Chapter 100 Chi Tianlin x Li Yaoyao (Extra Story)
"Your Majesty, Minister Li requests an audience."
Chi Tianlin put down the memorial in his hand, frowned and said, "What is he doing here? I haven't settled the score with him yet, but he still has the nerve to see me."
Mo Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "It must be because of the Empress's matter."
Speaking of Li Yaoyao, Chi Tianlin's heart softened and he became even more dissatisfied with Li Shangshu. "Forget it, let him in. I want to hear what he wants to say."
Minister Li paced back and forth nervously at the door of the study. Thinking of his wife's crying, he felt a little scared. Could it be that if Li Yaoyao became the empress, would she really do something to him, her father? No matter how badly he treated her, he was still her father.
"Minister Li, the Emperor lets you in."
Mo Yan's voice interrupted Minister Li's thoughts. He smiled, nodded, and walked in.
"Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty"
Chi Tianlin did not shout, but just observed Minister Li.
She sneered in her heart, this Minister Li didn't look like a good guy, with a sneaky look. Yao'er must look very much like her mother.
"I heard that Minister Li wants to see me? What's the matter?"
Minister Li's heart skipped a beat, as Chi Tianlin's tone was indeed not very good.
"Your Majesty, I would like to give you some advice. Please think twice. This is a major national event. Li Yaoyao grew up in the countryside and is a crude person. She is not worthy of being the mother of a country."
Chi Tianlin suppressed his anger, raised his thin lips and sneered, "Oh? Then Minister Li, tell me, who is suitable to be the queen?"
Minister Li was a little insecure, but thinking of his beloved daughter, he gritted his teeth and said, "My daughter Li Xiangxiang, I have always attached great importance to Xiangxiang's etiquette and rules. Xiangxiang is more suitable to be the queen than Li Yaoyao."
Chi Tianlin was so angry at this Minister Li that he laughed. He looked at him as if he was looking at Xiao Chou. "Minister Li, you don't think that only your daughter can be the queen, right?"
"Even if Yao'er doesn't become the queen, it won't be Li Xiangxiang's turn to be the queen."
Minister Li shuddered all over. He had overlooked this point because of his wife's disturbance, and he felt secretly annoyed.
"Hey, isn't this Minister Li? It's been a long time since we last met."
Li Yaoyao's voice came from outside the door.
Chi Tianlin stood up and walked forward a few steps, supporting Li Yaoyao who walked quickly into the room.
"Yao'er, why are you here? Be careful, you are still pregnant."
Li Yaoyao smiled and shook her head, "Yao'er, it's okay. I heard that my father came to see the emperor, so Yao'er wanted to take a look."
"I didn't expect that my father would give Yaoer such a big surprise."
Minister Li looked at the beautiful and elegant Li Yaoyao in front of him with wide eyes. He could not believe that this was the daughter he did not care about.
Didn’t Madam say that Li Yaoyao was ugly and unworthy of being in a formal gathering?
Li Yaoyao saw the shock in Li Shangshu's eyes and sneered, "Why? Did your wife say that I am not good in every way? You are really stupid."
Minister Li had a stern face and wanted to open his mouth to scold Li Yaoyao, but when he saw the murderous look from the emperor, he dared not say anything.
"Yao'er, don't get angry with others and ruin your health"
After saying this, Chi Tianlin lowered his head and looked at Li Shangshu who had been kneeling on the ground and said, "Li Shangshu is really confused. It seems that I have to consider whether the position of Shangshu should be replaced."
"Back off"
Minister Li suddenly felt relieved and finally understood how much the emperor protected Li Yaoyao.
Chi Tianlin took Li Yaoyao's hand, asked her to sit on the chair and said, "Who is so talkative? Minister Li told you as soon as he arrived."
Li Yaoyao pursed her lips and said, "I know someone wanted to tell me on purpose, but I really wanted to see what Minister Li was going to do. I didn't expect that he would do what I expected."
