My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!

Chapter 791: Chapter 797: Maddening (Part 1)

Mid-April, the Zhao Family invited the ladies from various houses to the Zhao Mansion to enjoy the flowers.

Chen Yi Ling pondered that Qiao Duo’er was now the woman of the highest status in White Stone Town and should demonstrate her authority.

So she sent the attire of a Sixth Rank Madam to her early.

The imperial edict had arrived in such a hurry that the Weaving Mansion hadn’t had time to prepare, and the clothing took almost half a month to be delivered.

By the time Chen Yi Ling reached the Tan Family, it was already Three Poles Day, but Almond astonishingly told her that Qiao Duo’er had not yet gotten out of bed.

"Is your madam with child?" Chen Yi Ling sharply picked up on the matter.

Qiao Duo’er was a woman of principle; she absolutely would not have slept until now without a special reason.

And there had been nothing noteworthy happening during this period; it had been quite calm.

Almond’s eyes widened; was Lady Qin too perceptive?

Thinking about it, since Lord Qin solved cases like a deity, it was no longer strange. She had just learned an idiom – being near vermilion makes one red; being near ink makes one black.

"Lady Qin, please enter and rest; my madam should be waking up soon," Almond called out.

She even specifically brought out a few kinds of pastry that Duo’er was fond of eating.

These were gifts from close neighbors, a bit rough in shape compared to those from pastry shops, but they all tasted quite good.

After having a few pieces, Qiao Duo’er was already up.

As it was still early in the pregnancy, her figure hadn’t changed, but her demeanor had become much softer.

"Duo’er, this is not like you. If I hadn’t come, I would’ve had no idea that I have a godson now," Chen Yi Ling said with a tinge of reproach.

Qiao Duo helplessly replied, "It was so sudden, I only just found out myself."

If it hadn’t been for Tan Zhenghong requesting Doctor Wu to take her pulse, she might not have noticed at all.

Chen Yi Ling couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "Now I have someone to share the misery with me; I feel much better!"

Pregnant for almost eight months, she could no longer see her toes when she looked down and suffered every day. But thinking that Duo’er would soon be in the same situation comforted her.

"You’ve become perverted," Qiao Duo criticized.

Besides ’perverted’, she could find no other suitable word to describe Chen Yi Ling.

"I spend all day at the Government Office; it’d be strange not to turn perverted. But you, you’re really too muddled, not realizing until the third month?" Chen Yi Ling rolled her eyes at Duo’er.

The first three months were the most dangerous period, during which one should be extremely careful. But who would’ve thought that Qiao Duo drifted through them in such a daze?

She was pretty lucky to say the least.

"After the New Year, I kept feeling sleepy and hungry, just thought it was the ’spring hunger’; who could think that much more?" Qiao Duo explained.

"It’s those who don’t have food who suffer from ’spring hunger’. You eat sumptuous meals every day; what ’spring hunger’ are you talking about!"

Chen Yi Ling spoke disdainfully, wondering where the once shrewd Duo’er had gone.

Qiao Duo was speechless, conceding that she had indeed been negligent.

Chen Yi Ling decided not to dwell on the topic and hurriedly asked Duo’er to try on the clothes, which were made according to her previous measurements and definitely needed alteration now.

But as it turned out, they fit Qiao Duo’er just right, neither too big nor too small.

Chen Yi Ling felt all sorts of envy and jealousy, "Tell me honestly, hasn’t Tan Zhenghong been taking good care of you?"

Otherwise, who doesn’t gain weight during pregnancy?

"I really don’t know what’s going on. I eat even more than a pig, but it’s a mystery where it all goes," Qiao Duo confessed, feeling helpless.

Chen Yi Ling said discontentedly, "Qiao Duo’er, are you deliberately trying to provoke me?"

She muttered to herself that having a child too large wasn’t good for childbirth; diet must be controlled.

Yet her own weight kept soaring upward relentlessly.

Indeed, comparing oneself to others will only make one upset!