Chapter 239

Chapter 239: The Women Are Aggrieved, We Also Want a Child! The Empress Dowager Has Arrived!

Jing Ni immediately broke out of Li Mo’s embrace and sat up from the bed.

Li Mo was so startled by her reaction that he broke out in a cold sweat.

He quickly sat up and placed his hands on her stomach.

Worriedly said, “Be careful, be careful, don’t disturb the fetal qi.”

Jing Ni’s deep and captivating eyes stared fixedly at him.

Li Mo carefully touched her stomach.

Fretting constantly, he said, “Are you okay? Did you disturb the fetal qi? You have to be careful now, why are you getting so worked up?”

Jing Ni was both amused and exasperated.

Why was she so agitated?

Not jumping up was already a sign of her stable temperament.

“Who did you just say? The Empress Dowager? The Empress Dowager of Qin?”

Li Mo placed his ear against Jing Ni’s stomach and listened.

The child was still too small, with no fetal movement yet.

He replied upon hearing her question, “Yes, the Empress Dowager of Qin.”

Jing Ni felt a tingling sensation from the warm breath he exhaled onto her lower abdomen.

Women tend to be more sensitive during pregnancy.

But now, the baby was not yet stable.

They would have to wait a few months for stability before allowing him to look at his child.

Jing Ni was filled with a flutter of emotions.

So she reached out to hold Li Mo’s head and lifted it up, looking seriously at him, she asked, “What’s going on?”

After all, it was the Empress Dowager.

The key was, Li Mo said the Empress Dowager was still a virgin.

Li Mo helped her lie down slowly, and under Jing Ni’s puzzled gaze, he explained the secret.

Jing Ni suddenly understood.

“I see.”

In that case, indeed, they couldn’t just take her in.

And definitely couldn’t let outsiders know.

Jing Ni repeatedly reminded Li Mo to be discreet when visiting the Empress Dowager in the future.

He also had to be mindful of decorum in public.

The care she showed was truly exceptional.

To have such a wife, what more could a husband ask for.

Li Mo’s sense of happiness surged instantly.

Because he had several such thoughtful and considerate wives!

Jing Ni’s pregnancy quickly became known to everyone.

By the afternoon, the other women came over to congratulate her.

Sincerely happy for Jing Ni, but also genuinely feeling a bit down.

Lady Mingzhu wore a forlorn expression the entire time.

Jing Ni would no longer be as involved with the matters of Luo Net while nurturing her pregnancy.

The burden would fall on her shoulders.

Most importantly, she also wanted to have a child with Li Mo.

The best scenario would be to have a boy, and better still to have one before Humeiren.

Then, she could leverage her child’s status to assert dominance over Humeiren.

Lady Mingzhu wasn’t the only one who wanted to have a child with Li Mo.

Li Mo had only been spending his nights with Jing Ni for the past two days in the main residence, and the other women didn’t complain.

After all, she was the first wife, and now pregnant too.

It seemed normal for her to enjoy the sole favor.

But it only lasted two days; on the third night, Lady Mingzhu dragged him over!

The other women saw this and couldn’t stand to be left behind.

Even Nuy Yu became more eager and active than before.

On this particular day, Li Mo was accompanying Jing Ni in the yard, basking in the sun and chatting about family matters.

Mostly, it was Li Mo talking and Jing Ni listening.

Talking so much made him somewhat thirsty.

Jing Ni smiled gently, and since knowing she was going to be a mother, she had been smiling more than before.

Whenever she touched her abdomen, an aura of maternal tenderness could be felt.

Jing Ni reached out and handed him the teacup from the side.

“Have a drink, to replenish your fluids.”

Li Mo smiled as he took it, and suddenly remembered something, he couldn’t help but tease: “These words sound familiar, I remember that you said something similar when we first got married.”

That night, both of them were shocked.

Jing Ni was even more at a loss with herself.

It wasn’t until later she discovered that it happened every time, that she realized it was because of her special constitution.

Now hearing Li Mo suddenly mention this, Jing Ni couldn’t help but blush.

She glanced at the maidservant beside them and rolled her eyes lightly at Li Mo.

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

The maidservants had no idea what the couple was talking about, they just found it strange why the Lady’s face turned red out of nowhere.

Li Mo cheerfully lifted the lid off the cup.

A layer of bright red goji berries floated in the cup.

Before he could put the cup down after taking a sip, a maidservant ran in gasping for breath from outside.

With a face full of panic, she said, “Master, Lady, the Empress Dowager has arrived.”

Li Mo’s hand trembled, and the cup almost fell to the ground.

What was she doing here?

He scanned towards the front hall and indeed, it was Zhao Ji!

She was sitting there with a stern face, acting all high and mighty.

All the maidservants in the household were scared stiff.

“What is she here for?”

Li Mo put the tea cup back in its place and muttered curiously.

Then his expression changed, and he asked the equally puzzled Jing Ni, “How many days has it been since I last went to the palace?”

Jing Ni blurted out, “Seven days.”

During this period, Li Mo stayed home with her during the day, and at night he was dragged off by those people to pass on knowledge.

Not to mention going to the palace, he hadn’t even left the manor once.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo patted his forehead.

No wonder the Empress Dowager had a grim face.

She had been starving for seven days, and now she was here to settle the score!

Outside the main gate.

A red and a pink figure returned together.

It was Yan Lingji and Hongliang who had just been out having fun.

Seeing the solemn guards at the gate and the luxurious carriage parked under the shade, the master and disciple both paused.

Their wide eyes met and blinked.

In unison, they said, “Someone’s home?”

Hongliang thoughtfully held her chin and scrutinized the guards’ armor.

“They’re palace guards – it seems this visitor holds quite a significant identity.”

Palace guards were the elite among the soldiers of the Qin state.

There were few people in Qin who had the qualification to bring palace guards out with them.

In the front hall.

Zhao Ji sat there with a face full of anger.

In her heart, she cursed Li Mo again and again.

Didn’t he know she couldn’t sleep these past few days because she missed him so much?

It was bad enough that he didn’t come to see her.

Now she’d come to look for him, and he still dared to keep her waiting for so long.

His airs were bigger than hers as the Empress Dowager!

Men were truly not good for anything.

That night he called her his little darling, and now he wouldn’t even come to see her.

Full of displeasure, Zhao Ji sat there sulking alone.

She lost count of how many times she looked expectantly towards the door.

Outside, Li Mo’s figure still hadn’t appeared, but two flamboyant women were now there.

Seeing Yan Lingji in her fiery red dress and unparalleled charm, Zhao Ji couldn’t help but be taken aback.

And looking beside her.

A girl in her early youth exuded lively energy.

Though not as stunning as the woman beside her, it was clear she was a budding beauty.

Amid her purity, there was a hint of elusive allure.

This quality of mixed innocence and desire was quite unique.

Though still a bit immature.

In a few years, once she fully grasped that woman’s charm, she would also be an enchanting beauty.

One had to admit, Zhao Ji had a keen eye.

She instantly saw Hongliang’s potential.

“She seems to be looking at us, should we go over and say hello?”

Hongliang fluttered her lively eyes, leaving it to her master Yan Lingji to decide.

Normally, she wouldn’t bother thinking about such things.

But now Han Fei was working in court affairs, and if she showed disrespect to the Empress Dowager and caused trouble for Han Fei, she’d feel guilty.

I’m simple-minded, but not brainless!