Chapter 242 Return to the Land
"Okay! I'll remember it." The Duke of England responded in a deep voice.
Xu Qingyan couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly. How could her father-in-law trust her so much? After being surprised for a while, she felt that it was still unreliable. After all, Pei Jingyuan was the son of the Duke. What if he softened his heart? She should talk to her husband afterward and ask him to send secret guards to protect the Duke, and by the way, find evidence of Pei Jingyuan's collusion with foreign thieves and catch him in one fell swoop.
Pei Jingchuan thought the same thing as Xu Qingyan.
Since the Duke of England was leaving tomorrow, the Duke's wife asked the whole family to have dinner together as a farewell to the Duke of England. The table was full of delicacies from land and sea, but the atmosphere was very dull and serious. Everyone was more or less worried about the war. Until Xu Qingyan vomited, breaking the dull atmosphere.
"Qingyan, what's wrong with you?" Pei Jingchuan looked at Xu Qingyan worriedly.
Xu Qingyan covered her chest, her face pale, and said weakly: "I don't know, I just feel a little uncomfortable and want to vomit."
"Could it be that someone poisoned our Duke of Ying's Mansion?" Pei Jinyu said worriedly at this time.
So many things happened during this period of time, and Prince Shuo hated them so much that Pei Jinyu had to make such a guess.
At this time, Doctor Xuan, who was invited to eat together, frowned and said, "If it was poisoned, why would only the Crown Prince's wife react? Besides, I'm here. If there is poison in the food, I will definitely be able to find it. Let me take the Crown Prince's wife's pulse!"
"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Xuan." The Duke's wife looked at Doctor Xuan with gratitude.
So, Doctor Xuan stood up and walked to Xu Qingyan's side, stretched out his hand to feel her pulse. After a while, Doctor Xuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, young master, the Crown Prince's wife is pregnant, and the Duke's Mansion will soon have a baby!"
Xu Qingyan's weak body was suddenly awakened by the shock. What? She's... pregnant! She's actually pregnant!
Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife all smiled with joy at the same time.
"That's great! Qingyan, you're pregnant with our child!" Pei Jingchuan said excitedly.
"This is such a happy event! I've waited for so long, and finally I can hold my grandson in my arms!" The Duke's wife said excitedly.
Even the Duke, who was about to go to war, couldn't help crying with joy, saying: "Before I go to war, I can hear such good news. It can be said that God has been kind to me! For the sake of my unborn grandchildren, I must return victorious!"
Originally, the depressing atmosphere was diluted because of Xu Qingyan's pregnancy. However, they did not expect that after the Duke of Ying went to war the next day, another big event happened in the palace.
After Prince Shuo saw Duke Ying leave with his army, he immediately went to the palace to ask for an audience with the emperor. He knelt before the emperor with a sincere face and pleaded, "Brother, too many things have happened in recent days, and many ministers are doubting my loyalty. In order not to cause trouble for you and not to suffer malicious speculation from others, I plan to ask you to return to my fiefdom."
"You want to go back to your fiefdom? Royal brother, have you thought it through?" The emperor looked at Prince Shuo with some surprise.
Prince Shuo's fiefdom was a barren place with a very bad environment and malaria. When Prince Shuo went there, he fell seriously ill and almost died there. The emperor saw that this was his only brother and he had saved him, so he recalled him to the capital. However, after returning to the capital, in order not to make him afraid, he has been an idle prince. Now, he actually took the initiative to ask to return to his fiefdom?
"Yes! Brother Your Majesty, I have thought about it. Please agree to me." Prince Shuo said firmly.
The emperor lowered his head and hesitated for a while. The last matter had not been investigated clearly. Although he had a brotherly love and trust for Prince Shuo, he still had some grudges. Now, Prince Shuo could take the initiative to ask to return to his fiefdom, which was in line with what he was thinking at the moment. Prince Shuo would not be able to make any waves if he went to that barren fiefdom. So, after the emperor pondered for a while, he agreed to Prince Shuo's request.
"Royal brother, I want to set off tomorrow. This fiefdom is mountainous and the road is long. I don't know if I will have the chance to see you again after this trip. I want to have a good drink with you one last time." Prince Shuo looked at the emperor sadly.
The emperor felt that the others were about to leave, so he did not refuse his request. So he ordered the palace servants to prepare some good wine and food, and he and Prince Shuo had a meal together.
What he didn't notice was that after he drank the wine that Prince Shuo offered him, a sinister look flashed across Prince Shuo's eyes.
The next day, Prince Shuo pretended to pack up some things and slowly left the capital. After leaving the city, he found a more luxurious inn to stay in. He did not move forward, because he knew that he would be called back soon.
"Have you started doing the things arranged in the capital?" Prince Shuo asked the servants around him while lying leisurely in the inn.
The servant said respectfully, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! As soon as you leave the city gate, the people you arranged will all start to move out. At this moment, everyone in the capital is talking about the King of Qin. I believe that this rumor will soon reach the ears of the emperor. By then, those people around the emperor will spread the word, and the King of Qin will probably have to get out of the capital!"
"Good! Well done. When I succeed in the future, I will definitely receive your reward!" Prince Shuo smiled with satisfaction.
At this time, after watching Prince Shuo leave, the emperor suddenly felt a blockage in his heart on the way back to the palace, and then fainted. When he opened his eyes again, he felt as if he was terminally ill.
"My Lord, what's going on? Why can't I move?" The emperor asked the eunuch beside him in horror.
"Your Majesty, you suddenly had a stroke and fainted. Your lower body cannot move for the time being. The imperial physician said that you have been overworked. Too many things have happened in recent days and your emotions have fluctuated greatly. You must rest well during this period of time so that your body can recover. It would be best to put aside the important affairs of the court for the time being." Eunuch Fu, who was beside the emperor, said with concern.
He did not lie, he reported everything according to what the imperial physician said.
But at this time, another eunuch who was serving beside him came forward and said worriedly: "Now, the government affairs are so tense, how can the emperor rest? Is it really necessary to hand it all over to the King of Qin? People outside have already spread it like that. If it is really handed over to the King of Qin, will it encourage the ambitions of the King of Qin and his party?"
"What happened outside? Xiao Dengzi, why do you say that?" The emperor asked with a frown.
Little Dengzi knelt on the ground in fear and said, "Your Majesty, people outside are saying that now that Prince Lian Shuo has been demoted to his fiefdom, the future of Daxia will definitely belong to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. If you fall ill now and if you can't be cured, the Prince of Qin can take the throne directly! Now many ministers in the court and the country support the Prince of Qin openly or secretly."
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