Chang Anqing

Chapter 87
"I saw it today. The queen's pregnant belly is becoming more and more obvious. I am afraid that the delivery period is almost here."

Hearing that Princess Pengcheng suddenly mentioned Empress Yang, Emperor Yuancheng's right hand that was originally placed on the dwarf case couldn't help but squeeze lightly, his expression seemed flat as before, but his eyebrows were clearly more serious.

"The imperial doctor said that the delivery period is around the end of the year."

Emperor Yuancheng is his own younger brother who has been with him since he was a child. How could Princess Pengcheng not see the complexity and reluctance in this younger brother's heart at this moment.

Therefore, she silently retracted her gaze upon hearing the words, and skillfully poured a cup of tea for Emperor Yuan Cheng in her hand, and gently pushed it to Emperor Yuan Cheng's hand with her fingers behind her back, making a subtle and dull sound.

"I know that Empress Yang and you are a juvenile husband and wife. There is no fake relationship over the past few years. You have come through hardships and storms, and my sister can see that Empress Yang is different from the ambitious Yang family behind her. She is a gentle and virtuous queen and a caring wife, but as long as she is surnamed Yang and has the blood of the Yang family in her bones, she is destined to be inseparable from my Chen family."

Hearing that Princess Pengcheng showed no emotion, and even analyzed herself very rationally, the bottom of Yuan Chengdi's eyes instantly seemed to be carrying the surging tide under the dense fog, bright or dark, so gloomy that it was difficult to find the bottom.

"Everyone has been secretly spreading the rumors over the years. Back then, the sudden death of the late emperor was the murderous hand of Yang Chongyuan. You don't know, I don't know what the truth is. You can only ask the heavens to know the truth. If you can show mercy to the daughter of the enemy who killed your brother, how should you and I talk to him when you meet the late emperor after a hundred years?"

Having said this, Emperor Yuan Cheng's expression was shocked, and he only felt as if he was drowning in a deep pool. Even if he tried hard to break free and swim out of the water, he would always be pulled, pulled, pulled by an unreasonable force. sink to the bottom.

Yes, if this is the case, what face should he face to trust him and hand over the country to his brother.

"The wildfire can't be burnt out, and the spring breeze will blow. After all, the child in the queen's womb will have the blood of the Yang family, and it will only be an unpredictable variable. If the family is completely eradicated, even if the child does not hate it, he will only face the fact that you, as a father, killed his mother's family, and if he stays, he will only be criticized. If you make him hate him again, he may become someone else's sword, and it will be too late to regret it if he confronts you and me at that time."

After Princess Pengcheng finished speaking, she looked at Emperor Yuancheng more and more seriously, almost word for word: "Shirang, anyone in this harem can give birth to an heir for you, Queen Dudu, Concubine Shu and Ashina. Ayi can't."

The words fell, and the study fell into a strange calm again. At this moment, Emperor Yuancheng clenched his fists tightly, and when he looked at Princess Pengcheng again, it was calm.

"Sister, don't worry, this child, Niang Yu, won't survive—"

Hearing these words suddenly, Princess Pengcheng was shocked at first, and then looked at Emperor Yuancheng's eyes, which was clear and clear, without the slightest affection.

The next moment, Princess Pengcheng relieved her nervous and serious expression, and murmured, "That's good."

When Princess Pengcheng picked up the teacup on the case and took a sip, she seemed to remember something, she gave a light meal in her hand, then glanced at Emperor Yuancheng, and said casually: "Yongning County Master, today's action is quite Something interesting."

While talking, Princess Pengcheng put the teacup back on the table, gently rubbed the side of the cup and spun it, and said calmly, "She, did she see our plan—"

"My sister is overthinking it."

Hearing the words of Princess Pengcheng, Emperor Yuancheng thought of that free-spirited cousin who lived like a man, and couldn't help shaking his head, with a little bit of imperceptible envy in his eyes.

