125: She really is pregnant...

"Then what are you aiming for? Just to get angry?" Mo Yingqi asked with a smile. "I don't know, let fate decide? Sister Yongan and Sister Yongning aren't in a hurry either. After all, they are the ones who get pregnant and give birth. I'm not the one suffering, so I shouldn't speak without experiencing the pain myself, right?"

Based on Mo Yingqi's understanding of the two sisters, if he genuinely said he wanted a child, the sisters would likely be willing to bear children. However, just as he said, first and foremost, he is the Imperial Son-in-Law, having married into the Imperial Family.

Therefore, he couldn't make the decision on this matter. Although The Emperor, the Empress, and even the Grand Empress Dowager had urged them to have a child sooner, if Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning didn't want one, he didn't mind.

Secondly, Mo Yingqi always felt that although the greatest filial impiety is to have no heir, ultimately, men do not have to bear the risks and pain of pregnancy and childbirth. He didn't claim to be a good person, but regarding this matter, he felt mutual respect was best, and he shouldn't force the woman if she was unwilling.

"Fine, it's up to you two." Xie Qingfeng didn't press the matter further. "I was just casually nagging. Having children would be a good thing for you two as a couple. Children... you should still have them."

"No rush. I'm the Imperial Son-in-Law, not a Prince, so naturally, I don't need to worry about these things." Mo Yingqi shrugged. "Didn't you say you wouldn't urge me anymore? Why bring it up again?"

Xie Qingfeng didn't answer, merely glanced into the distance, and then said to Mo Yingqi: "Enough talk, I should go now."

With that, Xie Qingfeng vanished into the air without waiting for Mo Yingqi's response. Mo Yingqi didn't quite understand what his Master was thinking. After not seeing him for several years, he showed up only to do things Mo Yingqi couldn't comprehend and say things that made little sense.

"That silly boy, when a woman has a child, her attention naturally shifts." Xie Qingfeng muttered while eating a fruit and using Qinggong to leave. "My Senior Sister is just like that. Even though having a child wasn't her original intention, she still had to pretend to care about her child in front of her husband, even if it was just an act."

As if to verify Xie Qingfeng's words, Luo Yongan had just finished a bout of nausea and vomiting, and after finally tidying up and emerging from the back room, she saw her own sister covering her mouth, while several maids quickly brought over a spittoon.

"Tsk, it seems what you fear most comes true."

Luo Yongan frowned and stopped Ying Hong, who was about to fetch a doctor: "Auntie, don't bother. The doctor's medical skills are probably not as good as mine. I've taken my own pulse... it's a pregnancy pulse."

Ying Hong's expression brightened upon hearing this, but then seeing Luo Yongan's tightly furrowed brow, she nervously asked: "Your Highness, are you... saying you don't want this child?"

"I really don't want it."

Luo Yongan gently stroked her lower abdomen, her eyes turning somewhat cold: "Frankly, I have always said I don't want children, and Yongning feels the same way. Maternal Grandmother said that if it wasn't to tie down Maternal Grandfather, she absolutely wouldn't have had any children. That's why Yongning and I chose to use the Love Follows Gu on Yingqi..."

Luo Yongan also found it strange. She and her sister had clearly been taking the herbal decoction, so how could they still get pregnant? Unlike their Maternal Grandmother, the sisters always had a strange feeling that if they gave birth to children, they would definitely regret it.

But they couldn't pinpoint exactly what they would regret. Although they were both unusual and their thoughts differed from ordinary people, this feeling of discomfort regarding having children was extremely intense for both sisters.

"Tsk, never mind. I will write a prescription later, Auntie, please get me some anti-miscarriage medicine." Luo Yongan thought about it and gave up the idea of aborting the child. "After all, this is Yingqi's and our child. No matter what, we can't truly abandon it..."

"No, Sister, I disagree!"

Luo Yongning had just finished rinsing her mouth and quickly spoke up to stop her before even wiping her lips: "Sister, we've both been drinking the herbal decoction, so how could we still get pregnant? Besides, you agreed to this plan originally..."

