NABC Chapter 292 It was actually Li Yuanke who suffered.
Chapter 292 It was actually Li Yuanke who suffered.
Li Yuanke couldn't remember who this was, and his gaze was extremely cold.
Wang Yueyao's carefully crafted smile gradually froze, and she hurriedly knelt down to beg for forgiveness, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Li Fude quickly reminded the emperor, "Your Majesty, this is Consort Wang, the one sent to the palace by the Wang family of Taiyuan."
Li Yuanke recalled the pair of twins that Shen Shixi had once sourly mentioned: the Wang family of Taiyuan had allied themselves with the Pei family and had entered the palace through the Pei family.
He's definitely a restless soul!
He didn't say anything, but Li Fude knew what he meant and quickly stepped forward to ask Consort Wang to leave.
"Your Majesty~!" Consort Wang heard that the Emperor liked the Empress, so she imitated the Empress's tone.
Li Yuanke got goosebumps all over. "You want me to make way for you?"
Two eunuchs immediately dragged her aside without any mercy, and the imperial carriage gradually drove away.
The two eunuchs released their grip, one of them brushing off his sleeves and kindly reminding her, "Your Highness, it's best not to be so presumptuous in the future. Gaining the Emperor's displeasure is not a good thing!"
At Zhaoyang Palace, Shen Shixi indeed began to experience symptoms after being diagnosed with pregnancy, becoming increasingly sleepy.
He slept soundly.
After finally waking up, Chaoyu told her about Consort Wang blocking the emperor's path. "We hadn't walked far from Cining Palace when we encountered her. This Consort Wang is quite capable; she threw one of her shoes into the koi pond next to her and stood on one foot on the road."
Lan Ying retorted angrily, "She's clearly trying to seduce the Emperor! A noble lady, my foot! What's the difference between her and a prostitute?"
Shen Shixi took a sip of warm water and laughed, "Look at what you're saying. What's wrong with the girls in brothels? If what they do isn't very good, isn't it all the men's fault? If the men don't like it, how can they keep their business going?"
Although it's not exactly respectable, at least he doesn't steal, rob, or infringe on others' interests. In my opinion, he's far better than some hypocritical scoundrels!
Bai Ping was terrified upon hearing this. "Your Majesty, you can say these things in the palace, but please don't let anyone outside hear them, otherwise, all the scholars in the world will curse you!"
Shen Shixi scoffed, "Anyone who dares to insult me, I'll curse them to death! What's wrong with all the scholars in the world? Do they think they're capable just because they've read a couple of books? That talent means they can get things done?"
"Ha, what kind of good person is someone who enjoys taking their pants off but curses others when they pull them back up? Let me tell you, those who don't frequent prostitutes don't care what I say, but it's those hypocrites who sleep with women and love to flaunt their supposed superiority. I despise such people the most!"
Li Yuanke strode in and asked, "Who has offended you this time?"
The people inside the hall hurriedly bowed. Shen Shixi stood up, intending to give a symbolic bow, but Li Yuanke grabbed her hand. "Don't move. You've never been polite to me before, but now that you're pregnant, you've become so polite!"
Shen Shixi said, "Oh, just doing some prenatal education, so that I won't give birth to someone like me and be disliked by the Emperor!"
Li Yuanke laughed and tugged at her cheek. "At least you have some self-awareness. You deserve a reward. Tell me, how should I reward you?"
[What a load of rubbish! What's yours is mine!]
She nestled in Li Yuanke's arms, "Your Majesty, just give me what you think is appropriate! I'm already an old hag, and those vixens have come knocking on my door, what am I supposed to complain about?"
Li Yuanke smiled happily, but then worried that she might overthink things, because Zhang Yuanpan had said that pregnant women's temperaments would change drastically, they would become more thoughtful, and their emotions would be extremely unstable. "Nonsense! Who said I dislike you? How could I dislike you!"
Shen Shixi pointed to her face, "It's true, Li Yuanke, I get a lot of spots on my face after getting pregnant, it's ugly. Do you think we should separate for a while, until I give birth and recover, then we can meet again?"
