The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 331 - 330: Surprise, It’s Twins, A Bold Idea

Chapter 331: Chapter 330: Surprise, It’s Twins, A Bold Idea

He suspected that Shen Chuwei must be ill, and seriously so, which was why she was behaving like this.

He had to find the Empress Dowager to take a look, lest something happen and the Crown Prince would be upset.

Xiao Jinyu’s Kung Fu in wall-climbing was top-notch, and in no time, he slipped out.

Chun Xi put the clothes into the wardrobe, turned around to the bed, and watched the young lady sleep. After so long, her sleeping posture was still the same.

She shook her head helplessly.

After several days of recuperation, Concubine Xu finally regained her usual grace and couldn’t wait to come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, waving her little handkerchief eagerly.

Cai Xia saw that the frequency of her young mistress’s handkerchief-waving was back to normal, and while she was happy, she was also nervous.

She reminded her several times, to take it slow, but to no avail.

Shen Chuwei was sleeping soundly, always feeling as though there were flies buzzing by her ear, which was very annoying.

"Lady Shen, wake up."

Shen Chuwei showed no signs of awakening.

Concubine Xu’s eyes shifted, and she whispered into Shen Chuwei’s ear, "There’s grilled meat!"

Shen Chuwei, who hadn’t had grilled meat for a long time, upon hearing the words, slowly opened her eyes. She rubbed them and looked around, "Where’s the grilled meat?"

Having spent so much time together, Concubine Xu understood Shen Chuwei well, and sure enough, this trick worked best.

"There’s no grilled meat, but there’s me." She pointed at herself and laughed.

Shen Chuwei said disappointedly, "There isn’t any, and you’re teasing me."

Concubine Xu slapped her thigh and laughed, "Haha, it’ll be better once the baby is born."

Shen Chuwei looked at Concubine Xu slapping her thigh and thought, she really couldn’t change this habit~

Then she stared at Concubine Xu a few more times. As a doctor, she could tell that Concubine Xu had completely recovered.

"How have these past few days been for you?"

"It’s been fine, except the palace maids aren’t diligent, Cai Xia got locked away, and I was nearly killed by the plague, almost starved and died of thirst." Concubine Xu felt grateful that the man in black had taken care of her for two days, which made him half a good person in her eyes.

Shen Chuwei looked at Concubine Xu’s now sharper chin, and pitied her for a few seconds.

"No wonder you look thinner."

Concubine Xu looked down at herself; she had noticed that her clothes were looser now.

"I noticed too. Thanks to the plague, I didn’t even need to diet."

Shen Chuwei nodded in agreement, "How is Lady Tao faring?"

Concubine Xu said, "Lady Tao is quite well, she will probably come to see you tomorrow."

"That’s good."

Shen Chuwei let out a silent sigh of relief. In the palace, she only had two friends, Concubine Xu and Lady Tao, and of course, they both had to be well.

Concubine Xu sighed, "After this brush with death, I want to go home. I miss my father and mother."

Once Concubine Xu brought it up, Shen Chuwei also realized this matter; Concubine Xu couldn’t possibly stay in the East Palace wasting her youth forever.

She would have to leave the palace sooner or later.

"So when do you plan to leave the palace?"

"I’m not sure yet, but I will miss you all, which is troubling." Concubine Xu fiddled with her handkerchief, her eyes full of reluctance.

It wasn’t just Concubine Xu who couldn’t bear to part; Shen Chuwei felt the same way.

Suddenly, Concubine Xu raised her head to look at Shen Chuwei, "I’ve decided to stay in the palace a while longer. I still want to see my godson."

As she said that, she looked down at Shen Chuwei’s belly.

Shen Chuwei really did not deceive her; one could see some changes in her quadruple-sized belly.

Shen Chuwei touched her belly; it had indeed grown quite a bit lately since she was carrying twins.

She leaned in mysteriously close to Concubine Xu’s ear and said, "There are two in my belly."

Concubine Xu’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Shen Chuwei’s belly, finally unable to resist reaching out to touch it.

Feeling the rounded belly, she looked up at Shen Chuwei with excitement, "There are really two?"

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously.

Concubine Xu became ecstatic, "Then don’t I have two godsons?"

"There are two, but it’s not certain they are sons." No matter how skillful the medicine, it was still impossible to determine the gender through pulse diagnosis.

"They must be sons. Then they would be Your Highness’s eldest sons, having two in one birth; Your Highness will certainly be pleased."

After saying this, Concubine Xu grumbled indignantly, "Let those blind Imperial Doctors take a look, you are not only pregnant, but with twins. And let the Emperor take a good look too, let’s see if he regrets it later, if his face hurts?"

Shen Chuwei held back her laughter and nodded in agreement.

Concubine Xu felt that wasn’t enough. "When the babies are born, we won’t let the Emperor see them, nor let him hold them, just to make him jealous."

"But he is the Emperor, can we really say no to him seeing and holding them?"

With one sentence, Concubine Xu was brought back to reality.

"...Right."

Meanwhile, at Fengyi Palace,

Xiao Jinyu was becoming anxious, "Why hasn’t mother returned yet?"

"Prince Jinyu, the Empress went to the Imperial Study Room, she will be back soon," the Palace Maid replied.

The Empress was on her way back with a slightly upset look on her face.

She felt that the dog of an Emperor was simply sick!

He had summoned her, and even had He Jiayu come too.

Looking at He Jiayu’s smug little face, it was comparable to that of the previous Consort Ning.

She, the dignified Empress, disdained to compete with a mere lady for favor.

Damn Emperor!

The Empress returned to Fengyi Palace with a frosty expression. Seeing her son, her anger dissipated somewhat, thankful that her son was not like the dog Emperor.

"Yuyu, did you come to see your mother?"

Xiao Jinyu, having finally waited for the Empress, hurried over, "Mother."

As Xiao Jinyu approached, the Empress saw his forehead was covered in sweat and pulled out a small handkerchief to wipe away the beads of sweat, noticing that her son had grown rapidly in the past two years, catching up to his brother.

"What’s the matter? Why is there so much sweat on your forehead?"

Xiao Jinyu grabbed the Empress’s arm in urgency, his voice tense, "Mother, a terrible thing has happened."

Stopping her wiping motion, the Empress asked in confusion, "What terrible thing has happened? Why have I not heard anyone mention it?"

Xiao Jinyu said, "Lady Shen Chuwei is ill."

The Empress responded, "Wasn’t she fine just a few days ago? How could she fall ill? How did you find out?"

"Lady Shen Chuwei’s belly suddenly became so bulging." Xiao Jinyu gestured with his hand to emphasize, his face filled with urgency, "I heard there’s a disease that makes the belly swell, and if you’re not careful, it can be fatal."

Seeing her son’s actions, especially his gesture of the swelling belly, a particular image surfaced in her mind—Lady Shen Chuwei with a protruding belly.

It was obviously a pregnant belly.

She also recalled Shen Chuwei’s way of walking recently; indeed, it resembled that of someone who was pregnant.

Sudden excitement arose within her; could it be that Shen Chuwei was pregnant?

Xiao Jinyu, anxious as an ant on a hot pot, held tightly onto the Empress’s hand, "Mother, why aren’t you saying anything? Lady Shen Chuwei is ill; you must quickly send for the Imperial Doctor, so treatment isn’t delayed."

The Empress, observing her son’s anxious demeanor, was unsure of what to say. Whether it was pregnancy or not, she’d know once she saw for herself.

"I will go see for myself right now, you’re getting so worked up."

"Then let’s go now, mother." Xiao Jinyu pulled the Empress and started walking out.