"A'man is like this today, just to deliberately provoke the conflict between Concubine Shu and Zhaoyi, so that the queen can better check and balance in the palace and sit firmly in the middle palace. These are just the usual methods in the harem."

Seeing Emperor Cheng's words, Princess Pengcheng nodded noncommittally, but still reminded: "Although the Princess Yongning is the daughter of Princess Qinghe, she has grown up in the Taiwei's mansion since she was a child, and it seems that it is you and me. My cousin, but has a very good relationship with the Yang family brothers and sisters, not necessarily with us, we always have to be on guard."

After saying that, Princess Pengcheng got up just now and said, "Okay, it's late at night. I'll go back to the palace first."

Seeing this, Emperor Yuancheng also got up and was thinking of sending Princess Pengcheng out with her, but when she walked to the soft curtain, Princess Pengcheng suddenly turned around and glanced at Emperor Yuancheng and said with deep meaning: "Today is the first time Zhaoyi has entered the palace. , I'm afraid that the night will be longer, and it will inevitably be homesick. If your Majesty is by your side, you should be able to talk to comfort."

Emperor Yuancheng lowered his eyelids when he heard the words, nodded in silence and said, "Don't worry, sister."

When Princess Pengcheng left, Emperor Yuancheng also followed him out of the Zichen Hall. Seeing this, Baochen, the personal official who accompanied him, hurriedly gestured for someone to take out a black cloak, and then took it over and carefully put it on Emperor Yuancheng's body. He asked tentatively, "Everyone, where are we going tonight?"

Emperor Yuancheng paused when he heard the words, looked at the sedan chair that had been parked in the corridor outside Zichen Hall and said, "Go to Lizheng Hall."

While speaking, Baochen had already tied the tie of his cloak for Emperor Yuancheng. When he walked out of the high threshold of the palace, he motioned for someone to open the soft curtain. Who knew that Emperor Yuancheng had never even looked at him, and he was mistaken for himself. Leaving: "Let them go to the Lizheng Hall to wait first, and you can accompany me for a walk."

Seeing this, Baochen naturally noticed that Emperor Yuancheng was in a bad mood tonight, and with a silent wink, the little servants who carried the sedan chair immediately went ahead with understanding.Only Baochen followed Emperor Yuancheng step by step, and walked towards the Lizheng Hall step by step.

It is now late October, and late autumn has arrived. Walking in this long and endless corridor, the hoarfrost on the eaves seems to be condensed with mist, soaked in a bone-chilling coolness.

"Baochen—"

The sudden sound of Emperor Yuan Cheng broke the tranquility in the corridor. Bao Chen quickly nodded and said, "The servant is here."

"In your hearts, what is the Queen like?"

Hearing Emperor Yuancheng's sudden question, Baochen was slightly unresponsive. The moment he raised his head and saw Emperor Yuancheng's serious eyes, Baochen immediately lowered his eyelids, thought for a moment, and then answered truthfully: "Everyone doesn't know, Over the years, the palace people have never called Her Royal Highness the Queen in private—"

"Why?"

Noticing that Emperor Yuancheng turned his head inquiringly, Baochen just sighed: "The people in the palace all call Your Highness a female bodhisattva."

"They said that His Highness was born of noble birth, and I was originally from two worlds, but His Highness's kindness and tolerance, like a bodhisattva, spread to everyone in Ye Ting. The people of the Yiju Palace have been favored by His Highness and have been spared a lot of punishment. In the past, the people in the former palace were hot in the summer, and their clothes in the cold winter were always lighter, but His Highness saved silk from his own share every year. It has now become a custom in the palace to add summer heat-removing soup and new winter clothes for the Ye Ting Palace people. People say that they love their people like their sons. Such a master is something they wouldn't even dare to dream of."

Hearing Baochen's words, Emperor Yuancheng was silent, but his heart was deeply touched, and the memory opened a hole, and the bits and pieces in it all came from the gap, lingering in his heart for a long time.

