The palace maids and the imperial physician felt that this was not something they were supposed to see, so they quickly withdrew.
Only Eunuch De, Anxun, Suyue and a few other close relatives were left in the hall.
Anyway, they see it so often that they don't think it's a big deal. Now that the queen is pregnant, she needs someone to take care of her.
Emperor Xiao Ping was extremely excited, but he knew that the first three months after a woman becomes pregnant are more dangerous and she needs to be careful, so he relaxed a little and just hugged Su Wanti gently.
He placed one hand on her flat belly and the other on her slender waist.
"Wan'er, are you tired?" His voice was extremely gentle, as if he was afraid of scaring the person in his arms.
Su Wanti's eyes were filled with tears. Her white hands were wrapped around Xiao Pingdi's waist. She snuggled up to him with her ears against his chest.
Her voice is as sweet as a mountain spring.
"Your Majesty, tell me, is this true? I am not dreaming."
Xiao Pingdi's palm was slightly warm as he caressed her belly and rubbed his chin against her hairy head.
"Wan'er, I also feel like I'm in a dream, but this is not a dream, this is real, I'm pregnant. Wan'er, now our child is here with you, in your body."
Emperor Xiao Ping only felt a wetness on his chest. It was the tearful eyes of the person in his arms that soaked his clothes.
Su Wanti pressed herself tightly against Xiao Pingdi's broad and thick chest, her sweet voice tinged with tears.
"I believe it. This is not a dream. I listen to your Majesty's heartbeat and feel your Majesty's body temperature. I believe it. This is not a dream. I am really pregnant with your Majesty's child."
She raised her head, her almond eyes were bright and moist, with a hint of hesitation between her brows, and her cherry lips parted slightly.
"Your Majesty, you have never mentioned the matter of having children to me. I also know that before you didn't go to the harem, you were not obsessed with having children and had even made preparations to adopt one... Before, I thought you didn't like children... Your Majesty, now that I am pregnant, are you truly happy?"
Emperor Xiao Ping was amused by her words and lovingly scratched the tip of her slightly red nose.
"I clearly said before that I want you to give birth to my child."
"When did your Majesty say that?"
Emperor Xiao Ping approached her, whispered in her ear, "I said this in bed. At that time, your skin was as pink as peach blossoms, and I couldn't let it go—"
Su Wanti's face suddenly turned red. When she couldn't help herself, her skin would turn pink all over. Emperor Xiao Ping always joked that she was the peach blossom fairy in disguise.
"So Your Majesty really said that. At that time, I thought I was dreaming."
Her face was red, and she snuggled shyly in Emperor Xiao Ping's arms, refusing to look up.
Emperor Xiao Ping refused to let her go. He held her rosy face in his hands, full of tenderness.
"Before, I really didn't care about having children. The tonics I took were all sent to me by the Queen Mother. The young concubines were also selected by the Queen Mother and taken into the harem. I didn't touch many of them."
"It wasn't until I met Wan'er that I began to desire an heir. I didn't want a prince, but a child of ours, a child with both of our blood. Wan'er, do you understand my heart?"
Su Wanti nodded and said in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, I understand. Your Majesty's wishes are my wishes."
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Emperor Xiao Ping ordered that the news of Su Wanti's pregnancy be forbidden to spread.
The doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau are all shrewd and tight-lipped, so they naturally won't tell anyone about this. The people in Yaoguang Palace are all carefully selected by An Xun, and after several screenings, they are all reliable and cautious people, and they also keep their mouths shut.
There is another insider, Eunuch De. He is a close confidant of Emperor Xiao Ping and is naturally the most tight-lipped. He knows a lot of secrets, but he will not tell anything to anyone.
Therefore, in the past few months, no one in the palace knew that Su Wanti was pregnant.
Everyone in the palace only knew that the emperor doted on Concubine Zhen extremely, and good things were sent to the Yaoguang Palace like a stream.
This was Emperor Xiao Ping's first child, and he had it with great difficulty when he was in his thirties. He attached great importance to her and was very attentive to Su Wanti.
In important matters, he was very careful. In addition to increasing the guards in Yaoguang Palace, he also sent a female doctor who knew pharmacology to serve Su Wanti.
The main task of the female doctor is to check what foods pregnant women can eat and what they cannot eat.
In addition, he also ordered the Clothing Bureau to prepare several sets of soft and comfortable clothes and shoes for Su Wanti, and ordered people to carefully check the furnishings and utensils in the Yaoguang Hall several times, to ensure that there were no furnishings that could easily bump into people or places where it was easy to slip.
Whenever Su Wanti moved, three palace maids would take care of her. She felt that Emperor Xiao Ping was too worried about her and felt that this was a sweet burden.
Spring came in a blink of an eye, and the spring rain was like silk, nourishing all things.
Su Wanti is already five months pregnant, her belly is starting to show, and it is time to announce the good news.
Emperor Xiao Ping wanted to personally announce this good news to all the concubines.
That day was the first day of the new year, the day when all the concubines in the palace paid their respects to the empress. When the concubines gathered in the empress's palace, Emperor Xiao Ping appeared with Su Wanti.
Emperor Xiao Ping sat at the top and announced to everyone that Su Wanti was five months pregnant.
Everyone was shocked.
The concubines who remain in the palace now all entered the palace when Emperor Xiao Ping ascended the throne. They experienced the time when Emperor Xiao Ping was trying hard to have children.
During those years, Emperor Xiao Ping tried hard but to no avail, so they all thought that Emperor Xiao Ping was infertile.
I didn’t expect that I couldn’t have children with them!
However, there was only surprise in their eyes when they looked at Su Wanti, no jealousy.
Because they have been in the palace for quite a while, as they grow older, their mentality gradually becomes more relaxed and open-minded.
They have come to terms with it and no longer want to compete for favor or have children.
Therefore, they all sincerely congratulated Su Wanti and hoped that she could successfully give birth to the royal heir and bring hope to the palace that had been dull for a long time.
The Queen also expressed her congratulations to Su Wanti, and fulfilled her duties as Queen, taking good care of Su Wanti.
The Empress Dowager lived in the Cining Palace for a long time and seldom came out, so Emperor Xiao Ping sent Eunuch De to the Cining Palace to report the good news to the Empress Dowager.
After a while, Eunuch De came back after finishing his errand.
"What did the Empress Dowager say?" Emperor Xiao Ping asked Eunuch De with a faint look on his face.
Eunuch De bowed and replied, "The Queen Mother was naturally happy. In her excitement, she lost her grip on the teacup and it fell to the ground, shattering into pieces."
"Hmm." Emperor Xiao Ping seemed to be thinking about something, his eyes darkening.
At that time, Su Wanti was sitting next to him, embroidering a tiger-head hat.
Emperor Xiao Ping's attitude towards the Queen Mother and the subtle changes in his expression gave her a guess.
That is, the relationship between the Queen Mother and Emperor Xiao Ping was not close.
And judging from the Queen Mother's reaction, she didn't seem to be as eager for Emperor Xiao Ping to have his own children as she appeared to be.
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