Chapter 169

Gu Yi’s residence.

Dong Bai was staying with Li Ru’s wife, who was also Dong Bai’s aunt, Dong Yuan.

Before marriage, the relationship between Dong Bai and her aunt Dong Yuan was already quite good.

After marriage, Dong Bai and Dong Yuan visited each other often.

Although the two did not have the name of mother and son.

But to a certain extent, Dong Yuan had always treated Dong Bai like her own daughter.

Dong Yuan and Li Ru had been married for many years, but the two had never had any children.

Now, both of them were over forty, and they had long lost the desire to keep trying.

Therefore, Dong Yuan’s greatest hope now was for her niece Dong Bai to give birth to a big, healthy baby as soon as possible.

It didn't matter if it was a boy or a girl.

Anyway, Gu Yi and Dong Bai were still young, and they had a long life ahead.

They could have children slowly in the future; there was no rush.

But now.

The most important thing was for the two of them to have an heir as soon as possible.

So that Old Dong could hold a great-grandson or great-granddaughter in his lifetime.

It was late autumn, and the weather was getting colder.

Dong Bai was embroidering clothes with Dong Yuan.

Actually, with their status and position.

They didn't need to do embroidery themselves.

But both of them had excellent relationships with their husbands.

They were thinking about having their husbands wear new clothes embroidered by their own hands before winter arrived.

Suddenly.

Dong Bai accidentally pricked her finger with the needle.

A drop of blood dripped onto the ground.

Seeing this, Dong Yuan hurriedly took a strip of cloth to help her stop the bleeding.

(PS: There was no gauze in the Han Dynasty, but there were cloth strips to replace gauze.)

"Aunt, it’s just a small wound, no need for a cloth strip."

Dong Bai demurred.

But before she could finish her sentence.

Dong Yuan said with a straight face:

"You call that a small wound?"

"Look for yourself, how many times have you pricked your hand this morning?"

"Something is wrong, Bai’er, what is going on with you?"

"Why have you seemed so listless lately?"

Dong Yuan felt very strange about this.

Dong Bai was a very serious person.

But just this morning, she had pricked her hand several times.

"Aunt, I don't know what’s going on either."

"I’ve been feeling very tired lately."

"And my appetite has increased a lot."

"Look, Aunt, I’ve gained quite a bit of weight!"

Dong Bai pinched her slightly bulging little belly.

Hearing this, Dong Yuan felt even more strange.

She looked Dong Bai up and down.

The more she looked, the more she felt her guess was very close to the truth.

"Bai’er, Aunt thinks you might be pregnant."

"Besides those symptoms, have you been experiencing vomiting lately?"

Being asked by Dong Yuan, Dong Bai began to recall.

Since last month, she had occasionally felt nauseous.

But her appetite had increased significantly.

She had thought it was due to the weather.

But now that she looked at it, perhaps it was just as her aunt said, she was truly pregnant.

Normal pregnancy usually starts to show morning sickness around forty days.

Before Gu Yi left for the campaign, he had specially pampered Dong Bai again.

To date, it had been over two months since Gu Yi left for the campaign.

The timing matched perfectly.

"Alright, Bai’er, let the imperial physician from the palace come and take a look, and we will know what the situation is."

"But, I reckon it’s eight or nine out of ten that you are pregnant!"

A hint of joy appeared in Dong Yuan’s eyes.

If Dong Bai was really pregnant, that would definitely be a great event worth celebrating!

Before long.

Several imperial physicians from the palace arrived as scheduled.

(The imperial physician position was officially established during the Qin Dynasty, and the highest official was called the "Imperial Physician Ling.")

Although, the imperial physician was nominally the exclusive physician for the Emperor, Empress, and concubines.

But in the situation of the Han Dynasty, those who understood, understood.

The fake Emperor was Liu Xie, and the real Emperor was Old Dong.

The imperial physicians were naturally always being dispatched by Old Dong.

The final diagnosis result was exactly the same as Dong Yuan’s estimate.

Dong Bai was indeed pregnant with Gu Yi’s heir.

It was just that, because it was still early.

And Dong Bai had always thought she had just gained weight.

So her belly didn't look that obvious.

Hearing the news that his precious granddaughter was pregnant, Old Dong waved his hand and heavily rewarded all the physicians in the Imperial Physician Academy.

"Hahahaha!"

"Heaven has eyes!"

"To think that I could hold a great-grandson or great-granddaughter in my lifetime!"

Old Dong was so excited that he wiped away tears.

For Dong Bai, his only granddaughter, Old Dong was extremely doting.

Even after Dong Bai married Gu Yi, he would occasionally take the young couple to the Prime Minister’s residence for meals.

Now.

Dong Bai being pregnant was naturally a huge piece of good news for Old Dong.

If it was a boy.

Then he could probably lock in the status of the "next-next heir" of the Xiliang Army.

If it was a girl.

Old Dong would also be very happy.

Regardless, this was the first child of Dong Bai and Gu Yi, which was of extraordinary significance.

"By the way, that kid Linzhi is also on his way back from Luoyang."

"I reckon he will be back in Chang'an in a few days."

"No, I’d better send someone to inform him of this good news as fast as possible!"

"Let that kid be happy too!"

In his excitement, Old Dong’s eyes, which were not big to begin with, were squinted into a slit with joy.

He decided to send Hu Cheer, the best at traveling in the Xiliang Army, to serve as the messenger to inform Gu Yi of the news of Dong Bai’s pregnancy.

This Hu Cheer was no ordinary person.

Historically, he was the culprit who stole Dian Wei’s twin iron halberds during the Battle of Wancheng, forcing Dian Wei to fight Zhang Xiu and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with his bare hands!

Besides being as light as a swallow.

Hu Cheer also possessed another unique skill.

Although his martial arts level reached the second-rate threshold at best.

His ability to travel was known as "seven hundred li a day"!

Whether he could actually reach seven hundred li a day was unknown, but he was indeed very capable.

Under Hu Cheer’s efforts.

Gu Yi soon received the news of Dong Bai’s pregnancy.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yi was even more eager to return home, unable to wait to get back to Chang'an.

Finally, five days later, Gu Yi saw the familiar Chang'an city gate.

Old Dong, Li Ru, and others had long been waiting at the city gate with the high-level civil and military officials remaining in Chang'an to welcome the army back.

But at this moment, how could Gu Yi care about any of this?

After greeting Old Dong and Li Ru, Gu Yi headed straight for his own carriage!

He knew that Dong Bai must be sitting in the carriage waiting for him.

Watching Gu Yi’s figure rushing past.

Old Dong couldn't help but sigh to Li Ru beside him:

"Wenyu, I told you, this kid only has eyes for Bai’er."

Li Ru smiled slightly.

Gu Yi and Dong Bai’s relationship was very good.

Although there were already several concubines in the Gu residence, the time Gu Yi spent with Dong Bai was still the most.

His doting on Dong Bai was also far beyond what the other concubines could compare to.

Now, the two were about to have an heir.

This was truly a matter for the entire Xiliang Army to be collectively happy about.

Of course, this excluded the couple Niu Fu and Dong Yi...

At this moment in the Niu residence.

Dong Yi had already smashed everything visible to the naked eye into pieces!