Yu Niang married him at the age of 13, and now it is the ninth year. Although he has never asked about it in the past nine years, he also knows that she has taken good care of the harem and has never worried him.Growing up in the palace since he was a child, he was used to the treacherous Bo Yun in the harem. He knew that everyone lived for self-interest, but he had never seen these two words in Yu Niang.

If it is her self-interest, perhaps she wants a child belonging to the two of them.

Thinking of this, Emperor Yuancheng stood silently, but he could no longer go on.

Since Niang Yu was pregnant, he watched with his own eyes how she wept for the child, how she was unable to sleep, how she drank bowl after bowl of the "abortion pills" he sent, she has been with him for nine years, But they can't get a bloodline that belongs to the two of them.

What kind of husband is he.

The more he thought about it, Yuan Chengdi felt more and more uneasy, and his heart felt like a dull aches of guilt.

He has also been shaken, and he has wanted to keep this child and this beauty countless times.

But today, A-jie woke him up and made him completely awake.

This child cannot be left.

Sometimes he also thought about how good it would be if he and Yu Niang were not emperors and empresses, but just ordinary people.

But maybe at that time, he would not be able to meet such a beautiful woman as Yu Niang.

After all, this is destiny.

Even the emperor can't make it.

Before he knew it, Emperor Yuancheng had already arrived at the Lizheng Hall. Looking at the faint lights, Emperor Yuancheng slowly stepped in, skipping the courtiers who were saluting, and when he came to the bedroom, he saw Empress Yang wearing a homely plain hibiscus. In bedclothes, he was sitting on the brocade couch embroidering a child's apron with a water-red duck playing in the water. He raised his head and glanced at A Man who was flipping the flower rope with Niannu. He couldn't help smiling, and his eyes were filled with tranquility and happiness. good.

"Shiro?"

With a sudden call, Emperor Yuan Cheng's heart trembled, and he only smiled a little when he was facing Empress Yang.

Li Sui naturally also saw Emperor Yuancheng come in. Seeing that Empress Yang put down her apron and was about to get up, she quickly stepped forward to help her up. Emperor Yuancheng almost immediately stepped forward and helped Empress Yang back to sit down.

"How come this time."

Hearing Empress Yang's unexpected tone, Emperor Yuancheng smiled and caressed Empress Yang's obviously pregnant belly and sat beside her: "I want to come and see you."

Feeling the gentle touch on her lower abdomen, Empress Yang felt moved, but after thinking about it, she finally looked at Emperor Yuancheng with gentle eyebrows and persuaded: "You are good to me, and the child in your belly is good, We all know that, but today is Zhaoyi's first entry into the palace, so she will inevitably be a little lonely, so Shiro should go to the Lingqi Hall to accompany her, so that it will also teach the Khan and the Turks to calm down."

Hearing these words, he always thought about himself. Emperor Yuancheng looked at the person in front of him. Facing this all-familiar beauty, he made him speechless and lowered his eyelids, so he could only avoid the gentle gaze, and said shallowly: " it is good".

"Aman will accompany your sister well for me."

Seeing that Emperor Yuancheng forced a smile and told himself, and then turned to leave, Li Sui faintly felt that the back of the handsome emperor behind the soft curtain seemed a little lonely at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li Sui had no interest in turning the flower rope, but she was afraid that Queen Yang would notice something strange, so she pretended to continue to fiddle with it.

The mind has flown far away.

No matter how lonely, the Yuancheng Emperor did not stop after all. Those medicines were still brought into the Lizheng Hall in bowls after bowls. If Qingzhi hadn't screened and cleaned up those medicines time and time again, the elder sister would have already followed in the footsteps of her previous life.

Now that November is approaching, and the child will be born in just one or two months, some things cannot be avoided after all.

In this life, no matter what, she will do her best to keep this child and let him live safely and smoothly.

(End of this chapter)