Chapter 60 Chapter 60 29 (End)

Qi Ruiyi hadn't been this happy since his mother's death, but today he was clearly delighted. A warm smile graced his face, making the ministers suspect he had been possessed.

Of course, this also shows how much their emperor cares about this queen.

It was only then that the ministers came to their senses and realized that the new emperor hadn't been merciful in letting the Bai family off the hook. Perhaps it was all for the queen's sake...

As for the Bai family's misfortune, where exactly the Empress had ended up, and how she met the Emperor, anyone with a bit of common sense would know that this was probably not something they could be curious about, much less control. After all, the Emperor had no intention of consulting them before appointing the Empress.

However, some people wanted to investigate Ruoruo's experience and make a fuss about this incident to prove that Ruoruo was not worthy of the position of queen. However, their claws were chopped off before they could even stretch out their hands, and they were severely punished by Qi Ruiyi.

Therefore, at today's wedding, no one dared to express any other ideas. Whoever took the lead would suffer misfortune. The ministers all hoped that others would take the lead, but no one dared to say anything.

The wedding was so grand that the whole of Kyoto was celebrating. However, the bride had very little to do. Ruoruo sat in the sedan chair throughout the whole process, and she was carried into the palace in a grand manner. The sedan chair only landed at the palace where the emperor lived.

Qi Ruiyi was reluctant to let her walk a long way. Anyway, he could be said to have the final say now, so he went over the procedures with the Ministry of Rites again and again, for fear that the wedding would tire Ruo Ruo.

After all, he and Ruoruo were the protagonists of this wedding, so the most important thing was of course their feelings. What good would it do to make Ruoruo feel hungry, tired, or uncomfortable, even if it looked good on the surface? He could not wrong anyone, but he could not wrong his queen.

The etiquette and rules might be important, but in Qi Ruiyi's eyes, Ruo Ruo's feelings were more important. Besides, he hadn't changed much; he had only requested minor changes.

Of course, these small things were not insignificant in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but the previous emperor had done more outrageous things before. Those who dared to directly resist would have retired to their hometowns or fought for land with their heads cut off.

Prime Minister Qi can be considered a sensible man, but in this matter, this sensible man seems to be even more confused.

Anyway, those who could object did not object. Instead, they were overly active in checking and finalizing the process, as if they were afraid of the slightest accident. The rest did not dare to object directly. In the end, everything was done according to the emperor's wishes. It can be said that this was the most "unconventional" wedding in history.

The actual ceremony of conferring the empress and worshipping the ancestors was also postponed to seven days later. If it were not for the officials from the Ministry of Rites who cried and insisted, I am afraid that their emperor would have split such a short process into several days.

This led some ministers to speculate that the empress was a dying woman, otherwise how could she be so fragile and unable to endure even the slightest hardship? After all, even the emperor had to wake up early to attend court! It turned out to be just a ceremony to crown the empress and pay homage to the ancestors, a matter of just a few hours, and yet the emperor had to argue endlessly with the Ministry of Rites over such a trivial matter, sometimes complaining that the time was too early, sometimes complaining that the process was too long and meaningless.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were confused. Hadn't so many empresses in the past been through this? Why couldn't it work this time?

From now on, when concubines enter the harem, won’t they have to wait for several hours before paying their respects?

But the Ministry of Rites insisted, and Qi Ruiyi insisted even more. He married Ruoruo out of love and care, not to abuse or torture her. As an emperor, it was fine for him to respect these rituals, after all, it was also to maintain his imperial power. But how could the empress he had finally married endure such hardship? If he had to make Ruoruo abide by this and that rule all day long, he might as well not marry her at all! And save herself from this grievance.

Of course, the most important thing is that some rules are designed to suppress women, otherwise he wouldn't be so opposed. He knew that this was also a means to protect men's rights, but when he thought about using this method on Ruo Ruo, Qi Ruiyi felt wronged.

His queen was so good, why should she be inferior to others for no reason? Thinking of all the grievances Ruo Ruo had suffered in the past, many of which were due to the gender gap, Qi Ruiyi felt that such a rule that suppressed women did not seem so necessary.

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Qi Ruiyi quickly entered the bridal chamber. After all, this was the moment he was most looking forward to. Naturally, making a fuss in the bridal chamber was forbidden. Who was he? He was the emperor, and he married the empress. How could he allow others to make a fuss in the bridal chamber? He simply couldn't accept it.

