Li Yi had imagined this scene before, but he had never expected it to come so suddenly.
Feeling the softness and warmth under his hand, it took him a while to come back to his senses, but he still couldn't quite believe it. "You, you're really, pregnant?"
Siyang looked at him losing his composure. She was slightly surprised that he had lost his usual composure. Thinking about it, Li Yi should have had children at his age, but he didn't. Now that she had a child, it was naturally different.
"Ben gong already said that she had thought it over, but now it's Wangye who's feeling guilty?" Siyang deliberately said.
Hearing this, Li Yi's expression changed. He glared at her, but his gaze was still gentle as he stared at Siyang's lower abdomen. The movements of his hands were even more careful, for fear of scaring the little life that had yet to take shape.
"Wang is happy." He was beyond happy.
Tsk, even the way he addressed her had changed.
Seeing that he wanted to press his head against her body, Siyang couldn't take it anymore. She pushed him away and said, "That's enough, there's no end to it."
Li Yi, who was pushed away, wasn't displeased. Seeing that Siyang was about to get up, he immediately reached out to help her up. "You're not the same as before. You have to be more careful. Now you don't have to worry about anything. Leave everything to me. You just stay in the palace and take care of the baby …"
"That's right, you have to send someone to watch over your food. I'll think of a way to send a few capable people to you."
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"Don't worry." Siyang half leaned in Li Yi's arms. Siyang stroked her lower abdomen, a faint smile on her lips. "Right now, I'm just pregnant. This matter shouldn't be made public."
"Yes, yes, let's stabilize the fetus first." Li Yi, who was stunned by the good news, finally calmed down. Thinking about their current situation, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. His expression also became serious. "In the near future, don't get into a conflict with Princess Tuozan."
"I'm afraid she won't be able to find the time to deal with me." Siyang shook her head, pursed her lips, and looked up, "Now that Tuozan is dissatisfied with Xue Pinggui, you can start to prepare. After I'm stable, you can use this opportunity to make our Emperor decide to eliminate the Xiliang Army."
"For the sake of you and our child, this subject will definitely not disappoint Your Highness." Li Yi's large palm wrapped Siyang's hand. Both hands were placed on her belly. His tone was extremely gentle, but his eyes gradually darkened.
Recently, Tuozan's actions had become more frequent. Perhaps she had also sensed that Xue Pinggui was on guard against her. There were rumors in the palace that the Emperor and Empress were harmonious. The Empress had ample harems for His Majesty. She was really a model mother.
To Tuozan, these were quite harsh. She was not so magnanimous. One Wang Baochuan was already unbearable for her. Now, there were so many more women in the harem. But no matter how angry she was, it was useless. Could an imperial concubine interfere with the Emperor's concubines?
First, it was Wang Baochuan, then it was the harem concubines, and Xue Pinggui's delay in appointing her son as the Crown Prince. Tuozan's dissatisfaction had reached a peak.
As the Western Liang Princess, even if the Xiliang Army was in Xue Pinggui's hands, she was an exception. These days, she had secretly sent people to frequently move around. She had already contacted several generals of Xiliang. Those people all expressed their willingness to follow her, the Princess, blindly. At the same time, they also expressed their dissatisfaction with Xue Pinggui, the Emperor.
Since the assassin incident, Xue Pinggui had changed the commander of the imperial guards in the palace. He replaced it with a newly promoted Han Chinese. The imperial court also began to suppress the Xiliang officials and put them in important positions. This had caused great dissatisfaction among the Xiliang officials. When they learned that Tuozan wanted to overthrow Xue Pinggui, they all expressed their great support.
From this, the Xiliang people also revealed their ambitions.
Before Xue Pinggui unified the Central Plains, Xiliang and Xiliang were constantly at war. Xiliang was very ambitious and never gave up on the idea of invading the Central Plains.
It was also because of Tuozan that they endured. But now, Xue Pinggui revealed that he did not want to let a prince with half of Xiliang's bloodline inherit the throne. They could not sit still.
"What if the Xiliang Army rebelled?" Cui 'er, who was standing behind Siyang, saw these secret bodyguards in secret. She was very worried. She did not care before, but after knowing that Siyang was pregnant, she could not help but think more.
"The Xiliang people are always a hidden danger. It is not good if they stay in the Central Plains for too long." Siyang folded the letter, lit it by the candle, and watched it slowly burn to ashes.
"Miss, do you mean …?" Cui 'er did not understand.
"Xiliang and the Central Plains have been at odds for a long time. This time, they are united only because of Xue Pinggui and Tuozan. Without Tuozan, they will not be under control. Rather than that, it is better to let them go back as soon as possible."
