The daughter of the Marquis is too delicate, the abstinent prince pinches her waist and loves her

Chapter 141 The Crown Princess is Pregnant
As dawn broke, the incense burner inside the hall emitted calming fragrance.

Bai Muling lay on the chaise longue, the silk thread wrapped around her wrist being pulled by the imperial physician.

After examining Bai Muling for a while, the imperial physician's previously furrowed brows suddenly relaxed. He bowed to Bai Muling and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! You are pregnant!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Muling's eyes widened suddenly, and she asked, "Really?"

"Your Majesty, I would never dare to deceive you."

Bai Muling couldn't help but smile. After consummating her marriage with "Ye Jingnian" last time, Ye Jingnian refused to touch her again. She was worried about how to deal with the Empress and the Empress Dowager when she unexpectedly had such good luck and became pregnant after just one time.

The good news quickly reached Zhaoyang Palace.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is pregnant!" A maidservant came to inform Ye Jingnian.

At that moment, Zhi Xing, who was helping Ye Jingnian put on his court robes, loosened her grip, and the jade-inlaid belt slipped from her hand.

Ye Jingnian raised his hand and pressed it down along with her gradually cooling hand.

When Zhi Xing came to her senses, her eyes were tinged with red when she looked up. Ye Jingnian was staring at her expressionlessly with his head down.

Zhi Xing hurriedly looked away. Ye Jingnian frowned slightly, pushed her hand away, and was about to tie his belt when the sharp-eyed maid next to him pushed Zhi Xing aside.

"Your Highness, let me come."

As soon as he finished speaking, the maid took the belt from Ye Jingnian's hand and neatly tied it for him.

Zhi Xing staggered back a few steps, bracing herself on the desk behind her. Her consciousness was momentarily dazed, but she slowly clenched her fist hidden in her sleeve.

Pregnant?

Ye Jingnian raised her lips in a smile. Not bad, an easy-going woman.

He said to the maid who reported this, "Allocate one hundred taels of silver from the treasury to buy some tonics for the Crown Princess. If she needs anything, let her buy it."

"Yes."

Zhi Xing's breathing became shallow and labored. She had originally intended to take out the marriage certificate when Bai Muling fell out of favor and put her to death, but she never expected that Bai Muling would become pregnant at this critical juncture and would definitely win back his favor.

After thinking it over, she bit her lip in regret, her eyes filled with resentment.

Just then, a dark shadow loomed over.

Zhi Xing looked up and saw Ye Jingnian looking down at her. She opened her trembling lips and was about to say something when he lifted her chin.

Ye Jingnian increased the pressure of his fingertips grinding against her chin, his eyes filled with a coldness, and he said in a deep voice, "The Crown Princess is pregnant, and I do not want to see her suffer any mishap."

Zhi Xing blinked away the tears welling up in her eyes, exhaled softly, and calmed her voice, saying, "Yes."

Zhenbeihou Mansion.

Sheng Yunqing flipped through the materials sent by Xuanqing Temple and picked up his pen to write a letter.

An old man sweeping the grounds at Xuanqing Temple once saw a man in black sneaking into the back mountain of Xuanqing Temple at night and picking pine needles from the pine trees.

When the man in black was found, he was already dead in a dilapidated thatched hut at the foot of the mountain. After examining the birthmark on the man's wrist, it was finally confirmed that he was Bai Muling's guard from the Duke's mansion.

After the petition was written, Lu Changxuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't wait to pick it up and read it. Then he snorted coldly, handed it to the maid beside him, and said, "Send it to the Empress Dowager immediately, without any delay!"

"Yes." Chunrui carefully held the petition with its still-wet handwriting, blew on the damp parts, and quickly left.

"Bang!" Lu Changxuan slammed his fist on the table in anger, gritting his teeth as he said, "She's truly insidious and vicious. Now that the evidence is conclusive, I'd like to see how this woman can try to deny it!"

Sheng Yunqing closed her eyes and rubbed her brow. For some reason, she had a bad feeling... Suddenly, Su Lan's shout came from outside the door. Before long, she grabbed the servant who was tied up and brought him into the house. With a "thump", she threw the servant hard to the ground.

She clapped her hands, frowning, and said, "Caught another one."

Lu Changxuan raised an eyebrow, looked at the servant whose mouth was gagged with a cloth, and asked, "What's this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Lan took out the Starry Jade Pendant from her bosom and tossed it to Sheng Yunqing.

Sheng Yunqing reached out and caught it; under the candlelight, the patterns in the starlight shimmered with iridescent light.

The servant stared blankly at the jade pendant, when Su Lan kicked him in the back.

He groaned in pain, his eyes bloodshot.

Sheng Yunqing raised the corners of her lips slightly, her fingertips slowly and deliberately arranging the dangling tassels, and said, "Ever since the jade pendant came into my hands, the Marquis's mansion has never been peaceful."

Her eyes swept over the guards disguised as servants, and she said to Su Lan, "The one we captured last time bit his tongue and committed suicide. This time, we gagged him. Not bad."

Su Lan raised the corners of her lips and said, "Having learned from the previous experience, we naturally need to be more cautious this time."

As soon as she finished speaking, she ripped the cloth out of his mouth, pinched his cheeks to prevent his teeth from closing, and said in a serious, low voice, "Speak! Who sent you here?"

The servant's eyes were full of contempt as he gave Sheng Yunqing a cold, disdainful look.

Seeing this, Su Lan gritted her teeth, pinned his back to the ground with her elbow, and said, "If you dare to disrespect the fairy sister again, believe me, I'll break your arm!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the rapid breathing that had been struggling in the tiger's mouth suddenly stopped, and then warm liquid flowed out.

She frowned, realizing something was wrong. The person trapped beneath her had exhausted all strength and collapsed to the ground.

Looking down, one could see dark blood dripping onto the ground.

Her eyes suddenly filled with panic, and she shook his body violently: "Hey! Wake up!"

Sheng Yunqing stood up with a solemn expression, walked to the servant, squatted down, touched his eyelids with his fingers, then felt his pulse, looked at the bloodstains on the ground, and said, "He had already taken poison before the operation."

Upon hearing this, Su Lan had no choice but to let go of his hand.

Lu Changxuan looked at the jade pendant on the table and said, "What kind of magic does this jade pendant possess that would make someone risk several lives to steal it?"

Sheng Yunqing let out a soft breath and said, "Even if these people didn't say it, I would have guessed it."

Recalling the day she watched the polo match, the jade pendant appeared, and in the darkness, a pair of menacing eyes gleamed, her gaze revealing a hint of mockery.

The more impatient Mu Jiyue became, the more flaws she revealed.

She pointed to the servant lying on the ground and said, "Find out his whereabouts, when he entered the manor, and record it as before."

"Yes."

In a short while, the dead servant was dragged away by the two servants together, and Dong Ning carefully wiped the bloodstains on the ground with a damp cloth.

"Wipe carefully, don't let anyone defile the fairy sister's boudoir," Su Lan instructed with a frown.

Dong Ning nodded, and Chun Rui immediately lit a calming and soothing incense.

Lu Changxuan stood in front of the window, gazing at the full moon in the sky, and smiled at Su Lan, saying, "Little Lan'er, shall we go admire the moon?"

Su Lan gave him a cold glare and said, "Why are you admiring the moon for no reason?"

Lu Changxuan moved closer to her, took her arm, and walked out, saying, "It's a perfect night for moon gazing!"