The queen belongs to him alone, and no one can disturb her.

After he carefully lifted the veil and drank the wedding wine, he made no secret of his desire.

She was so beautiful. Every time he saw Ruoruo, Qi Ruiyi would exclaim in admiration from the bottom of his heart. And no matter what Ruoruo did, her every move was so touching.

When he held her in his arms, he finally felt at ease.

During this period of time, he woke up from dreams countless times, dreaming that Ruoruo left him, and he also thought of abducting Ruoruo and hiding her in the palace countless times, but he couldn't.

He is not a gentleman, nor does he have any bottom line or upright means. He is just afraid that Ruoruo will be unhappy.

He could see that there was no deep love for him in Ruoruo's eyes, at most it was just a hint of liking and habit. He was also very greedy, he wished that Ruoruo's eyes and heart were all about him, but he also believed that there was a long way to go, and he would be able to impress Ruoruo one day.

The little girl has suffered so much hurt, isn't it a kind of protection for herself not to fall in love with someone easily?

However, all his restraint and rationality turned to ashes when Ruoruo sat in front of him wearing a phoenix wedding gown.

At this moment, Qi Ruiyi felt that he was worthy of being a brother of Qi Ruifeng. Despicable and unscrupulous thoughts kept popping up in his mind. On the surface, he pretended to be a decent person, but in fact, he had rehearsed the scene of stripping clothes thousands of times in his mind.

While Qi Ruiyi was spitting on himself, he asked everyone except the queen to leave quickly. He could help remove the makeup and clothes... he could also take them off for the queen himself.

The maids and nannies had been stunned the moment the emperor lifted the veil. They must have seen a lot of things, especially the nanny standing aside. She had been in the palace for more than 30 years. When it came to beauties, she had seen all kinds of them.

The late emperor had a fondness for beauty, even until his death. And yet, there were new beauties entering the palace! Ladies from wealthy families, beautiful girls from humble backgrounds, gorgeous, dignified, and charming... but no one in memory could compare to the Empress's beauty. When she looked up, this old maid, who had dreamed of leaving the palace to enjoy a life of luxury, suddenly felt like she could serve in the palace for another twenty years. No! She wanted to serve until her death.

Not to mention the young palace maids, some of the timid ones quickly lowered their heads after taking a look, while some of the bolder ones even stared straight at the Empress, unwilling to look away.

So when the emperor asked them to leave, everyone left reluctantly.

Although they used to be eager for their master to let them leave and rest, now they are really willing to serve!

Even the palace maids who were supposed to keep watch were surrounded as soon as they went out. Each of them was eager to help keep watch, and quietly but urgently requested that they be allowed to do the watch this time.

"Alright, alright. Since we are all serving in Qianyuan Palace, one day won't make a difference. It's only a matter of time before we serve the master. Let's all go back and rest now so that we can better serve the Empress tomorrow."

"But this Qianyuan Palace is the emperor's bedroom after all...what if..." A little palace maid said in confusion.

The nanny glanced over and saw that it was Tao Qing, the usually most cautious maid. This young maid used to say as little as possible, believing that speaking too much would lead to mistakes, and that keeping a low profile was the safest option, fearing punishment for any mistakes she made. But now, why had she refused to keep her mouth shut?

Haha, a bunch of girls who have never seen the world!

"Alright, don't worry. The other palaces haven't been cleaned out yet. The Emperor obviously cares about the Empress, but he hasn't ordered anyone to clean up the other palaces. Instead, he's remodeled Qianyuan Palace over and over again, and he just recently transferred us here. Doesn't that explain the problem?"

Having said that, after the group of young palace maids were fooled away, Nanny Wang straightened her clothes and stood at the door with the maid on duty, waiting very naturally. The maid on duty was stunned and curled her lips privately where Nanny couldn't see.

Qi Ruiyi didn't know and didn't care about the open and secret struggles outside. He had already started to touch Ruoruo while holding her.

But since he had never experienced this before, he actually made a fool of himself the first time. How could he accept this? He immediately started to do it again, wishing he could drown himself in Ruo Ruo.

In the beginning, he was still concerned about Ruoruo's feelings and kept coaxing her, but later he no longer cared about anything. He was like a beast that had been hungry for more than ten years. In the candlelight, he looked so ferocious that he wanted to devour the baby under him.

