Whose cub am I pregnant with?

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Shiqing, He Changzhou, Li Chisu, and Zhao Qiao all focused on Zhao Qi in unison.Zhao Qi had the feeling that they were just four green cards with names written on them, waiting for him to turn over one of them.

One thing to say, if he really asked him to turn over Xiao Shiqing's brand.The two of them have slept together so many times, and they have children, so they don't care about one or two more times.But this place is no better than a palace, with so many eyes watching, he can't just announce openly, "I want to sleep with the prime minister's brother".

Also, let's forget about the three in front, Xiaoqiao, why are you here to join in the fun?Stay away from me, brother!

While Zhao Qi was roaring inwardly, he decided to use a superb method commonly used by emperors to escape this catastrophe—delay technique.

"It's not dark yet, so it's never too late to talk about this matter." Zhao Xi said, "Fuzi, go to the farmer's house in the village and ask if there are any spare houses. Money is not a problem." Okay, but in the end it is the emperor who wears incognito clothes and brings along a lot of guards with high martial arts skills.Fortunately, these guards have to take turns to keep watch at night, so staying up all night is not a problem.

Then everyone divides the work and cooperates to do their own things.In the room, Xiao Shiqing and Yu Chenshui didn't know what they were talking about; the powerful guards went to the entrance of the village to open the way with the villagers; Cheng Boyan bought some ingredients from the surrounding farmers and tossed about in the dilapidated dining room; Under Zhao Qi's command, he grabbed three of the fattest chicken skewers and grilled them on "Frostmourne", while Li Chisu watched with a smile, shaking his folding fan.

Halfway through the roasting, Zhao Qi felt that the fire was a bit small, so he turned his attention to Li Chisu, "King Zhaonan, can I use your fan to control the fire?"

Li Chisu was taken aback for a moment, and said with a broken smile: "Your Majesty, this folding fan was given to my late father by the late emperor, and the calligraphy and paintings on it were made by the previous court..."

Zhao Qi interrupted him: "Okay, I know you don't want to borrow it."

"Borrow, of course." Li Chisu put away the folding fan and handed it to Zhao Qi, "I'll give you whatever you want."

Zhao Qi didn't want to spoil things, and said: "No need, since it's a treasure, you'd better keep it."

Li Chisu said: "Is it my apology to the emperor?"

"apologize?"

Li Chisu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really broad-minded, don't you care about the previous things with me?"

Zhao Qi was awakened.He was so busy digesting the fact that Xiao Shiqing was Long Dan's father that he forgot to ask Li Chisu to settle the score, but he didn't expect this guy to come to his door on his own initiative.

"Care, why don't you care?" Zhao Qi said angrily, "You have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and I can't take your head too seriously!"

Li Chisu still smiled: "Okay, I'll wait for the emperor to take my head."

"You are really... hopeless."

The twelve counties of Nanzhou have been in the hands of the Li family since the establishment of the Dajing Dynasty.Li Chisu supported tens of thousands of soldiers, and the civil and military officials of Nanzhou were also loyal to him. If Li Chisu was really killed, the northern border was not peaceful, and civil strife broke out again. With Zhao Qi's poor political thinking, he would know how to do this The loss outweighs the gain.Li Chisu also knew this, so he was so unscrupulous.

"I've changed my mind, I don't want your life."

"Then what does the emperor want?"

"I want..." Zhao Qi paused on purpose, trying to imitate Xiao Shiqing's casual, half-true, unpredictable tone, "I want yours, the throne."

Li Chi and Su Tongren shrank suddenly, and quickly returned to normal, "Is the emperor serious?"

Zhao Qi asked back: "King Zhaonan just said that I will give me everything I want." He shook his head and sighed, "A man's mouth is a deceitful ghost."

The corners of Li Chisu's mouth curved slightly, "Anyway, I am a courtier of the emperor. If the emperor wants my throne, I will naturally give it to me with both hands. However, after cutting the vassal, I probably can't stay in Nanzhou any longer. Your Majesty is willing to reward me with a house in the capital so that I won't be homeless."

Zhao Qi choked: "The houses in the capital are very expensive."

Li Chisu thought for a while, "It's okay for me to live in the palace directly. Isn't the emperor's harem still more than half empty?"

"I won't give you a room if it's empty."

Li Chisu just smiled and said nothing, and the topic of cutting feudal clans was left alone.

The chicken was almost roasted, He Changzhou cut a small piece with a dagger and handed it to Zhao Qi's mouth, "Your Majesty?"

