The Enchanting Imperial Concubine (Book 2)

Chapter 302 - Scared to Madness

Once inside the room, Ye Yun first tasted a piece of the ice-skin mooncake.

In truth, the flavor wasn't particularly special; it was just difficult to make, which made it precious.

There was a small dish with a total of eight pieces.

This flavor was scarce, but there were plenty of others, with seven dishes displayed on the table.

Ye Yun certainly couldn't eat so many by herself.

After having two ice-skin mooncakes, she rewarded a few of the first and second-ranking maidservants, along with Liang Momo, just enough to share.

The remaining mooncakes were mostly given away as well.

After finishing dinner and washing up, Ye Yun instructed someone to bring over the Fourth Prince.

She took off her shoes and socks, holding the child as she sat on the small couch by the window to enjoy the night view.

The moon on the fifteenth was, of course, round and bright, with the clear moonlight pouring into the courtyard, looking cold yet beautiful.

In the past, this time would have been filled with lively palace banquets, but this year, everyone was doing their own thing, making it feel somewhat lonely.

Thinking of her brother at Beiling Pass only deepened her feelings of longing and worry.

Perhaps sensing the shift in his mother's emotions, the Fourth Prince moved his arms and legs in her arms, making indistinct babbling sounds.

Ye Yun smiled down at him, unable to resist giving him a kiss.

The little boy's face was truly tender and utterly adorable.

At that moment, Nian Gao also came in, wagging his tail non-stop, with his front paws resting on the couch, looking like he wanted to jump up.

"Wipe his paws and let him up," Ye Yun instructed someone nearby.

Lu Mei promptly went out to fetch a small basin of water.

After wiping Nian Gao's paws, he jumped up onto the couch and lay against Ye Yun's legs.

Looking at her son in her arms, Nian Gao by her side, and Huo Yue sitting next to her, embroidering a purse, while Nan Zhi was trimming candle flowers with scissors,

Ye Yun felt a wave of tranquility in her heart.

Perhaps there was nothing wrong with spending such a quiet Mid-Autumn Festival.

After about a stick of incense's worth of time, the wet nurse, Lan Shi, entered the room. "Xiuyi, the Fourth Prince should be ready for his milk now."

Ye Yun nodded and handed the child over to her, but added,

"Today the Fourth Prince will sleep next to me. You all should rest on the couch outside tonight. Come in to serve the Fourth Prince whenever it's time."

Lan Shi was taken aback for a moment before agreeing.

She took the child downstairs to nurse, wash, and then brought him back in.

In her imagination, the child should have been very well-behaved, but unexpectedly, this little fellow woke Ye Yun up five times throughout the night.

It was either because he had a bowel movement or was hungry.

After this experience, Ye Yun was no longer inclined to mention anything about sleeping with her.

After the second greeting, she was left with dark circles under her eyes.