Li Yu couldn't believe it. King Jing had mentioned before that he needed his cooperation, and he actually wanted him to pretend to be pregnant.
"Isn't this... not appropriate?" Li Yu was a little embarrassed. Isn't this deceiving the emperor?
There is nothing inappropriate.
King Jing found him a bunch of pillows of various sizes and handed him a note.
Aren't the first, second, third, and fourth babies yours?
Just let the world believe that they are born in your human form, what's wrong with that?
Li Yu felt like an arrow hit his knee. King Jing's meaning seemed to be correct.
After all, the child was born by him, and he also hoped that the cubs would be able to call him daddy in the future.
Oh, how about, pretend to hold it?
He just let go, and a slightly flat small pillow was stuffed into his clothes. There was a strap on the pillow, which could be tied behind the waist.
King Jing tried to tighten it, and kept looking at Li Yu with concern, as if asking, is it heavy?
Li Yu: "..."
Well, maybe he is the first person who is so favored even though he is faking pregnancy.
Li Yu shook his "belly" happily and whispered, "No, it's fine."
Although he said so, King Jing was still a little worried, because he knew that this fetus must be four, and the belly will be very big in the late pregnancy, which is also a burden.
King Jing originally wanted to put Xiaoyu in his arms and only show it to himself, but now he is more determined to do so. If there is nothing wrong, he should not let Xiaoyu show up in front of people easily... King Jing had
reported the news to the emperor, and Wang Xi, as the chief eunuch, naturally could not keep it secret.
When he was told that Master Li was pregnant, Eunuch Wang was stunned for a long time.
Li Yu was afraid that Wang Xi would find something strange, but Wang Xi was stunned for a while and actually cried in front of him.
"Your Highness is going to have a child, I am so happy." Wang Xi wiped his eyes and said with a trembling voice, "I thought that if I could see your Highness's child with my own eyes, I would have no regrets in my life."
Even though Wang Xi doubted the authenticity of this matter at first, it was unheard of for a man to be pregnant, but his Highness personally supported Mr. Li, and Mr. Li's belly was slightly bulging, and he looked very pregnant. How could this be false?
Even if a man is pregnant, it's still your Highness's blood!
After crying, Wang Xi wanted to laugh up to the sky. He felt that Mr. Li was a blessed man. It was a very good sign that Master Xiaoyu had a fish cub. Now your Highness is going to have a child!
Wang Xi was so excited that King Jing had to touch Wang Xi's shoulder to comfort him. Li Yu thought, Eunuch Wang thought he was so happy for just one baby. If he finds out later that there are actually four babies, he will be so unhappy that he will faint. King Jing
waited for Wang Xi to calm down a little, and then told him that he had high hopes for Master Li's "baby" and that he would be in charge of all related matters. Wang Xi nodded to show his understanding. His Highness had always attached great importance to Master Li, and now that Master Li was pregnant, it was reasonable for His Highness to do it himself.
Since the pregnancy was handed over to His Highness, what could he do?
Wang Xi slapped his forehead. How could he forget that His Highness also asked him to prepare the wedding. He had to pay more attention than before to ensure that His Highness and Master Li were satisfied.
After informing Wang Xi, King Jing also summoned the doctor who was accompanying the Western Frontier to diagnose the pulse. However, it was clear that Master Li was now a concubine and would have a position in the future. Naturally, the doctor could no longer see Li Yu directly. Anyway, "Master Li" was sitting behind the tents. The doctors all diagnosed that Master Li was already two months pregnant. After being surprised, they congratulated King Jing.
King Jing nodded slightly. Everything was going according to plan, but he just borrowed the doctor's diagnosis to let people far away in the imperial city know. The emperor's trusted imperial physician could not reach the Western Frontier for a while, so he would definitely ask the doctors who followed King Jing first. At that time, the doctor's pulse case would come in handy.
Before diagnosing the pulse through the tent, King Jing secretly found a woman who was two months pregnant and asked her to replace Li Yu behind the tent. The doctors themselves did not know the specific pulse of a pregnant man, so it was good enough to diagnose that he was pregnant.
This would be the case for every pulse diagnosis in the future. As for the date of delivery, King Jing knew it in his mind and had prepared for it early. When
the news was passed back to the imperial city, the emperor did not expect that the approval of the appointment of a concubine would lead to King Jing's words "Li Yu is pregnant, please appoint a principal wife". The emperor was shocked and read King Jing's letter over and over again.
The guards sent by the emperor to the western front also reported the same thing to the emperor and attached the doctor's pulse case.
The emperor read the pulse case several times again, for fear of missing a word.
Can a man really get pregnant?
In the past, the emperor would have said with certainty that it was impossible, but now that he had seen the pulse, the emperor himself was not so sure.
After all, "special physique" was the reason.
The emperor summoned all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital overnight and asked them to analyze the pulse. The doctors discussed all night but to no avail. They did not know Li Yu's true situation, so naturally no one could guarantee that no man could get pregnant.
The emperor sent a gynecologist to the western frontier to check Li Yu's pulse. After thinking for a while, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Lekong.
Lekong was knowledgeable and should be able to give him an accurate answer.
There were only two possibilities for Li Yu to be pregnant, either it was true, or King Jing was acting.
Although Prince Jing has been paving the way for Li Yu, the emperor still doesn't think that Prince Jing would do such a stupid thing. Pretending to be of royal blood is easy to be exposed.
But what if it is true?
Li Yu is alone and comes from a humble background. She is indeed not a good choice for the princess. But this person has also made great achievements, which makes Prince Jing's heart move. The emperor has made her a concubine, which is almost perfect. However, for the sake of Prince Jing's future offspring, he can't let go.
