Recently, there has been a heated debate in the court over whether the emperor should lead the army in person.
Duke Anguo spent a huge amount of financial resources and bribed many military generals, just to let everyone use the excuse that there was no one available in the court to let the emperor lead the army in person.
However, the civil officials felt that it was dangerous for the emperor to go on the expedition in person, and the two sides argued and could not make a decision.
Shang Xiaoyang actually wanted to personally meet his imperial brother who was hiding in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion.
Now An Qingfeng claims to the public that he has an acute illness and is recuperating in the mansion, but in fact he has gone to Ping County to take charge of the overall situation.
At this time, the imperial physician in charge of the empress appeared outside the palace. Wang De hurried forward and said that the emperor had said long ago that the safety of the empress and her child was above everything else.
Any situation must be reported directly to him without any delay, even during the morning court session.
The imperial physician's face looked gloomy and his brows were furrowed. Shang Xiaoyang was confused.
He paused the morning court session and took the person to the back, anxiously asking, "Speak quickly, what happened to the Queen?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress's pregnancy has been getting bigger and bigger over the past month, far beyond normal.
I have just checked Her Majesty's pulse together with the Imperial Physician, and finally confirmed that Her Majesty may be pregnant with multiple children.
This situation is very dangerous. There are women who have given birth to three children. The babies are very thin and weak, and the probability of them dying in infancy is much higher. In addition, the mother is very likely to die from dystocia.
Shang Xiaoyang's heart skipped a beat: "I just want the Queen to live well. Is it okay if I don't give birth to this child now?"
The imperial physician shook his head in embarrassment, "The Empress is already five months pregnant. She's too far along, and the baby is already formed. If we induce labor now, I'm afraid the Empress won't be able to handle it, and the situation won't be any better than a normal birth."
Shang Xiaoyang was extremely angry: "Then how can I protect my queen? Tell me, I just want the queen to be alive and well."
In a hurry, he didn't even care about his own behavior. Men don't shed tears easily. At this moment, the iron-blooded emperor who had experienced the battlefield had tears in his eyes and his hands were clenched tightly under his dragon robe.
The imperial physician knelt on the ground, trembling, and proposed the best plan that everyone in the Imperial Hospital had been thinking about:
"I suggest recruiting exceptional midwives and female doctors from across the country. The Imperial Hospital is willing to pool the wisdom of everyone involved and quickly train someone who can both deliver babies and provide high-caliber medical expertise within the next three months, so we can fully support the Empress's delivery."
Now, this is the only way. Shang Xiaoyang returned to the previous dynasty and promoted the recruitment of midwives and female doctors from all over the country to the Imperial Medical Service as the most urgent order.
Seeing that the court officials were still arguing about who should lead the army, he immediately announced that he would lead the army himself, with Qin Guangxuan accompanying him as his deputy general. After hearing the news of the expedition three days later, he hurriedly withdrew from the court.
When Danruo was drinking the nourishing soup that Li had prepared for her, Shang Xiaoyang ran up to her and hugged her tightly.
She patted his head soothingly and whispered, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Shang Xiaoyang said in a sullen tone, "I'm worried about you. The imperial physician said it's too dangerous to take care of more than one child this time."
Hearing this, and recalling the expression on the imperial physician's face when he left just now, Dan Ruo smiled:
"It's okay. My mother gave birth to twins and they were fine. Now you secretly brought my mother into the palace to take care of me. I'm sure everything will be fine."
Shang Xiaoyang naturally believed the imperial physician's words more, but seeing that Dan Ruo was in such a good mood, he naturally wouldn't tell her and let her worry about him. He placed his hand on Dan Ruo's belly:
"I will accompany you for the next few months until the baby is born."
Dan Ruo nodded. She thought Shang Xiaoyang came to see her after court every day, but she didn't expect that Shang Xiaoyang was with her every day.
Shang Xiaoyang, who was supposed to go to war, stayed with her in the palace every day to make her and the children happy. The one who went to the war was disguised as Shang Xiaoyang's secret guard, and the affairs of state were handled by the empress dowager and the prime minister together.
Dan Ruo looked at Shang Xiaoyang who wanted to paint for her every now and then, and didn't understand why he suddenly had this new hobby. After all, he had only learned things related to the court back then, and painting was just basic skills. He couldn't paint even one-tenth of her beauty.
But since he liked it, I just let him do it.
Shang Xiaoyang actually wanted to spend this period of time as his last. He wanted to record Dan Ruo every day. He didn't want to have nothing to miss when he collapsed to the point of collapse on the day of the accident.
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On the battlefield in Pingjun, Qin Guangyu was targeted by An Qingfeng. During the melee, he ordered everyone to surround and capture Qin Guangyu.
When Qin Guangyu was tied to the battle flag, he was so scared that tears and snot were running down his face. He regretted it.
Knowing that Qin Guangxuan was going to follow the emperor in person as a deputy general, he felt that this was a good time to gain experience and get promoted.
You have to know that Duke Anguo was treacherous and did not use his connections to help him get promoted. He is still a ninth-rank official. Moreover, because of Mrs. Du, he can't find a good marriage for his second wife.
He had sought help from Duke Anguo several times during this period but was turned away. In anger, he publicized the little affair between An Qingyu and An Qingfeng. However, this had broken off his relationship with Duke Anguo, and he had to find a way to keep his official position on his own.
So he threatened to die and forced Qin Guangxuan to take him with him to participate in this personal expedition. Otherwise, Qin Guangxuan would force his brother left behind by his original wife to death, and Qin Guangxuan's reputation would be ruined, and the queen's reputation would also be implicated.
When Qin Guangxuan pinched his nose and agreed, Qin Guangyu was so happy that he asked Qin Guangxuan to make sure to get some credit for him.
In the end, he didn't get any credit, but was captured instead. The mastermind behind the enemy wasn't some peasant from the civil uprising army, but his brother-in-law An Qingfeng, whom he had offended some time ago.
Now I can only hope that Qin Guangxuan, that bastard, can save me.
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