Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 162: After more than half a year of marriage, why are there no children?

Ji Anyu extinguished the jealousy in Shen Jing's heart. He knew he was in the wrong and smiled ingratiatingly.

"Madam, please have your meal. The pork elbow made at Jinghua Tower today is delicious." He picked up a piece of meat and put it in Ji Anyu's bowl.

Ji Anyu knew that the bond between husband and wife was not about not giving in, so since Shen Jing gave her the chance, she took it. She picked up the chopsticks, put aside the pork elbow, and picked up a piece of lean meat for Shen Jing.

"Husband, you have lost a lot of weight recently. You should eat more." During this period, Shen Jing was indeed busy with his important matters. Ji Anyu pretended nothing had happened and did not ask Shen Jing about it.

"Okay, thank you, ma'am." Shen Jing curved his eyebrows and lowered his head to eat.

The two of them tacitly agreed not to mention the blind date.

Inside the mourning hall, Princess Zhaohui knew that Ji Yunchi refused to eat or drink, so she knelt beside him and tried to persuade him.

"Master Ji, I will keep vigil for you, you can go and have your meal."

Ever since Princess Zhaohui appeared, Ji Yunchi had not even glanced at her, and there was no emotion on his face until Princess Zhaohui knelt beside him, and then his expression slightly changed.

"She is my mother. She has nothing to do with you. I don't need you to keep vigil for me."

There was no emotion in his tone, but Princess Zhaohui could detect a hint of indifference.

She said unhappily, "I am helping you out of kindness, don't be ungrateful. Since you are going to keep vigil, you must eat and drink well, otherwise how can you survive?"

"I can." Ji Yunchi looked at the tablet in front of him with a firm gaze.

"You!" Princess Zhaohui didn't know how to persuade Ji Yunchi.

Suddenly thinking of the methods she used to deal with Ji Yunchi, she said in an attitude that would not tolerate refusal, "Ji Yunchi, I am the princess appointed by the emperor himself, and I order you to have dinner immediately!"

Ji Yunchi frowned slightly, "Princess Zhaohui, you are meddling too much. In front of my mother's funeral hall, please stop interfering. Princess Zhaohui, please go back."

As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Zhaohui lowered her head in disappointment, "Ji Yunchi, did you know that Qin Junxun asked his mother to come to my house to propose marriage?"

Ji Yunchi's cold eyes added a hint of sadness, and he still didn't even glance at Princess Zhaohui.

"I know."

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"No." Ji Yunchi clenched his hands on his thighs.

Princess Zhaohui's eyes were filled with reluctance, "Ji Yunchi, I like you, will you come to my house to propose marriage?"

She glanced at Cao Lingru's tablet, and before Ji Yunchi could answer, she quickly added, "After three years, when you're done mourning, come to my house and ask for marriage, okay?"

Ji Yunchi's eyelashes trembled. He suppressed the slightly raised corners of his mouth with the bitterness in his heart and turned his head indifferently to look at Princess Zhaohui.

"I won't come to your house to propose marriage." Firstly, he had no fame, and secondly, it was impossible for him to let Princess Zhaohui wait for three years like Ji Yunchu did. When his grandmother passed away, Ji Yunchu was in mourning for three years. He had heard many people mocking Ji Yunchu behind her back.

Princess Zhaohui pouted, "Why? Ji Yunchi, I don't believe you don't like me at all."

Ji Yunchi turned his head away to avoid Princess Zhaohui's burning gaze, and said in a cold tone, "I really don't like you."

After Ji Anyu and Shen Jing finished their meal, they walked into the mourning hall hand in hand when they saw Princess Zhaohui wiping her tears and running out.

"Why is she crying?" Ji Anyu saw that Ji Yunchi's face was not right, and immediately walked up to Ji Yunchi, "Did you bully her?"

"I guess so." Ji Yunchi lowered his head and burned paper indifferently, as if he didn't care about Princess Zhaohui.

Ji Anyu looked at Ji Yunchi with disappointment. Based on her understanding of Ji Yunchi, it was probably because Ji Yunchi said something hurtful.

"Yunchi, she is a princess, spoiled and the apple of Princess Qi's eye. How can you not be careful with your words? Let me help you burn paper, and you go and coax her." Unexpectedly, Ji Yunchi said something inoffensive.

