Chapter 1467 Si Lili Is Pregnant, and the Little Emperor Is Also Pregnant

Fan Xian knew very well that as a member of the Qing Kingdom, no matter how nice he said it, the Queen Mother of Northern Qi would not be able to trust him completely.

He must find a good excuse, and the excuse must sound reasonable. At least it cannot make people think it is false.

Fortunately, he was very resourceful and came up with a more reasonable excuse.

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, there is indeed a hidden reason why I did what I did."

The Queen Mother of the Northern Qi Dynasty: "Oh, let me tell you."

Fan Xian said: "I persuaded the general to join the Queen Mother, and also gave the Queen Mother the profits from smuggling in the future. I also hoped to ease the relationship with the Queen Mother, so that I could have contact with the eldest princess of your country and get closer."

The Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty looked surprised: "Getting closer to the eldest princess? She will soon marry the Duke of your Qing Kingdom. Is your purpose for Mr. Zhou?"

"The Queen Mother is indeed very discerning and can see through my thoughts at a glance."

Fan Xian pretended to have an expression of admiration, and then explained: "The Queen Mother should know that although I have a little reputation in the Qing Kingdom, I will be in charge of the inner treasury when I return. But because of this, I don't know how many people in the country regard me as I am an enemy and want to get rid of me quickly, so I must find a strong enough ally, or backer, in Qingguo."

Without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, Zhan Zhan spoke first: "As far as I know, Mr. Fan's father is Uncle Si Nan, the Minister of Household Affairs, and you are the chief minister of the Institute of Inspection, and you are deeply trusted by Chen Pingping, the director of the Institute. "Although Duke Zhen is a Duke, he is not an official in your Qing Dynasty court. If you want to find a backer, you shouldn't look for Duke Zhen, right?"

Fan Xian retorted: "Commander Shen's words are wrong. You may not know the status of Lord Zhenguo in our Qing Kingdom. Although he does not serve in the court, as a grand master, his status is as high as that of the prince." , maybe not as important as Ku He to you Da Qi, but it’s definitely not that much different.”

"But I heard that Master Fan has a very good relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo."

"If I really have a good relationship with Duke Zhenguo, how come I was assassinated many times on the way to your country and almost lost my life?"

"Perhaps Master Fan directed and acted it himself?"

"Master Shen really thinks, I still owe the Duke of Zhen Guo sixty thousand taels of silver. If our relationship is really good, it is impossible for him not to live in the mission; you know what the most powerful wind in the world is. Is it the pillow style? If I directly get close to the Duke of Zhen, the effect may not be good, but if the eldest princess is the pillow style, the effect will be very good. "

After hearing Fan Xian's words, the Queen Mother of Northern Qi and others in the palace looked at each other in shock.

They all understood what Fan Xian meant, but they didn't expect him to say it so openly.

Pillow wind, how dare you think about it.

But according to Fan Xian, his behavior seems to be justified. The eldest princess of Northern Qi comes from Northern Qi and is nominally the daughter of the Queen Mother of Northern Qi. Having a good relationship with the Queen Mother of Northern Qi will definitely make the eldest princess of Northern Qi have a better attitude. To please Zhou Chen through the eldest princess of Northern Qi Dynasty.

This series of relationships seems weird, but it makes sense. Even if she wanted to say something heavy, the Queen Mother of Northern Qi no longer wanted to worry about it.

After Fan Xian discussed smuggling profits with the Queen Mother of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Shen Shen was actually defeated. Within a few days, the matter of smuggling exchanges spread throughout the capital. Soon, Shen Shen's opposition to this matter became A thorn in the side of most people.

In a blink of an eye, it was the birthday of the Queen Mother of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The birthday banquet was arranged directly in the inner hall of the palace. Officials from the Northern Qi Dynasty and officials from the envoy from Nan Qing attended the banquet.

Zhou Chen was naturally among those invited, but he did not go with Fan Xian and the others, but went alone.

Above the main hall, officials from the Northern Qi Dynasty and people from the Nanqing envoy came to the main hall early.

As the Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, she sat at the main seat. Even the little emperor Zhan Doudou of the Northern Qi Dynasty could only sit at the bottom of her seat. Zhou Chen, because of his status as the Grand Master, sat at the bottom. On the other side of Zhan Doudou.

The remaining officials are located on both sides of the bottom, with the Northern Qi people on the left and the Nanqing people on the right.

Shortly after the birthday banquet started, Lang Tao took the initiative to challenge Fan Xian to a battle, but Fan Xian simply said that he would admit defeat.

But Lang Tao was unwilling to let Fan Xian go just like that. He stood up from the ground and faced Fan Xian.

"Master Fan, are you admitting that Nan Qing is weak and that the warriors have declined?"

