[Fantasy] The Harem is in Chaos (Complete) - 35

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Five days later, in the Deer

and Leek Hall of the Cowherd Palace.

Yu Wuchen, dressed in snow-white robes, sat alone by the north window, reading and sipping tea. A cool breeze, carrying the scent of roses, drifted through the bamboo grove and into the window, ruffling a few strands of his dark hair—a picture of refined elegance.

"Snap!" In the quiet afternoon, the sound of a weapon being placed on the table was unusually loud. Yu Wuchen didn't raise his eyebrows, casually turning a page of his book, and said indifferently, "You've arrived?"

"I sent you so many letters? Why didn't you reply to a single one? Is it that fun outside? More than four months, and you haven't returned to Xiwu even once. Don't think I won't touch you now, I..." Someone complained and threatened through gritted teeth.

But before he could finish speaking, Yu Wuchen raised his face, smiling as if he hadn't heard a word, and greeted him, "Long time no see, brother."

Ye Qianxun, who was glaring at him, was stunned by his "brother" and didn't know how to react. This was the first time Yu Wuchen had called him "brother" since their true identities were revealed.

After a long pause, he cleared his throat, suppressing his excitement and feigning nonchalance, saying, "Don't think I won't punish you just because you've gotten close. I'll settle the score with you later… Um, how's Li Yue?"

Yu Wuchen smiled faintly, "We'll meet soon anyway, wouldn't it be better to ask her directly?"

Mentioning their meeting made Ye Qianxun uneasy again. Ever since being tricked by Pei Qingyao at Xiwu over two months ago, he wanted to keep his distance from his mother-in-law, yet she had brought Li Yue to his side, meaning he could only see Li Yue here.

After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked, "Do you know…" Before he could finish, two more people entered through the door.

Ye Qianxun turned to see Qu Liushang and Su Yingge.

Su Yingge and Ye Qianxun were already at odds, and after the Thousand Buddha Mountain incident, they disliked Yu Wuchen even more. Upon entering and seeing the two brothers sitting there, he immediately spat out, "Bad luck!"

Qu Liushang patted his shoulder and said, "Bear with it, this isn't the only bad luck you're experiencing today."

Su Yingge pulled out a stool next to the long table in the hall, sat down, and said, "You don't know, just thinking about how some people who used to be irreconcilable enemies and fight on the spot now call each other brothers and are so close, gives me goosebumps."

Qu Liushang sat down next to him, raised an eyebrow, and said with a wicked smile, "Actually... I think so too."

Ye Qianxun was furious and about to explode when Yu Wuchen gently reached out a hand to hold him down. Ye Qianxun glared angrily at Yu Wuchen, who calmly said, "If a dog bites you, do you want to bite it back?"

Before Ye Qianxun could react, Su Yingge erupted, cursing, "Even a dog is better than someone who uses being a bald monk as an excuse to swindle money and sex."

Qu Liushang pulled him back, saying, "Stop arguing, the Empress Dowager will be here soon."

"Who are you calling a swindler?" Ye Qianxun already loathed Su Yingge's mouth, and seeing him start spouting nonsense again, he stood up and pressed forward.

"What? You dare touch me?" Su Yingge looked at him defiantly.

"So what if I touched you?" Ye Qianxun's expression hardened. Just as he was about to turn around and grab him, Yu Wuchen followed closely behind and grabbed his sleeve, saying, "Don't fall for his tricks." Pei Qingyao was going to hold a banquet here that evening, and any damage to the tables and chairs would definitely displease her. Su Yingge didn't know martial arts, so even if he was the one who started the trouble, the blame would likely fall on Ye Qianxun in the end.

Ye Qianxun immediately realized what Yu Wuchen meant and glared fiercely at Su Yingge. Just as he turned to leave, Su Yingge shot two poisoned needles at the two of them with a "whoosh."

Ye Qianxun's anger, which he had barely managed to suppress, surged up again. This time, he couldn't tolerate it any longer. He turned around and struck Su Yingge with a palm strike. Su Yingge nimbly dodged to the side, and the rosewood chair he had just been sitting on shattered into pieces.

Yu Wuchen rubbed his forehead, and Qu Liushang, understanding the situation, jumped aside and sat on the wall to watch. The once tranquil Deer and Leek Hall suddenly became chaotic.

In a pavilion in a corner of the garden outside the hall, Huangfu Jue, dressed in a magnificent purple brocade robe, which accentuated his handsome face and cold, star-like eyes, looked quite conflicted. He paced back and forth in the pavilion for a long time before stopping and saying to Guan Du, who was sitting beside him, "Father, perhaps we should go back."

"If you go back and agree to hold a selection of concubines and appoint an empress, then we will go back," Guan Du said calmly, standing up.

Huangfu Jue choked, then lowered his face, saying with some difficulty, "Actually, I... I don't know how to face her."

Guan Du looked at him, paused for a moment, and said, "About this... cough, to be honest, I have no experience to teach you. However, since you've already won over your mother-in-law, there should be plenty of opportunities to make amends. The key is whether you can seize them. Look at Lu Jiuting, and then look at the two others in Dongyi Palace. With your past record, it won't be easy for you to rise to power." At this point, his eyes darted around, and he said, "In this situation, you might as well learn from Jinlu."

"Learn from Jinlu?" Huangfu Jue looked disgusted.

Guan Du said, "Don't look down on him. If you had half his skills in dealing with women, you wouldn't be in this predicament. This morning, he went straight to the palace to see the Empress Dowager as soon as he arrived in Yong'an. The Empress Dowager left him in a side hall for two hours. What does that mean? It means the Empress Dowager doesn't like him at all. Later, I don't know if Li Yue said something nice, but the Empress Dowager finally summoned him to the hall. This time, he didn't come out even after lunchtime. What does that mean? It means the Empress Dowager kept him in the hall for lunch. In other words, in about an hour, he made the Empress Dowager dislike him even more." "Becoming likable, do you have that kind of skill? When you like a woman, thick skin is the first requirement. What's wrong with being submissive like Jinlu behind closed doors? It's nothing for a man to be submissive in front of a woman; he'll soften sooner or later anyway."

Huangfu Jue, who had been listening seriously, was somewhat taken aback by the last sentence and turned to ask Guandu, "Father, what do you mean by 'softening sooner or later'?"

Guandu looked away, cleared his throat, and tried to stroke his beard but found he didn't have one, so he could only say, "Well, as someone who's been through it, I believe you understand..."

Huangfu Jue's face immediately darkened.

Inside the Cixi Palace.

Liyue sat cross-legged on the floor in front of a long window covered with jade mats. Jinlu sat opposite her, holding her hand in his left hand and gently and meticulously painting Liyue's nails with a jade-tubed, gold-threaded soft brush in his right. Pei Qingyao sat watching from the side. The

delicate pink luster accentuated Liyue's slender, jade-like fingers, a beauty that was difficult to depict.

After painting all five fingers, Li Yue looked at herself, then waved it at Pei Qingyao and asked, "Mother, does it look good?"

Pei Qingyao nodded and smiled slightly, "It looks good. I've only ever seen red nail polish before; this is the first time I've seen this color."

Jin Lu placed the small brush on a glass cup beside him, picked up an exquisite wooden box containing more than ten bottles of nail polish in various colors, and said with a bright smile, "If Mother-in-law likes them, please keep these. I'll send a palace maid over when I get back; she can paint various flowers on your nails, which will be very beautiful."

Pei Qingyao instructed the palace maid to take the nail polish, saying, "Thank you for your trouble ." "Yes."

Jinlu said shyly, "It's only right."

Pei Qingyao looked closely at his face and saw that his skin was as white as snow, rosy and translucent, truly making even women feel ashamed.

She reached for the Snow Face Dew that he had just presented on the table and asked, "Do you usually use this on your face?" Jinlu's cheeks flushed slightly at her question, and he replied, "I use it when the weather is drier. I had a maid in the palace test it, and the effect was very good. Please rest assured, Mother-in-law."

