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Maomao never would've imagined in all her years she would be here right now, in the Rear Palace Clinic’s washroom, puking her guts out.
The situation itself isn't that bad, but it's knowing what it entails that she finds concerning.
Maomao has been in a secret relationship with The Moon Prince for nearly a year by now, naturally their relationship has surpassed just emotional intimacy, but Maomao never even thought THIS was possible!
Maomao thought she'd never even be able to conceive, many of the poisons she's ingested and tested in herself contained poison that affects fertility, accompanied by the fact that Jinshi himself posed as a eunuch and drank tea to suppress his urges for years. She assumed either one or both of them was infertile.
But now here she was, with a late cycle and showing obvious signs of pregnancy. Fuck.
She sits back on her heels, groaning. She has to tell Jinshi, and she dreads the moment she does.
She can't say she's not a LITTLE pissed at him, sure it takes two, but that changes nothing. She's allowed to be mad at him, he was a major component too!
And sure she can TECHNICALLY take contraceptive tea to just abort the pregnancy. But now that she considers the option, its conflicting.. she doesn't want to make a decision without at least telling Jinshi.
She stands and leans back on the wall behind her, now deep in thought. If she tells him now he'll likely freak out, but if she waits to tell him he'll be offended and butt hurt over it…. Truly, there's no winning with him…
She stays there for a while thinking more on what this means for herself. If she's pregnant, that changes, just…. Everything… She's just a servant, she'll face backlash, Lakan will be unimaginably furious with Jinshi, she'll have to step back as a medical assistant, she'll have to stop testing and being around poisons..
Gods… the list just keeps going..
She was suddenly struck out of her thoughts when Yao knocked on the door to the washroom she was currently occupying
“Maomao, you've been in there for a while.. We still need your help out here”
Yao said from the other side of the door
Maomao cleared her throat, and schooled her face to appear like nothing important happened at all
“Yes.. I'll be right out.”
Maomao said, her voice revealing nothing
Throughout the day Maomao was slightly distracted, thinking of all the cons to this situation she was in…
When she returned back to the Inner palace she had made up her mind that she would tell Jinshi sooner rather than later, she didn't want to deal with his dramatics by waiting any longer than she needs to.
Upon returning to the inner palace Maomao makes her way to Jinshi's study
She lightly knocks her knuckle on the door
“Master Jinshi, may I come in?”
She asked through the door
Jinshi, from the other side, perked up like an excited dog hearing Maomao's voice
“You may”
Basen looks at Jinshi from where he stood near his desk, he wasunimpressed with his reaction upon hearing her, shaking his head and sighing
Maomao pushes the door open, cutting to the chase
“I need to talk to you.”
Her gaze flicks to Basen
“Without an audience.”
Jinshi raises an eyebrow at that, privately? What for?
“Oh, of course!”
He glances at Basen, who looked completely unimpressed with Maomao's request
“Basen, will you wait outside?”
Basen simply sighs and nods, moving past Maomao to swiftly exit
Once alone Maomao thought she would cut straight to the chase, she slammed her hands down on his desk and looked him dead in the eyes
“My moon cycle is a month or so off, and I'm showing obvious signs of pregnancy. You are the only man I have ever been with”
Jinshi's eyes widened, pregnant? Maomao? REALLY???
He stood quickly, kicking his chair behind him as he did so
“PREGNANT?? YOUR PREGNANT??”
Maomao scowled at him and cupped both hands over his mouth to shut him up, if any servants just so happened to be walking by outside that door, they were screwed.
“SHUT. UP.”
She said through gritted
“I MIGHT be pregnant, as in, it's a possibility that I'm NOT.”
She glared at him before removing her hands
“Dont yell things like that out loud. What if someone heard..”
Jinshi's stood there, mouth agape, completely shell shocked
“Pregnant? It's mine?”
Maomao shot him a deadly look
“Alright alright… it's mine”
He said carefully, he really didn't wanna piss her off right now
He stood up and grabbed both of Maomao's hands
“I swear I will be a great father! I mean- if you want it.”
He seemed to remember that, yeah, ending it prematurely is an option.
His expression turned more serious
“Do you want it?”
Maomao awkwardly let him hold her hands… she wasn't so sure anymore
“I was gonna talk about it with you. I'm not…. Sure anymore..”
He blinked.. so there was a chance of keeping it. Deep down that made him stupidly happy, but he schooled his face to not reveal that.
“Whatever you want, is fine with me. But if you decide to keep it I insist on making you my wife, officially, before it's born.”
That made sense… A child out of wedlock is much more scandalous than one born from a marriage.