Fan Xian replied: "I will admit defeat on my own and it has nothing to do with Qingguo."

Lang Tao said coldly: "Isn't the mission undefeated in front of the gate? When entering Shangjing, didn't you put a flag into the palace? Why do I dare not take action when I come today? Could it be that you Nanqing warriors are like this? Do you bully the weak and fear the strong?”

Fan Xian's eyes flashed with light and he said: "Lang Tao, right? I am not the only Nanqing warrior present today. You said that we Nanqing warriors bully the weak and fear the strong. I think you are the real bully and fear the strong. If you really If you have the ability, you should not challenge me, but challenge our Daqing Lord."

With that said, he stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhou Chen above.

"Master Zhen Guo, Lord Langtao, said that we Nanqing warriors bully the weak and fear the strong. What do you think?"

Zhou Chen glanced at Fan Xian, quite speechless, this kid.

Sure enough, Lang Tao's expression changed, and she hurriedly turned around and saluted Zhou Chen.

"Sir, I have no intention of insulting you. I am talking to Fan Xian..."

"I know, but since it's the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, fighting and killing are too unlucky, so forget about the martial arts competition. Queen Mother, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

The Queen Mother and Zhan Doudou looked at each other. Of course, they had to give Zhou Chen face, otherwise if Zhou Chen wanted to fight, Lang Tao would not be his opponent.

So the Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Mr. Zhou is right. Birthday banquets are for celebration. Fighting and killing are too unlucky. Lang Tao, there is no need to compete."

Zhan Doudou also echoed, "What the Queen Mother said is that there is no need to compete on the day of the birthday banquet."

Lang Tao was a little unhappy, but since even the Queen Mother and the Emperor said so, he could only bear it even if he was unhappy.

"Fan Xian, you are really good at speaking and arguing, and you don't have the determination and momentum of a warrior to move forward."

After saying this, he saw that Fan Xian didn't care at all, so he could only return to his seat very unhappy.

The birthday banquet continued, Fan Xian drank leisurely, but his heart was not as calm as he appeared.

If Zhou Chen had not been there to intimidate him today, Lang Tao would definitely not let him go. Lang Tao was Ku He's eldest disciple. Although he had never fought with him, he knew very well that he would never be Lang Tao's opponent.

If they really fought, he was not afraid that Lang Tao would kill him. Lang Tao would not dare, and the people of Northern Qi would not dare either. But if they did not dare to kill him, he would be defenseless if they attacked him from behind.

This trip to Northern Qi also made him realize the importance of strength once again. If he could have the ninth-grade true qi martial arts now, he would not have to be so cautious and guard against everything, and he would have to rely on Zhou Chen's name to intimidate others.

Halfway through the birthday banquet, Shen Zhong stood up again, wanting to stop the smuggling between Beiqi and Fan Xian, but Shangshan Hu seized the opportunity and used Shen Zhong's sister to severely impeach Shen Zhong. Shen Zhong did not know how to advance or retreat, and still wanted to stop the cooperation between the two sides. The angry queen mother directly removed the python pattern on his official uniform.

It seems that it is just the removal of the python pattern, but everyone knows that this is the beginning of Shen Zhong's loss of power. Shen Zhong can have his current status, of course, he has his own ability, but the biggest reason is that he relies on the power of the queen mother to have his current status. Without the favor of the queen mother, his power is like a rootless duckweed.

Once Shen Zhong loses his power, it will be much easier to kill him, which is also what Fan Xian is happy to see.

It's just that he has not yet investigated who is the person who smuggled with Beiqi, which has always made him feel uneasy.

After the birthday banquet, Fan Xian deliberately found Zhou Chen again.

"Duke Zhenguo, I had no choice but to use you today. Please forgive me."

Zhou Chen said: "I told Wang Qinian that if you encounter any trouble in Shangjing City, you can borrow my name. I can't blame you today."

Fan Xian said gratefully: "Thank you for your generosity, Duke Zhenguo. If you really let me fight with Lang Tao, it will definitely lose face for our Daqing."

"Since you know, then practice martial arts well after you go back. Your Tyrannical Qi has the hope of breaking through to the Grandmaster level. Practice well."

Zhou Chen's words made Fan Xian very confused. He didn't show Zhou Chen the full version of Tyrannical Qi. Why did Zhou Chen seem to know more about Tyrannical Qi than him, just because he was a Grandmaster?

However, Zhou Chen said that Tyrannical Qi could be practiced to the Grandmaster level, which made him dare not believe it. On the contrary, he felt that the practice of Tyrannical Qi was not smooth and there were always problems.

He wanted to ask Zhou Chen for advice, but after thinking about it, he didn't do it.

After today's birthday banquet, the Qing Kingdom delegation began to pack up, and in a few days, they were ready to leave Shangjing and return to Qing Kingdom.

