Chapter 633: A Little Baby
Chapter 633: A Little Baby
Meng Qianqian waited for a long time, but Chen Long didn’t come out. She sent Cui Hu to check.
"Lady Yan said he’ll be out soon."
"Alright, I’ll wait for him in his courtyard."
Meng Qianqian stood up and left the room.
A little sprout came running over, stretching out tiny arms to grab her leg and start climbing up.
Tan'er placed her hands on her hips. "Bao Zhuzhu! Get down!"
"No!"
Bao Zhuzhu refused firmly.
Tan'er said, "Sister is pregnant, there’s a little baby in her tummy, get down!"
Bao Zhuzhu stared intently at Meng Qianqian’s belly, her little mouth wide open.
Meng Qianqian curved her lips into a smile. "Yes, there’s a little baby."
Bao Zhuzhu’s serious little face pondered for a moment, then she pointed at Meng Qianqian’s belly. "Can Shao Shao live in there too?"
Meng Qianqian: "……"
Qing Shuang came over and carried the little one away.
Meng Qianqian couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time; sometimes children really said the most surprising things.
A few days ago, the Crown Prince’s Mansion was quiet and empty, with everyone either in the palace or out. Today, it seemed like everyone had decided to return at the same time.
In Chen Long’s courtyard, Shangguan Ling, who had regained his freedom, was being chased around by Ji Li.
He leaped high and landed on the roof.
Ji Li, holding a folding fan, pursued him closely. "Stop right there! I’m going to kill you today!"
Shangguan Ling, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, excelled in investigations and interrogations, but in a one-on-one fight, Ji Li had the upper hand.
If it weren’t for the insect he had tricked from Yu Zi Chuan, he probably wouldn’t have been able to shake Ji Li off.
"Are all of you Twelve Guards this vicious?"
Shangguan Ling gritted his teeth and jumped onto a large tree in the courtyard.
It was a good thing he jumped in time, even if it wasn’t the most graceful.
The eaves where he had just stood were split in two by Ji Li’s attack.
Shangguan Ling’s hair stood on end. "Do you really have to be so brutal? It’s just five copper coins! Is it really that serious?"
Si She, who was drinking tea, paused in his movements.
Meng Qianqian, who had just entered the courtyard, stopped in her tracks.
Chen Long, who was being led out by Lady Yan, changed expression.
All three of them were seized by a sense of foreboding.
Oh no…
They all reached out their hands and shouted in unison, "No—"
Shangguan Ling fished out something from his pocket. "Here, take it! Look, it’s a thousand silver note! It’s enough to buy a Commander’s life, right?"
Ji Li didn’t want it.
But he couldn’t control his hand—
The moment he grabbed the silver note, Shangguan Ling thought he had saved his life.
Until a thunderous strike came down!
He stood there with a messy, smoking head, opening his mouth to release a thick cloud of black smoke…
Si She and Meng Qianqian quickly stepped back.
Chen Long closed his eyes. "My courtyard."
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April in the Liang Empire was a month of great upheaval, filled with joy and sorrow, rises and falls. The Hu family was stripped of their wealth, Prince Jin’s mansion was destroyed, and Prince Jin was demoted to a commoner and confined to the Prince’s Residence.
Prince Jin’s concubine had done nothing wrong, so the Liang Emperor allowed her to return home.
Dou Qingyi was left by Prince Jin’s side, sharing his hardships, which was a form of confinement in itself.
Lu Yuan instructed Silent Breeze to bring the medicinal man captured from the underground palace to Lu Qi and to ensure that the Prince of the Commandery’s concubine saw it.
Lu Qi understood immediately.
The person who wanted him to never return was his new wife.
He drew his sword and, in front of Gongsun Liuying, mercilessly cut off the medicinal man’s head.
When the round head rolled to Gongsun Liuying’s feet, she stiffened.
Lu Qi, holding the blood-dripping sword, took a step toward her.
She panicked and retreated. "What are you doing? Don’t come near me! Don’t come near me! I’m the daughter of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion! You can’t do this to me! My father—"
"Your father is dead."
Lu Qi said coldly.
Gongsun Liuying’s face drained of color. "What did you say?"
Lu Qi said, "Your father died by Meng Xiaojiu’s sword. There is no longer a Pavilion Master or a daughter of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion."
Gongsun Liuying fell to the ground. "No… My father can’t be dead… She’s just a girl… How could she kill my father? My father is the greatest warrior in the world… My father is the Pavilion Master… My father…"
Her tears fell heavily.
It was unclear whether she was grieving or worried about her own fate.
She finally tasted the bitterness of losing everything.
From now on, no one would stand by her side.
"Were you the one who told Meng Xiaojiu about your father’s weakness?"
"You are the one who killed your father."
"So everything you have now is your own doing!"
Gongsun Liuying covered her ears. "No… No… I didn’t mean to kill my father… He… He wanted to harm the child in my womb… I… I…"
Without the child, she still had her life.
But without her father, she truly had nothing left.
At this moment, she finally realized the gap between herself and Meng Qianqian.
Meng Qianqian lost her parents but remained the Phoenix Maiden.
She was strong enough on her own.
Her pride, her identity, and her destiny were all given to her by her father.
She finally panicked and felt defeated.
The pride of the Phoenix Maiden was gone from her face.
She looked at Lu Qi almost pleadingly. "Are you going to kill me? I was just momentarily deluded… Who could have known you would torture me so much… I…"
Lu Qi said nothing, just continued to approach her.
In a flash, she thought of something and clutched her belly. "We’ve been married for a while, and I might be carrying your child…"
"Child?"
Lu Qi looked down at her from above.
She wiped her tears and said hopefully, "Yes! Our child! Your first child!"
Lu Qi said coldly, "I don’t care."
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The turmoil in the Liang Empire had come to a temporary end.
Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan planned to return to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Liang Emperor was furious. "You are the Huang Changsun of the Liang Empire. Where are you going?"
Lu Yuan: "To my father-in-law’s house."
Liang Emperor: "……"
Lu Yuan wasn’t lying when he said he was going to his father-in-law’s house.
They had rushed to the Miao Borderlands to save people and passed through Youzhou without stopping at the Meng family. They had agreed that once everything was settled, they would visit the Meng family.
Their marriage was kept secret from the Meng family, and the old man hadn’t even met his grandson-in-law.
Thinking about how this marriage had been arranged without proper formalities, the Liang Emperor was ready to scold Lu Yuan for his recklessness.
But he held back for Meng Qianqian’s sake.
The Liang Emperor said, "You can go to the Meng family, but Zhaozhao is too young for a long journey. Leave him with me."
Lu Yuan glanced at the little one in the Imperial Study. "Grandfather… are you sure?"
The Liang Emperor’s face darkened. "What? Do you doubt that I can’t take care of a child?"
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow. "I’m worried about your safety, Grandfather."
"You—"
The Liang Emperor was about to scold his grandson when he saw Bao Zhuzhu hitting walnuts with the Imperial Seal!
The Liang Emperor’s body shook!
(End of Chapter)
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