A Duo was very efficient and got the news the next afternoon.

At this time, Li Ji had just sent King Jin Yu away, and the look of disgust on her face had not yet disappeared.

She was leaning lazily on the beauty couch, while A-Mei was massaging her calves. A-Duo hurried in and knelt in front of the beauty couch.

Li Ji perked up, propped herself up on the couch and slightly stood up, and asked in a low voice: "Aduo, what's wrong?"

A Duo quickly reported all the information she had collected to Li Ji.

The royal relatives and high-ranking officials in the royal capital lived a luxurious life and often found an excuse to hold banquets. If the banquet was elegant, such as a flower-viewing banquet, a tea-tasting banquet, etc., the noble ladies of the royal capital would participate.

You wouldn't know if you didn't check, and once you checked, you'd find out there's something fishy!

There are countless noble ladies in Kyoto. If we talk about the first tier, they are naturally the princesses from the clan families, followed by the legitimate daughters of the aristocratic families, and then the daughters of ministers.

In recent years, the person most trusted by the king in the court is Grand Tutor Che, so Grand Tutor Che's granddaughter Che Zhaohua is one of the famous noble ladies in the capital.

In order to maintain his status, Che Zhaohua rarely attended banquets in recent years, but when the princesses took the lead in hosting elegant banquets, Che Zhaohua was never absent.

But for some reason, Che Zhaohua has been claiming to be ill for the past few months, telling others that she has a serious illness and needs to be well taken care of. It is said that even the princesses have never seen her.

When Li Ji heard this, she sat up straight.

Her expression changed several times, and suddenly she asked quickly: "Aduo, when did Che Zhaohua first claim to be sick?"

Ah Duo hurriedly took out a piece of paper from her bosom and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, I feel suspicious about this matter, so I wrote down all the information about Miss Che. Please take a look."

Li Ji looked at A Duo with satisfaction in her eyes when she heard this, "Good A Duo, you are indeed my right-hand man."

Li Ji took the unfolded paper, lowered her head and glanced at it. The first line read: Your noble lady Che Zhaohua declined Princess Rouyi's invitation to the plum blossom viewing banquet on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month...

Li Ji suddenly shuddered, and a chill ran straight to her head.

Coincidentally, she found out she was pregnant in the twelfth lunar month.

"You've been made a target for others, and you've also helped others... Is that what you mean? Is that what you mean?"

Li Ji muttered absentmindedly, and the paper in her hand slipped down, which scared A Duo.

"My lady, what's wrong with you?"

At this time, another person came hurriedly from outside the hall, his steps seemed very urgent.

"My queen!"

A Duo frowned and turned around, "A Qiao, why are you so reckless?"

Because Li Ji was the most favored by the emperor, King Jin Yu made exceptions for her again and again in the past two years. The four personal maids around Li Ji were all brought into the palace by her from outside.

Upon hearing this, Aqiao slowed down her pace slightly, but still rushed to the bed with an anxious look on her face.

"My lady, I just heard some news!"

Li Ji was upset and said casually, "Speak."

Ah Qiao lowered her voice and said hurriedly:

"My lady, I just overheard in the garden that when Grand Master Che returned from Nanli, he brought back a magical medicine for fertility, called 'Good Fortune', which can help those who cannot conceive to have their wishes come true!"

As Aqiao spoke, she couldn't help but look at Li Ji's belly, little did she know that her words gave Li Ji a direct blow!

Li Ji stared at her belly in a daze, and suddenly all the color drained away from her face, leaving her face filled with disbelief.

"My queen!"

When Aqiao saw Li Ji like this, she realized that she was in trouble and kowtowed to apologize quickly.

Li Ji seemed not to hear anything. She looked around the hall and slowly fell on the couch in the inner hall. Then she asked in a daze:

"Aduo, do you still remember the scene when I slept with you in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar?"

A Duo was slightly stunned, and Li Ji was already talking to herself: "When he asked me to sleep with him in the past, he always loved to light up the hall and then nibble and bite me."

"But the lights were turned off those two nights. I used to hate him, but I was very excited those two nights, even..."

Li Ji couldn't continue speaking.

Those two nights were the few normal pleasures she had in the two years since she entered the palace. She was also very passionate and horny, and she hugged the man tightly in the dark. She still feels the aftertaste when she recalls it now.

But after those two nights, King Jin Yu showed his true colors again, and now it seems...

Li Ji suddenly stood up from the couch and paced back and forth in the hall barefoot. A Duo and A Qiao were frightened and hurried to help her, but Li Ji waved them away.

After a while, she suddenly stopped, slowly pulled the corners of her mouth, and revealed an extremely sarcastic smile.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"In order to deceive the world and use someone else's trick, he could endure what ordinary people could not endure, and even wore a green hat on himself!"

Aqiao was confused by what she heard, but Aduo was smart. She thought about it for a moment and then her face was filled with horror!

"My Lady, this...how is this possible!"

"How is it impossible?"

Li Ji turned around, her pretty face seemed fuller now that she had gained a new body, making her even more charming and attractive.

"The clan members are all around, watching covetously. Now that I am pregnant, I have naturally become a target, while the person who is actually pregnant with the dragon seed is hiding in the dark and taking care of the baby!"

"Once the birthing day comes, all we need to do is to kill the mother and keep the child, then replace the real dragon with the fake one. Isn't that easy?"

"When the young son is left without a mother, and the harem is left without a master, then we can welcome that person into the palace and honor her as the queen mother. Wouldn't they be reunited with their son and everyone be happy?"

"How ridiculous! How ridiculous that I have been carrying a baby for ten months, and yet I and the child in my belly are doomed to die! Isn't this just making wedding clothes for others?"

Having said this, Li Ji tightly protected her belly, her eyes were already red.

A Duo trembled all over and was terrified after hearing this!

What a vicious plan!

"My lady, what shall we do?"

Li Ji took a deep breath, countless unspeakable emotions flashed across her face, and finally she clenched her hands tightly.

When she lowered her head, she looked at her bulging belly tenderly. She knew that the child's biological father must have been executed after "completing the mission."

She finally had her own child. As long as it was her child, it didn't matter who the father was!

Thinking of this, Li Ji suddenly raised her head, her face full of decisiveness and ruthlessness.

"Aduo, this is the king's child. It's the king's only child in more than ten years!"

A Duo was stunned at first when she heard this, but soon, her eyes sparkled with brilliance!

Li Ji slowly walked to the beauty couch, and when she sat down, she looked noble and calm again.

"Everyone knows that I am pregnant with a dragon. The world... just keep believing it."

"At that time... at that time, as long as the father is killed and the son is kept, who can prove that the child in Che Zhaohua's belly is the king's?"

"If Grand Tutor Che dares to quibble, then he will be charged with conspiracy to usurp the throne and his entire family will be slaughtered, which will put an end to future troubles!"

At this point, Li Ji slowly lowered her head, continued to touch her belly, raised her lips and whispered softly:

"Child, please wait a little longer. Mother will give you a legitimate identity and bring you infinite glory. Please wait a little longer..."

As Li Ji spoke, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.

Let her think about what method can be used to get rid of that bastard without anyone noticing...