His Majesty elaborated on the empress’s significance with particular emphasis.
It also severed the inappropriate thoughts of innurable ministers in the Court.
But Su Pan’er knew nothing of this. She lay in a daze in bed for a whole day and it wasn’t until the next day that she felt a little better and struggled to get up feeling sickly.
"Jiu Lan, what ti is it now?"
Jiu Lan hurried forward to draw back the curtains and whispered softly, "Empress, it is the third quarter of the Wei hour. You have slept for a full day. Would you like to have so food, or shall your servant call Imperial Physician Wang for you?"
"I’ve slept for a whole day?"
Su Pan’er held her groggy head, feeling sowhat listless. She forced herself to get up from the bed, "Let’s get up. This palace has no appetite, just have soone bring so congee and smashed cucumber salad."
Jiu Lan paused for a mont before quickly carrying out her orders.
By the ti Su Pan’er had washed and rinsed, the congee and smashed cucumber salad had arrived.
"Empress, it’s getting cold these days, and eating smashed cucumber might upset the stomach. Perhaps you would like so other light dishes?"
"No need. I don’t have much of an appetite."
Thinking of those vexing matters, how could Su Pan’er feel like eating? She reluctantly drank most of the bowl of congee and then shook her head, signaling to Jiu Lan to clear it away.
She also casually inquired whether the Imperial Harem’s Palace was still quiet, and Qingwen and the others hastily repeated all the buzzing rumors from outside.
"Did His Majesty really say that?"
Su Pan’er truly hadn’t expected that Qin Yi would say those things in front of all the Civil and Military Officials, a sentint known as being touched flowed through her chest.
"Indeed, this matter has now spread throughout the court and the public. Everyone is praising His Majesty for being affectionate and righteous. They also say that His Majesty remains steadfast and devoted to... to you, Empress, and that he is a benevolent and wise ruler!"
You an the discarded wife, right?
That the discarded wife should not be set aside, is that what was said at Court?
Su Pan’er lifted her hand, looking at her own sowhat limp, fair, and translucid hands, fingernails tender pink and flushed with a healthy glow, a discarded wife indeed!
"Yes! His Majesty is a wise ruler."
Su Pan’er reflected.
This world is always more forgiving to n and yet harsher to won.
Since His Majesty ascended the throne, as long as she, the discarded wife, continues to occupy the position of the empress, he is considered a benevolent and wise ruler, a good emperor.
Undeniably, Qin Yi had perford very well.
But Su Pan’er always felt sothing was lacking, what exactly was it?
It wasn’t until that evening when Qin Yi returned to Huayang Palace to rest that she suddenly understood what she had been missing all along.
It was interaction!
Ever since Qin Yi beca emperor, their interactions had decreased. He rarely spoke to her about Court matters, and she, intentionally avoided ddling in Court affairs. This led to a gradual estrangent between the two, common topics dwindled, and indeed things felt different from before.
"What are you thinking about?"
Qin Yi suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
Su Pan’er ca back to reality and grasped his hand gently, "I’m thinking about Feng Xiyue’s affair."
Qin Yi frowned slightly and bit her earlobe in annoyance as a punishnt.
"Why bring her up again? Tell , what’s this about Feng Xiyue being pregnant? Isn’t this just another drama you and she have concocted?"
"She says she’s carrying your child."
Su Pan’er said lazily.
"Pfft! Stop joking, Pan’er, are you teasing ? I either stay at Purple Zen Hall or spend the night here with you. When have I ever been to Autumn Fragrance Pavilion?"
Qin Yi took advantage of the situation to pinch her small nose and unabashedly scraped her nose.
"Who’s making a fuss with you!"
Su Pan’er swatted his hand away impatiently and looked at him seriously, "Feng Xiyue said she is carrying your child."
"How is that possible, stop teasing ..."
Qin Yi’s face showed disbelief, but after a mont, seeing that Su Pan’er’s expression hadn’t changed at all, the playful look on his face slowly disappeared. He then furrowed his brows and regained his usual calmness, "You an to say... "
"She’s pregnant."
The three words that carried no weight fell from Su Pan’er’s lips lightly, quickly darkening Qin Yi’s face.
"Really pregnant? Whose child is it?"
"Yours."
"Stop joking around!"
"She said it’s yours," Su Pan’er reiterated.
"I am serious!" Qin Yi grew a little impatient, "I haven’t even touched her, how could she possibly have my child?"
"I am serious too."
"Alright."
Qin Yi admitted defeat and in a stroke of realization, he scooped Su Pan’er up onto his lap. Only then did he wrap his arms around her waist in frustration, "Haven’t you sent soone to investigate where she got the child from?"
"I have already sent people out, and I expect we will have news soon. However, according to her own words, it happened when she secretly visited Senior Imperial Concubine Hua at the Quiet Cloud Nunnery."
Su Pan’er spoke without hesitation.
"No wonder then."
Qin Yi nodded his head, as the incident occurred on the way to the Quiet Cloud Nunnery, the scope was much smaller.
"What do you plan to do now? Do you really want her to have this child?"
The matter with Liu Jieyu was just a temporary strategy to stabilize the feudal lords; when the ti was ripe, it could be resolved with an accident. But with Feng Xiyue, it was a matter of a real human life.
"No rush, ten months of pregnancy, when the fruit is ripe, it will fall, it’s still early. We have plenty of ti."
Su Pan’er slightly squinted her eyes, curling up in his arms like a little cat.
In winter, the warmth akin to a stove emanating from the most exalted man in the world was exceptionally comforting.
Her favorite thing was to nestle in his embrace, letting his breath completely envelop her.
Especially at tis like this, when he massaged her forehead gently, that comfort was beyond anything else one could find.
"Pan’er, I let you have your way in other matters, but I will not permit this one!"
Just as Su Pan’er was dozing off, Qin Yi suddenly spoke up.
It instantly made Su Pan’er open her eyes.
Determination filled his eyes, showing his persistent resolve.
"But..."
Su Pan’er lifted her body, stretched out her arms to hook around his neck, and hung in front of his chest, "Several loyal and good mbers of the Feng Family have died tragically, leaving only Feng Xiyue and Feng Jiu. Feng Xiyue has entered the Palace out of gratitude, and Feng Jiu is currently studying at the Imperial Academy. If this child cannot be saved, I fear..."
"Hmph! It was she who sought her own ruin first, she cannot bla others."
Qin Yi’s view on the matter differed from Su Pan’er’s. No one, whether an Emperor or a commoner, could be expected to raise a child publicly known to not be their own, especially in such a scandal that disrupts the imperial edicts!
If it were a daughter, it might be fine, but if it were a son, it would be a lifeti of sha!
Qin Yi could hardly endure it!
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