"Imperial Physician, call the imperial physician!" the empress dowager shouted. She was really scared when she saw the emperor dancing with excitement.
"Sit down quickly and tell me slowly, what child? Where is the child?" The Queen Mother did not dare to provoke him, and gently pulled his hand to let him sit down.
"Mother, Chen Miaoyi is a woman. I want to tell you, but I can't.
Given your temper, you will definitely let her enter the palace. But she is not only my favorite, she is also a uniquely good official. Haven’t you seen that under her leadership, Cangzhou is almost catching up with Jiangnan?”
The empress dowager was so frightened that her scalp went numb. If the emperor was not crazy and Chen Miaoyi was really a woman, then she would be guilty of deceiving the emperor and should be severely punished!
"Am I that bad? Aren't there already female officials in the court? It's okay for her to be a female official, but there must be no collusion between the court and the harem. If she becomes an official, she can't be your concubine, the emperor."
The Queen Mother said calmly that if she entered the harem, she could not be a female official, and if she became a female official, she could not enter the harem, otherwise the government would be in chaos.
"Empress Dowager, the imperial physician is here." The palace maid reported. It was New Year's Day, and the imperial physician on duty was still waiting in the palace.
"Quick, show it to the emperor."
She believed more in the imperial physician's medical skills than the emperor's nonsense.
"The emperor is in very good health!" said the imperial physician after taking his pulse.
"Take a closer look to see if he's seriously injured..."
The Empress Dowager hesitated to speak, and the Imperial Physician was horrified, thinking that something might have happened to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, look, what is this?" The imperial physician stretched out a finger.
"This is your finger, I am not confused." The emperor looked at the expressions of the two people and was speechless.
The imperial physician shook his head, his expression gloomy and unclear, "Your Majesty, this is the roof! I'm pointing at the roof!"
The imperial physician's finger was pointing upwards, wasn't it pointing at the roof?
"Get out, get out quickly. It's time to get off duty. Go back and reunite with your family." The emperor held back his temper. Did this imperial physician treat him as a fool?
The imperial physician chuckled, "Your Majesty, I'll take my leave now. The Emperor is in good health!"
"Mother, I am very sober.
You don't think your son is really gay, do you? It's just that the situation at the time made it impossible for me to tell you the truth. Chen Miaoyi is a woman."
The emperor explained helplessly that he finally told the truth, but was still regarded as not being in his right mind.
"Then Chen Miaoyi is deceiving the emperor, and I will never allow such a person to enter the harem.
I was so angry at you that I almost fainted, and you didn't even tell me the truth? You are truly a good son to me!"
The emperor patted the empress dowager on the back to comfort her. It was indeed wrong to do so, but in an emergency, one had to take the necessary measures.
"Mother, this is not the point. What I want to say is that Chen Miaoyi gave birth to my children, a boy and a girl. Now that I have children, the Great Xia dynasty will have successors!"
The emperor finished speaking in one breath, and the empress dowager was still confused. She must have heard it right. The emperor had a child, and it didn't matter who the mother was. As long as he had a child, it was enough.
"What about the child? Where is the child now?" the Queen Mother asked, holding his hand tightly.
"The child is in Cangzhou. She was already pregnant when she left Beijing."
The Empress Dowager's expression was filled with surprise and joy, "Emperor, why don't you go and bring the little prince and princess back?
"But, the bloodline is correct, right? Is it your bloodline?" The Queen Mother asked hesitantly. Royal bloodline cannot be mixed up under any circumstances.
"Yes, I am sure. The last time she came back to report on her work, she was pregnant again when she left. I'm afraid you will have more grandchildren."
The Queen Mother was horrified. "What's wrong with you? In the short time since Chen Miaoyi returned to the capital to report on her work, you guys..."
Is the connection still there, rekindled?
The empress dowager was a little angry that the emperor was carrying her on his back and was still entangled with Chen Miaoyi.
"Mother, if I hadn't gone to find her, how could she have gotten pregnant?"
"Then why didn't you tell me? I urged her to leave. The journey was so bumpy. If anything happened to the emperor's grandson, how could you bear the responsibility?"
The empress dowager was furious. It was so rare to have an imperial grandson, and she finally got one, so how could she be allowed to leave the capital?
"Mother, the situation is special, haven't I told you now?
There are four children, two of them are twins, a boy and a girl. The older two are already over one year old and will be two in February. The older brother is named Chen Mingcang and the younger sister is named Chen Mingjing, which means Cangzhou and Jingcheng respectively.
The Queen Mother was listening attentively and felt very relieved, but when she heard the child's name, she became angry again.
"What's the child's surname? Chen? How can a royal child have the surname Chen? Do you think you're just an ordinary couple? Even if you're from an ordinary family, a child can't have the mother's surname!"
"Mother, the child's surname is only Chen now. It's not easy to reveal his identity in Cangzhou. When he returns to the capital and is recorded in the Jade Disc, his surname will still be Xue."
After hearing his explanation, the Queen Mother reluctantly accepted it.
"Tell me again, what should I name the baby born this year? Counting the days, it's still about four or five months away, right?"
The Queen Mother's heart and eyes were filled with her little grandson, whom she had never met.
"This time, we have twins, a boy and a girl. The older one is a brother, and the younger one is a sister. The boy is named Xue Si, and the sister is named Xue Nian. They were born in August. Chen Miaoyi submitted a memorial to inform me."
The empress dowager then smiled contentedly. Four children, that was great. The emperor now had two princes and two princesses.
"Chen Miaoyi has made great contributions. I will not pursue the previous matter. Since there is a female official in the court, let her continue to serve.
As for the empress, if you wish, then let her succeed. I have no objection, but the prince and princess must be legitimate."
The empress dowager understood that the two of them had been able to conceal their secrets to such an extent. She thought they must have their own plans in mind. As long as the emperor could have an heir, she was willing to make any concessions.
"Thank you, Mother. However, Chen Miaoyi's identity cannot be announced yet. Please wait a moment."
The Queen Mother didn't object, she just missed her children. "When will the imperial grandchildren be brought back to the palace? The royal children still need to be taught by great scholars from a young age. How can the children endure the bitter cold in Cangzhou?"
As for Chen Miaoyi, she has been here for so long, she must be able to bear it.
"Mother, the children cannot come back yet. They are too young. How can you bear to separate them from their mother?" said the emperor. The queen mother must want to return only the children and not their mother.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother fell silent and thought for a long time.
"Then recall Chen Miaoyi back to the capital. She has been exiled for two years."
"As long as I can see the emperor's grandson, I will make the rest of the decisions myself. As for her identity and how to deal with her, you are the emperor, so you can decide."
The Queen Mother only wanted to hold her grandson, the grandson she had been waiting for for decades. She didn't want to get involved in the affairs of young people.
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