Widowed for Five Years, the Widow is Pregnant with the Emperor’s Child

Chapter 197

"She is sick, just ignore her."

Emperor Jingxuan said concisely, leaving no room for mercy.

Sui was stunned, and instantly felt guilty. "What kind of illness does she have? Is it very serious? Is it a disease of the eyes? Can she still be cured?"

Faced with four consecutive questions, Emperor Jingxuan was left speechless and turned to the child's mother for help.

Yun Wan glared at him reproachfully, blaming him for not watching his mouth.

Emperor Jingxuan sheepishly touched his jaw, having forgotten that his son was an inquisitive little scholar who always wanted to get to the bottom of things.

Yun Wan pulled Sui in front of her and asked, "When she glared at you, what did you do?"

Sui: "I glared back at her like this."

He frowned hard and bulged his eyes to glare, thinking he looked fierce.

If he had known earlier that the Crown Prince's mother was sick, he would have been magnanimous and not glared back.

Come to think of it, she probably didn't glare at him on purpose. It must have been an uncontrollable attack of her illness, which was why she needed someone to help her back.

Emperor Jingxuan burst into laughter, "You're cross-eyed, you silly boy."

With this little look, he had absolutely no lethality other than making the other party laugh.

The smile on Yun Wan's face widened. She cupped Sui's cheeks and rubbed them. "You are not allowed to frown at such a young age, otherwise you'll turn into a little old man."

She glanced at Emperor Jingxuan seemingly casually and whispered, "Just like your imperial father."

Sui immediately relaxed his brows, and his little bun-like face puffed up, without a single wrinkle to be found.

"I heard that, Madam." Emperor Jingxuan was greatly displeased.

Yun Wan sighed in her heart, turned around, and raised her hand to smooth out the faint vertical crease between his brows, coaxing him softly, "I was just joking. Your Majesty is not old at all."

True to her words, Emperor Jingxuan's appearance was top-notch handsome. His phoenix eyes were like torches, his eyebrows like sword blades, his nose high and straight, and his facial contours deep and resolute.

Compared to young and vigorous men in their teens or twenties, he had an extra mature charm. The domineering aura of an emperor was fully embodied in him, so much so that it made people overlook his looks.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, men over thirty who had started a family and established a career liked to grow beautiful beards to highlight their maturity and steadiness. Emperor Jingxuan had also grown one before, but he shaved it off after Yun Wan complained that it prickled the little flower.

Seeing that his imperial father was unhappy again, Sui blinked and quickly brought up the main topic:

"Congratulations to Mother for becoming the Empress. Sui offers his congratulations to you!"

After saying that, he did not forget to thank Emperor Jingxuan, "And thank you, Imperial Father, for your unique insight in making Mother the Empress."

At such a young age, he was already well-versed in the art of balancing relationships and smoothing ruffled feathers.

Yun Wan was overjoyed and hugged the child tightly.

Knowing the difference between men and women, Sui, whose mind was more resolute and mature than his peers, blushed, but he still couldn't bear to push away his mother's affection.

Emperor Jingxuan's thin lips curled up slightly. This boy really made people both love and hate him.

Leaning in his mother's embrace, Sui looked in the direction of Emperor Jingxuan, his eyes full of curiosity: "Then Imperial Father, since Mother is the Empress, does that mean she is your wife?"

The Emperor and the Empress were one as husband and wife, just like Pei Qian's parents, Aunt Yongshou and Duke Chengen.

Emperor Jingxuan raised an eyebrow, naturally reached out to pull Yun Wan into his arms, their fingers intertwined, and said with a contented expression: "Of course, your mother is the only wife I will have in this life."

He had no wife before, and from now on, his Madam would be his wife.

He turned his head to look at Yun Wan, his gaze burning like a raging fire.

Sui nodded in half-understanding, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind—

What a pity that Imperial Father is not Mother's only husband.

