Chapter 18 Delicate Palace Maid VS Cold Emperor 18
He couldn't bear it any longer and took the initiative to step forward and gently embraced Su Zhiruan.
At this moment, many scenes appeared in his mind.
Whether it was the family of three seen among the people the night before.
Or maybe it was the sleepy look she had been having these days.
And the way she was breathing softly on the bed.
At this moment, all of them were swirling in his mind, and finally merged into one, becoming the girl in front of him and their child in her belly.
After a brief hug, Shen Qi asked someone to take Su Zhiruan away to have a good rest.
Before the maid came forward, the Queen Mother came up and carefully protected Su Zhiruan. Before leaving, the Queen Mother added, "I will send her away. I will not let anyone else do it."
Shen Qi reassured the Queen Mother and let them go.
Although there is a happy event now, he, as the emperor, still needs to take charge of the overall situation.
"Prince Duan and the three princes dared to murder me! Murder the royal heir! They are treasonous and rebellious!" Shen Qi said as he walked up to the throne, his eyes cold, "You will be beheaded at the Meridian Gate tomorrow!"
If it was before, maybe he would not openly execute Prince Duan for the sake of his reputation, but now, Prince Duan almost killed his woman and his child. If she really got into trouble today, he would definitely use Lingchi to execute Prince Duan and cut off his flesh piece by piece! None of the court officials and other princes raised any objections.
This matter concerns the heir to the throne! Anyone in the court or in the capital knows the importance of the heir to the throne. The emperor has been childless for five years, and the foundation of such a huge dynasty cannot be handed over to others in the end.
The Queen Mother signaled to the old nanny and others to carefully escort Su Zhiruan in a sedan chair, while the Queen Mother walked by herself, even holding her hand worriedly while walking.
This almost frightened everyone who met them on the road to faint.
The Queen Mother asked the maid to sit in the sedan chair, and then she walked! In the main hall.
The imperial concubine felt neglected and she almost bit her teeth. The concubines behind her all had different expressions at this time. Some had vicious eyes, some were full of desire to curry favor, and some just kept out of it as if it had nothing to do with them.
After Shen Qi dealt with Prince Duan, he looked at the bright red bloodstains on the ground. His mind was now following Su Zhiruan.
He had never had any children, never had a baby who called him father. Now, he suddenly learned that Su Zhiruan was pregnant. His mind was in a mess. The most important emotion was joy, but also some worry. He was worried about whether he could take good care of her and the child, and whether he could be a good father.
Shen Qi thought about this period of time again. Every night before going to bed and during the day, Su Zhiruan looked very sleepy and her appetite increased a little. Occasionally, when he wanted to torment her, he would see her with sleepy eyes. It turned out that there were signs of all this long ago.
Thinking about what the child looked like and how she was doing now, his thoughts were in a mess. The clarity and seriousness of a superior disappeared completely at this moment. Even Xiao Fuzi beside him could see that their emperor was daydreaming at this moment.
The Prime Minister stood up first, holding a wine glass in his hand and saluting with his arm flat, "I, your old minister, congratulate Your Majesty! Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
The ministers below also raised their glasses, "Congratulations to Your Majesty! Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
The queen they were talking about was Su Zhiruan.
At this point, Su Zhiruan, as the first woman in the palace to conceive an heir to the throne, and with the emperor's favor, she could be said to have risen to prominence and enjoyed endless wealth and glory from then on.
It is only right to call her "Queen" first.
Shen Qi was delighted, and raised his glass, "Today is my great day! My dear ministers, don't be polite, just drink to your heart's content!"
Afterwards, he gave generous rewards, including to the imperial physicians and servants.
The whole hall was filled with joy and laughter.
* Su Zhiruan, who was taken directly to the Queen Mother's bedroom, felt his stomach churning.
When she was in the imperial study, Shen Qi felt that she had been eating a lot more recently, so he let her eat a lot of pastries.
Although the pastry was very delicate, she felt it was choking and wanted to vomit.
"System, can you fall asleep? I can't sleep!" Su Zhiruan lay down helplessly, hoping to relieve this feeling. She called out to the system in her heart.
【……】
[Ah? ?!] The system seemed to be suddenly awakened, and it was still a little unresponsive at this time. After waking up from hibernation, the first thing it did was to check Su Zhiruan's task progress.
[Oh my god! You are pregnant? So fast?!] The system didn't expect her task to be completed so quickly, and began to yell in her mind.
Su Zhiruan once again suppressed the urge to vomit. "I remember that the novice gift package included no morning sickness and a series of side effects. What's going on now?"
[I can explain this. The host should have been carried in by someone just now. You just ate too much and got carsick. Oh no, you got sedan chair sick!]
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[However, sometimes, the use of the novice gift pack also has a setting. When the plot characters are present, the gold finger will be disguised so as not to arouse suspicion.]
Su Zhiruan probably understood. If outsiders were around, she would definitely be suspected if she looked the same before and after giving birth. Sometimes she would pretend and then gradually return to her pre-pregnancy physical condition.
At this moment, the Queen Mother rushed in hurriedly from the door. When she saw Su Zhiruan wanted to stand up to salute, she immediately went over to stop him and put Su Zhiruan back on the bed.
"Your servant pays respects to the Empress Dowager." Su Zhiruan felt that she should still perform the ceremony, but was immediately stopped by the Empress Dowager.
"You child, why do you still call yourself a slave? Just follow the emperor and call me mother." The queen mother looked like a kind and benevolent old woman at this time, not threatening her at all. Su Zhiruan was a worker in her previous life and had a way of perceiving people's hearts. She observed the queen mother and found that her kindness was not fake. She continued, "I was sorry for you before and allowed the imperial concubine to bully you. I am really sorry for you. If you don't mind, you can treat me as your mother in the future."
Su Zhiruan was not the only one who was stunned.
Even the old maid who had served the Queen Mother for decades was almost frightened at this moment! Did they hear it wrong, or did the Queen Mother say it wrong? !
The Queen Mother held Su Zhiruan's hand and looked at her carefully.
As a result, the more I watch it, the more I like it.
"When the late emperor was still alive, I had only one prince, Qi'er. Now that my son has grown up, he has his own abilities and means, but I have always wanted a daughter. When you two have a child in the future, you will be my daughter. I was good to the imperial concubine before and let her do whatever she wanted. Now that you have Qi'er's child, no matter how unruly and willful the imperial concubine is, I will take action myself." The empress dowager said a lot.
Su Zhiruan was clean-looking, with a delicate and round oval face. This was exactly the type of girl the empress dowager liked. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her.
"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, for your kindness." Su Zhiruan listened to the Queen Mother's words patiently and wanted to pay his respects.
The Queen Mother helped her up and said helplessly, "You child! I told you to just call me mother."
Su Zhiruan smiled, but didn't agree with her. She just said, "I know what the Queen Mother wants, but there are many people in the palace, so etiquette cannot be abandoned."
(End of this chapter)