It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

The palace maids and the imperial physician felt that this was not something they were supposed to see, so they quickly left.

Only Eunuch De, Anxun, Suyue and a few other close people were left in the palace.

Anyway, they see it many times and don’t think it’s a big deal. Now that the queen is pregnant, she needs someone to take care of her.

Emperor Xiao Ping was extremely excited, but he knew that the first three months after a woman becomes pregnant are more dangerous and she needs to be careful, so he relaxed a little and just hugged Su Wanti gently.

He placed one hand on her flat belly and the other on her slender waist.

"Wan'er, are you tired?" His voice was extremely gentle, as if he was afraid of scaring the person in his arms.

Misty eyes rose in Su Wanti's eyes. She held Xiao Pingdi's waist with her pair of white hands. She snuggled up to him with her ears against his chest.

Her voice is as sweet as a mountain spring.

"Your Majesty, please tell me, is this true? I am not dreaming."

Xiao Pingdi's palm was slightly warm as he stroked her belly and rubbed his chin against her furry head.

"Wan'er, I also feel like I'm in a dream, but this is not a dream, this is real, I have a child. Wan'er, now our child is here with you, in your body."

Emperor Xiao Ping only felt his chest getting wet. It was the tearful eyes of the person in his arms that soaked his clothes.

Su Wanti pressed herself tightly against Emperor Xiao Ping's broad and thick chest, her sweet voice tinged with sobs.

"I believe it. This is not a dream. I listen to your Majesty's heartbeat and feel your Majesty's body temperature. Then I believe it. This is not a dream. I am really pregnant with your Majesty's child."

She raised her head, her almond eyes were bright and moist, with a hint of hesitation between her brows, and her cherry lips slightly parted.

"Your Majesty, you have never mentioned the matter of having children to me. I also know that you did not go to the harem before and were not obsessed with having children. You even made preparations to adopt children... Before, I thought you did not like children... Your Majesty, now that I am pregnant, are you really happy?"

Emperor Xiao Ping was amused by her words and lovingly scratched the tip of her slightly red nose.

"I clearly said before that I want you to give birth to a child for me."

"When did your Majesty say that?"

Emperor Xiao Ping approached her, whispered in her ear, "I said this in bed. At that time, your skin was as pink as peach blossoms, and I couldn't let it go—"

Su Wanti's face suddenly turned red. When she couldn't help herself, her skin would turn pink all over. Emperor Xiao Ping always joked that she was the peach blossom fairy in disguise.

"So your majesty really said that. At that time, I thought I was dreaming."

Her face was red, and she nestled shyly in Emperor Xiao Ping's arms, refusing to look up.

Emperor Xiao Ping refused to let her go. He held her rosy face in his hands, full of tenderness.

"Before, I really didn't care about the issue of offspring. The tonics I took before were all sent to me by the Queen Mother. The young concubines were also selected by the Queen Mother and taken into the harem. I didn't touch many of them."

"It was not until I met Wan'er that I began to desire an heir. I did not want a prince, but a child of ours, a child with both of our blood. Wan'er, do you understand my heart?"

Su Wanti nodded and said in a tender voice: "Your Majesty, I understand. Your Majesty's wishes are my wishes."

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Emperor Xiao Ping ordered that the news of Su Wanti's pregnancy should not be spread.

The doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were all shrewd and tight-lipped, so they would naturally not tell anyone about this. The people in Yaoguang Palace were all carefully selected by An Xun, and after several screenings, they were chosen to be reliable and cautious, and they also kept their mouths shut.

There is another person who knows the inside story, Eunuch De. He is a close confidant of Emperor Xiao Ping and is naturally the most tight-lipped. He knows a lot of secrets, but he will not tell anything to anyone.

Therefore, in the past few months, no one in the palace knew that Su Wanti was pregnant.

Everyone in the palace only knew that the emperor doted on Concubine Zhen extremely, and good things were sent to the Yaoguang Palace like water.

This was Emperor Xiao Ping's first child, and he had it with great difficulty when he was in his thirties. He attached great importance to him and was very attentive to Su Wanti.

He was very careful about important matters. In addition to increasing the number of guards at Yaoguang Palace, he also sent a female doctor who knew pharmacology to serve Su Wanti.

The main task of the female doctor is to check what food pregnant women can eat and what they cannot eat.

In addition, he also ordered the Clothing Bureau to prepare several sets of soft and comfortable clothes and shoes for Su Wanti, and ordered people to carefully check the furnishings and utensils in the Yaoguang Hall several times, to make sure there were no furnishings that could easily bump into people or places where it was easy to slip.

Whenever Su Wanti moved, three palace maids would take care of her. She felt that Emperor Xiao Ping was too worried about her and felt that this was a sweet burden.

In the blink of an eye, spring has arrived, and the spring rain is like silk, nourishing all things.

Su Wanti is already five months pregnant, her belly is starting to show, and it’s time to announce the good news.

Emperor Xiao Ping wanted to personally announce this good news to all the concubines.

That day was the first day of the new year, the day when all the concubines in the palace paid their respects to the Queen. When the concubines gathered in the Queen's Palace, Emperor Xiao Ping appeared with Su Wanti.

Emperor Xiao Ping sat at the top and announced to everyone that Su Wanti was five months pregnant.

Everyone was shocked.

The concubines who remain in the palace now all entered the palace when Emperor Xiao Ping ascended the throne. They experienced the time when Emperor Xiao Ping was trying hard to have an heir.

During those years, Emperor Xiao Ping tried hard but to no avail, so they all thought that Emperor Xiao Ping was infertile.

I didn’t expect that I couldn’t have children with them!

However, there was only surprise and no jealousy in their eyes when they looked at Su Wanti.

Because they have been in the palace for quite a while, as they grow older, their mentality gradually becomes more relaxed and open-minded.

They have come to terms with it and no longer want to compete for favor or have children.

Therefore, they all sincerely congratulated Su Wanti and hoped that she could successfully give birth to the royal heir and bring hope to the palace which had been dull for a long time.

The Queen also expressed her congratulations to Su Wanti, and fulfilled her duties as a Queen, taking good care of Su Wanti.

The Empress Dowager lived in the Cining Palace for a long time and seldom came out, so Emperor Xiao Ping sent Eunuch De to the Cining Palace to report the good news to the Empress Dowager.

After a while, Eunuch De came back after finishing his errand.

"What did the Empress Dowager say?" Emperor Xiao Ping asked Eunuch De with a faint look in his eyes.

Eunuch De bowed and replied, "The Queen Mother is naturally happy. She was so excited that she lost her grip on the teacup and it fell to the ground, breaking into pieces."

"Hmm." Emperor Xiao Ping seemed to be thinking about something, and his eyes darkened.

At that time, Su Wanti was sitting next to him, embroidering a tiger-head hat.

Emperor Xiao Ping's attitude towards the Queen Mother and his subtle changes in expression gave her a guess.

That is, the relationship between the Queen Mother and Emperor Xiao Ping was not close.

And judging from the Queen Mother's reaction, she didn't seem to be as eager for Emperor Xiao Ping to have his own children as she appeared to be.