"Who allowed Ziqian to enter the palace? He clearly knew that the best thing to do at this time was to avoid the Emperor. He had already offended the Emperor by competing for the position of heir."
"After learning that the Queen was pregnant with a dragon heir, you should have hidden yourself away to avoid the Emperor's revenge later. You actually let him run into you."
Mrs. Wu, the wife of Grand Tutor Wu, hugged Wu Ziqian and cried heartbrokenly, patting him angrily and sadly.
"Mother asked you to go to the palace to give some money to your aunt. How did you offend the queen?"
Wu Ziqian was shaking, the pain of having his eyes gouged out still fresh in his mind: "Mother, I didn't, I didn't, I just glanced at the Queen from a distance, I didn't do anything."
The Grand Tutor sighed, "Alright, what's the point of saying all this now? You should be thankful that His Majesty spared your life."
This incident suddenly happened to the Wu family, and before Prince Qin could react, Chen Ziyi also got into trouble.
The border war suddenly became urgent, and the emperor sent him to lead 30,000 troops to provide support.
That means being sent to the battlefield like Xu Boran, where he may never return.
Prince Qin finally became anxious: "Mother, what should we do? The emperor has taken action against both of them. Since I am the one cheering the loudest, I will be the next one."
"Concubine Wu is under house arrest now, and the Queen's belly is getting bigger and bigger. We can't wait any longer."
"If I wait any longer, the Emperor will attack me."
The eldest princess also looked unhappy. She didn't expect the emperor to act so quickly. Wu Ziqian and Chen Ziyi took action one after another.
There is no rush to seek a position right now. The most important thing is to save your life first.
And the only way is the child in the queen's belly.
As long as the queen's baby is gone, her son's life will be smoother.
Maybe it's a good thing that Wu Ziqian and Chen Ziyi are gone.
In this way, the eldest princess immediately made a decision.
On this day, Xu Jinyi was dragging his sister-in-law into the palace to accompany her to listen to music.
Because he was afraid that Xu Jinyi would be bored in the palace, the emperor invited all the famous actors in the capital back.
Since Xu Jinyi became pregnant, she particularly liked to eat sour food. She picked up the sour plums in the small plate and put them into her mouth.
Eating and watching the show with such a look of enjoyment, this little life is so comfortable.
Ouyang Zhixia's appetite was whetted by the sour taste, so he took one and put it in his mouth.
Unexpectedly, the taste was so good that I couldn’t stop eating one after another.
In the end, he ate more than Xu Jinyi.
Xu Jinyi blinked: "I remember that you don't like sour food, sister-in-law. When we first met, you didn't even eat sour plum soup."
"I don't know, but it looks delicious."
Xu Jinyi's eyes lit up: "Mianmian, go get the imperial physician."
Ouyang Zhixia was stunned for a moment, then she realized what was happening and touched her belly: "Yes, I didn't have my period last month, could it be..."
"Of course." Xu Jinyi was also very happy. Her biggest wish in this life was to see her brother get married and have children.
The only regret is that there is still no news about her mother.
As time went by, she became more and more impatient and wished she could just capture his father and force him to tell her mother's whereabouts.
But her brother advised her not to do so because he had tried it before and it didn't work.
Even her father said that if anything happened to him, her mother would definitely die.
Her brother said that his tone was firm, so she didn't dare to gamble.
The imperial physician arrived quickly, and in just a few breaths, the two received a positive answer.
Ouyang Zhixia happily held Xu Jinyi's hand: "I'm pregnant, pregnant."
"Yes, yes, I'm going to have a little nephew. Congratulations, sister-in-law."
"Congratulations."
Ouyang Zhixia couldn't wait to go back and tell Xu Haoran the great news.
So I left before the show was over.
Xu Jinyi stood up to see him off, but the palace maid who came up with a plate of Xu Jinyi's favorite steamed cakes became anxious.
"Your Majesty, the imperial kitchen has made your favorite steamed cake."
"I don't want to eat anymore. Let's share it." Xu Jinyi stood up and said that.
"My queen, you are pregnant with a dragon fetus and you must not be hungry. Besides, these pastries are freshly baked and still warm."
Xu Jinyi glanced at the steamed cake. She had just eaten too many sour plums and suddenly lost interest in the sweet steamed cake.
"Mianmian, eat it."
Then, with Xier's help, he helped Ouyang Zhixia into the carriage.
"ah--"
"Someone come quickly, something happened."
Xu Jinyi looked at the palace maid who ran out and patted Xier.
"What? The steamed cake is poisonous? Go get the doctor."
"Li Quan, find the maid who just delivered the cakes. Xier, go get the emperor to come over."
When Xu Jinyi walked in, she saw Mianmian lying on the ground with black blood flowing from her lips.
Xu Jinyi's belly was too big for her to squat, so she could only ask the nanny to help Mianmian into the palace with a worried look on her face.
However, he didn't notice that the protagonist singing on the stage looked at Xu Jinyi with a sinister look in his eyes.
Then, before anyone could react, he pulled out a dagger from his arms and rushed towards Xu Jinyi.
At this time, there was no one around Xu Jinyi, and those who were responsible for serving her personally had been sent out.
Seeing the assassin rushing towards him with a dagger emitting a cold glow, Xu Jinyi subconsciously protected his stomach with his hands, his pupils shrank sharply, and he stepped back.
Because of her pregnancy and heavy body, Xu Jinyi couldn't run fast at all: "Help, help!"
Xu Jinyi panicked. What she was most worried about at this moment was the baby in her belly. She thought about how much His Majesty valued the child and the sweet time they had spent together.
Tears rolled down her face as she watched the dagger approaching. Xu Jinyi closed her eyes tightly, but her hands tightly protected her stomach.
I thought that even if something happened to me, I couldn't let my child get hurt.
She even thought that if she really couldn't escape, she would ask the emperor to cut open her belly and save the child.
When the guards discovered what was happening here, they realized they had fallen into a trap and hurried over here.
When the emperor arrived, what he saw was a scene that made his heart stop.
He flew forward and used his back to block the dagger that was stabbing into Xu Jinyi's chest.
“Puff!”
There was the sound of the dagger piercing into the flesh, followed by the emperor's muffled groan.
The emperor supported the man, turned around, and kicked the assassin away.
At this time, the guards rushed over, captured the assassin and took him away.
The leader of the Imperial Guards knelt on the ground and said, "I am late for driving drunk. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Xu Jinyi came back to his senses and saw the injured emperor at a glance: "Your Majesty!"
"Hurry, where is the imperial physician? Has the imperial physician arrived?" Xu Jinyi shouted.
Such a big thing happened here that almost all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau arrived.
The emperor's expression was gloomy. He allowed the imperial physician to remove the dagger and apply medicine to him without changing his expression. "As the leader of the imperial guards, where were you when the queen was assassinated?"
Leader Ye Shuo did not make any excuses, knowing full well that he had made a grave mistake today, as the Queen was pregnant with the heir to the throne.
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