Whose cub am I pregnant with?

Xiao Shiqing raised his eyebrows, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more thought-provoking.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Zhao Qi added: "Brother Prime Minister?"

Xiao Shiqing smiled and said, "I don't dare to have the emperor as my younger brother."

Zhao Qi was angry, "Then you still let me call?"

"I just asked casually, I don't think the emperor is really willing to call." Xiao Shiqing said, "It's quite pleasant to call."

"..." Zhao Qi was full of anger, and he couldn't vent his anger on Xiao Shiqing. He turned his grief and anger into his appetite, twisted a piece of red bean cake from the snack he brought, and bit half of it in one bite, thinking about enduring this wave first, and then Go to brush Xiao Shiqing's favorability.

Xiao Shiqing watched him eat and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Zhao Qi held the red bean cake and nodded, "It's delicious, do you want it?"

"Would you like a drink?"

Zhao Qi was startled, "What?"

"Wine," Xiao Shiqing closed the notebook, "it happens that the minister is also tired, the emperor will accompany the minister to have a drink."

Zhao Qi didn't think that he called Xiao Shiqing twice "brother" and they became a relationship that could drink together.He observed Xiao Shiqing's expression, and the other party looked at him with a half-smile, and there was a conspiracy at first sight.

"The emperor is unwilling?"

Zhao Qi hesitated, "I..."

"Don't you want to be called a brother?" Xiao Shiqing said leisurely, "It's common for a younger brother to drink a glass of wine with his elder brother. Or is it that the emperor is worried that the minister will poison the wine like Rong Tang?"

"That's not true." Xiao Shiqing said that his death would bring a lot of trouble, Zhao Qi can be sure that Xiao Shiqing will not kill him for the time being.Since he didn't want his life, he had nothing to lose. "The prime minister wants to drink, so I just drink with the prime minister."

The eunuch served wine and side dishes, Xiao Shiqing asked everyone else to go down and poured two glasses of wine with his own hands. "I respect the emperor for a cup, and may the dragon veins prosper and Dajing prosper."

Zhao Qi forced a smile, "I wish the prime minister a long life and many children and grandchildren." He clinked glasses with Xiao Shiqing and took a sip of wine.I have to say that this wine is delicious, it has no spicy taste, it is fragrant but not colorful, and it has endless aftertaste.

Xiao Shiqing looked at his startling little eyes and asked, "Is it good?"

Zhao Qi nodded, "Yes!"

Xiao Shiqing smiled, "The emperor should drink more. This wine..." He played with the wine glass and said, "It's not easy to get drunk."

Zhao Qi kept a mind, no matter how good the wine was, he didn't dare to drink too much.But this wine has a lot of stamina, he only drank a small cup, and he started to float.At first he was able to stay awake, but gradually, his mind became a little chaotic, double images appeared in his vision, and Xiao Shiqing's voice seemed to come from another dimension.

"emperor."

Zhao Qi opened his eyes dimly, "Prime Minister?"

There was a certain irresistible force in Xiao Shiqing's tone, "Tell me, are you Zhao Qi?"

Zhao Qi thought this question was stupid, "I'm not..."

Xiao Shiqing narrowed his eyes, "Huh?"

"I'm not Zhao Qi... Hiccup, who could it be?"

Xiao Shiqing's expression softened slightly, "You have been acting so abnormally lately, but what did someone say to you and order you to do this?"

Zhao Qi shook his head.

Xiao Shiqing continued to ask: "Why did you suddenly show favor to me? The queen mother persuaded you for several years, but you still go your own way. Why did you listen to her words this time?"

Zhao Qi opened his big eyes and stared at him blankly. Suddenly, his eyes turned red, and he grabbed Xiao Shiqing's hand, and said extremely wronged: "Prime Minister, I don't want to die!"

Xiao Shiqing was a little surprised, "What?"

