The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 313 - 312: Overprotected after Pregnancy, the News spreads to the Military Camp

Chapter 313: Chapter 312: Overprotected after Pregnancy, the News spreads to the Military Camp

Shen Chuwei sighed, "It’s over."

Chun Xi looked at Shen Chuwei with a puzzled face, "What’s wrong, Miss?"

Shen Chuwei glanced at Chun Xi, "The title of Xiaoxiang Pavilion’s chatterbox has been taken away by you."

Chun Xi said, "That’s not true, this servant is serious."

Shen Chuwei couldn’t help but lament, "Now I understand why it’s said ’A child brings honor to its mother,’ and not ’A mother brings honor to its child.’"

Chun Xi asked again, "Why is that?"

Shen Chuwei replied with the same gentle tone, "You are so gentle today."

Chun Xi rubbed her arms, feeling goosebumps all over, "Miss, isn’t this servant just scared for the baby?"

Shen Chuwei shook her head helplessly, getting dressed, washing up, eating – the routine she did every morning.

Shen Chuwei thought Chun Xi was just acting weird that morning, but throughout the day, she witnessed the symptoms of Chun Xi’s bewilderment.

Shen Chuwei planned to check on the vegetable garden to see how the vegetables were growing, but just as she approached it, Chun Xi grabbed her arm, "Miss, don’t go to the vegetable garden. The rabbit just applied some manure; it’s so dirty. What if the baby is disgusted by the smell?"

Shen Chuwei: "..." Why not worry about the smell affecting me? Am I stink-proof? Or do you no longer like me?

Unable to visit the vegetable garden, Shen Chuwei decided to check out the neighboring chicken coop and her little fish pond.

She waved her hand, "Little Rabbit, bring the ladder over here."

Little Rabbit didn’t bring the ladder, but instead came over to ask, "Miss, what would you like to do? Command your servant to do it."

Shen Chuwei said, "I want to take a look at the neighboring chicken coop."

"This servant will go on behalf of Miss to take a look." Little Rabbit said and immediately brought over the ladder and started to climb up.

Before Shen Chuwei could speak, Chun Xi blocked the ladder, "Miss, you mustn’t climb up."

Shen Chuwei: "..." Is she delusional?

In the afternoon, the sun blazed overhead.

Shen Chuwei lay on the rattan chair, feeling extremely hot, she licked her lips and said, "Chun Xi, I want some cherry-flavored ice cream."

Chun Xi said gently, "Miss, you shouldn’t eat ice cream."

Shen Chuwei looked at the bewildered Chun Xi and explained, "It doesn’t matter, even pregnant women can eat a little without any effect."

Chun Xi said earnestly, "But the book says that cold foods can cause miscarriage."

"..." Shen Chuwei: "Do you know better or do I?"

Chun Xi blinked her pretty eyes twice, "This servant saw it written in the book."

Shen Chuwei threw six words at Chun Xi, "Bookish to death, without a clue!"

Chun Xi counted on her fingers, "This servant saw this written in the book!"

Shen Chuwei shook her head helplessly, some woods cannot be carved!

Unable to get cherry-flavored ice cream, she truly felt like she was on pins and needles.

She turned her head towards Chun Xi, "I can eat cherries, right?"

"No problem, Miss, this servant will have Little Guizi pick some for you." Chun Xi said cheerfully, walking to the corner and ringing the bell manually.

Upon hearing the bell, Little Guizi hurried over, picked up the receiver next to his ear, waiting for the other party to speak.

Chun Xi timed it before she picked up the receiver and said into it, "Miss wants cherries."

After speaking, she put the receiver to her ear and heard Little Guizi say, "Heard you, will pick them right away."

This wired phone was still made by Shen Chuwei, very simple. Two disposable paper cups, the line was ready-made, the ends of the line passed through the two cups, then tied in a knot to secure.

The simple wired telephone was ready.

The picked cherries were lowered down by Little Guizi using a rope.

