Chapter 139 The Old Hermaphrodite
In the palace.
Li Yueyao, the emperor and the virtuous concubine were having lunch.
The eunuch brought a fish, and Li Yueyao began to retch when she smelled it.
The emperor and the virtuous concubine were very worried when they saw that she was unwell, and the emperor immediately summoned the imperial physician.
After Li Yueyao finished vomiting, she waved towards the emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, I'm fine, I'm just pregnant."
After hearing these words, the emperor and the virtuous concubine both widened their eyes, stopped what they were doing, and stared at Li Yueyao blankly.
Li Yueyao didn't care and just drank some water to rinse her mouth.
"Today, I would like to ask Your Majesty to issue a decree that the child will be named Li after birth and will be considered our royal child."
After hearing this, Concubine Xian asked tentatively, "The child's father... I asked if the Right Prime Minister agreed?"
"The child has no father, so he has my last name."
Li Yueyao still spoke calmly and continued to eat the vegetables and drink the soup.
How could the emperor continue eating after hearing this? He put down his chopsticks and looked at Li Yueyao and said:
"Aunt, what's wrong? Are you having a conflict with the Right Prime Minister?"
Li Yueyao shook her head and said, "No."
Seeing that he was not cooperating, the emperor turned and looked at the Qianlou next to him.
"You say it."
Qian Lou lowered his head and recounted everything that had happened in the mansion that morning.
When the emperor heard this, he dropped the chopsticks in his hand, and they hit the plates with a clanging sound.
"This Fengshen Jade is really outrageous.
I thought he was a good person, but I didn’t expect him to be even worse than Pei Xiang…”
After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Yueyao and said, "Okay, aunt, this child will be our Li family's child from now on.
It has nothing to do with his Fengshen Jade. If he dares to come and rob people, I will beat him to death."
Xian Fei, who was listening nearby, said, "Your Majesty, please stop adding fuel to the fire.
I haven't heard that Junior Master Uncle has a childhood sweetheart cousin and is engaged?
Is there a misunderstanding here?"
"What misunderstanding is there? His cousin has already moved into his house and is living in the main courtyard. It's a done deal."
Li Yueyao picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks and ate while talking.
When Concubine Xian heard that everyone had moved into the main courtyard, she became silent.
Looking at the current situation, Li Yueyao is already pregnant, so it is better to keep her stable for now to avoid any mishaps.
I'll send someone to ask Junior Master later.
Then he asked, "What's going on with this Junior Master? How could he be like this?"
Then he added a chopstick of shrimp to Li Yueyao and said, "Aunt, let's ignore him.
You are a double-bodied person now, so eat more and take good care of yourself.
When the time comes, give birth to a chubby and cute little prince, and have His Majesty give him a name and raise him as our royal child."
After hearing this, the emperor also picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of food for Li Yueyao.
After Li Yueyao had eaten and drunk her fill, the imperial physician came over to take her pulse.
The emperor followed and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"
The old doctor took the patient's pulse for a long time, then stroked his beard and said:
“The pulse on the left side is stronger now, so it seems like a boy.
After all, it’s too early in the month, we’ll be able to get a more accurate feeling next month.”
When the emperor heard this, a smile appeared on his face.
Pregnant women tend to feel sleepy easily after eating and drinking enough.
After a while, Li Yueyao could no longer open her eyelids.
The emperor arranged for someone to help Li Yueyao to a side hall to rest.
Not long after Li Yueyao fell asleep, the emperor heard a rumor outside that the right prime minister wanted to see him.
The emperor was reading a book, and without even looking up, he said unhappily, "No."
The virtuous concubine glanced at the emperor with a look of reproach and said, "Your Majesty, the condemned still have a chance to plead their case.
You should invite him in to meet him and see what he has to say. What if it's just a misunderstanding?"
After hearing this, the emperor put down the book in his hand.
"It's a misunderstanding. People have already moved into his house, and there's still a misunderstanding."
Seeing this, Concubine Xian stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "As the saying goes, it is better to destroy ten bridges than to break up a marriage.
The ancestors are all concerned about my aunt's marriage. Now the two are about to get married and have children.
