Then there was the speculation that she is widowed, which sounds more legit but she got pregnant recently this year. And she didn't come out and say it till months later when it was obvious she could not hide her growing abdomen.
He only heard about it from his relatives, Hao made sure to keep things like this hush-hush. For a mother-to-be she didn't seem all that excited nor was she ashamed or depressed. Acting like the same old Ji they recognize from the beginning.
With the timeline, he enumerated that Ji could not have gotten pregnant before she left to create the medicine for Shen, same with her returning home. That means…
His dark brownish red eyes glowered at her for a moment.
She got pregnant during her trip.