Jiang Kunjun asked Jin Lao to come over overnight. There were two things: one was that Jiang had lost another city and he urgently needed to recommend capable officials to go to the battlefield. Secondly, the princess fell on the battlefield, and the censors will certainly seize on this matter when the court opens after the new year, and then Master Jin will need to step in.
Jiang Kunjun wanted to protect the princess, and Mr. Jin had no choice but to act according to her words.
The day after the New Year, Jiang Kunjun drafted an imperial edict and asked the generals sent to southern Xinjiang to take it with them.
The imperial edict said that victory and defeat are common in the military. After encouraging the soldiers, it reprimanded the princess with a lot of noise but little action, and then said that the new general should assist her in attacking the State of Zhao.
This was an open gesture to give face to the princess and protect the royal family's reputation, but in a private letter, Jiang Kunjun harshly reprimanded Jiang Wuyong.
The fall of the princess caused Chiang Kai-shek to lose a city, and this incident really caused a stir when he went to court in the spring after the New Year.
Some ministers requested the emperor to depose the princess on the grounds that she was incompetent and immoral.
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Kunjun's face darkened.
The noble ladies in the harem were under house arrest, the left prime minister was ignored in the court, and the princess's faction seemed no longer favored by the emperor. Now that Jiang Wuyong has made a mistake, someone will seize the opportunity and try to get her out of the Eastern Palace.
The most famous and prestigious princess in the capital now is the Eighth Prince Jiang Wuque. As to who was behind the suppression of the princess, Jiang Kunjun felt the answer was self-evident.
No matter how useless Jiang Wuyong was, she was still the crown princess appointed by her personally.
Jiang Kunjun reprimanded the ministers who demanded the dethronement of the princess in the court. He deliberately ignored Jiang Wuque for the next few days and often visited the noble lord after court, with the intention of regaining his favor. As a result, the left prime minister was also reused.
The wind direction in the court is changing. Those who said that the crown princess had fallen out of favor a few days ago have started to say that so what if the legitimate princess is born, the emperor still loves the crown princess more.
When Jiang Wuque invited Wei Min to drink, she did not show any sign of dejection or grievance. She had naturally heard these words before. She smiled sarcastically and said, "It's not just one or two days that the Queen Mother has been partial to me. If I take it to heart every time, I will be so angry that I will die."
"If the princess made a mistake, it's ok for the Queen Mother to scold her, but she won't tolerate anyone saying anything bad about her. As long as Jiang Wuyong doesn't rebel, she's the Queen Mother's good daughter."
"The Left Prime Minister knew exactly what the Queen Mother was thinking, so he deliberately had people propose to depose the Crown Princess in the court. If the Crown Princess shows weakness, she will attract the Queen Mother's protection. Look, your Majesty has lifted the house arrest."
Wei Min frowned, "Then should we move our plan forward?"
Jiang Wuque smiled and raised his hand to raise his glass to Wei Min, "Of course, everything just waits for the autumn hunt."
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After the beginning of spring in March, good news came from the northern border that the Jin army had withdrawn.
The emperor was overjoyed upon hearing this and wanted to reward Jiang Wuque and Feng Yu.
As an emperor, Jiang Kunjun was very skilled in the method of giving a slap in the face and then giving a sweet treat.
She had ignored Jiang Wuque for the past few months as a warning. Now that good news had come from the northern border, she had a good excuse to reward the Eighth Prince and his wife and husband.
For Jiang Wuque, the rewards from the palace were of no concern to her at all. What mattered to her now was Fengyu's finger on Feng Yu's wrist.
It has been a cold snap these past two days and Feng Yu seemed to be a little cold. He was in low spirits and had no appetite.
After hearing about it, A'ruan brought Erjiu to visit. Seeing that Feng Yu's symptoms were similar to his own when he was pregnant, he asked him if he was pregnant.
Feng Yu didn't care much about his menstruation. After asking the servant beside him, he realized that he hadn't had his menstruation for a while.
