Chapter 90
Li Yu could not believe it. King Jing had mentioned that he needed his cooperation before, but he actually wanted him to pretend to be pregnant.
“This … isn’t appropriate, is it?” Li Yu was in a dilemma. Wasn’t this lying to the Emperor?
There was nothing inappropriate about it.
King Jing found a pile of pillows of various sizes for him and handed him a note.
Didn’t you give birth to Da Bao, Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao?
What’s wrong with letting the world think that they were born from your human form?
Li Yu felt like he had been shot in the knee. King Jing seemed to be right.
After all, he was the one who gave birth to the children. He also hoped that the children would be able to call him daddy in the future.
Oh, why don’t I pretend to be pregnant?
As soon as he loosened his mouth, a slightly flat pillow was stuffed into his clothes. There was a strap on the pillow that could be tied to the back of his waist.
King Jing deliberately tested the elasticity of the pillow. His eyes kept looking at Li Yu with concern, as if asking, “Is it heavy?”
Li Yu was speechless.
Well, he might be the first person who was so favored by the Emperor when he faked his pregnancy.
Li Yu shook his “belly” happily and whispered, “No, it’s quite good.”
Although he said so, King Jing was still a little worried because he knew that there would be four children. In the later stages of the pregnancy, the belly would be very big and would be a burden.
King Jing originally wanted to keep Xiaoyu to himself. Now, he was even more determined to not let Xiaoyu appear in front of others unless there was an emergency.
King Jing had already reported this to the Emperor. As the head of the internal servants, Wang Xi naturally could not keep it a secret.
When he was told that Young Master Li was pregnant, Eunuch Wang was stunned for a long time.
Li Yu was afraid that Wang Xi would notice that something was wrong. Unexpectedly, Wang Xi was stunned for a while and actually cried in front of him.
“Your Highness is going to have a child. I am so happy.” Wang Xi wiped his eyes and said in a trembling voice, “This old servant thought that if I could see Your Highness’ child with my own eyes, this old servant would have no regrets in this life.”
In the beginning, Wang Xi had also doubted the authenticity of this matter. It was unheard of for a man to be pregnant. However, his Highness had personally supported Young Master Li, and Young Master Li’s lower abdomen was slightly bulging. It was obvious that he was pregnant. How could this be fake?
So what if a man is pregnant? It’s still His Highness’ bloodline!
After crying, Wang Xi wanted to look up to the sky and laugh. He felt that Childe Li was a lucky man. It was a good sign that Master Xiaoyu had a baby fish. Now, His Highness was going to have a baby too!
Wang Xi was so excited that King Jing had to touch Wang Xi’s shoulder to comfort her. Li Yu thought that if Eunuch Wang was so happy that he thought there was only one baby, he would be so happy that he would faint when he found out that there were actually four babies.
After Wang Xi calmed down a little, King Jing told him that he had high hopes for Young Master Li’s “baby” and that he would take care of the related matters himself. Wang Xi nodded to show that he understood. His Highness had always attached great importance to Young Master Li. Now that Young Master Li was pregnant, it was reasonable for His Highness to take care of it personally.
Since Young Master Li was in charge of the pregnancy, what could he do?
Wang Xi slapped his forehead. How could he forget that His Highness had asked him to prepare for the wedding? He had to be more careful than before to ensure that His Highness and Young Master Li would be satisfied.
After informing Wang Xi, King Jing summoned the doctor who had accompanied him to the western border to take his pulse. However, Young Master Li was now clearly an in-laws and would have a position in the future. Naturally, the doctor couldn’t see Li Yu directly. Anyway, he was separated by a few canopies and “Young Master Li” was sitting behind the canopy. The doctor unanimously diagnosed that Young Master Li was two months pregnant. After recovering from their shock, they congratulated King Jing.
King Jing nodded slightly. Everything was going according to plan. He was just borrowing the doctor’s diagnosis to let the people far away in the Imperial City know. The imperial physicians trusted by the Emperor wouldn’t be able to reach the western border for a while, so they would definitely ask the doctors who followed King Jing first. At that time, the doctor’s pulse record would come in handy.
