The intense symptoms of Xia Xi's pregnancy might've been caused by too much worry as his body's condition began to get even worse. More than ten days after the diagnosis of a pearl pulse¹, his lower body turned slightly red. Fortunately, the female doctor's skills were very good, she prescribed some medication and ordered him to stay in bed. After more than a month of supplementing soups and being medicated, the fetus in his stomach was finally stabilized, and his morning sickness gradually disappeared.
There was no sign of any end to the civil war until spring, the two sides were locked in a stalemate. Things didn't turn around until early summer.
One of Zaha's confidants rebelled and stabbed him while he was unguarded. Although Zaha didn't die at the time, the battle finally came to an end. After half a month, he left. As soon as he left, his subordinates became loose sand; undisciplined and unmotivated. The half-year-long civil war finally ended.
From then on, the young King finally managed to rid of the two biggest threats around him and firmly held all the power in his hands. Chu Lan was praised for his merits for a while, and he sent a large number of honour guards to welcome Xia Xi back from the temple.
His movements were very fast, Xia Xi's news lagged behind, he had only just heard of Zaha being stabbed when the honour guards finally arrived at the temple, and the one leading them was the Prime Minister Sang Sangmu. Xia Xi was shocked, although he saw him beaming and knew that nothing bad should've happened, there was still a blade hanging over his heart. After hearing the news of victory personally from him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Xi's belly was six months old, but his figure was thin and his robe was wide, Sang Sangmu actually didn't notice. Xia Xi didn't say. As the maids packed everything up, he took Xia Chun's hand and boarded the carriage.
Xia Chun was a little curious after the carriage started moving, he wanted to open the curtain and look out. Lan Duo'er quickly stopped his movements and said, "The honourable guards of the Palace aren't allowed to be gazed at by ordinary people." Xia Xi was in a good mood, with a smile on his face. He smiled and said warmly after hearing the words: "Chun'er can open it a little, it doesn't matter." He changed into the language that Xia Chun could understand more easily and said: "We're going to the palace, Chun'er, wait. Once you get there, I'll find you a better master to teach you martial arts, alright?"
Xia Chun's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously. He looked outside, but their carriage was surrounded by guards and nothing could be seen, so he quickly lost interest and began touching Xia Xi's belly again. Ever since he knew that Xia Xi had a baby in his belly, he began to especially like touching his belly. The movements of his hands were always gentle, fearing that Xia Xi would be hurt or that he'd hurt the baby inside. While being touched by him, his stomach suddenly moved, Xia Xi smiled lightly, "Chun'er, my baby's responding to you."
Xia Chun was very happy as well. He took a piece of candy, peeled off the package, and shook it in front of Xia Xi's belly. Xia Xi smiled and said, "Are you going to give the baby sugar? You have to eat less, because your teeth will break." The child was missing a few teeth but it was mainly because he was changing teeth, Xia Xi now restricted his sugar intake.
The carriage drove steadily to the Palace, Xia Xi suddenly thought of something, he said with a bit of annoyance: "I came out in a hurry, so I forgot to say goodbye to mother, Yaya², and the others..." Lan Duo'er persuaded him with a few words and they chatted, their group entered the city and then soon the Palace.
When he arrived in the Palace, there were fewer guards accompanying him. The guards who had guarded Xia Xi for the past three years had also left, only the twelve maids were still with him. When he got here, Xia Xi couldn't help but open the curtain a little to peek out. A familiar scene appeared in front of him, not very different from his memory. He haven't seen it for a few years, which made him lament a little bit.
The carriage was originally not allowed to thread in the Inner Palace, but the guards didn't stop them. The honour guard leading the carriage also walked straight in, directly arriving in front of the courtyard where Xia Xi lived.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Xia Xi knew that they had arrived. Lan Duo'er got out of the carriage first. Xia Xi let Xia Chun get off before him, he then got out of the carriage supporting his big belly. Before he could raise his head, he was suddenly picked up and spun around. He was taken aback, and after seeing who was holding him, he breathed a sigh of relief and the corners of his eyes turned red momentarily.
Chu Lan stared at him and hugged him tightly. After a while, he ordered: "All of you, wait in the outer hall, no one is allowed to enter." He swept him away, as if he couldn't wait any longer, and went in with Xia Xi while hugging him.
Xia Xi was a little embarrassed being held in public this way, moreover, facing Xia Chun's puzzled eyes, his face flushed with shame and he whispered: "My Lord, we're being watched, it's not good..."
Chu Lan replied in a low voice, "I can't even wait to fuck you in front of them!"
He seemed so vicious, hungry after spotting his prey. Xia Xi was shocked. His body trembled, but his face turned red, he didn't dare to argue anymore, and could only obediently nod. Leaning in his arms, he secretly comforted himself with his smell.
The twenty-year-old emperor looked taller and stronger, with handsome features and looks unique to the barbarians. He exuded a strong sense of masculinity throughout his body.
The familiar smell made Xia Xi's heart tremble, after indulging in it, he seemed to be inseparable from it and began sniffing at him fiercely. Chu Lan had already carried him into the bedroom, everything seemed to be the same: the quilt was softly spread, as if waiting for its owner to come and lie down at any time, the furnishings in the room remained the same, even the ones that were kicked by Chu Lan. The table at the present was an exact replica.