Ruoruo had never experienced such a thing. She had read many storybooks, but the descriptions in the storybooks were brief and completely different from the actual situation. It was the first time she started to curse someone, and she used all the bad words she knew.

But he didn't know which word touched Qi Ruiyi's sensitive point, making him unable to stop. While moving, he also coaxed her to call him husband.

"Asshole, stop it! Go away! Wuuwuwu~"

"Good girl Ruoruo, just call me husband and I will listen to you." He breathed heavily and spoke intermittently. Ruoruo ignored him, so he kept talking.

In the end, Ruoruo cried out softly, but the man said his voice was too soft and he couldn't hear it.

When Ruo Ruo tried to speak loudly to him, she found that this man had no intention of letting her speak successfully. His lips moved closer to hers, and then his movements were so rapid that she couldn't even utter a word.

She felt very wronged. This person bullying her was even more hateful than not letting her have enough food to eat. Subconsciously, she acted more pitifully, hoping that he would have mercy on her and let her go.

But little did she know that the more she did this, the more Qi Ruiyi couldn't help himself.

Nan Xu taught Ruoruo how to show her pitifulness, but forgot to mention that this was absolutely not allowed in this situation.

At first, he'd naturally intended to teach her about this, but every time he saw Ruoruo's clear eyes, how could he bear to defile her? Over time, he'd given up. So much so that this "disciple" still thought he could gain sympathy by reddening his eyes and biting his lip, about to cry.

Ruoruo is not stupid, but she doesn't understand the mind of a man in bed. She really thinks Qi Ruiyi is a gentleman who is very considerate to her. However, his true nature was revealed on the first day after she married into the palace.

In fact, she might not have been that uncomfortable at certain times, but this man's sudden change of face made her a little uncomfortable. In addition, for a long time he was chewing and licking like a dog, which was simply... simply too much!

But sometimes she was really in pain, and she was not someone who would endure grievances. After finding that being humble didn't work, she showed her claws. Qi Ruiyi hurt her, so she pinched him tightly, insisting that they should feel the pain together. Unfortunately, this man seemed to have no feeling. Not to mention crying out in pain, he became obviously more excited.

After finally finishing the commotion, Ruoruo was already feeling groggy and almost fell asleep.

Qi Ruiyi felt that he had tried his best to control himself and was about to do it again with great enthusiasm, but he found that Ruoruo was in a pitiful state. Only then did he feel guilty.

In the end, he could only suppress his desire and call for water, not daring to make any more trouble, otherwise he was afraid that Ruoruo would ignore him tomorrow.

Only by enduring what ordinary people cannot endure can you obtain what ordinary people cannot obtain.

But when he personally helped Ruoruo clean, he couldn't help himself. It took him an hour to clean, changing the water five times before he could barely finish.

The proper sleeping posture that I was taught in the past seemed to have been eaten by a dog. I held Ruoruo and looked at her for a long time before I fell asleep contentedly.

The maids and servants who had been looking forward to going in to serve were completely speechless. The Emperor was too protective! He did everything himself. They were useless except changing the water. Their desire to see the Empress was completely gone. Whenever they came in, the Empress was covered tightly. Even when she was soaking in the water, her face was covered tightly by the Emperor.

As for seeing the emperor, they were even more afraid. Everyone knew that a palace maid who tried to climb into his bed was not only beaten to death with sticks, but also her family was implicated.

Not to mention that the Empress is so beautiful. Now that she has entered the palace, anyone with eyes would not be interested in palace maids like them after marrying the Empress...

When Ruoruo woke up the next day, it was already noon. Qi Ruiyi was not in the imperial study to handle state affairs. Instead, he moved all his things to the side room of Qianyuan Hall. As soon as he heard the noise coming from Ruoruo, he rushed over immediately.

"No need to come in, I'm here." He stopped the palace maids from entering and instead helped Ruoruo dress herself.

The young palace maids, who had regained their expectations, were disappointed once again. They were supposed to serve the Empress.

Three days after the wedding, the emperor hosted a banquet for the queen's family. Many members of the Bai family came, but Luo Baiying and Bai Yunmeng were naturally unlikely to appear at such an occasion.

When these two people learned that Ruoruo had become the queen, they were naturally angrier than each other.

