Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"The most basic morality".

This is what an emperor requires of her heirs. This requirement seems to be too loose, but Xia Yuxiao knows that it is already very difficult to require the successor to have "the most basic morals" in order to become an emperor.

"This requirement is actually quite harsh." Qin Ji smiled wryly.

As the person who assisted her to act as an agent of the government, Qin Ji still has the memory of the former "Qin Ji".You can't say that Xia Yuxiao's superior methods are extremely cruel, at least they are definitely not upright.

The emperor.

"Who doesn't want their children to be better, at least not like us."

She seemed to be talking to herself, and also seemed to be discussing with him.

Qin Ji thought about it carefully, perhaps, the first emperor thought the same way at the beginning.

"I don't know when His Majesty is going to have a child? This is no small matter."

After confirming that Xia Yuxiao at least didn't intend to use this child as a bargaining chip in a complete exchange of benefits, Qin Ji simply began to discuss the follow-up matters-the emperor got married and had children, which is not an ordinary thing.

When to start having a baby, when to start preparing for having a baby, what to do with various major domestic events during pregnancy... all of these require a plan.This is not a small matter for the crown prince, and a slight mistake may shake the entire court.

"If you give birth, it must be after marriage. You have no problem with this, right?"

"No problem at all."

Asking this question is almost as good as not asking. Judging from the human pregnancy period, even if you do it directly on the spot now, it is a bit difficult to have a baby in less than half a year.So it must have been after marriage.

"My suggestion is that we can't ask for it right now, so you can take advantage of this short time to replenish your body." Xia Yuxiao said with a smile, "I also know that you have to work during the day, and at night, there are There are things to do when you are young. So, at least you have to replenish your body, for the future prince, physical fitness is a very necessary part."

Ok?

Is she mocking my poor health?

Listening to Xia Yuxiao's words, Qin Ji always felt that there seemed to be some sarcasm in these words.

Speaking of which, where did she get the illusion that her body needs to be replenished?

Qin Ji expressed that he couldn't understand this, but he was the emperor, so what did she say, maybe he really felt that his physical fitness was far from enough?

Since you said you want to make it up, then I dare not not make it up.

"Okay, I'll go back and make some tonics. When I get home, I'll ask my servants to make some tonics."

Qin Ji had the right to improve his food. Although he ate well every day, he seldom ate those nutritious delicacies from mountains and seas. After all, Xia Yuxiao didn't like those things.

However, even if it doesn't cost the country's financial resources, Qin Ji still has a lot of medicinal materials in his family.

"That's good. By the way, there is one more thing related to Lingyan."

Sure enough, Lingyan still couldn't be avoided.

On the surface, Xia Yuxiao has always been more tolerant of Lingyan's existence. Although she later realized that the relationship between the two was unusual, it did not prevent Lingyan from approaching Qin Ji.As long as Lingyan doesn't have to compete for this legally legitimate title, she won't care about this so-called relationship—in the Great Xia, this kind of thing is not uncommon.

However, now Lingyan has also received the attention of the government and the public with Qin Ji's engagement and the improvement of her own status in the court.In this case, her past and her relationship with Qin Ji became a hidden danger.

Naturally, Xia Yuxiao would not sit idly by.

"Because of her previous background, sooner or later she will be troublesome, so I thought about it, anyway, to you, she is your family, and to me, you are engaged to me again..."

"Well, then what?"

"It's not as good as ours, so-so, so-so..."

Xia Yuxiao looked around, and after making sure there was no one there, she leaned into Qin Ji's ear and whispered something in a low voice.

Qin Ji was stunned for a long time.

Then, she gave Xia Yuxiao a thumbs up:

"Okay, Your Majesty, you still know how to play."

Chapter 62 Return Slowly

After returning home, Xia Yuxiao told the questioning Lingyan about Xia Yuxiao discussing the matter of the crown prince with herself.

For Xia Yuxiao's behavior, Lingyan didn't react too much. After all, this marriage can't be done just by getting married. man's mouth.So giving birth to a crown prince is an inevitable choice.

"It's not important. What's important is, after the child is born, will His Majesty use this as a bargaining chip to blackmail you?"

What she was more worried about was whether Xia Yuxiao would use this child to make a fuss after giving birth.

Although the vast majority of mothers will take good care of their children, obviously, this kind of care for children does not necessarily appear in the royal family.

Just look at Xia Yuxiao's brothers and sisters. In order to seize those powers, even blood relationship can be ignored and kill each other. As the best of them, Xia Yuxiao will really be a good mother?

Lingyan doesn't think so.

For her, Qin Ji's safety comes first, and she has no objection to this marriage, but she dare not let down her vigilance towards Xia Yuxiao.After all, the Huilin Department she is in charge of is a department that does dirty work for the emperor. She knows exactly how much Xia Yuxiao has done during this time.

Making her believe in Xia Yuxiao is like making a rabbit believe in a wolf.

