"Do you need some prescription to help me stay pregnant?"

"No need. All medicines are poisonous. Your body doesn't need these."

After a pause, he continued,

"If you are worried, we can prescribe a milder nourishing prescription. From now on, just maintain a normal diet and daily habits, and take the tonic we prescribed on time to ensure the safety of mother and child."

After hearing the diagnosis results from the imperial doctors, Song Hanchuan's heart finally settled down.

He nodded repeatedly in thanks and personally escorted the doctors out.

After everyone left, he turned around and went back into the room, staying by Liu Zhiyi's side without leaving.

They served rice, soup, tea and water.

He didn't leave the room and go to the study until Liu Zhiyi had lunch and went to take a nap.

He opened the dark room and came to Pei Yunchu again, and couldn't wait to announce to him the good news that Liu Zhiyi was pregnant.

He carefully admired the shock, despair, and disbelief in his eyes. In the end, the last glimmer in his eyes disappeared, and he raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

He strode out of the dark room.

"Send him back to the Marquis' Mansion."

"Sir, my lady is pregnant. What if he goes crazy after going out and does something harmful to her?"

Song Hanchuan shook his head firmly.

"Don't worry, he won't."

Pei Yunchu is not a bad person. He only has a possessive desire for Liu Zhiyi and has no intention of harming her.

For a long time, the only person he wanted was Liu Zhiyi. The reason why he was so stubborn was that he was unwilling to see the beauty leave him completely.

On the one hand, he always believed that Liu Zhiyi was deceived into following Song Hanchuan, and would regret it one day.

When he discovered that Song Hanchuan and Liu Zhiyi were truly in love, he felt that Song Hanchuan was inhumane and could not allow Liu Zhiyi to have children. Liu Zhiyi would regret it sooner or later, so he thought of that extreme method.

He wanted to win back Liu Zhiyi's heart by having sex in bed.

Now, Song Hanchuan told him with facts that his wish would not come true, and he completely gave up.

He guessed right.

As soon as Pei Yunchu returned home, he dragged his sick body to ask someone to find out whether Liu Zhiyi was pregnant or not.

It turned out that Song Hanchuan did not lie to him.

There are more than twenty imperial doctors, and it is impossible for him to bribe them all.

"Hahahaha... He really spent a lot of money to stop me from thinking about it. So many imperial doctors, even the nobles in the palace, wouldn't dare to show off like this."

As Pei Yunchu smiled, the corners of his eyes became moist and a tear slid down from the corner of his eye.

But he wiped it away quickly.

"General, are you... okay?"

"Get ready and go to the border tomorrow."

The next morning at court, Jiang Xuanyan suddenly received a memorial from Pei Yunchu, in which he requested to guard the border and never return to the capital.

He didn't even wait for Jiang Xuanyan's consent, because at this time, he had already set out for the border alone.

Jiang Xuanyan sighed and agreed in a deep voice.

When the Marquis' wife heard the news, she fainted from crying.

In order to appease him, Jiang Xuanyan gave him a lot of gold, silver and fertile land, and conferred the title of King of Zhenbei on Pei Yunchu, which was hereditary.

Five years later, the country was peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

At the same time, it also became the strongest country on this continent. Liu Zhiyi gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and his official position was promoted again and again. He was now at the same level as Song Hanchuan.

At that time, the prince was twelve years old and officially took over the government.

At this moment, Jiang Xuanyan disappeared.

When Liu Zhiyi and Song Hanchuan found him, he had already committed suicide in the courtyard where Shen Ningzhu lived.

He lay on their old bed with a smile on his face, and passed away peacefully.

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