It would not be good to just ignore this and turn the right minister away.
We must understand the situation clearly. If our ancestors come to us in our dreams and ask about it, we will have an explanation."
The emperor snorted coldly and said nothing.
The virtuous concubine said to Sun Fu, "Let someone in."
After a while, Feng Shenyu appeared in the Taiji Palace.
The emperor was still holding the book in his hand, and it was unknown whether he was reading it or not, but he was holding it upright.
"Your Majesty, Feng Shenyu greets you."
The emperor snorted coldly but didn't say thank you.
The virtuous concubine saw this and said, "Right Prime Minister, please excuse me."
"I heard that the Grand Princess of Jinyang is here. There may be some misunderstanding between us, so I want to meet her."
The emperor said sarcastically:
"I forgot to congratulate the Right Prime Minister. I heard that your cousin, your childhood sweetheart, is marrying you at the behest of her parents and the matchmaker.
The marriage is set, remember to inform me so I can go and ask for a glass of wedding wine."
When Feng Shenyu heard this, he knew that His Majesty was angry.
"Your Majesty, there is a misunderstanding here. My mother was deceived into doing this, and I was completely unaware of it."
"I heard that your cousin has a beautiful face and a pretty face. The Right Prime Minister is very lucky.
My aunt is old and faded, not fit to be a match for the Right Prime Minister. Whether she sees me or not is of no importance now."
Feng Shenyu listened to the emperor's words and quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, I only have the Grand Princess of Jinyang in my heart. I have already sent the people from the mansion back."
After hearing this, the emperor felt a little comforted and stopped bullying him.
The virtuous concubine said from the side: "Right Prime Minister, what is going on?
You knew that your aunt was pregnant, yet you still did this. Your aunt was so angry that she fainted this morning.
It’s better to explain it quickly to avoid recurrence…”
Before Concubine Xian could finish her words, Feng Shenyu turned around and looked at her in shock.
"What did you say? Who's pregnant?"
Seeing his expression, Concubine Xian was stunned for a moment, then she calmed down and said:
"Oh, Junior Master, you are so careless! You didn't even know that my aunt was pregnant?"
Feng Shenyu became visibly flustered after hearing this:
“She… is pregnant?
Where is she?
I want to see her.”
"Humph, you can see my royal family members whenever you want. I thought she was your little cousin..."
The emperor continued to be sarcastic.
Fengshenyu lifted his robe and knelt on one knee:
"Your Majesty, my mother was instigated by the family of the Zhaojun prefect. They were afraid that if I married the princess, it would affect his career, so she did this foolish thing.
I was indeed unaware of this before, and I hope Your Majesty will understand."
Officials of the Jin Dynasty usually stood when making speeches and rarely knelt.
Fengshenyu suddenly knelt down. The emperor was startled and quickly stood up.
Hearing about the Zhaojun prefect again, he slammed the table and said:
"Is this Zhaojun prefect gone mad? He's controlling everything, even you."
Feng Shenyu explained after hearing this: "This might be something done within the inner chambers, he may not be aware of it.
But I have already sent the reprimand over a distance of six hundred miles, and I believe he will have received it by evening."
The emperor was still angry after hearing this:
"Come here, write a letter of reprimand for me, seal it with the imperial seal, and send it to Zhaojun at an expedited speed of 800 miles."
Feng Shenyu saw that the emperor had gone off topic and started again:
"Your Majesty, I would like to see Her Royal Highness the Grand Princess."
Seeing this, Concubine Xian said, "Alright, Your Majesty, the Right Prime Minister has made it clear that this is not his problem, it's a family problem."
The emperor then hummed and said, "It's in the side hall, you can go and have a look.
However, my decision to let you see her only reflects my own opinion. As for whether or not your aunt forgives you, I have no say in that."
After hearing this, Feng Shenyu stood up and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
After saying that, he turned around and ran towards the side hall.
The emperor looked at Fengshenyu's figure, put down the book, and leaned forward to say in astonishment:
"I have never seen such an unrespectable Right Prime Minister.
I thought he was always so calm and confident of victory, but now he has ended up like this..."
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