Chapter 194 The Heir Apparent of the Earl's Mansion 17

After the imperial physician left, he began to discuss with Ning Yan: "I plan to enfeoff you as a prince of a different surname, so that if we have any children in the future, they can inherit the throne. What do you think?"

He had previously considered bestowing the title of Duke upon the Marquis of Cheng'an, since he had taken the man's son and it was only right to give him some benefits, and the Duke's position would eventually belong to him.

Now let's just go straight to the point and make Yan'er a prince. His woman should be the empress; a mere prince is beneath her.

"Becoming a king is easy, but what are the reasons?"

"You don't need to worry about that, I will take care of everything."

It's time to put those spies planted by the officials in the palace to good use!

That evening, Xiao Li instructed Sixi to prepare a lot of women's clothing and maternity wear, as well as many beautiful pieces of jewelry. Ning Yan couldn't wear them outside, but she could wear them specifically for him.

Whenever Ning Yan puts on women's clothing, Xiao Li can't control himself, and the two of them will spend a wonderful night together.

In the blink of an eye, Ning Yan was almost five months pregnant. Because she was carrying twins, her belly was quite big. Fortunately, the clothes she wore were specially made, black, so they didn't make her look fat. In addition, she didn't have to attend court and usually stayed in the Holy Palace and Yang Palace after entering the palace, so no one had noticed the changes in her body.

However, it can't be hidden for long.

That night, the emperor was assassinated again. A large group of men in black suddenly appeared at Yangji Palace. General Ning was seriously injured while saving the emperor. Fortunately, all the assassins were killed, and the emperor was unharmed.

Two days later, General Ning was saved by the imperial physician. The emperor was grateful that he had shielded him from the knife in the moment of crisis, so he directly conferred upon General Ning the title of Prince Ning, granting him the treatment of a prince, with the title to be hereditary!

In addition, he also bestowed a large amount of gold and silver jewelry upon Ning Yan, and gave her the original Mu Prince's Mansion to be used as Ning Prince's Mansion!

Why were other mansions not rewarded, but the Mu family's mansion was?

Because the Prince Mu's Mansion is the closest and largest mansion to the palace, and it has an underground passage connecting it to the palace, the entire journey from the palace entrance to the mansion takes no more than 15 minutes, which is very convenient.

Little was known about this secret passage, and Xiao Li felt quite at ease using it to meet Ning Yan.

There were objections in the court, after all, princes were allowed to maintain their own guards. If a prince enjoyed the same treatment as a prince, he could maintain three thousand guards. Three thousand guards was no small number. If Prince Ning wanted to rebel, he could take over the entire palace with just three thousand guards.

It seems the Emperor has become somewhat delusional by Ning Yan's charm. Isn't he just asking for trouble?

But they dared not utter a sound.

The night before, several corpses had been delivered to our house!

Those people were all people they had placed in the palace. Regardless of whether they did anything or not, once the emperor found out about them, and investigated further, they would all face confiscation of their property and exile!

Therefore, Ning Yan's investiture as a princess was passed peacefully and without incident.

It must be said that when Xiao Li makes a move, it is absolutely guaranteed to hit!

It also implies a willingness to use any means necessary to achieve one's goals.

Moreover, he often thinks three steps ahead before taking a single step. If such a person were born in a chaotic era, he would definitely be a great hero!

Of course, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should have no problem being a ruler who maintains the status quo.

The original Prince Mu's Mansion was well-built and ready to move into after a quick cleaning. However, the title of the Earl of Cheng'an's Mansion was still retained. After discussing it, the Ning family decided to leave the old lady and the old Earl here and move everyone else to the Prince's Mansion.

Ning Yan's conferment of the title of Prince made the officials in the capital realize the Emperor's high regard for him. With two princes in one family, they no longer pretended to be polite and sent visiting cards to Ning Yan under the pretext of visiting him in his illness.

However, Ning Yan is currently unable to receive guests, and she cannot remain secluded indefinitely, so it is Lord Ning who is responsible for entertaining these guests.

The area in front of the Prince Ning's mansion was bustling with activity, with carriages and horses constantly passing by.

Half a month later, after he had met with everyone he was supposed to, Prince Ning used the excuse of recuperating to close the gates of his residence and began to refuse visitors again.

In the Prince's Mansion.

