Chapter 177 - 175. Dragon Child I

Third-person POV

Hong er was talking to Xue Lang when Weisheng out of nowhere appeared behind her. Xue Lang almost choked on his saliva meanwhile Hong er smiled brightly seeing her husband had finished his important meeting. She patted the seat beside her and spoke with a cheerful voice.

Hong er: "Come here~ come here~ Take a seat. I made a Liang Gao to beat some of the summer heat." (Liang Gao is a traditional Han dessert popular in Beijing area. With soft, fresh and delicious tastes, it is often eaten during summer. This snack is also popular in Yibin city, Sichuan province. But different from that of Beijing, it is made of rice and brown sugar.)

Weisheng: "En."

Weisheng sat down and scooped up some of the white rice rake then put it in his mouth.

Hong er: "So, what about Wei Fang Tan?"

Weisheng: "Guilty."

Hong er: "Hoo~ Well, it is good then."

Weisheng: "You sly fox."

Hong er: "Hehehe~"

Qiyi reported to Weisheng that recently there was a rumor that spread among the nobles ad commoners like fire. It said that Wei Fang Tan tried to take the sister of his fiancée as his concubine too so he could enjoy two beauties at once.

But failed because of the strong sisterhood between Ming Zhu and Ming Yu had. Before Wei Fang Tan could taste Ming Yu, Ming Zhu came in time to save Ming Yu. This rumor was easily believed by the folks as Wei Fang Tan was infamous for his Casanova behavior.

Weisheng could see that Hong er changed the table by altering the attention from Ming Zhu to Wei Fang Tan as it would be easier to solve the problem.

Weisheng: "Don't you feel bad for blaming all the fault to Wei Fang Tan?"

Hong er's eyes changed drastically and had some killing intent in it, yet she maintained her gentle smile which made it more terrifying to the on-lookers.

Hong er: "No, not even a little bit."

Weisheng: "Why?"

Hong er: "He assaulted Meiyun so I can't let him go unscattered. Plus, he was the cause of Miss Ming Zhu's anger."

Weisheng smiled fondly at her and kissed her cheek. He was very proud of his wife that he wanted to lift her up to the sky and let everyone see how cool she is.

This rumor caused Ming Zhu and Wei Fang Tan's engagement to break. At first, Ming Zhu was depressed but the words that Hong er told her beside the lake kept spinning in her head. So she decided to move on and focused on her studies.

Meanwhile, Ming Yu's reputation had gotten better than before as rumors said that she got Hong er on her back. Her siblings became silent and didn't dare to bully her again like how they used to after being lectured by their father.

If their father was scared out of his wit from seeing Hong er, let alone them who didn't have any title nor backing that could compare to Hong er.

A few hours ago, the elderly in Wei family obliged him to convince Weisheng because he worked beside him so his request very likely would be accepted. Wei Yunru who couldn't fight back his elderly, approached Weisheng and hesitantly asked him to be lenient on Wei Fang Tan's punishment as Wei Fang Tan is his cousin.

Weisheng: "No."

Wei Yunru had expected to be rejected by Weisheng but he wanted to know the reason.

Weisheng: "Zhen had reconsidered your family's merit and only put him in rehabilitation. So Wei family is dissatisfied with Zhen's decision."

Wei Yunru: "No no, this official didn't dare."

Weisheng: "Bu zuo bu si." ('Not do not die' = If you don't do stupid things, you won't end in tragedy.)

With those four words, Weisheng dismissed Wei Yunru. Wei Yunru could only retreat and told the elderly every word that Weisheng spit out. The elderly silently complained Weisheng for being heartless and cruel even to their family that had served his father for decades.

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1 month later

Hong er was extremely confused by now. She hasn't got her menstruation for this one and half a month, she told the Yun sisters and when they were going to call over a physician, she stopped them.

Hong er: "Just call the physician after we come back from Her Majesty Empress Dowager's place. We shouldn't delay."

They followed Hong er to Lu Cixi's palace and coincidentally, Princess Yue made a dish especially for Hong er to express her gratitude for teaching her how to cook despite herself being extremely busy.

Lu Cixi also had become very fond of her daughter-in-law and cared for her more than her own son. She could see the sincerity in everything that Hong er's did and never expect anything back which made her so grateful to have someone like her beside Weisheng.

After her husband gravely sick, her son become occupied with state affairs and seldom came to visit her. Without her realizing, she felt like she just lost a son. But ever since Hong er arrived here, Hong er wouldn't fail to bring Weisheng along with her to greet her in the morning.

And it made Lu Cixi's mood better day by day. One time, she wanted to test Hong er and told the servants to gossip that she was unwell. To her surprise, her spy reported that Hong er immediately threw away her brush and commanded the servants to call several physicians like she was on a battlefield.

Hong er ran to her palace with the speed of sound and her face clearly shown that she was worried about Lu Cixi. After checking Lu Cixi's pulse, the physician realized that she was perfectly fine and he saw Lu Cixi's sly gaze.

The physician decided to act along her and told Hong er that Lu Cixi strained her waist too much. He also included that only by massaging that it could be cured and as a man, he shouldn't touch Lu Cixi. Hong er quickly stepped up and determinedly said that she was very good at massage as she frequently gave her father massage.

Although it was only her waist that hurt, yet Hong er professionally massaged her whole body without a single complaint. Lu Cixi felt like she was in bliss when Hong er massaged her and Hong er's knowledge about the world was very wide and flexible therefore it made her fun to talk to.

Two hours later, after Weisheng was done with morning court, he visited Lu Cixi after got news that a physician had come to check her pulse. As far as he knew, Lu Cixi was very healthy and rarely got sick so he was aware that his mother was teasing his wife.

And when he arrived at her palace, he saw his wife, mother, and little sister was talking joyfully and ignored his existence until Lu Cixi stopped Hong er from massaging her. Then she saw his son was sulking like a spoiled brat when his candy was taken away. In the Liu family brain, they were thinking of how to keep Hong er for themselves.

*Back to the present

Lu Cixi was especially worried when she saw how pale Hong er's face was. And when she was about to order the servant to call over a physician, Princess Yue opened the lid of dish that she made.

The scent of heavily seasoned pork entered Hong er's sensitive nose and a surge of nauseous suddenly hit her. However, she was quite used to pain so she only closed her eyes and elegantly placed her fingers on her pale lips to calm the nauseating feeling.

Nevertheless, it didn't escape everyone's eyes that she felt somewhat uncomfortable therefore the Yun sisters quickly ordered a servant beside them to call a physician. The physician ran with all of his might and quickly take Hong er's pulse.

His brows were knitted and he checked her pulse for a few times before smiling brightly and gleefully stood up.

Physician: "Congratulations to Your Majesty Empress Dowager! Congratulations to Your Majesty Empress! Your Majesty Empress has a dragon child!"