Chapter 193 The Heir Apparent of the Earl's Mansion 16
The young palace maid knelt on the ground as soon as she entered. "Your Majesty, today Consort Wu came to Chonghua Palace as a guest. She suddenly fainted while eating snacks. Our Lady immediately summoned the imperial physician for her. However, the physician diagnosed that Consort Wu is more than a month pregnant. Her Lady has asked me to ask Your Majesty how to handle this situation."
In this palace, everyone knows that the Emperor has never entered the harem. Whoever is pregnant is considered to be cuckolding the Emperor.
Xiao Li's expression remained unchanged. "Si Xi, convey my decree: Consort Wu has been stripped of her title for adultery and has been banished to the Cold Palace, never to be released again. Grand Tutor Wu's entire family will be confiscated and exiled."
The palace maid never expected that the emperor would condemn Wu Shi without even asking any questions, and that even the entire Wu family would be exiled!
The Emperor is so cruel! Waaah, she's so scared, her legs are weak!
Upon receiving the order, Sixi immediately led his men to deliver the imperial decree. When they passed by the young palace maid, he didn't forget to have her dragged out.
Consort Wu, or rather Lady Wu, was awakened by the imperial physician's needles and immediately received the emperor's edict. When she learned that Consort Wu was pregnant and that her family had been implicated, she went mad and tried to plead with the emperor at the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Unfortunately, the emperor refused to see her.
In the Emperor's eyes, her adultery was not the most heinous crime, but her affair with Prince Su and her attempt to become his spy was intolerable. Otherwise, he would not have had his secret guards secretly give her a fake pregnancy drug.
If the obvious path is blocked, he doesn't mind using underhanded methods. Why should a disloyal person be able to live a life of luxury?
Rather than letting Grand Tutor Wu live a good life and annoy him in the court every day, he might as well use some means to get rid of Grand Tutor Wu directly.
After all, you can't wrong yourself by wronging anyone else.
Xiao Li has never been a good person!
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More than two months passed in the blink of an eye, and suddenly the news broke from the Cheng'an Marquis's residence that the heir's concubine was three months pregnant. No one knows how others reacted, but the Emperor was truly shocked.
He immediately summoned Ning Yan to the Holy Palace, and then coldly questioned her: "Ning Yan, tell me, why is your concubine pregnant? Did you betray me?"
Ning Yan was speechless: What did she have to betray him with? She didn't even have the means!
"Your Majesty, I need a child to carry on the family line!"
These words stirred up a hornet's nest. He needs to have an heir? Doesn't he, as an emperor, need one?
But he never looked at anyone else, only devoted himself to her. As a result, he secretly had a child with someone else!
Thinking of this, Xiao Li's expression turned icy cold, but his eyes were full of grievance as he looked at Ning Yan.
She had just said that no one could make her feel wronged, but she had suffered such a great injustice in front of this heartless man—he now really wanted to kill that woman named Cuizhu!
"You, you're really something!"
"So, Your Majesty intends to kill me?"
Ning Yan planned to test him one last time. If he passed, she would tell the Emperor the truth; otherwise, she would resign or feign death, but she couldn't involve her family.
Xiao Li: If he could kill, if he was willing to kill, why would he still be hesitating here?
"You truly have no heart. Haven't I treated you well enough? You..."
Ning Yan suddenly smiled, "It seems the Emperor is reluctant to kill me, isn't he?"
How could he still laugh? Xiao Li was truly unable to contain his anger this time; wasn't this blatant emboldening?
"Ning Yan!"
Ning Yan had already walked to the imperial table, and took Xiao Li's hand, placing it on her slightly protruding belly. "Don't yell, what if you scare our baby?"
Xiao Li's eyes widened instantly: "You, what did you say?"
“I said I was pregnant with the Emperor’s child, but no one in the capital knew I was a man. I could only have Cuizhu pretend to be pregnant. Once I gave birth, I could say it was her child. Your Majesty, please don’t be angry. This child is yours too.”
"Won't the Emperor punish me for deceiving him?"
Xiao Li was stunned: "How can a man get pregnant?"
He touched Ning Yan's slightly protruding belly again, "You don't think that gaining weight means you're pregnant, do you?"
Ning Yan directly lifted her clothes and casually untied her bra.
Although it wasn't very big, it was clearly not something a man could have.
Seeing that the man still looked confused, she unzipped her pants again and pulled Xiao Li's hand to continue searching, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find it...
"Do you understand?"
"You... so you were born with a disability. No wonder you always had to blow out the candles..."
His words trailed off as he realized that Ning Yan was a woman: a full chest, a slender waist, skin far more delicate than a man's, and... all of these things indicated that Ning Yan was indeed a woman!
He pulled her into a tight embrace. "So you're really pregnant with my child? You're a woman, and I don't prefer men!"
"I just happen to like you!"
Ning Yan nodded obediently in his arms, "I am a woman disguised as a man, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor. Your Majesty will not punish me, will you?"
Xiao Li: ...Punishment? Why should I be punished? He was so happy his heart was about to jump out of his chest; he was going to have an heir!
How could they possibly punish someone who is about to bear his children?
But then he remembered what she had just said, "This child is mine, how can you say that Cuizhu gave birth to him? He will inherit my throne in the future!"
"I'm carrying twins. One will inherit the Cheng'an Marquisate, and the other will be raised in the palace, right?"
"You don't plan to go to the palace?"
Ning Yan: "What's so good about entering the palace? If I enter the palace as a woman, won't your concubines eat me alive?"
Isn't this better—at least I don't have to worry about being poisoned while pregnant!
Xiao Li felt that what she said was completely unreasonable, but once her identity as a woman was exposed, there would definitely be some trouble. Moreover, the Cheng'an Marquis's mansion only had "her" son, and it would indeed be unfair to the Cheng'an Marquis to bring her directly into the palace.
"Let me think about it some more."
Turning his head, he stared into Ning Yan's eyes. "Ning Yan is a man's name. What's your real name?"
Ning Yan was the original owner's name, and only that name. However, now that she has confessed to the Emperor, she naturally no longer needs to use that name: "Ning Yan, the Yan as in a gentle smile!"
"Then I will call you Yan'er when no one is around. This name is indeed more fitting for you."
"By the way, let me have the imperial physician come and take your pulse; otherwise, I won't feel at ease."
Ning Yan did not object. The imperial physician who was summoned by the emperor at this time must be the emperor's confidant. He would not ask too many questions or inquire about anything else.
But she still concealed it, returning to the Yang Palace, lying on the bed, and lowering the bed curtains before she began to take the pulse.
"Imperial Physician, how is my beloved concubine?"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Empress is pregnant with twins. The mother is in excellent health, and the babies in her womb are also very healthy."
Xiao Li was overjoyed and generously rewarded the imperial physician with one hundred taels of silver.
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