"Won't that benefit the Xiliang people? When they go back, won't they make things difficult for us? They will also be Princess Tuozan's support." Cui 'er said anxiously.
Siyang waved the smoke and stared at the black ashes on the ground. After a while, her eyes were cold. "Since they are already here, it will not be so easy for them to leave. Don't worry. How can we let others sleep beside us? Someone is more anxious than us."
In Taiji Palace, Xue Pinggui, who was reviewing the memorials, was sitting on pins and needles. He flipped through the memorials one by one. Some of the information in the memorials combined with some of the information he sent people to investigate. His face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping water.
"The Imperial Concubine has been in contact with people from the outside world?" He asked the person kneeling below.
"Your Majesty, the Western Palace is indeed in frequent communication with people from the outside world."
Bang!
Xue Pinggui clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the desk. His eyes were burning with anger. He pursed his lips tightly and flipped through a few more memorials. His chest rose and fell rapidly. The memorials said that the Xiliang Army in the Central Plains had been moving a lot recently. It seemed that they had the intention to rebel. Coupled with the news from the Western Palace of Tuozan, Xue Pinggui could not deceive himself even if he wanted to.
"She really dares. Is she trying to rebel?" Xue Pinggui clenched his teeth and squeezed the paper in his hand so hard that it almost tore it into pieces.
The chamberlain could not stand it anymore. He stepped forward and comforted, "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter needs to be investigated properly."
"What investigation?" Xue Pinggui threw the memorials in front of him to the ground and said fiercely, "Isn't everything obvious? I just don't understand. What did I do wrong to her?"
The chamberlain squatted down and picked up the scattered memorials on the ground. He picked up one of them and paused for a moment before handing it to Xue Pinggui. "Perhaps the Imperial Concubine has a grudge against Your Majesty because of this matter."
Xue Pinggui took it and read it. His pupils shrank fiercely and he did not move for a long time. What was written on the memorial was not anything new. It was the matter of him keeping it for later observation and asking for the title of Crown Prince.
"So it's still for my position."
Once a person was stained with the poison of power, it was difficult to let it go. Xue Pinggui was the same. He thought about how he was wronged as a monarch in Xiliang. Now that he was the true Emperor and held great power and commanded the world, how could he give up all of this?
If someone was coveting it, then it should be eliminated as soon as possible.
Tuozan's days were not good. She began to mobilize Xiliang's subordinates and slowly put pressure on Xue Pinggui to make him the Crown Prince. It was a pity that there was no progress. Instead, some of her subordinates began to mobilize troops on their own, which made her very angry.
No matter how much she hated Xue Pinggui, she had never thought of directly rebelling. In her opinion, the entire world would be her son's in the future. It would be best if there was no bloodshed. The best method right now was to have Xue Pinggui make her son the Crown Prince. The rest could be planned slowly. Now that these people were messing around, wouldn't it make it difficult for her to take a single step in the palace?
Just as Tuozan was scolding her subordinates, a bolt from the blue fell on her head.
"You, what did you say?" Tightly grabbing Aya's sleeve, Tuozan stared at her with wide eyes.
Aya bit her lips and hesitantly replied: "Just now, news came from the Jade Earth Palace. The Empress, she, she … is pregnant."
"Impossible, impossible, how could Wang Baochuan be pregnant?" Tuozan shouted with bloodshot eyes.
Even though Aya didn't believe it after hearing it, but it was true. She supported her with heartache and sighed: "This servant has confirmed it. It is true. The Empress has been pregnant for three months, and the Imperial Physician said the fetus is stable."
Tuozan had always been proud because she was the Western Liang Princess and had given birth to Xue Pinggui's only son. Now, all of this was going to be broken.
She was slowly supported to sit down in a daze. Biting her lower lip, she suddenly thought of what Siyang said to her. If Wang Baochuan gave birth to a son, what would Xue Pinggui do? Would he make her son the Crown Prince?
No, she wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.
While she was worried, Xue Pinggui was overjoyed when he heard the news. He stayed in the Jade Earth Palace until Siyang said she wanted to rest. He left reluctantly. Before he left, he took her hand and said eagerly.
"Baochuan, you have to take care of the fetus. This is our first child. In the future, he will be Zhen's son. His status will be respected."
These words were passed to Tuozan's ears. As for her mood, Siyang could predict it.
Because of Siyang's pregnancy, undercurrents began to surge in the Imperial Court.
Xiliang's faction tried their best to make the Great Prince the Crown Prince, while the ministers of the Central Plains felt that everything should wait until the Empress gave birth. After all, since ancient times, there had been differences between the Crown Prince and the Concubine.
Xiliang's faction prioritized seniority, but they were no match for the ministers of the Central Plains who were full of quotations. They were defeated in a few moves.
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