Mistress

Chapter 85

Seven days later, Li Yan was able to walk on the ground.Just as the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, the sun was shining brightly. Li Yan came to the Royal Garden to watch the scenery.

Nanny Cui walked behind Li Yan, and said with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, look at the scenery in this garden. These flowers are very precious, enchanting, beautiful and majestic. If you leave the palace , Empress can only see some mountain flowers and wild flowers that can't be seen on the table, how can there be these carefully cultivated flowers in the palace that are pleasing to the eye?"

Li Yan looked around, the scenery in the palace is really good, Qiaoshan strange rocks, famous flowers and precious trees, small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and lofts, everything is exquisite, under such bright sunshine, it is really pleasing to the eye .

Li Yan sighed: "After playing for a few days, it still feels fresh. I hope that after many years, I still don't feel bored."

Qing'er was releasing paper kites beside her. Since there was only a slight breeze, Qing'er was not very good at releasing paper kites.

While running to pick up paper kites, Qing'er said, "Qi'er knows how to release paper kites, but now she is thinking about getting married, and stays in the house all day embroidering mandarin ducks, and doesn't play with her servants anymore."

Li Yan came over and took the winding handle from Qing'er's hand, and said, "Come on, I'll try it."

Li Yan stepped back while letting go of the thread, the paper kite rose slowly, Qing'er clapped her hands and shouted: "It turns out that your mother is very good at releasing paper kites."

Cui Momo laughed beside her and said, "Your Majesty was naughty when she was a child, she used to run outside and release paper kites just like the kid."

Being praised by Nanny Cui, Li Yan backed away even more anxiously. Nanny Cui and Qing'er both looked up at the paper kite in the air, and didn't even notice that there was a big tree behind Li Yan.

Seeing that Li Yan was about to retreat in front of the big tree, and the back of her head was about to hit the big tree, suddenly a big hand stretched out and pulled her to the side, directly pulling her into his arms.

Li Yan was so frightened that she was about to scream, but when she looked up and saw Xu Cheng, she immediately shut up, she was still holding the handle of the winding thread, the kite did not fall to the ground, but was still floating in the sky.

Xu Cheng held her in his arms, and said to Nanny Cui and Qing'er from a distance: "You are not good at serving the empress, you almost let her hit a big tree, and you will be fined for three months!"

After saying that, he threw the winding handle in Li Yan's pocket in front of Qing'er, and Qing'er reached out to catch it, and unexpectedly caught it.It's not how well she caught it, but that Xu Cheng threw it accurately enough.

Xu Cheng picked up Li Yan and walked towards Chunhui Hall.

Nanny Cui and Qing'er looked at each other, and then snickered, the emperor felt sorry for the empress, and was afraid that she would get hurt.Qing'er covered her mouth and laughed for a while, then followed behind to go to Chunhui Hall, but was stopped by Nanny Cui.

Qing'er was puzzled, and said, "Nurse, if we don't follow up and serve well, we will be fined again later."

Mammy poked her on the forehead, "You are such a stupid girl, you will be fined if you follow closely!"

Qing'er is still ignorant.

Xu Cheng hugged Li Yan along the way, and was spotted by many court ladies and eunuchs, who were so shocked that they retreated far away.Li Yan begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, the concubine can already walk on the ground, you should let the concubine come down quickly. You are the emperor, don't lose your might in front of the slaves, and make people laugh."

Xu Cheng looked at Li Yan in his arms, the more he looked at it, the more his heart became more and more moved, she was really beautiful, and said: "I hold my queen, who dares to laugh, is it because I am impatient?"

After entering the Hall of Chunhui, Xu Cheng put Li Yan on the dragon bed, and with a wave of his sleeves, the servants all retreated, and when they retreated, they even closed the door.

Li Yan panicked and said, "It's... in broad daylight, what does the emperor want to do?"

Xu Cheng threw her down at once, pressed her on top of her, covered her mouth and kissed her first, and then said, "Why don't you see what I want?"

Li Yan originally thought that this kind of thing would not happen until tonight at least, but he didn't expect that he couldn't wait at all, he is a wolf who has been hungry for half a year!

Xu Cheng leaned over to bite her earlobe again, Li Yan pushed his chest with both hands, and said, "It seems... not good to be promiscuous in the daytime." In fact, what Li Yan cares about is not that the day is not the day, but that she is afraid of it. He was menacing, and she was a little scared.

