If it was just pure drunken sex, Meng Yue wouldn't have been haunted for so long. Did he hear the leader's little secret?
Or were you threatened by the leader?
Unable to figure it out, Li Qiao could only put it in his heart for the time being. During this period, he was really focused on Tao Zhu, let alone Meng Yue's house across the alley. He didn't even go to Xu Ying's house, which was only a few houses away. Pass.
During dinner in the evening, Li Qiao arranged for the four of them, Li Dao, Li Jian, Li Gong and Li Nu, to go to the alley where Meng Yue's house was during their daily running training.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xin Zhi came to his house to pay New Year's greetings. He asked Xin Zhi to find out about Meng Yue's situation in the Ministry of Punishment.
Xin Zhi agreed simply and took away several cakes before leaving.
Li Qiao sent four 12-inch cakes as a New Year's gift to his family before, but this made all the women and children in his family extremely happy.
The cakes at the Royal Dessert Shop are all eight inches, and now Li Qiao has made a twelve-inch cake for him. Li Qiao is such a buddy!
The days are passing by day by day. During this period, Li Qiao will go out to look at nearby houses. Waiting for next winter, he will definitely build a room with floor heating for Tao Zhu and his baby.
Soon it was time to go to work.
Just a few days after going to work, it was time for the court meeting again. Li Qiao was standing outside the Tai Chi Hall as usual.
Every year, the grand meeting at the beginning of the New Year will take longer than usual because it has to deal with the backlog of government affairs during the New Year.
Li Qiao entered the palace while it was still dark and stood there until almost noon. Even though he was a superpower, his legs hurt a little and he was hungry.
As he was praying in his heart that today's morning meeting was about to end, suddenly, with his good hearing, he heard a series of exclamations in the hall.
"Your Majesty?!"
"His Majesty!"
"Physician, call the physician over quickly!"
…
The exclamations grew louder and louder, and soon other officials outside the palace heard it, and Li Qiao had a bad premonition in his heart.
What happened to Sheng Hong?
Just when all the officials outside the palace were panicking and worried, Qian San quickly walked out of the palace and hurried towards the longevity palace.
That is the palace of the Supreme Emperor Shengjun.
Seeing this, Li Qiao's frown relaxed a lot.
Although Sheng Hong fell, fortunately there was still the Supreme Emperor.
The relationship between father and son has always been very good, and they are truly loving father and filial piety. Although the Supreme Emperor has retired, Sheng Hong will still discuss government affairs with him sometimes.
This world was conquered by the Supreme Emperor, and some of the senior ministers with high positions in the court were also promoted by the Supreme Emperor. Therefore, even if the Supreme Emperor has retired for more than ten years, he will definitely be able to control all officials in the court.
The facts were just as Li Qiao expected. Sheng Jun learned that Sheng Hong suddenly fainted and hurried to Tai Chi Hall.
After he came over, he first asked all the officials to disperse, and then called the imperial doctor to the Tai Chi Hall.
When there was an ordinary court meeting two days later, Sheng Hong was not there, and Sheng Jun sat on the dragon chair to handle the affairs of the court.
Sheng Hong was ill for a full month, and it was not until late February that he fully recovered.
Li Qiao didn't know what kind of illness Sheng Hong had, and he couldn't see Sheng Hong on weekdays. But according to Xin Zhi, Sheng Hong's body looked a little thinner than before, and he no longer had the usual round-the-clock criticism. .
After hearing Xin Zhi's words, Li Qiao still couldn't relax. Sheng Hong was almost fifty years old, which was not a young age. In addition, medical treatment was not available at this time. What if...
Sheng Hong was his thigh, related to his future destiny, so he thought about it for a few days and gave Sheng Hong a break.
He said that he had come up with a new dish, which was delicious and should be profitable, but he didn't know what to do with it, so he asked the Holy Spirit to make a decision.
He wanted to see Sheng Hong with his own eyes.
The food mentioned in Li Qiao's Zhezi was potato powder. Sheng Hong was indeed quite satisfied with the potato powder.
However, as Xin Zhi said, Sheng Hong did lose some weight, and his energy was not very good. It was obvious that he had not fully recovered from the serious illness.
Li Qiao only knew a little about medical knowledge and could only see with the naked eye. He could not tell what kind of disease Sheng Hong had.
But looking at Sheng Hong like this, he should have a long life...
But who can say for sure about this kind of thing? Young people still die suddenly, not to mention that Sheng Hong is not young anymore and has to deal with so many troubles every day.
Coming out of the palace, Li Qiao began to analyze several princes of Shenghong.
Although he is a staunch centrist, he now has to think about which prince has the potential and ability to inherit the throne.
Not only Li Qiao was thinking this way, but also all the officials in the court were getting ready to make a move.
Before, everyone just took sides in a subtle way so as not to offend Sheng Hong.
But now, many people have no scruples. Those who support the third prince openly get close to him.
Those who support the fifth prince also use practical actions to express their support for the fifth prince.
