Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 455 Undercurrent
Li An said seriously, "Go ask again tomorrow. If that doesn't work, find a trustworthy doctor to take your pulse."

Li An didn’t think much about it before, but after Minglan reminded him, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

If it were an ordinary family, they could just do the abortion in private or keep it a secret for the time being.

There is no deep hatred, and no one would bring up such things.

Now Gu Tingye can be said to be a popular figure in front of the emperor. In addition, with the words of the late emperor, who would want to make Gu Tingye uncomfortable?

But the bad thing is that there is Xiao Qin. When Gu Tingye leaves Bian Jing, Xiao Qin will definitely not give up such a good opportunity.

Maybe she is planning something bad. It would be a big trouble if Xiao Qin knew that Yu Yanran was pregnant.

Minglan naturally knew all this and said, "Don't worry, sir. I know what to do."

Li An was still a little worried about this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Tell me as soon as there is any news. If she is really pregnant, I will ask King Huan for help to think of a solution."

"Yeah." Minglan nodded.

……

The next day, after Li An went out, Minglan came to Gu's house.

"Mrs. Sheng, my wife has just woken up, please wait for a while." Mother Yan said.

Minglan smiled and said, "No hurry."

She sat in the main hall drinking tea and waited for a long time before Yu Yanran came in.

"Minglan, I don't know what's wrong with me these days. I've been a little sleepy. I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself." Yu Yanran said with a smile.

"I'm afraid your husband passed away and you can't sleep because you miss him so much?" Minglan joked with a smile.

Yu Yanran blushed slightly, glared at Minglan, and said coquettishly, "Why are you just like those women, speaking without restraint?"

"Sister Yanran, we are already married and are women. Do you think we are still girls at home?" Minglan said with a smile.

Yu Yanran was speechless after hearing this.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Sit down quickly, I have something to tell you." Minglan said.

"Why do you come here so early in the morning? What do you want to tell me?" Yu Yanran said as she sat down next to Minglan.

"Mother Yan, please let everyone else go and you stay." Minglan said.

Yu Yanran and Minglan are close friends and have always had a good relationship, just like real sisters.

Therefore, when Mother Yan heard this, she did not ask Yu Yanran and directly sent the servants away.

"Sister Yanran."

Minglan asked Xiaotao and the others to leave, leaving only her, Yu Yanran and Mother Yan in the room. She took Yu Yanran's hand and said seriously, "Tell me, you have been sleepy these days and have a poor appetite. Is it related to your husband's going to war?"

"Minglan, what's wrong with you? Why are you saying such strange things? My master is away on a mission, so I'm worried about how can I have an appetite? As for the sleepiness..."

Yu Yanran frowned and thought for a while before saying, "I fell asleep not long after I went to bed last night. I always felt like I didn't get enough sleep."

"Mother Yan, do you think that Sister Yanran might be pregnant?" Minglan looked at Mother Yan and asked.

"Minglan, what nonsense are you talking about." Yu Yanran blushed, thinking that Minglan was making fun of her.

"oops!"

After hearing what Madam Yan said, she patted her thigh and said, "I thought before that Madam was sleepy because of the master, because she had a poor appetite and didn't sleep well at night. But now that Madam Sheng said this, it's really possible."

As an experienced woman, Mother Yan is very experienced in this matter.

The reason she didn't think about it this way was that she, like Minglan, thought it was because of Gu Tingye.

Now that Minglan had said that, the more Mother Yan thought about it, the more she felt that it was very similar to the situation when she was pregnant.

"Mother Yan, why are you teasing me with Minglan?" Yu Yanran said.

"Oh, my dear, how could an old woman tease you about such a thing? You can't be careless about this kind of thing. I will ask someone to ask the doctor to come and take your pulse." Mother Yan said and was about to go out.

"Mother Yan, wait a minute." Minglan stopped Mother Yan and reminded her, "I remember that Old Master Yu used to have a doctor he often used. Is that person reliable?"

Mother Yan was startled when she heard this, but soon understood what Minglan meant. She bowed and said, "It is the greatest blessing for my wife to have a friend like Madam Sheng. Madam Sheng, don't worry. The doctor's father treated the old master and the old lady in the past. He is reliable."

"Then go and invite the doctor. Tell him that Sister Yanran has caught a cold and ask him to come and see her," Minglan said.

"Oh." Mother Yan responded and hurried away.

"Minglan, what are you and Mother Yan talking about?" Yu Yanran asked puzzledly.

"Sister Yanran, if you are really pregnant, it is very likely that you conceived during the period of national mourning." Minglan said.

