Investiture of the Gods.
"Wang is happy." He was overjoyed.
Tsk,
Even the way he addressed her had changed.
Seeing that he still wanted to press his head against her body,
Siyang couldn't stand it,
She pushed him away and said, "Alright,
There's no end to it. "
Li Yi, who was pushed away, was not displeased,
Seeing that Siyang was about to get up, he immediately reached out to help her up, "You're not like before now,
You have to be more careful in your actions. Now you don't have to worry about anything, leave it to me.
You can stay in the palace and take care of the fetus … "
"Oh right, you have to send someone to keep an eye on your food. I'll think of a way to send a few capable people in for you."
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She didn't interrupt his concern from the child's father,
Of course, she wouldn't refuse.
"Don't worry." Siyang half-leaned in Li Yi's arms,
Siyang stroked her lower abdomen with a faint smile on her lips, "I'm just pregnant now. 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 his mind down,
Thinking of their current situation,
He couldn't help but narrow his eyes,
The expression on his face also became serious, "In the near future,
Don't get into a conflict with Princess Tuozan. "
"I'm afraid she won't have the time to deal with me at this moment." Siyang shook her head, pursed her lips, and raised her eyes slightly, "Taking advantage of the fact that Tuozan is dissatisfied with Xue Pinggui, you can start preparing. After I stabilize the fetus, you can take this opportunity to make our Emperor make up his mind to get rid of the hidden danger of the Xiliang Army."
"For the sake of you and our child, I will definitely not disappoint the Empress." Li Yi's large palm wrapped around Siyang's white hand and placed both hands on her stomach. His tone was extremely gentle, but his pair of eyes gradually deepened.
Recently, Tuozan's actions had become more frequent. Perhaps she had also sensed that Xue Pinggui was on guard against her. There was a rumor in the palace that the Emperor and Empress were harmonious. The Empress had plenty of six palaces for His Majesty, and she was truly a model mother.
To Tuozan, all of this was rather ear-piercing. She was not so magnanimous. One Wang Baochuan was already unbearable for her, and now there were so many more women in the imperial harem. But no matter how angry she was, it was useless. Could a noble consort interfere with the emperor taking in concubines?
First it was Wang Baochuan, then it was the concubines in the imperial harem, and Xue Pinggui's delay in appointing her son as the Crown Prince. Tuozan's dissatisfaction had reached its peak.
As the Western Liang Princess, even though the power of the Xiliang Army was currently in the hands of Xue Pinggui, she herself was an exception. These days, she had secretly sent people to frequently move about. 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 incident of the assassin, Xue Pinggui had changed the commander of the imperial guards in the palace to a Han person he had just promoted. The imperial court also began to suppress the Xiliang officials and put them in important positions. This had already 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 full of ambition and never gave up on the idea of occupying the Central Plains.
It was also because of Tuozan that they endured. But now that 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 them 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 Son of Heaven, he 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. Everything else could be slowly planned. Now that these people were messing around, wouldn't it make it difficult for her to move a single step in the palace?
Just as Tuozan was scolding her subordinates, a bolt from the blue smashed into 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 heard it, she did not believe 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 that the fetus is stable."
Tuozan had always been proud because she was a Western Liang Princess and had given birth to Xue Pinggui's only son. Now, this was going to be broken.
She was slowly helped 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 would not 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 that 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, the Imperial Court began to have turbulent undercurrents.
Xiliang's faction tried 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 from the classics. They were defeated in a few moves.
The two factions quarreled fiercely. In the end, Xue Pinggui decided that the Great Prince needed a few more years of experience because of his young age. The matter of appointing the Crown Prince would be postponed.
"Tuozan, what are you doing?"
Xue Pinggui saw this scene as soon as he entered the room. He instinctively berated her.
Tuozan felt wronged. When she saw Xue Pinggui, her eyes lit up. She wanted to ask him for an explanation. But before she could ask, he came up to her and scolded her. That was all. Then he rushed to Siyang.
"Baochuan, how are you?" Xue Pinggui didn't know what had happened between them, but when he saw Siyang fall, he went to help her.
