LOT – Chapter 180 The Crown Prince’s Morning Sickness

No matter how much Miss Li cried or threw a fit, she was still sent away—and personally escorted by the Third Prince’s men.

At home, Lin Mo was listening to Bai Xiao’s storytelling, which happened to be about this very incident. She was utterly engrossed.

“So satisfying! That’s exactly how it should have ended!”

“This girl’s behavior was completely corrupt; she needed a proper lesson.”

Bai Xiao, rarely encountering someone like this, agreed: “Exactly. Luckily Li Lin’an isn’t the kind to easily soften his heart; otherwise, Miss Li would probably have continued causing trouble in the capital for some time.”

The Wang family finally received the punishment they deserved. Wang Shou’en’s actions counted as abduction and enticement, so he was sentenced to thirty blows and three years in prison.

Hearing this, Wang Fushang fainted on the spot. He had only this one son, and he had spoiled him to such an extent—now his son was going to jail, and the Wang family’s reputation was ruined!

Merchants value profit, but reputation is crucial; without it, no one would buy their goods.

“Serves him right! Those thirty blows should hit harder! They’ve left him half crippled!”

As a full participant, the Third Prince was fully invested in the process. Watching his righteous anger, the Third Princess stuffed some nuts into his mouth.

“Don’t go joining the fun right now. Your sneaking out hasn’t been accounted for yet by Father, Big Brother, and Second Brother. You should think about that first.”

Indeed, the Third Prince had secretly attended the wedding banquet, slipping away while his father and older brothers were busy.

Upon hearing this, the Third Prince’s cheerful mood vanished instantly.

How fleeting happiness was! He was just an ordinary prince, destined to be a leisurely king at most—why take on so much work?

These tasks should be for Big Brother, especially since it was the elder sister-in-law who was pregnant, not Big Brother himself.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince was retching violently. The Crown Princess looked at him worriedly and, once he finished, gave him a piece of sour dried apricot.

“Are you okay now? Feeling better?”

Weakly, the Crown Prince waved his hand: “It’s better when my mouth tastes something sour. Have I been eating the wrong things lately? I keep feeling nauseous and can’t even stand the smell of meat.”

The Crown Princess had no answer; her appetite was fine, and she enjoyed her meals.

However, the answer came during morning exercises the next day.

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao were secretly munching on dried meat in a corner. The aroma was so tempting it made everyone around hungry.

But the Crown Prince suddenly vomited in front of everyone.

The crowd: !!!

Even the Emperor was shocked and quickly summoned the imperial physician.

“What’s going on? Why is the Crown Prince vomiting in public?”

Emperor Xuande was deeply worried. After all, he had been carefully raising his son; nothing could go wrong now.

He had only three sons, each being raised differently. Unlike the previous emperor, who treated raising children like tending poisonous insects, these three were his treasures.

Lin Mo, watching the Crown Prince’s pale face, asked Bai Xiao curiously: “Has someone poisoned the Crown Prince?”

Others were also terrified. No one would dare poison the Crown Prince, right?

Bai Xiao: “Poison? No, he has morning sickness! He’s been experiencing it lately.”

Emperor Xuande: !!!

Ministers: !!!

Men can have morning sickness? Preposterous! Could it be that the Crown Prince is pregnant?

Lin Mo was amazed: “Men can have morning sickness too?!”

Bai Xiao: “It’s nothing special. When a couple is deeply in love, the husband can get ‘sympathetic pregnancy.’ The husband, being constantly worried while his wife is pregnant, may feel nauseous. The Crown Prince is just overly anxious, hence the vomiting. It actually shows how loving he and the Crown Princess are.”

Lin Mo finally understood: “So that’s how it is… I’ve never seen it before.”

The Emperor, the Crown Prince, and everyone else: …Neither have we, in all our years.

However, Lin Shangshu’s expression looked complex.

Bai Xiao: “You should have seen it, right? Back when your mother was pregnant, your father would vomit nonstop. She used to say that carrying three children was hardest on him, not her. After giving birth, he would care for the children and the mother simultaneously. Raising one child was a year of hard work for him; raising all three took three years. He truly loved you all.”

Lin Mo was dumbfounded. Really like that?

Others also stole glances at Lin Shangshu, filled with awe and surprise. They knew he loved Lady Lin, but hadn’t realized it was to such an extent.

The Crown Prince looked at Lin Shangshu as if finding a kindred spirit—a senior to consult. The morning sickness was truly exhausting!

Now it was clear: the Crown Prince’s vomiting wasn’t illness, just anxiety-induced morning sickness.

Emperor Xuande didn’t know what to say. He appreciated his son’s concern for his wife, but this morning sickness was slightly embarrassing.

Fortunately, there was Lin Shangshu as precedent.

Lin Shangshu: …Is this how you use ‘precedent’?

Lin Mo had one more question for Bai Xiao: “If being pregnant is this uncomfortable, why did Dad have three children?”

Bai Xiao: “Your mother loved children. She didn’t suffer much giving birth. She originally wanted one son and one daughter, and after your older brother and sister, they planned to stop. You were a surprise.”

“Your parents truly loved each other, and you were the unexpected one!”

Lin Mo: …I really was a surprise!

Though she often joked to herself that her parents truly loved each other and she was an accident, she never realized it was literal.

Sensing Lin Mo’s shock, Bai Xiao comforted her: “Even if you were a surprise, your parents still treated you very well. Among the three siblings, they focus on and care for you the most.”

Lin Mo: “Isn’t that because I cause them the most worry?”

Bai Xiao: “Ah! Didn’t expect you to have that self-awareness!”

The Lin family men: …

Bai Xiao: “Anyway, what matters is that your parents love you. Whether you were a surprise or not isn’t important.”