After this incident, the madam’s side remained quiet, and as summer arrived, Wei Lin felt depressed, becoming weak and unwilling to speak.
“Why is it so hot these days? You must be sick. I’ll call a doctor tomorrow,” Xi Linxuan said, touching her forehead.
“I just didn’t expect the Rong lands’ summer to be so hot. It’ll pass in a few days.” Wei Lin removed his hand and tucked herself in, saying, “Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to sit in a wheelchair in this heat?”
Xi Linxuan smiled, “Don’t worry, I know what to do. You just need to eat well, sleep well, and plan your grasslands. Leave the rest to me.”
“My grasslands will have a flock of white sheep, a big tent, a man who can ride horses, a few children, and a few dogs.” Wei Lin said, imagining this scene many times, which left her feeling melancholy upon waking.
“Okay, okay. As you wish.”
Xi Linxuan sent Feng Shou early to fetch a doctor, making him nervous. Breathless, he led the doctor in. Wei Lin had just risen, with a palace maid helping her comb her hair.
The doctor congratulated them—the lady was pregnant.
This news left Wei Lin both shocked and delighted.
“If that’s the case, I’ll buy several new sets of clothes, lots of paper money, paper houses, and servants. The houses should be modeled after the Eastern Palace, and the servants according to its standards. I’ll prepare many infant toys and beautiful clothes. What else is missing?” Xi Linxuan asked.
Wei Linxia nodded silently: “Very glamorous.”
“Fool, what’s missing? A coffin. For people of our status, it should be made of gold-threaded nanmu wood with embroidered dragons and phoenixes. It must be wide; otherwise, we’d be cramped inside…”
“Stop talking nonsense!” Wei Linxia kicked his calf and glared at him. “Xi Shui, why are you so eager for my death? Master Xu Zhen said I could live to ninety-nine. Don’t talk to me, I want to sleep.”
She turned her face, secretly rubbing tears on the pillow. What husband could ask for more?
Preparing for childbirth, even the goose feather snow in the frontier seemed romantic to her.
