Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 263 - Our First Snow Together

Chapter 263: Chapter 263 Our First Snow Together

Chapter 263 -263 Our First Snow Together

Murong Jiu saw red today, startling everyone in the Mansion.

Fearing her sudden onset of labor, General Fu and his four sons decided not to leave, asking Jun Yuyan to arrange accommodations for them, intending to stay until Murong Jiu gave birth.

Murong Jiu couldn’t help but laugh and persuaded her father, “Father, you and my brothers should go back. You’ve all been leading troops back to the capital, which is truly tiring, and you haven’t even settled back at home yet. If I make you stay, I would be too unfilial. Besides, I feel that the birth isn’t likely to happen too soon, the twins may even make it to full term.”

General Fu, however, refused, “The person we are most worried about is you. The General’s Mansion is empty and cold, what’s so good about returning there? The Prince Mansion is so big, surely it can find sleeping quarters for us four? ”

Jun Yuyan, with a smile, said, “Of course, there are. Father-in-law and brothers-in-law, even if you wish to stay for three to five years, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

“Then, I’m afraid I’m carrying Nezha?”

With one remark from Murong Jiu, everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere grew even more relaxed.

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So, General Murong and the others stayed, indeed planning to wait until Xiao Jiu had given birth before returning.

Maybe, by the time the child is born, General Fu would want to take his grandchild with him and won’t feel like leaving.

After a whole day of chaos, her father and brothers left, and Murong Jiu had some minced meat porridge. It wasn’t long before she felt sleepy.

“Go to sleep, I’ll stay with you.”

Jun Yuyan touched her cheek, his tone tender to the extreme.

Under his affectionate and gentle gaze, Murong Jiu slowly fell asleep.

She hadn’t been asleep for long when Kai Xuan, who had been lying at the foot of the bed, laid down on the ground and closed his eyes to rest.

Kai Xuan had been by Murong Jiu’s bedside all day, quiet and unobtrusive. Seeing that it caused no trouble, Jun Yuyan didn’t drive it away, and now Kai Xuan was also tired.

Jun Yuyan, uncharacteristically, gave Kai Xuan a rather kind look and quietly ordered someone to prepare some meat for Kai Xuan so it could go out to eat when it woke up.

This time, Murong Jiu took extra care and was earnest in nurturing her pregnancy. Fortunately, she didn’t see red again, and over the next few days, her complexion improved considerably.

On the day of the Winter Solstice, it was time to eat dumplings.

Murong Jiu wanted to eat with everyone because she had never eaten dumplings with her family before. Last Winter Solstice, she had eaten them with her master Xiao Wen.

The weather grew colder, and the sky looked heavy, as if it would snow soon. Jun Yuyan didn’t want her to go to the grand dining hall because it was a bit of a distance away, so a large table was set up in the main hall of Qiyun Courtyard. A special cushion made of several layers of soft fur was placed on Murong Jiu’s eight-immortal chair, sitting on it felt like sitting on clouds.

Seeing Jun Yuyan’s meticulous care for Xiao Jiu, General Fu and his sons felt even more relieved and contented.

With Divine Doctor Zhai and Xiao Wen around, the round table was packed. Steaming hot dumplings were brought to the table, and the taste of happiness nearly brought tears of joy to Murong Jiu’s eyes.

How wonderful it would have been if her mother was still alive.

Having lived through two lifetimes, she finally sat at the table with her family and loved one, eating the dumplings that symbolized reunion in Great Yan.

Even Kai Xuan got to eat. Pure meat dumplings, each ten times the size of a regular one, with thin skins and generous filling, Kai Xuan would wolf down one after another, devouring over ten at a time with its astonishing appetite.

Happy, Murong Jiu also ate a few extra.

After eating too much, she found it hard to sleep at night. Jun Yuyan, with a smile, pressed on her digestive acupoints while reading to her from a script nearby.