Pei Qingyao laughed and said, "You can tell it's a good product just from trying it. I was just thinking that if your skin is so good for a man, your mother must be an unparalleled beauty."

Jinlu's smile remained unchanged, but a hint of confusion and loss flickered in his eyes. He said, "My mother passed away when I was very young. Now, thinking back, I can't even remember what she looked like."

Little did he know that this very expression touched the softest spot in Pei Qingyao's heart, a mother who had just found her lost daughter. She immediately put down the Snow Dew in her hand, her tone softening with affection as she asked, "I heard you're a year younger than Yue'er?"

Jinlu smiled wryly and said, "Actually, I'm only seven months younger."

"Even if you're only one day older, you're still older than me." Liyue, thinking he was going to change his mind and refuse to call her "sister," hurriedly pushed his arm and interjected.

"Yue'er, don't bully him," Pei Qingyao admonished sternly.

Liyue stared wide-eyed. Who was it that said they hated men who could cry and flatter? Who was it that said they wanted to kick him out and replace him with Huangfu Jue? How come they're protecting him like a cub just because he gave them some skincare products and nail polish? It seems Jinlu's flattery hit the mark this time.

Just as she was feeling indignant, Jinlu said tolerantly, "It's alright, I'm used to it."

Liyue: "..."

"Mother." Liyue was staring at Pei Qingyao when Yan Huang arrived.

Liyue had spent almost all her nights with him in the palace these past few days, so he seemed to be in high spirits.

"Have you finished dealing with all the political affairs?" Pei Qingyao asked.

Yan Huang replied, "Yes."

Pei Qingyao nodded, then seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Didn't you say a few days ago that Dongyi lacked a certain mineral resource and needed to import it from Nanfo? Jinlu is here today, so you two can talk about it here. Yue'er and I will go to the temporary palace first, and you can come back after you've finished."

Yan Huang was initially a little stunned, but after she finished speaking, he fully understood and calmly replied.

Jinlu, on the other hand, sensed something was wrong, but things had already come to this point, what else could he do besides grinning foolishly?

After leaving Cixi Palace, Pei Qingyao and her daughter Li Yue were overjoyed. Li Yue, linking arms with Pei Qingyao, said, "Mother, you'd been planning this all along, hadn't you? I was wondering why you were being so nice to him all of a sudden; you had a trap up your sleeve."

Pei Qingyao raised an eyebrow, saying, "A few bottles of nail polish and you think you can take me down? It's not that easy."

"But what rare ore is Yan Huang planning to ask him for?" Li Yue asked curiously.

Pei Qingyao turned to look at her, earnestly admonishing, "Silly child, what ore in the world is rarer than gold?"

*

Arriving at Niulang Palace, while walking through the garden, they saw Huangfu Jue and Guan Du at the flower pavilion. Pei Qingyao, in high spirits, called out, "A-Jue."

Huangfu Jue and Guan Du, seeing her, quickly came down to greet her.

Li Yue glanced at Huangfu Jue, then at Guan Du, who gave a forced smile, and said to Pei Qingyao, "Mother, I'll go to the Deer and Leek Hall first." She turned and left.

Huangfu Jue watched her retreating figure with disappointment and embarrassment, his heart beginning to race again.

Pei Qingyao, watching calmly, turned and smiled, "It's still early, A-Jue, why don't you accompany me for a stroll in the garden?"

And so the two old foxes accompanied Huangfu Jue on a walk in the garden.

Li Yue had just reached the Deer and Leek Hall when a chair suddenly flew out of the door. Luckily, she dodged quickly, otherwise she would have been hit squarely. Jumping to the doorway and peeking inside, she was immediately astonished.

The entire hall was perfectly intact; apart from the four people jumping around inside and sitting on the sidelines watching, nothing else was unharmed.

Li Yue was speechless with astonishment when Su Yingge spotted her and leaped towards her, shouting, "Li Yue, Ye Qianxun is trying to kill me!"

Li Yue shoved him aside, saying, "Come on, your mouth is far more lethal than his knife. Do you think I don't know that?"

Ye Qianxun, who arrived shortly after, grabbed Li Yue and pulled her into his arms without a word, excitedly saying, "I knew Li Yue wasn't someone anyone could mess with."

Li Yue kicked him away, walked into the hall, looked around, and rubbed her forehead, saying, "Do you know my mother is hosting a banquet here tonight?"

Ye Qianxun: "..." Cold sweat.

Su Yingge pointed at Ye Qianxun: "He's the one who smashed everything. I didn't lift a finger."

Qu Liushang: "I can testify to that."

Yu Wuchen: "I wonder if it's too late to get another set now?"

Li Yue gritted her teeth: "Save those words for my mother." She turned to leave.

Ye Qianxun quickly grabbed her. He wasn't afraid of anything except this mother-in-law. He was already forced to work for Huangfu Jue by her, and if he angered her again, who knew what she would do to him? Still relying on his hands? How could that be enjoyable? Forum reputation guaranteed! High-grade silicone video Fan Bingbing's lower body real state molded into a highly realistic vulva shape, soft and delicate skin! Built-in large particle protrusions, close to the female physiological structure, experience a more realistic feeling... Swallowing and spitting, irresistible! Click to enter.

"Li Yue, you can't ignore me..." he said.

Su Yingge scoffed, looking like it was none of his business.

Yu Wuchen walked over and comfortingly put his hand on Ye Qianxun's shoulder, saying, "This all started because Su Yingge said I was worse than a dog. Brother is just trying to vent my anger. If the Empress Dowager wants to punish me, I will accept the punishment."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Li Yue turned around and glared at Su Yingge.

Su Yingge glanced at Yu Wuchen disdainfully and said, "No wonder he's a gigolo; his ability to complain has become second nature."

Qu Liushang, seeing Li Yue wholeheartedly protecting the two brothers, couldn't help but chime in, "Exactly. Speaking of dogs, it seems Yingge wasn't the first to compare people to dogs. Look at what he said! This shows the difference between a person's magnanimity and pettiness."

Li Yue had a headache. Apart from Yu Wuchen, she hadn't seen the others for a long time. If they met one by one, they would definitely have a good reunion. But when they got together, they started getting jealous... It was really hard to know what to do.

"Alright, alright, you all go quickly. My mother is coming soon." She knew her mother's temper well. If she saw this scene in the hall, none of the culprits would escape punishment. And since her mother was willing to help her and Huangfu Jue get together, these guys would suffer even more.

"We're not leaving! How can you take the blame for the trouble I caused?" Ye Qianxun was the first to protest.

Before Li Yue could even scold him, Pei Qingyao's voice came from outside the door: "You've got ambition."

Li Yue was startled: How come they're here so quickly?

Pei Qingyao had originally planned to stroll in the garden, but as soon as her spies at the Cowherd Palace reported the situation to her, she felt a perfect opportunity had arrived.

These rebellious brats, they wouldn't know how formidable their mother-in-law was until they were dealt with.

"Mother, cough, it's like this, I thought the tables and chairs in this hall were too ugly, so I told them to smash them and replace them with new ones." Ignoring Huangfu Jue who had come with Pei Qingyao, Li Yue stepped forward, took Pei Qingyao's arm, and said with a forced smile.

"Ye Qianxun, is that so?" Pei Qingyao ignored her, her sharp gaze sweeping over Ye Qianxun.

Ye Qianxun straightened his back, not looking at the winking Li Yue, and said loudly, "No."

Pei Qingyao turned her head and said gently to Li Yue, "Yue'er, I think you should go to the Weaver Girl Palace first."

"I haven't eaten yet," Li Yue protested.

"You won't go hungry," Pei Qingyao said.

Li Yue choked on her words, then thought for a moment and said, "They haven't eaten yet."

"The tables and chairs are all smashed, I don't think they're very hungry," Pei Qingyao said with a forced smile.

"But..." Li Yue was about to plead for the four when Pei Qingyao suddenly clutched her chest, asking Li Yue with great distress, "Have you forgotten your mother now that you have them?"

