Chapter 36: The Dark Emperor vs. the Delicate Concubine
"The Imperial Concubine has put in a lot of effort."

Looking at the plate of pear blossoms that have not yet bloomed, it seems that the season for them to bloom has already passed.

After counting the days, she found that she had been here for more than half a year.

time flies.

Watching the Imperial Concubine eating her delicious food, she lowered her head, fanned herself, smiled, and continued to rest with her eyes closed.

All I heard was this: "Pregnant women's food is delicious!"

Chu Li's belly was getting bigger and bigger, but she didn't react at all. She still ate spicy and sour food and kept running and jumping around. The emperor was very worried and called the imperial physician for a diagnosis. After taking the emperor's pulse, the physician looked very happy.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and Congratulations, Concubine Li. This baby might be twins."

When Shen Yan heard this unexpected news, he was extremely excited.

"It's a good thing that your Majesty is so active. Your Majesty is in good health, but she still needs to take good care of herself."

Shen Yan concluded that she was the love of his life.

As an emperor, he had already begun to study the "Child-Raising Guide" and personally made many cradles and baby chairs.

He became an ordinary father.

When the Queen Mother heard the news, she felt that it was the gods and Buddhas appearing and the Bodhisattva was blessing her.

He hurriedly offered sacrifices to his ancestors and said a few heartfelt words to the late emperor: "Emperor, since you left, I have been living alone for a long time. I wonder if you will blame me for letting you go. At that time, you were tortured by illness and I couldn't bear it, so I had to let the imperial physician choose a medicine to let you pass away peacefully. Now our Yan'er has his own family and a wife. Can you see it in heaven?"

Low-hanging clouds slowly passed through the night sky, the cool breeze blew the long willow branches, and the osmanthus flowers in the palace had already been reborn with the change of seasons.

The Queen Mother stood in front of the window, looking at the bright moonlight, and sighed word by word: "It seems that this scene has become alive."

Late at night, the emperor told the empress dowager his thoughts.

Ever since the court learned that the emperor was pregnant with twins, there were no more rumors, and no one spread any rumors that the emperor or the concubine were not capable.

Shen Yan wanted to make Chu Li the queen.

One is that he sincerely wants Hatsuri to become his legal wife.

Second, he had already issued an edict that whoever gave birth to an imperial heir would become queen.

The Queen Mother was helpless to see him so anxious, and advised: "Why not wait until the heir is born? She is already five months pregnant, how can Concubine Li handle the situation if she is appointed as the Queen? I know you care about her, but it is too late to appoint her in one go."

Finally, the emperor chose Hatsuri as the Imperial Noble Consort.

The position of empress was established after Hatsuri was born.

One night, the emperor climbed into Hatsuri's bed again.

This time it was to hear what his baby was doing in his belly.

Since using the skill, Hatsuri has not felt anything except the fetal movement.

Seeing the emperor leaning on her belly and listening to the baby's heartbeat, she said, "The baby is sleeping now."

As a result, the next second, Shen Yan was kicked hard in the face.

Hatsuri smiled awkwardly: "Maybe I'm dreaming."

Shen Yan hugged her and told her about the Queen and the Imperial Concubine, and also gave her the power to assist in managing the six palaces.

Chu Li was horrified when she heard this: "Your Majesty, I can't manage anything! I would rather eat and drink with you every day. I can't manage the harem if you want me to, but I have someone to recommend. I think she is very suitable!"

So, the Imperial Concubine took over the matter.

Because the ceremony of conferring the title of Imperial Consort was so complicated and troublesome, Hatsuri, perhaps because she was tired due to her pregnancy, refused to participate in the ceremony.

As a result, the father-in-law was the only one present at the entire ceremony to perform the enthronement ceremony in the empty building.

It is exactly what Concubine Li said: There must be a sense of ritual.

Soon, it was winter in the ninth month of Hatsuri's pregnancy. She even walked carefully and stayed in her room all day without going out.

She was afraid that if she moved too much, the baby would fall out. The concubines in the harem would come to see her from time to time to chat with her.

Somehow, Shen Yan suddenly told her that he wanted to hold a birthday party for her.

The reason is that Hatsuri had no father or mother, and her date of birth was unknown when she entered the palace.

So I set my birthday on the day after tomorrow, December 12.

The palace was busy preparing her birthday banquet.

Shen Yan suddenly started to act romantic.

This winter, heavy snow fell in the imperial palace. The sky and the earth were covered with white snow. The heavy snow had been falling for two days.

The night was getting colder and colder. Chuli hadn't gone out for a long time and stayed in her room all day, either reading comic books or listening to gossip.

Finally seeing the snow scene outside, she walked out of the room wearing a thick warm cloak and holding a heater in her hand.

Looking at the snow outside, she played snowball fights like a child and took down the plum blossoms from the tree to keep.

The emperor entered her palace at this time.

Looking at her red hands from the cold, he hurriedly put them in his arms to warm them.

"Your Majesty, it's snowing."

"Well, it's snowing. This is my first winter with you."

The day has arrived and it’s time for the birthday party.

It was very inconvenient for Chuli to walk with her big belly, so she could only come to the palace in a sedan chair.

The system told her that the food mall had not yet been developed, so she was specifically told not to eat anything carelessly.

I saw that all these delicacies were completely different from the magnificent delicacies in the palace.

The eunuch at the side explained, "Your Highness, the Emperor knows that you like these strange delicacies, so he specially ordered people to mix them together. This birthday banquet is also considered a family banquet, and the Emperor didn't invite anyone else."

At this banquet, there were only her, the Queen Mother, and the Emperor.

For the first time, she felt at home here.

The Queen Mother specially prepared a bowl of rose porridge for her and said with a smile, "I made it according to your method. I was seriously ill at that time and it was the first time I tasted this kind of flavor. I didn't make it well, so please bear with me."

Chuli smiled happily and drank bowl after bowl.

This meal was the most down-to-earth and lifelike meal she had ever eaten, as if this was not in the palace.

Just in an ordinary family.

At night, the emperor secretly took her to the city wall, the same place where he set off fireworks last time, but this time he was no longer dressed in black.

But it is the formal emperor's attire.

The next second, he snapped his fingers.

The sky was lit up with fireworks, over the entire capital city, not just the imperial palace.

In an instant, thousands of lights suddenly lit up.

Dazzling and colorful.

The people were all shocked by the scene.

Shen Yan held Chu Li's hand and said affectionately: "This is the fireworks I prepared for you, just for you."

"I also intended to give you a surprise last time, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding."

Hatsuri looked at the fireworks in the sky and saw pear blossoms one after another, just like her name.

She was deeply moved, and there was a sense of bitterness in her eyes. Tears had already flowed down and she was sobbing uncontrollably.

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