"Alright, what's there to argue about? This child in my belly, whether it's a boy or a girl, is a legitimate son. If he's virtuous and talented enough, he'll be the crown prince. Does the gender matter?"
Huo Xiaolong didn't hide the fact that she was pregnant; the news was spread the very next day.
The palace is now like an iron barrel; there are no outsiders or concubines, and Long'er is in good health with her sister Xiaohai watching over her. No one can harm her.
But some of these ministers were unhappy.
"Your Majesty is now the Dragon Princess of Great Yan. In the future, she should definitely give birth to a little Crown Princess to inherit Great Yan."
"What if it's a prince?"
"Then we'll wait for a princess."
"You mean men can't inherit the throne?"
The constant chatter made Huo Xiaolong's head buzz; he was also in a bad mood because he was newly pregnant.
Since Long'er became pregnant, Lan Tingche had stayed by her side at all times. When he heard Huo Xiaolong slam his fist on the table and stand up, the Empress quickly came out from behind the screen, shielded Long'er behind her, and drew her sword, pointing it at the arguing ministers below.
"Shut up, she's pregnant, don't bother her!"
Then, he advised Long'er to go to the inner palace, saying that taking good care of the pregnancy was the most important thing in the current situation, since there was nothing wrong with the Great Yan Dynasty.
After reading the memorial once, Li Jian would review it. Unless it was something very important, it was about a foreign envoy who had come to visit. He was a tall, green-eyed man, and the Sun siblings were dealing with him.
Before leaving, Lan Tingche added one more sentence.
"Go argue with Scholar Huo about this. Once you have a result, just tell the Emperor. As for those who are not speaking up, even though I didn't say anything to you, women are often irritable when they are pregnant. If anyone angers her, there is a possibility that she might bleed."
After Long'er ascended to the throne, she did not kill anyone except the Wei family. Everyone was just working for the royal family. They hadn't done anything wrong, so why were they shouting for killing?
So over time, these ministers forgot how arrogant and domineering the Prince of Zhenbei was when he attended court, punching the emperor and kicking the Grand Tutor.
As soon as Lord Lan said that, my memories gradually came back to me. Okay, let's find another place to argue.
Immediately, a group of ministers looked at Huo Pan's sword.
The woman took a deep breath and said, "Fine, you're the boss. Who told you to be the emperor and have to give birth to your own children? I accept it."
During these ten months, Huo Xiaolong didn't need to approve any minor reports; he could do whatever he wanted every day, and any matters that Lijian couldn't handle would be sent to her.
"Dismiss the court!"
Grandpa Wang, with his booming voice, waved to the ministers below, telling them to hurry up and leave.
"What's wrong with Long'er? Why is she frowning like that?"
When Cen Ang heard that her daughter had thrown a tantrum in the imperial court, she and He Yi quickly came over to soothe the child.
These are all women who have been through it all; they are not afraid of anything else, except that Huo Xiaolong is now killing people.
They were already a bit twisted, and with the added stress of their recent bad tempers, they were a little scared. What if they brought out that side of the child again?
They didn't expect their monarch to have the kind of ministers in history books who offered honest but unpleasant advice that was beneficial to their rule.
We can count them all around the emperor and his close ministers in the court.
The Empress is completely unreliable; he'd hand over the knife when his wife tried to kill someone.
Hou Xiangxiang, not satisfied with just hacking people, she revived them so she could continue hacking.
Da Ni'er, if she doesn't come to join in the fun, she's basically getting beaten up at home.
Huo Pan's sword was sharp; he'd do anything as long as his master approved the memorial.
The Sun siblings, I'll soon be beating them so badly their whole family will never be able to hold their heads up again.
Jiang Tianxin, let me go first.
There are censors in the imperial court who dare to speak out, isn't Fan Tiezui still around?
But now even Iron-Tongued's words are no longer effective. His granddaughter is also an imperial censor, and she has the same kind of brain that makes sense no matter what Huo Xiaolong does. As soon as Fan Iron-Tongued says anything bad about Huo Xiaolong, his granddaughter jumps out to fight her grandfather without waiting for anyone else to do so.
Censor Xiao Fan was caught in the middle and didn't dare to say a word.
"I'm just wondering, does it really matter if he's a man or a woman? As long as he's capable, isn't that enough? They're always so indecisive, but I just couldn't control myself today."
As Huo Xiaolong was talking, he slammed his hand on the table, accidentally breaking another one.
"Even if they don't fight over the sex of their child, they'll fight over other things. If Long'er only has one child, that's fine, but if you have more children in the future... those people from the previous dynasty must be having a headache from choosing sides."
"Then I'll have one. They only have one crown prince. What side are they supposed to take? They'll all be counting on my son to survive!"
Lan Tingche kept nodding, only saying one sentence from the side.
“Long’er is right, let’s have one.”
“Long’er is right, it’s all their fault for being so slow.”
"Long'er is right..."
Cen Ang couldn't stand it anymore. His own mother-in-law was embarrassed to criticize her son-in-law, but she was shameless enough to do so.
"Alright, Tingche, you're not even as good as your father."
Your father at least knows how to disagree with your mother, but you don't even have the heart to disagree.
Mother Cen got up to leave, but no, she had something else she wanted to say to the Crown Princess.
Your Highness, why don't you send a dream to Tingche and teach him how to be an empress?
"Huo Xiaolong! How about we take down the foreign tribe? Da Nier and Jiang Tianxin will lead the troops, and I'll go negotiate. Ten months is just the right time to give the child a welcoming gift."
Sun Zixi returned from the post station and went straight to the palace. He went to the imperial study and spoke earnestly to Huo Xiaolong.
"What's wrong? Did those foreigners bully you?"
“They didn’t criticize me, they criticized Jiang Tianxin. They saw that Jiang Tianxin was a woman and looked younger than them, and said that our military officers were not up to par.”
"Then what?"
"And then they started fighting."
Upon hearing this, Huo Xiaolong stopped Lan Tingche, who was feeding her soup, sat up straight, and then asked:
"Did Jiang Tianxin lose the fight?"
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