Chapter 11 The Noblewoman's Cousin (Part 6)
Later, he ascended the throne and became emperor. In order to stabilize the court, he held two imperial concubine selections. However, he only brought a dozen or so women into the harem. Then the incident of the crown prince being poisoned occurred. At that time, he regretted it so much that he wished he could kill all those concubines!
The Crown Prince is different from him. The current court is extremely stable, and no prince can compete with the Crown Prince for the throne. The Crown Prince doesn't need to lower himself to sleep with other women. Therefore, he will not bestow concubines upon the Crown Prince. The most important thing is that the Crown Prince likes them!
Those who encourage others to take concubines are not good people!
The Empress nodded in agreement, then advised, "Your Majesty shouldn't be too impatient. You should give the young couple some more time. They can wait two or three years."
The Emperor realized his mistake and said, "I only said that when I was with my wife. I would never pressure them to have children in front of them." He couldn't put pressure on the children.
The imperial physician had also said that too much stress could affect pregnancy, and he remembered it very clearly.
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The Eastern Palace.
When Ning Yan opened her eyes, she found Pei Che staring at her intently. She shrank back slightly, "Your Highness..."
Pei Che pursed his lips. Yan Yan's voice was so beautiful. Just hearing her say "Your Highness" made his body temperature rise several degrees, and a warm current rushed down to his lower abdomen...
"Don't act coquettish." He was tempted, but unfortunately, it was daytime, and he also had to serve tea to his father and mother.
Ning Yan: ……
"Get up, you have to go to the palace to serve tea. I'll let you catch up on your sleep when you get back."
Soon, the palace maids filed in to serve the two masters as they changed clothes and had their meal, and then they went to the Empress's Chang Le Palace.
Ning Yan thought that the Emperor and Empress would set some rules for her, but they didn't. Not only that, the two most noble people in the world were as kind and approachable as parents in an ordinary family. When they returned, they brought back a lot of rewards.
When the Crown Prince was not around, Cui'er couldn't help but sigh, "Miss has really married well this time. I really didn't expect that the Emperor and Empress would treat Miss better than the Duke and Duchess!"
Ning Yan chuckled, "There are plenty of men in this world, why should I hang myself on that crooked tree? If this one doesn't work out, we'll move on to the next one, the next one will be better."
"Stop calling me 'Miss' all that. I'm the Crown Princess now. If others hear that, it'll become something you can use against me."
Cui'er: "I understand now, and I will definitely not call you by the wrong name again in the future."
In the Crown Prince's study, a bodyguard whispered, "The Duchess of Dingguo is still not giving up and wants to have someone take revenge on the Crown Princess. Should I get rid of her?"
"Song Rui found out?"
The guard didn't know why his master would ask about Song Rui, but he still answered truthfully, "I already know."
How did he react?
"When the imperial decree for the marriage was first issued, he was depressed and had been turned away when he tried to talk to the Crown Princess."
After the Duchess of Dingguo revealed the truth, he initially refused to believe it, saying he wanted to ask the Crown Princess in person. Later, the Duke of Dingguo summoned him to his study, and after what was said, he began to drink heavily, appearing as if he had lost all hope.
Pei Che was relieved. "Then let that woman live for a couple more days. Anyway, every extra day will be torture for her."
Having to be waited on hand and foot for everything, and having to watch her husband and concubine being affectionate, Lady Dingguo must have felt like she was living a life worse than death.
From the moment he found Ning Yan, he sent secret guards to protect her. Therefore, he knew everything that happened around Ning Yan. He not only knew that Ning Yan was the one who caused the Duchess of Dingguo to fall into the water, but also that the Duchess of Dingguo had harmed Ning Yan before. Furthermore, the secret guards had even heard Ning Yan say that she disliked Song Rui.
Therefore, Pei Che didn't care at all about their past engagement, because Ning Yan had no feelings for Song Rui.
He didn't like Song Rui's affection for Ning Yan; she was his beloved, and he didn't like anyone else having their eyes on her.
Thinking of his and the Crown Princess's indulgence last night, Pei Che felt he didn't want to stay in this dilapidated study for even a moment longer; he wanted to go find his beloved.
In the days that followed, Ning Yan and Pei Che entered their honeymoon period.
Ning Yan felt very comfortable with Pei Che. Unlike others, she wasn't cautious and timid. She ate whatever she wanted and said whatever she wanted. Occasionally, she would even tease him when no one was in the room.
Pei Che had never been with a woman before, nor had he ever seen erotic pictures, so he always thought it was normal for a man to be on the bottom. Moreover, these past two days, Ning Yan had forgotten to tie his wrists, and he would even remind her.
Ning Yan: ……
Therefore, Ning Yan had Cui'er sew two new bandages for her, with cotton stuffed inside, so as not to hurt her Crown Prince's hands. To be honest, not only Pei Che was easily excited by this, but she also thought it was quite good.
