Yuan Jia really wanted to tell the empress that she understood all these things, but she just understood, so she couldn't see it even more. The gap between Gu Yu, who once loved him so much that he wronged him, and the empress, who is now killing and decisive, is too great, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
Seeing Yuan Jia's sluggish expression, the empress smiled slightly, and was about to say something to comfort him, when suddenly He Shanggong came in and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, the husband suddenly fainted for some reason!"
"What?" The empress stood up awkwardly, and asked with concern, "Is there an imperial physician?"
"It has been passed on, but before the diagnosis of the disease, the eunuch next to Mrs. Wang came to inform the servant, and the servant thought, His Majesty must know, so he came in directly."
"Show me off." The Empress got up and left, felt something was wrong after taking two steps, turned her head and said to Yuan Jia, "I'll come back to see you after I finish watching Mrs. Wang."
Yuan Jia tried his best to raise a smile: "Respectfully, Your Majesty."
Then he just sat there without saying a word, and waited forever, from afternoon to evening, from evening to dark, at this time, Gong'e beside the empress came to say that His Majesty could not come because of something, and asked Yuan Gongjun not to wait any longer .
But Yuan Jia didn't listen, and still sat there, waiting from dark to late night, and late night to dawn. Early the next morning, his dark circles were horribly large. The eunuch who was called in was frightened when he came to wash and change his clothes, and asked him repeatedly if he was unwell.
Yuan Jia shook his head: "Wang Fu was better yesterday?"
The accompanying eunuch observed Yuanjia's face carefully, and then said softly: "Mr. Hui, Mrs. Wang... It is said that she is pregnant."
The spoon in Yuan Jia's hand fell into the porridge bowl with a clatter. He trembled uncontrollably. The empress had been childless for several years after she ascended the throne, and many beautiful men in the harem were desperate to give birth to the eldest daughter for the empress, but he did not expect that the king's husband would succeed in the end. Her legitimate husband.
"Mr. Gong, how are you, Mr. Gong?" The little eunuch couldn't help asking worriedly when he saw that Yuan Jia was greatly stimulated, and then comforted him, "Mr. , Gongjun can also conceive a dragon fetus as he wishes."
At some point in time, Yuan Jia has actually accepted the assumption that men have children in this world. Sometimes he would even complain why he couldn't conceive for a long time. Apart from Wang Fu's place, his place was the place where the empress visited the most. Why couldn't he be happy
They were entangled together for three lifetimes, but each lifetime had no children. Yuan Jia didn't know what to say when he entered the country and heard that Mrs. Wang was pregnant. He ordered: "Send someone to report to Mrs. Wang, saying that I am unwell and unable to go to say hello. Please forgive me, Mrs. Wang."
The little eunuch's expression was not very agreeable. As soon as it was reported that Wang Fu was pregnant, Lord Yuangong excused himself from illness. Isn't this telling others that he and Wang Fu are not on good terms? But the master's decision is something that a servant like him can change.
Yuan Jia sat alone for a long time, he didn't know what else he could do. He also couldn't imagine how Gu Yu spent those terrible years. And now he can't take it anymore after only half a year, how can he persist
The husband was pregnant, and the empress was naturally overjoyed. Since then, she has not set foot in the harem for three consecutive months, and even if she did come, she only rested in the palace of the husband. The only one who can be remembered by the Empress is the highly favored Lord Yuangong. One is because the husband of the king attaches great importance to the dragon species in his belly and entrusts the full power of the harem affairs to Lord Yuangong; Yuan Gongjun's reward has not been broken. So those who wanted to see Yuan Jia fall out of favor were disappointed.
Yuan Jia won the power of the harem and the Phoenix seal, and he did not feel arrogant because of his favor, but silently managed everything well, so that the husband would not have any worries. So slowly the rumors of discord between him and Mrs. Wang were broken. If there was really a discord, Mrs. Wang would be willing to hand over the power? And Yuan Jia didn't take the opportunity to seize power
These two people are different from other palace monarchs who are jealous and intriguing. Although they can't be regarded as friends, they will never hold each other back. They both regard the empress as the most important person. If everything is for the empress, then even if they Even rivals can get along well.
When the Empress was away, Yuan Jia would visit Wang Fu, and then stare at Wang Fu's stomach in a daze. It was unimaginable for a man to get pregnant before, but in this world, this is normal. Yuan Jia once felt that this was terrible, and she also felt that she did not want to get pregnant. But when he saw how tender and loving the empress was to the pregnant husband, and how much she valued the child in his womb, Yuan Jia felt lonely and sad.
He also wants a child with the Empress.
Wang Fu got along very well, and the two chatted together, most of the topics revolved around the empress. From Wang Fu, Yuan Jia clearly realized her own shortcomings and inadequacies, and at the same time was moved by this man's sincerity towards the Empress.
