Chapter 93: Plot Stalled

93. Chapter 93: Plot Stalled

The Empress is expecting!

The news spread like it had wings, quickly reaching the high‑born families throughout Jingcheng.

Shen Yunyao didn't receive the news until noon the next day.

Joyful Princess ran over to talk to her, and Shen Yunyao only heard the news from Joyful Princess's mouth.

"Qi Jiejie, I'm going to be an aunt!"

"Hehe, now that's great—I have a little nephew to play with!"

Joyful Princess's excitement on her face was, however, not too obvious.

"……"

Shen Yunyao heard Joyful Princess's words and was speechless: "What are you talking about, you brat? Can a little nephew be played with?"

"Ah, I was just saying!"

Joyful Princess grabbed Shen Yunyao's arm and asked, "Qi Jiejie, what should I prepare as a gift for my little nephew?"

"Are you so sure it's a nephew? What if it's a niece? Or perhaps both nephew and niece?"

Xie Zixian and Xie Zian are a dragon‑phoenix twin.

In the Xie Family, there are many sets of twins—brothers or sisters, or dragon‑phoenix pairs.

The Xie Family seems to have a hereditary twin gene!

"Could it be a dragon‑phoenix twin?"

"Yes, the Empress's sister-in-law and Xie Zian are a dragon‑phoenix twin!"

"Oh dear, doesn't that mean they were born as a pair?"

"If that's true, that would be wonderful!"

"I don't know if the imperial physicians can diagnose it by pulse!"

After hearing Shen Yunyao, Joyful Princess's thoughts instantly drifted ten thousand eight hundred li away.

Shen Yunyao shook her head lightly; she didn't know how to answer Joyful Princess's muttering. Yet she was also pondering a question—after marrying Xie Zian, might she also have a chance to bear a dragon‑phoenix twin?

Once the thought sprang up, it became unstoppable; Shen Yunyao even began imagining having a pair of dragon‑phoenix children and wondering what names they should have.

"Qi Jiejie, Qi Jiejie……"

Joyful Princess called out several times before Shen Yunyao snapped back to reality.

"Sorry, I was daydreaming just now!"

"Qi Jiejie, you aren't thinking about whether you and Xie Zian might have twins, are you?"

When Joyful Princess asked that, Shen Yunyao's face flushed instantly; she glared at her and said, "What are you saying? Are you embarrassed?"

"Not embarrassed!"

Joyful Princess didn't think anything was wrong with the topic at all.

"Qi Jiejie, you're blushing!"

"Haha, I guessed right, didn't I?"

"……"

Shen Yunyao didn't know what to say, so she simply acted and used force to subdue her.

After a bout of tickling, Joyful Princess laughed until her stomach hurt, clutched her belly, squatted on the ground, and tears streamed out.

"Good sister, I'm sorry, I won't speak recklessly again!"

"Spare me, spare me!"

"You were the one who said that!"

"If it happens again, I'll make you laugh for a full quarter hour!"

"No more next time, no more!"

Joyful Princess is very afraid of tickling; she herself revealed this weakness to Shen Yunyao.

"Qi Jiejie, by the way, have you decided what gift to prepare?"

"You just told me about this, how could I have time to think!"

"Then you must hurry and think about it!"

"Perhaps when my little nephew or niece is born, you'll already have married Xie Zian, and then you'll be their aunt!"

Hearing Joyful Princess's words, Shen Yunyao fell silent; it was indeed a fact.

Now, the Ministry of Rites has already begun processing the marriage arrangements between her and Xie Zian; although each step must follow an auspicious time, the date for her and Xie Zian's wedding has already been set.

Before Mid‑Autumn!

And the Mid‑Autumn Festival is less than two months away.