After settling down Li Liangdi, the second prince Xie Chenke became "depressed" for a few days and joined the queen's army of attendants.

"It's really not easy for the second brother. He has been running around all day long. Such a big thing happened in the house, and he still ran to Jiaofang Palace." Princess Jingzhi looked Xie Chenke up and down, her little cherry mouth glancing slightly.

She is the queen's only legitimate daughter. She has been conceited since she was a child and looks down on any children born from a concubine.

Even the ‘eldest son’ Xie Chenke.

"Sister Jingzhi, don't make fun of me. It's a big deal that my mother is sick. As a son, I cannot be unfilial."

Xie Jingzhi wanted to make a few more sarcastic remarks, but was stopped by the Queen.

"If you have nothing to do, you can go down. Didn't you make an appointment with some princesses to go on a youth tour?"

As a princess, Xie Jingzhi does not need to study hard or learn riding and shooting.

Every day, in addition to making appointments with the noble ladies in the clan to play music, chess, poetry and painting, play horses, cuju, and listen to games in the garden, I was often flattered by others. Not to mention how comfortable my little life was.

Now that the queen is ill, she has to come every day to pay her respects.

I felt unhappy, so I couldn't say anything good.

"Mother, why do you always protect others? Is your daughter your biological child?"

"Mother knows, how can you, a heartless person, protect others? You are just causing trouble here, so hurry up and leave."

The queen was dumbfounded and waved her hands.

She also couldn't bear to let her daughter smell the smell of these medicines.

"Is my daughter gone?" Xie Jingzhi blinked and skipped away.

The queen looked at the concubine princes again.

"You all go down too. I will recover soon. I don't need to run here every day anymore. Let me rest for a few days. Starting tomorrow, Jiaofang Palace will be closed to thank guests."

"Mother!"

Xie Chenke suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly, complaining that he was unfilial and failed to accompany his mother and serve the medicine when she needed it most.

The words that were obviously extremely pretentious were actually not felt false when Xie Chenke said them, but rather somewhat sincere.

The queen cooperated with tears in her eyes.

"I know your situation. Good boy, please get up quickly."

"Thank you, Queen Mother"

What the mother and son said fell into the ears of others.

The fifth prince lowered his head and showed no reaction. Xie Chenyu glanced at him carelessly, then turned away absentmindedly, showing no concern at all.

Lao Ba stood cautiously with his hands solemnized.

Lao Jiu... is still a child, with a pair of strange-colored pupils that wander from side to side, making him feel embarrassed and insecure.

"Everyone, please go down. I'm tired."

After everyone saluted, Wu Yangyang left.

The queen sat on the phoenix chair, staring at the empty hall and the empty door.

I have been ill for less than half a month, and that bright yellow figure has never appeared.

Only Liufu came twice to deliver medicine, saying it was a gift from the emperor.

He also specifically used the word ‘reward’.

"Fang Rui, how is the emperor's health?"

It wasn't very good a year ago. I fainted a few times. Since I fell in love with that Xu family, is this good again?

"The emperor is in good health. The imperial hospital delivers Dushen soup twice a day in the morning and evening, and the imperial kitchen prepares fresh deer blood in various ways."

As we all know, these two are great supplements.

"It seems that Mr. Xu has indeed won the emperor's heart."

For whom an old person is willing to become young, one can imagine the importance of this person.

"The things I prepared before were delayed by my illness. Now I'm healed and can start."

"yes!"

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Just after the first lunar month, the queen recovered from her illness, the emperor returned to health, and everything in the palace was renewed.

The second prince was busy attending court every day. After court, he would often go to the study room to read for two hours, or go to the school grounds to practice archery.

In his words, this is called civil and military advancement.

Every time the ministers of the court saw the second prince, it was like seeing Wenquxing descending to earth. They all felt that the future of the prosperous dynasty was promising, and that the country would become rich and the people strong just around the corner.

It's not bad now though.

But the emperor pampered a pipa-playing musician every day, which finally made the ministers feel chilled.

There are even rumors that the emperor had promised the Xu family that if a prince was born, the day of the full moon would be the time to appoint a heir apparent.

This news was widely circulated, but it was just a rumor and no one dared to verify it.

But there is a saying that nothing comes out of nowhere.

The ministers were still worried about this matter.

They were more pleased with the second prince.

At the beginning of the new year, more and more people are urging people to establish a heir apparent.

The second prince has the strongest momentum, and he has the momentum to go against the destiny of the world.

However, among the emperor's princes, the second prince is really the most virtuous and disciplined.

The third prince is still studying behind closed doors in the mansion, and one year has not yet come.

The fourth prince died young.

The fifth prince acted without any rules.

The Sixth Prince is a romantic and not very good at writing.

The seventh prince also died young.

The eighth prince and the ninth prince are still young.

Looking at the overall situation, only one second prince has the absolute advantage to become the new crown prince.

The civil and military officials did not even understand what the emperor was hesitating about.

At this time, the old emperor obviously did not understand what the officials were anxious about.

"Am I already old? Why don't they think about the people of Li every day and why are they always focusing on my throne?"

The old emperor smashed the imperial case, threw away the imperial pen, and scattered a whole pile of papers.

"Or do they already dislike me?"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Xu Qianqian hurriedly picked up the folds on the floor, then picked up the imperial pen and put it back on the case.

"You are not yet fifty years old. It is the prime time of Spring and Autumn Period. How can you be old?"

Xu Qianqian looked shy.

"I think you are not only not old, but also very strong. You are the most powerful man in the world."

She blushed in shame as she nestled in the emperor's arms.

The old emperor's expression improved and he patted Xu Qianqian on the shoulder.

"It would be great if everyone could be as considerate as my Qianqian."

"How is it possible? There is only one Qianqian, and there is only one in the entire Dasheng Dynasty."

She hugged the emperor's waist tightly, like hugging a life-saving vine on the edge of a cliff. It seemed that if she let go, her life would be gone.

"So I have to cherish it."

Feeling the intense love, the old emperor stretched his hands like dry tree bark into the lapel of the beauty's clothes.

He smelled the fragrance of the beauty's hair and murmured to himself as if intoxicated.

"If you give birth to Lin'er, I will make our child the prince, so that those who have fought so hard will end up in vain."

Xu Qianqian grabbed his wandering hand.

"Is what the emperor said true?"

"You have no joke"

"Then I have good news to tell you."

Xu Qianqian caressed her belly, lowering her head with gentle eyes.

"Your Majesty, my concubine is already two months pregnant. Do you think she is a boy or a girl?"

The old emperor was shocked.

"Really? Qianqian, are you telling the truth?"

I thought that my health was poor. I often felt out of breath, and even eating, drinking, and defecation were not as comfortable as before.

I never thought that I could actually enlarge a woman's belly.

It seems that I am indeed getting stronger with age.

The old emperor smiled with wrinkles all over his face, and touched Xu Qianqian's belly with his big hands, over and over again, but it was never enough.

"good"

"good"
Chapter completed!