Extra: Emperor Gu Zhao and his seven children

Gu Yi is Gu Zhao's first prince, the eldest son, and the child he had when he was 35 years old.

Gu Zhao was 34 years old when he met his little peony. By the time it blossomed and bore fruit, Gu Zhao was already 35 years old. In all dynasties, emperors were on average 50 years old. An emperor of Gu Zhao's age had one foot in the earth.

But he's so old, and his prince is only one year old! It really makes people want to live longer.

Gu Zhao is sixteen years older than Song Niannian.

He was on the battlefield, killing enemies, while Song Niannian was still in the womb of the concubine in the Prime Minister's Mansion, not yet born...

Thinking of this, Gu Zhao felt a bit shameless.

But military generals are naturally thick-skinned. Gu Zhao can privately call Prime Minister Song, who is of the same age as him, "father-in-law"!

When Song Xi was young, he was an expert at pretending to be noble and cunning.

Now, the legitimate daughter was exiled to the imperial mausoleum, the prime minister was demoted, and the position became a sinecure in the Imperial College. When he saw Gu Zhao, he remembered it and asked Song Niannian a few questions:

How is Gu Yi? How is Song Niannian?

The third girl is weak and can dance on her palms, but she is young, so Gu Zhao should not bully her!

Gu Zhao replied yes, yes, yes, but turned around and couldn't help thinking: belated fatherly love is cheaper than grass...

Back then, he liked everything about Song Niannian and recognized her as his woman at first sight.

It was Prime Minister Song and his men who gave away their legitimate daughter and resorted to palace fighting tactics to disgust Gu Zhao and Song Niannian!

Let’s not talk about the Song Mansion, let’s just talk about that disgusting Gu Jing… If Gu Zhao wasn’t broad-minded enough and thoughtful enough, Song Niannian would have been banished to the cold palace long ago.

Which emperor could tolerate his woman being "suspected" of having a crush on the crown prince? She almost became his concubine! He could!!!

If Song Niannian didn't mention it, he would kill Gu Jing and let the matter go with the wind... although things almost went wrong, cough.

Gu Zhao also saw it:

Song Niannian was tortured by Gu Jing. She was not loved by her father and mother. Before she was with him, she was just a poor little thing.

Pretending to be a docile kitten, but actually has sharp claws!

He didn't care, whether she was a human, a fairy, or a demon, Gu Zhao didn't care. He was the emperor, and all the people in the world were his subjects! In his palace, everything belonged to him!

However, Gu Zhao was troubled by:

It is now widely rumored that Gu Zhao had his eyes on the pregnant Crown Prince's concubine Gu Jing, so he secretly killed Gu Jing, killing the father and keeping the son. Gu Zhao was unable to have children, so in fact, Gu Yi's biological father was Gu Jing!

Gu Zhao: Fuck you, you stinky dog!

The military emperor looked unhappy as if he had eaten the rice field.

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However, the bad times didn't last long.

When Gu Yi was three years old, Song Niannian became pregnant again.

At that time, Gu Zhao was 37 years old.

Song Niannian gave birth to triplets... Her belly wasn't very big, but three babies still looked pretty scary.

Gu Zhao was worried all the way because Song Niannian gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and a little prince.

Let's just say Song Niannian is a fairy! After giving birth to triplets, her figure quickly returned to her pre-birth state, without any traces on her body, and she is still as white, fragrant and soft as a little peony!

How could Gu Zhao be so lucky! He could marry a fairy.

When the triplets grew up, Gu Zhao would have four children! Three princes! One princess!

Thirty-seven years old! So many ministers have become grandfathers, yet Gu Zhao can still make the queen pregnant. How strong is his physical strength!!!

Two years later, Song Niannian became pregnant again.

Gu Zhao is 40 years old this year! It's time to celebrate his birthday!

But beside him was the eldest prince, Gu Yi, and beside Song Niannian were his triplets. According to the imperial physician, Song Niannian was pregnant with three more...

Gu Zhao was always worried, and enjoyed the joy of being a father over and over again!

As long as Song Niannian is willing, he... can do anything!

No matter if she was afraid that he was old and would die before her, or she wanted to have more children to support her.

Or, she loved having children, and Gu Zhao indulged her.

Gu Yi is Gu Zhao's eldest child. Although only nine years old, he has already shown intelligence and composure, just like Gu Zhao.

When Gu Zhao was fifty years old, he retired gloriously!

There was no way. Song Niannian was so young and beautiful. He was fifty years old and she was only thirty-four. He was an old man, but she was still as beautiful as a flower, just with more grace from the years.

If he doesn't take good care of her, when she is completely buried in the earth, who will be the one to take care of her little peony?

It's just so annoying. A bunch of half-grown children are pestering his little peony every day, and he can't squeeze in! The military emperor is going to be angry!

On a dark and windy night, Gu Zhao picked up Song Niannian and ran away. He rode out of the capital at night and took his wife to travel around the mountains and rivers.

In the palace, sixteen-year-old Gu Yi looked at a group of younger brothers and sisters, the youngest of whom was only nine years old. With tears in his eyes, he pulled at the sleeve of his black robe and asked him to find his mother...

"My queen mother will be back soon." The handsome little prince Gu Yi with clear phoenix eyes frowned, and thus began his career of taking care of children and governing the country at the same time.

Their father, the Emperor, and their mother, the Empress, were also the story of an old man and a young wife in the history of the Gu Dynasty...