Looking at her daughter's big belly, Madam Ning was happy every day. Her daughter's pregnancy was going very well. She didn't have morning sickness or excessive sleepiness. She ate and slept well every day. Although she couldn't go out, the Prince's mansion was large, and her daughter could go anywhere. She wasn't worried about being restricted.

"Mother, leave these small tasks like making clothes to the maids. You'll hurt your eyes if you do it carefully."

“I’m happy even though my eyes are hurt. I never thought I’d be able to hold my grandson so soon. Your father hasn’t sighed in a long time either.”

Her daughter was truly remarkable; she conceived twins in one pregnancy, and the imperial physician even said that both were boys. If she had had her daughter's abilities back then, she wouldn't have had to make her daughter disguise herself as a boy and suffer like this.

Looking at the enormous Prince Ning's mansion, and thinking about her daughter's relationship with the Emperor, she suddenly didn't know whether she should continue complaining!

"Hey, then I'll have a few more kids so Mom can hold them all she wants."

This time, Madam Ning didn't respond. That was a dragon's offspring; how could it be so easy to give birth to one?

She's enough for me!

Leisurely days pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for Ning Yan to give birth. Ever since she pretended to be injured, the Emperor had been making nightly visits to the Ning Prince's residence. That night, he had just entered through the secret passage, and before the two had even exchanged a few words, Ning Yan went into labor.

The midwife and doctor were quickly taken to the main courtyard, and to make it look more convincing, Cuizhu was also taken to the delivery room.

In just over an hour, Ning Yan gave birth to twins.

Coincidentally, the elder twin looks exactly like Xiao Li, while the younger twin has the same face as Ning Yan. If the two children were placed together, it would be impossible to tell that they are twins.

Xiao Li's eyes reddened as he excitedly hugged the two children. After kissing the children, he kissed Ning Yan for a long while.

Ning Yan tried to push him away several times but couldn't, which made her so angry that she almost cursed, "I just gave birth, and I smell of sweat and blood all over my body. Aren't you disgusted?!"

"Where is it dirty? Even if it is dirty, it's because you suffered to give birth to my child, I don't mind!"

"Get out, get out! I don't want you! I've given you a son, so you'd better go back to the palace and don't come here for the next few days!"

Xiao Li quickly released the person, "No, how could I not come? I still need to see our child!"

"Then just shut up!"

"Fine, I'll do as you say, okay?"

Lord Ning and his wife, who were outside the door, were a little embarrassed. It turned out that their daughter was like this when she was with the Emperor!

They were worrying for nothing!

The next day, the news of the birth of Prince Ning’s son spread, and many people came to offer their congratulations. A month later, Prince Ning’s mansion held a lively full moon banquet, where the little prince made his official debut. Like Ning Yan, the child was extremely handsome and would surely grow up to be a handsome man!

Three months later, Ning Yan began to attend court formally. At the same time, the Emperor brought a child back from outside the palace and named him Xiao Mingyuan.

The child was placed by the Emperor to be raised by him personally. After the officials saw the little prince, they all had only one thought—the little prince must be the Emperor's biological son, after all, the little prince looked so much like the Emperor.

But they tried several times to find out how the child came to be and who the mother was, but they got no answers.

However, there is one very coincidental thing: the young prince and the illegitimate son of the Prince of Ning were born on the same day.

Naturally, after the young prince turned three, Ning Jinxing became his study companion.

The anode is in the palace.

All the palace servants were sent away.

Only one Si Xi remained.

"Father, eldest brother went to catch bugs again."

Ning Yan lay on her side on the couch, slowly reading a book, "Make sure he holds it tight."

The youngest son was about to cry.

Xiao Li sat next to her, carefully peeling grapes: "Yuan'er is too naughty. She knows her younger brother is afraid of insects, but she still catches insects to scare him."

After peeling it, he casually stuffed it into Ning Yan's mouth.

Ning Yan ate a grape. "The eldest brother's personality is just like yours. I want to discipline him, but you won't let me. Now you're pretending to care about Xing'er."

Xiao Li said sternly, "I'm not pretending, I'm genuinely heartbroken! Xing'er, don't cry, Father will go and talk to your elder brother."

After saying that, he put the grapes back on the plate, got up and walked outside.

Ning Jinxing's expression vanished instantly, replaced by one of watching a show with amusement.

Ning Yan: "You brat, you can't pretend to be afraid of bugs. If you do, your older brother will teach you a lesson."

Ning Jinxing: "Hmph, I'm not afraid at all. It's all because my older brother always tries to steal my father from me."

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