After rebirth, I became the widow of my mortal enemy

Chapter 208 1 I can't help myself

"I miss you, you big-headed ghost. Do you want you to scare me?" Ning Miao replied quickly.

Yan Mobai smiled, stretched out his arms and held her in his arms.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself."

Ning Miao sneered.

It would be strange if she believed him.

It was obviously intentional, otherwise he should have made a sound when he entered the room.

"You're lucky you didn't meet my master, otherwise, you would have been beaten into a pig's head by him."

Yan Mobai tightened his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"I thought you should have recognized me when I came in. My height and body shape are different from Master Yikong's."

"At the very least, you should have recognized it when your face was pinched. Who knew that your sensitivity and vigilance had become so poor? Is it true that pregnancy makes people stupid for three years?"

Ning Miao: "...You scared me, but it's my fault?"

"No, no, I'm just sad. No matter how you disguise yourself, I can recognize you at a glance. I am Yi Cheng, a person who is very different from me. In other words, they are the two people you are most familiar with, but you didn't recognize them."

Yan Mobai's voice was muffled.

Ning Miao said nothing.

Her sensitivity and vigilance had indeed deteriorated.

The main reason is that she is now in Zixia Mountain, in her own room, where she feels safe both mentally and physically, so she lets down her guard.

If he were anywhere else, she would definitely recognize him.

After all, they were indeed the two people she was most familiar with.

She silently sounded a warning bell in her heart, and she should be more cautious in the future. Before the child is born, no place is absolutely safe.

Seeing that she remained silent, Yan Mobai let go of her and looked at her expression: "Are you really angry?"

"I'm thinking of putting more secure bolts on the doors and windows tomorrow," Ning Miao said.

Yan Mobai: "...to prevent me from coming?"

"No, to protect against bad guys."

Only then did Yan Mobai's expression ease a little.

"The door bolt really needs to be replaced. The current one opens with a slight push."

"Well, I'll change it tomorrow."

Yan Mobai lowered his eyes to look at her belly, then stretched out a big hand and gently covered it.

"I heard that you can feel the fetus moving at five months. You are almost six months pregnant now. Can you feel it moving?"

Ning Miao nodded: "I could feel it a long time ago."

Yan Mobai raised his eyes, his eyes bright as stars: "Is he moving now?"

"No."

Yan Mobai said nothing, pursed his lips slightly, and seemed a little disappointed.

"I'll tell you when he moves in a while," said Ning Miao.

Yan Mobai nodded.

"Is there still no progress on the issue of appointing a crown prince?" Ning Miao asked.

"No, all the officials mentioned it in the morning court and jointly submitted a petition. The emperor will seriously consider it, but it was dropped after consideration."

Ning Miao was not surprised, she guessed that this was the case.

"He may not want to appoint a crown prince, but rather wants to have his descendants for generations to come."

"Well, but in fact, the more this is the case, the more he should appoint a crown prince. By appointing a crown prince, he can not only avoid exposing his ambition to sit on the throne forever, but also stop the princes from having the delusion of winning the throne, and he can also give an explanation to all the officials. Most importantly, it will not affect his throne at all. As long as he is in good health, he can stay on the throne. The crown prince is just the crown prince."

Ning Miao nodded, indeed.

Yan Mobai wrapped her hand in his palm: "You don't need to worry about these things, just focus on taking care of your baby."

Ning Miao thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that His Royal Highness Prince Ning is not the candidate in his mind, and he has someone else in mind, but the time has not come yet to appoint this person?"

Yan Mobai had also thought about this possibility.

"But you also know all the princes. Prince Ning is the best. Apart from him, no other prince can do the job."

"That's true. However, there is one person whom we may have underestimated."

Yan Mobai paused, then raised his eyes: "Prince An?"

Ning Miao nodded: "Yes, you also saw it in the cave that day. Facing King Kang, his reaction was very quick and agile, both in action and in words."

Ning Miao said this while recalling the scene at that time.

Whether it was when King Kang wanted to refute, he pressed King Kang's mute point; when King Kang wanted to get up and pounce on her, he pressed King Kang's fixed point; and when King Kang quibbled, he responded to King Kang.

It all seemed to be in line with his personality, seemingly a bit impulsive and funny, but in fact it was both timely and appropriate, achieving his goal while preventing Emperor Zhaoqing from blaming him. Not everyone can do that.

"I wonder if he is always pretending, pretending to be unreliable, pretending to love to show off, pretending to be stupid? After all, there are examples of princes hiding their cleverness and showing their clumsiness, and keeping a low profile throughout history." Ning Miao said.

Yan Mobai nodded.

"I have thought about this, and I do not rule out this possibility. However, the emperor will not choose him, at least not at the moment."

"Ah."

Ning Miao also agreed with this point.

After all, in everyone's eyes, Prince An is an impulsive and brainless person, including in the eyes of Emperor Zhaoqing.

"Okay, don't worry about the affairs of the court. I will deal with them." Yan Mobai said.

Ning Miao spoke again: "In fact, I think the emperor's candidate should be His Royal Highness Prince Ning. Otherwise, why would he let you help His Royal Highness Prince Ning in the first place?"

An emperor would instruct his ministers to serve as advisers to his son, which shows his preference for this son.

Yan Mobai pursed his lips.

This is also what he has always been puzzled about.

"Perhaps, he wants Prince Ning to be able to compete with Prince Kang. Emperor Zhaoqing is well versed in the ways of the emperor, and probably wants to check and balance and polish everyone."

Ok.

Ning Miao sighed: "It's really not easy to be an emperor. For the sake of checks and balances and polishing, letting your sons fight each other to the death, ordinary people can't do it."

"His Royal Highness Prince Ning suspects that the reason why he has not yet enthroned him is because he has Yuan's army behind him." Yan Mobai said.

Yuan's army?

Ning Miao thought of Princess Ning and Yuan Ziyan.

"Yuan family..."

Just as she was about to speak, she heard Yan Mobai suddenly ask: "Can we talk about something else?"

"Anything else? What else?" Ning Miao didn't react for a moment.

"Do you think that I came here tonight as a counselor to seek counsel with you on how to seize the throne?" Yan Mobai asked.

Ning Miao: “…”

Only then did she understand what he meant.

"I am here as the child's father to meet the child's mother after a long absence. Are you sure we want to discuss the position of the Eastern Palace for the whole night?"

Ning Miao: “…”

I wanted to refute him, but seeing that he looked tired, I thought that climbing Zixia Mountain at night, with its high mountains, dense forests, dark night and dangerous roads, would be an extremely tiring task, so I gave up.

He turned his head to look at the hourglass in the room.

The night is deep.

"When are you going back?" Ning Miao asked.

Yan Mobai was surprised: "You're chasing me away?"

"No, I wanted to ask if you were in a hurry to go back and if you had time to come up and get some sleep first."

"There's still time to sleep for a while." Yan Mobai seemed to be waiting for her to say this. He undressed and took off his shoes, lifted the quilt and walked in, all in one go.

Ning Miao: “…”