assassin

Stepping into the empty Yong'an Palace again, the Empress Dowager Li was still kneeling in front of the ghost-faced god in a plain white dress, and Si Lixiao's eyes were still full of contempt and sarcasm.

"My mother is recuperating in this palace every day, so she must not know what happened in the palace recently." Si Lixiao stood behind his mother and said slowly.

"What happened?" Queen Mother Li asked lightly.

"I'm going to have a second child soon." Si Lixiao snorted.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Li looked at the ghosts and spirits that had guarded her since she was born.

"The queen mother doesn't want to know which concubine will be born?" Si Lixiao's voice rose at the end, with uncontrollable joy.

Empress Dowager Li closed her eyes like a prophet, "If it wasn't for Concubine Qin, the emperor would not have come here on purpose."

Si Lixiao was slightly displeased at being hit by someone's words.

"If it's a male heir this time, he will be the prince of our court." Si Lixiao stared at the Queen Mother Li, as if to see through the rampant rage under her indifferent mask, "Is the Queen Mother unhappy? The child of the Taoyuan Monster Race, Become the leader of this dynasty."

Empress Dowager Li was silent, but silently muttered prayers in her heart.

"Or because the child of Taoyuan Yaozu has become the emperor of Si Dynasty, the queen mother doesn't care much about it?" Si Lixiao's voice was like a ghost.

Empress Dowager Li opened her eyes suddenly, and her fingertips, which were making strange gestures, became stiff.

Si Lixiao stood where he was, looking at his mother whose shoulders were trembling slightly, his eyes were full of hatred. "The queen mother did not hesitate to poison her father to death slowly, so cruel, why did she give birth to me back then?"

"I wanted to kill you countless times back then!" The Empress Dowager Li jumped into a rage like a trapped lioness, turning her head to look at the child that had fallen from her womb, "But the dog emperor thought I was less than one year old. Son as a hostage, forcing me to give birth to you! As soon as you landed, my son disappeared!"

Si Lixiao silently looked at his mother, watching her hideous face towards him.

"It was only later that I heard that the dog emperor ordered my son to be thrown to death!" Empress Dowager Li's eyes were bloodshot, and she pointed at Si Lixiao with her pale fingertips and yelled, "It's you! child!"

Si Lixiao took a deep breath, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It's probably the queen mother who killed the entire Taoyuan clan."

Empress Dowager Li was shocked, her slender eyelashes trembling, "No... no... I never thought of harming the Taoyuan people..."

"Well, the Taoyuan clan," Si Lixiao muttered the name, "I've been wondering why you guys are called the Taoyuan clan. Is it because you live in seclusion, or... have any strange characteristics?"

Empress Dowager Li paused again, and slowly sat back on the cushion, ignoring the complacent emperor.

Si Lixiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and walked up to Empress Dowager Li, "Mother, I really want to see him look like you, vicious and pathetic."

Empress Dowager Li snorted, "Si Lixiao, you are doomed to lose your love forever."

Si Lixiao's wide-open eyes were full of viciousness, "I have never loved him."

The exquisite carriage stopped in front of the gate of the palace, Si Lixiao got out of the carriage, and hugged the exquisite and lovely girl.

The child who suddenly left his aunt seemed a little shy, Si Lixiao took her little hand and said, "Hua Ning, do you remember everything that the emperor said just now?"

"Hua Ning remembered." Si Hua Ning replied in a childish voice.

Si Lixiao hooked the corner of his mouth and led the people into the hall.

Fu Ziqin was a little dizzy and leaned on the recliner to take a rest.Si Lixiao pulled his daughter to his side, and called out in a low voice, "Ziqin?"

Fu Ziqin opened his eyes and saw the emperor, and when he went down, he saw the child he was holding in his hand.

"Hua Ning?!" Fu Ziqin sat up abruptly, looking at her little daughter in disbelief.

"I told you, I will bring Hua Ning to see you." Si Lixiao's tone carried some credit.

Fu Ziqin ignored it, and his eyes were completely on his child.

"Ziqin, sit down." Si Lixiao said suddenly.

Fu Ziqin glanced at him and sat upright.

Si Lixiao pushed his daughter, and Si Huaning respectfully said, "Hua Ning pays respects to father."

In an instant, Fu Ziqin's eyes froze.His daughter called him father, and Si Lixiao stood aside and looked at him with a faint smile... This must be some kind of weird dream.

Fu Ziqin's throat was astringent, and it took a while to see the reality clearly, and hurriedly got up to help her daughter up.

"Why did she call me father?" Fu Ziqin asked the man beside him in a daze.

"Could it be that you want her to call you mother?" Si Lixiao raised his eyebrows.

Fu Ziqin's nose turned red, and he hugged his daughter and murmured, "Hua Ning, Daddy's good boy, good baby..."

Si Huaning let him hold her, her white and tender face was confused.

Si Lixiao watched from the side with his hands behind his back, his falcon-like eyes shot out a chill.

"Look, Hua Ning, the wood-carved unicorn." Fu Ziqin coaxed his daughter sitting on his lap with the wood carving. Although Si Lixiao had said that he would bring Si Huaning over, he didn't expect this day to come so soon, so what? Also failed to prepare.

Si Huaning tossed the wooden carving with her small hands. Although this thing was strange, it was not as beautiful as the doll her mother gave her.

"This unicorn woodcarving is an auspicious object that has been passed down for hundreds of years." Si Lixiao who was sitting next to him said calmly.

