The next day,
Xue Yang couldn't sleep all night, which was being expressed by his face clearly. Ju Yi asked the reason for his troubled face. Xue Yang told him everything that happened last night.
Ju Yi replied, "I think Xingchen is right, Xue Yang."
Before Xue Yang could reply, his uncle, who overheard them, said, "Xingchen is right Xue Yang. I think you should marry Wan Yu."
Xue Yang kowtowed his uncle and replied, "I love Xingchen; how can I marry Wan Yu?"
"Being a King was never easy, my child. You are a King now; you should think more of your people rather than these trivial matters. Sometimes you have to marry to maintain peace in the clan."
Xue Yang could not argue furthermore, so he kept quiet.
Xingchen stopped talking to Xue Yang and started sleeping in a separate room.
After some days,
Xue Yang went into the study room where Xingchen was sorting some papers and told, "Don't you realize that all this silence is troubling me?"
Xingchen ignored him and continued with his work.
Getting no response from Xinghen, Xue Yang said with a sigh while signing the Official Wit of separation "Whatever makes you happy – I'm for it."
Xingchen finally looked at Xue Yang with a broad smile and hugged him. Xue Yang was glad that finally, Xingchen will not ignore him anymore now.
Xue Yang left the study room, leaving Xingchen to complete his work.
As soon as the door closed, Xingchen, with the Wit in his hand, hid in a dark corner and cried his eyes out.
Xingchen's whole world was breaking apart. He said to himself, "I am sorry, Xue Yang.." and kept crying for hours there.
Everything was back normal with a difference that Xingchen now slept in separate rooms.
The wedding day was decided to be held in 2 days; Invitations were sent out to all the Clan members.
On receiving the invitation, Yu Ziyuan wanted to convince Xue Yang and Xingchen but was stopped by his husband(Grandmaster of the Birch Clan) and elucidate her that Xue Yang had to do this for the Clan, so there was no use rushing and saving the relationship.
One night before the wedding day,
Xue Yang drank with some of his subordinates and went straight into Xingchen's room. He cried a lot, begged, and told him that he wanted to be with him.
Xingchen has been an eccedentesiast since he asked Xue Yang to marry Wan Yu. He held Xue Yang's hand and said "Xue Yang, please don't do this."
Xue Yang leaned to kiss him, and Xingchen also reciprocated his kiss while tears coursed down his cheeks.
After the Kiss, Xue Yang's gaze riveted on Xingchen, searching for every emotion. Xue Yang was now back to himself and no longer felt delusional because of the alcohol.
Xue Yang kissed him once again and started unfastening the ribbon, holding the robe from opening.
He wanted to tell Xue Yang to leave, but whatever bond existed between them, it filled Xingchen with warmth and energy that quelled the meltdown he was about to have.
Xue Yang started running his hand through the naked body of Xingchen, and he undressed while they both gave each other a silent stare.
The warmth of Xue Yang's body and the feel of his hands brought a soft moan to his lips.
After Xingchen was aroused enough, Xue Yang inserted his thing inside Xingchen slowly, knowing that he may feel pain inside after such a long break.
The awful pain he suffered made him moan incessantly and piteously, and his moaning sounded appealing to Xue Yang in the darkness of the autumn night.
Xingchen began to moan and sunk his nails into Xue Yang's back until they finally flopped back in exhaustion and fell asleep.
Xingchen woke up in the middle of the night and looked at Xue Yang with a sad face knowing that he will be marrying Wan Yu.
He covered Xue Yang with a warm blanket, wore back his rob, and slept in the adjoining room.
On the Wedding day,
Xue Yang woke up and wore the rob and looked for Xingchen in the adjoining room, but Xingchen was not there.
While he was thinking about Xingchen Ju Yi knocked on the door and asked Xue Yang if he can ask the servants to come in and help him dress.
Xue Yang remembered that today was his wedding and thought that Xingchen must have pitied him last night.
Xue Yang went into the bath and asked Ju Yi to send servants after some time.
Servant's dressed him in a red hnafu. Xue Yang was bearing a straight and cold face.
On the other side,
Wei Ying arrived with his husband Lan Zhan; Jiang Cheng came with his wife Wen Qing, Jiang Yanli, with her husband, Jin Zixuan. They were all upset at seeing the invitation.
Soon after some time, Yu Ziyuan and her husband also reached. Yu Ziyuan wanted to meet Xingchen, but Grandmaster asked her to stay with him as it would look strange if she went to meet Xingchen.
Wei Ying rushed to Xingchen's room but couldn't find him there, so he looked around but could not spot him.
Xingchen was hiding from everybody as his eyes were bloodshot and swollen, and he did not want anybody to comprehend that he had been crying of late. He oversaw everything.
It was now time for the couple to take the three bow.
On seeing Xue Yang standing in front of Wan Yu, a thousand thoughts and memories shuffled through Xingchen's mind.
When they took the first bow, a whole series of most distant, most intimate memories rose in his imagination: he remembered the days when Xue Yang proposed to him.
When they took the second bow, Xingchen could not bear to see it and turned around to distant himself from the people and the wedding.
With a devastating heart and swollen eyes still filled with tears, he kept walking away, and as soon as the couple was about to take the third bow;
Xingchen fell and cried in pain, holding his stomach. The pain in his stomach was almost crippling.