A maidservant anxiously supported Pei Qingyao, saying, "Empress Dowager, you've just recovered from a serious illness, please be careful."

Seeing this, Li Yue understood that Pei Qingyao wouldn't let things rest until she dealt with these four. Releasing her hand from Pei Qingyao's, Li Yue glanced at the four men and said to Pei Qingyao, "Mother, please be careful, don't really hurt them." Upon

hearing this, Pei Qingyao collapsed onto the maidservant, looking as if she couldn't breathe.

Li Yue, seeing this, quickly surrendered, saying, "Alright, alright, I'm leaving." With a look of self-satisfaction, she glanced at the four men and turned to leave.

Reaching the gates of the Cowherd Palace, she felt a surge of secret joy: It's good that Mother is helping to teach them a lesson; otherwise, wouldn't this constant chaos every time they meet be incredibly annoying?

Thinking this, she put her hands behind her back, whistled, and stepped onto the suspension bridge over the Li River, heading towards the Weaver Girl Palace. In

the Deer and Leek Hall, seeing that Li Yue had left, Pei Qingyao regained her spirits. After ordering the broken tables and chairs in the hall to be replaced, she commanded Ye Qianxun and Su Yingge to personally prepare a dinner as an apology. Su Yingge was to cook, Qu Liushang to wash the vegetables, Ye Qianxun to prepare the side dishes, and Yu Wuchen to serve.

Faced with their mother-in-law's tyranny, the four dared not disobey and slunk away with their tails between their legs.

Pei Qingyao turned around and found Huangfu Jue still following behind her like a tail, so she said, "Why are you still here?"

"Empress Dowager, I..." Huangfu Jue was at a loss.

"If you don't go now, when will you? Yue'er is soft-hearted. Since you two had that past, just apologize to her and coax her a little. If once isn't enough, try twice or three times... Hurry up and go! Do you want me to teach you step by step?" Pei Qingyao nagged for a long time, but seeing that Huangfu Jue was still standing there, she started to shoo him away.

She had finally managed to get him such a good opportunity, and this kid didn't appreciate it and even looked miserable. Wasn't that infuriating?

Helpless, Huangfu Jue had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk towards the gate of the Cowherd Palace. He had just crossed the garden when he was stopped by Guan Du.

Seeing that no one was around, Guan Du secretly slipped him a black cloth bag. The contents of the bag were unknown, but it was a rectangular piece. Guan Du told him it was a top-secret weapon. Huangfu Jue was about to open it to take a look when Guan Du stopped him. After listening to Guan Du's whispered words, Huangfu Jue's eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown. He said with a bitter face, "Father, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"What does it matter? Only she can see it anyway," Guan Du said seriously.

"But..." Huangfu Jue was about to argue.

Guan Du's expression tightened, and he asked, "Do you want your dignity or her?"

Huangfu Jue immediately shut his mouth and obediently went to get it.

*

Thinking about those few, Li Yue had no appetite. She ate a few bites of the dinner brought by the palace maid and then climbed onto the roof. Looking at the Niulang Palace across the Li River, she knew she couldn't see anything, but it seemed to make her feel a little better.

Sometimes people are really strange; they can be satisfied just for psychological comfort.

In the increasingly dim twilight, she vaguely saw someone coming out of the Niulang Palace gate and walking towards the drawbridge.

It was too far away to see the outline clearly; she could only see a purple hue in the distance.

Purple... Huangfu Jue?!

She knew her mother would definitely send him!

For some reason, perhaps simply out of dissatisfaction with being arranged for, Li Yue defiantly climbed off the roof, returned to the palace, and lay down on the bed, pretending to be asleep. She wondered what he would do when she saw him.

After a while, she vaguely heard the sound of palace maids bowing outside the palace door, then the door opened and closed again.

Li Yue pricked up her ears and closed her eyes, thinking that if he dared to get into bed, she would kick him into the Li River.

After waiting for a long time, the palace remained silent, as if no one had entered.

Li Yue's eyes darted around, and she quietly turned over. Sure enough, there was no one there.

She wondered to herself, could it be that Huangfu Jue was too ashamed to see her and had secretly left when she ignored him? She got

out of bed to investigate, and as soon as she reached the moon gate, she was shocked to find someone kneeling beside it. Upon closer inspection, it was Huangfu Jue, kneeling silently with his back straight.

"Huangfu Jue, what are you doing?" Li Yue exclaimed in surprise.

Huangfu Jue raised his head, his dark eyes gleaming faintly in the dim light. He glanced at Li Yue, then lowered his face again, whispering, "Please forgive me."

"Please forgive me? Didn't I already forgive you? Why bother?" Li Yue said.

Huangfu Jue stammered, "I haven't finished. Please forgive me, and by the way, propose."

Li Yue: "..." She scratched her forehead and said, "Get up and we'll talk."

Huangfu Jue hesitated. Guan Du had taught him that he wouldn't get up until she agreed, but that seemed too shameless; he couldn't bring himself to say such a thing. After a pause, he finally stood up.

Li Yue was about to return to her room when her gaze swept over the spot where he had been kneeling. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was a washboard! Had he been kneeling on a washboard the whole time?

Li Yue immediately chuckled, pointing at the washboard and saying, "Guan Du asked you to bring this thing, right?"

Huangfu Jue blushed, nodded, and after thinking for a moment, added, "He said wives love to punish disobedient husbands like this."

Li Yue: "..." Okay, she was completely impressed by this old man, Guan Du.

A proposal... To be honest, before, she only noticed that Huangfu Jue liked her body, never that he liked her as a person. But now it seemed that he did indeed like her. Otherwise, why would he, a king, act so humble in front of her? Although she was quite grateful to him for rescuing Pei Qingyao, that couldn't be a reason for her to accept him, right? She hadn't even dated him. Those few times they slept together... cough, it was purely an accident.

Thinking this, she cut to the chase: "Huangfu Jue, I won't beat around the bush with you. You know, there's a lot of entanglement and very little affection between us. Whether we can start over is up to fate."

Huangfu Jue looked at her sincerely and said, "I know. Actually, all I hope for is this one chance to start over."

Li Yue: "..."

Huangfu Jue looked around and said, "If I go back now, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will question me again. How about you sleep on the bed tonight and I'll sleep on the chair? We'll make do for one night."

*

In the Deer and Leek Hall, Pei Qingyao had just been helped back to the Eastern Palace by Yan Huang. The remaining five—Jin Lu, Ye Qianxun, and the others—sat at the table, looking at each other, their appetites gone.

After a moment of silence, Jin Lu spoke first, her voice filled with envy and jealousy: "Huangfu Jue is really lucky!"

Su Yingge replied nonchalantly, "Indeed lucky. Li Yue's first child was his."

Like a thunderclap, the other four were stunned.

"What did you say? Li Yue is pregnant?" Qu Liushang was the first to jump up.

Ye Qianxun looked at Yu Wuchen. For the past four or five months, Yu Wuchen had been with Li Yue. There was no reason why he wouldn't tell her anything about such a big thing.

Yu Wuchen frowned slightly. Li Yue hadn't seen Huangfu Jue at all in the past few months. How could she be pregnant with his child? What did Su Yingge mean by that?

Su Yingge poured a cup of wine, looked around at everyone, and seeing that they were all staring at her intently, she said, "Don't worry, that child was lost on the way when Li Yue was rescuing Huangfu Jue's mother."

Hearing that Huangfu Jue had impregnated Li Yue and even sent her to save his mother, causing Li Yue to miscarry, Ye Qianxun immediately cursed, "That bastard Huangfu Jue!" He stood up and stormed out of the hall.

Jinlu glared at Su Yingge, saying hatefully, "Why didn't you say these things when the Empress Dowager was here?"

Su Yingge raised an eyebrow and said, "I can say them whenever I want."

Jinlu was furious, but right now, settling scores with Huangfu Jue seemed more urgent than fighting with him, so he followed her out of the hall.

Qu Liushang couldn't sit still either, pushing aside his cup and striding away from his seat.