More than a month later, Pei Che and Ning Yan were having lunch. "Qingqing, try this fish soup. The freshly delivered sea fish is the most delicious. Look how milky white the soup is, it must taste great."
Ning Yan took the bowl, smiled, and glanced at the Crown Prince. "Your Highness, you may drink as well."
Pei Che was very satisfied with her reaction. Whenever the Crown Princess looked at him with such eyes, he was in for a good night.
The servants around them couldn't help but smile like doting aunts as they watched their two masters. With the masters being so affectionate, the servants' lives were certainly easier.
The next second, Ning Yan spat out the fish soup she was about to eat and kept vomiting!
"Yanyan, Yanyan, what's wrong? Has someone poisoned the fish soup? Someone, quickly summon the imperial physician! Bring all the imperial physicians on duty to me!"
In the short time it took to say just that one sentence, a layer of fine sweat appeared on Pei Che's forehead, and his anxious expression was evident. He had already screened the candidates who would harm Ning Yan again and again in his mind!
Don't let him find out! Otherwise, no matter who that person is, he will tear them to pieces!
Ning Yan helplessly tugged at his sleeve: "Your Highness, I'm fine... Ugh..."
Pei Che became even more anxious, comforting Ning Yan while sending someone to urge the imperial physician.
Soon the imperial physician arrived. "Quickly, forget the formalities, take the Crown Princess's pulse immediately. Physician Li, examine the fish soup and see if you can find out what poison was put in it?"
Ning Yan felt that she was not poisoned, but she didn't have a chance to say it at all. First, it was too disgusting, and second, the Crown Prince was going crazy and didn't give her a chance to interrupt.
She had no choice but to let him extend his arm. Cui'er draped a handkerchief over her wrist, and only then did the imperial physician begin to take her pulse.
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The imperial physician's expression grew increasingly grave. "Your Highness, please switch to your right hand."
Ning Yan endured the nausea and cooperated by switching to her right hand.
Pei Che paced anxiously in the hall. The longer the imperial physician took to examine Yan Yan's pulse, the more serious the illness was. What if something happened to Yan Yan? How would he live in the future?
No! Yan Yan absolutely cannot die!
"How is it? Imperial Physician, say something!"
The imperial physician finally stopped and bowed to Pei Che with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Highness, the Crown Princess is more than two months pregnant!"
Pei Che: !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
The Empress, who rushed over upon hearing the news and happened to overhear this: !!!
These two are absolutely ecstatic!
"Really? She's really pregnant?! I'm having a child!!"
The imperial physician nodded. "If Your Highness is still concerned, you can have another imperial physician examine you again."
Pei Che nodded, and then all ten or so imperial physicians examined Ning Yan's pulse again, and all of them gave positive answers.
The emperor, who was reviewing memorials, stopped reviewing them upon hearing the news of the crown princess's pregnancy. He personally visited the Eastern Palace, and subsequently, the rewards flowed to the Eastern Palace like water.
Seven and a half months later, Ning Yan gave birth to a healthy eldest grandson of the emperor, and the emperor issued an edict of general amnesty.
Upon receiving the news, the Duchess of Dingguo died of shock.
Even the Duke of Dingguo dared not announce the death. He used to be quite satisfied with his wife. She had borne him a son and a daughter, managed the household well, and was impeccable in her treatment of people, her conduct, and her management of affairs.
As a result, she quietly gave him a big one!
First, he was unhappy that his niece had unexpectedly married his son, and then he used an outsider to try to kill Yan Yan.
But that's Yan Yan, the girl my son has his eye on, and he insists on marrying her. What does that have to do with Yan Yan?
Then, even in death, she caused no peace of mind; she died of anger after Yan Yan gave birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor!
If this gets back to the palace, will their entire family of hundreds of people have any chance of survival?
Helpless, he had to keep his wife's death a secret until seven days later when he held a simple funeral and then buried her hastily.
When the eldest grandson of the emperor, Pei Zijue, was three years old, the emperor abdicated.
Pei Che was utterly struck dumb. "Father, you're still so young, why did you abdicate so early?"
He usually helps his father review half of the memorials, so how will he have time to spend with Yan Yan after he ascends the throne?
"You should abdicate early while your father is still young, so he can give you another helping hand. Do you think your father doesn't know your little schemes? Be careful he doesn't get annoyed by spending all your time with the Crown Princess."
Anyway, Zijue is already three years old. From today onwards, you can take him with you and raise him. When he grows up, he can take your place.
Pei Che: ...
What else could Pei Che do but obediently sit on the dragon throne?
A year later, Ning Yan gave birth to a beautiful daughter, and from then on, she stopped having children and never gave birth again.
(End of this chapter)
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