Feng Yu and Jiang Wuque have been married for many years but have no children. Firstly, Feng Yu had been practicing martial arts as a man since he was young, so it was difficult for him to get pregnant. Also, Jiang Wuque was weak and had been taking medicine all the time.
Jiang Wuque had thought that if they didn't have children, he would adopt one from below and let Feng Yu raise it. Who would have thought that there would be such an unexpected surprise after the beginning of spring this year.
Fengyu finally withdrew his fingers from Feng Yu's wrist. Jiang Wuque immediately clenched the armrest of the wheelchair under him, leaned forward nervously, glanced at her husband, then looked at Fengyu, waiting for her to speak.
Feng Yu was all smiles, not wanting to keep the secret, and hurriedly stood up and saluted Jiang Wuque, saying, "Congratulations, Your Highness, you are pregnant."
Jiang Wuque's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a moment, then his mouth curled up unconsciously. He slowly sat up straight and murmured, "Is it true, is it true that you are pregnant?"
Jiang Wuque's smile was not as cunning as before, but a little silly.
Feng Yu put down his sleeves calmly and said to the guard beside him: "Fifteen, reward."
Fifteen hurriedly took out some silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into Feng Yu's hand, saying repeatedly, "Thank you for your hard work."
The Eighth Princess' generous mansion always gave the most in reward money. Feng Yu knew that this was a happy event, so he took it without refusing and asked, "Should I inform His Majesty?"
Jiang Wuque finally came back to his senses, with a smile on his face, and said politely, "Thank you for your help."
Fengyu hurriedly said he dared not.
After sending the outsiders away, Jiang Wuque looked at Feng Yu again, took his hands and held them tightly, and called out with a sticky smile: "Ah Yu, we have a child."
She held Feng Yu's hand, paused for a moment, lowered her eyes and smiled again, her tone a little light, "I have a child."
Feng Yu knew that although his wife had never mentioned it, she was more or less looking forward to having a child.
When Jiang Wuque first heard that A'ruan was pregnant, he had thought about discussing with Wei Min whether he could recognize Feng Yu as the godfather when the child was born.
And now, they also have children.
When A Ruan learned that Feng Yu was indeed pregnant, she was very happy and almost couldn't help but come to visit her that night.
He got pregnant four months earlier than Feng Yu, so although he had no other experience, he did have a lot of experience in pregnancy.
The next morning, A Ruan said hello to Wei Min and came to talk to Feng Yu about her feelings about pregnancy.
Feng Yu found it very magical. If A Ruan had told him these things before, he would have found them very boring. But now that he had a little more meat in his belly, he listened with great interest.
A'ruan's belly was already showing, and her four-month-old body looked like she was more than five months pregnant.
Ah Ruan felt a little embarrassed by being stared at, so she pursed her lips and raised her hand:
——After I got pregnant, I was able to eat a lot and gained some weight.
Feng Yu nodded and said exactly the same thing as Wei Min, "It's better to be able to eat. You were too thin before."
Feng Yu raised his hand to touch A Ruan's belly and was about to ask him something, but suddenly he felt his palm on his belly was hit by something.
Feng Yu was stunned, glanced at A Ruan, and when he touched it carefully again, it was gone.
Ah Ruan seemed to sense something, blinked twice, and put his hands on his stomach.
The two of them tacitly did not speak, and waited quietly for a while, then they felt their palms being pushed again.
Feng Yu slightly widened his eyes in surprise and looked at his palm, "Did the child kick me?"
Ah Ruan pursed her lips and smiled, also very surprised. She heard Feng Yu say that the baby was more than four months old, so it was time for the fetus to move. He hadn't felt it before, but who would have thought it would move today.
Ah Ruan pointed at Feng Yu's belly and said with a smile:
——Could it be that he had a reaction because he saw the baby in your belly?
Feng Yu placed his hand on his still flat belly and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, why not arrange a baby marriage? If the children are of the same gender, they will be sisters and brothers. If they are of different genders, then our two families will become in-laws."
Upon hearing this, A Ruan naturally smiled and nodded.