That was the point where he couldn't even do it, but this man managed it, and even enjoyed it. The Empress is lucky to have someone else, and young and handsome men come into the palace every year. The husband is no longer young, even though he is still handsome, but compared to those juicy young men, where can he rank? But for so many years, he was the only one who stood firm in the empress's heart. Why
He has his own advantages.
The more she got along with Wang Fu, the more Yuan Jia could understand what the Empress said back then, that he and Wang Fu had different positions in her heart. That's right, he is very talented and quite the empress's favorite, but the husband is more important to the empress, which is far beyond what the current Yuan Jia can match. He didn't want to be jealous, because he was really not as good as Wang Fu.
Really not as good.
In this way, the empress also gradually discovered that as the husband's belly got bigger and bigger, Yuan Jia seemed to be more well-behaved and sensible. It is no longer like before that she always asks her whether she likes Mrs. Wang or him, or who has a more important position in her heart between the two. The empress is very satisfied with this, the person she likes must be sensible, magnanimous, and tolerant, so that it is an important responsibility.
Because her belly was too big, Mrs. Wang was unable to walk around before she gave birth, and could only lie on the bed every day, being extremely careful in every move.
There were many people in the palace who wanted to harm him. If Yuan Jia hadn't rescued him several times, he would have died long ago with the child in his womb.
It was only after taking over the affairs of the palace that Yuan Jia realized that those beauties who looked as beautiful as flowers were actually all snake-hearted. When they start to harm people, the terrible method often makes him, a modern person who has watched countless horror movies, feel terrified.
There were quite a few other people's eyeliners in the Wang Fu Palace, and Yuan Jia pulled them out one by one. He looked at Mrs. Wang's stomach, and became more and more silent.
Conceived in October and gave birth once. In this world, it is very difficult for a man to give birth, and if he is not careful, he will die twice. Mrs. Wang is quite old, and her bones are always weak. Although she has been replenishing her body during pregnancy, she still cannot bear the torment of childbirth.
The empress waited outside the hall for a long time, but after two days and two nights, the husband of the king still failed to give birth to the queen.
This news has basically confirmed the final sad ending.
Yuan Jia stayed inside to accompany her, which was requested by Mrs. Wang. On the third night, the husband, who had lost his mind due to the pain, regained his sanity after being fed a bowl of ginseng soup. He grabbed Yuan Jia's hand and asked him, "Mr. Yuan Gong...you, do you like your majesty? "
Yuan Jia looked at this man, moved his lips, and said, "Yes."
"Then, if I die, please, please protect my child... And, take care of Your Majesty for me..." Wang Fu said, with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes. "I'm afraid I can't do it anymore... In the past few months, you have been in charge of... the affairs of the harem. I, I have seen everything in my eyes. I have already told His Majesty that if I, if I die, I will make you the emperor... At this time, please... a lot... take care of my child a lot... ah!!"
Severe pains came one after another. Those who have not experienced how painful it is to give birth have no idea. In the chaos, Wang Fu let go of Yuan Jia's hand, and Yuan Jia stood aside and watched stupidly, seeing the greatness of this man who desperately wanted to keep the child alive even though his heart was piercingly painful.
On the morning of the fourth day, Mrs. Wang finally succeeded in giving birth to her eldest daughter, and then closed her eyes forever.
The empress didn't cry, and she didn't even show any expression from the beginning to the end. But Yuan Jia knew that she was sad, so she must be very sad.
After the husband was buried in the imperial mausoleum, the empress recorded the little princess under Yuan Jia's name and asked him to raise her. This basically showed his attitude. Yuan Jia knew that sooner or later that seat would be his own. It would continue to be like in his last life, when his queen died of a serious illness and Gu Yu took over.
On the day of the little queen's full moon, the empress told him what she thought: "Before the husband passed away, I told me that if there is another emperor, you are the best candidate."
Yuan Jia hugged the little princess who had just fallen asleep and said, "I know, don't worry, Your Majesty."
The empress smiled at him, but the smile was very shallow and did not reach the bottom of the eyes. Then her eyes were fixed on the little princess, deep and distant, she didn't know what she was thinking.
Soon, the matter of establishing the emperor was brought to the fore. Yuan Jia's family background was no lower than that of the former king's husband, and he was also extremely talented. He had always been in charge of all the affairs of the harem, and everything was in order, so there was basically no objection.
After the little queen's hundred-day banquet, the empress ordered people to prepare for the grand ceremony of conferring the emperor. From then on, Yuan Jia became her legitimate husband-in-law, and the little queen was established as the crown prince.
