There is the sound of snow falling outside the window, and the spring room is filled with warmth.
Shao Qing slapped Wei Jing, who was leaning on her belly and listening, away and said angrily: "Okay, next time he moves again, I'll call you, okay?"
She felt her first fetal movement today.
After the fourth month of pregnancy, the abdominal bulge is obviously faster than before. Shao Qing's belly is now bulging, but not too big, and it still doesn't look that big even when he's wearing clothes, but it definitely won't make people misunderstand that he just had a full stomach.
Wei Jing's big palm was just enough to cover the bulging part.
After bathing today, he used a jade comb to comb her hair. Shao Qing lay on the beauty couch, feeling the gentle touches on her scalp one after another. Just as she was dozing off, there was suddenly a sound like a small fish blowing bubbles, and a series of light and shallow gurgling sounds came from under her belly.
She sat up suddenly, holding her belly, which scared Wei Jing. She threw away the jade comb and asked anxiously, "What's wrong, A-Qing?"
"But you feel uncomfortable?"
He held his breath and looked anxious. Shao Qing said quickly, "No, I'm fine. I'm not feeling unwell."
She changed the subject with a look of surprise on her face: "The child just moved."
Although she knew the fetal movement was about to come, when it really happened, the feeling was indescribable. Shao Qing was so overjoyed that she didn't even know where to put her hands and feet.
Wei Jing's reaction was even greater.
"Really?"
Wei Jing's eyes widened instantly. The child moved?
He had consulted Yan Ming to learn in detail about the changes in the mother and child during pregnancy. He also knew the approximate time of fetal movement. However, even though he had a quick reaction ability, he was a little slow to fully digest the good news and was immediately overjoyed.
"Really, A-Qing?"
He was extremely happy and asked where it was coming from immediately. He then leaned over to listen carefully.
The fetal movement was so slight that Shao Qing didn't know if the child's father could feel it. And most importantly, the child didn't give his father any face and just sat there motionless.
Wei Jing was still in high spirits, moving from the beauty couch to the bed, refusing to give up all night.
Shao Qing couldn't bear it any longer. It was a bit tiring to maintain this posture, even though she had a pillow behind her back.
She pushed him twice and grumbled that she was tired of sitting. Wei Jing had no choice but to touch her belly one last time reluctantly and get up.
"Next time the child moves, remember to tell me." He solemnly instructed his wife.
Shao Qing was a little amused and more touched. He hugged his big head and kissed it, and replied softly, "Okay."
"Then let's go to bed, okay?"
Wei Jing agreed and hugged her and lay down, but Shao Qing soon discovered that this person didn't seem to want to sleep.
He was very excited, touching and rubbing her belly from time to time. As he rubbed it, the temperature in the tent seemed to warm up.
The thing poked her buttocks hard. He tightened his arms from behind, moved his head closer, rubbed his face against hers, and called softly: "Ah Qing~"
The voice was deep and clingy, making people's hearts tremble. Shao Qing felt soft inside because of the flattering voice. She couldn't bear to reject him, so she turned around and hugged him: "Have you thought about it?"
After three months of pregnancy and the fetus is firmly established, you can still have sexual intercourse, but it should not be too intense or frequent. When Wei Jinggang came back, Shao Qing was blind, and he carefully protected her from having such a mood, but later her positive and optimistic attitude infected everyone, and his mood also calmed down a lot.
Being helped to bathe and wash herself every day, and brushing her soft skin inch by inch, it is normal for a young man full of vigor and vitality to have a reaction. The couple had sex, but only once every few days. He was very careful.
"Um."
The room was warm, but Wei Jing still jumped out of bed and lifted one of the fumigation baskets onto his footsteps. His wife was pregnant, so he would not press her down directly. Instead, he climbed onto the bed and knelt beside her. He stroked her bulging belly with one hand and supported the pillow with the other hand. He leaned over and kissed her gently.
From the center of the eyebrows, to the earlobes, to the cheeks, along the soft skin all the way to the cherry lips, lick and kiss. His big hands nimbly lifted her belt and pulled it loose.
The nightgown slid down gently, fitting the hot body. After Shao Qing became pregnant, her body became much more sensitive than before. She trembled and reacted greatly to the light touch.
Wei Jing naturally couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he was very agitated, but when he realized it was almost time, he took a deep breath and slowly lowered his body.
The whole process was gentle and slow, and the intensity was incomparable to the past. However, it was this extremely tiring slow motion that gave people another indescribable feeling.