Su Yingge crossed her arms and looked at Yu Wuchen opposite her, her eyes conveying an unspoken meaning: "Aren't you going?"

Yu Wuchen looked at him calmly and said, "I'm really curious. With your medical skills, if you had the will, how could you not even be able to save a child?"

Su Yingge's face immediately darkened.

...

On the banks of the Li River, Ye Qianxun, Jinlu, and the other two stared dumbfounded at the surging river below, then at the empty surface of the water.

Ye Qianxun gazed at the Weaver Girl Palace opposite Liyue and roared, "Damn it, where's the bridge?"

Qu Liushang searched the bank for a long time but couldn't find anything. The beautifully designed and exquisitely structured suspension bridge seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. He couldn't help but sigh, "The Empress Dowager is indeed the Empress Dowager."

Jinlu gritted her teeth and snorted, "It's just a bridge! Someone, go find the craftsmen who built it! I want ten of them!"

...

In Cixi Palace, Pei Qingyao lay leisurely on a long couch. A palace maid knelt beside her, applying the nail polish she had brought with her. Listening to the news brought by her informants from Niulang Palace, she laughed and said, "A bunch of little brats, they're still too green to fight me!"

(Excerpt from the novel "The Birth of Baozi (Part 1)")

Since the completion of the Lishui Palace, the festivals of the three kingdoms of Nanfo, Xiwu, and Dongyi suddenly became endless. The three emperors, who usually had no chance to spend time with Liyue, could now sneak over to the Lishui River for a treat during holidays when the whole country was on holiday.

Liyue now had no one to accompany her regularly. Even Yu Wuchen, her only remaining companion, had been recruited into Yan Huang's ranks by Pei Qingyao's words, "Oh dear, the Minister of Finance of Dongyi has retired. Wuchen, come and help him out!"

So, for Liyue, the current situation was: starving during normal times and overeating during holidays.

She hated holidays, especially the major ones where all three kingdoms had holidays.

In comparison, she still preferred to sneak into Yong'an to have secret trysts with Yu Wuchen, or with Qu Liushang, or even to run to the Southern Buddha Palace and summon Su Yingge to have an affair with him in the Golden Thread Imperial Garden.

Sigh, although it was a bit perverse, wasn't such a life just too lacking in excitement?

And once the festival arrived, and the seven men gathered at the Cowherd Palace, she could only sit in the Weaver Girl Palace and choose her favorites one by one.

To put it nicely, she was the one who favored them; to put it bluntly, she was being taken advantage of by these seven beasts.

If it weren't for Su Yingge's years of nurturing and conditioning, she probably would have been tormented to death by these seven long ago.

Therefore, currently, among the seven, she favored Su Yingge the most.

After a full six months of weddings and honeymoons (except for Yan Huang, the other six had all gone through the traditional wedding ceremony and each had a month-long honeymoon), Li Yue had only been back from Huangfu Jue's palace for less than a month (after half a year of hard work and with Pei Qingyao's mediation, Huangfu Jue finally managed to get into the palace by catching the other six) . The Mid-Autumn Festival arrived.

Jin Lu complained that having Li Yue choose a nameplate would easily lead to cheating, since everyone wanted to spend the night with her on the fifteenth of August. So, she suggested that the seven of them draw lots.

Yu Wuchen was incredibly lucky and won first place, making all the men green with envy. Since it was still early, and the seven were considered leaders of the three kingdoms, they had other topics to discuss besides vying for the right to spend the night with Li Yue. So, they set up a small mooncake feast in the garden.

Yu Wuchen was in an exceptionally good mood tonight, drinking two extra cups of tea and smiling more than usual—in short, he had that smug, overjoyed look.

The moon had just risen, bathing the garden in its soft glow. Yu Wuchen thought it was time to go to the Weaver Girl's Palace. Just as he was about to get up, Su Yingge, forking a small piece of mooncake, called out, "Yu Wuchen, let's switch!"

Everyone was taken aback. Jinlu looked at Su Yingge with disdain: "Making such a request? Has she lost her mind?" "Look how brilliant I am! Although I had the same thought, I didn't say it, because I know Yu Wuchen isn't crazy."

Sure enough, Yu Wuchen said unhappily and disdainfully, "Why should I switch with you?"

Su Yingge put down her fork and said, "I just think it's a waste for you to go on this Mid-Autumn Festival… It's only one day short anyway, so let's switch." His fortune slip said tomorrow.

"It seems a bit early to be dreaming," Yu Wuchen said, turning to leave.

"Oh, why bother? You'll be done in a couple of seconds anyway, wasting this beautiful time and leaving Li Yue speechless. How can you bear it?" Su Yingge dropped the bombshell.

"Pfft..." Qu Liushang, who was drowning his sorrows in alcohol because he couldn't see Li Yue tonight, spat it out.

Even the usually composed Yan Huang choked a bit, clearing his throat with a fist, suppressing his laughter, and observing the situation.

Huangfu Jue was the last to enter the palace, and he knew that among the seven, he had caused Li Yue the most harm, so he kept a low profile. Although curious, he pretended to be studying the mooncakes and didn't hear anything.

Ye Qianxun was dumbfounded.

Jinlu reacted the most, laughing loudly, "Two times? Haha, Su Yingge, are you kidding me? Wouldn't that make you the legendary, godlike, instant-shooting king?"

Under the moonlight, Yu Wuchen stared at Su Yingge, his handsome face turning crimson, but he couldn't find the words to refute him, because he himself had indeed created such a "glorious" record.

Seeing his blush, Su Yingge felt even more confident. She crossed her arms smugly and said, "I'm not making this up. Li Yue told me herself, it was the time we caught them cheating at the villa at the foot of Thousand Buddha Mountain."

Actually, it was just that one time Li Yue was exhausted by the aphrodisiac he invented to enhance their relationship, and she complained breathlessly, "If only you were like Yu Wuchen at the foot of Thousand Buddha Mountain..."

Jin Lu pretended to suddenly understand, stroking his chin, "No wonder Sister Yue was so irritable that day, it turns out it was because someone ejaculated too quickly, hehehe, Su Yingge, it seems someone's bedroom skills are even faster than your unparalleled lightness skill."

Su Yingge glanced sideways at Yu Wuchen and said, "I don't envy that kind of speed, it's just a pity for Li Yue..."

Qu Liushang, as if bearing a heavy responsibility, chimed in, "Fortunately, we, the pillars of society, are still here!"

Su Yingge turned and met his gaze, and the two friends, in perfect sync, let out that wicked chuckle unique to men.

Soon, Jinlu joined in the smirking. Yan Huang didn't laugh, but his gaze towards Yu Wuchen carried a hint of sympathy. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "It's nothing serious. Um, there are a few imperial physicians in the palace who might be able to help..."

"Cough cough..." Huangfu Jue, who hadn't spoken until now, choked on his tea after taking a sip.

Yu Wuchen felt as if he had been slapped hard several times; his cheeks burned, and his throat felt like it was filled with bitter herbs, making it impossible for him to utter a word. At this crucial moment, Ye Qianxun stepped forward, coldly shouting, "Enough! Are you all whining and trying to die?" He then pulled Yu Wuchen away.

The two brothers walked for a while, one after the other, before Yu Wuchen slowly recovered. He felt secretly grateful to Ye Qianxun; if it weren't for him, even with his shrewdness, he would have been caught off guard and left in a disheveled state.

Just as he was about to thank him, Ye Qianxun stopped before him, looked around to make sure no one was nearby, and then, suppressing a laugh, asked Yu Wuchen, "Hey, Wuchen, was what they said true?"

Yu Wuchen's cheeks, which had just cooled down, flushed again. He stared at Ye Qianxun in disbelief and said, embarrassed, "Brother, you..."

"If it's true, why don't you switch with me? It's better to give it to me than someone else. I'm your brother, after all," Ye Qianxun suggested with a grin.

At this point, Yu Wuchen had truly seen the coldness of human relationships and the fickleness of the world. He turned and left without a word.