Chi Tianlin narrowed his eyes and said to Mo Yan, "Go check and see who is so nosy."
"Yes." Mo Yan curled his lips. Who else could it be? There was only one imperial concubine left in the palace. It must have been arranged by this imperial concubine.
Chi Tianlin also remembered this, and pricked his nose awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, Yao'er, I will deal with the Concubine after I solve the problem of Concubine Gui's father."
Li Yaoyao shook her head and sighed, "Your Majesty, since you came back from Dongming, you have cleaned up the court with great force. The concubines should be dismissed and dealt with. I am a little worried that there will be unruly ministers who are dissatisfied."
Since Chi Tianlin dared to do this, he must have been fully confident. In the beginning, he valued some ministers too much, which led to him being led by them by the nose.
Now that the military power is in his hands, he will certainly not let go of those who attempt to use the old tricks to deal with him.
"Don't worry, Yao'er, they don't dare."
"Has the imperial physician examined your pulse today?"
Li Yaoyao nodded, looked at her belly lovingly and said, "I checked it, the doctor said I'm fine."
Chi Tianlin is becoming more and more satisfied with Li Yaoyao. Not only is she smart, but she also does not act spoiled and knows what she should and should not do.
Chi Tianlin didn't even realize how dotingly he looked at Li Yaoyao.
Mo Yan, who served Chi Tianlin every day, saw it clearly.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Li Yaoyao's belly had become slightly bulging, and it was really time for the baby to come.
On the way back to Xueling from Dongming, Chi Tianlin always asked her to live with him. At that time, she had not made up her mind to become the queen of Xueling Kingdom, so she found an excuse, saying that she was on the way back to Xueling, and if she could get pregnant, then she would agree to be the queen.
Chi Tianlin worked hard for this for many days, but who would have thought that just two days after she returned to the palace, the imperial physician diagnosed her with pregnancy.
It’s just that because the fetus is not very stable, the imperial physician does not recommend holding the ceremony of conferring the queen at this time.
According to Chi Tianlin, the imperial decree should be announced first, and then the ceremony of conferring the title of queen would be held after the child was born.
Thinking of this, Li Yaoyao gently stroked her belly and said with a smile, "Little bastard, you have made the decision for your mother."
"Yao'er"
Chi Tianlin ran to Yuning Palace right after the morning court session with a happy look on his face.
"Your Majesty, what good news has happened to you?"
Chi Tianlin took a sip of tea, paused and said, "Your father divorced Yuan."
"Huh?" Li Yaoyao was a little surprised. "Why? Hasn't he always doted on Yuan? How could he bear to divorce her?"
Chi Tianlin said with some disdain, "That Yuan is not an honest person. She was caught in the act of colluding with your father's cronies."
Li Yaoyao looked at Chi Tianlin meaningfully and said, "If my guess is correct, the emperor must have done this."
Chi Tianlin laughed, touched Li Yaoyao's belly and said, "Who made her upset Yao'er?"
"But your father didn't just abandon her."
"Before giving up, he beat her half to death"
"And that Li Xiangxiang, your father just married her to a butcher."
"Yao'er, now that the imperial concubine has been dismissed from the palace, do you still like me a little bit?"
Li Yaoyao's cheeks flushed and she didn't dare to look Chi Tianlin in the eye.
But Chi Tianlin insisted, "Okay Yao'er, just tell me the truth. What should I do to make you believe that I really like you?"
Mo Yan, who was eavesdropping outside the door, ran in and said angrily, "My emperor, can't you see that the queen has liked you for a long time? Otherwise, why would she be willing to bear a child for you?"
Chi Tianlin's eyes lit up visibly, and he held Li Yaoyao's hand with trembling hands and said, "Is what Mo Yan said true?"
Li Yaoyao nodded with amusement.
She had been betting that Chi Tianlin would fall in love with her, and it seemed that she had won. She would always be with Chi Tianlin, accompanying him to see the vast mountains and rivers, and their children, and would be with him too.