Chapter 312 Whose Child is It?
"Princess Anli has long admired Prince Wuling. I have also heard about this. If I were to make the decision and allow Prince Wuling to take Princess Anli as his concubine, would you have any objection, Princess?"
Qin Qingyao said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, I do not agree. Please punish me."
"How dare you disobey my order?"
"Your Majesty, your prince can disobey the imperial decree and marry a concubine, and your niece can disobey the imperial decree and marry someone else. I am truly envious."
"But I am not a royal relative, so I don't have the guts to do that. If you insist on having Princess Anli marry Prince Wuling, I can't stop you. But a concubine is also a concubine, and it really wrongs the princess. I beg the emperor to grant me death and make way for Princess Anli!"
As soon as Qin Qingyao finished speaking, Dugu Yu walked over and knelt beside her, telling her to shut up. "Your Majesty, I spoke nonsense without restraint. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
"I have never intended to marry Princess An Li. Even if the princess marries me, she will not be happy. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
At this moment, Ling Anli, who had been silent the whole time, had already burst into tears. "Dugu Yu, are you so unwilling to marry me?"
"yes."
"So, you don't even want your own flesh and blood?"
When Ling Anli said this, the whole court was in an uproar. Family? What was going on?
Even Qin Qingyao and Minister Qin were stunned by what she said. Instead, Dugu Yu calmly asked Ling Anli, "Is the princess pregnant?"
Ling Anli gritted his teeth with a sad look on his face and nodded, "Yes!"
"are you sure?"
Ling Anli, "Would this princess lie in public about something like this?"
The Emperor said, "Come, summon the imperial physician!"
After the imperial physician arrived, he took the princess's pulse tremblingly, but he did not use his hands, but his eyes.
He was observing the emperor's expression, trying to infer what was going on from the expressions of the civil and military officials in the court. He was trying to figure out whether the princess was pregnant or not. Otherwise, if he got the result wrong, his life would be in danger.
In the end, it was Princess Anli's murderous eyes that gave him the answer. She was trying to find out if a young girl was pregnant by taking her pulse. This didn't depend on medical skills, but acting skills.
"Your Majesty, the princess is already one month pregnant. This is a dangerous period and she cannot tolerate any stimulation. In addition, the princess has been overworked recently and her blood and qi are a little weak. She needs to be well taken care of. She must not get angry or be stimulated, otherwise, it may be harmful to the fetus."
Look, the imperial physician was so cooperative that he not only diagnosed the pregnancy pulse, but also found an excuse for Ling Anli's sudden death of the child.
If she had a miscarriage, it would be because of Qin Qingyao's provocation and abuse! Using a fictitious child to make Qin Qingyao pay with her life is simply perfect!
The emperor waved his hand to let the imperial physician leave. Dugu Yu kowtowed to the emperor calmly and said, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I will not be able to marry Princess Anli."
"How dare you! Dugu Yu, what do you want to do? Even if you are powerful and have military achievements, you can't toy with the royal princess at will!"
"I know you and the princess are deeply in love, but it's been common for men to have three wives and four concubines since ancient times. I didn't ask you to divorce the princess, so why are you so stubborn?"
Dugu Yu said, "Your Majesty, the princess and I are indeed deeply in love, but we have been married for more than a year and still have no children."
The officials in the court looked at each other in bewilderment. What did this mean? The princess hadn't given birth yet, but the princess was pregnant. Shouldn't they be overjoyed and take the girl home quickly?
"That's because I was injured on the battlefield and can't have children. I've kept this difficult thing a secret from everyone, even from the Qin family and the princess. I'm sorry."
All the civil and military officials in the court: "..."
Qin Qingyao: "..."
When Dugu Yu said this, the emperor's face turned pale. He had fought for his country and suffered such a serious injury. His dignity and face as a man were turned upside down today.
It's already tragic that he can't have children, but now he's expected to be a father and raise someone else's child? Isn't that just too much of a bully?!
The emperor slammed the table and said, "Ling Anli! You are completely shameless. Whose child is that? Tell me the truth!"
Ling Anli is not pregnant, but does that mean she should admit in court that she just deceived the emperor?
She could only grit her teeth and persevere like her father, "No, it's impossible, I don't believe it, this child is Dugu Yu's!"
Dugu Yu said, "Your Majesty, you can ask the imperial physician to come and treat me again, or you can ask Murong Ce to come to court to testify. If what I said is false, it is up to Your Majesty to decide."
No matter what, the emperor cannot continue to trample on the dignity of a general who was injured on the battlefield. Otherwise, it would chill the hearts of all the generals in the court and make people all over the world scold him!
The fact that Princess Wuling hasn't gotten pregnant for more than a year is the best proof. It would be weird if Princess Anli could get pregnant with Dugu Yu's child!
"Princess Anli has behaved inappropriately and deceived the emperor. I hereby revoke her title of princess and all her rewards, and demote her to the status of a commoner! Prince Yi!"
Prince Yi knelt beside Ling Anli, sweating and trembling, "I am here."
"Take your daughter back home and don't let her embarrass herself again!"
"yes."
