12dz Chapter 118 If we want children, we'll have to work much harder.
Chapter 118 If we want children, we'll have to work much harder.
After Lü Qiao left, Qin Yizhen leaned against Cheng Yan and sighed softly.
"Adults commit evil deeds, but children are innocent."
Cheng Yan gently stroked her hair without saying a word.
Speaking of children, Qin Yizhen thought of the intimate moments they had shared these past two days, and couldn't help but touch her lower abdomen. Suddenly, she asked him, "Do you think we might be pregnant?"
You have children now?
Cheng Yan suddenly froze, then looked at her.
Qin Yizhen added, "If you have a child, you must set a good example for him. He may not need your fame and glory, but you must never do anything wrong that will implicate him."
Cheng Yan reached out and stroked her face, asking her earnestly, "Do you want a child?"
Qin Yizhen blushed slightly and was about to say "I didn't think about it," but then she remembered that he didn't even have a child in his previous life, so she couldn't help but nod.
She wanted to have a child with him.
The thought that if they had a child, it would be their flesh and blood, their blood relatives, filled her with excitement and anticipation.
I wonder if that child looks like her or him?
But after thinking about it, she became a little worried: "Do you think I can be a good mother since I've never been someone's mother before?"
Cheng Yan watched as her expression changed repeatedly, and finally she worried about whether she could be a good mother. He found it somewhat amusing: "What are you afraid of? I'm here for you."
"What if you can't be a good father either?"
This question stumped Cheng Yan. Thinking about it, it made sense. He had never been a father before and didn't know how to be a good father to his young son.
However, when he thought of the Marquis of Chengen's face and how much he hated and loathed that so-called father, he held her hand tightly and said to her, "If we have a child, we will definitely do our best to treat him well, teach him to read and practice martial arts, and teach him to distinguish right from wrong."
"However, this is also our first time being parents. If we do anything wrong, please forgive us. As a family, we should be tolerant and loving towards each other, don't you think?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yizhen immediately felt that it made sense and was finally relieved. She leaned against him and nodded repeatedly, saying, "You're right, you're right."
"But my wife..." Cheng Yan stroked her hair, his tone softening considerably.
"Ok?"
"If we want children, we'll have to work harder, won't we?"
Before Qin Yizhen could react to what he meant, he suddenly picked her up and carried her to the dormitory.
Her face immediately turned bright red, and she struggled to get down:
"No, no, it's broad daylight! Put me down!"
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When Madam Zhou and Zhou Ning returned to the Zhou family home, Vice Minister Zhou and Lin Yuansheng had been waiting for a long time. They ordered someone to help Zhou Ning back to the courtyard, and Madam Zhou then went to see Vice Minister Zhou and Lin Yuansheng.
Lin Yuansheng was only twenty-four years old. Although his appearance was not exceptional, he was tall and slender with a handsome face. His dark blue robe with bamboo embroidery accentuated his gentle and humble demeanor, making him a fine young man.
"Greetings, Mother-in-law." Upon seeing Madam Zhou enter, Lin Yuansheng bowed and asked, "Didn't you go out with your mother, Madam?"
Madam Zhou glanced at him, her gaze calm yet cold, and she scrutinized him from head to toe.
Finally, he simply said, "Ning'er is tired, so I've sent her back to rest."
Whether or not to keep the child is still uncertain, as Lin Yuansheng was not told about Zhou Ning's pregnancy.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mother-in-law and Madam, on behalf of Yuansheng. May I ask, Mother-in-law, what has Princess Yizhen said? Is she willing to stop here?"
"What do you think?" Madam Zhou's tone was somewhat cold as she recalled the humiliation her Pingxi Marquis's mansion had suffered, being mocked and forced to apologize by Song Pingping, a peasant girl.
"The princess is kind and benevolent; she will surely..."
“The princess is kind, but she’s not stupid.” Madam Zhou’s face was grim.
"As for Song Pingping, my mother-in-law told her not to talk nonsense in court. I know she hates me, but she can't put me to death like this."
"You really didn't hire someone to kill her?"
"Does my mother-in-law doubt me?" Lin Yuansheng frowned, but his face remained calm. "Although I have fallen in love with Ning'er and have indeed wronged her in some ways, and I also feel that her appearance hurt Ning'er in the first place, those are all minor matters. She is gone now, why would I send someone to kill her?"
It makes no sense to send someone to kill someone after they've already left.
"Then why did she say that?"
"Perhaps it's because of jealousy." Lin Yuansheng sighed softly. "I wronged Ning'er by marrying her back then, and she still holds a grudge. Now that she has the princess backing her up, she doesn't want me to have an easy time."
"It's also because I've been so focused on my studies all these years that I've forgotten to teach her the fundamentals of being a good person, which has led her to distort the truth and slander me for her own selfish reasons."
His tone was gentle and helpless, yet also somewhat sentimental and sighing, as if he truly felt heartbroken that Song Pingping had become like this.
Madam Zhou frowned, momentarily at a loss as to whom to believe.
Song Pingping insisted that Lin Yuansheng had sent someone to kill her, while Lin Yuansheng was convinced that this was not true at all and that Song Pingping was just slandering him out of resentment.
"But I heard from Miss Song that she has already found out who chased her that day, and she will testify against you as a witness..."
“That’s impossible.” Lin Yuansheng denied it outright. “Mother-in-law, you’ve loved to lie since you were a child. What witness? She probably just picked someone randomly and gave false testimony.”
"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, don't you know what kind of person I am? Do you prefer to believe Song Pingping, who talks nonsense, rather than me?"
“I have studied the classics, how could I do such an ungrateful thing?”
Both Vice Minister Zhou and his wife remained silent.
After a long silence, Madam Zhou asked him, "So how do you plan to resolve this matter? You must know that if you cannot prove your innocence, your career is over."
Lin Yuansheng said frankly, "I would like to meet with Song Pingping privately and have a good talk with her to persuade her to stop. Mother-in-law, please help me."
Madam Zhou frowned: "She is now Marquis Cheng's concubine and lives in the inner courtyard of the Marquis of Pingxi's mansion. It will probably not be easy for you to see her, and the princess probably won't agree either. In that case, we can only beg Marquis Cheng."
“No.” Lin Yuansheng disagreed again. “Lord Cheng is busy with many affairs of state. How can we trouble him with such a trivial matter? In that case, let’s wait for Song Pingping to present the evidence, and then I will argue with her.”
"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, your son-in-law is going to see Ning'er."
"Go."
As Lin Yuansheng walked away, Madam Zhou watched his departing figure with some worry in her heart.
She looked at Minister Zhou, who had remained silent, and asked him, "Does my husband think what he said is credible? If he really did these things, what will Ning'er do?"