Chun Xi placed the washed cherries on the round table in front of Shen Chuwei, grinning and saying, "Miss, you can eat now."

Shen Chuwei didn’t mind; she grabbed the cherries and stuffed them into her mouth, sour and sweet. She closed her eyes in contentment, ate half of them, and then fell asleep.

Seeing Shen Chuwei asleep, Chun Xi brought over a thin blanket to cover her, holding a palm-leaf fan and fanning Shen Chuwei.

Chun Xi’s gaze fell on Shen Chuwei’s belly, her face breaking into a matronly smile.

Shen Chuwei was fast asleep, savoring her dreams, when she sensed the incessant buzzing of a mosquito by her ear.

Irritated, she opened her eyes, only to see Chun Xi’s tender, serene smile, and asked weakly, "What’s wrong?"

Upon hearing her, Chun Xi gently reminded, "Young Mistress, it’s time for afternoon tea."

"Don’t want it, I’m sleepy," Shen Chuwei responded and closed her eyes again.

Shen Chuwei was deeply asleep; not even the most delectable food could wake her.

Chun Xi was persistent, "Young Mistress, how can you not eat? The baby will grow slowly."

Shen Chuwei didn’t feel like refuting the point, "It’s barely the size of a finger, what’s there to grow?"

Hearing this, Chun Xi looked down at her own fingers, sizing them up, So small?

Shen Chuwei couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of her mouth as she watched Chun Xi comparing with her fingers.

Now Chun Xi grew even more adamant, "Young Mistress, the baby is so tiny, you must eat to help it grow faster. Then His Highness can see the baby when he returns."

Shen Chuwei rubbed her forehead, wondering if she ought to throw a biology book at Chun Xi for her to peruse?

After having her afternoon tea, Shen Chuwei watched as Xuetuan chased Yuan Gungun around. She hadn’t paid them much attention in the past days, but now she realized that Yuan Gungun had become a champion sprinter.

Running at full speed, with Xuetuan close behind, the two seemed to be racing each other.

Under Chun Xi’s bewilderment, Shen Chuwei spent an unsettled week.

Her period was delayed by a week.

Eagerly, Shen Chuwei took her own pulse.

She was actually quite nervous herself.

Xiao Jinyan had always been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the baby.

She wasn’t in a hurry herself, after all, she was only in her teens.

But under Xiao Jinyan’s anticipation, she had also started to look forward to it.

During the pulse examination, her anticipation and nervousness grew until the results came in.

Then, Shen Chuwei’s nerves tightened even more.

She really was pregnant.

She hadn’t expected to be so young and about to become a mother.

When Chun Xi found out for certain that there was a baby, she was overjoyed.

Watching Chun Xi almost dance with excitement, Shen Chuwei feared that her madness had reached new heights.

Every day Chun Xi was as gentle as water, fearing she might startle the baby.

The long-awaited baby had to be treated with tenderness.

Broths and soups flowed endlessly each day.

Chun Xi didn’t care whether the hens were laying eggs or not; she had Little Guizi snatch them up and slaughter them to make soup for Shen Chuwei.

Seeing Chun Xi busier than a bee, Shen Chuwei decided to take out the biology book from her space and handed it over.

"The information you want to know is all in here, take your time reading it," she said.

Chun Xi excitedly took the biology book and read it by the lamplight into the night, as if a door to a new world had opened, utterly astounded.

Shen Chuwei heaved a quiet sigh of relief, finally free from the constant hovering, and she lay down to continue her lazy slumber.

Meanwhile, at the border Military Camp.

A Guard had traveled overnight with a letter, arriving at the campsite.

Xiao Jinyan, having stayed up nights on end strategizing battles, secured his first victory. It had been several nights since he had slept properly.

Once the adrenaline of constant vigilance waned, so too did the tightness of his nerves.

Even in exhaustion, Xiao Jinyan, a man particular about cleanliness, took a bath before going to sleep.

"Master, a message has arrived from the Imperial Palace," said the Guard.