"Woooooo... I don't want to die, I don't want to be hated by everyone, I don't want to be a dog emperor who was kicked out of the throne, I don't want to be tortured by Rongtang's revenge, but I don't have the heart to attack them, I'm too hard bro— —”

Xiao Shiqing was silent for a moment, "So?"

"So you protect me and the queen mother, okay?" Zhao Xi grabbed Xiao Shiqing's sleeve and buried his head in the official uniform that smelled of ink, "Don't go, don't help Zhao Tong, okay? As long as you promise, I have no problem calling you 'Brother Prime Minister' for the rest of my life..."

Zhao Qi's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally fell silent, and fell asleep with his pillow on Xiao Shiqing's arm.Xiao Shiqing rubbed the center of his brows with a hand not occupied by him, "Come here."

Jiang Dehai, who was guarding outside the hall, came in, "Lord Xiao, Your Majesty, this is..."

"Drunk," Xiao Shiqing said lightly, "take him back to Yonghua Palace."

Jiang Dehai was a little embarrassed, "Lift?"

"Otherwise?" Xiao Shiqing said coolly, "Should I let Zhenxiang carry him back?"

Jiang Dehai hurriedly said: "I don't dare, it's just that the emperor is still being carried while drunk, I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable. Please keep this posture first, and the slave will ask a strong eunuch to carry the emperor back to the palace."

Xiao Shiqing looked down at Zhao Qi who was sleeping soundly with his arm in his arms.The little emperor's cheeks were flushed with alcohol, his long eyelashes drooped obediently, his lips were slightly parted, and his warm breath could be felt through his sleeves.

Xiao Shiqing tried to move his wrist, the little emperor frowned in dissatisfaction, rubbed against his sleeve, and hugged him even tighter. "Forget it, Truth will take you this trip."

"Don't bother the Prime Minister," a clear voice sounded, "I'll hug him, I'm strong."

Jiang Dehai turned his head and bowed to the approaching young man: "Little General He."

Xiao Shiqing hesitated for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

The boy walked to Xiao Shiqing's side, lifted the unconscious emperor off Xiao Shiqing's body, put him in his arms, and hugged him horizontally.After all, Zhao Qi was a grown man, but the boy lifted him like light, without any effort.

"Then I'll go first."

"Come back after the emperor has settled down," Xiao Shiqing said, "I have something to tell you about the truth."

Zhao Qi slept until the sun was shining, and when he woke up, his head throbbed with pain.What happened last night, he only remembered drinking with Xiao Shiqing, his consciousness became blurred while drinking, and he had no memory of what happened next.

Jiang Dehai brought hot water, saw him sitting on the dragon bed in a daze, and asked: "What's wrong with the emperor?"

Zhao Qi frowned, "The smell of green grass..." He tried hard to recall what happened last night, and vaguely remembered where he smelled the smell of green grass, which was faint and fresh.

Jiang Dehai: "What did the emperor say?"

"It's nothing." Zhao Qi twisted his neck, "The prime minister didn't do anything to me last night, did he?"

"No, the prime minister saw that the emperor was drunk, so he ordered someone to send the emperor back to his bedroom."

"That's good." Zhao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm hungry, let's eat."

In March, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Empress Dowager Wen holds a flower feast in the palace, inviting all the noble ladies to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers.It is said to be viewing flowers, but the ladies know well that this is choosing a concubine for the emperor.

Knowing that he couldn't hide, Zhao Qi bit the bullet and found Queen Mother Wen.Empress Dowager Wen sat in the gazebo, looking at the peach blossom forest not far away, and said to Zhao Qi: "The noble girls selected for you by the Prime Minister and Ai's family are waiting in the forest. You and Ai's family go to see them."

Zhao Qi was sullen, "Can I see you?"

Empress Dowager Wen gently persuaded, "Xi'er, don't you love to see beauties the most? Those noble girls, all of whom are overwhelmed by their country and city, may not lose to your Rong Tang."

Zhao Xi compromised: "Then I can go by myself, and the queen mother doesn't need to accompany me."

Empress Dowager Wen was surprised: "Why?"