Ye Qianxun called after him a few times, but when he didn't respond, he scratched the back of his head in confusion, wondering: Had I not been tactful enough?

Back in his room, Yu Wuchen sat at the table, thinking bitterly: "That woman Li Yue actually had the nerve to spread my embarrassing first time everywhere, making me a laughingstock. Why doesn't she mention how I used to beat her until she cried and begged for mercy?"

He just couldn't understand why she would say those things to Su Yingge for no reason.

After much thought, he concluded: "This woman needs to be taught a lesson."

He got up and went to the inner room, taking a small box from a locked cupboard.

Since becoming the Minister of Finance of Dongyi, he had received many gifts. Unfortunately, he neither loved gold and silver nor beautiful women and fine horses. Of all the bribes, only the various sex toys sent with beautiful women caught his eye, and he secretly accepted them. He had always

wanted to try them out, but was afraid Li Yue would call him a pervert. Now, however, he couldn't care less. Because of her words, he had lost face, and he would truly be letting himself down if he didn't teach her a lesson.

With that thought, he tidied himself up and left the Cowherd Palace with a food box in his hand. Since

Li

Yue settled in the Lishui Palace, Tan Lang and his wife had also been brought over. At this moment, Li Yue was asking Tan Lang who would be coming tonight.

Why did she need to know in advance who it would be? Because each of them was different in bed, and her strategy had to be adjusted accordingly.

If it were Su Yingge or Yu Wuchen, she would be easier to deal with, as they were both gentler. Yan Huang was next, and Huangfu Jue was afraid she would kick him out if he didn't please him, so he behaved alright. The three she couldn't tolerate the most were Ye Qianxun, Qu Liushang, and Jin Lu.

Ye Qianxun and Jin Lu had been beasts from the beginning, and she was used to it. The most infuriating was Qu Liushang. At first, he was careful, but later, having tasted the sweetness, he became more and more beastly. Plus, he had a rare crescent-shaped dagger, and he was physically strong and energetic. Sometimes, under him, Li Yue really felt like she was being violated by a wild beast.

So, when it was usually the turn of the last three to serve her in bed, she would first feign a sickly and listless appearance, trying to gain their pity. As for the effect, well… it actually depended entirely on how thirsty these three were.

A young man in the prime of his life could only be intimate with Li Yue once every ten days to a month, so that level of thirst… wasn't hard to imagine.

But it was good to be mentally prepared beforehand. That's what Li Yue thought.

“…Yan Huang?” Tan Lang didn't

react. “Jin Lü?” Li Yue's heart clenched, but Tan

Lang didn't react. “Ye Qianxun?” Li Yue's heart continued to clench, but Tan Lang didn't react.

“Qu Liushang?” Tan Lang didn't react, and Li Yue's heart settled. If none of the above were him, the remaining three were no threat.

“Yu Wuchen?” Li Yue lazily tossed out a name.

“Woof!” Tan Lang barked.

It was Yu Wuchen.

Li Yue patted Tan Lang's head and smiled, "I know your wife is pregnant again, so today I told the kitchen to increase her diet from one pork hock to two. Hehe, isn't that thoughtful?"

Tan Lang gratefully licked her palm and then went to accompany Madam Tan.

Knowing that Yu Wuchen would be coming, Li Yue felt much more relaxed. Of the seven, he was the least beastly. Although, aside from his first failed attempt, he could usually last more than two quarters of an hour each time, he generally only did it once a night, unlike the others who kept her up at night.

Leaning against the window, she leisurely watched the full moon hanging on the eaves.

Thinking back to her lonely and wandering life in the martial world, and then to her current life surrounded by family and husband, it felt like a lifetime had passed.

She felt very happy, but there was also a trace of emptiness in this happiness.

She knew where this emptiness came from—she could never be a mother again.

She had also asked Su Yingge if there was any way to restore her fertility. Su Yingge retorted, "Didn't you say you wanted to be sterilized for life?"

Thinking of this, she felt a pang of worry. She couldn't let these seven excellent men around her die without heirs because of her. She had even tried to persuade some of them to find other women to continue their bloodline, but… The thought still made her bones ache.

She couldn't have children, they didn't want to find others, and she couldn't bear to see them die without heirs… What should she do?

Just then, a pair of willow-like hands wrapped around her waist from behind. A man's pointed chin rested on her right shoulder, and the faint, familiar scent of Du Ruo wafted towards her. She heard Yu Wuchen's quiet, orchid-like voice beside her ear: "Daydreaming?"

Li Yue tilted her head, nuzzling his cool, smooth cheek, and smiled, "Thinking of you."

Yu Wuchen's heart softened, but then he remembered the scene in the garden where Su Yingge and her ilk had mocked him. Alarm bells rang in his mind: such deep wounds had already been inflicted; he couldn't let her sweet words soften his heart.

Though she thought this, she remained outwardly composed, gently turning Li Yue's body around, her bright eyes sparkling like stars, and asking, "Really?"

Having spent her days surrounded by seven jealous men, Li Yue's sweet-talking skills were already unparalleled. Without hesitation, she replied, "More real than pearls!"

Yu Wuchen's smile was more beautiful than the moon in the night sky. He leaned down and gently kissed her cherry lips.

The touch was light, like a dragonfly skimming the water, yet a tingling sensation spread like ripples, and Li Yue's cheeks almost instantly flushed red.

This was one of her characteristics; despite being very bold and having slept with seven men countless times, she still blushed so easily, her youthful and delicate beauty captivating anyone who saw her.

Yu Wuchen hadn't seen her for over a month, and unable to resist, he cupped her face in one hand and kissed her.

Li Yue reached out and hugged him. Her body had long been trained by these men to be incredibly sensitive, and Su Yingge had even given her drugs to enhance her constitution and increase her sensitivity in order to prevent her from being harmed by frequent intercourse. Therefore, just this deep and tender kiss was enough to make her legs weak and unable to control herself. Her small hands, wrapped around him, involuntarily tugged at his clothes.

Yu Wuchen stopped her at this moment, releasing her lips and grabbing her mischievous little hands. His cheeks were as red as cherry blossoms, and he said breathlessly, "Li Yue, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"So what?" Li Yue clung to him stubbornly, her small, sharp teeth biting his jade-carved jaw, then sticking out her little tongue to lick it lightly.

Yu Wuchen suppressed the urge to carry her to the bed, and covered her small mouth with his hand, saying, "Such a beautiful night, let's not waste it. How about we drink, admire the moon, and eat mooncakes first?"

Li Yue blinked, seeing his calm demeanor while she herself was so eager, she felt a little embarrassed and nodded. At the same time, she thought to herself: Perhaps among the seven, only Yu Wuchen possessed such romantic flirtation; the others would already be in bed with her by now… No, that's not right. Su Yingge was also quite skilled at flirting, but he probably wouldn't drink and watch the moon with her in the room. He might take her to the rooftop to drink and watch the moon, and then, incidentally, eat her up there.

Yu Wuchen took out cups, wine pots, fruits, and mooncakes from the food box he had brought, placing them on the small table under the window, and then diligently poured wine for Li Yue.

The wine was fragrant and refreshing, sweet and smooth on the palate—truly fine wine. As for what else had been added to it? That was not something to be told to outsiders.

After a few cups, Li Yue felt weak and listless, collapsing into Yu Wuchen's arms, assuming it was just the aftereffects of the alcohol.

Why didn't she suspect that something had been added to the wine? The reason was simple: aside from feeling weak and powerless in her limbs, she felt no other discomfort, much like when she was half-drunk after drinking.

Moreover, she didn't believe Yu Wuchen had any reason to drug her; between them, she was the one who was lustful.

Seeing her flushed cheeks and limp body as she leaned into his arms, Yu Wuchen knew the drug he'd put in her drink had taken effect. It wasn't anything serious; he'd just prevented her from struggling to escape later.

Seeing Li Yue reduced to a helpless lamb, he didn't hold back, pulling her onto his lap and kissing her from her forehead down her body.

