Chapter 310

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Gu Yi's residence

Dong Bai was staying with Li Ru's wife, who was Dong Bai's own aunt, Dong Yuan.

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

After getting married, Dong Bai and Dong Yuan visited each other even more often.

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

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

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

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

Therefore, Dong Yuan's greatest expectation now was that her niece Dong Bai would give birth to a big, fat baby as soon as possible.

Whether it was a boy or a girl didn't matter.

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

They could give birth slowly in the future; there was no rush.

But now.

The most important thing was to hope that the two would 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 gradually turning cold.

Dong Bai was embroidering clothes with Dong Yuan using needles and thread.

In fact, with their status and position.

Things like embroidery didn't need to be done by them personally.

But both of them had excellent relationships with their husbands.

They were both thinking that before winter arrived, they could let their husbands wear new clothes embroidered by their own hands.

Suddenly.

Dong Bai accidentally pricked her finger with the needle and thread.

A drop of fresh blood dripped onto the ground.

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

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

"Aunt, it's just a small injury; there's no need for a strip of cloth."

Dong Bai demurred.

But before her words fell.

Dong Yuan said with a straight face:

"Still a small injury?"

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

"Something's not right, Bai'er, what's going on with you?"

"Why have you been feeling so listless lately?"

Dong Yuan felt very strange about this.

Dong Bai was a person who was very serious about doing things.

But just this morning, she had pricked her hand several times with the needle and thread.

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

"I've been feeling very tired lately."

"And my appetite has increased a lot."

"Aunt, look, I've even gained quite a bit of weight!"

Dong Bai pinched her slightly bulging little belly.

Hearing this, Dong Yuan felt even stranger.

She looked Dong Bai up and down.

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

"Bai'er, Aunt thinks that you might be pregnant."

"Apart from those characteristics, have you been experiencing vomiting recently?"

Being asked this by Dong Yuan, Dong Bai fell into recollection.

Since last month, she had occasionally felt a bit nauseous.

But her appetite had also significantly improved.

She had originally thought it was because of the weather.

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

In normal pregnancy, morning sickness usually begins around forty days.

Before Gu Yi set out on his expedition, he had specifically pampered Dong Bai well.

Up to now, it had been over two months since Gu Yi set out on his expedition.

The timing matched perfectly.

"Alright, Bai'er, let the imperial physician from the palace come over to take a look, and we'll know what the situation is."

"However, it's likely eight or nine out of ten that you're pregnant!"

A trace of joy appeared in the corner of Dong Yuan's eyes.

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

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Before long.

Several imperial physicians from the palace arrived as scheduled.

(During the Qin Dynasty, the Imperial Physician was officially established, and the highest official was called the "Imperial Physician Order.")

Although, in name, the imperial physicians were the exclusive doctors for the Emperor, Empress, and concubines.

But in this 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 what Dong Yuan had estimated.

Dong Bai was really pregnant with Gu Yi's heir.

It was just that, because the months were still short.

Added to the fact that 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 Hospital.

"Hahahaha!"

"Heaven has eyes!"

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

Old Dong wiped his tears in excitement.

For Dong Bai, his only granddaughter, Old Dong could be said to have pampered her to the extreme.

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 born as a boy.

Then I'm afraid it could directly lock in the identity of the "next-next successor" of the Xiliang Army.

If it was born as a girl.

Then Old Dong would also be very happy.

No matter what, this was the first child of Dong Bai and Gu Yi, and it was of extraordinary significance.

"By the way, that kid Linzhi has also started his journey back from Luoyang."

"I reckon he'll be back in Chang'an in a few days." ===== CHAPTER 311 =====