Tears welled up on the Queen Mother's face and her hands were shaking with excitement.
"Rewards, rewards, all of them are rewarded generously."
"Quick, go and notify the emperor to come over."
The Queen Mother sat beside Xu Jinyi's bed, reached out and held Xu Jinyi's hand. Just as she was about to say something, she thought of her attitude towards Xu Jinyi just now.
There was an unnatural look on her face, and her tone became hesitant: "Queen, I have wronged you today. It was my fault for being so foolish and messing up the relationship. Please don't take it to heart."
The Queen Mother hasn't admitted her mistakes for many years, so it's not easy for her to say such words.
Xu Jinyi was not going to make fun of Qiao, she smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? It's my fault for speaking too bluntly and contradicting you."
"I'm glad you're not angry. Don't take it personally. Stay cheerful. If I've done anything wrong, tell me directly."
"Today, I, an old woman, am trying to save face. Even though I know you are right, I still punished you. I apologize to you."
The Queen Mother's expression was full of regret and annoyance. Fortunately, nothing happened to the Queen today, and fortunately she did not punish her severely.
Otherwise, if she harmed her grandson, she would not be able to face her ancestors even if she died to apologize.
Staring at Xu Jinyi's belly, the Queen Mother's excited heart could not calm down for a long time.
"Empress Dowager..."
Before Xu Jinyi could finish her words, she was interrupted by the Queen Mother: "Just call me Mother, just like the Emperor, you can call me Mother."
"I used to be prejudiced against you. It was because I was foolish and believed what the imperial concubine and the others said. Please don't hold it against me."
"If you are angry, tell me, don't get angry at yourself."
The Queen Mother now wished she could hold Xu Jinyi in her arms. Thinking of her previous attitude, she felt so regretful that her intestines turned green.
She looked at Xu Jinyi with caution, afraid that Xu Jinyi would annoy her.
"Mother, I have long forgotten all those things that happened to me."
"That's good, that's good."
The emperor ran all the way here, and his shoes sank into the thick snow. He didn't even bother to wear shoes and ran in barefoot.
Eunuch Wang Yun behind him couldn't keep up at all with his shoes and socks covered in snow.
The emperor thought a lot along the way. Although he stayed in the Pepper Palace every night, he never dared to think that he and Xu Jinyi could have a child of their own.
For him, it was a great blessing from God to send Xu Jinyi to him.
He didn't dare to think of anything more.
But now he was suddenly told that his lover was pregnant with a child related to him by blood, his own flesh and blood.
The emperor was so excited that his hands and feet were a little uncoordinated, and he stumbled all the way.
"Mother."
Although he called her the Queen Mother, the Emperor's eyes were actually looking at Xu Jinyi, who was lying on the bed with a smile on her face.
Unable to contain his inner joy any longer, he strode forward and hugged Xu Jiabu in his arms.
"Yier, we have a child."
"We have a child."
Xu Jinyi was also very happy and nodded repeatedly.
In her previous life, she had been pregnant several times and had miscarriages several times. Later, the princess gave her sterilization drugs and sent her to the military camp.
That tragic life has now been rewritten. He has the emperor's favor and his own flesh and blood.
Xu Jinyi was also excited at this moment.
Touching her belly, she said, "Your Majesty, we are pregnant."
"Yes, we are having a child." The emperor covered her small hand with his big hand and touched the place where their child was born.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"Mother, are you still talking about appointing an heir? I've already said there's no rush, and look, the good news is here."
"Yes, yes, I was wrong. I apologize to you." The Queen Mother also felt that she had been senile and confused before.
The emperor is still so young, why should she worry about it? It's all because of those ministers.
The emperor laughed.
Then the emperor remembered the important matter: "Why did the queen faint for no reason?"
The Queen Mother's breath hitched, and she smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this just me, Queen Mother, getting senile and confused? If you punish the Queen, I'll almost become a criminal."
The emperor certainly knew who his mother was. She would not interfere with his harem unless it was a major matter, let alone punish anyone. "What happened again? Who is my queen getting in the way of again?"
The Queen Mother didn't want to mention Qin Xiyue, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Emperor, you must be careful with the Queen's pregnancy this time. Nothing must happen. Find some experienced maids to take care of her."
"Especially imported food, as well as things in the house, all must be checked by the imperial physician before use. There must be no mistakes."
"With all the fuss just now, I'm afraid the news of the Queen's pregnancy has already spread. It's impossible to hide it anymore. We have to be careful."
"As for the harem, I will personally monitor it. The daily greetings can be cancelled. Everything will be decided after the heir is born."
The emperor nodded repeatedly.
The news of Xu Jinyi's pregnancy spread throughout the capital in just half a day.
Xu Youran was so angry that she smashed everything in the room.
"Why, why is Xu Jinyi so lucky? It's bad enough that she's favored by the emperor, but now she's pregnant with his child."
"Then what has all our efforts amounted to? What has all my hard work influencing those ministers to support Prince Qin amounted to?"
"My life is a joke. Now that the emperor already has his own children, the idea of adopting an heir has become a joke."
Xu Youran fell to the ground, letting the broken pieces of the teacup pierce her palm without moving.
His face was full of dejection, and he seemed to have lost all his life.
Wu was also furious: "What did you just say? How could you do such a thing? How could you use your body to win over those ministers?"
"Are you crazy?"
Xu Youran pushed Wu away. "What can I do? After the prince knew Xu Jinyi wouldn't listen to us, he stopped paying attention to me."
"This is the only way I can help the prince, and he has promised not to despise me."
"I finally won over the ministers, but Xu Jinyi happened to be pregnant at this time. Why, why did God treat me like this?"
Wu was so angry that she kept hitting Xu Youran with her hands. "Are you stupid? Do you think you can take a man's words seriously? How could the prince accept a woman who is so destitute?"
"Your brother has been sent by the Emperor to fight in the border town. It's unknown whether he's dead or alive. Now you've done something like this again. Are you here to collect a debt?"
"Why did I give birth to such a fool like you!"
Xu Youran glared at Wu, her eyes filled with intense hatred.
"Yes, the thing you did wrong was giving birth to me. Since you gave birth to me, why did you save Xu Jinyi's life?"
"If you had killed her then, nothing would have happened to you now."
"It's all your fault that I'm like this!"
Wu clutched her chest, gasping in anger, "You're really possessed."
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