If Li Yu can really get pregnant, even the last bit of inappropriateness will be gone. How can he be stingy with a position of principal wife?
Looking at the stack of memorials exchanged with Prince Jing, the emperor just came to his senses. Prince Jing only spoke out at this time, which probably made it impossible for him to object with other reasons.
The emperor smiled helplessly, you little brat, something that is impossible may actually be possible...
Lekong's reply arrived not long after.
The monk was worthy of being an monk, he did not answer directly, but said that the world is so big that nothing is impossible.
The emperor understood, and according to Lekong's opinion, he also thought that men could be pregnant, which made up the emperor's mind.
Then it depends on the diagnosis of the imperial physician.
The emperor first comforted King Jing, revealing his intention to change Li Yu's title to the principal wife if confirmed by the imperial physician.
King Jing saw the dawn of victory, and helped Li Yu out occasionally and walked a few steps in front of the people in the mansion.
The entire Western Frontier now follows the lead of King Jing. When the people heard that King Jing's wife was pregnant, they were very happy.
King Jing did not publicize the fact that the woman was a man for safety reasons, and there was no need for others to discuss it, so not many people knew about it, and the people all gave good wishes.
During this period, the bandits wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take revenge, but they were discovered by the patrol guards.
Since they found that the bandits were also human and easy to fight, many young people in the Western Frontier voluntarily joined the guards. King Jing has more and more people at his disposal, and his combat effectiveness has become stronger and stronger through day and night training by the guards in front. King Jing himself also expected that the bandits would take the opportunity to attack, so he increased his defenses. As a result, the bandits came in force, and were once again defeated by tunnels and traps.
Externally, Luofeng Town is like an iron barrel, firmly guarded by King Jing. Internally, as a pregnant concubine, taking care of Li Yu is the top priority.
King Jing stayed with Li Yu every day. Although it was a false pregnancy, he always let Li Yu rest and took care of everything. There were many trivial matters during "pregnancy". King Jing was almost morbidly obsessed, but in a very good mood.
Li Yu felt that King Jing was taking the opportunity to take care of him, as if he wanted to make up for what he had not taken care of before, and what else could he do except let the other party take care of him?
Later, King Jing was reluctant to let Li Yu take the crystal bottle, and the responsibility of taking care of the fish cubs was handed over to Wang Xi.
Wang Xi looked at the lively fish cubs and couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if Master Li could also give birth to four children."
Li Yu found out that Master Wang had inadvertently said the truth: "..."
The fish cubs also noticed the changes in the two dads.
At first it was Dabao, and later even Sibao, who was a little slower, noticed the difference.
Daddy King Jing always helped Daddy Fish walk. They knew that Daddy Fish would become the same person as Daddy King Jing, but Daddy Fish's belly was even rounder than Erbao's!
Dabao had guessed something from the words of the dads and was looking forward to it.
The innocent and cute Erbao, Sanbao, and Li Yu: Could it be that Daddy will give birth to another little brother?
The stupid Sibao: Oh, Daddy must have eaten a lot of peach blossom cakes and didn't give them to Sibao. Sibao also wants to eat!
The imperial physician sent by the emperor was still on the road, and the deadline for the "growing up" mission was approaching day by day. On this day, Li Yu took off the small pillow and secretly fed the fish cubs with fish food. Dabao, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, was stunned for the first time.
Li Yu did not think much about it. When he turned around, Dabao in front of him disappeared out of thin air, and a chubby, dancing baby appeared on the bed.
Li Yu: "..."
Li Yu realized that Dabao must have completed the system task first, and he was worthy of being the smartest Dabao...
No, no! Dabao must be very scared.
Li Yu quickly picked up Dabao and wiped the water drops on his body. Fortunately, the system did not let Dabao change directly in the fish tank, otherwise it would be terrible.
King Jing had prepared the swaddling clothes in advance these days. Li Yu wrapped Dabao in a hurry and held him in his arms.
Dabao was brave and fresh at first in human form. He looked around desperately with a pair of black grape-like eyes.
Is this what it feels like to grow up?
Dabao moved his legs out of habit and wanted to swim, but his hands and feet were out of control.
He wanted to call "Fish Daddy", but when he opened his mouth, he cried.
The brave Dabao was a little scared. After becoming a human, he couldn't speak or swim, so Dabao cried even more sadly.
King Jing heard the crying outside and ran over. He saw Li Yu holding a baby in his arms and trying to coax the baby in a hurry.
King Jing had often seen Li Yu and the little fish tied together by their tails. Although he had already determined that the little fish was his child, after all, they were both in fish form, and the shock was not as great as seeing the little fish coaxing the child with his own eyes.
King Jing's vision gradually became blurred, and he walked over very carefully, fearing that he would disturb the little fish.
"Your Highness, come and see Dabao!"
Li Yu handed the child in his arms over.
You couldn't tell what he looked like when he was in fish form, but you could tell when Dabao became a human. He looked exactly like King Jing when he was a child, the little fat boy.
Li Yu held back his laughter when he saw the little fat boy he hadn't seen for a long time, and his eyes were a little red.
It was really strange, he seemed to be more excited than when fish eggs were laid and fish babies were hatched.
King Jing took the child from his hands and looked at him again and again, as if he couldn't see enough.
Don't cry. He gently wiped Li Yu's eyes, but his own eyes were already wet.
At this time, Erbao, Sanbao, and Sibao found that Dabao had suddenly turned into a baby: "..."