Zhao Qi took a bite directly, satisfied with the book, and said, "It's delicious! Share it with everyone——Prime Minister hasn't finished chatting with Yu Shenshui yet? I'll go and have a look and ask him to eat chicken by the way."

Before He Changzhou could feed the second bite, Zhao Qi left.

Li Chisu walked to his side, looked at Zhao Qi's back with him, and said softly: "The emperor is very dependent on the prime minister."

He Changzhou let out a "hmm".

"To put it another way, the emperor cannot do without the prime minister, and the prime minister also protects the emperor everywhere. If things go on like this, it will be a matter of time before the emperor likes the prime minister. You see, the prime minister is the first thing he thinks of when he has delicious food now."

He Changzhou's eyes sank, "No."

"Oh?"

"He said that he only likes women."

Li Chisu shook his head and chuckled, "It turns out that General He gave up for this reason? He has another man's child in his belly. Do you think he can continue to like women?"

He Changzhou swept his eyes coldly, "No matter what, I won't force him - and I won't let others force him."

Li Chisu said innocently: "Why does the general keep targeting me? You have also seen that I am probably not as important to the emperor as the little eunuch who serves by his side. If you want to get the emperor, the biggest obstacle is not me, but—" Li Chisu stopped talking and looked into the room.

He Changzhou frowned, "Is your lord very free?"

Li Chisu: "..."

"If yes, you can roast the rest of the chicken."

When Zhao Qi came to the door, the thatched cottage had no sound insulation effect at all, and the words of Xiao Shiqing and Yu Shenshui could be clearly heard in his ears.

"Yu Chenshui, I really want to kill you."

Yu Chenshui sneered: "Just because I don't want to be an official?"

"Your crime is not in your deeds, but in your heart." Xiao Shiqing said, "You have the talent to help the world and save the people, but you are cynical and despise the imperial power. You would rather sit in the mountains than serve the court—why?"

Yu Shenshui glared and remained silent.

"It's not that you don't want to be an official, but you think that the imperial court, civil and military officials are not worthy, and the emperor is not worthy," Xiao Shiqing said unhurriedly, "You are not worthy of your wealth and passion. Are you not?"

Yu Shenshui seemed to have been taken into consideration by the talk, and was as silent as a pool of stagnant water.

Zhao Xi patted his belly, and said in a low voice: "Cub, remember, IQ must be inherited from your father, don't inherit it from me, don't make a mistake."

Xiao Shiqing went on to say: "I believe that you are talented, and I also believe that you have long been able to control the water. But for the sake of your so-called arrogance, you watched millions of people in Jiangxia being displaced and their families destroyed. You may not be worthy of a 'talent' like you." Son of Heaven."

Zhao Qi rubbed his nose and felt that Xiao Shiqing lifted him up a bit, as if he was an emperor through the ages, a sage king, but he was just a salted fish.

Yu Chenshui broke out in silence, "Are you saying that I won't accompany that little emperor as a courtier?"

Xiao Shiqing raised his eyebrows and remained silent.

Yu Shenshui took a deep breath, "Give me enough money and people, and I will protect the banks of the Huai River for 50 years...no, a hundred years of peace."

Zhao Qi was full of question marks.That's it?That's it? ?Is Yu Chenshui convinced now?

"The national treasury is limited, and it is impossible for you to take it inexhaustibly. I want you to maintain peace on both sides of the Huai River for a hundred years with limited manpower and material resources."

Wow, isn't this a good deal, Yu Shenshui will agree?

Yu Shenshui gritted his teeth, "Okay, I agree."

Zhao Qi: "..." I lost.

Xiao Shiqing nodded, "Okay."

Yu Chenshui twisted his body, "Prime Minister still won't untie me?"

Xiao Shiqing smiled, "Offending Tianwei, you deserve it."

Yu Chenshui laughed angrily, "Prime Minister Xiao doesn't kill people, but kills people. It's really powerful. I admire you."

Xiao Shiqing turned to leave, saw Zhao Qi standing at the door, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Qi had a smile on his brows and eyes, "It's okay. Is brother hungry, do you want to eat chicken?"

Xiao Shiqing's eyes were also stained with a little smile, "Okay."

On the wooden table, besides He Changzhou's roast chicken, there are also meals made by Cheng Boyan.Zhao Qi was the first to taste it, and turned into a king of supporters to output crazily: "Oh my god, what kind of delicacy is this in the world, and it is not inferior to the chef of the imperial dining room! Boyan, it is too risky to be an imperial physician. If you want to change careers in the future, Tell me, I will transfer you to the imperial dining room to cook!"