After it was over, both of them were sweating profusely, but they immediately hugged each other tightly, unwilling to separate.
"Husband."
She called softly, and he responded quietly, kissing the top of her head.
Shao Qing gradually fell asleep. In the last moment when her consciousness was immersed in deep dreams, she felt her body move slightly.
It was probably Wei Jing who called for water.
She didn't care. In his arms, she didn't need to worry at all and could just fall asleep peacefully.
…
Shao Qing slept soundly until dawn, snuggling in a warm embrace. When he woke up, he touched his body and found that he was indeed dressed neatly.
"woke up?"
As soon as she moved, Wei Jing knew it.
Shao Qing smiled: "Well, what time is it?"
The couple went in and out together. She was always worried that her sleepiness during pregnancy would delay his work. Wei Jing kissed her: "It's seven o'clock in the morning. It's not even bright yet."
It was seven quarters past the morning, which was six forty-five. In the early morning of winter, the sky was not completely bright. Shao Qing felt relieved, as his biological clock was still very useful.
"Then let's go to the front after breakfast."
The four newly acquired counties of Jingzhou have been initially sorted out. It is not too busy at the moment, but there are still many things to do. It is better to work early and rest early.
Wei Jing naturally had no objection. The couple sat up, dressed, and had breakfast. He put a thick fur cloak on her, and the two walked forward hand in hand.
Proper exercise is important. Wei Jing held her hand, and Shao Qing walked with peace of mind.
The couple whispered and chuckled from time to time. When they arrived at the front yard, Shao Qing asked Nanny Ping to help her move around in the inner room until Ji Huan and others arrived. Then she went out and sat down, letting Nanny Ping go down.
There is news coming back from Luojing.
Wei Jing threw down the news with a cold face: "Prince An Wei Xu escaped."
Ji Huan picked it up and saw that the emperor had sent 5,000 guards to surround Prince An's mansion, and had specially ordered them to bring powerful crossbows. Surprisingly, the emperor managed to let Prince An escape from the mansion in time, and only captured Princess An and the Crown Prince and their people.
Later, the whole city was rounded up and Prince An's whereabouts were found many times. In the end, he and Wei Xu successfully broke out from the top of the city wall.
No wonder Wei Jing was so angry: "Useless! You have everything you need, but you still let someone escape!"
Zhang Yong took the letter and read it, and smacked his lips in amazement: "Hey, this Prince An is really good at running, isn't he?"
Who says it isn't true? As of the latest news, the two have escaped, and the Guards are searching for them strictly and are pursuing them in the northeast direction.
Ji Huan shook his head: "Once he leaves the city, it will be difficult to capture him. If we allow Prince An to reunite with his troops, it will be even more difficult."
With such good conditions, he failed to capture the person. No wonder Ji Huan is not optimistic about the follow-up. He also thought that it was unlikely that the emperor would wipe out 40,000 elite soldiers in one go, so at least some of them would escape.
The emperor's efficiency was so disappointing that I didn't know whether to be happy or angry.
However, Ji Huan was also concerned about the second point in the letter: "My Lord, this letter says that the emperor of Luojing has tied up more than 20 of Prince An's confidants and is ordering them to be taken to Pingyang. I wonder why?"
He went to Pingyang to look for Wei Jing. Was he going to make the whistleblower known and arouse King An's hatred towards Wei Jing?
But Wei Jing had even taken over Prince An's territory, and beat the latter like a stray dog. This knot has long been impossible to untie, so is there any need to add fuel to the fire?
But this pair of people came in a very open and honest manner, which made people puzzled for a moment.
Shao Qing said, "Didn't they say that the team was galloping and almost reached Pingyang? We'll know tonight, or tomorrow morning at the latest."
If you can’t guess, don’t guess. The travellers were in a hurry, travelling day and night despite the ice and snow. It is estimated that they have almost reached Pingyang Pass by now.
Wei Jing was firmly in control of the two states of Jing and Yi. He really couldn't imagine what kind of threat this imperial court, which was struggling to even protect itself, could pose. Shao Qing pondered for a while, thinking divergently, could it be that the emperor was mocked by Wei Jing and wanted to disgust him back?
To be honest, she just thought about it casually and was just joking. She didn't expect it to be so right.
In the evening, the snow finally stopped. An urgent message came from a flying horse. The Emperor of Luojing wrote a letter to Wei Jing personally, and along with it came a group of Prince An's confidants who had just been captured.