Li Yuanke immediately sensed something was wrong. "You should move to Qianyuan Palace. Don't stay in Zhaoyang Palace anymore. I'm afraid you'll go crazy in a few days. I don't see anything wrong with your face. Or, you can continue writing 'Journey to the West.' I haven't seen you write in a long time. Find a palace maid or eunuch who knows how to write, and you can read it to them to write it down for you."
Shen Shixi did nothing but eat and sleep during her pregnancy, and otherwise she was fine. She had a great appetite, her face didn't change, and she didn't have a waistline yet.
When the meal was served, Shen Shixi ate with a greasy mouth and everything looked delicious. Li Yuanke, however, was not so happy. He felt nauseous and turned to vomit.
Shen Shixi touched her face, furious. "Fine, Li Yuanke, as soon as I got pregnant, you started to dislike me. I haven't even had a chance to get pregnant yet, and you already feel like throwing up just looking at me."
Li Yuanke waved his hand, waiting for the feeling to subside, "No, don't overthink it. Just thinking about your stomach and smelling the food makes me want to vomit. I don't know why."
[No way, no way! The legendary phenomenon of men experiencing pregnancy symptoms when women are pregnant has actually happened to me! Hahaha, what goes around comes around! No one escapes the judgment of heaven!]
Shen Shixi jumped to her feet, turned around, and pounced on him. "Oh, Li Yuanke, you're so great! I was wondering why I didn't react at all; it turns out it was you! Hahaha, Li Yuanke, you're killing me!"
Li Fude was speechless.
The Emperor vomited until his face turned white, but the Empress was not worried at all; in fact, she was overjoyed.
He asked, "Your Majesty, shall we summon the imperial physician to take a look?"
The emperor himself felt something was amiss. He valued his life quite a bit, after all, the child he had been longing for had not yet been born. What if it was a daughter? He would have to keep trying.
He agreed.
Li Yuanke lay on the couch, while Shen Shixi sat alone at the table eating. She couldn't go without eating; she now wished she could eat eight meals a day, otherwise she would be starving.
She ate and slept, slept and ate, but she didn't gain weight. If it weren't for the imperial physician checking her pulse every day, Bai Ping and the others would have been worried to death.
Li Yuanke couldn't stand the smell, so the window was left open.
Imperial Physician Zhang and Jiang Lingyou were summoned and took turns checking the Emperor's pulse. After almost the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Zhang said helplessly, "Your Majesty, your health is excellent. Forgive me for being useless; I really cannot see anything wrong!"
The same idea applies to a trip to Jiangling.
That's exactly what Shen Shixi said: she was pregnant, and the result was that it affected him.
Li Yuanke thought to himself, "This baby is truly a filial son to his father!"
But Li Yuanke felt much better as soon as he left Zhaoyang Palace. When he returned to Qianyuan Palace, he felt hungry, so he ate his meal with relish.
Li Fude thought the emperor wouldn't go to Zhaoyang Palace that night, but to his surprise, the emperor finished his meal at Qianyuan Palace and went to Zhaoyang Palace again.
Upon arriving, Li Yuanke found the Empress already asleep, so he asked Qinghao, "How was the Empress's afternoon?"
Qinghao said, "Her Majesty took a nap this afternoon, then strolled around the small garden, had someone write a little bit of 'Journey to the West' before going to sleep. She got up for dinner, ate a little, and then went to bed early because she was sleepy again."
Li Yuanke thought to himself, "This guy can eat and sleep well, which saves me a lot of worry."
He went to take a shower by himself, and when he came back he saw that Shen Shixi was sleeping on the bed, so where was there room for him to sleep?
He moved her to a straight position, and upon seeing her stomach, Li Yuanke felt a wave of nausea wash over him.
He leaned over the edge of the bed, about to vomit.
Bai Ping quickly brought over the spittoon, and he vomited up everything he had eaten at dinner before feeling better.
That's really something!
Even Bai Ping couldn't help but feel sorry for the Emperor.
She had never seen a pregnant woman vomit like that before.
Shen Shixi was woken up by the noise and patted his back. "What are you doing here? Wouldn't it have been better to rest in Qian Yuan Palace? Didn't you say you'd be fine once you left Zhao Yang Palace?"
Li Yuange paused for a moment, then said irritably, "It's not that I'm worried about you guys!"
Shen Shixi scoffed, "So soon you're 'us'? Let me tell you, right now, it's still just a little bean sprout inside!"