Although Li Yue's limbs were weak, she could still hold onto his shoulders and cooperate with him. When Yu Wuchen kissed her cheek, she turned her face to kiss his lips. His lips still carried the slightly sweet and mellow taste of fine wine. Li Yue reluctantly pried open his teeth and probed her little tongue into his mouth, only to be immediately sucked until she felt a tingling sensation.

The red candlelight, refracted by the crystal lampshade, clearly projected the silhouettes of the two kissing onto the brocade curtains not far away. The ambiguous atmosphere heated up with their increasingly rapid breathing. Li Yue's thin outer garment slipped down, revealing a light blue bodice underneath. Her full breasts revealed an infinitely alluring cleavage at the edge of the bodice. Her snow-white skin was crystal clear under the candlelight. Yu Wuchen almost instinctively pressed a fiery kiss onto it.

Li Yue's fingers dug deep into his dark hair, her flushed face pressed against his forehead. After a long while, she finally couldn't suppress a soft moan, murmuring, "Wu Chen, I want you..."

Yu Wu Chen's body tensed, his lips and tongue lingering on the softness of her breasts, his hands sliding down her waist, past her bouncy buttocks, and he was surprised to find that her underpants were wet.

Li Yue didn't mind that he had discovered her completely aroused reaction. Seeing that he was still stiff and motionless, she lowered her head and took his earlobe into her mouth.

His earlobe was his sensitive spot, and sure enough, she had only licked it a few times when he impatiently picked up her disheveled body and carried her to the large bed.

Lying on the soft bed, Li Yue looked up at him with a flushed face, looking at his face, red and beautiful with passion, feeling both anticipation and a little nervous.

She felt there was no need for further foreplay, but Yu Wuchen continued to patiently lick and caress her smooth skin. She didn't know what he was dawdling about, until Li Yue finally couldn't bear it any longer and struggled to push him down. Only then did he hurriedly thrust into her wet, soft, forbidden place.

"Mmm..." Li Yue gasped, almost instantly falling silent.

He only went in halfway, paused, and then began to withdraw.

Li Yue hadn't felt anything unusual when he entered, but as soon as he withdrew, she immediately frowned and cried out in pain, her small hands that had been loosely gripping his arms tightening instantly.

It turned out that Yu Wuchen hadn't been dawdling; he had been secretly putting on a sheep's eye ring. It was his first time using such a thing, and he was afraid Li Yue would discover it, so he had frantically put it on for a while.

Because Li Yue was already quite wet when he entered, and the wool around her eyes was soft, she didn't notice anything unusual. But as he withdrew, the short, coarse wool around her eyes immediately began to exert its power, sweeping over Li Yue's sensitive inner walls inch by inch, caressing every corner that she couldn't normally touch. The pleasure from the friction of this soft wool was completely different from the friction between skin and flesh; the tingling, numb feeling was driving Li Yue crazy.

"You, you... why does it feel like... there's hair there?" When Yu Wuchen finally withdrew completely, Li Yue finally caught her breath and asked him, her face flushed.

"How could that be?" Yu Wuchen denied it outright, and before she could ask again, he thrust in halfway again, then slowly withdrew.

"Ah... ah... no, it's so numb..." Li Yue twisted and turned, her small hands pushing against Yu Wuchen's chest, trying to push him away, but she couldn't muster any strength, and her feet kicked and rubbed against the bed in vain.

Seeing that she only mentioned numbness and not pain, Yu Wuchen was relieved and began to thrust in and out at a steady pace.

The soft, wet sounds accompanied Li Yue's continuous moans: "No, it's so numb, you... you must be wearing something... Ahh, no, come out..."

"Really, there's nothing there, be good, don't move." Seeing her body writhing like a snake, making him almost lose control, Yu Wuchen leaned down and embraced her, thrusting deep inside her, rubbing back and forth gently, forcing her to endure.

The soft hair around her eyes brushed against her body, the unbearable tingling and itching sensation from the deepest part of her being brought tears to her eyes, not from pain, but from overwhelming pleasure.

"Wuchen, I can't take it anymore... um... um ah..." Unable to break free from his control, she could only tremble and plead in his ear.

He turned his face, sealing her slightly swollen lips with his own, and thrust deeply.

Li Yue's brows furrowed, her body suddenly stiffening, then involuntarily convulsing and trembling.

She climaxed after only ten or so thrusts. He had never brought her to orgasm in such a short time before. It seemed the sheep's eye ring was indeed effective; he would definitely give her a good beating tonight.

The sudden climax left Li Yue's mind in a daze, her body involuntarily contracting and expanding, slippery fluid continuously gushing out. And then he began to thrust again, and that strange tingling and numbness overwhelmed her even more sensitive body.

She groaned almost in pain. He encircled her soft body, kissing her passionately, silencing her pleas for mercy.

The night was still long, and this torture between pleasure and pain had only just begun…

*

Yu Wuchen, as if he had taken an aphrodisiac, repeatedly tormented Li Yue several times. So many orgasms left Li Yue's entire body numb, and she still couldn't recover until the next morning.

The usually gentle Yu Wuchen had suddenly changed his temperament, and no matter how much she begged or pleaded beneath him, it was useless, which made Li Yue feel very strange.

The next morning, Li Yue lay limp on the bed, looking at Yu Wuchen, who was already dressed, and asked him why.

Yu Wuchen, his face dark, retorted, "You know what you said to Su Yingge." Then he stormed off.

That evening, Su Yingge came over, and Li Yue questioned him about it. At first, he refused to speak, but later, when Li Yue said she wanted to confront Yu Wuchen, he stammered out a rough account of what had happened.

Li Yue was furious and kicked him off the bed.

How dare he say in front of everyone that Yu Wuchen was impotent? What man could tolerate such an insult?

He had gotten away with his words, but she had been nearly killed by his performance the night before.

So, with a dark expression, she said that Yu Wuchen had been too vigorous the night before, leaving her still recovering and unable to consummate her relationship with him, and sent him back to the Cowherd Palace.

Su Yingge returned dejectedly. While others might not laugh, Jin Lu, that gloating fellow, certainly would. Su Yingge felt humiliated, and considering that all of this was caused by Yu Wuchen, that troublemaker, she decided to channel her pent-up desire into anger and go fight Yu Wuchen.

As before, Ye Qianxun and Qu Liushang quickly joined the fray. The three sexually frustrated men, plus one psychologically unbalanced man, turned the Cowherd Palace into chaos. Chapter

2: The Birth of Baozi (Part 2) At the

end of August, all seven had gradually left the Cowherd Palace and returned to their respective places.

In September, Li Yue's period didn't come.

Fearing Pei Qingyao's distress, Li Yue didn't tell her about her infertility. Pei Qingyao assumed Li Yue's prolonged infertility was due to her playfulness and temporary lack of desire for children, and thus kept a close eye on Li Yue's menstrual cycle, praying to the gods that her period would be missed one month.

Upon receiving a report from a palace maid serving at the Weaver Girl Palace this month, Pei Qingyao immediately dispatched imperial physicians to the palace to examine Li Yue's pulse. The result was astonishing: pregnancy!

Pei Qingyao, skilled in self-care and usually careful not to laugh for fear of developing wrinkles, couldn't resist the good news. She couldn't stop smiling all day, and the next day, she noticed a fine line at the corner of her eye.

One fine line for a granddaughter or grandson—it was worth it.

Compared to her overjoyed state, Li Yue was mostly surprised: Wasn't she told she couldn't have children?

It took her a whole day to accept the fact that she was pregnant. She was both happy and angry, thinking that Su Yingge was truly cunning; she'd been tricked again. But… for a while, they'd been taking turns every night; she wondered whose child this was.

Yan Huang, Qu Liushang, and Yu Wuchen, who were already in Yong'an, had the advantage of proximity. Upon hearing the news of Li Yue's pregnancy, they immediately dropped everything and rushed to the Weaver Girl Palace, wishing they had more legs to run faster.