"Impossible, my husband and I were..." Yu Yanran blushed and couldn't continue.

Minglan blushed a little when she heard this and said, "But this kind of thing can't be explained at all. Did your husband tell you about the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion?"

"My husband told me." Yu Yanran nodded.

"Then you should know that if his stepmother knew that you were pregnant, she would definitely make a fuss about it, and then your husband would be in big trouble." Minglan said.

"What should we do?" Yu Yanran became anxious when she heard this.

"Don't worry for now. The most urgent thing now is to confirm whether you are really pregnant. If not, there is no need to worry." Minglan said.

"Yes, yes, yes, it must be wrong." Yu Yanran nodded repeatedly.

When she heard Minglan say that she might be pregnant, she was actually secretly happy.

Taking care of Rong Jie'er and the others every day and being called mother by them, Yu Yanran also felt an overwhelmed maternal love and wanted to have a child of her own.

However, at this moment, she was actually hoping that she was wrong.

However, sometimes the more you fear something, the more likely it will come.

After the doctor came and took her pulse, he congratulated her with a smile, but Yu Yanran couldn't be happy. She kept asking if there was a mistake, which made the doctor a little confused.

The doctor used to go to Yu's house with his father to treat patients. Later, he started to see patients himself and often went to Yu's house to treat patients. Naturally, he recognized Yu Yanran.

It’s been less than a year since Yu Yanran got married, so shouldn’t she be happy to know that she’s pregnant?

Minglan gave Yu Yanran a look, told the doctor not to tell anyone about this, and asked Mother Yan to send the doctor out.

"Minglan, what should we do now?" Yu Yanran asked anxiously.

"Sister Yanran, don't worry. Everything will be fine as long as we don't let outsiders know." Minglan comforted.

"Yes, yes, yes, as long as I don't go out, outsiders won't know." Yu Yanran nodded repeatedly.

Minglan was not so optimistic. Although Yu Yanran was willing to stay at home, Xiao Qin might not necessarily come.

No, Minglan was sure that Xiao Qin would come.

Xiao Qinshi was much more powerful than Lin Xiaoniang, but people like them would never give up easily. As a mother-in-law, Xiao Qinshi couldn't just chase people away if they came to visit, right?
However, she didn't want to make Yu Yanran worry, so she didn't say it.

……

When Li An returned home in the evening and learned the news from Minglan, he made the same judgment as Minglan.

He knows Xiao Qin better than anyone else. It can be said that Xiao Qin has become somewhat obsessed with the title over the years.

This kind of person is simply a madman and can do anything.

"Don't worry, go there early in the next few days and help deal with anything. I will go to King Huan tomorrow to help think of a solution." Li An said.

……

Now the Emperor and the Queen Mother have been fighting in secret.

After Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, he only had a few close confidants, Shen Congxing, and they were all military generals.

Many smart people have already expressed their loyalty to Zhao Zongquan.

Zhao Zongquan also knew that if he wanted to take power, he would need some trusted civil servants, and he selected some of them for promotion.

However, all the people he chose were rejected by the Queen Mother.

Everyone in the court was very shrewd. The empress dowager ruled the country from behind the curtain not because the emperor was young, but to stabilize the situation.

In the end, power must be returned, and no matter what, some face should be given to the official Zhao Zongquan.

However, the empress dowager did not give Zhao Zongquan any face at all. Not only did she deny the person he wanted to promote, she also found various excuses to demote him and even banished him from the capital.

For a time, all the officials in the court kept their mouths shut and remained silent during the morning court session.

The court became a place where the empress dowager had the final say.

They did not turn to the empress dowager. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was almost impossible to depose the emperor. Even if the empress dowager was very powerful now, she would have to return power sooner or later.

They just don't want to get involved and be implicated.

If they were demoted by the Queen Mother, who knows whether Zhao Zongquan would remember them even if he came to power in the future.

Now it is just a secret competition, but when it is brought to the surface in the future, it will inevitably force the court officials to take sides.

Gu Tingye received great favors from the late emperor and Zhao Zongquan. When the fight between the two becomes intense, he must take sides, otherwise both sides will suspect him.

If the news that Yu Yanran is pregnant gets out, even if it's okay now, it will be a big trouble in the future.

Zhao Ceying was also very clear about this, so when Li An found him, Zhao Ceying was silent for a while and said, "Can we let her go back to her hometown to visit Old Master Yu?"

"Your Highness, the Yu family's ancestral home is in Mingzhou, which is a long way away. How can a pregnant woman withstand such a long journey?" Li An said with a wry smile.

