By the time Li Yunze received the news of Ye Yutong's pregnancy, it was already a month later.
He had just won a victory and captured Yunzhou City.
Just as he was preparing to lead his troops south, he received a letter from Ye Yutong.
He immediately opened the letter, and when he saw the message above, he didn't recover for a long time.
After a while, she muttered to herself, "Tongtong is pregnant, it's been more than four months..."
Li Chaoyang saw him dumbfounded and thought something had happened in the capital, so he quickly came over and asked: "Brother, what's the matter?"
Li Yunze slowly turned to look at him, "Chaoyang, your sister-in-law is pregnant."
Li Chaoyang shouted happily, "Ah, really, then I will have a nephew soon."
Li Yunze nodded with a smile on his face and read the letter several times.
Then he folded it carefully and put it in his arms.
He picked up the sword on the table and said: "Notify me and leave the capital immediately."
Originally, he was not in a hurry and wanted to kill King Pingnan and Queen Mother Qiao slowly.
But now he couldn't wait any longer, and decided to make a quick decision, and then quickly returned to the capital to take over the affairs of the court and let Tongtong have a good rest.
Li Chaoyang said: "Brother, the soldiers are ready and waiting for your order."
"Okay, let's go."
Pingnan Palace
A deputy general hurried to the front study, knelt there and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, Yunzhou City has lost its leader."
The tea cup in King Pingnan's hand fell to the ground hard, "Trash, a bunch of trash, can't hundreds of thousands of troops stop him?"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Qiao's face turned pale with fright, her hands tightly grasping the armrests of the chair, with fear in her eyes.
Li Yunhao sat there without daring to make a sound. Although others still respectfully call him Emperor, he knows that this title may not last long.
If they can't defeat Li Yunze this time, everyone here will probably end up in a very miserable situation.
"Your Majesty, Li Yunze has led an army to attack now. If he breaks the capital again, then we will have no choice but to move south."
Although they said this, they all knew where they could go if they moved further south.
King Pingnan also calmed down and told his lieutenant: "Notify me, this time I will personally lead the troops to the capital, and let the following prepare for departure early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the deputy general went out, Queen Mother Qiao looked at her father's gray hair and cried regretfully:
"Dad, my daughter is unfilial. She failed to hold on to the country that you finally won. Now she has to go to the battlefield in person at such an old age."
King Pingnan sighed, "Stop talking about this. It's my fault for being careless back then. If the little prince had been dealt with earlier, things like this wouldn't have happened now."
Queen Mother Qiao wiped her tears and asked worriedly: "Dad, how sure are you this time?"
King Pingnan did not answer his daughter's question.
Although he hasn't had a personal confrontation with Li Yunze in the past few years, he already knows how powerful he is, and now he doesn't know for sure.
Seeing his silence, Queen Mother Qiao felt a chill in her heart.
Li Yunhao was even more frightened and uneasy. Even the hand holding the tea trembled, and he no longer had the prestige he had before.
He swallowed and said, "Grandpa, how about we go to Yuelan Country? No one knows us there, and we have no shortage of money. We can enjoy the glory and wealth there."
King Pingnan glanced at him. He used to think that his nephew was smarter and more scheming than his brother, but he didn't expect him to be so greedy and afraid of death, and he had no common sense at all.
Even if they traveled across the ocean to the country of Yuelan, not to mention how dangerous the sea was.
The old Maozi over there are very different from them in appearance and language. How easy is it to live there?
King Pingnan shook his head in his heart, very disappointed with the emperor whom he single-handedly promoted.
But after all, they were his daughter and nephew, so he still gave them reassurance.
"Don't worry too much, you two. Although we are not 100% sure this time, we are still 50% or 60% sure."
The mother and son's eyes lit up after hearing this, and Queen Mother Qiao quickly asked: "Dad, do you have any backup plans?"
King Pingnan nodded slightly, thinking that he had reached this point and no longer hid it from the two of them.
He whispered: "I still have 100,000 private soldiers in my hands. These people are on Wulan Mountain in the south. They are all good soldiers I selected in the past few years. They train in the mountains all year round and are much stronger than the people in the army. ."
King Pingnan prepared to personally lead his troops to fight and tried to lure Li Yunze to the capital.
He fought from the front, and then asked his eldest son to lead the 100,000 iron soldiers to attack from behind.
When the time comes, let Li Yunze catch the turtle in the urn so that he can't escape with wings.
After hearing this, Queen Mother Qiao and Li Yunhao became hopeful again.
Empress Dowager Qiao gritted her teeth and said viciously: "Father, it's best to capture Li Yunze alive. Then I will scrape off his flesh piece by piece to avenge the second and third brothers."
King Pingnan nodded solemnly, "Okay, I will bring him to you when the time comes."
Mention the sons killed by Li Yunze.
King Pingnan was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. He wished he could eat Li Yunze's flesh and drink his blood.
How could he let Li Yunze go? Even if he didn't come, he would go to the capital to settle the score with him.
Beijing
After Ye Yutong went to court, she sat in the courtyard and basked in the sun, while her two brothers helped her review the memorial.
It's early winter now and the weather is nice today.
The sun fell gently on her body, and her whole body seemed to be coated with a layer of divine light.
Ye Yutong touched his swollen belly, but his brows were tightly knitted together.
For some reason, she has been restless these days, always feeling like something is going to happen.
"Tongtong, drink this cup of bird's nest." Li Wenxiu walked over with a smile, holding a stew pot in his hand.
Ever since she learned that her daughter was pregnant, she had been staying with her in the palace.
Ye Yutong didn't want his mother to worry, so he quickly squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you, mother."
Li Wenxiu opened the lid, watched her finish the drink, and then asked: "Tongtong, Mom, I see you've been worried a lot these days. What's wrong with you?"
"Mom, it's okay." Ye Yutong shook his head and said sheepishly, "I just want to be safe, and I don't know if everything is going well with him."
Speaking of her son-in-law, Li Wenxiu was also very worried.
It's been four or five months since Ping An left, but I don't know what's going on there?
When his daughter gives birth, I wonder if he can come back?
But she didn't say these words, and only patted Ye Yutong's hand comfortingly.
"Ping'an has great martial arts skills, is so smart, and has so many masters around him. Nothing will happen to him. He should be back soon."
Ye Yutong smiled and nodded, then changed the topic, "Mom, what delicious food did you cook today? I can smell the fragrance here."
"Didn't you say you wanted to eat pig's trotters yesterday? My mother had stewed them in the pot for you early in the morning. Linglan also made your favorite dishes, fried lily with celery and chicken feet with pickled peppers." Li Wenxiu told her the same thing.
"My mouth is watering when I say this. I will definitely eat an extra bowl of rice today."
Ye Yutong stretched and stood up holding the maid's hand, "Mom, I'm going to the study. We'll start dinner after the memorial is approved."
Li Wenxiu helped her tie her cloak and said gently: "Okay, go ahead. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