Bored, she originally wanted to pick up her embroidery hoop to embroider, but Jun Yuyan saw it and put it all away, deliberately bringing lots of folk scripts to read to her when she had nothing else to do.

Today’s story is about a poor scholar and a butterfly demon, who fell in love at first sight with the scholar that saved her. She followed the scholar to the capital for the imperial examination, secretly eliminated many hidden dangers against him, and the scholar became the Top Scholar. Just as we reach the part where the butterfly demon ate a celestial herb to transform into human form to find the scholar, it was then when the scholar was about to get married, that suddenly the excited voice of Chun Tao came from outside.

“It’s snowing! It’s finally snowing!”

This year’s snow came much later than usual, and just when everyone was wondering if it would be another year of disaster, on this winter solstice night, the sky finally began to sprinkle down snowflakes.

Murong Jiu’s eyes lit up and she said to Jun Yuyan, “It’s snowing? I want to go see the snow!”

Jun Yuyan smiled indulgently, then promptly wrapped her up tightly, bundled to the point that not a draft could enter, with only a pair of eyes visible. Then he carried her out onto the corridor and also ordered that the Noble Consort’s couch be brought out. The two of them nested on the Noble Consort’s couch together, watching this year’s first snowfall.

Murong Jiu couldn’t stop laughing at her own attire. She felt there was no need to be so wrapped up, but she certainly wouldn’t refuse Jun Yuyan’s kindness.

She was in the late stages of pregnancy and could give birth at any time. A chill could complicate things.

That Jun Yuyan cared so much for her was truly a joy.

The two sat in the corridor, watching the snow pellets transform into snowflakes and gradually intensify into a heavy snowfall.

Before long, the courtyard seemed to be cloaked in a layer of silver frost.

“This is the first snow we’ve watched together. From now on, we’ll watch the snow together every year.”

Jun Yuyan held her in his embrace.

The heavy snow continued falling like a whisper. It’s said that snow itself is not cold, but its melting is. Indeed, Murong Jiu didn’t feel cold, but still, Chun Tao and Hong Yi kept two charcoal braziers nearby, radiating warmth. With the small wolf lying beside them, there was a sense of tranquil bliss as if she was living in a beautiful dream.

But the sturdy embrace of Jun Yuyan and his tender gaze were constantly reminding her that this was not a beautiful dream, but reality.

The two little ones in her belly were also moving around cheerfully.

The thought of the children soon to be born brightened her spirits even more. She didn’t harbor the typical nervousness of childbirth in her heart, but instead, felt more anticipation.

Jun Yuyan didn’t let her stay outside too long.

Knowing that she liked the snow, after she lay down, he opened the window, which perfectly framed the view of snow weighing down the bamboo branches.

And the wind outside didn’t reach her.

Jun Yuyan continued with the storybook that he had not finished earlier.

The Top Scholar married the Prime Minister’s daughter, and the Butterfly Demon, now in human form, was heartbroken. She could only continue to protect him in secret as before. Later, when the Top Scholar was gravely wounded by an enemy, the Butterfly Demon saved him with her inner core but lost her own life in the process, disappearing from this world.

To her dying breath, the Top Scholar never knew there had been such a person as the Butterfly Demon.

Murong Jiu commented, “This story is somewhat original, devoid of the cliché tug-of-war between two women over one man.”

Jun Yuyan laughed, he had thought she would feel indignant for the story’s protagonist.

“There’s nothing to be indignant about, storybooks typically don’t end well for humans and demons. Rather than being entangled in love and hate, consumed by greed, anger, and delusion, I actually think this ending is quite nice. The Butterfly Demon didn’t interfere or encroach on someone else’s marriage; she died for the man she loved, while the man did not betray his wife. The fact that he never knew about the Butterfly Demon’s existence from beginning to end might be better.”

“Makes sense, I share the same view as Ah Jiu.”

If it were him, he would also silently watch over his beloved without interfering with their happiness.

Upon hearing this, Murong Jiu’s expression stiffened slightly, and she pressed her lips together as she looked towards the handsome man before her.