These words did not mean to blame, but Fu Ziqin was still a little embarrassed, he hugged his daughter tightly and couldn't help laughing.

Let Si Huaning play with Fu Ziqin for a while, Si Lixiao said: "Nurse, take the princess down to play."

Fu Ziqin glanced at Si Lixiao beggingly, and finally reluctantly handed over the child to the nanny.

The wet nurse brought Si Huaning down, and Si Lixiao sat closer to Fu Ziqin, beckoning to all the court ladies.

Fu Ziqin was puzzled, so he saw an unknown maid walking out of it, blessed her body and said: "Medical girl Zuo Qishang, see your mother."

"Medical girl?" Fu Ziqin asked.

"Yes." Zuo Qishang replied.

"You are not alone now, let the medical girl accompany you, I should rest assured." Si Lixiao explained lightly.

Fu Ziqin, who was still immersed in joy, was shocked, and the whole world slowly peeled off from the sky.

"What?" Fu Ziqin's eyes trembled.

Si Lixiao sighed, and said, "Ziqin, the imperial doctor has concluded that you are pregnant."

Pregnant, child - Si Lixiao's child.

He should have found out a long time ago, why didn't he send the child away immediately?

Fu Ziqin pinched the hem of his shirt, not daring to touch his lower abdomen.

"What's the matter? Are you unhappy?" Si Lixiao's slightly narrowed eyes were threatening.

Fu Ziqin only felt a chill rise from his feet, and quickly flowed through his whole body.

"I... naturally... happy." The simple sentence was divided into three paragraphs before finishing, Fu Ziqin couldn't find where his voice was.

"I am also happy." Si Lixiao pulled his hand over and held it in his own. "This is my second child. I hope he will be a prince and inherit the throne."

Fu Ziqin stayed there in astonishment, and managed to force a smile after a while, "Yes."

Si Lixiao stayed in the northern suburbs palace for three days before bringing Si Huaning back to the palace. Fu Ziqin woke up from a nightmare, but the doctor Zuo Qishang was waiting for him.

"Where's Yufeng?" Fu Ziqin asked coldly.

"Jade Feather is outside the door." Zuo Qishang's face could not be seen clearly through the tulle, "Your Majesty ordered that all the basic necessities of the empress be taken care of by servants."

"No need!" Fu Ziqin gritted his teeth, "Go and call Yufeng."

Zuo Qishang walked a few steps away but instead of opening the door, he brought a jug of wine over and said, "My lady, please take a look."

Fu Ziqin slightly opened the bed curtain, and saw Zuo Qishang rolled up her sleeves, rubbed some wine on them.A layer of moisture bloomed on the ivory-colored skin, and after a while, a delicate pink peach blossom appeared on her arm.

"You too..." Fu Ziqin exclaimed, and was immediately restrained by Zuo Qishang's gaze.

"Are you from the Taoyuan family too?" Fu Ziqin lowered his voice to the lowest.

Zuo Qishang nodded solemnly, "Xi Fan asked me to help you."

"How is Xi Fan now? Where's Madam?" Fu Ziqin asked in a low voice anxiously.

"Xi Fan got in touch with King Kangnan, but Madam is still under house arrest in Yongning Palace by that wicked barrier." Zuo Qishang also answered in a low voice.

"That's good..." Fu Ziqin murmured, "I didn't know anything for the past two months, and my heart was burning with anxiety, but there was nothing I could do."

"Don't worry," Zuo Qishang comforted, "Kangnan King has everything ready, it only needs an appropriate timing."

Fu Ziqin sat on the soft bedding like clouds, and suddenly felt a strange sense of loss in his heart, "Ah... this is good."

"You first stretch out your hand and I'll feel your pulse." Zuo Qishang said.

Only then did Fu Ziqin remember the reason why the emperor sent her here, and stretched out his wrist.

Zuo Qishang touched his pulse with his fingertips, and sighed, "I am indeed pregnant."

After getting an affirmative answer, Fu Ziqin became more and more nervous, "I have been taking the medicine given by Xi Fan, why am I still pregnant?"

"I prepared the medicine, so it shouldn't lose its effect." Zuo Qishang looked around, "Still put the medicine in the emerald cabbage?"

Fu Ziqin nodded, and Zuo Qishang immediately took out the medicine bag from inside and opened it lightly, and sniffed it with her nose.

"This is not the pill I prepared." Zuo Qishang frowned.

"What?" Fu Ziqin was shocked.

"Maybe someone replaced the medicine." Zuo Qishang speculated.

Fu Ziqin thought for a while, his eyes widened suddenly, "Could it be... the emperor? No...impossible, if the emperor finds out that I am taking this medicine, he will be furious."

Zuo Qishang looked at him, feeling puzzled.According to Li Xifan, the relationship between the emperor and Fu Ziqin is tense now, but what she has been watching the past few days is the emperor's tenderness, and Fu Ziqin endures it silently.

"Can you prepare some miscarriage medicine for me?" Fu Ziqin asked.

Zuo Qishang looked at him so pitifully, but still could only shake her head, "No, the emperor already knows that you are pregnant. If you have a sudden miscarriage, it may make people suspicious."

"But..." Fu Ziqin just said a word, and then took back all the words.

"Don't worry," Zuo Qishang comforted again, "After the matter is over, whether you want this child to leave or stay, I will help you."

Fu Ziqin caressed her lower abdomen inadvertently, and said in a low voice, "Yes."