Pampered By All In Different Planes-Chapter 153 - : The Wife-Seeking Husband Is Busy, While the Star of Fortune Calmly Farms, Ending the Lineage Crisis 13

Chapter 153 -153: The Wife-Seeking Husband Is Busy, While the Star of Fortune Calmly Farms, Ending the Lineage Crisis 13

“I’m pregnant now?”

[The system has detected that you are indeed pregnant.]

After the initial surprise, a look of joy appeared on Su Zhiruan’s face.

Being pregnant now, she considered her wish fulfilled.

She walked around a couple more times before returning to the small courtyard.

Fu Huaichu had still prepared the meal, waiting for her to return. Seeing Su Zhiruan, he asked, “Ruanruan, where have you been for so long?”

“I went out to chat with the aunties,” Su Zhiruan helped set the tableware, following close behind Fu Huaichu, then added a couple more sentences, “After chatting, I sat on the field ridge for a while. The vegetables in the field are growing better and better.”

“These past days, you have worked hard, Ruanruan,” Fu Huaichu put down the steamed bun dish, then enveloped Su Zhiruan in a backhanded embrace, pinched her soft cheeks, and finally kissed the corner of her lips leisurely, “You should rest early tonight.”

“Alright.” Su Zhiruan smiled gently, agreed, and sat down on the stool to eat.

Eating together was one of the warm moments of their day.

Occasionally, they would engage in idle gossip or talk about the neighbors’ gossip, and both enjoyed these conversations very much.

But today, Fu Huaichu looked at her as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and when she looked back at him, he averted his gaze.

“Ruanruan, are you satisfied with living this way?”

“I am,” Su Zhiruan bit into an egg and nodded earnestly, “The mountain’s air is best at the end of the day; birds flock to return home. This free and easy life, like seclusion, is so comfortable.”

“You’ve always called me Brother Erniu,” Fu Huaichu held his chopsticks, his mind not on them at all, and he quietly observed Su Zhiruan, “What if I’m not Su Erniu, Ruanruan? What if you were to marry into a noble family, would you be willing?”

His words came out hurried, even sounding a bit incoherent and lacking logic.

But Su Zhiruan understood everything crystal clear.

Every word he spoke, every sentence, she understood.

But she was resolute.

“Brother Erniu, what are you talking about? You are my Brother Erniu,” Su Zhiruan lightly tapped Fu Huaichu’s palm, only to discover that his palm was already quite sweaty. She continued, “If it were to marry into a wealthy family, then I would not wish for it.”

“Why?” This answer was expected by Fu Huaichu, but upon actually hearing her say it, for some reason, he still felt a twinge of pain in his heart.

It was as if the person he loved most was about to leave him.

“I’m just an orphan with no parents. I just want to be with the person I love forever. Rather than marrying a rich man as a concubine and living under others, enduring frustrations, I would prefer to live freely with my loved one.”

Fu Huaichu cast his eyes down and said no more.

Su Zhiruan inconspicuously rubbed her belly, perhaps also undergoing a change of heart. When she learned she was carrying this child, she felt surprised and delighted.

Maybe this was also a kind of expectation for life, looking forward to the blooming of flowers, looking forward to the birth and growth of the child.

With her current identity, if she were to follow Fu Huaichu back, she could only be a concubine underneath the Emperor and Empress. She would need to learn protocols, read people’s faces, and try to please Fu Huaichu.

Rather than that, it was better to conceal the existence of this child until her wings were full, and she had secured her own status before making a move.

That night, Fu Huaichu, pitying her for having been tormented late at night the past few days, spared her.

Su Zhiruan had a good sleep.

*

It was on this day.

The Su Family village received a massive piece of news!

Even those who usually loved to gossip were looking shocked today, their expressions dazed.

A grand procession of guards on high-headed horses, trotting an empty carriage, entered the Su Family village.

The village head of the Su Family village was clueless until he saw the scene and was scared out of his wits.

In this procession, not even the Prefect or the Prefect were on the carriage, let alone the county magistrate who was following behind.

These officials, who in the eyes of the village head of the Su Family village loomed larger than the sky itself, were all walking today, and each had a look of utmost respect on their faces.

“What’s happening today?”

“I don’t know, could these be the people who came from the county a few days ago? Why would they appear in the Su Family village now, could it be there’s someone here they’re looking for?”

“That must be the county magistrate there. In this group, he seems to have the lowest status, and he can only walk on the very edge. Just imagine who they must be here to pick up in the carriage!”

…

The villagers of the Su Family village were abuzz with discussion. They had intended to quietly follow the procession to see whom it was seeking, but when they noticed the guards did not drive them away, they continued to follow behind, waiting to see where this group would go.

When they reached the end of the Su Family village, the uncles, aunts, and older folks looked up, and to their surprise, they discovered—it was actually Su Zhiruan’s house.

Su Zhiruan and her husband had just married, and it was said that both were orphans. Now, even the court had come looking, and all the villagers of the Su Family village came out to join in the excitement.

Whispers continued unabated, with curious eyes darting all over the place.

“Could it be that our Ruanruan is actually the young miss of a noble family? Or could that Su Erniu be some young master from a wealthy family?”

“It’s just a pity for the loving couple, they’ve only just gotten together, and they might soon be separated.”

“Why would they be separated? If one of them becomes noble, the other would rise with them, wouldn’t they?”

“You think it’s easy being a noble,” the irascible old uncle said, knocking on the head of the person who asked the question, and continued in a low voice, “I worked as a servant in the Song Family when I was young. You should know the Song Family, a large household bustling like a market. I saw with my own eyes how a noble son married a demure young miss. It’s not for any ordinary woman to marry into such a family.”

…

As the villagers of the Su Family village whispered amongst themselves, the gate to the little courtyard of Su Zhiruan’s house opened.

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The man standing at the door with his hands behind his back was none other than Fu Huaichu, tall and straight, looking distinguished and imposing.

The moment he appeared, everyone in the procession knelt down in unison, as did the Prefect, the Prefect, and the county magistrate.

A chorus rang out loud and clear, “Greetings, Crown Prince!”

When this voice sounded, everyone in the Su Family village was completely stupefied; no one had imagined—that Su Erniu! He was actually the fabled Crown Prince.

The very prince rumored to be decisive in killing, a taker of lives, cold and unfeeling!

This was truly shocking!

All the villagers of the Su Family village were stunned.

In the end, it was the village head who reacted more quickly. He hurriedly knelt down, “Greetings, Crown Prince!”

Only then did the villagers come to their senses, and they all hurriedly knelt down to pay their respects.

And at this moment, Su Zhiruan returned.

When she saw the scene before her, she rubbed her eyes.

Hmm?