Huangfu Jue and Jinlu, upon receiving the news, realized they were a step behind Yan Huang and the others. They were so anxious that they forgot about the court proceedings they were in and stood up, shouting, "Holiday!" and dashing out the door.

Diligent ministers chased after them, asking, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what holiday is it today?"

It is said that Jinlu and Huangfu Jue answered with the same three words in perfect unison: "Pregnancy Day!"

*

At the Weaver Girl Palace, the seven husbands gathered in complete silence. The reason was simple: they were conducting a very important study: who was the father of this child?

Su Yingge sat on the side of the chaise longue with a tense face, one hand on Li Yue's wrist, frowning and shaking her head, as if she had encountered some difficult problem.

Li Yue lay lazily on the couch, busily swatting away the six wolf-like paws that were trying to reach for her belly.

Jin Lü reached out the most frequently, and Li Yue swatted them the hardest; now, the back of his fair hand was a bright red. He sulked and asked Su Yingge, "Did you find anything?"

Su Yingge rolled her eyes at him: "Why don't you try?"

Jin Lü immediately shut his mouth.

Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Su Yingge pretended to examine Li Yue carefully for a while, then strolled to the outer table, took out his medical book, and began writing formulas that only he could understand, flipping through the pages rapidly.

Yan Huang and the others watched him write with flowing strokes, their eyes unblinking, as if a name would pop out from under his pen at any moment, and that name would belong to the father of the child in Li Yue's womb—a lucky guy beyond belief.

Su Yingge completely ignored the six people's burning curiosity, scribbling six or seven pages of paper before slamming his brush down on the paper.

"Well?"

"What day?"

"Do you have an answer?"

...

Su Yingge ignored their barrage of questions, fidgeting with his fingers and cracking his neck until everyone quieted down. Then he slowly said, "August 17th, the day Li Yue got pregnant."

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly started counting on their fingers: who had spent the night with Li Yue that day?

August 15th was Yu Wuchen, August 16th was originally Su Yingge's, but Li Yue had rejected him, August 17th was...

that person's name was practically on the tip of their tongue. "Whoa—" Jinlu jumped three feet high with excitement, almost smashing a hole in the roof of the Weaver Girl Palace.

"It's my child, it's my child, I'm going to be a father!" This person had no concept of restraint or modesty, dancing and gesturing wildly in front of the other six.

Qu Liushang, his face filled with jealousy and resentment, voiced the shared discontent and indignation of the others: "Why him?"

Jinlu, with her sharp ears, stopped what she was doing upon hearing this, her smile stretching almost to her ears, and said smugly, "Because I'm tall."

The six were stunned for a moment, then Ye Qianxun was the first to jump up, cursing, "You're tall? You're asking for trouble!" Envious and jealous, she pounced on him, pinning him down and starting to beat him. Qu Liushang's addition turned the one-on-one fight into a group attack, and then Su Yingge didn't hesitate to escalate it into a gang fight.

Huangfu Jue, Yan Huang, and Yu Wuchen, the three gentlemen who only talked and never fought, acted as cheerleaders, cheering on the three who were actually fighting.

Filled with the immense happiness of becoming a father, Jinlu didn't even feel the pain of the punches landing on him. Thinking of accumulating good fortune for the child, he didn't fight back, only clutching his head and yelling, "You're all jealous! Utterly jealous!"

The three of them remained silent, silently giving him a good beating. Su Yingge, while punching Jinlu, secretly chuckled: You're going to be a father? Do you think I, a doctor, am just a nobody? Hmph!

He initially disliked Jinlu, Yu Wuchen, and Ye Qianxun, and was debating which one to choose as a scapegoat. After much thought, he decided on Jinlu, since they were all from Nanfo. The chances of clashing with Jinlu were naturally much higher than with the Ye Qianxun brothers.

Yu Wuchen had been observing Su Yingge, and when he saw the smug glint in his eyes, a subtle smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

Because Li Yue was pregnant, the seven men dared not neglect their duties. Although the spotlight of fatherhood temporarily fell on Jin Lu, they all harbored a sliver of hope—so many imperial physicians couldn't accurately estimate the date Li Yue conceived, so could Su Yingge's words really be trusted? Who knew if he was just pushing Jin Lu out to get beaten up every day because he was dissatisfied with Jin Lu?

So the seven men decided to take turns accompanying Li Yue, including the three emperors. After all, the three emperors were on such good terms that their subjects wouldn't dare to rebel unless they had the courage to challenge all three kingdoms simultaneously.

As Li Yue's belly grew bigger each day, the seven men's faces gradually changed from rosy to pale, then yellow, and finally green... They couldn't help it; they were itching to be alone. They didn't dare to cheat on Li Yue; being fired for a moment's pleasure would be a huge loss, especially since Li Yue was carrying a baby of unknown father.

They decided to just wait until after Li Yue gave birth and then unleash their full potential.

In the month leading up to her delivery, all seven of Li Yue's husbands returned to the Weaver Girl Palace to stay by her side.

For over nine months, Li Yue had experienced a completely different kind of tenderness from her husbands, and the care they provided had made her gain weight; her face was rounder, and her belly was unusually large.

Su Yingge, stroking Li Yue's bulging belly, cautiously speculated, "It might be twins."

This guess ignited the seven men's excitement, their boundless energy and heightened emotions finding no outlet, causing them to constantly hover around Li Yue, making her dizzy.

One day, Li Yue, thoroughly annoyed, said, "If you're so bored, go play cards. Don't disturb my afternoon nap."

His wife's command was not to be disobeyed, so the seven immediately brought out tables and chairs and cards. Yan Huang, Jin Lu, Ye Qianxun, and Su Yingge took their seats, Qu Liushang watched the game beside Su Yingge, Huangfu Jue studied beside Yan Huang, and Yu Wuchen fanned Li Yue, who was taking a nap.

"Hey, let's agree on the stakes before we start," Su Yingge said while shuffling the cards.

Jin Lu said, "I'll bet a cucumber."

Ye Qianxun glanced at him and succinctly stated his opinion: "Get lost!"

Yan Huang smiled slightly and remained silent.

Su Yingge snorted: "I might consider your lower half."

Jin Lu laughed shamelessly and said, "If you want my lower half, you'll have to get Li Yue's permission first."

"Truly taking shamelessness for fun," Qu Liushang scoffed.

"Alright, I think we should bet ten thousand taels of silver, just a token gesture," Yan Huang hurriedly suggested, seeing that another verbal battle was brewing.

No one objected, so the game began.

Jinlu, who had been on a winning streak these past few months, snatched the landlord role without even looking at his hand.

"A pair of 5s," Jinlu played.

"Pass," Ye Qianxun

passed. "A pair of 6s," Yan Huang followed.

"A pair of Kings," Su Yingge started to play.

"Pass," Jinlu surprisingly didn't take the card.

Su Yingge smirked, about to play a card, when Ye Qianxun suddenly threw down four 3s.

Su Yingge was stunned, then glared at Ye Qianxun and cursed, "Are you out of your mind? He's the landlord."

Ye Qianxun rarely raised an eyebrow, revealing an extremely infuriating expression, and said, "I'm doing what I want, what's it to you?"

Su Yingge was practically fuming with anger.

"Three 7s with a pair of 3s," Ye Qianxun ignored him and played his own cards.

"Three 8s with a pair of 4s," Yan Huang followed.

Su Yingge gritted her teeth and glared at Ye Qianxun: "Pass." So what if I lose? It's not like I'm the only one taking the money.

Jinlu slowly drew his cards: "Three 9s with a pair of 3s and a 4."

"Damn, how come there's another 4?" Su Yingge exclaimed.

"That's how Nanfo plays," Jinlu said.

"Get lost, how come I don't know that?" Su Yingge looked at him like he was a scoundrel.

"I just issued an imperial decree this morning that from now on, all officials and commoners in Nanfo must play like this, and those who disobey will be executed," Jinlu explained seriously.

Su Yingge was so angry that she slumped onto the table, pretending to be dead.