Because it's a bit strange to bring parents along on a blind date.Zhao Qi thought for a while, and said: "Because I want to observe secretly, analyze calmly, and finally draw a conclusion. Queen Mother, those noble girls may not be the same as them in private in front of us. I want to see their true sides."

Empress Dowager Wen understood Zhao Qi's meaning, and said with a smile: "Qi'er, people live in this world, who doesn't talk to people when they see people, and talk to the devil, so why are you being too harsh."

Zhao Xidao: "The queen mother once said that the queen is not only my queen, but also Dajing's queen. What's wrong with being a bit harsh on her in the future?"

"There is some truth in what you said." Empress Dowager Wen smiled gently, "Xi'er, since you recovered from your illness, your temper has become better and better. The queen mother is very pleased - you can go as you please, it's not a bad thing Rules matter."

Zhao Qi said happily: "Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Wait." Empress Dowager Wen glanced at the court lady Yunxiu, Yunxiu nodded, and ordered someone to present an exquisite wooden box. "Here is a high-quality sachet, if you see a lady you like later, give this sachet to her."

Zhao Qi took the sachet into the peach blossom forest.The peach blossoms in the forest were in full bloom, and the petals fell like light rain, falling on his shoulders.After walking for a while, he vaguely heard someone's voice ahead, turned his head and said to the eunuch following behind, "You don't have to follow me anymore."

The human voice gradually became clear, and Zhao Qi brain made up a big drama.According to the routine of Gongdouju, he should meet a girl under the light rain of peach blossoms, push her on the swing, conceal his identity and flirt with a wave of girls, and then fall into a marriage with her, live a sweet life, and then because of Arguing about breaking things, the girl went away, and returned to him with the ball after a while, and he helped other men raise their cubs for a few years before belching—I feel suffocated just thinking about it.

A burst of crying interrupted Zhao Qi's thoughts. He hid behind a peach tree and saw two gorgeously dressed and beautiful girls. One of them wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and the other patted her back to comfort her.

"Sister, don't cry, let the Emperor and Empress Dowager see you like this, in case you are punished for your misbehavior..."

"Then let them cure it! I would rather be punished than become this queen! Sister, I heard that the emperor has a green face and fangs, and he is used to torturing people when children cry. If he wants me to marry him, he is pushing me into a pit of fire." ah!"

"Sister, shut up! This is the palace, where there are eyes and ears everywhere. If you say such things, the entire Du family will be implicated by you!"

The girl bit her lip and burst into tears, "I had accepted my fate, but when I saw my sister, I couldn't help but speak out. I've been holding back for too long."

"Oh, my sister understands how you feel. My sister doesn't have to worry too much. In terms of family background and appearance, we can't compare with the other noble ladies. In my opinion, the position of the throne is not our turn."

"Really? Is there such a happy event?!"

... Excuse me, goodbye.

Zhao Qi turned around and left. He didn't pay attention to his feet for a while, and tripped over a stone—what the hell?

He watched the ground getting closer and closer to him, but he could do nothing. He closed his eyes and had a close contact with the ground, and the sachet in his hand flew out.

Zhao Qi lay on the ground pretending to die, and when the pain subsided, he sat up slowly, trying to reach the sachet left on the side.

A black color appeared in the field of vision, Zhao Qi recognized that it was the prime minister's official uniform, and immediately wanted to dig a hole to get in - what the hell, Xiao Shiqing never misses his embarrassing appearance.

Xiao Shiqing's joking voice came from above his head: "What is the emperor doing?"

Zhao Qi said in a muffled voice, "Pick up things."

He was about to pick up the sachet, when a hand came across in front of him, picking it up first.

Zhao Qi raised his eyes, and his eyes met another person inadvertently.It was a young man in a well-dressed suit, tall, with straight eyebrows and nose, and high-spirited. He looked at Zhao Qi, with the corners of his mouth raised, "Your Majesty wants to pick this up?"

When the young man was talking, Zhao Qi smelled the faint, fresh smell of grass again.