Xiao Moreng was astonished to discover that ever since his fight with Xiao Moqing, Daozi had become diligent and hardworking, not slacking off while practicing his stances or horse-stance. Several times, he had come to look for him to practice martial arts even before he got out of bed.
Was this his way of not admitting defeat to Xiao Moqing and determined to catch up with him?
Seeing Daozi so diligent, Xiao Moreng naturally didn’t want to lose to his younger brother. The two brothers silently competed with each other, chasing and outdoing one another in the martial arts training grounds.
Chu Lang, seeing the two children so proactive, was very content. Whenever he had a chance, he would praise them, spurring them on to practice even harder.
Time flew by and it was now August. The various regions of Xiliang started bustling with the autumn harvest.
Xiao Yeyang, looking over the reports of the autumn harvest from various estates, felt very pleased.
In recent years, almost all areas of Xiliang had planted potatoes and corn. With these high-yielding crops, the basic issue of food and clothing for the common people had been preliminarily resolved.
Furthermore, the natural salt lake that Mother and son Yiyi discovered in the Gobi Desert had now been put into production. Batches of salt were delivered to every estate, and the price of salt in Xiliang had dropped significantly, solving the people’s difficulty in obtaining salt.
Additionally, from the peculiar stone field in the Gobi Desert, various ornamental stones and jade were selected and processed, which he then gave to the merchant caravans of the Li Family and Sun Family to sell in the south.
A few days ago, the caravan returned and brought him a large sum of silver.
This was just the beginning; selling these over a long term, the amount of silver would only increase.
With this silver, the pressing financial issue of Xiliang could be eased significantly, allowing him more opportunities to implement his plans.
Xiao Yeyang, in a relieved and cheerful mood, went back to the Prince Residence. Seeing Daohua also reviewing the autumn harvest reports from the estates, he stepped forward and took the account book from her: "Didn’t you always feel tired from this pregnancy? Why are you still putting effort into these matters?"
"Haven’t Guyu and Lixia been trained well? Let them check these; once they have the results, they can report to you."
Seeing the account book taken by Xiao Yeyang, Daohua didn’t say much. She caressed her belly, which was noticeably larger than during her last pregnancy, and frowned, saying: "Do you think I’ve gained a lot of weight?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "Apart from your belly getting bigger, where else have you gained weight?"
Daohua: "When I was pregnant with Daozi, I only started to show at four months, but look at me now, isn’t my belly a bit too big?"
Xiao Yeyang was momentarily stunned, scrutinizing Daohua carefully: "It does seem a bit larger." Fearing various pregnancy complications, he quickly asked: "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
Daohua shook her head: "I just constantly feel lethargic and too tired to move, other than that, I’m fine. What do you think, could it be that I’m carrying twins?"
It’s said that having twins can run in the family, her father had a pair of illegitimate boy and girl twins, so it wasn’t impossible for her to be carrying twins.
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang was so startled that he stood up immediately, rubbing his hands together: "I will have the nannies come to check immediately, and also summon Doctor Ge, have him come take a look."
Saying so, he loudly called for the maid waiting outside the door to come in.
As Xiao Yeyang hastily made arrangements, Daohua felt a bit helpless: "This isn’t something urgent..."
Xiao Yeyang interrupted her: "How is it not urgent?" Saying this, he sat down in front of Daohua, gazing at her belly, "Don’t you want to know how many children there are in your womb as soon as possible?"
Truth be told, Daohua really did want to know.
The ten months from conception to giving birth were extremely hard, and even with the help of maids and servants, the physical exhaustion was something she had to bear herself. If she could have two at once, that would indeed be good news.
Nanny Li and the other three nannies arrived promptly, and not only them, hearing that Xiao Yeyang had called for Doctor Ge, Gu Jian, Guo Ruomei, and Chu Lang, thinking something had happened, also hurried over to the main court.
"Uncle Lord, Mother, this time Yiyi might be carrying twins, so I’ve asked the four nannies to examine her," said Xiao Yeyang excitedly to the three people.
Inside the inner room, upon hearing this, Daohua rolled her eyes a bit; the nannies were still checking, and there was Xiao Yeyang blurting things out everywhere. If it turned out she wasn’t carrying twins, wouldn’t it be rather awkward?
Just then, the four nannies, having checked Daohua’s belly, all congratulated her with beaming smiles.
"Congratulations to the Princess Consort, we wish the Princess Consort joy; indeed, you are pregnant with twins this time."
Gu Jian immediately had Doctor Ge take Daohua’s pulse.
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