He looked up and stole a glance, his intuition telling him that he could not say this out loud, otherwise he would be beaten.

Although Sui had never been beaten since he was born.

At the same time, he thought again, since Mother is the Empress, does it mean that he has more qualifications and strength to win the position of the Crown Prince?

So this was how Mother meant she would help him?

Sui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Yun Wan attentively.

Yun Wan stroked his head, and the mother and son understood each other perfectly.

Emperor Jingxuan narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, a strange feeling rising in his heart.

He always felt that the mother and son were secretly hiding something from him.

........

The Empress conferring ceremony was held a month later. According to common sense, the ceremony was usually prepared by the Ministry of Rites for three to six months, but Emperor Jingxuan could not wait.

Moreover, when the idea of making her the Empress first arose, he had already ordered people to secretly prepare the relevant matters, all for this very moment.

In early June, as the morning light first appeared, the palaces and buildings of the Great Qi imperial city stood tall. The glazed tiles on the crimson palace walls sparkled under the sunlight.

From the Meridian Gate to the Taihe Hall, the imperial path for the Emperor and Empress, paved with red silk carpets, stretched straight. Red silk and exquisite palace lanterns were hung all over the imperial palace, and there were countless exotic flowers and rare herbs.

Inside and outside the imperial city, the Imperial Feathered Forest Guards clad in armor were ready for action, lined up in rows, demonstrating the royal majesty.

With a long and majestic horn sound, the master of ceremonies shouted 'The Emperor and Empress arrive', and the Empress conferring ceremony kicked off.

Wearing a phoenix crown and a phoenix robe, Yun Wan came before Emperor Jingxuan surrounded by palace servants, and raised her hand with a smile.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Emperor Jingxuan, wearing a twelve-symbol dragon-patterned ceremonial robe and an imperial crown, took Yun Wan's hand, stepped onto the green stone steps, and headed towards the Temple of Heaven.

As the golden bell rang, the civil and military officials and royal relatives below waited eagerly with solemn expressions.

In a row that was noticeably indented, Pei Qian muttered softly: "Cousin, I saw the Crown Prince staring at you just now. Is he trying to do something bad?"

Ever since he found out that Sui was his uncle's biological son, he called him 'cousin' very skillfully.

Sui kept a straight face and looked straight ahead: "No speaking on solemn occasions."

Pei Qian nodded: "He's glaring at you. He must be unconvinced in his heart."

"But don't be afraid. Anyway, your mother is already the Empress and my aunt. As long as you raise your arm and call out, I, your cousin, will definitely go through fire and water for you without hesitation!"

He had been displeased with the Crown Prince for a long time. The guy always looked down his nose at people all day long, which was too arrogant.

Sui's little face was tense: "........I know, just be quiet first."

Pei Qian also wanted to be quiet, but he was really bored. Standing for two whole hours was even more tiring than sitting in the classroom listening to lectures.

He was only quiet for fifteen minutes before his whole body felt uncomfortable.

Just as he wanted to speak again, Sui quickly took out a pastry from the pouch at his waist and stuffed it into his mouth. "You can only eat one piece, and you are not allowed to make a sound."

Pei Qian was delighted: "You are the one with foresight."

He happened to be hungry.

These were all prepared by Yun Wan's order in the morning for Sui to pad his stomach, and Emperor Jingxuan had tacitly approved.

Sui took out another piece for the Third Prince, and so on, giving everyone one piece. By the time it was almost the Crown Prince's turn, they were completely gone.

The ministers behind them had veins throbbing on their temples. They closed their eyes and pretended not to see anything.

At this time, the full Pei Qian leaned close to Sui and frowned: "Cousin, the Crown Prince keeps looking over at our side. He's so annoying."

"Why don't you seize his position as the Crown Prince, and we will support you to take the throne?" He covered his mouth and plotted in a low voice.

Zhang Lian and the others: ........Boy, could you plot any louder?

They just didn't dare to speak; they were neither deaf nor dead.