But Xia Xi couldn't afford to focus on observing, Chu Lan couldn't wait to press him down on the bed and was about to untie his clothes. Xia Xi panicked, he stretched out his hand to press on his chest and gasped: "Don't... Chu Lan... Don't press on my stomach, the baby— baby will get uncomfortable..."
Chu Lan hadn't seen him for half a year, for his safety, he had been forcing himself not to go there. When he finally settled everything down, the first thing he did was ask to see him, he wanted to entangle with him, he wanted to bury himself inside his body and possess him!³ At this moment, the lover who had been missing for a long time was finally right in front of him, how could he bear it? But his sanity was still recovered after hearing the word "baby", he was startled, and asked with some doubts: "What baby?"
Xia Xi's face flushed, but this time it wasn't because of shyness, but because of joy. He slowly untied his belt, untangling the large robe and revealing the body inside, he whispered: "Our baby... it's been more than six months..."
Because it was summer, he wore less inner clothing, the abruptly protruding part of his stomach was round and clearly visible. Chu Lan was stunned again, it took a long time for him to react, joy appeared on his face, "Xi'er is pregnant? You have my baby?" Xia Xi nodded gently, and said with joy: "Well, our child."
He grew up in the Kingdom of Xia and was raised inside the harem of Xia. His most contacted persons were court ladies, eunuchs, and concubines in the harem. No matter whose mouth he got the answer from, it was unanimously agreed that heirs were the most important thing. If a woman in the harem was infertile, no matter how much she was spoiled, people would gossip, failing to give birth to the potential next emperor was simply the most serious mistake. He was fascinated by this rhetoric, and it was impossible to not be affected by these things, so at the beginning, he put in high consideration the matter of whether he could be pregnant or not.
Because of this, he even did something against his will.
And now, he had Chu Lan's child. He didn't think that it would make his position finally stable. Xia Xi just thought with joy that as long as he had Chu Lan's child, he won't have to endure heartache and push him towards others.
Xia Xi knew that Chu Lan was still a bit shocked by what he saw, but he was sure that he was also happy, so he took his hand and gently placed it on his stomach, saying softly: "Chu Lan can touch it, in three more months, he'd be able to meet us."
Chu Lan touched his stomach somewhat cautiously, his movements were even softer than Xia Chun's, as if he was afraid that he would hurt his stomach if he exerted even a bit more effort. After a long time, the joy on his face dissipated, turning into an extremely serious look. He stared at Xia Xi fiercely, "It's been more than six months, why didn't you send someone to tell me?"
Xia Xi took his other hand and shook it gently, he said softly as if coaxing a baby, "I'm afraid it would distract your heart and disrupt your plans."
Chu Lan was dissatisfied with his explanation, he lowered his head and bit his lip, he said fiercely, "And if the war hadn't ended yet? How long would you hide it from me then? Is it possible that you'd wait for the child to be born before telling me?" He quickly thought of another thing, and asked a series of questions: "You're not in good health, did you suffer a lot from carrying our child? Can your body bear it? Was there anything abnormal? No, I must call an imperial doctor to have a consultation." He did what he said and immediately got up to summon people over, Xia Xi didn't even have time to stop him.
It didn't take long for an elderly imperial physician to come, he checked Xia Xi carefully and prescribed some food tonic prescriptions. Chu Lan asked him about the situation in detail, how to take care of him, and wrote down one item after another very seriously. In the end, he called him to the corner and asked what he was most concerned about, the question was: "Can we have sex?"
The old doctor wasn't surprised, and while touching his beard, he said: "His Royal Highness, the Queen is more than six months in and can have sex, but the process shouldn't be too intense, and the frequency shouldn't be too frequent, however, you shouldn't be completely abstinent either. After all, it's difficult for women to give birth, expanding the birth canal during pregnancy would also be beneficial."
He was long-winded but Chu Lan understood it. They could have sex.
Chu Lan's movements were so loud that within a short period of time, everyone in the entire Palace knew that the Queen-Empress brought happy news. Many of the Palace servants were craning their heads to see what would happen. For a while, the door was very lively.
After holding back the others, Chu Lan walked to the bed. Xia Xi said: "What did the doctor say? Is the baby in my stomach fine?"
"Of course it's fine." Chu Lan shook his head and kissed the back of his hand, he then leaned close to him and said affectionately: "I asked, we can have sex. The imperial physician said that I should help you to expand the birth canal."
Xia Xi was taken aback for a moment, "What?"
Chu Lan chuckled and said, "Just make love to you more. Xi'er's hole is so small, you need to eat more big dicks to get softer, then you'll be able to give birth to the baby more smoothly."
His words were so straightforward, Xia Xi trembled all over as he was teased. At the same time, his face became red, and his lower body gradually became soaked.
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<b>Notes:</b>
1- Pregnancy pulse\n2- I too, have no idea who this is\n3- I didn't understand a lot of stuff said so it might not be that accurate
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<b>PastTimer: These two are fooling around again... </b>\n