Xu Cheng directly blocked her mouth, making her speechless, and put her hands around his neck, making her hug him tightly.

Xu Cheng took one piece off, put it on Li Yan's neck, and said, "It is the tiger talisman for me to dispatch troops and generals, and it is the most important thing in my body. When two pieces of jade are combined, they can call upon the world."

Li Yan completely forgot that she was naked, so she hurriedly took off the jade and handed it to Xu Cheng, "Your Majesty, don't put such an important thing on your concubine, isn't your majesty always worried that your concubine will hide it secretly?" Colluding with her natal family? If the concubine hides this piece of jade on purpose, wouldn't it mean ruining the emperor's great affairs."

Xu Cheng solemnly said: "I believe in you." Then he put the jade around her neck again.

After this episode was over, she suddenly thought of a terrible thing. The emperor has a strong physique, so he should be very strong in that respect. He once said that he wanted her to sleep every night, so she would not really want to be raped by him. Toss to death?
After resting for half an hour, Li Yan fell asleep.

At lunch, she was about to put it down after eating a bowl, but Xu Cheng wanted her to eat another bowl.

"If you eat too much, you will grow fat." Li Yan always pays attention to maintaining her figure.

"If you eat too little, you will lose your energy." Xu Cheng personally added a big bowl of rice for her, and also packed the dishes.

Li Yan muttered, "The concubine doesn't have to march and fight, so why do you need so much energy?"

Xu Cheng gave a smirk, "It has its own use."

Li Yan glared at him, he wanted to raise her strong, and then have sex with him, she really didn't realize before that he was such a pervert!In the past, he was obviously a tall, majestic, unkind, and unfeminine prime minister, but he did not expect to show his true nature at this time.Thinking that he actually hid his nature and endured it for half a year, and because of her, he didn't even eat the meat in his mouth, it seems that his hesitation for more than ten days was justifiable.

She used to blame, complain, and hate, but now she suddenly felt that she should be moved.This is an ancient emperor, and cannot be compared with modern men. Xu Cheng can do this, so she has nothing to criticize.

She looked at a large bowl of food in front of her, then picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Xu Cheng watched with relief, his eyes full of deep love.After Li Yan finished eating, he even wiped her mouth himself.

When he took a nap, he would arrange a pillow for her and take off her shoes; when he went to bed at night, he would unload her pearl hairpins for her;If a man like him really wants to treat a woman well, he must be meticulous and unstoppable.

For ten days in a row, Li Yan felt that he had spoiled her so much that she had no borders. She felt that when two people get along, one should not just give, but should love each other, so she gradually learned to serve him and care for him.

When he was grading papers late at night, she would always be by his side; when he was frowning, she would be there to relieve his worries; when he was lazy and lay on her lap like a child, She would sing songs he had never heard before to coax him; when he said, Queen, tell me a joke, she would talk endlessly, and all kinds of silly jokes were at hand.

Of course, she has been tossed by him a lot, but Xu Cheng knows how to love her, he won't really want her day and night, and he won't make her unbearable. He also hopes that she can live a long life.

Three months later, the New Deal was promulgated, and the whole city was discussing the New Deal hotly. Two of them attracted the most attention. You can see the scene of twos and threes gathering together to talk about these two things everywhere in the streets and alleys.

One is that men are not allowed to take concubines, and the women are all smiling. They don't know much about other things, but they understand this one. Although those who have already taken concubines cannot be sent back, young men can only live with their wives in the future. We grow old together.Although the young men and the men who wanted to take concubines felt dissatisfied in their hearts, they didn't dare to say anything. How dare they not obey what the emperor could do?

The second is scientific research. As soon as the New Deal came out, there was a group of young people who were underappreciated with enthusiasm. They used to rely on promoting Xiaolian to become officials. Many of them were tricky.Now that there is an imperial examination, everyone can take the exam, and the exam is fair and just, which is a blessing for them anyway.

On this day, Li Yan lay in Xu Cheng's arms and said: "Your Majesty, the fifty new policies have been promulgated, and the new policies have been implemented in various places. What a disaster, it depends on the emperor's private visit to find out the truth, it's not enough to rely on those officials' anecdotes. The emperor stays in the palace all day, so it is easy to be deceived."

Xu Cheng sneered, "You are thinking about going out to play in the palace, don't pretend to be thinking of the common people."

Li Yan sneered, "Traveling around the mountains and rivers is just something to do by the way. Understanding the people's sentiments is the most important thing. This concubine understands."

