The Rich And Honorable ChangAn Chapter 76

Chapter 76   

Xiao QingYue had been expecting them to return to the capital as soon as she knew her brothers had won a great victory. After she came out of the Palace in the name of visiting her sister-in-law, Xiao QingYue then rushed without stopping to her house, which she had prepared earlier.

“I knew earlier that he wasn't a good thing, but I didn't think he was utterly heartless! Imperial elder brother was so kind to him, he actually turned his hand down!” Since that Luo Yang was rescued by Xiao QingYan and brought back to the Xian Wang Residence, Xiao QingYue had confessed her own load of worries directly to imperial elder brother. [T/N: I think she meant QingYu]

It was not that she did not want to marry, but her heart had already belonged to someone, and the person in her heart, she absolutely not dared to say to Imperial Father. So she would always avoid her marriage matter.

“Luo Yang, when imperial elder brother ascends the throne, let him marry us. Then we can go where we want to go, but do you still want to use your present identity? How about I give you the name of our Great Xiao and ask my imperial elder brother to give you a new identity so that they can no longer control you? Anyway, now you're dead in their eyes.” Luo Yang deliberately let himself be hit by the arrow, but also let the only living mouth to take back the news of his death, so now he was finally free.

“Yes. Thank you, Your Highness.”

“Ha, you silly, thanking me for this kind of thing. I like you, and you are free, so we can live together like in the old days.” Xiao QingYue met Luo Yang when she was seven years old while Luo Yang was ten years old. She inadvertently saved this person's life when she was ten years old. Since then, they had become more and more intimate. Which to say, Xiao QingYue only then did know that this man was from South Xinjiang, who acted under order to increase knowledge and in passing made use of his own people.

They had lived carefree in the mountains for more than ten years. When Xiao QingYue grew up, Luo Yang would carry out his mission and Xiao QingYue would return to the Palace to marry. They originally wanted to find a chance to leave the public's sight and continue to live their own small life. How could they know that so many things would happen after returning to the capital, and an accident arising from many causes would make their wish to suspend?

“But is it really without sequelae? I mean, my imperial sister-in-law's stomach is very big. Recently, I've been worried about it, and I don't know what will happen to him.” Xiao QingYue was really anxious. Although Luo Yang had already assured her, she still felt a little incredible. It was important to see that imperial sister-in-law really gave birth to her little nephew to feel at ease. –“I know that it can nourish the body, but for children… It's really beyond my imagination. Is it really okay?”

“Don't worry; I won't play a trick to the people you care about.”

“Well, I believe you.”

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Shortly after they returned to the Wang Residence, Xiao QingYan stayed in the residence almost every day. Because of the words of dozens of imperial physicians, he almost believed that his Wangfei had his child in his belly.

“ChangAn, do you think it's a boy or a girl?”

“If it's really a child in my stomach, I certainly hope it's a boy, so Your Highness will have an heir.” Of course, if it was a girl, he would like it very much. But Xu ChangAn didn't say it, because he knew they both were thinking about the same thing.

They originally thought their days were peaceful for a while, but how could they know that they were suddenly summoned by the Emperor? They rushed into the Palace, with great difficulty greeted the emperor, but the emperor looked at them and did not say a word.

Xu ChangAn felt that the Emperor had secretly looked at his stomach many times, but after each time the Emperor did not open his mouth; who know what he was thinking.

“Imperial Father, er-chen has something to say to you.” They were summoned into the Palace, but Imperial Father kept silent about the purpose of letting them into the Palace. Xiao QingYan had to open his mouth first, he knew that Imperial Father let them entered the Palace for the same reason.

“Imperial Father, ChangAn is the Wangfei whom you personally bestowed er-chen. At first, er-chen was not very satisfied with him. But the most complicated thing in the world is the human's hearts. Now er-chen is happy with him and only wants to be with him in whole life; to never leave each other and grew old together. The joys and sorrows of er-chen's whole life depend only on him. Beg Imperial Father to make it happen.” Xu ChangAn was not physically convenient, so Xiao QingYan did not let him kneel; only he knelt. Xu ChangAn, who listened to Xiao QingYan's words, reached out and grasped Xiao QingYan's hand, and slowly knelt side by side with Xiao QingYan, which had greatly bulged up his stomach. (@^_^@)

“You… You all… Argh! It's Zhen's fault! It's Zhen's fault!” Yes, he exhausted every power of his mind to scheme for his son's future, but now it seemed that it was he who pushed himself into the pit of fire! Watching the two people kneeling side by side, with their fingers interlocked, how could the Emperor's heart not be touched by the way he pledge his life to live and die together?

Xiao QingYan was his beloved eldest son. He had devoted a lot of effort to him since childhood. Of course, he hoped that his son would have a loved one to accompany him, but…

“Those two unfilial sons, Zhen have no desire to say more. QingZhan's mind and character are simple and not complicated since childhood. I like this son, but I never thought about giving the throne to him in the future. Only you, only you are the true crown prince, the future emperor chosen by the people of the Great Xiao. You shoulder more responsibilities than one Xu ChangAn. Do you understand that?”

