Wei Yanzhou felt a rare guilty moment and avoided Cheng Ning's eyes.
He knew that Cheng Ning was not that easy to fool.
But ever since he found out that she was pregnant, Wei Yanzhou would always show signs of behavior that he was usually unwilling to do to Cheng Ning.
And even if Cheng Ning is angry, it is not unbearable.
Wang Xi was right about one thing. It might be better to have an heir. At least he was kind to Cheng Ning and could find an opening.
"Why do you ask that?" Wei Yanzhou calmed down almost instantly and assumed his usual posture: "I'm so talkative today, so why don't you just slap your face on me?"
"Is it because His Majesty is in a good mood?" Cheng Ning wiped his hands on the handkerchief and walked towards the path with a row of poplar trees in front.
A few torches were placed on both sides of the path, and it was empty but not lonely at night.
Wei Yanzhou pondered for a moment and nodded: "Yes."
"No wonder Concubine Hui was promoted," Cheng Ning sighed: "So Your Majesty still likes Chunhua next to me?"
He rewards Chunhua with things for no reason and is relatively tolerant of her.
It was hard for Cheng Ning not to think too much.
"What?!"
Before Wei Yanzhou could say anything, Chunhua, who was following two steps behind, screamed in fear.
Are you attracted to her?
How is this possible? She is just an ordinary palace maid!
Wang Xi buried his head low. He wanted to laugh but felt a little sad, but the sadness was also a little funny.
It depends on what your Majesty will do.
Wei Yanzhou was also choked by Cheng Ning, and was very angry: "Is this a reward just because you fancy it?"
"What else?" Cheng Ning looked at him strangely: "I can't figure out the reason why you rewarded Chunhua. Linhua Palace hasn't done anything to please His Majesty recently, right?"
One thing, I care about the baby in your belly.
Wei Yanzhou was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Only Chunhua's frightened world has come true, and she believes Cheng Ning's words to be true.
Chunhua knelt down on the ground, and Chunhua stammered: "I, I don't dare to disobey Your Majesty, but I just want to be by your side, please, please do it for me!"
She was obviously frightened and her voice was trembling.
Cheng Ning glanced at Chunhua, with a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.
In fact, what she said just now was intentional. It seemed like she was teasing Wei Yanzhou, but it was Chunhua she wanted to test.
She never fully believed in Chunhua. At first, she thought Chunhua was from Wei Yanzhou.
But after that night, when Chunhua protected her to meet Nan Entropy, she didn't act like it.
Chunhua is a good maid, but Cheng Ning has nothing, and she doesn't dare to trust people easily.
Looking at her reaction now, she doesn't look like someone from Wei Yanzhou.
Otherwise, why would Wei Yanzhou bother to reward Chunhua for her?
Sighing, Cheng Ning said: "Get up, Your Majesty is teasing you."
There were tears in Chunhua's eyes when she raised her head, feeling resentful and aggrieved.
She was really almost frightened. Seeing Wei Yanzhou every day was enough to scare her.
"Am I teasing her?" Wei Yanzhou smiled half-heartedly: "My beloved, are you sure you are not teasing me or her?"
Cheng Ning was speechless and continued walking forward: "I slept too much during the day and couldn't take a walk to eat. Your Majesty is busy with official duties, so you don't need to accompany me, right?"
"Who said I would accompany you?"
She refused to follow him, so she took two steps forward and hugged Cheng Ning's waist, but she still had to follow him so crookedly.
At the end of the poplar path is a lake, which is not big. The moon is reflected on it, and the sparkling light is a bit deserted.
Wei Yanzhou tied Cheng Ning's cloak tightly, and together they looked at the ripples on the lake blown by the wind.
"I remember five years ago I loved throwing stones, and none of you could beat me."
Speaking of the past, Cheng Ning always had a look of scornful pride in his eyes.
Wei Yanzhou also remembered that he lived a carefree life in the past.
Cheng Ning's stones could always fly the farthest on the lake. Even the late emperor would praise An Ning for his awesomeness.