Luo Baiying didn't feel that she had done anything wrong to Ruoruo. Instead, she became more convinced that Ruoruo was her nemesis. Otherwise, how could she have recovered? She would have been forced to become a nun! However, she kept cursing. Bai Ruoruo had become the queen, but she didn't even bother to help her mother who was still suffering in the nunnery.

Bai Yunmeng was even more unwilling to believe this news.

She had fallen to this point, and yet Bai Ruoruo, that useless, timid little bitch, had become the empress? Did she even know what it meant to be the mother of the country? Did she know how to be a qualified empress? Did she even know how to manage a harem?

She knows nothing and can do nothing. How can she be worthy of being the queen?

But they were the only two who felt resentful and dissatisfied. Every member of the Bai family was extremely happy. After all, who wouldn't be happy if a queen, especially one who was so doted on, came out of their family?

However, Qi Sijin and Bai Jing were actually a little sad. After all, Ruoruo had entered the palace, and it would be difficult for them to see her again in the future.

After the banquet, Ruoruo resumed her life of staying at home. If it were in the days before she got married, she would have been very comfortable. But now that she has entered the palace, things are different. She can do things even without leaving the house.

She wanted to kick Qi Ruiyi out and stay alone, but this man was shameless, especially after the wedding, he was completely different from the polite man he used to be.

Knowing that Ruoruo was fascinated by dialogue books, he got some rare and embarrassing dialogue books from somewhere. He hugged Ruoruo and read them to her in her ear.

When I read some passages, I would follow the contents of the book and learn from them regardless of day or night.

His voice was pleasant to the core, and he also read it with a rather scheming and seductive tone. Who could possibly stand this? Ruo Ruo felt like she was being driven crazy by him.

Why should I read a storybook alone? Isn't it because I won't be disturbed and won't mind reading certain parts?

But Qi Ruiyi was so surprised. After this incident, Ruoruo never dared to take out the book to read when he was around. She only dared to take it out and read it alone for a while when he was dealing with state affairs.

As for why she didn't start looking when he was in court, it was naturally because Ruoruo was still unable to wake up at that time.

Although the Empress was supposed to be in charge of the palace's internal affairs, Qi Ruiyi had to say that if the Empress had to work on everything, what were the maids and eunuchs doing? In the past, it was actually managed by several people working together to check and balance each other. After he ascended the throne, he was somewhat more clear-headed than the previous emperor. He investigated and punished some of those who had misbehaved, and reassigned some people. It can be said that now those maids and eunuchs are as honest as they can be.

The new emperor had lived outside the palace before, and he knew a lot about what was going on outside the palace. He knew exactly how much silver each item cost. He was a very strict person, and anyone who dared to fool him would end up in a bad way. So those eunuchs and palace maids dared not do anything.

Money is good, but you have to be alive to spend it. Besides, few people who can help their master handle palace affairs are fools.

I originally thought that it might be easier to fool people once there was a queen in the palace, but I never expected that this queen was not a pushover either. With so many account books in front of her, she could tell which one was right or wrong with just a few glances.

Then, without pointing out the problem, he simply handed the problematic account book to the emperor.

What makes people feel even more helpless is that she will send people to check whether there is any shortage of quota in each palace this month. If there is, she will naturally hold people accountable.

Although it is said that too clear water has no fish, these palace maids and eunuchs are nothing more than slaves in the final analysis. They can only do things if they are favored by their masters. If they are not favored by their masters, their lives will be the least valuable.

Moreover, as for the word "greed", if it is a small thing, it will sooner or later lead to a big thing. If the small greed is not punished, people will always be unable to resist and commit a big thing.

So after discovering that the masters in the palace would not even tolerate petty greed, they completely gave in. Actually, their salaries were not low, but if there was no one to restrain them, who would complain about having too much money?

It's not that they haven't thought about joining other masters. If they were in the harem of the late emperor, and this master didn't give them extra benefits, they would just work for others. After all, there were countless concubines fighting fiercely. One was out of favor today, and another was in power tomorrow. No matter who it was, they had to give them some face.

But now it is completely different. There are only two proper masters in the palace, and they have a very good relationship with each other. Let alone being domineering, they are lucky to be able to show up in front of the emperor or the queen.

It was not until the ceremony of conferring the title of Empress that Ruo Ruo actually appeared before the civil and military officials. It was only then that these officials understood why their emperor had gone to such lengths.

How could this be the sickly girl they'd suspected before? This was a goddess descending to earth! If Ruoruo were more charming, perhaps someone would accuse her of being a demon, but Ruoruo looked so innocent and pitiful, how could she be a demon? How could there be such a harmless demon!

