The child cannot be aborted.
After the safflower was taken into her stomach, apart from the initial pain, the child remained peacefully inside Shen Qinghe's belly.
Wen Zhixuan was filled with doubt and surprise. He even tried to use his spiritual power to forcibly take the child out, but it was no use.
The child seemed to have taken root in Shen Qinghe's belly, and no external force could remove it.
Shen Qinghe didn't understand why, but she breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems this child is reluctant to leave us and is destined to come into this world." A smile appeared on her face as she gently stroked her belly. "Zhixuan, we should follow the will of Heaven."
Wen Zhixuan's expression was complicated.
wrong.
This isn't right.
Before birth, a fetus has no soul and is extremely fragile. Even an unstable emotional state in the pregnant mother can lead to miscarriage.
Shen Qinghe drank such a large bowl of safflower soup; the baby is definitely doomed.
Unless this child is extraordinary.
Wen Zhixuan's heart pounded. After thinking it over, he decided to ask Jiang Shumiao to come and take a look.
He went directly to the gate of the Imperial Academy and waited there. From a distance, he saw Jiang Shumiao, Shen Xubai, and Wen Yicheng coming out with their small schoolbags on their backs.
"Princess."
The two little ones came running over with their short legs.
"Father (brother-in-law)."
Jiang Shumiao: "You were looking for me?"
Wen Zhixuan let the two children get on the carriage first and whispered to Jiang Shumiao about Shen Qinghe's situation.
It is emphasized that Shen Qinghe's child may be extraordinary.
Jiang Shumiao shook her head and said with certainty, "When immortals are reincarnated, their souls are intact. They don't need to nurture their souls in the mother's womb beforehand. If it were an immortal fetus, I couldn't possibly not be able to tell. What she is carrying is a mortal fetus."
Wen Zhixuan frowned.
"Then why can't it be aborted?"
Jiang Shumiao said calmly, "Do you know what it means to defy fate?"
Wen Zhixuan's heart sank to the bottom.
"You mean, Qinghe, she..."
Jiang Shumiao sighed, "I told you long ago, you two are destined to be apart. Forcing a marriage will have karmic consequences. Yi Cheng's fate, and this child now, are both the result of her obsession. The child has a strong will to live, and may be sensing his mother's reluctance to leave, so he doesn't want to go."
Wen Zhixuan frowned.
He was a member of the Xuanmen sect and had seen all sorts of strange and unusual things. For an ordinary person, this statement would indeed seem absurd. But the fact that he came from another world and still managed to leave his bloodline in this era is already a miracle.
It's not impossible that Shen Qinghe could decide the life or death of her unborn child through her own willpower.
"So, Qinghe has to give up the child herself?"
Jiang Shumiao nodded.
"If she can't let go, she will surely die."
Wen Zhixuan remained silent.
The two children in the car poked their little heads out and called out, "Daddy!"
Wen Zhixuan snapped out of her daze and said, "Thank you for telling me, Princess."
He nodded slightly and got into the carriage.
Jiang Shumiao watched the departing carriage, muttering to herself in bewilderment, "Is love really that captivating? The man surnamed Wen didn't treat her very well either, so why is she so determined to go down this path?"
Fuqu and Qianli exchanged a glance, indicating that they did not understand.
As demons who cultivate immortality, ascension is their ultimate goal.
Isn't immortality more appealing than men?
But some things can't be reasoned with. No matter how Wen Zhixuan tried to persuade her, Shen Qinghe was convinced that this child was destined for her.
A man can never truly empathize with a mother.
Or rather, the pregnant mother is unconsciously controlled by the child in her womb and instinctively protects the offspring.
Shen Qinghe's life has too many regrets. If she can give birth to this child, then at least her marriage will be truly fulfilled.
This is also where her obsession lies.
Jiang Shumiao couldn't understand it, but she chose to respect it.
After failing to persuade him, Wen Zhixuan gave up and focused on political affairs.
There's a huge commotion in Qiao County.
Emperor Hongde knew that the powerful families were in cahoots, so he sent Jiang Zhixu there with the intention of intimidating them and making them behave themselves.
How could a powerful family whose interests are threatened give up?
So, unsurprisingly, they started fighting again.
Fortunately, the elimination of a group of powerful families in the Northwest two years ago replenished the national treasury; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to pay the military expenses.
Deploying troops and generals was Jiang Zhixu's forte.
His daughter said he was destined for a long life, so he had nothing to fear and would fight back if anyone disagreed.
Emperor Hongde was furious.
“These powerful families, relying on their wealth, grain, and military strength, don’t take me seriously. They often band together to threaten me. Sooner or later, I will abolish the system of private armies.”
Wen Zhixuan listened without commenting.
Maintaining an army requires money.
Powerful families, having accumulated wealth over dozens of generations, are richer than even emperors, so of course they act arrogantly.
To dismantle powerful families, a gradual approach is not enough.
We still need a major purge.
However, this could also easily shake the foundation of the nation.
It would be best if they brought this upon themselves.
For example, some people, relying on their seniority and prestige, look down on a four-year-old goddess. They use every means at their disposal, and then suffer divine retribution.
He thought of the ministers on the altar that day.
That old fox Ruan Rongping would never let this go so easily.
After all, he was someone Jiang Shumiao had declared dead.
The old man is bound to retaliate.
Nguyen Vinh Binh's counterattack came swiftly.
The powerful families of Qiao County refused to obey the imperial decrees, relying on their ancestors' merits and practically declaring themselves emperors in the region. They also disregarded Jiang Zhixu.
They received news from the capital that Minister Ruan had found a way to deal with the so-called Little Goddess. All they needed to do was trap Jiang Zhixu in Qiao County, then unite with powerful families across the land to depose the emperor.
As the saying goes, emperors come and go, but powerful families remain.
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