"Lord Dugu and Princess, please stand up quickly. It turns out this is all a misunderstanding. Haha, a misunderstanding. Don't worry, I promise that Ling Anli will never bother you again."
The people in Prince Yi's mansion have become obedient, but the looks that the civil and military officials in the court give to Dugu Yu now include some who sympathize with him and some who gloat over his misfortune.
This matter was a lose-lose situation for all three parties. Prince Yi's Mansion was too ashamed to face anyone, and Prince Wuling had also lost all his dignity. The emperor, who had forced Prince Wuling to publicly announce that he could not have children, also wanted to dig a hole for himself.
He was in a real dilemma! He had wanted to save the royal family's reputation, but Ling Anli turned everything upside down.
After the court was finally dismissed, the emperor breathed a long sigh of relief and sent someone to Prince Wuling's mansion to deliver a large number of rewards as a token of his apology.
By the way, tell Dugu Yu that he can continue to rest at home. The world is peaceful now and there is nothing for him to worry about. Please just rest and recuperate!
If you need the emperor's help in any way, please feel free to ask. I hope he will recover soon so that he can continue to serve the country.
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Dugu Yu did not return to the Qin family, but took a carriage with Qin Qingyao and returned to the palace.
Along the way, Qin Qingyao looked at him with red eyes, and Dugu Yu lowered his head and said nothing.
When they arrived at the place, Qin Qingyao jumped out of the car and ran back first, while Dugu Yu followed silently behind. Seeing this, the housekeeper's heart was pounding.
What's going on? Is the Emperor also being unreasonable and supporting Princess Anli?
Qin Qingyao was sitting on the swing in the yard holding Qiuqiu. Dugu Yu was watching her outside the gate and didn't go in, which made the housekeeper very anxious.
"Your Majesty, what's going on? Did you make the princess angry?"
Dugu Yu, "She knows I can't have children."
"Um?"
Dugu Yu fell silent. The housekeeper was sweating anxiously, "But this doesn't make sense. Military Advisor Murong didn't say that. He just said the chances were small, not that it was absolutely impossible."
"Is there any difference?"
Butler, "Yes!"
"It's been more than a year and I still haven't gotten pregnant."
Housekeeper, "Maybe she'll be pregnant in two years!"
Dugu Yu patted the butler's shoulder with a complicated expression and said, "What you said makes sense!"
As soon as he entered the yard, Qin Qingyao glared at him, got off the swing with the ball in her arms, and went back to the house.
Qiuqiu lay on Qin Qingyao's shoulder, sticking out her tongue at Duguyu with an eager expression. However, Duguyu rolled his eyes at her without giving her face, "You're everywhere!"
Qin Qingyao sat down at the table and saw a plate of her favorite meat patties on the table. She picked it up and was about to eat it, but was knocked to the ground by Qiuqiu's paw, and a bloody mark was scratched on her hand by the dog's paw.
"Ah~ Qiuqiu, what are you doing?"
Dugu Yu heard Qin Qingyao's cry of pain, and followed in to see the man and the dog staring at each other, with Qiuqiu even barking twice at Qin Qingyao.
Qin Qingyao knocked Qiuqiu on the forehead and said, "Are you trying to piss me off too? I haven't even had breakfast yet!"
After saying that, she reached out to take the meat pie again, but Qiuqiu suddenly turned over, struggled out of Qin Qingyao's arms, and threw himself onto the table, crushing the meat pie into pieces, and even flipped the plate to the ground.
"Qiuqiu, what are you doing? It's wrong to waste food!"
Qiuqiu jumped to the ground and looked at Qin Qingyao, barking at her a few times. Dugu Yu came over to drive it out, but it suddenly showed its teeth at Dugu Yu fiercely and took an attacking posture.
Qin Qingyao was shocked when she saw this. "Qiuqiu, what are you doing? Don't bite your father. That's treasonous!"
After saying this, Qin Qingyao suddenly remembered that Dugu Yu said that she couldn't have children. Her whole body froze, and she felt that what she said was like rubbing salt into someone's wounds.
I secretly glanced at Dugu Yu and saw that he was pursing his lips as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Qin Qingyao, I need to explain something to you."
"Oh, go ahead."
Qin Qingyao lowered her head and picked up Qiuqiu. Seeing that he was always staring at the meat pie on the ground, she picked up a relatively complete one and fed it to him.
Qiuqiu stared at her for a while, then started to eat with relish.
Dugu Yu, "I really haven't touched Ling Anli."
"oh."
"Regarding my inability to have children, it's not really..."
Qin Qingyao pretended to be indifferent, but in fact she had been listening attentively to Dugu Yu's words. However, he stopped talking halfway. Qin Qingyao looked up at him and found that he was staring at the dog in his arms. "What's wrong with it?"
Qin Qingyao lifted Qiuqiu's head and found that he was drooling wildly and his body had begun to twitch.
"Ball..."
"Someone, please ask Doctor Hu to come over!"
Dugu Yu took the ball from Qin Qingyao's arms and let it lie on the table. At this time, it was no longer drooling, but began to foam at the mouth.
"Qiuqiu, what's wrong with you?" Qin Qingyao cried anxiously, but had no idea what to do.
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