Chapter 366: For a woman, willing to give up all life
Thousands of miles away, the Regent's Palace.
Inside Liuyunxuan, the scent of sandalwood curled in the air, but it couldn't dispel the irritability between Xiao Nanyan's brows.
That day, Xiao Nanyue always felt as if his mind was being pulled by an invisible thread, and he was restless.
He spent half an hour looking at the Nanzhao topographic map in his hand, but couldn't understand a single word. He paced back and forth in Liuyunxuan anxiously.
Calculating the time, it was clear that there was less than a month left before Xiyan gave birth, but today the irritability in his heart grew like weeds, and Xiyan's face kept flashing before his eyes uncontrollably.
It was still late autumn when I came back from Nanzhao. Now three months have passed and heavy snow is falling outside the window.
He had been unable to send troops to Nanzhao for a long time because he was seriously injured during this trip to Nanzhao. He was poisoned by miasma and fought fiercely with Xiao Beicheng, which seriously damaged his vitality and triggered the previous vomiting of blood. He was in a coma for a month and spent another two months recuperating his internal energy. Only today did he finally recover.
In addition, heavy snow blocked the roads, making it difficult for the troops to move, and the capital needed to prepare for a rainy day, lest Xiao Beicheng and Helian Feng take the opportunity to cause chaos in Kyoto as soon as he left the capital.
After all, the capital was not peaceful either. The former subordinates of the Su and Helian families were colluding with Helian Feng both internally and externally, and were ready to make a move, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. However, he was now determined to send troops to Nanzhao to take Xiyan back, and had no time for anything else.
"Nan Yan, could you please stop wandering around? It's really annoying."
Fu Yunqing was dizzy from his dazzling presence and couldn't help but complain.
Xuan Yue was nestled in his arms. She was like a docile cat, lazily fiddling with Fu Yunqing's clothes, without any energy or spirit at all.
It turned out that after unremitting efforts and hard work with Fu Yunqing, Xuan Yue became pregnant.
After Fu Yunqing took the patient's pulse, he was overjoyed and hurriedly notified the Grand Tutor's Mansion overnight.
When Master Fu heard the good news, he was overjoyed, as he had just arranged the wedding for the two a few days ago.
Although Xiao Nanyue was ill at the time, he still personally presided over the couple's wedding.
Even the young emperor Helian Ji gave enough face and sent a box of rare warm jade and a thousand-year-old snow lotus tribute from the Western Regions as gifts.
Xuan Yue originally wanted to return to Beicang to hold another wedding, but because Xiao Nanyan's injury had not healed yet and he would have to send troops to Nanzhao soon, and Fu Yunqing was still needed to preside over the situation in the capital, she had to postpone the wedding.
Furthermore, her first pregnancy was very difficult and her morning sickness was particularly strong. Her clinging to Fu Yunqing had reached its peak. She hung on him like an octopus all day long and refused to let go.
Xiao Nanyan specially built a magnificent mansion for them in the most prosperous area of the capital as their wedding house, but the two of them became addicted to living in the Regent's Palace and refused to move no matter what.
They called it a beautiful excuse: they had developed feelings for every flower and blade of grass in the palace and found it hard to leave.
Xuan Yue even treated the backyard of the palace as her own territory, and acted in a domineering manner. People who didn't know the situation would actually think she was the mistress of the palace.
Xiao Nanyue tried to drive them away several times but failed. Later, he simply didn't want to care about them anymore and let them do whatever they wanted.
However, he also stipulated that as long as they did not move Xiyan's room and did not touch his mother's ancestral hall, he would not bother to interfere even if the palace was demolished.
In this way, the couple regarded the Regent's Palace as their own home and rested peacefully in the palace to raise their baby.
However, Fu Yunqing had a rule that during meals, the two ugly slaves Biyue and Xiuhua were strictly prohibited from serving him, because he could not bear to look at their faces, as it would easily trigger a "pregnancy reaction".
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Xiao Nanyan glanced at Fu Yunqing and sighed softly, his tone filled with unconcealed worry:
"Fu Yunqing, what about Xiyan? Could it be that she has given birth to a child?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Yunqing counted the days with his fingers and frowned slightly:
"Logically, there's still more than half a month until the due date. However, childbirth is unpredictable, and it might start early. No one can predict."
Then he blinked and looked at his good friend with a half-smile:
"Are you worried that she has given birth now?"
Xiao Nanyan's face darkened, and his tone was filled with suppressed anger:
"The Southern Emperor is truly despicable. He set up numerous obstacles during this trip to Nanzhao, just to prevent me from seeing Xiyan. It's a pity that I narrowly escaped death this time, but in the end, I didn't even get to see her face."
Fu Yunqing looked at the paranoia in his eyes and couldn't help but persuade him:
"Have you really decided to attack Nanzhao? War is cruel. Once it starts, it will inevitably bring disaster to everyone. You are going to deal with Xiyan's motherland, her father, the emperor, and her brother. What if she hates you even more because of this? What will you do?"
Xiao Nanyan's eyes suddenly became sharp, and his tone was unquestionable and resolute:
"In the past three months, I have sent letters to Nan Zhao three times, proposing a marriage alliance, but each time was rejected for various reasons. Even if I were to sneak into Nan Zhao again and try every possible means to take Xi Yan back, it would not be an upright method. I will defeat Nan Zhao with force, make them admit defeat sincerely, and willingly hand over Xi Yan to me!"
Fu Yunqing curled his lips, with a bit of helplessness and ridicule:
"You are truly a man of great wrath. For a woman, you are willing to sacrifice your own life."
Xiao Nanyan smiled coldly:
"You think the Southern Emperor is some kindhearted person? This time, Helian Feng and I are in Nanzhao. He intends to catch us all in one fell swoop. Do you think that the emperors of ancient times were only concerned with love affairs? How many of them did not consider the interests of their own country?"
Fu Yunqing nodded in agreement:
"Indeed! Over the years, Tianqi and Nanzhao have had repeated frictions over the Xinzhou issue. Eight years ago, they nearly went to war, but the matter was dropped due to Xiao Beicheng. The Southern Emperor wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate you and Helian Feng, two of his biggest concerns, and Tianqi would become a mess. I think he finally let you go because of Xiyan. It seems that he still loves his lost daughter..."
"So, I have declined three times. His daughter is clearly pregnant with my child, Xiao Nanyan, so there is no reason for her not to marry me."
Xiao Nanyan's tone became more and more determined:
"Since you are truly asking for her hand in marriage, I don't want to be secretive anymore. I want her to be married with a grand ceremony and a lavish ceremony. If the Southern Queen doesn't want to, even if it means forcing her to marry me and causing public outrage, I will make her my wife!"
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