And no matter how hard-hearted they are, they can't do anything harmful to the Queen!

Some of the younger scholars and ministers even felt that even if the Empress was a man-eating demon, they would be willing to have their hearts and lungs ripped out. Even if they could just get a glance from the Empress, it would be worth dying for.

Even now they can only see it from afar, and they still feel satisfied.

Qi Xunjing stood at the head of the civil officials, so he could naturally see more clearly. He seemed to have regained his former appearance, the fair and upright Prime Minister. However, only he himself knew what kind of storm was stirring in his heart.

But he has no regrets, and there is nothing to regret. Even if he had to do it again, he might still make the same choice, but he would work harder to get ahead of Murong Bo and the emperor.

But many things are not just differences in time, Qi Xunjing clearly understands this.

Qi Ruiyi naturally noticed the ministers' gazes. He became extremely serious and tried hard to block his queen, wishing that these people could not even see her.

Fortunately, he had reduced the time Ruoruo had to stand here early on, so even if the group of people below wanted to watch, they didn't have many chances.

Some ministers who had daughters of marriageable age were already heartbroken. Many of them wanted to send their daughters to the palace.

After all, the current emperor is good in every way. If he sends his daughter to the palace to be a concubine, even if she is not the queen, maybe he can give birth to the next emperor?

You have to know that the current emperor was not born to the empress. The late emperor's empress died early and was never canonized again. Before seeing the empress, they had the same hope that this empress would be similar to the late emperor's empress.

But after meeting the queen, no one dared to have such thoughts.

With such a beautiful appearance, if they were the emperor and the queen was around, they would never favor anyone else! Even if the queen was gone, with such a stunning fairy in the past, it would be difficult for anyone else to live in their hearts.

At this point, most of the ministers completely gave up the idea of ​​sending their daughters to the palace. With such a queen, why would they send their daughters to the palace? Although most of them didn't love their daughters that much, they wouldn't force them into the palace under such circumstances. Wouldn't that be deliberately harming their own daughters?

Therefore, Qi Ruiyi's harem always had only Ruoruo, and the ministers did not dare to mention the selection of concubines. Qi Ruiyi would not mention it either.

He wished that there was only Ruoruo in the harem, and he didn't even want the eunuchs and palace maids to get too close to Ruoruo. If a concubine was selected into the harem through the selection, not to mention whether the harem would be as chaotic as during the previous emperor's time, and whether Ruoruo would be harmed, he just couldn't accept the fact that she would have to accept greetings every day.

Besides, it was not easy for him to marry Ruoruo, so how could anyone else come between them? What if Ruoruo got sad and ignored him?

Who stipulated that the emperor must have three palaces and six courtyards? Wouldn't it be better to use the money saved on other things that needed it more? He already felt that he couldn't give the queen all the best things if he only supported her. If he had to support others, wouldn't that further reduce Ruo Ruo's share?

Moreover, he was willing to marry the queen only because he happened to meet Ruoruo. Otherwise, it is hard to say whether he would have married.

Anyway, he had never thought about having three wives and four concubines before, and he had never thought about it after meeting Ruoruo.

However, although the ministers did not dare to mention the selection of concubines, they paid close attention to the issue of the royal heir. After all, this was the foundation of the country. If the emperor had no son, problems would probably arise sooner or later.

But Qi Ruiyi was not in a hurry at all. After all, he didn't want anyone to disturb his and Ruo Ruo's life.

Moreover, the imperial physician had also said that Ruoruo had been in poor health in her early years and needed to be taken good care of. Under such circumstances, how could he possibly let Ruoruo take the risk of getting pregnant and having a child? Even if there really was no heir in the end, he could just adopt a brother's child!

You have to know that among his brothers, except for the fourth brother who lives an extremely miserable life, the eighth brother is still working in the court. There are also several brothers who were killed in the struggle and unable to have children. After losing the fight for the throne, the others can only stay at home and have children all day. As for those so-called legitimate sons and illegitimate sons, to be honest, Qi Ruiyi doesn't even know how many nephews he has now.

He was also happy to see this scene. After all, except for the unambitious Old Eight, all his brothers were unwilling to be inferior to others. Since they could not contribute to the country, they might as well stay at home and have children.

