Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

2The empress sat beside the emperor with a polite smile on her face, as she looked at the chubby, smiling baby in the arms of the Beauty Zheng. Her smile grew wider as she whispered a few words into the emperor's ear, causing the emperor to laugh even more heartily.     1

    

The imperial concubines who had followed them to congratulate the crown prince all praised his handsomeness and elegance, as well as the shadow of the emperor. Only Noble Consort Zheng held onto her handkerchief and made a strange, devilish smile, as she said some words that were not from the bottom of her heart.    

    

After a round of pleasantries, the eunuch beside the emperor said in a high-pitched voice, "Let the arrest begin."    

    

Beauty Zheng smiled gently and personally placed his beloved son on the wooden table, allowing him to move freely.    

    

The Little Princess Yan Chenghao stared at the Beauty Zheng with wide eyes as he reached out his hands towards her with a blabbering sound, wanting to hug her.    

    

Seeing that, Beauty Zheng became anxious, she pointed at the items on the silk cloth for his son to see. The young prince did not understand what she meant, thinking that she was playing with him.    

    

The Beauty Zheng became even more anxious, and once again pointed at the item on the silk cloth, showing it to her son. Yan Chenghao saw that she was pointing at the item on the silk cloth the entire time, and also turned to look at it.    

    

Beauty Zheng was very nervous inside, because if she ate the pastries and was not interested in other things, it proved that the child would grow up in the future. She would be lazy and not have much future prospects.    

    

Of course she did not wish for her son to be such a person. She was nervous as she sneaked a glance at the emperor, whose eyes were slightly narrowed. His expression was clearly unhappy.    

    

Seeing that, Noble Consort Zheng laughed secretly, and prayed that her Highness would hurry up and eat the pastries. However, before Yan Chenghao caught up to Zhou, he had just eaten a bowl of cheese, so he was not hungry yet. He smelled the pastries, and then put it down, his eyes rolling around as he reached for his abacus.    

    

Then, before the little princess could pick up the abacus, her attention was attracted by the exquisite sabre. She climbed over to the sabre, picked it up, grinned happily, and held the sabre in her hand. Then, she turned around and continued to climb, making a mess of the ink and paper.    

    

Just as he was about to stand up and announce the end of the ceremony, the little princess looked at the small golden seal and pulled it towards her. With one hand and a blade in the other, she crawled over and passed the item to the Beauty Zheng with a smile.    

    

"Good, very good." The Emperor was overjoyed and said a few good words in succession.    

    

The civil and military officials hurried to congratulate the emperor. Their praises were constantly being exchanged as if they were free of money.    

    

Beauty Zheng was also very happy. She hugged her son and kissed him before thanking the emperor. Only then did she ask the wet nurse to bring her young highness down.    

    

The empress still maintained her gentle smile, her gaze deep and unfathomable. The concubines below were both envious and jealous, but all of them appeared to be very generous and decent, praising the little prince.    

    

Xu Yanlin looked at the hypocritical looks on their faces as they whispered in Mu Chen's ears. Then, he raised his head and saw a man standing opposite him smiling at him.    

    

He frowned deeply, feeling that the person seemed somewhat familiar. However, he was momentarily unable to recall who it was.    

    

"Fourteen, why do I feel that the person standing next to the Duke of Zhenguo looks so familiar?"    

    

Mu Chen raised his head and saw the man laughing, his fingers rubbing on the outside of his thighs, and raised an eyebrow, "That is the Fifth Prince, have you forgotten? Six years ago, the Fifth Prince and the Third Young Master of the Duke of Zhenguo's estate came to the hunting grounds. They fell off their horses and injured their legs, but since then, they have not shown their faces. "    

    

Outsiders said that the Fifth Prince broke his leg and became a cripple. The Emperor gave him the title of King Kang Le and gave him a feudal fiefdom in Bingzhou. After his injuries healed, he left the capital and went to the feudal fiefdom, not returning to the capital for several years.    

    

At that time, Mu Chen was fighting with the Great Qi Army in the northwest, so he did not understand much about this matter after hearing about it from others.    

    

"Didn't they say that the Fifth Prince has broken his leg and can no longer walk?" Xu Yanlin said in shock.    

    

The King Kang Le stood together with the Duke of Zhenguo. His movements did not seem fast, but walking was not a problem.    

    

It was unknown what they were talking about, but the Duke of Zhenguo nodded as he showed an appreciative expression.    

    

"Where did you hear that?" The news spread so far?    

    

"I don't remember." Xu Yanlin shook his head. How could he remember something that long ago?    

    

He then looked at King Kang Le and felt that the rumors were really outrageous.    

    

After the week was over, it was time for the banquet.    

    

The banquet was arranged to be held in the Heart Nurturing Palace. The emperor waved his hand and had the officials move the wooden table in the center away, allowing the ministers to take their seats.    

    

The seating was arranged on both sides, and they sat according to the official level of the ministers. The King Kang Le sat below the King Jing, and opposite him was the weak and sickly third prince who rarely attended banquets.    

    

At noon, beautiful music rang in the palace. Beautiful women dressed in palace dresses were carrying silver trays filled with precious fruits and delicacies.    