In fact, the best way is to abort the child, but the ancient method was very backward, and if it was not done properly, the woman would not be able to get pregnant in the future.

Moreover, this is Gu Tingye’s first legitimate child. If he does this, Gu Tingye will feel resentful.

"Then do you have any good idea?" Zhao Ceying asked.

"I do have a plan, but I need the help of the Queen. Pregnant women have a strong reaction at first, which makes it easy for people to notice something. But as long as their belly doesn't get bigger, it's not easy to be discovered. Therefore, as long as they are not discovered before Zhong Huai comes back, his stepmother won't dare to visit, and naturally there will be no danger." Li An said.

"What method?" Zhao Ceying asked.

"Now that the soldiers are going to the war, Her Majesty can summon the families of the generals and have them live in the Daxiangguo Temple for a while in the name of praying for the soldiers." Li An said.

"This is a good idea. Not only can it prevent outsiders from knowing about it, but it can also rally the hearts of the troops." Zhao Ceying thought about it carefully and praised with a smile.

The Queen was the mother of the country. She went to the Daxiangguo Temple in person to eat vegetarian food and worship Buddha, and pray for the soldiers. If this news were to spread, she would surely be praised by the soldiers and the people.

Li An didn't think too much about it. Hearing this, he said, "Your Highness, do you think this can be accomplished?"

"I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not. I need to go to the palace to see my father, the emperor and my mother, but I think it shouldn't be a big problem." Zhao Ceying said.

When Li An heard this, he felt relieved and said goodbye and went back.

…………

After Li An left, Zhao Ceying went to the palace.

After meeting Zhao Zongquan, I told him about this matter.

Zhao Zongquan frowned after hearing this. There were not many Bian Jing lords whom he could trust and use. After all, these people were deeply favored by the late emperor.

If he wanted to completely control the military power, he needed to place many trusted people into the army.

However, he only has a few trusted confidants in Yuzhou, and it is simply a pipe dream to want to completely control the military power with these people.

Gu Tingye was born in a marquis's mansion, saved his life, and made great efforts in suppressing the rebellion, so he still trusted him.

This was also the reason why when Gu Tingye had just accompanied him in acting and offended the Queen Mother, he still sent Gu Tingye to join the army despite the Queen Mother's discomfort.

He just wanted Gu Tingye to join the army and gain some merit so that he could make arrangements.

After all, Gu Tingye's qualifications are too inexperienced, and the Palace Front Division is his personal army, so others can't say anything. If Gu Tingye is allowed to enter the Western Suburbs Camp, it will be difficult to arrange a high position for him.

Therefore, Gu Tingye must not get into any trouble.

"Your Majesty, Ziqian has come up with an idea. I think it's worth a try." Zhao Ceying said as he told Li An the method he had suggested.

After listening to this, the emperor nodded slightly and said, "This is a good idea. I will tell your mother about it."

"Then I will take my leave first." Zhao Ceying bowed and said.

"Wait!" Zhao Zongquan stopped Zhao Ceying and asked, "Do you think Li An can be trusted?"

Before, he asked the empress dowager to rule the country from behind the scenes, and no conflicts broke out between the two. When he heard Queen Shen say that Princess Anyang wanted to marry Li An and was even willing to give up her title of Princess Anyang, he did not care and agreed directly.

Later, after he had a conflict with the Queen Mother, he couldn't help but think too much.

Princess Anyang wants to marry Li An. Could this be the Queen Mother's plan?

Is Li An loyal to the late emperor or to him?
Although Li An gave him the blood edict, who knows if Li An risked his life to escort the blood edict because the matter of the blood edict concerned the late emperor?

"Your Majesty, I think Ziqian can be trusted." Zhao Ceying said.

"What's the reason? Just because he has a good relationship with you?" Zhao Zongquan said indifferently.

"Father, don't you trust me? Or do you think I am selfish?" Zhao Ceying was stunned when he heard this and asked.

"You think too much. I am just telling you that you should not act on your emotions. You are my eldest son and you will inherit the world in the future." Zhao Zongquan said.

"Your son is not being emotional. Ziqian and the king's teacher are close friends. They are both determined to reform the law. They must be people of noble character. Such people would not get involved in the royal struggle. As far as I know, the prince of Yong and the prince of Yan had both tried to win over Ziqian, but Ziqian refused and kept his distance from them." Zhao Ceying said.

"Now that you mention it, he is worthy of trust." Zhao Zongquan murmured.

"I think so too, and Ziqian told me today that he was unexpectedly released and wanted to go to a local place to gain some experience." Zhao Ceying said.

(End of this chapter)