116. Warm Night Talk

Han Tingxuan felt even more guilty when Mo Yanzhi said this. It was a huge blow to Mo Yanzhi when he gave up on the baby before. That was why Mo Yanzhi was worried that he would give up on this baby again.

"Yanzhi…"

"Hubby," Mo Yanzhi clenched Han Tingxuan's hand tightly. "I will be careful. Can we keep this one? Please…"

"Yanzhi," Han Tingxuan covered his mouth. "Why do you think I don't want this child?"

Mo Yanzhi's expression changed again, but this time he was helpless. "No, I didn't mean that…"

Han Tingxuan let out a long sigh. "Yanzhi, if I have to choose only one between you and the child, I would choose you for sure. But now, we don’t have to make a choice.”

Mo Yanzhi pursed his lips and said softly, "Sorry, Hubby, I overthink it…"

"This is our child. He will call me father and you daddy. How could I not want him? Yanzhi, I thought that we wouldn't have a child of our own in this lifetime. But God treated us well, right? "

Mo Yanzhi nodded fiercely. "Yes, hubby, I think so too. God has treated us kindly."

Han Tingxuan smiled, leaned over, and kissed his male wife's lips. "However, we have to be extra careful about this baby. You are a he-man now and you have to take medicine to reshape your body. Although you look differently on the outside, you are still the same inside. But we don’t know if the medicine is good for your health. I have to ask Zhou Quan. In addition, you have to properly take good care of your health condition.”

Mo Yanzhi listened quietly and nodded. "Yes, I know."

"In the first few months, there shouldn't be any problems before you show. By the way, for how long is a she-man usually due?”

"At least eight months, some seven months, but the premature birth is not good for the baby. And some more than nine months."

"So how many months do they start to show?"

"Over five months," answered Mo Yanzhi.

"Five months. You are more than a month pregnant. The New Year is four months away. By that time, it would be the coldest time of the year. You should wear more clothes. You would be fine even if your belly is big. But within the three months after New Year when the weather gets warmer, you shouldn’t wear winter outfits. And your belly would get bigger. At that time, you probably wouldn't be able to see anyone else."

Mo Yanzhi nodded. "Moreover, with so many spies in the palace, I can't guarantee that there is no spy from other forces. At least, I can guarantee that my people are fully trustworthy."

"Yanzhi, you have to pay attention to the she-man servants around you. They have to be very brave that they are not scared of death. And they won’t be threatened because of their families. If someone catches their family, they might be caught by our enemies and expose your secrets just to save their family.”

Mo Yanzhi nodded. "Alright, I'll pay more attention. I will have the secret guards investigated all of their family backgrounds."

"The only person who can get close to you right now is just Zhou You, right?"

"Yes, he has also cultivated a second-in-command. Sometimes that person will fill in when Zhou You is not present. He is a clever person called Yuan Qing."

Han Tingxuan nodded and said, "I believe that you know what to do and whom to trust. We have to find a reason to make you disappear after New Year. I will make the plan.”

"Okay," Mo Yanzhi nodded obediently.

Han Tingxuan and his male wife chatted a while and said, "Let's go take a bath. Almost pregnant women in my world like to take a bath which is good for babies."

“Let’s go.” Mo Yanzhi would do anything good for the baby.

They came to the hot spring. However, Han Tingxuan did not think all of the people in the Han Residence were trustworthy. So he ordered the secret guards to dismiss everyone before he and Mo Yanzhi went there.

Soaking in the warm bath, Mo Yanzhi felt comfortable.

"Yanzhi, you have to be careful with your morning sickness. We can ask the doctor later if there is any way to control it."

"Okay," Mo Yanzhi nodded.

"I will boil some herbal medicine for you to prevent miscarriage and secret guards will deliver it to you. For safety sake, we can’t make this kind of medicine in the palace.”

"Yes," Mo Yanzhi said without any objections. He leaned against Han Tingxuan's shoulder. "Hubby, I still feel a little unreal. Are we expecting our baby?"

"Haha," Han Tingxuan smiled and gently touched Mo Yanzhi's belly. "Yes, I cannot believe it either. But the doctor won't lie, right?"

Mo Yanzhi was worried, "Did he diagnose wrong?"

"Haha," Han Tingxuan laughed. “Yanzhi, he is the chief of the Imperial Hospital after all. How could he make a mistake?!? Don't worry, it can't be wrong.”

"Mmm," replied Mo Yanzhi softly. He leaned his head against Han Tingxuan's shoulder, hoping that time would stop forever.

That was also what Han Tingxuan was hoping for. He would never get separated from his male wife.

"Yanzhi, when our child grows up, we will leave the throne to him. And we are going to live in seclusion? What do you think?" Han Tingxuan said with a smile.

Mo Yanzhi nodded. "Good."

Han Tingxuan couldn't help but tap his nose. "Why do you say good to everything? Is there anything bad to you?”

Mo Yanzhi shook his head. "No. I think everything is good now."

"Haha," Han Tingxuan chuckled.