Xu Cheng put his lips on her shoulder, kissed her like a dragonfly, and said: "Okay, listen to you, after I finish the few important things in my hand, I will make Xiao'er the crown prince and let him supervise the country. Go out and wait another five days."

Hearing that there was only five days to wait, Li Yan was excited, turned over at once, and lay on Xu Cheng's body, kissing and biting him.

Xu Cheng was very excited by her teasing, and was about to toss her, but she suddenly frowned, then got out of bed, and vomited into the washbasin.

The maids and eunuchs were all startled, thinking that Li Yan had caught a cold and felt a cold.Xu Cheng had read medical books and knew how to feel the pulse. He sent someone to find the imperial physician while lightly shaking Li Yan's wrist.

After a while, Xu Cheng's frown relaxed and he said, "Queen, after five days we can no longer conduct private tours in micro-services."

"Why? After five days, the concubine won't vomit anymore, and after drinking the medicine for three days, the illness will disappear." Li Yan still turned around in a circle, "Your Majesty, the concubine's body is in good condition. Don't get dizzy."

Xu Cheng hurriedly pulled her into his arms, "Don't turn around, it's not okay to turn my child dizzy."

"What?" Li Yan raised her head in astonishment and asked.

Xu Cheng put his arms around her, patted her on the back and said, "Don't be afraid, you have already given birth to two children, and this one will definitely be born smoothly."

Xu Cheng thought that Li Yan was scared, but in fact she was scared stupid. She never thought that she would have a baby.In her eyes and in her heart, Jun'er and Xiao'er are her children, and now there is another child in her womb, she can't accept it for a while.

At this time, Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician He came together, it was just a happy pulse, even Xu Cheng could figure it out, so naturally the two of them could figure it out even more.

When Li Yan heard that they confirmed that she had a child in her belly, she had to accept this fact. She touched her belly, but she still couldn't feel anything, but she suddenly felt worried.

She was afraid that with her and Xu Cheng's children, she would not love Jun'er and Xiao'er as much as before. People will be a little selfish, and it is inevitable to favor her own children.

In the next few days, Xu Cheng took good care of her, and all the servants in the harem cheered up. If something happened to the fetus in the queen's stomach, they would definitely die due to the emperor's love for the queen. of.

What puzzled Li Yan was that Xu Cheng had said before that he wanted to make Xiao'er the crown prince, but he hadn't heard him mention it these days.

At night, Li Yan snuggled into Xu Cheng's arms and asked: "Your Majesty, although we can no longer go on private tours in disguise, the crown prince will still be established. It will be a matter of time. Is the Emperor hesitating?"

Xu Cheng touched her belly with his hands and said, "Xiao'er is weak. Recently, although Su Bo has been teaching him the basic skills of strengthening his body, he has also made great progress, but with his body and bones, I don't want to let him go." There is still a certain gap in expectations. I want to take it easy. When you are born, if you are a princess, I will make Xiaoer the crown prince. If you are a prince, I think it is necessary to wait a few more years to see who is more important between the two brothers. It’s not too late to decide if you’re fit to be an emperor.”

Li Yan hurriedly said: "The concubine's child must be a princess, the emperor doesn't have to hesitate."

"Why is the queen so sure?"

Li Yan rolled her eyes, "The concubine has already given birth to Jun'er and Xiao'er, so I naturally know about it. The reaction of this child is very similar to when I was pregnant with Jun'er."

Li Yan is looking forward to having a daughter, watching her grow up happily, and finding a man she loves to be her son-in-law.If a son is born, even if Xiao'er and Xiao'er are blood brothers, wouldn't there be fewer rifts between blood brothers?

Xu Cheng scratched her nose, "I really can't believe how you feel. You didn't even know you were pregnant for a month. How can you remember Huai Jun's reaction when she was a child?"

Li Yan was tongue-tied, thought for a while, and said: "Since ancient times, most of the time, the elders should be established instead of the young, otherwise brothers would easily turn against each other. Xiao'er is not so eager to become the prince, but if he knows that the emperor will Maybe he will favor his younger brother, and he will definitely feel disappointed. If he is used again by courtiers with different intentions, then the country will be unstable. Didn’t the emperor always want a peaceful and prosperous world, and he certainly didn’t want to see his two brothers The two sons are at odds. Xiao'er is intelligent and open-minded, which already has the potential to be emperor."