Zhou Chen originally wanted to leave with the Qing Kingdom delegation, but at this time, when he went to find Si Lili late at night, he found that Si Lili was already pregnant.

The Qing Kingdom delegation had been in Beiqi for a long time, and he had been in love with Si Lili before that, so it was normal for Si Lili to be pregnant at this time.

The reason why he didn't have time to leave with the Qing Kingdom delegation was because Zhan Doudou was very dissatisfied. Obviously, she and Si Lili were in love with Zhou Chen together, but Si Lili was pregnant, but she didn't react, so she didn't want Zhou Chen to leave no matter what, and she had to let her get pregnant before letting Zhou Chen leave.

Zhou Chen agreed to him and decided to stay in Beiqi for two more months at most. In two months, as long as Zhan Doudou was fine, he should be fine if he worked overtime.

Fan Xian was also very disappointed to learn that Zhou Chen would not go back to Qing Kingdom with them. He had originally hoped that Zhou Chen would follow him, so he would not have to worry about danger along the way.

Now it seems that his idea has failed.

A few days passed in a flash, and Fan Xian and his group also set off. When they left, Shen Zhong was still unwilling to give up, and led his own death squad to attack the delegation, but fortunately with Zhou Chen's reminder, Fan Xian and the Northern Qi side were prepared and did not let Shen Zhong succeed.

In order to save his sister, Shen Zhong told Fan Xian the truth about the smuggling, and was then taken away by the Northern Qi imperial guards.

Fan Xian was stunned by the truth Shen Zhong told him. He never expected that the eldest princess Li Yunrui was actually in the same group with the second prince, and they actually joined forces to smuggle.

This news was too shocking for him, because he always thought that the second prince was a good person, and his opponents were Li Yunrui and the prince, but the truth was so cruel.

He started his return journey with a heavy heart.

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Originally Zhou Chen decided to stay in Beiqi for another two months, but just a dozen days later, his goal was achieved and Zhan Doudou became pregnant.

Afterwards, Zhan Doudou took the initiative to announce that Imperial Concubine Si Lili was pregnant. Once the news came out, it immediately caused a shock in the court of Northern Qi.

An emperor with offspring and an emperor without offspring are two completely different concepts.

The most shocked person was the Queen Mother of Northern Qi. She was the first to get the news. She was stunned at the time, because as a mother, she knew Zhan Doudou's situation best. Zhan Doudou would never let Si Lili get pregnant.

So she personally took the imperial physician to Si Lili's bedroom. After confirming the facts, she immediately called Zhan Doudou to her bedroom, and then dispersed all the eunuchs and palace maids, and asked Haitang Duoduo to guard the gate. There were only her and Zhan Doudou in the palace.

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi was livid and asked angrily, "What is going on?"

Zhan Doudou did not show any emotion, but said calmly, "Don't worry, mother. Lili's situation is in my plan."

"You call it in your plan? She is pregnant. Do you know what this means? Whose child is she carrying?"

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi was extremely angry. Si Lili is now the Imperial Concubine. If she gave birth to a prince, he would be the 'first prince'. But she knew very well that this had nothing to do with their Daqi royal family. How could she let the blood outside the Daqi royal family get involved in the Daqi throne?

Zhan Doudou said, "Mother, in fact, not only Lili is pregnant, I am also pregnant."

"What?"

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi could not believe her ears. She almost jumped up and rushed to Zhan Doudou and grabbed Zhan Doudou's shoulders with both hands.

"Do you know what you are talking about?"

"I know, mother, this is my plan, let me and Lili get pregnant at the same time, if I give birth to a prince in the future, let Lili be his mother, then I can become the crown prince of Da Qi naturally."

"What if you give birth to a girl and Si Lili gives birth to a boy?"

"Then send the child to his father to raise, and the mother of my child will still be Lili."

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi was shocked. Her daughter did not even discuss such an important matter with her.

"Who is the father of your baby? Who is the father of Si Lili's baby?"

"Lili and I are both pregnant with Zhou Chen's baby."

"Zhou Chen? Both Zhou Chen's?"

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi was shocked again, and pointed at Zhan Doudou with trembling hands: "You, you are really crazy."

Zhan Doudou said calmly: "Mother, I am not crazy, don't you think this is a very good result? Zhou Chen is a grandmaster, and I am the emperor of Northern Qi. The combination of our blood will definitely give birth to good enough offspring, and as the father of the child, Zhou Chen will definitely be bound to our Great Qi. After all, my child is his own blood, and the emperor will be his wife in the future. In this way, which one will he choose, Great Qi or Nanqing?"

"Hiss."

The Queen Mother of Northern Qi took a breath. After the initial anger and shock, she calmed down and thought carefully, and it seemed to make some sense.