Siyang hugged her sore arm as she was helped up. Her face was still panicked. Her eyelids seemed to be watery. She looked very pitiful.
"I'm fine. Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"I had nothing to do, so I came to see you." As he spoke, Xue Pinggui looked at Tuozan and asked, "What's going on between you two?"
In Xue Pinggui's impression, Tuozan and Wang Baochuan had always been very harmonious. This was the first time he had seen them go against each other like this.
Seeing that Xue Pinggui didn't even look at her and only cared about Siyang, Tuozan was furious. She thought about what Siyang had said just now. She pointed at him with a trembling finger. "What's going on? Didn't you see? Xue Pinggui, do you want this woman to be your empress for the rest of your life? Do you want her to be above me forever?"
"How dare you! What nonsense are you talking about?" Xue Pinggui's expression suddenly became cold.
Aya was going crazy. She wanted to go up and cover Tuozan's mouth. This wasn't Xiliang. The princess was too willful to mention names to His Majesty.
"Princess …"
"Go away." She waved Aya's hand away. Tuozan's anger hadn't subsided. She could endure everything else, but she was the grand Western Liang Princess. Her children naturally had to receive the best in the world, and their status should also be incomparably noble.
Now, she was actually telling her that her children could only be born of a concubine. If Wang Baochuan gave birth to a child, the child would be ranked behind. Tuozan couldn't stand it.
"Xue Pinggui, you really are an ungrateful person. When you were injured at the border, I was the one who saved you and made you the prince consort. Before Father died, he even entrusted the throne to you. He valued you so much, but he didn't raise you well …"
"Shut up."
The sudden shout interrupted Tuozan's complaints. It also gave her a great fright. Her head that had been dizzy from anger woke up. After thinking about what she had just said, she finally began to feel afraid. She gasped for breath, and her face was very uncomfortable.
Xue Pinggui appeared to be a gentleman, a person who valued loyalty, relationships, and was tactful in handling matters, but in reality, his heart was very sensitive.
Becoming Xiliang's prince consort was the same as marrying into the family. Even though he eventually became the ruler, in reality, he was only the ruler on the surface. All of Xiliang's military power was in Tuozan's hands.
As a princess, her words were much more effective than his so-called monarch's.
It wasn't until later, when they raised the banner of purging the emperor and beheading the rebellious ministers to attack the Central Plains, that Tuozan handed the commander's seal to Xue Pinggui. After handing it over, Xue Pinggui didn't plan on handing it back.
But now, he suddenly realized that Xiliang's commander's seal wasn't as easy to mobilize people as Tuozan's words.
He came at the right time. He clearly heard Tuozan's words just now. Thinking about the investigation he had over the past few days, Xue Pinggui's expression became even colder.
"What, did I say something wrong?" Tuozan bit her lip. She was still unwilling to give up.
Tuozan was scheming and had her methods. She dared to challenge Xue Pinggui now because she hadn't changed her identity. She wasn't in Xiliang now, and Xue Pinggui wasn't the bald ruler.
If Siyang didn't come, she would definitely understand this in the future. Now, she naturally wouldn't give her the chance.
What's more, it had touched a sensitive nerve of Hawksbill.
Not only would she be the empress, but even her children would be beneath her. How could she tolerate this?
"I think you're becoming more and more unruly. Baochuan is my legal wife. She's the empress, and you agreed to it. Why are you making a fuss now?"
Xue Pinggui didn't want to talk to Tuozan about Xiliang's past matters. He only diverted the topic to Siyang.
Tuozan laughed mockingly. Her eyes were fixed on Xue Pinggui. "Then you promised me that as long as you obtained the throne of the Central Plains, you would make Shu 'er the Crown Prince. Why are you going back on your word now? Are you waiting for your good empress to give birth to a legitimate son for you?"
Xue Pinggui had kept the matter of making the Crown Prince a secret from Tuozan. He didn't expect her to bring it up. He felt guilty and alarmed. How could she know about the matters of the imperial court? Could it be …
Siyang had been watching quietly and didn't say a word.
She didn't need to fan the flames. The conflict had already arisen. Suspicions had already been planted. Once the fire started, it would be difficult to extinguish it.