    

Everything was in order. Within a quarter of an hour, the palace maids brought out fruits, delicacies and wine.    

    

King Jing was the first to raise his goblet and toast to the emperor. The other ministers quickly followed suit and the emperor was in a good mood as he downed the entire goblet of wine in one gulp, allowing the ministers to relax.    

    

After the toast, the banquet became lively again. A cheerful song sounded out, and a group of dancers dressed in light, flowing skirts floated in, dancing along with the music.    

    

The ministers all warmly greeted the people around them. To them, this banquet was not only an opportunity to congratulate the emperor, but also an important opportunity to build good relations with the other ministers and build good relations with them.    

    

"Your big brother doesn't look too good." Xu Yanlin and Mu Chen sat next to each other, while Mu Yu sat opposite to them. As long as Xu Yanlin raised his head, he would be able to see the situation opposite to him.    

    

"Ceng Wan'er..." Mu Chen said this name with slight disdain, and didn't speak anymore after that.    

    

It was only then that Xu Yanlin noticed that Ceng Wan'er did not sit beside Mu Yu. He had even sat next to him courteously, and was even befriending the three Crown Princess s.    

    

He raised his eyebrows, suddenly feeling sympathy for Mu Yu.    

    

When the song was over, the dancers bowed and withdrew in an orderly fashion. Princess Anping, who was sitting beside the empress, suddenly stood up and asked to play a song.    

    

The Emperor was in a good mood. When he heard his beloved daughter's request, he waved his hand and agreed.    

    

The palace maids hurriedly brought in the zither table. Princess Anping took the zither from the palace maid and gently placed it on the table, playing a melody.    

    

The crowd listened to the melody, intoxicated by it. Only then did they realize that Princess Anping, at the age of sixteen, had also reached the age to elect his own Prince Consort.    

    

When they thought of this, the officials who had sons of their own age and were full of ideas, all wanted to make use of this opportunity to establish a relationship with the royal family.    

    

When the song was finished, Princess Anping stood up, saluted, and returned to the empress's side.    

    

Princess Anping was not the empress's own daughter. When her mother had taken pity on her, she had suffered massive postpartum hemorrhage and died within a few days. She had been raised under the empress's knee.    

    

The empress had treated Princess Anping very well, and had taught her many things personally. As a result, Princess Anping's lessons were better than those of the other sisters, and he was also favored by the emperor.    

    

Everyone praised the princess' talents, and the emperor was very happy. He said that he would test the martial arts of the young masters present, and let them prepare targets in the imperial garden for the unmarried young masters to compete against.    

    

Upon hearing this, all the unmarried princes present were eager to give it a try. Princess Shang was both talented and good-looking, and also deeply favored by the Emperor. Who wouldn't be moved by those with a bit of ambition?    

    

Just as the emperor stood up and was about to move to the imperial garden, Zeng Rou'er suddenly threw up.    

    

"Ugh …" She patted her chest and let the plates of meat on the table be carried away.    

    

When the experienced wives saw this, they hurriedly tugged at their husbands' sleeves and congratulated the Emperor. The Emperor, who was unhappy because his mood had been interrupted, revealed a joyful expression when he heard these words.    

    

"Lee Dehai, hurry and call the imperial physician. Let the imperial physician take the pulse examination for the imperial concubine on Second Prince's side." The emperor's tone was very cheerful.    

    

His sons had all been married for many years. Other than the Third Prince having two daughters and a daughter, of the other princes, only King Jing had a daughter and a newborn son.    

    

He had always felt that his sons' sons were too thin, and now that he heard that Daughter-in-law was pregnant, he was naturally happy.    

    

Zeng Rou'er knew that she was probably pregnant, a look of panic flashed past her eyes, and then she revealed a happy smile and bashfully snuggled up to Yan Chengqi.    

    

Second Crown Princess's eyes were gloomy, revealing a fake smile, holding Zeng Rou'er's hand, she said a few words of congratulations.    

    

It was unknown if he was infected by Zeng Rou'er, but Ceng Wan'er who was sitting by the side also retched. The situation was even worse than Zeng Rou'er.    

    

"Aiya, these sisters' relationship is so good that they even got pregnant together." cried a loud lady.    

    

Hearing this, Ceng Wan'er's face turned ashen, and she anxiously turned to look at Mu Yu. Mu Yu turned his head but did not look at her, his clenched fists and tightly clenching teeth showed that he was trying his best to control his anger.    

    

The imperial physician quickly came over and took the pulse of the two sisters. He confirmed that they were pregnant and the time was about the same as well.    

    

The noble madams on the side congratulated them one after another. They even praised the sisters' deep love for each other, saying that even having children was punctual.    

    

Ceng Wan'er was so scared that her face turned green, looking at Dehui County Lord who was extremely pleased with herself, her entire body turned cold. Ever since she started a fight with Mu Yu, they had never been in the same room, how could she explain the background of this child?    

    

She turned to look at Mu Yu, only to realize that he was staring at her. He looked like a poisonous snake spitting its tongue out, as if he wanted to pounce out and bite her to death.