Chapter 294 Almost
The emperor did not pay attention to what Su said. His mind was focused on the strange fact that Xu Junying was willing to take the medicine to make him have a child. According to his understanding, the Xu family attached great importance to offspring. Xu Junying only had one son, but he dared to use the medicine recklessly. Did he love Meimei to this extent? Was he crazy?
After sending the doctors away, the emperor pointed at Xu Junying and shook his head in admiration: "No wonder you haven't made any progress for so long. Isn't Meimei fine now? You idiot! Big-headed pig!"
Xu Junying just smiled and didn't want to answer. What could he say? His mind was full of questions and he wanted to take Meimei home immediately to answer his questions.
The Queen said: "Meimei, Marquis Weiyuan protects you and loves you so much, you should repay him!"
Meimei leaned forward and replied, "I understand!"
She turned around and smiled at Xu Junying, saying gently, "I have recovered and am much stronger than before. I will give birth to many children for you in the future. Now I have Heng'er. Should I have three more or two? Please choose, you!"
Before Xu Juying could say anything, the emperor shouted, "Qin Meimei, you are going too far! Are three or two too many?"
The Queen stroked the Emperor's hand and said in a tender voice, "Your Majesty, how many children are born is a private matter between husband and wife. Do you have any right to interfere?"
The emperor grasped the empress's slender white hand, raised his eyebrows, and said in a domineering tone: "You can ignore other things, but you must care about this! He and I grew up together and we can talk about anything. We have an agreement: if we want to be in-laws, he must have many children, at least six sons and six daughters, so that we can have a choice of children!"
Meimei opened her eyes wide: What's the point of being her child? When she grows up, she will be selected by the princes and princesses? No way! I don't want to marry into the royal family!
She looked at Xu Junying, who comforted her, "The emperor is joking..."
The emperor snorted, "Your Majesty, I am not kidding! I will make it clear again: one of my princes or princesses will have to marry the children of the Xu family in the future. You two must remember this!"
Finally, the matter was cleared up. After saying goodbye to the emperor and empress and leaving the palace to go home, Xu Junying sat in the car with Meimei. With something on his mind, he unconsciously regained his cold and solemn expression and sat silently by the side without saying a word. Meimei, however, thought about the emperor's words that could not be refused. She leaned on Xu Junying and sighed, feeling very worried: If her child really married into the palace and lived like the empress or Concubine Li, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Zhen, how miserable it would be. It would be deadly! If she was unlucky, marrying a daughter-in-law like Su De, would she still be able to live?
The Emperor brought the Empress back to the harem and was too lazy to see the Empress Dowager. He only asked Ji Qing to go to the Cining Palace and tell the Empress Dowager everything that had just happened. Xu Junying had taken a fertility-inducing drug, so where did the child in A Yao's belly come from? Let her die there!
After hearing Ji Qing's report, the Queen Mother was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time. She came to her senses and slammed the table, saying angrily:
"This is ridiculous! This must be a trick that Xu Junying and his wife came up with to shift the blame!"
Ji Qing bowed his head and said, "Queen Dowager, calm down! In front of the Emperor, ** imperial doctors took the pulse of Weiyuan Hou. The two masters of the Imperial Medical Clinic, Su and Qiao, confirmed on the spot that Weiyuan Hou had indeed used this medicine! The Emperor is angry. He asked me to report to the Queen Dowager: If you love Miss Yao, arrange a marriage for her. If not, send her back to her hometown in Shu immediately. She is not allowed to come to Beijing again, let alone set foot in the palace!"
A layer of dark red appeared on the empress dowager's face. She couldn't protect her relatives and even lost face. The prince blamed her for being idle and bringing shame to the royal family!
She was furious, but unwilling to give up. Everything was arranged well that day. What went wrong? Her personal maid helped A Yao lie down after giving her the medicine. She stayed by her side and watched the effect of the medicine. A Yao took off her clothes. Then the eunuchs carried Xu Junying into the room, took off her clothes and put them in the tent before leaving. The next day, the white silk wrapped in the tent was stained with blood, indicating that A Yao was an innocent girl. How could everything change now? These people under her were all trusted confidants of the Cining Palace for many years. How could they mess up such a small matter? This shouldn't be the case. Xu Junying's people were all drugged. It was impossible for anyone to take him away. And... he didn't leave. Wasn't he bathing in A Yao's room this morning?
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more her frown relaxed. She said calmly, "Come on, let's go! I don't believe you can go to Xu's house. I want to meet the Marquis Weiyuan, who has taken the fertility medicine, and his weak wife in person!"
The Qi Wang couple and Princess Sude, who had been playing and watching chess in the South Hall, came over at this time. Sude hugged the Queen Mother's arm and said coquettishly:
"Mother, since Marquis Weiyuan doesn't like A Yao, let's just leave it at that. My brother is clearly protecting him, so why would you go against him? There's no benefit!"
The Queen Mother glared at her and said, "What do you know? If you give up now, where will my prestige as the Queen Mother be? How can I protect you in the future?"
King Qi said: "How long will mother protect us? We are all grown up!"
The Queen Mother pushed Su De away and said, "No matter how old you are, you are still my son! Wait at home, I will be back soon!"
Su De looked at the King of Qi helplessly. The King of Qi leaned lazily on the back of his chair, snatched Lin Runan's peeled almonds and threw them into his mouth, saying, "Su De, if this matter gets out of hand, it will be bad for our mother. He's your man, go and tell him!"
