Qi Yu was now over the age of thirty, and Shen Mengxi was no longer a young girl. There were no other concubines in the palace. Not to mention that the courtiers would be nervous about the candidate for the crown prince, the most nervous should be the imperial family of the Qi family.
Although Qi Yu's surname was Qi, he was actually a descendant of the Huangfu family. Those surnamed Qi in Northern Border City were not the real royal family. They were only regarded as Qi Yu's mother's family. However, these surnamed Qi did not think so. They felt that the Hua Nation should belong to the Qi family. If Qi Yu had no children, then the next emperor must still be from the Qi family.
However, the opposition of these people did not seem to be noticed by Shen Mengxi. No matter how fierce the noise outside was, Shen Mengxi was already at ease and not disturbed at all.
"So what if they object?" Shen Mengxi took another strawberry and fed it to Ming Xi. A faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "They also want to instigate the emperor to abolish me. So what?"
It was true that half of the people in the Hua Nation respected Shen Mengxi, but the other half wanted Shen Mengxi to be abolished the most.
"Is today's Qi family the same as Qi Yanling's family?" Ye Zhen asked doubtfully.
Shen Mengxi said faintly, "Not really. Her real family is in the Jin Kingdom. Here in the Hua Nation, the distance is too far. It's just that distant relatives benefit from it. They are not even members of the imperial family, yet they dare to complain. If it weren't for the fact that I'm pregnant now, I would have killed them."
"…" For the first time, Ye Zhen saw Shen Mengxi's fierce side. She wondered if the Shen Mengxi in front of her had been replaced. Did Shen Mengxi also have two personalities?
"Oh, I want to be gentle, gentle!" Shen Mengxi patted her chest. "So as not to scare the child."
Ye Zhen chuckled. "I really want to know how you used to follow the emperor to conquer various tribes."
"Both kindness and authority. You must be both dignified and tolerant. You will understand when you lead your own troops in the future." Shen Mengxi said to Ye Zhen with a smile. "Have you read all the military books I gave you?"
"I'm reading them, but I have no experience in leading troops. I can only memorize them." Ye Zhen said helplessly.
Shen Mengxi smiled and said, "It's good enough that you can remember it."
"Ah, eat eat …" Ming Xi called out to Shen Mengxi, he still wanted to eat the red fruits.
Ming Yu sat in Ye Zhen's arms, her face covered with strawberry juice. She looked at her brother and giggled.
"Foodies!" Ye Rou laughed and scolded them. She took out a handkerchief to wipe the two children's mouths.
"His Majesty has arrived." A palace servant announced from outside.
Ye Zhen and Zhao Yang both stood up and saw Qi Yu striding in from outside with a gloomy look on his face.
Seeing his face, Ye Zhen's heart thumped. She hadn't seen Qi Yu's brutal side for a long time. Did someone outside provoke him today?
Just as she was thinking, Ye Zhen saw Huang Fuchen following behind Qi Yu.
"Your Majesty, you're back so early today?" Shen Mengxi didn't seem to notice the gloomy expression on Qi Yu's face. She greeted him with a smile on her face. Before she came close to Qi Yu, she smelled a bloody smell. Her stomach turned, her face turned pale, and she turned to retch.
Qi Yu, whose face was already very ugly, became even more livid. "Shen Mengxi, what do you mean by this?"
Could it be that even she despised him?
Ye Zhen handed Ming Xi in her arms to Hong Ling and went to check Shen Mengxi's pulse. Her heart, which almost jumped out of her throat, finally calmed down. She smelled the bloody smell on Qi Yu's body and frowned. "Your Majesty, you'd better change your clothes before coming over. Sister Mengxi is pregnant now and is particularly sensitive to some fishy smells. Even if she smells fish, she will vomit, let alone the smell of blood on your body."
Shen Mengxi vomited and felt more comfortable. She raised her moist eyes and looked at Qi Yu worriedly. "Are you hurt?"
Knowing that Shen Mengxi didn't vomit because she despised him, Qi Yu's face eased a little. "I'm not hurt. You … you rest. I'll change my clothes."
The palace maids had quickly cleaned up the filth in the room. Shen Mengxi wanted to change her clothes, so Ye Zhen and Huangfu Chen went to the side hall.
"Master, what happened to Qi Yu?" Ye Zhen asked Huangfu Chen in a low voice.
Originally, Huangfu Chen wanted to go to sea with Ye Yiqing, but Ye Yiqing said something to him and he decided to stay in the Northern Border City.
"During the morning court session today, someone asked Qi Yu to cripple Shen Mengxi and drive you out of China. The other Qi Yu woke up and killed the person on the spot. He killed seven people in a row …" Huangfu Chen recalled the bloody scene in the hall this morning and sighed in his heart. He thought that Qi Yu had restrained himself for so many years and would not be as violent as he was in the past. He didn't expect that as long as it involved Shen Mengxi, he would still be unable to control his cruel side.
Ye Rou sucked in a deep breath. Qi Yu had actually killed someone in court?
Huangfu Chen asked, "Is Mengxi okay?"
"She's fine …" Ye Zhen asked in a low voice, "Isn't Qi Yu afraid that the courtiers will be afraid of him?"
"He is the only emperor of China, and the people he killed were all from the Qi family." The Qi family's arrogance in the court had already made many people disgusted.
Ye Zhen said, "Why did they want to drive us out of China?"
In the eyes of many people, she was just a widow, an orphan, and a widow. Was she worthy of so many people's fear?
Huangfu Chen said, "They are afraid that Mingxi will become the crown prince in the future."
"…" Ye Zhen was speechless. He was thinking too much. "Sister Mengxi's child hasn't been born yet, and they already think that the crown prince must be their child?"
"The Qi family has always wanted Qi Yu to adopt an heir," Huangfu Chen said.
"It seems that no one dares to oppose Qi Yu anymore." Ye Zhen said that she didn't like to be too cruel, but she had to admit that Qi Yu's method was direct and cruel, but it was very useful.
Sure enough, in the next few months, no one dared to have any objections to Qi Yu's decision to reward his adopted son. Mingxi became the only prince in China, with the title of Cheng. Mingxi was a princess, with the title of Yuan. It could be seen that Qi Yu liked Mingxi. The title of Yuan represented the eldest son.
Unknowingly, it was time for Shen Mengxi to give birth.
After such a long period of recuperation, Shen Mengxi's body was much better than before. There was basically no more heart cramps. Now, Ye Zhen was worried that she wouldn't have any accidents during the delivery process.
"Doctor Ye, Her Highness is about to give birth."
Ye Zhen asked someone to take Mingxi and Ming Yu somewhere else, lest they distracted her here.
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(Nine-Headed Bird Academy)
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