Before taking the pulse through the canopy, King Jing secretly found a woman who was two months pregnant to sit behind the canopy in place of Li Yu. The doctors themselves didn’t know the specific pulse of a pregnant man. It was already good enough that they could diagnose that he was pregnant.
This would be the case every time they took his pulse in the future. As for the due date, King Jing was well aware of it, so he had already prepared for it.
When the news reached the Imperial City, the Emperor didn’t expect that the reply of conferring a concubine would lead to King Jing saying, “Li Yu is pregnant, I sincerely request for a legal consort.” The Emperor was so shocked that his jaw dropped. He read King Jing’s letter back and forth several times.
The Imperial Bodyguards that the Emperor sent to the western border also reported the same thing to the Emperor. They also attached the doctor’s pulse record.
The Emperor read the pulse record several times, afraid that he would miss a single word.
Could a man really be pregnant?
If it was in the past, the Emperor would definitely say that it was impossible. But now that he saw the pulse record, the Emperor himself wasn’t too sure.
After all, “a special constitution” was the reason.
That very night, the Emperor summoned all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital and ordered them to analyze the pulse record. The imperial physicians discussed it for an entire night, but to no avail. They didn’t know Li Yu’s true condition, so naturally, no one could pat their chest and guarantee that no man could be pregnant.
The Emperor sent the Imperial Gynecology Sage Hand Speed to the western border to take Li Yu’s pulse. After thinking about it, he picked up the brush and wrote a letter to Liao Kong.
Liao Kong was quite knowledgeable and should be able to give him an accurate answer.
There were only two possibilities that Li Yu was pregnant. Either it was true, or King Jing was acting.
Although King Jing was constantly paving the way for Li Yu, the Emperor still didn’t think that King Jing would do such a stupid thing. Pretending to be a member of the royal bloodline was very easy to be exposed.
But, what if it was true?
Li Yu was alone and came from a humble background. She was indeed not a candidate to be the Imperial Concubine. But, at the same time, this person had repeatedly made great contributions and moved King Jing’s heart. The Emperor had already somewhat granted her the title of Imperial Concubine. But, for the sake of King Jing’s future children, he couldn’t agree.
If Li Yu could really be pregnant, even if there was nothing wrong with it, how could he be stingy with the position of Imperial Concubine?
Looking at the stack of memorials that King Jing was sending back and forth, the Emperor finally came to his senses. King Jing had only revealed it at this time, so he probably couldn’t find any other reason to object.
The Emperor smiled helplessly. Stinky brat, it was actually possible for something that was absolutely impossible to be done …
Liao Kong’s reply arrived not long after.
The senior monk was indeed a senior monk. He didn’t directly answer, only saying that the world was big and there were all kinds of strange things.
The Emperor understood. According to Liao Kong’s knowledge, he also believed that there was a possibility that a man could be pregnant.
Then, he only needed to wait for the Imperial Physician’s diagnosis.
The Emperor first comforted King Jing, hinting that if the Imperial Physician’s diagnosis was confirmed, he would make Li Yu his Imperial Concubine.
King Jing saw the dawn of victory. He supported Li Yu occasionally and walked a few steps in front of the people in the residence.
The entire western border now followed King Jing’s lead. When they heard that King Jing’s wife was pregnant, the common people were very happy.
King Jing didn’t wantonly announce that the pregnant woman was a man, citing safety reasons. There was also no need for others to talk about it. Therefore, not many people knew about it. The common people were all kind and well-intentioned.
During this period, the bandits wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take revenge, but they were discovered by the patrolling guards.
Since they found that the bandits were also people and easy to fight, many young and strong men in the western border volunteered to join the guards. King Jing had more and more men under his command. After the Imperial Bodyguards trained day and night, their fighting power became stronger and stronger. King Jing himself also expected that the bandits would take advantage of this opportunity to attack, so he increased the defense. In the end, the bandits came aggressively, but they were once again defeated by the tunnels and traps.
