with his hand and then handed it to Lixia.

The soldier who had been kicked down had already gotten up and stood aside, not daring to say a word.

Jingxue didn't care about any of that and said coldly, "Open the door!"

The soldier looked at his leader, who pointed to the gate, signaling him to open it.

Jingxue hadn't originally planned to let the two shadow guards in, but since things had come to this, why should she tolerate it? Let them in!

Several people went inside, and the two men in black disappeared.

Jingxue knew where they had gone, of course. Last time they were on the roof of the main hall, and this time they went to the three courtyards behind.

Jing Zhiyuan had already heard the commotion outside and knew that the Imperial Guards were deliberately making things difficult for him. He was less worried when he saw the Golden Armor Guards leave.

When the group entered, Jing Zhiyuan was standing at the door. He spoke first, saying, "It's so cold, let's go inside!" After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the main hall.

The snow in the courtyard had been mostly cleared, and Jingxue said to the two servants standing to the side, who were Xiaoman and Lixia's father, "Come in, both of you!"

The two nodded, put down their tools, and went inside together.

Jingxue did not see Li Shi in the main hall, but everyone still paid their respects to Jing Zhiyuan first.

The two shadow guards behind him, who had been holding back their voices, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jing Zhiyuan, choking back tears as they said, "Greetings to Your Highness, we are late!"

Jing Zhiyuan said with a wry smile, "Shadow Four, Shadow Five, get up! I am no longer a prince. You've had a hard time following me all the way to the capital."

The two wiped away their tears, stood up, and one of them said, "The Prince is our second parent. Now it is our duty to protect the young lady and the young master."

Jing Zhiyuan nodded.

"Father, where is Mother?" Jingze asked, looking up at his mother.

Jing Zhiyuan looked at Jing Ze, who was wrapped up tightly, and reached out to help him untie his scarf.

"Your mother is quite far along in her pregnancy, and her body is heavy. Her feet have also been a bit swollen these past few days, so she's resting in bed!"

Jingxue felt that the hall was still a bit cold. "Father, is it because the charcoal fire is not hot enough in the hall?"

Jing Zhiyuan shook his head. "No, we don't usually stay in this main hall much. Your mother only comes here occasionally when she wants to take a walk. Just wear more clothes. Burning such a big room would be too wasteful of charcoal."

"Your mother said to save more charcoal for when she is in confinement after childbirth, because she is afraid the baby will get cold after birth."

Jingxue sighed helplessly.

"Let's go! To the bedchamber, your mother is waiting!" Jing Zhiyuan said, then walked towards the side hall.

"Lixia, Xiaoman, go and talk to your parents!" Jingxue said, taking a large package from Lixia's hand. The other package was for their parents.

"Yes!" Li Xia and Xiao Man replied, while Ying Si and Ying Wu remained in the main hall.

There was already a matron waiting at the entrance of the bedchamber. Last time, she came in a hurry and didn't know which of the two maids was her mother, mainly because she had lost the original owner's memories.

"Young Miss, Young Master, you've arrived! Madam is already waiting!" the nanny said while bowing.

“Yes! Lixia and Xiaoman are here too, you should go over there as well!” Jingxue said.

"We're not in a hurry, Miss, please come in and warm up!" the old woman said, opening the door.

Li was being helped off the bed by a nanny. Her belly had grown quite a bit larger, and she looked rather clumsy.

But she still forced a smile, "Xue'er, Ze'er, come in quickly!"

When Jingze saw his mother like this, his eyes immediately filled with tears. "Mother, aren't you working very hard?"

He didn't rush over like last time, but carefully walked to his mother's side and took Li's hand.

The two nannies left, and Jingxue put down the bundle in her hand, went over to help Li Shi sit back on the bed, and pulled a quilt over her to lean against. "Mother, are you having trouble sleeping?"

"Yes! That's how it is when you're further along in your pregnancy," said Mrs. Li, supporting her belly with her hand.

Jing Zhiyuan sat down on the chair next to him. "Your mother has a hard time turning over at night and can't sleep soundly. It's really tough for her!"

“All women are like this when they are pregnant. I’m not that delicate, so don’t worry about me. It’ll be soon, I’ll give birth in two more months. This baby is quite resilient…” Li said.

Jingxue took Li's hand and checked her pulse. Fortunately, the pulse was smooth and fluent, indicating that the fetus was healthy.

"Mother, has Physician Ren come by recently?" Jingxue asked.

Ms. Li nodded, "He came once, and he said he would come once every two weeks thereafter. He also said the child was doing well!"

"Okay! That's good."