"The princess has no shortage of people to comfort her."

Ji Anyu was angry that he didn't fight for it. He should have at least tried to fight for it. Instead, he gave it to Qin Junxun for nothing.

"Just keep talking tough! Don't regret it in the future."

Five months after Cao Lingru was buried, Ji Yunchu got married, and Ji Anyu and Shen Jing went to have a drink.

Through the red veil, Ji Anyu could feel Ji Yunchu's happiness. She glanced at the sachet on the second prince's waist, and when she turned her head, her eyes met Shen Jing's. Their eyes met, and they quickly suppressed their smiles and continued to watch the ceremony.

Yuan Niang walked quietly to Ji Anyu with a serious look on her face.

"Crown Princess, it's all my fault for trusting her too much. After much thought, I decided to continue staying in the Duke's Mansion. If the Crown Princess finds evidence in the future, I am willing to come forward to testify for her."

Ji Anyu's eyes flashed, and she glanced at the sachet on the second prince's waist again, then nodded and agreed with Yuan Niang.

Yuan Niang relaxed her tense body upon seeing this. She was worried that Ji Anyu would hold a grudge against the Duke's wife for being partial to her, and that the Duke's wife would have no way to seek redress for her grievances.

Now seeing Ji Anyu intending to seek justice for the Duke's wife, she feels bad. If the Duke's wife had loved Ji Anyu from the beginning, perhaps she would not have been harmed by others.

Three days later, Ji Yunchu dragged her tired body to pay her respects to the empress dowager. She had no one to rely on now, and if she could get the empress dowager's protection, she could go further.

After hearing the Imperial Concubine mention in front of the Queen Mother that Ji Anyu had been married to Shen Jing for more than half a year but still had no children, Ji Yunchu stroked her belly thoughtfully.

The empress dowager's brows raised. She saw that Ji Anyu and Shen Jing had a good relationship, but it was indeed strange that they had no children for more than half a year. So she ordered people to summon Ji Anyu, and also asked someone to ask the imperial physician to take Ji Anyu's pulse.

As soon as Ji Anyu walked into the Empress Dowager's palace, he saw Ji Yunchu sitting next to him.

No see in one day, like every three autumns.

Ji Anyu was shocked when she saw Ji Yunchu's pale face. It seemed that the Second Prince didn't like Ji Yunchu very much.

"Anyu, you and Ajing have been married for a long time, but I haven't heard of your happy event yet. Are you feeling unwell?"

Before entering the palace, Ji Anyu had been wondering why the empress dowager suddenly summoned her. When she heard the empress dowager mention offspring, she suddenly realized.

She quickly glanced at the imperial concubine who was sitting upright. Thinking that not only the empress dowager wanted to know the reason, but the imperial concubine wanted to know it even more. She bowed her head and respectfully answered the empress dowager.

"Your Majesty, I am being raised in the countryside by a village woman. I am a little weak and may need to recuperate for a while."

It was impossible for Ji Anyu to say in front of the Queen Mother that she and Shen Jing had never slept together since their marriage.

The Queen Mother signaled the imperial physician to take Ji Anyu's pulse.

"Anyu, Ajing is not in good health. You should spend more time with him. You will naturally get pregnant over time." The empress dowager was embarrassed to talk about husband and wife matters directly.

Ji Anyu blushed and lowered her head, whispering, "I understand." She was more anxious about the child than the empress dowager, but that idiot Shen Jing always found excuses to avoid her.

The imperial physician took Ji Anyu's pulse for a long time but could not find anything wrong with her. There was nothing wrong with the woman and she was not weak, so the problem should be with the man. He hesitated whether to tell the prince that there was something wrong and asked him to take his pulse to confirm it.

When the empress dowager saw that the imperial physician was hesitant to speak, she immediately realized that the problem might be with Shen Jing.

She calmed down and thought, is it possible that God wants to cut off Prince Zhong's bloodline? Prince Zhong has been kind and sensible since he was young, why is God so unfair?

The Queen Mother's expression was extremely ugly. Ji Anyu lowered his head and dared not speak. After a moment, the Queen Mother began to look at Ji Anyu.

(End of this chapter)