"Then what can I do?" Luo Yongan, already suffering from morning sickness, rubbed her forehead and replied helplessly. "My herbal decoction shouldn't have any issues, and it won't damage our foundation, so if we decide to have children later, it won't harm our bodies..."

Speaking of this, Luo Yongan suddenly thought of something, and a strange light flashed in her eyes: "Ha, you're right. How could a mere herbal decoction be absolutely foolproof? Not to mention..."

Hearing her words, Luo Yongning suddenly fell silent. Indeed, the herbal decoction was fine, but first and foremost, it only reduced the probability of pregnancy; it wasn't a hundred percent guarantee that they wouldn't conceive.

More importantly, given their habit of nights filled with pleasure, taking turns, coupled with Mo Yingqi's astonishing stamina... "Tsk, we've tied our own cocoons. We truly brought this upon ourselves." Luo Yongan said this, yet Ying Hong couldn't detect any hint of regret in her expression. "Never mind, Auntie, bring paper and brush. Yongning and I must be meticulous with our diet and medicine starting today. Send the news to the Palace, inform my Imperial Father and Imperial Mother. Also, on our Estate, there are quite a few older women who have been pregnant themselves and have cared for pregnant women. Yongning and I... will stay on this Estate for prenatal care and safe delivery."

"Yes, Your Highness, this Servant understands." Ying Hong nodded while signaling two maids to bring the Four Treasures of the Study. "However, the Imperial Son-in-Law went out with Scholar Xie and hasn't returned yet. Our people have already gone looking for him..."

"That heartless little scoundrel, his wife is pregnant now, yet he still hasn't hurried back." Luo Yongan complained verbally, but her tone was full of tenderness. "Don't worry about it. I expect my Martial Uncle knows what's important. Actually, I was hoping Martial Uncle would suggest taking Yingqi away..."

That way, she could properly confirm how effective the 'Love Follows' Gu was.

But Luo Yongan still felt uneasy. It wasn't because Mo Yingqi and Xie Qingfeng had left, but because she thought that if the herbal decoction she prepared could fail, might the legendary Gu also fail sometimes?

In fact, Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning had already done enough, but they were the type of people who treated even the slightest possibility of failure as a major threat.

Deep love and obsession kept them constantly insecure. Especially the years they were forced to spend apart from Mo Yingqi were agonizing for them.

The marriages of Imperial daughters were never something they could decide on their own. Even though The Emperor had been internally designated as the Crown Prince by the Former Emperor, if necessary, the Former Emperor might have married the two sisters to other princes or nobles to help solidify The Emperor's position.

The reason they were sent away from The Capital originally was twofold: first, The Emperor didn't want his children to follow that path; second, the sisters were favored by Nangong Wumeng at the time and taken to the Northern Territory to be taught martial arts and other skills.

She and Luo Yongning still remembered a saying from their Maternal Grandmother: "For women in this world, survival is inherently difficult. If you want a future where you are unrestrained, some things must be sacrificed and paid for."

Success is due to Xiao He, failure is due to Xiao He. They chose to leave to secure a future with Mo Yingqi, but this separation also caused the sisters to become increasingly obsessed, even falling into a strange state of anxiety.

Nothing more than the fear of being separated from Mo Yingqi again. In fact, the actions of the two sisters seemed incredibly contradictory in the eyes of others.

They feared something happening to Mo Yingqi, yet they indulged some of his behavior in order to maximize the effect of 'Love Follows' and because they spoiled him too much.

This feeling also plunged the sisters into an extremely complex emotional state: they wanted complete possession but were afraid of holding on too tightly.

"This is truly agonizing, yet... so joyful..."

Luo Yongan did not feel genuine pain; on the contrary, she enjoyed the feeling immensely. Beside her, Luo Yongning drank tea, her eyes also shining with excitement, just like her sister's.

"Only like this do I feel alive, only like this can I sense Yingqi's existence..." Luo Yongning put down her teacup. "Sister, should we tell Yingqi about the baby once he returns?"

"Naturally. Actually, this works out well—a blessing in disguise." Luo Yongan nodded. "Although I truly didn't want this child initially, since it has arrived, it means it was bound to happen sooner or later... I just truly didn't expect the child to come so quickly..."