After a month of back pain and body aches, Liu Ruyue felt like she was getting tired of it when she finally started experiencing morning sickness.
In the evening, after a busy day of official business, King Yan happily came to Jianjia Garden, ready to accompany Jiaojiaoer for dinner and then go to bed to express their feelings.
Little did she know that as soon as a dish of steamed fish was served, her Jiaojiao frowned.
In an instant, Zhao Tinghao had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The next moment, when I saw Jiaojiaoer start to vomit, the ominous premonition was confirmed.
"ah!!"
"Yue'er, are you pregnant?"
Zhao Tinghao asked anxiously as he skillfully stepped forward to support Liu Ruyue and patted her back.
Liu Ruyue, who was vomiting until tears welled up in her eyes, looked at the man with tears in her eyes and shook her head gently: "Haven't you asked the court doctor to check it yet?"
When Liu Ruyue started to vomit, Liu Lu rushed out to ask for Doctor Guan.
However, although Doctor Guan had not arrived yet, Zhao Tinghao already had the answer in his mind: she was definitely pregnant. This was what Yue'er looked like when she vomited severely during pregnancy.
This guess was confirmed after the arrival of Doctor Guan. For a moment, Zhao Tinghao felt dizzy and hopeless: He had only been so carefree for two months, how could she be pregnant again in just two months?
Wasn’t Zhao Tinghao diagnosed by the imperial physician as having a weak fate with offspring?
Why does he feel that he is not thin at all now?
Not only is it not thin, it seems to be very thick.
I took every precaution, but still got pregnant. I'm simply depriving myself of happiness!
Lying on the bed to rest, Liu Ruyue looked at the pale Zhao Tinghao and asked jokingly, "Your Highness, are you unhappy that my pregnancy has ruined your fun? There are so many other sisters in the other courtyards. Your Highness could go and have some fun."
Zhao Tinghao, who was already depressed, became even more angry when he heard Liu Ruyue's words, and his eyes widened.
He looked at Liu Ruyue with disbelief and murmured, "You, you want me to go to another woman?"
"Yue'er, don't you love me anymore? Don't you care about me anymore? Could it be that, in your heart, I, Zhao Tinghao, have no status at all? How could you push me to another woman?"
The pain on the man's face didn't seem fake, which made Liu Ruyue wonder if she had gone too far.
When the man started using "I" instead of "this king", Liu Ruyue realized something was wrong. She quickly said, "No, Your Majesty, no, I'm just worried about your health. I'm afraid you'll get sick from holding it in!"
"snort!"
Hearing Liu Ruyue's words, Zhao Tinghao snorted and looked at Liu Ruyue with resentment: "Are you afraid that I will get pregnant if I hold it in for too long?
Besides, I'm not the only one holding it in, you're the one holding it in too. If I were to get intimate with another woman while you're pregnant, wouldn't that hurt you? "
Listening to the man's words, Liu Ruyue's heart moved, and she looked at him with touched eyes. Suddenly, a sly smile appeared on her face: "I am pregnant again, and it's all because of the prince's greatness."
As soon as these words came out, the corners of Zhao Tinghao's mouth instantly turned up. He gently pinched Liu Ruyue's cheek with his big hand and said proudly, "This king's power is only directed at you. I won't even look at other women."
Later, in order to completely prevent Liu Ruyue from thinking about other places, Zhao Tinghao really told the concubines in the Prince Yan's Mansion that he would never enter their courtyard again in his life. If they were willing to leave, the Prince Yan's Mansion would give them generous compensation; if they did not want to leave, they would move together to the manor on the outskirts of the Prince Yan's Mansion and still be supported by the Prince Yan's Mansion.
Dozens of concubines had homes to return to, so they chose to take the compensation and go back.
However, most of those whose families were unreliable or who had no home to return to chose to stay in Prince Yan's Mansion.
As agreed, the King of Yan gave each concubine what they deserved and sent them all out of the palace.
When this happened, how could the women in the capital not envy Liu Ruyue?
It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines in the eyes of the world. A man like Zhao Tinghao, who dismissed all other women for the sake of one woman, is simply the most ideal man in the minds of women in Da Chu.
In addition, the Prince of Yan was of noble birth, and the old prince was still shining on the battlefield at an old age. The status of the Prince of Yan's Mansion might be even higher in the future. Gradually, a saying spread in the capital: If you want to marry a man, marry the Prince of Chu and Yan!
"Marry a man, marry the King of Chu and Yan?"
"hehe!"
In a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of the city, in the cold rain and wind, Liu Mengyao held a broken bowl in her hand, which was filled with wild vegetables she had dug up today. She murmured with her cracked lips what she had heard this evening, and her eyes could not help but turn red.
If, if she had not met Zhao Yihong in the beginning, if she had been smarter and not been deceived by Zhao Yihong, if she had been more sincere to Zhao Tinghao, then would the woman who was being held in the palm of his hand and loved be her, Liu Mengyao?
Thinking back to the past, whether in the Shangshu Mansion or in the Prince's Mansion, she, Liu Mengyao, lived a free and easy life.
When she was a girl in the Shangshu Mansion, her father and mother doted on her the most, letting her do whatever she wanted and spoiling her.
After marrying into the Prince of Yan's Mansion, the Prince of Yan was busy with official duties. The old princess was a simple person, so the housekeeper power was handed over to her as soon as she entered the house. From time to time, the old princess would go to the border to live for a few months. She had never been troubled by her mother-in-law. In her mother's words, she enjoyed a good life as soon as she entered the house.
However, she was bewildered and believed what Zhao Yihong said.
When she was caught in front of the Buddhist temple, Liu Mengyao still firmly loved Zhao Yihong.
However, when the two were kicked out of the house and had to struggle to survive with their two children, Liu Mengyao slowly discovered that Zhao Yihong was very different from what she had imagined.
All their maids and servants were sold off, and the two could only take care of themselves and their child, Xiaobao.
Because of what they had done before, they could not find any jobs in the capital and had no income. After pawning their fine clothes, they begged on the streets.
Later, Zhao Yihong had enough of the hardship of begging, so he used threats and inducements to force Liu Mengyao to become a secret prostitute.
The daughter of a minister and former princess of Prince Yan's mansion has become a secret prostitute. Liu Mengyao is in great pain.
However, when being a secret prostitute earned more than begging, Liu Mengyao gradually fell into the trap and became a secret prostitute with peace of mind.
Although Zhao Tinghao did not take action against the two men, he had people keeping an eye on the Shangshu Mansion, the Duke's Mansion and the two men to prevent anyone from rescuing them.
After Zhao Tinghao learned about this, he immediately had someone spread the news.
For a time, the Duke's Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion were disgraced.
Some people in the court even wrote to the emperor to complain that the Shangshu Mansion was not good at educating daughters and the Duke's Mansion was not good at educating sons.
As the memorials increased, the emperor wanted to help Zhao Tinghao vent his anger, so he dismissed Minister Liu from his post and directly took back the title of Duke of Ying.
Not only that, the marriages of the descendants of the two families were also greatly affected by the incident of Liu Mengyao and Zhao Yihong. Many of those who were currently dating made excuses that they were not suitable, and even those who were engaged broke off the engagement.
The family was implicated and fell into such a state of poverty that both the Liu and Zhao families hated Liu Mengyao and Zhao Yihong so much that it was impossible for them to help them.
There were even some who were so angry that they went straight to find Liu Mengyao and Zhao Yihong to beat them up to vent their anger.
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