Xu Cheng pondered for a long time, and said: "The empress is right. Xiao'er's aptitude is not bad. If the younger brother is allowed to be superior to him, and then be encouraged by treacherous ministers, I'm afraid it may really shake the foundation of the country. I really do. I was confused for a while. Tomorrow, I will issue an imperial decree to make Xiao'er the crown prince. If Xiao'er's health is really bad in the future, and he really can't afford this important task, he will also know himself, and he will automatically give up without me reminding him."

Now Li Yan felt relieved, put her arms around Xu Cheng's waist and said: "Well, Xiao'er will be made the crown prince tomorrow, and a grand banquet will be held, and all civil and military officials will be invited to let Xiao'er get used to the status of the prince earlier. How are you?"

"Well, he deserves it."

Nine months later, Li Yan gave birth to the princess as she wished, and Xu Cheng immediately named the little princess Princess Mingzhu, which means the jewel in the palm.

Princess Pearl combines the advantages of Li Yan and Xu Cheng. She looks like a crystal clear pearl.Xu Cheng couldn't put it down, and hugged her several times a day.

Li Yan was lying on the bed, seeing Xu Cheng loving her daughter so much, she couldn't help laughing and said: "The emperor is old."

Xu Cheng was dissatisfied, "Why did the queen say that?"

Li Yan giggled and said, "It's only when people get old that they especially like children, you weren't like this before."

Xu Cheng smiled foolishly, speechless to refute.

one year later.

"Auntie, how much is a catty of green peppers?" Li Yan was carrying a vegetable basket, with a plaid blue turban on her head, and a floral cloth skirt, looking like a commoner woman.

In order to cooperate with her, Xu Cheng wore a blue cloth robe and gray cloth shoes, and followed behind her.

When the vegetable seller saw someone asking for the price, she smiled and said, "Little lady, it's only three Wen a catty. Look at how fresh the green peppers are. If you don't buy them today, you won't be able to buy them at the same price tomorrow."

Li Yan knew that people in business were like this and liked to fool around, but she really had a lot of free time, so she asked, "Why won't you be able to buy it at this price tomorrow?"

The vegetable seller looked around and said in a low voice: "Little lady, you should have heard that there is a man named Lao Jiu in our Li city. He is a well-known local snake. He has a group of thugs under him. Which one of us who does business in Licheng can't give him money? I heard that the brothel on South Street gives Lao Jiu 300 taels of silver every month! You say that he only cares about big businesses asking for money, even a small stall like me Don't let it go, it's the first time I came back to sell vegetables today, and I was targeted by his subordinates. If I don't raise the price, the money from selling vegetables will not be enough for them!"

Xu Cheng hurried over after hearing this.

Li Yan winked at Xu Cheng, meaning, you see, you can understand a lot of people's sentiments by buying a dish.

Li Yan asked the vegetable seller again, "Is this old nine so arrogant and no one in the government?"

The vegetable seller looked around sneakily again, lowered her voice and said, "Whatever, this old nine is the magistrate's cousin, maybe more than half of the money Lao Jiu raised will be given to the magistrate!"

Li Yan immediately admired the vegetable seller, how could she know such a confidential matter?Then he asked, "Auntie, how do you know?"

The vegetable seller's face froze, and then she looked at Li Yan and Xu Cheng's attire, she was afraid that she would cause trouble with such an eighth woman, so she put on a straight face and said, "Do you want to buy vegetables, what are you asking about? "

"Buy buy buy, buy two catties!"

After shopping, Li Yan carried a basket containing two catties of green peppers and Xu Cheng walked to the door of Min's residence. She winked at Xu Cheng and said, "Sir, don't you hurry up?"

Xu Cheng put his fingers in his mouth and blew, and Su Bai appeared immediately.

"Su Bai, let's spy on the prefect of Licheng immediately!"

The two of them left when Qing'er ran over from the house, "Madam, when are we going back to the capital?"

"Uh... in a month."

"Ah?" Qing'er exclaimed, "It's still so long?"

Li Yan stretched out the basket in front of Qing'er, laughed and said, "Go and wash the vegetables, I'll fry them after washing."

From then on, Li Yan fell in love with Xu Cheng and Xu Cheng on private patrols, and fell in love with this kind of joyful and frivolous life of fighting injustices for the people, understanding people's sentiments, secretly investigating corrupt officials, and punishing bullies.

(End of this chapter)