"Yes! Wait! Does Your Highness mean... the Princess is pregnant?"
Lie Yan had just lowered his head to reply when he realized what the prince had said. He suddenly looked up, excitedly staring at Lin Yuxin, and cautiously asked.
"Yes, from now on our royal residence will have a little prince!"
Li Xiaochen nodded, his eyebrows raised, and said with great pride.
"Oh my! This is wonderful! I have to go tell Wang Yu and the others this good news!"
Upon receiving confirmation, Lie Yan rushed out without even clearing away the dishes on the table. She couldn't bear to keep this incredibly good news to herself!
"You didn't tell them?"
Lin Yuxin watched Lie Yan's happy back and looked at Li Xiaochen with a puzzled expression. She thought Li Xiaochen would tell them when he got back.
"No, at that time I was busy finding Qiu Qiyi's weakness and thinking about how to get you out, so I was not in the mood to talk to them about these things. Moreover, I was afraid that if too many people knew, it would be bad for you if it got back to the palace, so I didn't tell anyone."
Li Xiaochen shook his head, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped Lin Yuxin's hands, and then said.
"Hehe, now they know it's just right!"
Lin Yuxin felt secretly pleased and said with a smile.
Li Xiaochen smiled without saying a word. Now that everything was over, he couldn't wait to announce to the world that he had a child!
"Wait! What did you mean just now? Did you think I ate too much?"
Lin Yuxin's thoughts jumped around a bit too quickly. Suddenly, she glared at Li Xiaochen and questioned him unreasonably about what he had said about her eating too much.
Li Xiaochen was taken aback. How did this jump back to the previous topic? Are all pregnant women like this? Their tempers are unpredictable?
Li Xiaochen sighed and resignedly began to coax people again.
After he finally managed to calm the person down, he started talking about serious matters.
"We might have to wait a few days to return to Xia Country. Once Qiu Jingfan sends people to take those two back, we can go straight back to Xia Country from here, okay?"
Li Xiaochen took her hand and said.
"Okay, you can arrange it. I don't want to think about anything else right now, I just want to focus on preparing for childbirth, okay? But this time, we've earned enough money for our son's milk!"
Lin Yuxin nodded, looking at Li Xiaochen with a smile and saying.
"Xin Xin! What's the meaning of this milk money? I'm the Regent, after all. Surely I can afford to provide milk for my own son? Besides, he'll have a wet nurse, so don't worry! He'll have enough to eat!"
Li Xiaochen asked in confusion. He had wanted to ask this for a long time. He had to find out why Xin Xin had risked her life for this milk money.
"Hehe! This milk money is actually from another place. In that place, if a baby is born but there is no milk for the baby to drink, they will buy milk powder. Milk powder is a powder made from milk. It is mixed with hot water for the baby and serves the same purpose as milk."
"But baby formula is quite expensive, so parents there work hard to earn money to buy baby formula. This has become a phenomenon: if you want to have a child, you have to work hard to earn money for baby formula."
Lin Yuxin smiled and patiently explained to him.
"I see. But Xin Xin, I'll take over the job of earning milk money from now on. You just need to stay home and enjoy yourself."
Li Xiaochen understood, so he immediately took on the work himself, not thinking that he was a prince with countless riches, so why would he need to earn money to buy milk for his child?
Now, he believes whatever Xin Xin says.
Lin Yuxin hugged Li Xiaochen, moved, and then her eyes welled up with tears.
They waited there for three days, and Qiu Jingfan finally arrived with his men; in fact, it was Qiu Jingfan himself who came.
"Brother Xiaochen, Miss Lin, it's been a long time. How are you? Is Lin Yuxin alright?"
Qiu Jingfan looked Lin Yuxin up and down and asked with concern.
"It's nothing, Your Majesty's concern is appreciated!"
Lin Yuxin clasped her hands in a fist salute to Qiu Jingfan and said politely, "He is now the Emperor of Zhao, so I must give him face."
However, this made Qiu Jingfan feel quite uncomfortable. He was used to being bossed around by Miss Lin on the way back to China, so he was a little unaccustomed to her being so polite now.
"Miss Lin, you're too kind."
Qiu Jingfan didn't dwell on these things, but instead told Li Xiaochen about what had happened in Bianjing in the past few days.
“Brother Xiaochen, during the ten days you have been gone, the State of Qi sent an envoy with the aim of getting our country to send troops to attack the State of Xia. Moreover, we have heard from them that they have already sent troops to march on the State of Xia.”
When Qiu Jingfan heard that Li Xiaochen's matter was over, he rushed over without stopping, just for this matter.
Li Xiaochen and his wife helped him ascend the throne, so he still had to repay this favor.
"How many days has this been going on?"
Li Xiaochen frowned and asked, "He hasn't received any news at all. Could something have happened to Hei Ling?"
“Three days ago, the Qi envoys were trapped in Bianjing by me and cannot return for the time being. Therefore, Qi will not attack the city so soon. If our country does not send troops, their attack on Xia will not be so high-profile!”
"And you will also have time to get back. The Qi Emperor heard that the Xia Kingdom has new weapons with considerable power, and they are somewhat wary of them. So they want to send troops to test the Xia Kingdom. If you have them, they will also know their power and come up with a countermeasure."
"If not, they could take this opportunity to attack the Xia Kingdom directly."
Qiu Jingfan looked at the two of them with a serious expression and said.
Where did you find all this information?
Lin Yuxin looked at him suspiciously. How could someone who had just become emperor have such deep connections and find out about the Qi Kingdom?
"Hey! This is a message from Qi Jiguang. I trust him. The Qi family has been loyal to the Zhao state for generations. They wouldn't lie to me about this."
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