To the outside world, Luofeng Town was like an iron bucket, firmly protected by King Jing. Internally, as a pregnant woman, taking care of Li Yu was the most important thing.
King Jing stayed by Li Yu’s side every day. Although it was a fake pregnancy, he always let Li Yu rest and took care of everything. There were many trivial things to do during the “pregnancy”. King Jing was almost morbidly obsessed with it, but his mood was very good.
Li Yu felt that King Jing was taking advantage of this opportunity to take care of him, as if he wanted to make up for what he didn’t take care of before. As for himself, other than letting King Jing take care of him, what else could he do?
In the end, King Jing couldn’t even bear to let Li Yu take the crystal bottle. The responsibility of taking care of the fish cubs was all handed over to Wang Xi.
Wang Xi looked at the lively fish cubs and couldn’t help but sigh. “How good would it be if Young Master Li could also give birth to four children?”
Li Yu, who realized that Eunuch Wang had inadvertently revealed the truth, was speechless.
The fish cubs also noticed the changes in their two fathers.
At first, it was Da Bao. Later, even the insensitive Si Bao felt the difference.
They knew that King Jing’s father always helped the fish’s father walk, so they knew that the fish’s father would become the same person as King Jing’s father. However, the fish’s father’s belly was even rounder than Er Bao’s!
Da Bao had already guessed something from his fathers’ words and was secretly looking forward to it.
The naive and adorable Er Bao and San Bao: Is Daddy going to give birth to a younger brother?
The simple-minded Si Bao: Oh, Daddy must have eaten a lot of peach blossom pancakes and didn’t give them to Si Bao. Si Bao wants to eat some too!
The imperial physician sent by the emperor was still on his way. The deadline for the “Growing Up” mission was approaching day by day. On this day, Li Yu had just taken off his little pillow and secretly fed the fish food to the fish cubs when Da Bao, who had always been obedient, was stunned for the first time.
Li Yu didn’t think much of it. When he turned around, Da Bao disappeared into thin air in front of him. A fair and chubby baby appeared on the bed, dancing with joy.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu realized that Da Bao must have been the first to complete the mission. He was indeed the smartest Da Bao …
No, no! Da Bao must be very scared.
Li Yu hurriedly picked Da Bao up and wiped the water droplets off his body. Fortunately, the system didn’t let Da Bao transform directly in the fish tank. Otherwise, it would be terrible.
King Jing had already prepared the baby’s swaddling clothes in advance. Li Yu casually wrapped Da Bao up and held him in his arms.
Da Bao was in his human form for the first time. He was very brave and very fresh. He opened his grape-like eyes and looked around desperately.
Was this what it felt like to grow up?
Da Bao habitually moved his legs and wanted to swim, but his limbs didn’t listen to him.
He wanted to call out to his fish father, but when he opened his mouth, all he could do was cry.
The brave Da Bao was a little scared. He couldn’t speak or swim after transforming into a human. Da Bao cried even more sadly.
Outside, King Jing heard the crying and rushed over. He saw Li Yu holding a baby in his arms and frantically coaxing him.
In the past, King Jing often saw Li Yu and the baby fish hanging together by their tails. Although he was sure that the baby fish was his child, they were both in fish form after all. The impact wasn’t as great as seeing Xiao Yu coaxing the baby with his own eyes.
King Jing’s vision gradually became blurry. He walked over very carefully, afraid that he would disturb Xiao Yu.
“Your Highness, come and see Da Bao!”
Li Yu handed the baby in his arms over.
When Da Bao was in his fish form, his appearance couldn’t be seen. However, when Da Bao transformed into a human, he could be seen clearly. He looked exactly like King Jing when he was a little fatty.
When Li Yu saw the little fatty, he held back his laughter. His eyes were a little red.
It was really strange. He seemed to be more excited than when he hatched the eggs and baby fish.
King Jing took the baby from him and looked at him over and over again. It was as if he couldn’t get enough of him.
Don’t cry. He gently wiped Li Yu’s eyes. However, his own eyes were already wet.
At this moment, Er Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao, who discovered that Da Bao had suddenly turned into a baby, were speechless.
