What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 377 - 373: Premature Birth

What is it like on the second day of marriage?

Anyway, when Tang Xiaobai woke up and felt someone lying beside her, her first reaction was to roll off the bed.

But as soon as she moved, she was pulled back.

"Ah Jiao?" A familiar voice.

Tang Xiaobai was momentarily dazed, then she remembered.

She got married yesterday.

"Ah Jiao..." The voice called again beside her ear.

This time it was a bit hoarser and a passionate kiss fell on her ear.

Tang Xiaobai reflexively shivered slightly and turned to face him, saying, "Shouldn’t we get up, um..." Before she could finish, her mouth was blocked.

Is this okay?

I haven’t even brushed my teeth yet...

Tang Xiaobai tried to protest, but could only make "mmm" sounds.

He flipped over on top of her, capturing her resisting hands and interlocking their fingers, holding her hands above her head.

Whether it was because it was already daylight, the aggressive feeling from last night was gone, leaving only gentle intimacy.

Yet this wave of intimacy didn’t last very long.

"Your Highness?" A probing call came from outside the door from Cao He.

But the Crown Prince acted as if he hadn’t heard.

"Your Highness?" Cao He called again.

Tang Xiaobai guessed that it wasn’t early anymore, and seeing that the Crown Prince still showed no signs of stopping, she gave him a small bite.

Li Mu had to relent, raising himself up, his tone cool: "Come in and serve."

"Wait!" Tang Xiaobai shouted.

The doors that had just been pushed open closed once again in silence.

Tang Xiaobai nudged the person on top of her: "Get up first and put on your clothes!"

Li Mu was puzzled: "The clothes to be worn today haven’t been brought in yet."

"Then at least put on what you have now," Tang Xiaobai said sternly, "You’re mine now, don’t let other women see you disheveled!"

Li Mu was taken aback for a moment, then curled his lips into a particularly well-behaved smile: "Alright."

After both of them tidied up a bit, they called people in to serve.

On each side of the sleeping quarters, there were living spaces separated by screens.

Tang Xiaobai was on the west side, washing up while Tao Zi nagged about summoning the imperial doctor last night.

She listened absent-mindedly while unconsciously glancing towards the east side.

Over there, Cao He was also murmuring something.

Mild morning light filtered through, and beyond the screens, the youth’s silhouette blurred in the light, as picturesque as a scene from a comic.

Suddenly, he spoke, and the cold voice shattered the morning serenity: "Why wasn’t it reported last night?"

Cao He dropped to his knees with a thump: "I am guilty!"

Tang Xiaobai’s heart skipped a beat.

What happened?

By then, Li Mu had already strode out from behind the screens.

"Mo Huan!"

He called while heading to the west side.

Appearing in front of Tang Xiaobai, his robe still open, hairpin still not properly in place.

He glanced around at the maids and covered his robe.

"What’s wrong?" Tang Xiaobai asked uneasily.

Li Mu walked to her side, holding her shoulder and whispered: "Don’t be nervous;" comforting her first before continuing, "Last night at the third watch of the Xu hour, mother-in-law went into labor—"

Tang Xiaobai’s hand trembled slightly, held tightly by him.

"I’ve already sent Feng Hua, there shouldn’t be any major issues," he said, turning to ask outside, "How is Lady Yan’s condition?

Mo Huan had just entered and tightened his scalp at the question: "A quarter of an hour ago they reported, still haven’t, still haven’t..."

...

Gu Ning was due in mid-May, but it’s only early April now.

Meaning, it wasn’t full term.

Last night, at the third watch of the Xu hour it started, and by the time Tang Xiaobai walked into the Duke Yan Mansion’s entrance, a full five hours had passed.

When she arrived, it was Eldest Aunt Gu who came to greet her, suggesting the Duke Yan Mansion had already fallen into chaos.

Eldest Aunt Gu’s expression changed at the sight of her: "Xiao—Crown Prince, Crown Prince Consort, why are you here?"

When the servant reported, she hadn’t dared to believe it.

At this hour, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort should be paying respects to the Empress!

Tang Xiaobai grabbed her hand: "Where’s my mother? Has she delivered yet?"

Without answering, Eldest Aunt Gu reversed her grip and pushed her out: "Go back to the palace quickly, there’s still time!"

Li Mu frowned, brushed off Eldest Aunt Gu’s hand, and led Tang Xiaobai inside: "We’ll go in and see!"

...

Even with Eldest Aunt Gu’s assistance, the Duke Yan Mansion still displayed a chaos Tang Xiaobai had never witnessed.

When Tang Xiaobai reached the delivery room, she vaguely heard someone whispering: "...Madam...dangerous...seven live and eight not..."

She suddenly halted her steps.

"Take them away and wait for the young lady’s decision." She thought she was calm, but the last few words trembled noticeably.

The atmosphere was most tense outside the delivery room.

The first person to notice her was Tang Ziqian. He stared blankly for a moment before reacting: "Xiaobai? Why are you here?"

Tang Ziqian stood furthest from the delivery room.

The gallant Little General Tang, the brat who made the whole Capital City quake, now stood there, face pale, at a loss, appearing somewhat dazed upon seeing Tang Xiaobai.

Once he spoke, everyone outside the delivery room noticed Tang Xiaobai.

Besides the servants and Tang Ziqian, there was only Tang Jiaojiao and the Princess Ji, no sign of Tang Shigong.

"Ah—" A sudden cry of pain erupted from inside the delivery room, pulling everyone’s attention back.

Tang Xiaobai rushed to Tang Jiaojiao’s side, asking, "How did this happen?"

Even though mother was already over forty, this pregnancy was progressing well, and the doctors said there wasn’t any issue.

Why early labor all of a sudden?

By the time she left home, labor must have started not long after.

But right before she left home, mother seemed just fine.

"I don’t know." Tang Jiaojiao replied stiffly.

"Are the people in the mansion under watch?" Tang Xiaobai asked in a low voice.

"As if you need to say it?" Tang Jiaojiao retorted sourly.

With this strange turn, how could they not suspect the worst?

Tang Xiaobai held her hand, unsure what to say.

Suddenly Tang Jiaojiao turned to look at her, her voice hoarse: "Mother is only eight months along..."

Tang Xiaobai suddenly remembered the phrase "seven live eight not" she heard on the way and straightened her face, saying, "The fetus is more and more stable each day in the mother’s womb, an eight month old child is definitely healthier than one at seven months, much less mother is nearly nine months along, there won’t be a problem!"

Tang Jiaojiao hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "You’re right!"

But at that moment, suddenly Gu Ning’s voice echoed from within the delivery room.

Gu Ning, always gentle with her words, now screamed sharply enough to nearly pierce the eardrums: "No! I want the child! Save the child!"

Everyone outside turned pale.

Princess Ji rushed to the window, shouting with a hoarse voice: "Ah Ning, listen to mother, this child is not fated, let’s not have it!"

"No! I want... I want my child..." The voice was growing weaker and more painful.

Suddenly Tang Jiaojiao wiped her tears, pulling Tang Xiaobai to charge into the delivery room.

The room was chaotic.

Gu Ning was held in Tang Shigong’s arms, being softly persuaded, her eyes closed with tears streaming endlessly.

Tang Jiaojiao, pulling Tang Xiaobai, knelt before Gu Ning, crying: "Mother, do you not want Jiaojiao and Xiaobai?"