He would take all his children to the academy until they were six years old to be educated, with the intention of nurturing future generations of scholars. Of course, in his mind, the next emperor could also come from one of these academies.

The fourth brother is a special case. After all, it is a fact that he rebelled and coup d'état, so naturally he could not be treated the same as others.

Moreover, although none of the brothers had a good relationship with each other, the fourth brother's was particularly bad. After he ascended the throne, before he had time to do anything to him, the others were already eager to hire people to "take care" of the fourth brother.

Even if the other brothers are busy with their own affairs, they will definitely want the fourth brother to live worse than them.

Qi Ruiyi could also clearly see Ruo Ruo's dislike for the fourth child. Although he didn't know the reason, since his queen didn't like him, he, as her husband, naturally had to add fuel to the fire.

Therefore, Qi Ruifeng's life was particularly difficult. He was already the most arrogant person, but he was not only imprisoned, but he couldn't even get enough food. Even... even the place where he was imprisoned had two beggars sent in from nowhere. They were dirty and smelly, but they were also very shameless. They treated him... with extreme insults.

Qi Ruifeng had no idea where the two of them came from, until Lao Ba appeared in the place where he was imprisoned.

"Why? Why are you doing this? We are brothers!" Qi Ruifeng couldn't believe how respectful the two beggars were to Lao Ba.

Qi Ruiqing looked at him like this and felt both extremely hateful and extremely happy.

He probably forgot that he had harmed his cousin.

He was afraid of further entanglement with his maternal family, so he drugged his cousin and defiled her. But he later wanted to take her as a concubine, because he felt that he had completely controlled her and was unwilling to give up the position of the prince's consort.

Qi Ruiqing still couldn't figure out how a person could be born so disgusting.

How could his cousin possibly be his concubine? She wouldn't even want to be his principal wife, let alone a concubine. It was simply because she and her had been childhood sweethearts, already secretly engaged, and were just waiting for him to ask the Emperor for her hand in marriage. And so, this happened.

If it were just that, it would be fine. He simply loved his cousin. Not to mention that she had just been framed and lost her virginity, even if she had become a widow after getting married, he would still be happy to marry her. Because since he was a child, no matter what he encountered, his cousin was always there to comfort him. He had long been inseparable from his cousin.

And at that time he did make a choice immediately. He held his cousin tightly and would not let go, not allowing her to do anything stupid. He comforted her over and over again without getting tired of it. And the first thing he did after leaving his maternal grandparents' home was to ask his father for permission to grant them marriage.

Everything seemed to be getting better, but in the end, it was ruined by Qi Ruifeng, his good fourth brother. He spread the news that his cousin had been defiled, and then lured him away, forcing people to publicly examine his cousin's innocence in the name of protecting the royal family.

Didn't he know exactly how his cousin had lost her innocence? Yet, he was determined to force her to death. Not only his cousin, but also his maternal grandfather's family, were slaughtered for deceiving the emperor. When he arrived, all that was left was a pool of blood.

He was telling everyone the consequences of opposing him, but I had never thought of opposing him in the first place! I just wanted to marry my cousin and then bring her to honor my uncle and grandfather.

He was never happy in the palace, and his maternal grandfather's home was his only real home.

But since that day, his home was gone, and Qi Ruifeng only received a few scoldings.

How unfair this world is! If he had a choice, he wouldn't be willing to be the worthless Eighth Prince! He's even less willing to be brothers with Qi Ruifeng.

But retribution will come eventually. Now that Qi Ruifeng has fallen to this point, I must make him suffer neither the consequences nor the consequences.

"Next month, I want to see him barking like a dog and lying on the ground to snatch food from dogs." Qi Ruiqing said nonchalantly.

Since Qi Ruifeng doesn't remember the death of his cousin and his maternal grandfather's family, please remember him as your younger brother.

There is a long way to go, and he will devote all his greatest energy in this life to him.

"How dare you? I'm a member of the royal family. If this gets out, it will bring shame to the royal family!"

Qi Ruiqing raised an eyebrow. "Fourth brother, don't worry. It won't get out. Besides, how can I dare to come here so blatantly without the new emperor's approval? Maybe you can even perform a show for Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law in the future. You must practice hard and don't let your younger brother down."

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Five years after their marriage, Ruoruo finally became pregnant.

Qi Ruiyi was upset. He was clearly still taking medicine, so how could his queen still be pregnant?