"She won't, or even if she can, I can't give in so easily."

Threatening him with a child may indeed have a certain effect, but the premise is that Xia Yuxiao can relax a little if he doesn't do anything wrong, but this does not mean that you will be obedient as soon as you threaten him. Things didn't work out with him.

It's not that he won't feel sorry for the child in the future, the main thing is that he knows that if he compromises, he will not only lose the child's life in the future.

"I hope so, young master." Lingyan still believed in Qin Ji, and she was also willing to believe that Qin Ji had the ability to prevent such incidents from happening.

"Speaking of which, you'd better be a little closer to His Majesty."

Qin Ji said in a low voice.

"Close?"

Hearing this word, Lingyan couldn't help but feel a little unbelievable.

"Young master, I am loyal to you. If you let me get close to your majesty, it is really impossible for me. I don't hate your majesty, but I don't want to have too much relationship with her. connect."

Lingyan said this very decisively, but the general meaning of what she said was actually very simple:

She couldn't play His Majesty, so she simply chose to keep her distance.

"I don't want you to get too close to her, it's not a good thing for you," Qin Ji shook his head helplessly, "However, who will let His Majesty have a way to let you stay by my side in a legitimate way? "

Hearing Qin Ji say that there is a way to make her stay by his side in a legitimate way, Lingyan suddenly trembled: "What way?"

"You see, you get anxious when you mention this matter," Qin Ji knew that Lingyan would be anxious about this matter, so he said, "But to be honest, I think this method may not be easy for you to accept. "

"Master, you are joking. I have already told you what I mean. As long as I can be by your side, it is enough."

Lingyan is still firm in her determination, this matter is her bottom line.

"In this case, I won't act anymore," Qin Ji said, taking out a red letter that looked like an invitation from his bosom, "Take a look, this is His Majesty's suggestion to you."

Lingyan frowned, and then accepted the "invitation".

She opened the cover of the invitation card with golden auspicious clouds printed on it, and then took out the paper inside.

There are two large characters written on the paper:

"letter of appointment."

"Shh."

The pupils of Lingyan's calm eyes suddenly trembled, and he quickly stuffed the thing back with a speed that Qin Ji could hardly catch.

"Well, can the opened seal be repaired again?"

There was a hint of hell in her tone.

"...Of course not."

Qin Ji said.

"What does this mean?"

Lingyan already guessed that something was wrong, but she still needed Qin Ji to explain it herself.

"It's a letter of engagement for you." Qin Ji took the letter of engagement from her hand, and opened it, "As you can see, His Majesty has sent you a letter of engagement, which means that you will be included in the harem."

"Crazy...she's crazy..."

Lingyan really couldn't hold back this time, she looked at the red letter of appointment as if she saw some cursed evil thing, and kept away: "Master, I told you not to stimulate her too much , Now it’s all right, Your Majesty’s orientation has changed, how many excessive things have you done in private?”

"...she's not crazy."

"Could it be that I'm crazy?"

"Calm down, I said, this is the best way for you to stay by my side."

Qin Ji said.

He put the letter of engagement aside, then took Lingyan's hand and asked her to sit down:

"After Your Majesty is engaged to me now, according to the rules of etiquette, I cannot place my own guards in the palace, and your background is also a little...sensitive. Do you really think that we Can the relationship between the two be concealed forever?"

When talking about this, Qin Ji touched her face:

"Your Majesty's acquiescence does not mean that other people in the court will agree. Now we can hide it for the time being, but what about the future? No matter what, you need a clear identity to rectify your name."

"On the surface, after all, I am marrying Your Majesty, which is different from ordinary concubines who marry a princess. If the object is the emperor, I will be guilty of disrespect even if I marry a concubine. However, Your Majesty does not have this restriction. Her harem is basically Unlimited, so..."

"So, Your Majesty is going to marry me?"

"It's just a formality. I won't really give you up to anyone else, even His Majesty. It's just that this is the only way to let you get rid of that ugly devil's remnant title."

"Lingyan, I... owe too much, and I can't finish it. I don't want you to be an 'outsider' to me in the future, even if it's just an outsider on the surface, I don't want you .”

The Remnants of the Demon Cult, this title has been associated with Lingyan for many years.

Lingyan is not a person who cares about herself very much, but Qin Ji also knows that even if she doesn't care about herself any more, it is impossible for her to be unaffected by such an insulting name.Moreover, this status really affects her future.

Then let outsiders dare not call her that again.

Now that she has real power, all that is left is to let her have the so-called "backer" on the surface.

This method is the most reliable way to enter the royal clan.

If this is not the case, Lingyan's apparent identity will always be an outsider who is excluded, and there will always be that ridiculous so-called blood barrier between him, Qin Ji, and her.

He didn't want a hundred years later, he and Xia Yuxiao would be buried in the imperial mausoleum, while Lingyan could only be an "outsider" alone.

"Master, you..."

Lingyan looked at Qin Ji and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything.