Hearing what the physician said, Liu Xuening felt a little embarrassed, even though it was all within her expectations and calculations. She immediately snuggled into Yue Zhixiao's arms.

Yue Zhixiao gently stroked Liu Xuening's back.

"I understand. By the way, does Ning'er need any medicine to prevent miscarriage?"

"The Princess Consort is currently in good health and does not need to take any medication to prevent miscarriage. I will come back to check her pulse again in a few days."

"Alright, go down and collect your reward."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After everyone left, Yue Zhixiao hugged Liu Xuening. Although he no longer felt the same excitement as before, he seemed to have gotten used to it after spending so many days together and did not resist.

Yue Zhixiao was already overjoyed. His handsome face radiated brilliance, and his eyes and brows revealed a sense of triumph that he could not hide.

"Ning'er, we have a child! I have an heir!"

"Your Majesty, I heard everything. I am pregnant with your child. I am so honored."

Liu Xuening's eyes immediately reddened, and she hugged Yue Zhixiao tightly with both hands, unable to help but grin foolishly.

Yue Zhixiao, you've finally met your match. Thank you for paving the way for my child.

"Once you give birth to the imperial heir, I will bestow upon you the title of Imperial Noble Consort, placing you on equal footing with the Empress. From then on, you will be the most powerful woman in this harem."

"But Sister Yuexin will be angry, and Mother will not agree either."

"Hmph, so what if they disagree? I will be the king of the country then, and I will not tolerate anyone's disagreement. Besides, the child in Ning'er's belly is my only child. How can his mother not be the most noble woman in this Yue Kingdom?"

"The only one? Why does Your Highness say it's the only one? Ning'er wants to have a few more children with Your Highness, a whole bunch of them!"

Liu Xuening secretly scorned him. So what if he's the only one? He wants to have several more. Doesn't he even know if he's capable of it?

"It was a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue. I want to have more children with Ning'er."

Yue Zhixiao didn't even realize that he had accidentally blurted out the truth, but luckily the silly woman didn't suspect anything.

Yue Zhixiao touched Liu Xuening's belly again and murmured.

"Ning'er, you have to be strong, this baby is definitely going to be a boy."

"Huh? What are you saying, Your Highness?"

Liu Xuening naturally knew what Yue Zhixiao had said, but she still pretended not to have realized it and asked the question.

"It's nothing. I have many things to do tonight. Ning'er, you should get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow at this time, you can expect to become the Imperial Noble Consort."

Liu Xuening smiled gently, "Alright, I'll wait for you."

After settling Liu Xuening in, Yue Zhixiao returned to his study. The operation was about to begin; tomorrow was fast approaching…

Zebin followed Yue Zhixiao the whole way, clutching his chest, feeling an indescribable pain, as if the whole world had been drained away.

His heart was breaking; endless bitterness and pain surged through him, as if the wounds etched deep in his soul had been reopened.

"Zebin, is everything arranged?"

"Everything is arranged. We just need to wait for the ceremony tomorrow, and our army will swarm in and capture Yue Yufeng immediately."

"Okay! How is Yue Xiyuan doing?"

"Still on the way, it will probably take another two days to reach the Southern Border."

"It's alright. Once he reaches the Southern Border, this capital will be mine. Besides, the Empress Dowager has already laid an ambush for him in the Southern Border. He will never return! Keep a close eye on tomorrow's operation and there can be no mistakes."

"Understood."

Yan An was chatting with Gu Yanan in the space when he suddenly sneezed. A special Gu worm in the laboratory suddenly died.

Little Grey immediately barked twice outside, waking Yan An from the bedroom.

Yan An saw that the Gu worms on the table in the laboratory had died, and a triumphant smile appeared on his lips.

"Little An'an, what's making you so happy?"

"It is a poison I developed, which has been successfully implanted in the right person."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanan became interested and hurriedly asked who it was.

"It's Yue Zhixiao. I saw a book on Gu before and found it interesting, so I raised one using water from Tianshan Mountain. Later, I brought out more than ten from Sister Nianxia. I thought I would extract the toxins from their bodies and see if I could make a kind of poison."

"I never thought I would actually make it. I also extracted some from the Gu worms I raised myself, and combined them with other medicinal materials to develop the poison."

"Not long ago, Liu Xuening approached me, saying she wanted to cooperate with me. She wanted to kill Yue Zhixiao and then unify the Yue Kingdom. So I did her a favor and gave her the poison I had just developed."

"Now that the poison has been planted in Yue Zhixiao's body, the Gu worm is dead."

After this explanation, Gu Yanan understood: "Using someone else to do the dirty work!"

"Well... you could say that."

"If Yue Zhixiao dies, can we collect his body tomorrow?"

"It can't be that fast. Yue Zhixiao is not easily poisoned. It seems that someone gave him something good to make him less susceptible to certain poisons. Besides, if Yue Zhixiao were to die now, wouldn't your emperor lose the support of the people?"

The reason why Yue Xiyuan and his group haven't killed Yue Zhixiao directly is not only because there aren't many opportunities to strike, but also because Yue Zhixiao's reputation in the Yue Kingdom is not much worse than that of the current emperor. This is the result of Yue Zhixiao's many years of hard work.

Everyone knows that Yue Zhixiao and Yue Xiyuan are at odds. If Yue Zhixiao dies, the emperor will inevitably lose some of the people's support. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

"It's just a hassle. If we were on the battlefield, I would know him in no time."

"How much longer does he have?"

"If no one had saved him, he would have died within a year, and no one would have been able to find out the cause of his death. If someone had saved him, he wouldn't have lived a full year."

"Since we can't find the cause, why not shorten the timeframe?"

"Time was so tight, I only managed to develop a tiny bit, and I even used a drop for experiments. I was originally planning to try to speed it up even further, but then Liu Xuening came. How could I possibly let such a good opportunity slip by? Besides, someone will definitely come to my rescue."

"Who? Yun Yao? That poisoner?"

"Hmm, I guess there should be someone even more powerful than Yun Yao."

"Since he's even more powerful than Yun Yao, then An An, could it be that he was able to neutralize the poison you developed?"

"Do you have so little faith in me? Who am I? I am the disciple of Granny Qi. The person who can cure Yan An's poison has not yet been born."

In terms of medical and toxicological skills, apart from Granny Qi, no one has ever met anyone who is on par with Yan An. In addition, with the advanced equipment in the laboratory, it can be said that no one can cure Yan An's poison.