It has only been five years, and I don't know if Ruoruo's health has fully recovered. I heard that childbirth can cause harm to a woman's body. Qi Ruiyi was really worried and directly asked someone to call all the doctors on duty in the Imperial Hospital.

It was not until the imperial physician assured her that the empress's health was no different from that of a normal person and that abortion would harm the body that Qi Ruiyi reluctantly gave up the idea of ​​not having the child.

I just hope that this child can be more obedient and that Ruoruo won't suffer too much.

Perhaps it was because the heavens heard his plea, but the child in Ruoruo's belly was incredibly well-behaved, and she didn't suffer much during the ten months of pregnancy. However, Qi Ruiyi had lost a lot of weight, and he was always worried that something might happen to Ruoruo.

He wasn't afraid, of course. Aren't there many girls who died in childbirth these days? He was selfish and would rather not have a child than risk Ruo Ruo.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. It was not until Ruoruo finished her confinement that he finally breathed a sigh of relief and remembered to go see his chubby son.

Although Qi Ruiyi was a little disappointed that his daughter was not like Ruoruo, he thought it didn't matter. After all, he could finally shut up the gossips of the people and save some elderly ministers from being afraid to die every day, thinking that there was no one to succeed Daling.

But he did not immediately appoint the fat boy as the crown prince because only when he ascended the throne would he realize that the throne was not as good as others thought.

Rather than leaving a burden on his son, he hoped that his son could make his own choice.

However, what surprised him was that after his son grew up, he was determined to become a wise ruler. Unlike him who was forced to do it, Qi Chengxi really liked it and was really capable.

All of his cousins, who were much older than him, were extremely convinced of him. After only one year in school, Qi Ruiyi's nephews had already begun to subtly regard Qi Chengxi as their leader.

As for the Bai family, during the past few years, Bai Jing and Qi Sijin also gave birth to another child, still a little girl. Bai Jing and Qi Sijin did not feel lost at all, but were extremely happy.

This little girl was born in a happy and harmonious family with a strict mother and a loving father, both of whom accompanied her growth.

But the little girl also has her own troubles. She seems to have an older sister whom she has never met. Every time her father mentions her sister, he will say that he owes her, while her mother will praise her to the heavens and earth. This makes her extremely curious, but she has never seen her.

Although her mother said that her sister had hugged her before, she didn't remember it, so she really wanted to see her sister again.

However, this idea lasted for a long time until one day, the lovely girl was dressed up carefully by her mother and taken to a place much bigger than their home, where she met a fairy sister - that was her biological sister, the Queen.

Then she looked at her mother beside her, and thought about her father's appearance in her mind, and she realized that she had discovered the truth.

Her sister must have been stolen to their house, otherwise why wouldn't she live with them and why would it take so long to see them? Although her mother was the most beautiful in the world, after seeing her sister, she felt that no matter how beautiful she was, she couldn't give birth to a sister like this.

She is prettier than all her friends' brothers and sisters.

From then on, the little girl had a goal in her heart, which was to live with her sister.

But before she had the chance to work hard for this goal, her beautiful sister left Kyoto!

For the little girl, the sky fell in an instant.

In her mind, she was already far enough away from the Bai Mansion, but her mother said that her sister had gone to an even farther place. The little girl couldn't stop crying.

That's right, after Qi Ruiyi discovered that his son was capable of standing on his own, he took Ruoruo on a boat to Nanhang, leaving only a letter for Qi Chengxi to explain and tell him not to worry.

Anyway, it would be either the Crown Prince acting as Regent or the Crown Prince ascending the throne directly. Qi Ruiyi made it clear in the letter that he did not care and left both imperial edicts, letting the Crown Prince choose whatever he wanted.

He is so old now, of course he should spend more time with Ruoruo while he is still alive.

As for the Crown Prince, he really enjoys handling state affairs, not to mention Prime Minister Qi! He and the Crown Prince have a master-disciple relationship, so even if the Crown Prince still doesn't understand something, he will help.

[Character: The Second Miss of the General's Mansion

Mission 1: Survive (Complete) +1000 points

Mission 2: Prevent the General's Mansion from being executed (Complete) +2000 points

Hidden Mission: Got What You Deserve (Complete) +2000 Points

Because the host selected the second type of mode: sealing the tasker's memory, and integrating the original body's subsequent experience with the prompt, the points are tripled, for a total of 15,000 points.