Chapter 228:
That shouldn’t be.
Thinking of her body that struggled to conceive offspring in two lifetimes of marriage, Xie Wanning still didn’t believe she was pregnant.
It must be due to the constant travel and exposure that harmed her body.
But heaven seemed to always love playing jokes on her.
The doctor summoned by Old Woman Ma withdrew his hand from taking the pulse, stroked his beard, and smiled, “Congratulations, Madam. You are more than two months pregnant.”
Xie Wanning’s mind felt as if struck by a heavy object, buzzing noisily.
Only that sentence “You are more than two months pregnant” echoed in her ears.
She dazedly reached out and touched her abdomen.
Pregnant?
What a rare word. In her past life and this life, two lifetimes, she had once eagerly anticipated it.
Whether it was in her past life when she first married Lu Ziyan, or in this life with Pei Yuqing.
She had anticipated bearing their offspring, yet was disappointed every time.
And now, after she abandoned everything, concealed her identity and left, fully prepared to be a lonely person for life.
She was pregnant.
This was Lu Ziyan’s child.
They weren’t even married yet, with only the Imperial Decree of Marriage issued by the Emperor.
But it didn’t matter, for the eldest young lady of Xuanping Marquis’s Estate was already dead.
This child would only be hers alone.
She wouldn’t be a lonely person.
Xie Wanning’s eyelashes trembled sharply as she hurriedly looked at the white-haired old doctor, “A while ago, I traveled with constant exposure and ate indiscriminately. Will it affect the fetus in my abdomen?”
“Your body has a good foundation, the fetal condition is stable, and as long as you take good care in the future, there won’t be any major issues,” the old doctor said. Seeing her truly worried, he added, “If you’re not at ease, you can take some Fetal Protection Medicine.”
“Good.” Xie Wanning immediately instructed the maidservant to fetch paper and pen.
The doctor quickly wrote a prescription, and Old Woman Ma went straight to the pharmacy to get the medicine.
After the people left, Xie Wanning still felt a floating sensation as if her feet weren’t touching the ground.
For some reason, the tip of her nose began to feel sour.
She hadn’t shed a single tear during two months of arduous travel, yet now tears flowed.
The maidservant beside her hurriedly comforted, “Madam mustn’t cry. I’ve heard that pregnant women who cry too much give birth to children who cry and fuss more.”
Xie Wanning took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and said, “This is the posthumous child left by my deceased husband. I was just overly emotional.”
Thus, the neighboring Li family members and others all learned that the newly arrived young widow was carrying her deceased husband’s posthumous child.
Those well-meaning people who wanted to introduce a second husband to Xie Wanning temporarily put their thoughts aside.
Upon hearing the news, Chen Xi’er hurriedly rushed over, her lips trembling as she said, “……That Killing God’s?”
Xie Wanning softly hummed in affirmation.
Chen Xi’er immediately went weak in the legs and collapsed to the ground.
Her fear of Lu Ziyan was ingrained in her bones. Xie Wanning was an adult and, having decided to leave, knew to avoid prying eyes, but a child was different.
No one could control a child’s fate. If it was a young lady, it would be fine, but if a boy……
Like father, like son. How could the Killing God’s seed be an ordinary person.
Perhaps sooner or later they would have to go to the Capital City where prodigies gathered.
Once that Killing God discovered her……
Chen Xi’er’s face paled as she looked at Xie Wanning’s belly, her gaze as if beholding a heaven-shaking thunderbolt.
With a boom, it could strike dead all living beings within a hundred li around.
The kind of death utterly devoid of vitality.
Xie Wanning hadn’t expected her reaction to be so intense and said amusedly, “Is Lu Ziyan that terrifying?”
“……” Chen Xi’er suddenly came back to her senses.
Right, with her cousin here, even if that Killing God learned his wife and child were still alive, what could he do.
He would be grateful to the heavens and not have time for revenge, right?