Ye Qianxun played second.

Jinlu countered with five Jacks, assuming the three wouldn't try to play a bomb with him at this moment. Just as he was about to play, Ye Qianxun slowly said, "Wait!"

Su Yingge looked at him, thinking: How am I supposed to play now that this idiot has already thrown away all his bombs?

"A Liyue," Ye Qianxun shouted.

The three looked up at the table and saw a Queen.

Jinlu blinked and turned to Su Yingge, saying, "Take his pulse."

"Get lost, you ignorant fool! 'Q' means Empress. Is there another Empress here besides Liyue? Or have you already stopped considering Liyue Empress?" Ye Qianxun glanced at Jinlu provocatively.

"Wow, you can even connect that? You're really exaggerating!" Jinlu threw her cards on the table.

"Yan Huang, Liyue is your Empress, isn't she?" Ye Qianxun ignored Jinlu and asked Yan Huang instead.

Yan Huang suppressed a laugh and nodded with absolute certainty, "Of course."

"Huangfu Jue?" Ye Qianxun's gaze swept over him.

Huangfu Jue said, "Of course."

"Two to one, pass, continue." Ye Qianxun said, playing a pair of 778899.

Yan Huang responded with 88991010, and Su Yingge passed.

Jinlu huffed and picked up her cards again. "Queens? Who doesn't?" she thought.

Without hesitation, she threw down a Queen, mimicking Ye Qianxun's move, "One Liyue

." "Two Liyue," Ye Qianxun replied without even looking up.

Jinlu stared, then threw down three Queens and three Kings, shouting, "Three Liyue plus me, Huangfu Jue, and Yan Huang!"

Ye Qianxun: "..."

Su Yingge rubbed her forehead a few times, then turned to Qu Liushang and said, "How about we go to Yong'an for dinner tonight?" It was as if the card game on the table had nothing to do with her anymore.

Huangfu Jue whispered to Yan Huang, "I wanted to learn, but the more I watch, the more confused I get."

Yan Huang said gently, "Don't look at them, they're playing wrong. I'll demonstrate for you." Saying this, she threw down two Jokers and two Kings: "A Royal Flush!"

The others immediately fell silent. A Royal Flush?!

Seeing Jinlu's stunned silence and suppressed aura, Su Yingge perked up again and said to Yan Huang, "Play your cards!"

"Wait a minute, you actually dared to bomb Liyue?" Jinlu looked at Yan Huang with a sinister glint in her eyes, as if she was about to rush to Liyue's bedside to complain.

"I know, the Heavenly King's bomb offended Liyue, so I decided to exterminate his thirteen clans, leaving not a single one alive." Yan Huang said, slamming all the cards in his hand onto the table, and said to those around him, "Alright, let's celebrate, we won!"

Jinlu fainted on the spot.

"Shameless, shameless..." After finishing the game, the other three were busy counting the silver notes. Jinlu slumped in a chair and sighed. Suddenly, Yu Wuchen rushed out from the inner room and said to Su Yingge, "Liyue's stomach hurts, you should go and see her."

"Stomach hurts? Is she about to give birth?" The six people in the outer room were stunned for a moment, then rushed into the inner room with a whoosh, creating six gusts of wind that scattered thirty silver notes everywhere.

It really was about to give birth.

In an instant, the once peaceful Weaver Girl Palace erupted into chaos. Palace servants ran back and forth attending to her, Su Yingge was inside delivering the baby, and the other six were left outside, pacing back and forth.

Hearing Li Yue's intermittent screams coming from inside, the six of them felt their hearts leap into their throats. Even Li Yue couldn't help but scream like that; how much pain must she be in?

In their anxiety and heartache, Ye Qianxun, Qu Liushang, and the other four vented their anger on their "future father," Jin Lu, throwing him to the ground and beating him mercilessly.

When Pei Qingyao arrived, the five paused to maintain their composure. After Pei Qingyao entered the room, they pressed the shaky Jin Lu back to the ground. Before their raised fists could even fall, the door opened, and Su Yingge, her face covered in sweat, poked her head out and said, "Jin Lu, come in for a moment."

Before Jin Lu could even move, the other five were already scrambling to squeeze inside, but Su Yingge stopped them.

"Why can he come in but we can't?" Ye Qianxun roared.

"Because he's the child's father! If you want Liyue to suffer like this, then keep arguing with me here." Su Yingge said irritably.

Upon hearing this, Jinlu had already squeezed into the room through the crowd.

The door closed again, and the five of them, now without a target for their anger, were suddenly startled by a piercing scream coming from inside the room.

"What happened? Why is Liyue screaming so horribly?" Ye Qianxun asked tremulously, his face pale.

"Don't worry, that's not Liyue's voice." Hearing Jinlu's scream, Yu Wuchen roughly guessed why Su Yingge had called Jinlu in, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

An hour later.

The door opened, and a palace maid came out to announce the good news: Li Yue had given birth to twin boys, and both mother and children were safe.

The five people outside, upon hearing the news, were so excited they almost fainted, rushing into the room to see Li Yue and her children.

Although Su Yingge hadn't caused Li Yue too much suffering, she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Su Yingge was busy with the aftercare, while Pei Qingyao held a swaddled baby, lovingly soothing the crying infant. Another baby was in the hands of a wet nurse who had been prepared. Meanwhile, the soon-to-be father, Jin Lu, sat pale-faced beside her as a palace maid bandaged his wounds.

In the hour it took for Li Yue to give birth, she had bitten his arm thirty-seven times, twenty-one of which had drawn blood.

This was the price of becoming a father! Jin Lu thought, tears welling in his eyes, a mixture of pain and joy.

The five dared not snatch the child from Pei Qingyao's hands, so they surrounded the wet nurse. Looking at the loud-crying, rosy-skinned infant in the swaddling clothes, they felt a complex mix of excitement, wonder, and a hidden sense of responsibility.

"Hey, look, this child's nose looks like mine!" Ye Qianxun exclaimed first.

"That's not all! He's like a head of garlic, so straight and upright, he clearly looks like me!" Qu Liushang retorted.

"His ears look like mine," Yan Huang concluded calmly after observing for a while.

Huangfu Jue looked on, his heart filled with joy yet also a sharp pain.

Once, he had indeed carried a child in Li Yue's womb, but sadly, he lost it before he even knew of its existence.

If he hadn't lost it, he would be walking and calling out "Daddy" by now… Thinking of this, his eyes welled up with tears.

Yu Wuchen's bright eyes swept over the child's tiny face, his heart overflowing with emotion. This was his child, his and Li Yue's child!

In the first few months of their relationship, Li Yue's inability to conceive had already aroused his suspicion. He was well-versed in pharmacology and naturally knew some traditional Chinese medicine. He had examined Li Yue's pulse while she slept and learned that her infertility was caused by medication. Therefore, in the following months, he secretly began to adjust Li Yue's body through diet.

Su Yingge thought only he could cure the infertility medication in Li Yue's body, but unexpectedly, Yu Wuchen could as well, and even before him.

Jinlu, listening to the five people arguing about which features the child resembled, felt a pang of resentment. He thought, "This is clearly my child, how could it resemble any of you? This isn't how you comfort yourself! Do you think I, the undisputed father-to-be, am dead?" He squeezed into the middle of

the five, trying to show them that he and the child were truly related.

However, after looking at the child's small face from top to bottom and left to right, he couldn't find any resemblance to himself. He wondered, "Could it be a combination of my and Li Yue's best features? That's why it doesn't resemble anyone?"

While thinking this in his heart, he would never say it aloud. He laughed and said, "She's clearly my child. Anyone with eyes can see that. She looks so much like me. You're all arguing for nothing."

"Stop lying through your teeth. How does this child resemble you?" Ye Qianxun retorted.

Jinlu confidently stated a feature they couldn't refute: "Her eyelashes are like mine!"

The five men were stunned for a moment. "Get the hell out of here!" Five feet kicked out at once, and Jinlu flew out of the room in an arc.

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