"letter?"
Ji Huan and others looked at each other in bewilderment as they saw a letter with bright red sealing wax and the emperor's seal delivered to the desk of Wei Jing, the leader.
Wei Jing raised his eyebrows, took a quick look, and seeing nothing unusual, he opened the seal and unfolded it.
However, just with this glance, the blood in his body froze.
…
The letter gave a detailed account of what happened that year.
It was the shocking change that overturned Wei Jing's life and resulted in the tragic deaths of his mother, brother, and entire uncle's family.
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Emperor Zhongping suffered a sudden stroke. After falling down, most of his body was unable to move and his face was as pale as gold paper. The imperial physician diagnosed that the patient was in critical condition and hinted that he could only survive for a few days at most.
At that time, Empress Fu and Crown Prince were right beside his sickbed, and Emperor Zhongping immediately ordered the arrest of the defenseless mother and son.
The crown prince was a talented person, and people inside and outside the court admired him. The crown prince could not keep his throne secure without removing Wei Xian, so the emperor issued an imperial decree, accusing him of usurping the throne and treason, and the crown prince "hanged himself out of fear of punishment" that day.
However, Emperor Zhongping ultimately did not exterminate the Crown Prince who had "plotted rebellion", and tacitly agreed to bury him with the specifications of a prince. He also did not take any action against the family members of the Eastern Palace, but only ordered them not to leave without permission.
With the death of the crown prince, the roadblock was completely removed. Wei Xian was excited, but at this time Prince An whispered in his ear that the crown prince had a son who was both the legitimate and the eldest.
The Crown Prince's son was only six months old, and Wei Xian didn't take him seriously. After all, it would be the same if he waited until he ascended the throne to deal with him.
Prince An said, that it would easily lead to criticism.
This is true. It would be best to deal with it before Emperor Zhongping passes away, but the problem is that the emperor has fallen into a coma again and no one knows when he will wake up.
Prince An said at the right time that if he betrayed his wife and children, there was no guarantee that they would not commit suicide out of fear of punishment.
yes.
Hanging himself was too troublesome, so Prince An followed the order and entered the Eastern Palace. A raging fire broke out in the Eastern Palace that night, and the Crown Princess and other palace maids, as well as the Crown Prince's eldest son, were all burned to death.
After Emperor Zhongping regained consciousness, Wei Xian reported the matter and it was over. After all, everyone still had to be on high alert for King Wei Jing of Qi who was about to return.
It must also be mentioned that the strategy of capturing the King of Qi was first proposed by King An. But no third person knew about it, because it became his as soon as Wei Xian asked for it, and Qi Tian and others supplemented and completed it.
However, there is another matter that more people know about, that is, Empress Fu was buried alive with the emperor, and the imperial edict to depose the empress.
Prince An believed that if the leaders of the Fu family were not removed, there would be troublesome consequences.
Wei Xian deeply agreed with this. If he dealt with his stepmother, even if she "died of illness", it would be difficult to stop the gossips of the world.
Prince An offered advice in time so that he could be buried alive with the emperor, and with the addition of an imperial decree to depose the empress, there would be no further danger.
Emperor Zhongping was nearly dying at the time, and he issued an order with all his strength to deal with the last few key figures of the Fu family. Then it was Empress Fu's turn. Concubine Li shed tears and expressed her grief and fear, so the emperor ordered that Empress Fu should not be separated from him and be buried with him.
He also left behind the emperor's previous edict to refute Prince Ji's plan to depose the empress.
It was this will that indirectly led to the former prince's family being dug up and their coffins removed from the imperial mausoleum.
Wei Xian wrote several large sheets of letter paper in one go, his tone not without sarcasm. At the end of the letter, he said, I will not talk about the past, just pick out the few things that impressed you the most and write about them. Also, if you have any doubts, you can interrogate Prince An’s confidants. He has sent them here, please feel free to interrogate them.
The air in the study seemed to stagnate at this moment.
Wei Jing's face was terribly stiff. After two breaths, he suddenly drew out his sword with a "clang", and with one sword he split the Duobao Pavilion on the left into two halves.
There was a loud "clang" and Wei Jing's cheeks twitched twice.
"Bring the person up here immediately!"
The author has something to say: Ah Qing couldn't be scared because she was not at the scene. Her subordinates came to ask for instructions on the general direction of the work, and she went to the next room to deal with it.
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