After becoming the prince's wife, Yuan Jia really became the dominant harem. The empress has never been heavy on desires, so in a month, if she stepped into the harem ten times, at least seven of them were in his palace.
It is a great honor for the Yuan clan to have a husband, but Yuan Jia himself doesn't feel it. Sometimes he thinks of his previous life in a daze, and he feels it is far away. At that time, he felt that it was a great honor for him to make Gu Yu the empress, but in fact Gu Yu was not very happy—just like he was not very happy either.
As the husband of the king, Yuan Jia has things to do every day. He was so busy that he realized that this was not an honor, but a burden. But strangely, he has accepted this burden and strives to make the best of it.
It was not for this identity, nor for herself, but for the Empress.
He hoped that this woman would not have worries and troubles every time he saw him, he hoped that when she came down to see him, she would not have to worry about the affairs of the harem, he hoped that she... hoped that she would be safe, successful and happy.
His requirements have dropped to such a low level.
The little princess grew up day by day, and slowly began to learn to speak. Newcomers to the palace were still being recruited year after year, but there were not many of them, and few were favored. The empress spent most of her time with the little empress, and sometimes Yuan Jia even felt that the little empress was the most important reason why the empress often came to him.
Because the empress's heirs were withered and there was only one queen daughter, the ministers repeatedly wrote letters, requesting the empress to make an exception and conduct a private draft to fill the harem, hoping to spread branches and leaves for the royal family.
After all, it is not a good thing to have no heirs.
The empress was noncommittal about this, so the ministers begged Wang Fu to come here, and the Yuan clan was the most important among them. Whoever called Wang Fu came from the Yuan family
Yuan Jia sat on the main seat and listened to the mother below consoling him earnestly, asking herself to be admonished, and asking the empress to be drafted. He listened, lost for a moment.
In his last life, he never gave Gu Yu such a thing, because he has countless beauties around him, and there is no need for anyone to persuade Gu Yu to come and let him draft. But now that this matter fell on him, Yuan Jia felt that he was not as peaceful and natural as he imagined.
He couldn't achieve the same level as Yuan Wang's husband, and when he thought of the new recruits in the palace, he still felt sad, his heart was stuffy, and his soreness was unbearable.
The little princess had just learned to walk, and she didn't like being hugged anymore. Yuan Jia watched her walking up and down the hall, her small steps were steady, although she walked a little fast, she didn't fall down.
Seeing Yuan Jia paying attention to the little princess, the patriarch of the Yuan clan sighed and said, "Jia'er, if possible, mother also hopes that you can be the only favorite in the Jiaofang, but now you have been in the palace for two years, but you still have nothing to do. If you don’t advise His Majesty to choose the draft, do you know how the ministers of the court will organize you behind your back? If the historian writes down a name of jealousy for you, it will be notorious after a hundred years! You are not an ordinary palace monarch , you are the king's husband, the emperor, and your majesty's husband. Many times, you have to do the things you want to do, even if you don't want to, do you understand?"
Yuan Jia really wanted to tell him, I know, I know how the ministers will arrange me behind the scenes, because once... they arranged Gu Yu like this! What does it mean for the queen and husband who have nothing to do? No one will pull you down from the throne of the king's husband because of this, but you must be magnanimous, tolerant, and you must take the initiative to accommodate newcomers to spread the branches and leaves for the emperor.
And Gu Yu was impeached by the courtiers and reprimanded by himself because he refused to do so
Yuan Jia's heart ached, he spent every day in this kind of torture, and he really didn't know what was the point of living like this. Seeing the Empress every day, he felt satisfied, but once the Empress was not around, he felt a lot of pain and torture.
In the end, he could only say to his mother: "I will discuss this matter with His Majesty, mother, don't worry."
The patriarch of the Yuan clan comforted him a few more words, and then got up to leave. Afterwards, Yuan Jia was in a state of absent-mindedness all the time, so distraught that he didn't even notice that the little princess was trying to climb up on his thigh.
When the empress came at night, seeing that he was absent-minded, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Jia was taken aback: "Your Majesty called me?"
"I'm asking what's wrong with you."
Yuan Jia smiled at first, then turned away from the left and right, handed the little princess to He Shanggong to carry her out, and then said in a dull tone: "Actually, it's nothing..."
The empress held his hand: "If it's nothing, you won't be so distracted when you look at me. Is the princess being mischievous again today?"
"Why? It's natural for children to be naughty. Besides, it's better to be naughty. I'm afraid that she will become as serious as His Majesty in the future. That's not good." Yuan Jia joked with a strong face.
The empress raised her eyebrows slightly: "Isn't it good for me to be so serious? I thought you liked it very much."
Yuan Jia's face blushed a little, and then said: "Today my mother came to the palace to find me, let me advise His Majesty...to draft a talent as soon as possible..."
