Liu She accidentally saw Gu Min's beauty and was shocked. He took advantage of her stupidity and found an opportunity to humiliate her and make her pregnant.
By the time everyone noticed the abnormality, she was already six months pregnant!
Gu Zhen had known about this a long time ago. She had been helping to cover it up and tolerating it.
When the truth came out, she would stand up and be willing to bear the stigma of being pregnant out of wedlock. She would protect Gu Min's reputation and marry Liu She with the child.
She had taken all the benefits, and poor Gu Min had died of a hemorrhage.
Hearing Jiang Pengji talk about the past, Gu Zhen could not stop trembling.
Jiang Pengji asked again, "Why? Are you feeling uneasy now that you've been exposed?"
Gu Zhen trembled even more violently.
Jiang Pengji said, "I don't want anything else today. I just want you to admit one thing."
Gu Zhen looked up as if she had seen a glimmer of hope.
"You admit that you had an illicit affair with another man and that you gave the child's father to Liu She."
Gu Zhen's expression became conflicted and strange.
Jiang Pengji said, "I would rather bear the title of an illegitimate child than have anything to do with a disgusting person like Liu She!"
As for her real birth mother, Gu Min, Jiang Pengji did not want her to have a bad reputation. That was good enough.
Gu Die held back her trembling and tightened her jaw muscles. She said, "Others … won't believe it …"
"It doesn't matter if others believe it or not. What's important is that there's such a saying." Jiang Pengji smiled. "If you do well, I'll guarantee that you'll have a comfortable life in your old age. If you don't know what's good for you, I can find other witnesses. I even killed Liu She, let alone you. "
Even though many years had passed, she still remembered how Widow Zhao of the Zhao Family Village in Hejian County had died.
Gu Zhen was so scared that her face turned pale. She answered while trembling.
With this, official and unofficial history had a lot more material for people to talk about.
The official history stated that the father of the empress was Liu She from Hejian County, but the unofficial history stated that it was someone else. This was because Gu Zhen had personally admitted that she had an affair with someone else, yet she refused to say who the man was. This caused people's imagination to run wild. Therefore, the mystery of the Empress's birth became a hot topic for scholars of later generations.
The royal family turned a blind eye, allowing them to talk about their ancestors.
It was fine as long as these scholars didn't cause too much trouble.
With this, the storm of "killing one's father on the battlefield" barely subsided.
However, that was not the only thing that worried Jiang Pengji.
Huang Song, who was the most competitive, had already committed suicide. The Nie family was only left with the remnants of their troops and defeated generals. Now, there were only three feudal families left in the world. Jiang Pengji single-handedly defeated the other two. If there were no accidents, the world would be unified within five years. This was the consensus of everyone.
This was a good thing, but Jiang Pengji's subordinates were not happy.
Their lord was now twenty-nine years old and still had no children. How could they not be worried?
Without an heir, even if the dynasty was unified, its inheritance would be severed after a few decades, and the world would fall into chaos.
Without an heir, he would always feel anxious.
In short, Jiang Pengji was being urged to get married.
Not only were the strategists sighing, but many of the trusted generals were also hesitant to speak.
The eunuch is more anxious than the emperor!
If the lord was a man, they only needed to send a beauty. If this woman couldn't give birth, they could just change to another one. However, the lord was a woman, and giving birth required the lord to do it personally. This was a pain in the ass. They couldn't even persuade the other party to pamper their harem.
Because the lord did not have a backyard!
"This matter is not urgent!" Jiang Pengji smiled as she drank. Sitting next to her was her drinking buddy, Feng Zhen. The two of them often colluded with each other. Their figures shuttled back and forth between various taverns, teahouses, and brothels. "She's only twenty-nine now. What's the rush?"
Feng Zhen choked on the fragrant wine in his mouth.
Twenty-nine years old and she was not anxious?
Did she have to wait until she was thirty-nine before she started worrying?
The lord became a bandit at the age of twelve. She joined the army at the age of sixteen. She traveled from south to north. Now, at the age of twenty-nine, she only had such a foundation.
How could there be so many years for her to squander?
She was urged to get married by her subordinates in various ways. No matter how much Jiang Pengji didn't care, she could only think about this matter.
Qiguan Rang said, "With the lord's power, you can secretly choose someone who is good in all aspects. When the time comes, you can get rid of the father and keep the child. Wouldn't that work?"
Jiang Pengji glanced at Qiguan Rang and asked him with her eyes, "How can you think of such a bad idea?"
Qiguan Rang returned a cold look. "Why don't you think of a good idea yourself?"
Jiang Pengji sighed again. "I'd rather have nothing than have something shoddy. If it's not the best and most suitable, I don't want anything else."
Qiguan Rang's face remained cold. His children would be able to get married in a few years, but the lord was still single.
Seeing that the great undertaking of unifying the world was about to enter the final stage, there was no movement from Jiang Pengji.
The wind of urging people to get married had blown to Wei Ci. Even an invisible person like him knew about this matter. It was obvious how anxious everyone was.
Wei Ci had been keeping a low profile for the past two years, but his performance in the battle of Songzhou was quite eye-catching.
If there were no accidents, he would definitely be put in an important position.
Although unifying the world was imminent, there were still many battles to be fought. If Wei Ci could seize the opportunity, he would not have to worry about fame and fortune.
He eavesdropped on Han Yu for a while and secretly noted this matter down.