Some of the original centrists were also shaken. Who knew that Sheng Hong's body would suddenly collapse and he would have to prepare for the future.
Some people even wrote directly to Sheng Hong, hoping to make Sheng Hong the crown prince.
In this restless atmosphere, Li Qiao focused on editing books when he went to work, and quickly ran home after get off work.
Regardless of who will succeed him in the future, it has nothing to do with him at this time. His biggest concern now is Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu was nine months pregnant at this time, and his belly was getting bigger. It was already difficult for him to walk alone and he had to be supported.
He usually needs people to eat and dress. When Li Qiao has to go to work, Li Xia and Zheng Qianqian take care of him. When Li Qiao gets off work, Li Qiao takes over.
Li Qiao was now living with fear every day. He had never observed a pregnant woman's belly up close before, but now when he looked at Tao Zhu's belly, his thoughts became firmer every time he looked at it:
It's only this time, and this is definitely the only time in this life that Tao Zhu will be born.
Tao Zhu felt that it was okay. Although it was a little inconvenient to move, this was his and Li Qiao's baby. Whenever he thought of this, his heart felt as sweet as cotton candy, and he could endure no matter how much discomfort he had.
At the end of the third lunar month, the weather gets hotter.
Thick cotton coats fade away and people put on light spring shirts.
One morning when the sky was full of morning glow, Tao Zhu was born.
A boy, a little brother.
The production went smoothly. It took less than three hours from start to finish, and Tao Zhu didn't suffer much.
Because they were less than ten months old, the two babies were obviously smaller than the original Li Xiaorui.
A newborn baby is not good-looking no matter what, it is red and wrinkled, but Tao Zhu automatically put on a hundred layers of filters. Although it is not good-looking, it is cute.
This was the first time he had seen such a small and soft villain.
As a little brother, Tao Zhu had no breast milk, and neither Li Qiao nor he wanted to find a wet nurse, so the two babies drank goat's milk.
This is also the practice of ordinary people. Ordinary people cannot afford a wet nurse, so the newborns born to their husbands are fed goat milk.
"Okay, okay, leave the baby to Brother Qian, Aunt Wen, and Aunt Meng. They are all more experienced than us. You should take a rest."
Li Qiao saw that Tao Zhu was still staring at the two dolls well, and urged him while wiping the sweat on his forehead.
"……good."
Tao Zhu reluctantly looked at the two babies a few more times before letting Zheng Qianqian and Zhuang Wen's wife take the two babies outside to nurse.
When there were no more outsiders, Li Qiao threw away the soft cotton towel in his hand and hugged Tao Zhu, who was sitting against the quilt.
He was on tenterhooks for three hours, and finally it was over.
No, he was worried for half a year, half a year! Now it's finally over, and his Brother Zhu is no longer in danger.
*
The author has something to say:
A boy and a little brother, this is the result of drawing lots~
Chapter 128 Li Changfeng, Li Yunfan Full Moon Banquet, several princes of Shenghong
"Come on, come on, have some fish soup."
Li Qiao sat by the bed, holding a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other. He blew on it twice before bringing it to Tao Zhu's mouth.
Tao Zhu sat leaning against the head of the bed. He held the spoon in his mouth and waited for the fish soup in his mouth to be swallowed. Then he said: "I can drink it by myself. It's been ten days and it's okay."
"No, you've been holding the two cubs in your arms today. You're too tired. You need to rest more. Besides, I have to go to the Hanlin Academy tomorrow. I won't be able to feed you myself at noon tomorrow."
Li Qiao sighed as he spoke.
When Tao Zhu's due date came, he directly took fifteen days' leave. This was too long a leave, not to mention the reason was to accompany her husband during the delivery. Du Guqin hesitated for a long time, but finally gave him the permission.
The 15th holiday is coming to an end today, and he must return to the Hanlin Academy tomorrow.
But he didn't want to go to work at all.
Because he heard that many mothers suffer from postpartum depression.
He didn't know if a pregnant woman in this time and space would suffer from postpartum depression, but just in case.
Pregnancy is a great torture for the body. If you are in a bad mood, you will easily become depressed.
Therefore, during these ten days, he took care of everything so that Tao Zhu could feel his love all the time and stay in a happy mood.
But he has to go to work tomorrow.
well.
Tao Zhu didn't know that Li Qiao was worried that he would have postpartum depression. Seeing Li Qiao's sad face, he immediately smiled and said: "Hey, hey."
Li Qiao was right. If he wanted Li Qiao to feed him tomorrow, he would have to wait until Li Qiao came home.
Hearing this, Li Qiao took another spoonful of fish soup, blew on it, and put it to his mouth.
"I will go to the Hanlin Academy tomorrow, so don't be too tired. The older one and the younger one can eat and sleep. You need to take care of yourself first."
Tao Zhu was amused by his words and almost choked on the fish soup: "Can you give them a serious name? If you call them in this tone, it will make me think that they are little piglets."
"...As for your nickname, what do you think it should be called?"
Li Qiao immediately followed Tao Zhu's words and asked.