Wei Ying and Lan Zhan got a hold of him. "Xingchen!!" Wei Ying exclaimed.
Xue Yang immediately untied the wedding knot, threw it on the rug, and ran towards Xingchen. Wan Yu looked dumbfounded but made no move to stop him.
Ju Yi immediately called the physicians while Wei Ying and Lan Zhan were holding Xingchen, helping him stand straight while Xingchen kept holding his stomach in pain, and shortly after, some moment, he fainted.
Xue Yang immediately picked Xingchen in his arms and, without any delay, rushed towards the room.
The Physicians went straight into the room; Ju Yi also accompanied them and started treating Xingchen.
Xue Yang was walking here and there with a troubled face outside. Lan Zhan and Wei Ying reassured him that everything would be fine while they looked at each other, doubtful of what they just said.
Jiang Cheng, Wen Qing, Jiang Yanli, Jin Zixuan, and Yu Ziyuan handled the guest.
Wan Yu was angry about seeing all this and thought Xingchen must have done this intentionally as he did not want the marriage to happen.
After some time,
The door opened; physicians left and before Xue Yang could ask about Xingchen Ju Yi called him inside.
With a worried face, Xue Yang entered, closing the door behind him, and looked at Xingchen who was now wide awake and his heart sank when he noticed Xingchen's swollen eyes.
"Xingchen, Did you again tried to kill yourself?" Xue Yang said in a fuming and fretting tone.
Xingchen kept quiet and looked away, with eyes still swollen and red.
Ju Yi calmed him and said, "Xingchen is eight-weeks pregnant."
Seconds ticked by as both of them stared at Ju Yi in shocked silence.
Judging from the expression, Ju Yi explained, "The womb inside Xingchen is slowly developing, and the baby is growing up quickly inside him so the pain increased when the baby felt hungry and consumed his spiritual power. Xingchen, You will feel this kind of pain now and then; make sure you eat healthily and practice strengthening your spiritual power. He must be calm inside you, but you were restless all these days, which affected him."
Ju Yi left and closed the door to give them some space.
Xingchen broke down and started crying his eyes out while Xue Yang hugged him hiding his tears of joy.
"Finally, my hard work paid off." he teased Xingchen as he puts a hand over Xingchen's baby bump ; kissed Xingchen's forehead while thanking him. For a moment, they both stared at each other in silence.
The news was all out. The Wedding ceremony switched into the celebration of the news of Xingchen's pregnancy.
Xue Yang watched Xingchen as the servants were now dressing Xingchen and making him ready for the event.
After he was ready,
Xue Yang held Xingchen's hand as they walked towards the temple in which the god was seated on a throne, every part of which was used as a ground for sculptural decoration.
Xue Yang and Xingchen took blessing from the god. Everybody clapped in unison and congratulated them. Their friends from the Lotus Pier seemed more excited than everybody else.
The event was now over, and everybody left.
Xue Yang was occupied with the Clan leader's, and Xingchen was going back to his room but the servant kowtowed and told him that Aster Clan's King and his daughter,Wan Yu are waiting for him in the discussion hall.
He went to the hall and kowtowed Aster Clan's King. The King congratulated and gave blessings to Xingchen.
Wan Yu looked at the Xingchen's baby bump and with a warm smile asked his forgiveness for asking him to force Xue Yang to marry him and her impertinent. Xingchen forgave her and was happy that their relationship did not turn bitter.
The next morning,
Xue Yang opened his eyes, and, seeing Xingchen sleeping next to him, started cherishing him. Xingchen woke up and saw Xue Yang staring at him.
Xingchen turned towards Xue Yang and chirped, "What are you looking at?" while keeping his hands below the cheeks.
Xue Yang leaned forward to kiss Xingchen, but before their lips could touch.
Xingchen sped to the washroom closing his mouth, and vomited while Xue Yang helped him with his long hair. Every morning this went on.
Xue Yang used to kiss and talk to Xingchen's tummy, which grew until Xingchen could no longer bend down to pick a thing. The older woman assisted Xingchen and took care of his medications.
One night,
Xingchen felt a sharpness in his stomach but couldn't scream. Xue Yang used to sleep while touching Xingchen's belly, so as soon as he felt Xingchen was moving and saw Xingchen crying, he immediately called for help, and in no time, physicians came rushing, and Xue Yang could hear Xingchen's screaming in pain all night.
Xue Yang was getting nervous. He could not bear to hear Xincghen screaming in pain. He just kept pleading to god and asked for Xingchen and the baby wellness.
Suddenly Xingchen's screaming was displaced by the sound of a baby crying.
As soon as Xue Yang heard the baby's voice, he was enthralled and waited for permission so that he could see his husband and baby.
An old lady had brought along the baby boy. Xue Yang carefully held the baby. The little fingers pulled his hair which brought a tear to his eye and went inside the room to see Xingchen.
Xingchen was happy to see Xue Yang smiling at the baby as if he'd gotten over what ailed him.
Xue Yang smiled at Xingchen and bursted "I love you Xingchen!".
The Entire Kingdom was thrilled with the news, and border tension almost diminished.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyUTbwD0mU