After Wei Min finished the morning court, he returned home and saw that A'ruan had not come back yet, so he went to the study to read for a while. It was almost time for dinner, and he couldn't help but go to the Eighth Prince's house to pick him up.
When they reached the gate of Wei's mansion and were about to step over the threshold, Wei Min reached out and held A Ruan's arm. He lowered his eyes and saw that the smile on his face had not faded all the way. He smiled and said, "If you don't know, you would think Feng Yu is your wife."
I am happier to see him than to see myself.
A'ruan had no friends since she was a child. Now she gets along well with Feng Yu, so they talk a lot when they meet.
It’s interesting that these two people have completely different personalities, temperaments and backgrounds, but they can actually talk to each other.
Upon hearing this, A'ruan gave Wei Min a reproachful look. Because of her interruption, A Ruan forgot to tell her about the fetal movement.
At night, A'ruan went to bed early. When Wei Min came back after finishing his official business, half of his face was already buried in the quilt, and he was sleeping soundly.
Wei Min washed up quietly, came back, lifted a corner of the quilt and lay down, his eyes open and his body flat on his back, his mind still thinking about the official business just now.
When he was about to fall asleep, his hand naturally rested on A'ruan's waist.
Wei Min remembered that A'ruan had been pulling her hand and putting it against his belly these days, and asked her if she felt anything.
Wei Min applied it carefully for a while, and when he didn't feel anything unusual, he put it back.
Wei Min was almost asleep at this moment, but when he thought of this, he turned over and lay on his side, putting his hand on A'ruan's belly through his shirt.
A'ruan's belly seemed bigger than that of other people who were four months pregnant. Wei Min initially thought that he had gained weight because he ate too much during that period. But after the spring came, when he took off his heavy clothes and changed into spring clothes, Wei Min discovered that A'ruan seemed to have only a bulging belly. His arms and legs were still so thin. When clothes hung on him, except for his belly, everything else seemed empty.
Wei Min had always had a guess in his mind, but he never told A'ruan.
As Wei Min was thinking about it, she felt something sliding gently across her palm through A Ruan's belly and disappearing in an instant.
Wei Min was extremely surprised, but she didn't dare to move her hands. She waited quietly for a while, and seeing no movement, she couldn't help but touch A Ruan's belly, hoping to make the baby move again.
A'ruan, who was sleeping soundly, became annoyed by her noise. In a daze, he frowned, raised his hand to push Wei Min's hand away, and fell asleep again while mumbling.
Wei Min pursed his lips and lay quietly beside A Ruan with his eyes open. After hearing his sleeping breathing again, he stealthily put his hand over him again.
The baby in Aruan's belly seemed to have woken up, and was actively pushing against the big hand outside her belly.
Wei Min placed both his hands on A'ruan's belly, his palms pressed where there was any movement. She was about to become a mother in her twenties, and she was having a lot of fun without Ah Ruan knowing.
The moment the small, soft force pressed against the palm of his hand for the first time, Wei Min's heart trembled slightly, his pupils dilated, and a soft feeling passed through his heart.
The child played for a while and perhaps got tired, so he stopped moving. Wei Min then took his hand back reluctantly.
Unconsciously, she had a gentle smile on her face and said silently to A'ruan's belly, "Don't be too naughty in the future. You will tire your father out."
At breakfast the next day, A'ruan remembered that she had forgotten to tell Wei Min about the baby's fetal movement yesterday. She quickly put down her spoon and happily told her what happened yesterday afternoon.
Wei Min looked indifferent after hearing this. A Ruan looked at her suspiciously. He thought his wife would be a little jealous after hearing this, after all, she touched him several times but there was no movement.
Ah Ruan had just picked up the spoon when he heard his wife speak in a tone he had never heard before, the kind of tone where she was obviously very happy but was trying hard to hold it back, and had to say it in a very calm and nonchalant tone, "I know, I touched it last night."
And touched it for a long time.
A Ruan looked up and saw that although Wei Min's eyelids were drooping, the corners of his mouth were raised. She couldn't help but smile.
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