The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 520 Quickly Capture This Woman
She realized she was pregnant a month after Wei Zhao left.

Rize County has been experiencing continuous rainy weather for some time now.

Yu Tingwan asked Tan Jiang to buy her some new clothes.

Wearing the old ones feels really tight around the chest.

She hasn't left the house in a while, and her subordinates have to run errands for her.

Tan Jiang noted it down and casually asked, "Should we prepare some more menstrual belts for Madam as well?"

What to prepare?

She hasn't had her period yet.

Yu Tingwan was about to speak when her eyes suddenly trembled.

So Tan Jiang completely forgot about buying the baby clothes. She rushed out and quickly returned with the old doctor from the Zexian Medical Clinic.

The old doctor took the pulse and gently pressed the cun, guan, and chi points with his fingertips.

"Has the lady been feeling tired, chilled, or experiencing loss of appetite and morning sickness lately?"

Yu Tingwan thought for a moment.

"Never."

"May I ask if, Madam, you have recently developed a craving for sour or sweet foods, or a particular preference for unusual foods?"

Yu Tingwan shook her head.

She eats everything.

The old doctor covered his hand with his sleeve, adjusted the position for taking the pulse, stroked his beard and pondered, then said in a low voice, "If I may be so bold as to ask again, is Lexin still late in arriving?"

The old doctor from Ze County didn't dare to guarantee a pregnancy directly, but his implication was clear. Before leaving, he added, "Madam, please take good care of yourself and get plenty of rest."

Yu Tingwan stroked her flat stomach, her eyes gentle.

After seeing the old doctor off, Tan Jiang returned with a brisk pace.

"lady!"

"I will write a letter to inform the general immediately."

"That old doctor didn't mention the slippery pulse, he's just a cunning old man, and you're still so far along in your pregnancy, he was afraid of making a fool of himself by diagnosing you wrong. But he practically said it outright just now."

Tan Jiang was incredibly excited, as if she were the child's biological father.

Seeing Yu Tingwan get up, she quickly ran over.

"Giving birth is painful, and nine months of pregnancy is not easy either. Your subordinates are helping you walk, and everyone says that the first few months are the most important to be careful about."

Yu Tingwan patted her hand.

There's no need to be so nervous.

Her legs aren't useless.

"You have to be nervous!"

Tan Jiang: "This is your and the General's first son."

Yu Tingwan: ? ? ? ?
how?

You're still sexist?
Yu Tingwan asked in bewilderment, "Why did you mention your son?"

Tan Jiang replied matter-of-factly, "Most of the children of the Duke of Shun's family are male."

"The mistress had one son, who became a general. Going back three generations, all the offspring were male."

But Yu Tingwan always felt that the baby in her belly was a girl.

Aside from worrying about Wei Zhao, her pregnancy was remarkably easy; she didn't even vomit a sound or frown when she woke up in the morning. It was as if a warm, smooth jade bead was growing inside her, obedient and peaceful.

She did not ask Tan Jiang to write a letter to inform her.

To avoid making him worry even more.

Whether it's a bad thing or a good thing, Yu Tingwan doesn't want to affect him.

But Yu Tingwan did not receive any more letters from the capital.

She became uneasy.

Shangjing.

It was indeed a complete mess.

Floods have not yet broken out in various places, but foreign enemies have already attacked and entered the country.

When Ying Zhi rebelled, Emperor Ying Qian was already at his last gasp.

Minister Yang ordered Yang Changzheng to keep an eye on Ying Zhi.

The Second Prince has his own people around him.

He suddenly woke up, thinking about what had happened in the capital recently, and felt that something strange was about it, but...

He rushed into the palace and told them about it.

"Your Majesty! The Second Prince, he..."

"Since General Wei returned to the capital, nothing has gone well for His Majesty. I fear that if the Second Prince were to raise an army, he could be besieging the capital within half an incense stick's time. I dare to speculate that he might be involved in this as well."

Yang Changzheng knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, you are wise!"

With his forehead pressed against the cold, hard dragon-patterned brick, his voice was like a poisoned dagger, carving itself inch by inch into the palace.

“This old minister is willing to swear an oath with the lives of his entire clan that the blood of the Wei family is not that of a loyal soul. Wei Zhao’s ambitions are blatant, he refuses to submit to the Emperor, and has repeatedly opposed him; he is an ungrateful wolf cub!”

