After lunch, Qin Hao took her to the corridor for a walk to digest the food.

Shen Shuyi was still eating oranges and didn't want to get up, so Qin Hao took away the third orange she opened.

"Greedy cat."

"I'll walk with you."

But Shen Shuyi said: “I just ate and don’t want to leave.”

Qin Hao knew that she would be spoiled by her favor, "I asked you to move around more for your own good, in case the birth is difficult..."

"Humph, you're only doing this for your offspring! You never thought about whether I'm comfortable or not!"

Qin Hao hugged her gently, stroked her back, and coaxed her with a gentle tone.

"What nonsense?"

"I have a child because of you, so how could I not know the difference between the important and the unimportant?"

He gently stroked Shen Shuyi's belly, "I know that my beloved concubine is having a hard time being pregnant, but I will accompany you and take a walk with you, okay?"

"Hmm? I've put government affairs aside..."

Seeing him like that, Shen Shuyi's heart softened again. Maybe it was because of her pregnancy, so she wanted to...

Seeing that her expression softened, Qin Hao hugged her tighter and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.

"If I only cared about the baby in your belly, I would let you eat more and make the baby grow bigger. But when did I ever advise you to eat more?"

"I just want you to exercise a little to avoid a difficult delivery. This is what the imperial physician specifically told you. The imperial physician dare not advise you. Do I want to watch you suffer in the future?"

Hearing him say this and feeling that gentle kiss, Shen Shuyi's mood inexplicably improved a lot.

She washed her hands, glanced outside, and raised her chin slightly.

"Let's go."

Pregnant women are sensitive and suspicious. Qin Hao was really afraid of her, so he quickly held her face and gave her a big kiss.

"You are truly my sweetheart!"

After coming back from the walk, Qin Hao accompanied Shen Shuyi for another nap, at least until she fell asleep before getting up to handle government affairs.

Before falling asleep, he gently stroked Shen Shuyi's bulging belly and whispered, "I really want to hear the child call me father."

"It's still a few months away." Shen Shuyi poked his chest, "I don't know how long it will take for the baby to be able to speak after being born."

"Thank you for your hard work, Shuyi." Qin Hao held her hand, "Come here, I have something to give you."

Shen Shuyi raised her eyebrows. She was quite curious until Qin Hao took out a hairpin carved with mutton-fat white magnolia flowers and was quite surprised.

She held the orchid hairpin in her hand, which was warm and lifelike. "Your Majesty, I like it very much."

"Let me give you a try." Qin Hao gently inserted the orchid hairpin into her hair, adding to the beauty's charm.

"When I have time later, I will carve a jade pendant for my baby to protect his healthy growth and to inherit this great country in the future."

Shen Shuyi smiled, "How does your majesty know that the baby in my belly is the emperor's child?"

She did selectively take the elixir to conceive a boy, wanting a capable and upright man to help his father, the emperor, so that the father and son could join hands to unify the country and bring peace and prosperity to the people.

Qin Hao tucked the hair that fell on her cheeks behind her ears and spoke in a low and mellow voice, "I had a dream."

"In my dream, there was a little boy who called you Queen Mother and me Emperor Father."

Shen Shuyi teased him, "Dreams are often the opposite. What if I gave birth to a little princess?"

"Both the prince and the princess are my descendants. So what if the throne is passed to the princess? I will clear all obstacles for her and let her become the empress of Qin."

It was difficult for him to have children, so having a child who was related to him by blood was a blessing from God.

This is the child that Shuyi had nurtured with great effort, so it is not an exaggeration for him to put the whole world in front of her.

Shen Shuyi couldn't help but sigh that she admired the emperor's courage very much.

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As her belly grew bigger, Shen Shuyi became more and more lazy to go out. Every time she went for a walk or exercise, Qin Hao would accompany her for a long time.

She had the system's assisted birth pills that could help her give birth painlessly, but Qin Hao didn't know that. Every time he saw her slender figure but a big bulging belly, he felt worried and wanted to give birth for her. After all, he had been in the army for many years and had a tall and mighty figure, so giving birth to a child was nothing...

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, but Prime Minister Shen’s residence was not peaceful.

Shen Ruilin was originally complacent because Shen Shuyi was pregnant with the heir, but when he submitted a letter to the palace to ask his stepmother to visit the Imperial Noble Consort, it was rejected, saying that the Imperial Noble Consort was pregnant and should not meet guests.

But are they guests? Even the people from the prime minister's residence disappeared, which showed that this concubine had ulterior motives.

Listening to the staff's analysis, Shen Ruilin felt a little scared, afraid that Shen Shuyi would hate him for avenging his mother's death. After all, he did abandon them both...

Originally, he was thinking of bringing his deceased mother into the Shen family ancestral temple as a co-wife, so that Shen Shuyi would have the confidence to compete for the position of queen...

Now he has to think long and hard!

"Your Majesty has not had a child for many years. The fetus in the Imperial Concubine's belly..."

"Prime Minister, I am only guessing, but we have all seen the estrangement between the Imperial Concubine and the Prime Minister's Mansion. The most important thing now is to send another daughter of the Shen family into the palace to consolidate the favor..."

"The Crown Prince and your daughter have broken off their engagement. Why not let your daughter enter the palace...if she can win the Emperor's favor..."

Everyone looked at each other and the unfinished words were spoken.

That day, Madam Shen came to Shen Fu's boudoir and told her the Prime Minister's plan.

"Fuer, just forget about the prince. I heard from your father that the prince was reprimanded by His Majesty in the court today."

"I don't know what the prince did to anger His Majesty, so His Majesty asked him to go to the prince's residence and reflect on his mistakes."

Chen Fu's mood was very complicated. On the one hand, she was glad that she had broken off her engagement with Qin Yi, a fickle man. On the other hand, she was unwilling to see her long-cherished dream of becoming the Crown Princess and the Queen shattered.

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