They took a nice and warm bath before Han Tingxuan sent Mo Yanzhi to the guest room. He also went to the bed.

"Are you sure you are fine with sleeping here?"

Han Tingxuan shook his head. "The secret guards are guarding outside. I'll leave before dawn."

Mo Yanzhi hugged Han Tingxuan. "Thank you, hubby."

"Silly you," Han Tingxuan laughed. "I should thank you."

"Hubby, what are you going to name our baby?"

"It depends on whether it's a he-man or she-man," said Han Tingxuan. "By the way, is Zhuo the middle name of his generation?"

Mo Yanzhi nodded and said in disappointment, "I felt so sorry for Zhuoyou…"

"You are pregnant now. You can't be depressed. It's not good for the baby.”

Mo Yanzhi was nervous. “Really?”

"True. We must pay attention to this. Our baby has to be a happy kid," Han Tingxuan said.

In modern times, when the pregnant woman was in a good mood, the baby would be born to be happy and outgoing.

Most importantly, he wanted to cheer his male wife up.

"Good," Mo Yanzhi nodded and thought of Yun Rou. He said lightly, "Yun Rou is still being under custody in secret. As you suggested, I just put him in prison but have not interrogated him. I'm afraid that he has suffered a lot in the complete darkness these days."

Han Tingxuan nodded and coldness flashed across his eyes. For the first days when Yun Rou was locked up, someone had indeed gone to interrogate him. He did not say a word. Besides, they were busy at that time. Hence, Han Tingxuan suggested locking him up in a small dark booth. No one was allowed to get near to you or talk to him. Deliver him one meal per day to make sure that he would not die of hunger.

As for whether Yun Rou would commit suicide? Han Tingxuan bet: No!

How could someone who could disguise himself and kill his child commit suicide? What's more, he had yet to say some 'secrets'. He would not kill himself before he got a good listener.

"It's been more than two months, and it's time to see him. Yanzhi, you don't need to show up. I'll do it.”

"Okay," Mo Yanzhi nodded and said. "You have to bring the secret guards along. Be careful of him going crazy."

"Don't worry. I know what to do."

"Hubby," Mo Yanzhi rubbed his belly. “Zhuoyou was such an adorable child. How could he be so coldblooded to kill his child?”

Han Tingxuan kissed Mo Yanzhi on the forehead. "Zhuoyou was such a poor boy to have such a terrible daddy. We will give our child all the best we got. Right?”

Mo Yanzhi nodded solemnly. "Hubby, we will treat the child very well."

"Yanzhi, I originally planned to send someone into the palace later. That person is going to slowly replace Empress Sun. Now that we have a baby who will be born as a prince and perhaps the future crown prince, he will be the namely daddy of our child.”

Mo Yanzhi frowned. "He is going to raise our child? But… "

Han Tingxuan smiled. "He is just the namely daddy. You can raise our child all the time."

"Huh?" Mo Yanzhi blinked in surprise. "How does it work?"

"Although we haven’t announced the crime of Yun Rou for the sake of Zhuoyou’s reputation, we said that he was burnt to death by the fire. Since the Emperor lost the crown prince, he was worried if the new empress would take good care of the newly-born crown prince. Therefore, the Emperor would raise the prince by himself. It is not an exception. People did this before."

Mo Yanzhi nodded and his eyes lit up. "We can do the same, right?"

"Yes, we can. I don’t think you are willing to entrust our child to anyone else.”

"Yes," Mo Yanzhi smiled. "Thank you, hubby, for your understanding," how could his baby be raised by others?

Han Tingxuan smiled. "I am the father. Of course, I understand what you are feeling. I don’t trust anyone else with our child other than you.”

"Hubby, do you know the person you are about to send into the palace?"

"Yang Shuo picked him but I am going to test him myself. But I believe Yang Shuo’s choice. You don't have to worry about it. But we have to make sure that we are on the same page.”

Mo Yanzhi was confused.

Han Tingxuan smiled and kissed his male wife's lips. "Although we choose him, we don’t know if he is truly trustworthy. Therefore, the story about the child he will be told is that you had an affair with a she-man outside the palace and that she-man had a baby. However, the child's daddy was not from a noble family and he had already passed away in childbirth, so you couldn’t tell who the daddy was. We can come up with more details to make the story sound real.”

"Good," Mo Yanzhi thought about it. "You are considerate."

Han Tingxuan kissed Mo Yanzhi. "Alright, you’d better sleep now. It is getting late. Now you are pregnant. You must pay extra attention to your health in the future.”

"I see," Mo Yanzhi nodded obediently. He could not be cuter in Han Tingxuan’s eyes!

Han Tingxuan smiled and kissed his male wife again. Then he went asleep with his male wife in his arms.

Mo Yanzhi nestled himself in Han Tingxuan's arms.

The next day, Han Tingxuan woke up before dawn and quietly left. Mo Yanzhi was still sleeping probably because he felt relaxed or he was too tired last night.

Han Tingxuan kissed his forehead, put on clothes, and left.