Don't blame him for being ruthless!
Yang Changzheng tried to probe Wei Zhao multiple times without success. He even arranged an assassination attempt when Wei Zhao's carriage drove through the street earlier.

The moment Wei Zhao makes a move, it becomes a weakness.

But Wei Zhao was incredibly resilient.

He let the shadowy figure cut off his arm, leaving blood everywhere. And then, Wei's army appeared just in time.

The Duke of Zhou, whose entire clan had been exterminated by Emperor Yingqian long ago, entered the palace shortly afterward.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to report to you today."

He speaks very fast, but his pronunciation is clear.

Do you still remember that great fire from back then?

Emperor Yingqian was furious and wouldn't listen to anything else.

It is just and fair in the Zhou Kingdom.

"The Grand Tutor's daughter escaped death."

He had people set the fire, and so many years have passed that he hasn't paid any attention to it since.

Can……

Some things can't be investigated in Beijing, but are easy to investigate locally.

“My student is going to take up the post of prefect in one of the four border cities. When I saw him off, I suddenly thought of the past and asked him to keep an eye on things.”

"But the Gu family daughter actually..."

Duke Zhou held his breath.

"She actually got involved with Wei Zhao and even got pregnant."

Duke Zhou also knelt on the ground.

"I'm afraid Wei Zhao and Gu Fuju have long been in cahoots. They are both disloyal ministers!"

Emperor Qian was furious.

But his thoughts were exceptionally clear and calm.

Ying Zhi dared to fight, which was a desperate act, but he also had some ability.

If Wei Zhao truly assisted in this, then he would surely be able to storm the palace.

Even if not.

What about Ying Yin?

Ying Yin was probably thinking that he was like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Emperor Yingqian had his hands behind his back.

He didn't know how long the Imperial Guards in the palace could hold out.

However, he soon realized that this was not a life-or-death struggle between him and the Ying family, but rather between the Ying family and the Duke of Shunguo's mansion.

"By imperial decree, anyone carrying a weapon who enters or leaves the premises shall be executed without mercy."

He took out the tiger tally and summoned the shadowy figure: "Take this, Fifth Brother."

In this lifetime, I did not foresee the floods in various places.

Therefore, officials did not assign disaster relief personnel to various regions.

Officials from the Second Prince's faction and the Fifth Prince's faction were all present, as were the Emperor's men.

This tiger tally then took on a meaning.

"He's a smart man; he won't refuse."

“Tell him that when he was six years old, he fell into the icy lake and I jumped in to save him. If he still cares about the bond between father and son, he should save me again today.”

"How history will record my death is entirely up to him."

"Over the years, how many generations of Ying family emperors have endured in order to eliminate the Wei family?"

“He should have worked with me to eliminate him, instead of trying to outsmart me for the throne.”

"Otherwise, in this lifetime, if I am subordinate to Wei Fengxing, he will inevitably be subordinate to Wei Zhao."

"Choose: Will you leave behind a legacy of infamy and be unfilial to your ancestors, or... be a good son to me?"

But he really hated the Wei family!
How could Emperor Yingqian swallow this insult?
Could he tolerate the birth of a member of the Wei family?

Or is he Gu Fuju's grandson?

How can we not get rid of it as soon as possible?

This is the late emperor's inner demon, and it is also his.

"I greatly value his return."

He is extremely hypocritical.

"This child is good in every way, except that he repeatedly opposes me."

"Keeping him in a remote place, how much does he care? From the moment he entered the capital, I investigated him thoroughly. But he's hiding his sweetheart, and I can't find a single thing about her."

"Hmm? Who dares to plead for him? It's fine to keep an ordinary maid around. But he's fallen for her. Don't you think she deserves to die?"

His voice was icy and hard, carrying an air of superior authority and a chilling, ruthless killing intent. He commanded the shadowy figures who could do evil for him to move out.

"Guards, seize this woman immediately!"

The letters Wei Zhao sent home had already been worn rough by Yu Tingwan's fingertips, the ink on the paper had faded a bit, and the character "安" (an, meaning peace/safety) was at the crease, and one of the characters had turned slightly white.

She carefully tucked it under her pillow.

Yu Tingwan had no idea.

The baby in her womb turned into a pool of blood before she could even show.

She appeared quietly and left quietly, without her biological father knowing.

Yu Tingwan's only consolation was that she would personally accompany the child on the road to the underworld, and she wasn't worried that the child was too young and might get lost along the way.