Chapter 116: Ye Chutang Discovers She is Pregnant

Qi Yanzhou, caught off guard, fell entirely onto Ye Chutang.

The soft sensation on his chest made his face turn bright red, and a wave of heat spread through his body.

It felt as though his heart was about to leap out of his chest, leaving him at a loss.

Ye Chutang noticed Qi Yanzhou’s strange behavior, but didn’t think much of it.

She assumed he was just being self-disciplined and reserved, as he rarely had intimate contact with women and must have felt shy.

She pushed Qi Yanzhou to the corner of the bed and covered him with the blanket.

“Stay there, don’t move.”

After saying that, she lifted the bed curtain.

Yawning, she looked at Le’er, who had already walked up to the bed, and asked, “Le’er, what did you just shout?”

Before Le’er could answer, Shan’er and Jin Zhi, who were staying in the East Room, rushed in.

They heard Le’er’s shout and immediately came over, not even bothering to put on their shoes.

Seeing Ye Chutang unharmed, they breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Shan’er, puzzled, asked, “Le’er, what did you shout?”

Le’er’s face showed a deep sense of apology.

“I heard some noise coming from the young lady’s bedroom, and I was worried something had happened to her, so I shouted.”

After speaking, she kneeled in front of Ye Chutang.

“Miss, I was half-asleep and may have heard it wrong. I didn’t mean to disturb your rest.”

Ye Chutang said, “You’re being too considerate. Get up. It’s very late; go back to rest. I’m fine.”

After the three women responded, they left the bedroom.

The doors to the East Room and the side rooms were closed in turn.

Ye Chutang patted the blanket.

“Prince, come out.”

The blanket carried Ye Chutang’s fragrance, and Qi Yanzhou felt as though he might be suffocated by the heat.

When he lifted the blanket, a wave of warmth rushed out.

The temperature in the room instantly rose.

Ye Chutang sat cross-legged on the bed, her gaze filled with interest as she watched the shy tough man.

“Prince, it seems you’re still bothered by that night’s events?”

Qi Yanzhou wasn’t really troubled by it, but he didn’t understand why a girl would not consider her chastity to be an issue.

“You don’t care about Miss Ye’s chastity?”

Ye Chutang, of course, didn’t care.

But since she was now in an ancient body, she had to care a little.

“Of course I care, but I think life is more important than chastity.”

“That may be true, but most men care about a woman’s chastity. Miss Ye, how do you plan to get married in the future?”

“Simple, I’ll marry one of the few men who don’t care about a woman’s chastity.”

After saying that, she asked suspiciously, “Prince, you don’t want to really marry me, do you?”

When Qi Yanzhou heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

He did have that thought.

But after sensing Ye Chutang’s resistance, he said, “The King just thinks that a woman’s chastity is very important, but if Miss Ye wants to marry…”

“Stop, I have no intention of marrying the prince. The position of princess should be reserved for your beloved.”

After speaking, she pushed aside the bed curtain.

“The prince’s internal injuries need rest. If there’s nothing urgent, don’t wander around. Leave now; I won’t see you off.”

Seeing that Ye Chutang strongly resisted the idea of marrying him, Qi Yanzhou’s gaze darkened.

He got up from the bed and left the Minister’s residence.

After he left, Ye Chutang knew she could relax her guard for the night.

She immediately slipped out to the carpenter’s shop to collect the goods.

Afterward, she decided to wake up early the next day and visit the market to buy some fresh vegetables.

She fell into a deep sleep and didn’t wake until morning.

When she finally woke up, she realized something was wrong with her body.

“Could it be that, despite all the precautions in the palace yesterday, I still got caught?”

Muttering to herself, she immediately checked her pulse.

After feeling the pulse, she was struck with shock.

It was a pregnancy pulse!

Impossible!

Before the one-night affair, the original body’s period had just ended a few days ago.

Due to a premature birth, the original body had been weak since childhood. After coming to the countryside, the original body was constantly overworked, leading to coldness in her body.

After she took over, she had soaked in cold water for a long time.

With four layers of protection, the chances of pregnancy were almost zero.

That’s why she hadn’t taken emergency contraception, since those pills would harm the body.

“It must be because I just woke up, my fingers aren’t nimble enough, and I misjudged the pulse.”

Saying that, she immediately moved her fingers and took a deep breath.

After calming down, Ye Chutang checked her pulse again.

The pulse was rolling like a bead, unmistakably a slippery pulse.

After confirming she was pregnant, Ye Chutang was stunned.

Miscarry? Or keep it?

She sat on the bed for a long time, undecided.

“Miss, are you awake?”

Shan’er’s voice made Ye Chutang push her chaotic thoughts aside for the moment.

She responded, “I’ll be out in a moment.”

After getting up, dressing, and washing in the backyard, Shan’er helped her style her hair.

“Miss, you don’t look well today. Did you not rest well last night?”

Ye Chutang nodded absentmindedly.

“It’s no wonder you slept in today. After breakfast, you should take a nap.”

“Mm.”

During breakfast, the house suddenly became lively.

Seeing Ye Chutang’s confusion, Shan’er explained, “The second young lady is getting married soon. The preparations start today.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Chutang suddenly remembered that she hadn’t heard anything from Ye Anling recently.

“What’s Ye Anling been up to lately?”

Shan’er replied, “The second young lady is embroidering her bridal veil.”

In most cases, women had to embroider their wedding attire themselves.

Because of the tight schedule, Ye Anling’s wedding dress had been left to a seamstress, and she only needed to embroider a veil for good luck.

“Hasn’t she seen Princess Anping after the scandal at the Anwang residence?”

“No, but the second young lady sent some silver notes to the princess.”

At this point, Shan’er recalled some gossip she overheard in the kitchen that morning.

After breakfast, she told Ye Chutang, “Miss, I heard that the two men who wronged Princess Anping died violently at home last night.”

Ye Chutang had already expected this outcome, though she hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.

“Bad people always get what’s coming to them. They deserve it.”

After that, she yawned, feeling exhausted, and went back to her room to rest.

Lying in bed, she had no desire to sleep.

Ye Chutang placed her hand on her flat abdomen, feeling the sudden presence of life.

The baby was still tiny, only about the size of a mung bean, so she couldn’t feel anything yet.

Miscarry?

There had been too much chaos recently. She couldn’t afford to relax for even a moment. If she miscarried, she’d have to go through a small confinement, which wasn’t ideal.

Keep it?

If the pregnancy before marriage was discovered, even if she could avoid the fate of being drowned in the pond, the child would carry the stigma of being born out of wedlock for life.

In this dilemma, Ye Chutang decided to keep the child!

Since the child had managed to come into the world against all odds, it was meant to be with her.

Moreover, with a child connected by blood, she wouldn’t be alone anymore!

Ye Chutang decided that once she broke the emperor’s scheme, she would find an excuse to leave the capital and live quietly, nurturing her child.

After a few years, once she had earned enough reputation and returned to the capital, even if she claimed that the child’s father had died, no one would dare question it.

With this thought, she felt a sense of relief and closed her eyes to rest.

Ye Chutang had a dream.

In the dream, Qi Yanzhou found out she was pregnant and wanted to fight her for the child.

She refused, and he forced her to marry him, threatening her with the idea of leaving her child without a mother.

In the end, she successfully turned the tables, and the dream ended with her claiming the child and leaving the father behind.

When she woke up, Ye Chutang still had a smile on her face.

She absentmindedly touched her belly and chuckled.

“Are you protesting because I didn’t tell your father about your existence?”

“Don’t worry, he’ll never know.”

At this moment, Ye Chutang had no idea that the slap in the face would come much faster than she expected!