"Your Majesty, the gate is open."
The guard bowed his head respectfully and clasped his hands together.
"Well, you guys wait outside, Dongxue, follow me in."
"yes."
Dongxue held the queen's hand and stepped into the courtyard with her.
The queen turned her eyes and looked around the courtyard. "Although it's small, it has everything. Although it's not as exquisite as the imperial palace, it's warm and homely."
This was the ordinary life she once longed for.
"Ah Heng, are you back?"
Li Xia heard the rustling sound of footsteps on snow outside the house. She tilted her neck and asked outside.
“Squeak—”
Dongxue pushed open the door.
"Axia, long time no see." The queen smiled.
Her eyes seemed to fall unintentionally on Li Xia's flat belly.
The three-month pregnant belly is not yet visible.
Axia is stunningly beautiful, Heng'er is handsome.
The child conceived by these two people will definitely be a beauty from heaven.
In a few months, I will be able to hold my cuddly grandchild in my arms.
Just thinking about it made the queen excited.
"Qi... Madam Qi?" Li Xia frowned when she saw the elegant and luxurious dress of the woman in front of her. "No, Madam is not Madam Qi."
She was sure.
Li Xia asked cautiously, "Who is Madam? What is your purpose in appearing in front of me one after another?"
The first time was a coincidence.
However, this time it was outside the city, in an ordinary inconspicuous courtyard, but she was able to find her accurately.
No matter how slow Li Xia was, she knew they were coming for her.
But they have no relatives, no friends, no enemies, and no grudges.
She didn't understand why this noble lady was looking for her.
When they first met, although she was dressed simply, it was difficult to conceal her noble aura.
At that time, Li Xia guessed that her identity was not simple.
Especially her extreme enthusiasm for herself, which once made her think that she had run into a human gangster.
"Axia, my husband's real surname is Qi." The queen blinked her eyes.
Homophonic words are not considered lying.
Qi Yuanjin: My queen changed my surname in order to get closer to my future daughter-in-law.
"Qi...Qi..."
Could it be that...
Li Xia's eyes suddenly widened.
"Miss Li, my mother is Queen Daqi." Dong Xue bowed and said.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor..."
"Dongxue, quickly support the Crown Princess."
Li Xia had some guesses in her mind, so after hearing the queen's true identity, she did not look too surprised.
She saluted calmly.
The queen quickly asked the nanny beside her to support Li Xia.
"Ah Xia, we will soon be a family, no need to be polite." The Queen stepped forward and took Li Xia's soft and boneless hand intimately. She took off a jade bracelet that was all green from her fair wrist and said, "This jade bracelet was passed down to me by my mother. Today I will pass it on to my daughter-in-law."
"Your Majesty, this jade bracelet is too valuable. I cannot accept it."
Li Xia saw a jade bracelet with the Queen's body temperature still on it on her slender white wrist, and she lowered her eyes in fear.
The queen held down Li Xia's hand as she tried to take off the bracelet. "It doesn't matter how expensive it is. Axia will soon become my daughter-in-law. I like you, so I naturally want to give you the best. What's more..."
She lowered her eyelids and glanced lightly at Li Xia's lower abdomen.
Heng'er wants to give Axia a surprise.
I can't ruin my son's plan.
"What's more?" Li Xia asked when she saw that the queen was hesitant to speak.
The queen smiled and said, "It's nothing. As long as A-Xia knows that I will never become one of those evil mothers-in-law in the streets, after A-Xia and Heng... marry the prince, I will just have another daughter."
She almost forgot that her son had repeatedly warned her in the letter not to reveal his name in front of his daughter-in-law.
Li Xia bit her lower lip tightly, and she kept glancing outside the house out of the corner of her eye.
Ah Heng has been out for so long, it’s about time for him to come back.
He wouldn't run into the Queen, would he?
no!
She couldn't let them meet.
"Your Majesty, are you here to pick me up?" Li Xia asked directly.
The Queen had come here, and whether for the sake of the people in the Li Mansion or for Ah Heng, she couldn't disobey the Queen's order in front of her.
The plan for now.
She could only follow the queen back to the imperial city.
We will consider the rest later.
"I'm here to pick up the Crown Princess on behalf of the Crown Prince. Don't blame him. That brat takes his wedding with A-Xia very seriously and has taken care of all the details himself."
Li Xia was confused when she heard this, but she didn't show it.
She had never met the prince.
Where does the importance come from?
"Dongxue, the road is bumpy, so put a few more quilts under the bed." The queen tried the soft couch in the carriage and frowned, complaining that it was not soft enough.
"Yes, I will go right away."
Dongxue bowed her head and immediately went to prepare.
When Li Xia saw this scene, she felt an indescribable weirdness in her heart.
She had noticed that the Queen had secretly glanced at her belly at least three times.
Could it be that the Queen saw something?
Li Xia was nervous.
In this world, her current situation is that she is pregnant.
The crime of deceiving the emperor, even if it does not involve the entire clan, will still implicate relatives.
She had to ask for an audience with the prince.
I hope he can be magnanimous and ask His Majesty to cancel the marriage.
Three days later.
The carriage was getting closer and closer to the imperial city.
"Axia, I see that you look listless, are you feeling unwell? How about we stop and ask the imperial physician to come and take a look?"
Seeing that Li Xia looked listless, the queen became concerned about her health.
When she left the palace this time, she brought the imperial physician with her.
She also felt more at ease knowing that Li Xia was pregnant and that the imperial physician was accompanying her.
"No, no, thank you for your kindness." Li Xia waved her hand quickly, "I'm fine. I'll just go back to your house and catch up on some sleep."
She is pregnant now, and once the imperial physician arrives, she will be convicted of deceiving the emperor.
When the queen saw Li Xia’s resistance, she reacted belatedly.
It’s all Heng’er’s fault.
Look how scared my daughter-in-law is.
"Your Majesty, we've arrived at the Li Mansion." Dongxue said.
"Axia, I will take you back."
The queen stood up and subconsciously raised her hand to help Li Xia get off the carriage.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to see me off." Li Xia bowed and spoke softly, "Your Majesty is of noble status, and I don't want to make my parents uncomfortable."
"It is my fault for not thinking it through. Axia, go back and have a good rest." The queen warned.
Li Xia nodded and said, "Thank you, Queen, for your concern."
"Miss Li, I will help you down."
Dongxue saw Lixia lift the curtain, and she went forward and held her hand.
"Thank you." Li Xia pursed her red lips.
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In the next world, it is said that modern stories are more popular, so I will write one modern and one ancient story. If you don’t like it, please don’t scold me (dog head saves life～)
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