He hoped in his heart that the Empress would refuse, or tell him without a word that she would never have any man other than him.
The former Gu Yu probably wanted to hear him say that too, right? But he let her down.
But Gu Yu is different from him! Gu Yu is persistent and stubborn, if she really loves him in her heart, she will never be with other men again! Yuan Jia felt that he should have some hope, so although he said that he hoped that the empress would be drafted, he was actually not happy in his heart, and even hoped that the empress would flatly refuse.
However he was disappointed.
The empress pondered for a few seconds and said: "They actually found you here. This year's draft has not yet started, and they are eager to start with the folks, but the number of people in the harem is indeed withered, and I only have one child, the eldest princess, so the folk draft is not impossible. "
After finishing speaking, she took Yuan Jia's hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, you are the most important thing in my heart. No matter what happens in the future, I only like you."
She was sincere when she said this, but it was because she was so sincere that Yuan Jia felt even more sad.
This is what he once said to her. It's not exactly the same, but it's pretty much the same. So is this the retribution God gave him? Let the woman he loves so much return to him what he once did to her, without missing a single word
Let him also experience her pain and sadness
If that's the case, then, goodness did it.
At this moment, the smile on Yuan Jia's face was like crying. He knew that the empress was different from himself. At that time, he was not so much forced as to say that he could not resist the temptation of beauty. So what I said to Gu Yu at that time was half sincere and half prevarication.
And what the Empress told him was completely sincere. Because no matter how many men enter the palace in the future, she will not be moved by them, let alone be swayed by their good looks. The most important thing is that she has no previous memories. As an emperor, a real emperor, being able to say such a thing to him is enough to prove her sincerity.
However, he felt even more uncomfortable.
Seeing that Yuan Jia was still frowning, as if the emperor's promise hadn't moved him, the empress felt a little strange, except that Yuan Jia was a bit unpleasant at the beginning, since then he has always been very well-behaved and smart, and his level of handling is no less than that of the former king's husband. , so what's going on here? Thinking about it, the Empress pinched Yuan Jia's chin and asked, "You don't believe what I say?"
"Letter." Yuan Jia sniffed, resisting the soreness in his eyes. In the end, he struggled for a long time, but he still didn't say the words, Your Majesty, I would like to be a couple forever.
Gu Yu is unwilling, he is unwilling.
He owes her.
But the more I thought about it, the more sad it became. When I stood up, my eyes darkened, I didn't know what year it was, and I fell down. Fortunately, the empress had quick eyesight and grabbed him, otherwise Yuan Jia might be disfigured.
When he woke up, he saw the Empress sitting by the bed, with an expression on her face that seemed both excited and deep, and her beautiful eyes were looking at him from afar. Yuan Jia was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Your Majesty, why should I..."
"Don't get up, lie down." The empress pushed him down again, due to the disparity in strength between men and women, Yuan Jia was pushed back on the bed without any resistance. He looked suspiciously at the Empress's expression, wondering what was going on, he hadn't seen His Majesty expressing such emotions for a long time...
"How old are you, you don't even know your body after more than three months, and let the princess crawl on you all day long, you are not allowed to touch her again in the future."
Yuan Jia listened to the empress with a dazed expression, and it took him a while to realize that he had it. He opened his mouth wide in shock: "Your Majesty means, I, I..."
"You are pregnant."
"Congratulations, Mrs. Wang! Congratulations, Mrs. Wang!" He Shanggong led a group of servants to kneel down and salute with smiles.
The empress waved her hand: "Go down, there will be rewards."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Until there were only the two of them left in the hall, Yuan Jia still couldn't believe it. They had been together for a long time and had never intentionally used contraception. Yuan Jia was always careful about the harmful things around her, but she just couldn't get pregnant. Later, he thought, maybe it also depends on fate. After having the little queen, he put all his heart on the little queen, and gradually forgot about it. I drank a lot of body-replenishing decoction, but I never asked if it worked. This time, his physical condition was good, no different from before, so he didn't care.
Men in this world don't have big aunts, so he doesn't know that he... Yuan Jia rubbed his belly with a complex expression, he never thought that he would have a day of pregnancy... This world is so fucking unreal...
The empress touched his face and said: "This is good news. Don't you dislike my draft? Now that you are pregnant, I have a reason to block those old-fashioned people."
"Huh? But..."
"In the future, we can talk about the draft, but this year it won't be necessary." The empress smiled tenderly, and squeezed Yuan Jia's hand, "It's good that we're like this, isn't it?"
Yuan Jia's eyelashes trembled slightly, and then smiled at the empress: "Yes, it's pretty good."
What happens in the future is a matter for the future. Right now, he just wanted to hold onto this woman and never let her leave again.