"Shu 'er is still young and spoiled by you. How can he be the Crown Prince? If you have the time to make a fuss here, you'd better discipline him."
"You, you …" Tuozan was speechless. Her chest hurt, and her eyes were filled with sadness. She looked at Xue Pinggui as if she was seeing him for the first time.
Xue Pinggui couldn't help but feel embarrassed and angry when he was stared at like this.
"Come, send the Noble Consort back to the Western Palace."
"Go away." He shouted at the palace servant who came in and glanced with disdain at the two people standing side by side. His eyes were red, but in the end, he flicked his sleeves and left without a word.
She tried hard to hold her head high and her chest out to maintain her dignity as a princess.
"Baochuan, don't take it to heart. Tuozan is used to being willful."
After turning back, Xue Pinggui comforted her softly.
Siyang shook her head understandingly. "I understand."
"You've been wronged."
"I'm not wronged." Siyang faced Xue Pinggui and touched his forehead. She said with heartache, "But Your Majesty is worried about this again."
The person in front of him was beautiful and elegant. Although she wasn't as beautiful as when she was young, she looked even more charming now. After recovering from a serious illness, Siyang's body changed little by little. Xue Pinggui suddenly felt lucky that she was fine.
If something happened to Wang Baochuan, the position of Empress would definitely be taken by Xue Pinggui. He did not think so in the past, but it was different now. A dark glint flashed across his eyes. Xue Pinggui reached out and grabbed Siyang's waist.
"Although Tuozan said it in a moment of anger, Baochuan, it's a pity that we haven't had a child for so many years."
A child?
Siyang said those words to Tuozan to anger her. She didn't plan to give birth to Xue Pinggui's child, but in the long run, having a child would be more convenient.
"Shut up." Siyang impulsively ran out from behind the pillar and looked at Nine-Tailed Fox face to face. She shouted at her, "My sister and I have the same mother. We're sisters and have never been separated. Now that I'm in trouble, she won't leave me alone. It's just that … she has to serve the King and I'm in the Cold Palace, so she can't take care of me."
Siyang nodded hard as if she was trying to convince herself. She seemed to want to confirm it.
"Sigh." Shaking her head and sighing, Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes were filled with pity, "You look really pitiful. Until now, you still haven't recognized the truth, or should I say …" Leaning over and lowering her head closer to Si Yang, Nine-Tailed Fox spat at her frivolously, "… you only want to deceive yourself and others."
"Don't say anymore." Siyang clenched her fists and screamed. She closed her eyes and her eyelashes trembled. Clear tears fell and her beautiful face was filled with sadness. Nine-Tailed Fox had hit the nail on the head.
She had achieved her goal. Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes flashed when she saw Lin Yiqian's mental breakdown. Her enchanting face was full of contentment.
She really couldn't wait. She couldn't wait to get her hands on this body. So, she didn't want to wait any longer. She might as well do it herself.
"How about it? You don't want to spend the rest of your life in this cold and empty palace. Do you want me to help you?"
"Who are you?" Siyang opened her eyes. She had already regained her composure, but there was still a trace of sadness in the depths of her eyes.
"Who I am is not important. You just need to know that I can help you get out of here and regain King Zhou's favor." Nine-Tailed Fox circled Siyang once. The more she looked, the more satisfied she was. Her smile became more sincere.
"Why do you want to help me?" Turning around, Siyang raised her chin and looked at her. Her eyes were filled with suspicion and caution. "Even if I'm young, I still understand that there's no free lunch in this world. There's no such thing as help for no reason. What do you want? Or rather, what do you want? "
Nine-Tailed Fox thought to herself that the 'body' she fancied still had some brains. On the other hand, she walked around as if nothing had happened. "I've already said that I'm just trying to help you out since you're so pitiful. If you're still worried, just pretend that I've never been here. You can continue to stay in the Cold Palace."
"Then you can leave." Siyang said coldly as she stared at her back.
"You …" Nine-Tailed Fox turned her head and pointed at Si Yang. Apparently, she did not expect that she would get such a result after laying the groundwork for so long. "You're so useless."
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