Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 381 The hardships of being a woman

The winter night is long, but in the small courtyard of Xianglin Garden, two lovers clinging to each other always feel that the night passes too quickly.

Li Xiang was leaning on the bed with Jiao Xing in his arms. Through the small window, the two of them cuddled up and chatted in the dim moonlight.

It was already dark, and Jiao Xing urged Li Xiang softly: "You have to go to the early morning shift tomorrow, so take a rest soon."

Li Xiang replied: "I can only be with you once in a month, and I don't want to waste my time sleeping."

As he spoke, his big hand slowly attached to Jiao Xing's slightly bulging belly, and whispered: "It's almost four months now, why is this child still not moving?"

Hearing this, Jiao Xing also put her hand gently on her lower abdomen and replied with a smile: "The doctor said that fetal movement will not occur until five months. You are the father of two children, and you don't know this?"

"I didn't pay attention to this before, but now I'm hoping that the child will move soon so that I can feel him more clearly." As he said that, Li Ling lay on the bed and put his ear tightly against Jiao Xing's. After listening carefully for a while, he looked at the slightly bulging belly and said to himself: "Good boy, can you hear daddy? If you can hear it, please move for daddy." good?"

Jiao Xing poked Li Xiang's head with her finger, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Look at how stupid you are, he is still young, what can he hear?"

Li Xiang turned over and sat down opposite Jiao Xing, took her hand and asked, "What do you think our child should be called?"

Jiao Xing smiled and replied: "You can come up with a name. I don't have much education, so I'm not good at this."

Li Xiang pointed to the tall bookshelf by the window and said, "Why do you have to be so humble? You have read more books than me now."

Jiao Xing raised her eyes to look at Li Xiang and replied: "I just read it randomly, and I don't have any deep insights. It's just to pass the time. It's up to you, the father, to choose the name of our child."

　　When mentioning the child, Li Xiang couldn't help but put his hand gently on Jiao Xing's belly and replied, "Well, if it's a boy, I'll pick the name. If it's a girl, you'll pick it."

Jiao Xing looked at Li Xiang and asked, "Do you want it to be a boy or a girl?"

Li Xiang blurted out without thinking: "Of course I hope it's a girl."

If it is a girl, the child can be kept by Jiao Xing's side. He cannot help but come over to accompany his beloved woman all the time, so it is also good to keep their child with her.

Which woman is willing to hand over the child she gave birth to after all the hard work to be raised by others, and Jiao Xing is no exception. After hearing what Li Xiang said, she suddenly fell silent.

Li Xiang naturally knew what Jiao Xing was thinking. He stretched out his arms to hold Jiao Xing in his arms and comforted her gently: "Don't worry, if it's a son, even if it's a son, I will explain it to her even if it's a son. This child's daily life needs to be taken care of by you, the biological mother, and you can be with the child every day."

Jiao Xing lay in Li Ling's arms, grabbing his clothes tightly with her hands, and murmured: "Do you know? Sometimes I'm really scared." Li Xiang lowered his eyes to look at the woman he loved in his arms, and quickly turned back Said: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely protect you mother and son."

Jiao Xing raised her head, held Li Xiang's handsome face with both hands, and said with tears in her smile: "Of course I believe you. What I'm afraid of is that your kindness to me will be known to others sooner or later. At that time, I'm afraid we will be forced to It’s time to say goodbye.”

As Jiao Xing spoke, the crystal tears rolled down her thin cheeks. She sniffed, tried her best to control her emotions, and continued: "I often have the same dream, dreaming that I Standing alone on a high cliff, the people around me looked at me with evil eyes, forcing me to jump off the abyss."

Li Xiang stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on Jiao Xing's face, hugged her tightly into his arms, and said sadly: "It's okay, this is just a dream. If someone really forces you, I will leave everything and dance with you." Go down."

In the main room of the Sculpture Gallery Building, Pingyang finally fell asleep, but was awakened by a strange dream.

She dreamed that she had given birth to another daughter. She held her newborn daughter in her arms and led Sister Qing and Sister Wan on the endless road filled with smoke. She was exhausted with the children and suddenly saw Li Xiang appeared in front of the road. She tried her best to call him, but she couldn't make a sound. She tried her best to run towards him with the children, but she couldn't catch up with him.

 Pingyang was anxious and tired. He suddenly woke up from his dream. He raised his hand and touched his forehead, and found that he was sweating profusely.

She was no longer sleepy, so she forced herself to sit up, picked up the rattle on the desk, and called Yuzhu.

Yuzhu hurriedly ran in wearing clothes and holding a candlestick. She saw Pingyang weakly leaning on the bedside, and the hair on her forehead was wet with sweat. Yuzhu said with a face: "What's going on? But where?" Are you feeling uncomfortable? Would you like to invite Third Master over and call the doctor?"

Pingyang glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was already the third watch. She waved her hand and replied weakly: "I'm fine. I just had a nightmare that woke me up and I couldn't sleep anymore." .”

Every time Pingyang was pregnant, she couldn't sleep peacefully. Yuzhu heard this and quickly poured a cup of hot tea. After serving Pingyang to drink it, Yuzhu tucked Pingyang into a quilt and said distressedly: "If Madam doesn't fall asleep, this servant will Let’s talk to you here.”

Pingyang looked at Yuzhu, with a smile on his pale face, and murmured: "Yuzhu, I often feel that you treat me even better than your husband treats me."

Yuzhu hurriedly replied: "What did you say? I have been serving you since I was a child. I just know you better. How can this be compared with the affection that the third master treats you? You and the third master are husband and wife. But the closest person in the world."

Pingyang sighed slightly and said with a hint of sadness: "My husband and I have been married for three or four years. Logically speaking, we should already know each other very well, but for some reason, I have always looked at my husband's heart. I don’t understand, it’s like I can’t see through it.”

After hearing Pingyang's sad words, Yuzhu comforted her and said: "Although you have been married to my uncle for a long time, you have been busy giving birth to children all these years, and the fetuses are torture. Your body is weak, so everything naturally fails. Love to think too much, maybe you think too much about some things."

Pingyang is the only legitimate daughter of Prince Yong. She has a distinguished status and is deeply loved by her parents. She has lived well and lived well since she was a child, and has been carefree. She has never known what it is like to be miserable. She has been innocent throughout her girlhood.

Pingyang thought of herself in the past and looked back on herself after getting married. She shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I used to hear my mother say that a daughter's family is happiest when she is under the knees of her parents. After she gets married, she is the happiest. I couldn't understand the endless suffering at the time, but now that I have only been married for four or five years, I have already truly felt the suffering of being a woman."

 (End of this chapter)