It's really awesome, and it's really high-spirited.
Wei Yanzhou scratched her lower abdomen with his fingertips and looked at the moonlight in the distance: "Want to play?"
Then she remembered that Cheng Ning's right hand was injured. Even if she wanted to, it wouldn't be suitable now.
Cheng Ning seemed to have thought of it, and didn't answer, nor did he stand still.
But there were footsteps nearby again, and a dim lantern light shone over.
It's Ouyang Xi.
She didn't seem to expect to meet them. She was stunned and handed the lantern in her hand to Xiaotao.
"Your Majesty, stay safe." Ouyang Xi looked at Cheng Ning: "I heard that Concubine Xi has not been seen all day, and she has been called the imperial doctor. Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I'm just being impulsive and trying to be strong." Wei Yanzhou answered for Cheng Ning.
Although he was talking to Ouyang Xi, his hand was always on Cheng Ning's waist.
Ouyang Xi pretended not to see it: "It's okay. I heard that His Majesty plans to return to the palace tomorrow?"
Originally, even if Xie Qingyi was injured, the hunting could still continue.
But now it's about Cheng Ning, and Wei Yanzhou doesn't want to stay too long to avoid causing complications.
"Go back to the palace?" Cheng Ning was puzzled: "It's common to get injured on the hunting ground. Li Piao has already been executed, why are you still in a hurry to return to the palace?"
Li Piao's matter was clearly arranged deliberately by someone, and Cheng Ning didn't believe that Wei Yanzhou didn't notice it at all.
But he kept it secret and never checked Xie's family, and even rewarded Xie Qingyi.
Cheng Ning didn't ask, but it didn't mean that she didn't doubt Wei Yanzhou's purpose.
Why are you so anxious to return to the palace at this time?
In previous years, hunting would take at least five days.
Ouyang Xi glanced at Wei Yanzhou's face: "Concubine Hui was injured this year. Your Majesty may have an accident."
She had a vague feeling that Wei Yanzhou didn't want her to mention this matter.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but there was something strange about returning to the palace suddenly.
So she changed the topic again: "Your Majesty got some good meat yesterday, and I made some dried meat. Would your Majesty and Concubine Xi want to go to my place to try it?"
Cheng Ning can't even hear the word meat now.
"No, she has eaten a lot today. She should go to bed to eat. You sisters can meet again when you return to the palace another day."
Wei Yanzhou directly blocked for Cheng Ning.
"That's it." Ouyang Xi's smile froze: "Then I took my leave first. This is more revealing. Your Majesty and Concubine Xi also went back to rest earlier."
When the light of the small lantern disappeared, Cheng Ning went to see Wei Yanzhou again.
The other party pretended not to see her and carried her back.
"Do you not want me to associate with Concubine Shu?" Cheng Ning guessed to herself: "Are you afraid that I will get involved with the Ministry of Punishment?"
Otherwise, why would Wei Yanzhou refuse so decisively on her behalf?
"..."
Once you tell a lie, you have to lie to cover it up with countless lies.
If you hide one thing, you have to hide it with countless things.
Wei Yanzhou was not afraid that Cheng Ning would be related to the Ouyang family, but he could see that Cheng Ning frowned when he heard about the meat.
"Yes, you'd better be more honest. If you get too close to Concubine Shu, it's easy to implicate her."
Cheng Ning felt a little weird, but didn't know what the weirdness was.
Ouyang Xi, who walked back to the tent, stood outside the tent for a long time without going in.
"Empress? What's wrong?" Xiao Tao urged curiously.
The sight of Wei Yanzhou holding Cheng Ning in his arms flashed before Ouyang Xi's eyes. He was so careful that even Cheng Ning couldn't fall.
Care in every possible way.
These four words flashed through her mind.
There was also the sudden return to the palace. Cheng Ning didn't know why Wei Yanzhou didn't tell her just now.
Did he 'forget' on purpose, or did he feel there was no need to tell Cheng Ning?
She pondered her thoughts and said, "Xiao Tao, go find someone from Tai Hospital and ask for some medical books."
