Time Travel: The Noble Family
Chapter 587 - 233 Madam Ping is pregnant_2

Chapter 587: 233 Madam Ping is pregnant_2

A group of people returned to the Inner Courtyard and heard from the maid that the Marquis Jingning’s Residence had sent an old nanny over.

The nanny, dressed in brand-new clothes and smiling like a blooming flower, made it evident at a glance that she brought joyful news. Cheerfully, she announced, "Our Heir’s Wife is with child, already three months along. The Heir’s Wife specifically sent me to bring the good news to the young lady."

Zhuang Ruolan was also very happy to hear this. Madam Ping had been longing for a child for over three years, and now she was finally pregnant. It truly hadn’t been easy!

The nanny had people bring forward several boxes and said, "Miss Yueyao, these are gifts from our Heir’s Wife to you. The Heir’s Wife says thank you very much."

Zhuang Ruolan looked at the pile of valuable gifts that Madam Ping had sent, all specifically for Yueyao, and was at a loss.

Yueyao laughed and said, "I only made the suggestion; the key was for your Heir’s Wife to relax. I wasn’t pretentious. Of course, I accepted the gifts because I do deserve some credit."

The nanny left with joy in her heart.

As soon as the nanny left, Zhuang Ruolan laughed and said, "Does Ping Yajing being pregnant have anything to do with you?" By the looks of the nanny’s behavior, it was certainly related.

Yueyao told Zhuang Ruolan the same thing she had told Mingzhu, "I also read in a book where some women who were very healthy with no ailments just couldn’t conceive. The book says this is due to them being too anxious, and in fact, the more anxious they are, the less likely they are to have a child. Relaxing is actually more likely to help them conceive." After saying this, she realized she had misspoken. Talking about childbirth as an unmarried woman was quite insensitive.

Zhuang Ruolan, however, had never considered such a thing and laughed, "People say books are like houses of gold, and it seems what the ancients said is right." From the dye house incident to now, Ping Yajing’s pregnancy, it all seemed to prove true.

Yueyao smiled.

Madam Ping smiled and said, "Yajing had seen so many Imperial Physicians and taken so much medication, and to think, your suggestion was the one that worked. No wonder she sent you so many nice things." Zhuang Ruolan had told Madam Ping before that she was too anxious and that she should relax. Madam Ping didn’t listen, but Zhuang Ruolan did not expect Madam Ping would actually take Yueyao’s advice. Thankfully she did, as her pregnancy was indeed a joyous event.

Yueyao had Xi Yu open the boxes, and when she did, the contents nearly dazzled Yueyao’s eyes. Three of the four boxes were filled with jewelry: pearls, kingfisher jade hairpins, jade ornaments, kingfisher jade studded with gemstone headdress, and the last box contained a book of calligraphy models.

Yueyao was stunned, "This is too valuable, cousin-in-law, should I send these back?" Yueyao had thought Madam Ping would send the Four Treasures of the Study or equipment for painting since these people all knew she frequently practiced calligraphy and painting. She never expected the Heir of Marquis Jingning to be so generous.

Zhuang Ruolan laughed, "Why send it back? You’ve been a great help to her this time, so what are these few gifts? If you send them back, she might think you look down on her gifts! Keep them, it’s fine."

Yueyao told Xi Yu to take the items back to the Begonia Garden first. She then started chatting with Zhuang Ruolan and after a lively conversation, Yueyao said with a laugh, "Cousin-in-law, what do you think the child’s name should be? We should think of a good name in advance, we can’t have it like with Keyue who didn’t have a proper name for nearly half a month after birth!"

Zhuang Ruolan replied with a smile, "Keyue’s name was well chosen; why don’t you come up with the name?" Zhuang Ruolan felt that Yueyao had a talent for naming, relying on herself and her husband was not as good.

Yueyao said with a smile, "I will look into it when I get back." Keyue’s name had been a stroke of inspiration, but this time she definitely wanted to think diligently about it.

After mulling it over for several days, Yueyao thought of three names, "Cousin-in-law, for a boy, I have thought of two names, Haoyu and Ruiyuan. For a girl, let’s call her Yanqi. Haoyu signifies an open and vast mind, Ruiyuan implies wisdom and knowledge, and Yanqi represents beauty and happiness. What do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhuang Ruolan said, "They’re great, all of them are good."

Now that the Lady of Marquis Jingning’s daughter-in-law was pregnant, she stopped speaking of taking on concubines from the second branch. Naturally, she preferred her own legitimate grandchildren, but her anxiousness was evident when her daughter-in-law couldn’t conceive. Now that her daughter-in-law was carrying her grandchild, it was impossible for her to do anything else displeasing.

When the Lady of Marquis Jingning heard it was Yueyao’s suggestion that contributed to her daughter-in-law’s pregnancy, she refused to believe it.

Mingzhu said unhappily, "Mother, don’t just believe their silly gossip. Yueyao is not a jinx; in the entire Ma’s Mansion, two young ladies became pregnant, and then their second son, who had failed the Scholar exam seven or eight times, finally passed. The people of Ma’s Mansion themselves say Yueyao is their Lucky Star!"

The Lady of Marquis Jingning was obviously still skeptical of this idea, leaving Mingzhu very frustrated. Just as Mingzhu was about to speak, Zhao Yuner came over with a bowl of medicine, a look of impatience on her face, "Why are you still here?" The sister-in-law is pregnant, keeping her here is just cumbersome!

The Lady of Marquis Jingning smiled and said, "Having Yuner around gives me some amusement." Since Madam Ping became pregnant, she had given up the idea of promoting Zhao Yuner to the position of concubine. Nevertheless, Zhao Yuner was clever and she liked her, so she had stayed on.

Upon hearing the words ’some amusement’, Zhao Yuner lowered her head. She felt annoyed inside, not wanting to be treated like a bird for amusement.

The Lady of Marquis Jingning might not admit Yueyao was a Lucky Star, but Madam Ping, the Wife of the Heir of Marquis Jingning, truly considered Yueyao to be hers. Reflecting on the events of the recent period, Yueyao had first helped her discipline her sister-in-law and now had provided an excellent suggestion that led to her pregnancy. If not a Lucky Star, then what?

Madam Ping felt she owed Yueyao a great favor, one that a few sets of jewelry could not repay. She would have to repay that favor sooner or later.

Ban Yu said with a smile, "Madam, Miss Yueyao is a person blessed with good fortune; this time it will surely be a healthy, plump little master."

Madam Ping smiled and touched her belly.