“Imperial Father, er-chen not filial! Er-chen… ChangAn? ChangAn? What's wrong with you?” Xiao QingYan had been fully assisting Xiao QingZhan for a long time. Now, although he had other plans in mind, but by looking at Imperial Father's attitude, he was afraid, it was impossible. He thought that it would be good for QingZhan to succeed.

Xiao QingYan, who was trying to explain his intention to the Emperor, found that the person beside him was getting worse and worse; he pinched his hand more and more harder, and a thin sweat oozed from his forehead!

“Your Highness, my… My stomach hurts.”

“What?! Somebody! Call the Imperial Physician!” Hearing Xu ChangAn said that his stomach hurt, Xiao QingYan immediately thought of what Xu ChangAn just said to him. If by any chance his stomach grew bigger and bigger, what if that thing bursts his stomach?

ChangAn's stomach was really big; it looked like it was going to burst! He said his stomach hurt…

Xiao QingYan was frightened. He forgot that Imperial Father was still there. He held the person in his arms and ran outside. The Emperor let the people stop him, who just hurriedly ran out, to come back and bring them inside to the simple rest area, so that the Imperial Physician could come quickly.

“It's all right! ChangAn, don't be afraid, it's all right! I'll be with you!” Xiao QingYan squatted beside the reclining chair, clasped Xu ChangAn's hand tightly on his chest, and kept saying comforting words in his mouth, but he did not find that he himself was trembling slightly.

Xu ChangAn felt that the thing in his stomach seemed to be pushing down desperately. He felt that his body was going to be burst by it. An indescribable sense of shame suddenly filled his whole body. He tried to tighten his lower body, but after a while his whole body was powerless. He knew that he could not help it. That thing might really come out.

“Your Highness, I don't want this… let my belly to be cut open. I know what hurt me. Let the imperial physician cut open my belly and take it out and throw it away!” Because Xiao QingYan had it in his hand, Xu ChangAn had carefully studied a medicine which many people knew but had long been lost. He and the Wu brothers tried several times; there was a formula that worked well which happened to be compatible with his body to try the effect.

“Your Highness, you let people ready to…”

“No way! I disagree! ChangAn, don't be afraid, we… Shall we bring it out?” Xiao QingYan believed how this thing came into being, but for it came out, by opening ChangAn's stomach?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

The Emperor's feast for his two sons was the next day. He looked at Xu ChangAn, who was suffering from that thing in his stomach, and the son who was accompanying him. Then the Emperor thought about it and looked at their lives. If Xu ChangAn could really give birth to his Xiao Family's flesh and blood in a man's body, then… The rules laid down by the ancestors… All those obstacles should be cleared for them by him as the Imperial Father, and on the other hand…

“Your Highness, Wangfei is about to give birth! But Wangfei is a man and has difficulties in childbirth. Now he had to be given a birth-promoting medicine and keep him physically strong. Otherwise, the child will not be born and will be suffocated alive in the stomach! Even Wangfei's life is worrying!” Whatever was in Xu ChangAn's stomach, as a courtier, he dared not make a second attempt. He could only call what was in the stomach as a child.

The Imperial Physician's words finally reassured Xiao QingYan that as long as it was not necessary to cut open ChangAn's stomach, then it was fine!

Originally there were only three palace's people, but slowly all the Imperial Physicians in the Palace gathered, slowly Xiao Qingyue and her Consort Mother also rushed over!

It had been a long time since the birth of a child in this Palace. Besides, the child was even born out of… out of a man's stomach.

Not only this Inner Palace's master was concerned about it, but also all of imperial concubines were concerned about it.

Xiao QingYan didn't have time to think about what that thing was in his stomach at this time. He just wanted to let it out early so that his Wangfei would not suffer any more. Xu ChangAn was frightened when he realized that his current situation was cared for by so many people. If… He could be sure that the things in his stomach would never be a child. Would the flesh and blood scare them when it comes out? Would they regard him as evildoer?

“Xiao QingYan… Xiao QingYan…”

“ChangAn?”

“Go back, I want to go back…” Xu ChangAn had fear in heart, but wanted that thing came out of his stomach soon. He just didn't expect it to be so unpredictable and chose to come out at such a time. Was not it intentionally want to kill him?!

He didn't want to die or be regarded as a monster. He wanted to stay with Xiao QingYan for a long time and live his life in peace and stability.

“Wangfei, you are not in a position to move now! The child will come out at any time. What if something happens on the way? Don't say anything now. Have some ginseng soup to keep your strength.”

Not only did the imperial physician oppose it, but the Emperor would not agree to Xiao QingYan's taking Xu ChangAn out of the Palace.

The Emperor did not conceal today's situation in the palace. He knew that all the people in the capital had already known that Xian Wangfei was in process in giving birth in the Palace. If everything went well and Heaven pitied them, the two children would get what they wanted, and he would not have to break his son's heart.

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