Cheng Boyan was overwhelmed by the praise, and said a little shyly: "It's my honor that the emperor likes the dishes I cook. But the emperor must remember not to be gluttonous, otherwise the fetus will be too big, and I'm afraid..."

Zhao Qi hurriedly said: "I know, can't I just eat a bowl of rice?"

Xiao Shiqing took over the words: "How about the fetal meeting?"

Zhao Qi was in a hurry, he was in a hurry, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) don't you know?"

Xiao Shiqing glanced at Cheng Boyan, said nothing, picked up a dish with chopsticks at random.

Zhao Qi heaved a sigh of relief, there was an extra chicken wing in the bowl, which was given to him by He Changzhou.

"For the little princess."

Zhao Qi smiled at him, "Thank you."

Xiao Shiqing said: "General He just eats what he eats." His daughter doesn't need others to feed her.

He Changzhou was not to be outdone, "The emperor didn't say anything, is the prime minister being too lenient?"

Zhao Qi was sandwiched between two people, coaxing one from the left and coaxing the other from the right, and finished the meal with difficulty.

After dinner, it was almost dark, and there was nothing to do in this kind of place, except to wash up and go to sleep.

Once the money was in place, many villagers were willing to give up their beds, and Fuzi even found brand new bedding.Yu Shenshui's thatched cottage had two rooms, Zhao Qi slept in one, and Zhao Qiao took the other.

"My brother wants to be closer to the emperor," Zhao Qiao said affectionately, "even if you can't sleep with the emperor, it's good to sleep next door to the emperor."

Zhao Qi was speechless, "What's wrong with you?"

"I sleep in the same room with the emperor." He Changzhou said bluntly, "This place is no better than a palace inn. There are not enough people. In order to ensure the safety of the emperor, I will guard the emperor all night."

Xiao Shiqing said lightly: "You can guard at the door."

"The emperor is reluctant for me to watch outside the door overnight." He Changzhou looked at Zhao Qi, "Isn't it?"

"I really don't want to part with it." Zhao Xi said, "In this way, you and Xiaoqiao can sleep in the same room, and if there is any trouble, you can come to rescue him as soon as possible."

He Changzhou: "..."

Zhao Qiao was a little dizzy from the sudden "Yanfu" and asked uncertainly, "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

Zhao Qi knew that he would easily get confused when he saw a beauty, so he warned: "It's just sleeping, don't think too much about it."

Li Chisu asked: "Your Majesty, where should I sleep?"

Zhao Qi: "You ask me, who do I ask?"

Life is not easy, Li Chisu sighed softly, "The same people have different fates."

Zhao Qi didn't say where Xiao Shiqing slept, and everyone tactfully didn't ask.

After nightfall, Cheng Boyan made Zhao Qi's bed and said, "Your Majesty, let's rest early."

"Okay—where's the prime minister?"

"The prime minister is discussing water control with Yu Shenshui, so that the emperor doesn't have to wait for him."

Zhao Qi coughed lightly, "I didn't say I'd wait for him."

After Zhao Qi fell asleep, Cheng Boyan blew out the candle and retreated.Fu Zi who was guarding the door stopped him, "Master Cheng, the prime minister has an invitation."

After running around for a long time, Zhao Qi was indeed a little mentally ill. When he was half asleep and half awake, he suddenly heard someone calling himself: "Your Majesty—"

Zhao Qi opened his eyes suddenly, and He Changzhou laid his handsome face on top, staring at him without blinking his star-like eyes.

Zhao Qi was taken aback, and sat up half propped up, "What are you doing...!"

"Hush," He Changzhou pressed his callused fingers against Zhao Qi's lips, "I'll protect the emperor."

"The masters of Tianji Camp are at the door, so why are you busy?" Zhao Xi said, "Hurry up and go back to sleep."

"The people in Tianji Camp are so powerful, how can they let me in?"

"I appreciate your kindness, but it's really unnecessary." Zhao Qi yawned, "I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep, you go back quickly."

He Changzhou's eyes were extraordinarily bright in the darkness, "The emperor is in such a hurry to drive me away because he is worried that the prime minister is coming soon, and the emperor doesn't want him to see us together?"

Zhao Qi was speechless, he seemed to be really thinking about it...

He Changzhou has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his hearing is keen. On this quiet night, he can pick up the sound of footsteps tens of meters away.He suddenly smiled, and changed the topic, "Your Majesty, do you know that when I was still in the palace, the Prime Minister taught me a very interesting thing. Shall I show you?"

Before Zhao Xi could react, He Changzhou bent over and turned around, as if trying to cover Zhao Xi's lips.