One day, when she was dealing with documents, Jiang Pengji pulled her to talk about business for a while. They also chatted about many trivial matters.
Wei Ci took the opportunity to mention the matter of the heir. He spoke more tactfully than others, but the core meaning was still the same.
Jiang Pengji was stunned for a moment. Her eyes inexplicably became a little sharper.
She asked calmly, "What do you think, Zixiao?"
Wei Ci tried to figure out Jiang Pengji's thoughts. He felt that she was afraid of having a husband to divide the power, so he made the same suggestion as Qiguan Rang.
Get rid of the father and keep the child!
Anyway, it was the lord who gave birth to the child. The child would be the lord's bloodline. As for who the father was, it was not important.
Jiang Pengji laughed. The smile on her face was disturbing. "Is it really not important who the father is?"
Wei Ci did not understand. He was stunned for two seconds, but he still nodded.
As long as it was the lord's child, it was bound to be the future heir. Was it important who the husband was?
However, when he thought of the person he admired giving birth to children with others, he felt vaguely like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
His lord was still suitable to be enshrined on the altar.
It was not only him. Perhaps everyone else thought so.
After a few days, Jiang Pengji seemed to be annoyed by the urging to get married. She was finally willing to "compromise."
She said to Wei Ci in private, "This is my personal matter. It's not good to trouble others."
Wei Ci did not respond for a moment.
There was a problem with his lord's logic. He also belonged to the category of "others."
However, he more or less knew his lord's temperament. There were some points that he really could not criticize.
Jiang Pengji said again, "Anyway, they just want a young lord to feel at ease. Then I'll go along with their wishes. As long as a man is not a castrated eunuch, he can make a woman pregnant if he's healthy. I don't want to be picky. You can make arrangements according to my orders. "
Wei Ci was stunned. He did not expect his lord to be so casual.
"There's no time like the present. Let's choose today." Jiang Pengji smiled and squinted her eyes. She leaned sideways on the table and said as if it had nothing to do with her, "After the third watch today, the first man to pass by the back door of my manor will be the biological father of the next young lord."
Wei Ci was so shocked that he was speechless. However, thinking about this style, it was indeed like his lord's temperament.
The fewer people who knew the identity of his lord's biological father, the better.
His lord chose him to do this because she trusted him.
Wei Ci could only bow his head and agree.
The day and night were quite torturous. The strange feeling of having a fishbone stuck in his throat became more and more agitated as time went by.
Hearing the sound of the third watch, Wei Ci was shocked. Under Jiang Pengji's gaze, he got up and went to check.
There were female guards guarding the front and back doors of Jiang Pengji's manor.
He opened the door and took a look. There was not even a male kitten or puppy, let alone a shadow of a man.
Wei Ci turned around and reported. Jiang Pengji, the person involved, was not anxious at all.
"Come, Zixiao, sit down. Let's have a drink together."
Jiang Pengji pointed to the chair opposite the table.
Wei Ci could hold his liquor well, but he was unwilling to drink in front of Jiang Pengji. He was always afraid that he would lose his composure after drinking and offend her.
Jiang Pengji smiled and asked about Wei Ci's family situation. She already knew about it, but hearing it from him personally made her feel different.
After almost an hour, Wei Ci got up again. It was still quiet outside and there was not a single person.
What was going on today?
Did all the night owls go home to sleep?
Wei Ci was puzzled. When he saw the faint smile on Jiang Pengji's face, he suddenly saw the light.
There were no more night owls. It was obvious that his lord was unwilling and had sent people to clear the place.
"If my lord is unwilling, why do you have to tease me?"
Jiang Pengji said, "When did I tease you?"
Wei Ci said, "There is no one at night. Didn't my lord send people to guard all the main roads and seal off this road?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Who said there is no one?"
Wei Ci opened his eyes slightly in shock. Wait — something was not right.
"Is the person in front of me not a person?"
Wei Ci listened and looked around. He did not see any traces of a third person.
His heart sank. The person that his lord was referring to … could not be himself, right?
"My … my lord …"
"Since Zixiao also said that it is not important who the father of the child is, why are you stingy for one night?" Jiang Pengji got up and came to Wei Ci's side. She looked down at his pale face from above and sat beside him. "A gentleman's word is as good as a fast horse's whip. I said that I want to choose a man who appears at the back door after midnight tonight. But today, there is no one else but Zixiao. "
Wei Ci bowed to ask for forgiveness and said, "I know that I am lowly and dare not blaspheme the holy body."
Jiang Pengji laughed angrily. "You dare not blaspheme? Why don't you think that it is blasphemy when I casually said that I want to choose any man who appears at the back door? Whether that person is beautiful or ugly, good or bad, healthy or sick, you don't know anything … Isn't this blasphemy? "
Wei Ci crouched on the ground. He seemed to have a thousand words in his mouth, but now they were stuck in his throat. He could not say a word.
Jiang Pengji half-squatted and raised her hand to pinch his lower jaw, forcing the two to look at each other.
"I have thought about it. Zixiao is the best. He has no family to implicate and is my loyal subject. I can be at ease. "
Wei Ci said after a while, "I am old and weak … I am unable to serve my lord …"
Jiang Pengji said, "You are only six or seven years older than me."
She changed the action of pinching his lower jaw to caress his cheek. Her palm touched a hot patch and she pressed it against the floor beside the table. "Tonight, will you obey me?"
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