Su De stamped his feet and said: "It was you who stole my person, and now you deny it... You are such a scoundrel!"
"You already knew your brother was a scoundrel. Go ahead, it's not a big deal. I will compensate you later!"
Su De angrily chased after the Queen Mother. The King of Qi turned and looked at Lin Runan: "This result is what you wanted. Meimei, you should be very satisfied, right? After all, I can't help the Queen Mother!"
Lin Runan lowered her head and peeled almonds, smiling, "Have you ever thought about helping the Queen Mother? You just want to force Xu Junying to marry Ayao and drive Meimei away - I kept my promise and didn't tell her a word. The wonderful thing is that Ayao is pregnant, and Meimei had already forced Xu Junying to take the fertility medicine! It's amazing, I can't help but admire it!"
The King of Qi snorted. Xu Junying, relying on the alliance he had made with Meimei, went against the Queen Mother and was determined not to marry Ayao. He originally thought that it was not up to him. Not to mention that Ayao was pregnant with his child, even if Ayao was not pregnant, she had slept on the same bed with Xu Junying and had lost her virginity. The King of Qi could use the three conditions to force Xu Junying to marry her and give her the status of a co-wife. Only in this way would Meimei be free and leave the Xu Mansion, and Xu Junying would have no reason to hold her anymore.
This is the last chance that King Qi has for Meimei, but it is obvious that Meimei doesn't want it!
During the time when Xu Junying was not at home, she went out to have fun in disguise. She looked handsome, had a bright and generous temperament, was full of energy, and loved to play and laugh. She attracted countless men and women in the vocal field. The King of Qi enjoyed himself and was happy with her. How nice it would be to live like this forever? Without Xu Junying, he would protect her. They were so perfect and had a tacit understanding. Wouldn't it be more joyful and pleasant? But her ultimate goal was just to see Lin Runan. She was too smart and had foreseen things. She had given Xu Junying a fertility medicine early. In this way, even if the King of Qi ignored her objections and was determined to pull her out of the Xu Mansion, he could do nothing. A Yao's pregnancy turned out to be a big failure!
The King of Qi felt the pain in his heart spreading little by little. Xu Junying was really amazing. He made such a promise to her. Meimei's three-year infertility was probably to test his sincerity, but Xu Junying was willing to take the fertility-inducing medicine! He finally moved Meimei. Meimei was willing to give up her freedom for him and stay in the boring house of Xu Mansion for the rest of her life, facing the annoying old lady Xu and dealing with a group of Xu Mansion relatives and friends who had bullied her... The King of Qi sighed. Meimei had decided on Xu Junying. Maybe he should give up completely!
What happened that night was just an accident, because Xu Junying came suddenly and the Queen Mother acted on impulse and did not keep it secret enough. He did not want to get involved, but Lin Runan forced him into it. Now thinking about it, Lin Runan's idea was understandable, she protected Xu Junying's innocence for Meimei.
Although Xu Junying, who was sent to the red gauze tent, hugged A Yao, he did not have sex with A Yao. The people brought by Lin Runan jumped in from the back window and pulled them apart in time. Xu Junying was too strong, so Lin Runan deliberately let Shan Yong in to deal with him. King Qi was still worried about Lin Runan, so he rushed into the room and took her away. He glanced at the messy and shaking big bed. There were five people in the gauze tent, including Shan Yong, four men and one woman, and the bed did not fall apart, which was a miracle.
As soon as the Queen Mother walked to the corridor, Su De caught up with her. Su De had never concealed anything, so he simply opened up and said to the Queen Mother, "Don't go, Queen Mother. The child in A Yao's belly is really not Weiyuan Hou's! The person who spent the night with A Yao that night was someone else! It turned out to be two of my daughter's men. They were also drunk. They walked into A Yao's room through the wrong door and lay down on the bed. No one noticed them. Weiyuan Hou was drunk and weak, and the drug was not very effective, so the two men went up..."
The Queen Mother opened her mouth wide, and after a moment of shock, she raised her hand and was about to slap Su De. Su De shrank her neck, closed her eyes and cried pitifully, "Mother, please have mercy, I am your daughter!"
The Queen Mother's face was livid, her chest heaving violently, but looking at Su De's delicate appearance, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She gritted her teeth and shouted in a deep voice: "Kill them, kill them! Do you hear me?"
"Yes! My daughter will obey the order of the Queen Mother!"
Two days later, A Yao, dressed in her bridal attire, was happily seated in a bridal sedan chair and carried away from the Jinhua Hall of the Hou Mansion. She went out through the back door, turned many corners, and walked along the quiet alleys with few people, until she reached the back door of Princess Su De's mansion. She knocked on the door and entered. She stopped in front of a house decorated as a wedding hall. The maid helped A Yao in. After a simple kneeling ceremony to kowtow to heaven and earth, she heard Princess Su De's lazy voice say, "Alright, don't bother. Just take off the veil and enter the bridal chamber. Tomorrow you will leave the capital far away!"
A Yao's veil was lifted. She looked at the people in the room. None of them were from the Xu Mansion. Princess Su De was sitting on the upper seat, and on the other side was her sister, Concubine Zhen. A Yao was stunned: Where is this? Why is the man holding the same red silk with her a strange and handsome man? Where is Brother Jun Ying? Didn't he worship heaven and earth with him?
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