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Cao Ruqiong understood the hidden meaning of Lu Changqing's words. This man was determined to have an empress in the Dasheng Dynasty.

"Do you threaten me?"

"If you think so, then that's it." Seeing how hard Cao Ruqiong was enduring the pain, Lu Changqing didn't want to argue with her anymore. He spread out his palm and handed the newly exchanged [Hui Yuan Dan] to her mouth, "Take this medicine, don't talk anymore, save your energy for giving birth later."

Two hours later, the sound of a baby crying was heard in the room.

"Is it the prince or the princess?" Cao Ruqiong asked with all his might, regardless of the pain in his lower body and the fatigue.

Lu Changqing looked at the red and wrinkled baby girl in his arms and smiled, "Of course it's the prince."

When Cao Ruqiong heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up, but when he saw the smile on Lu Changqing's face, the smile immediately froze on his face.

Cao Ruqiong lay dejectedly on the bed, looking at the curtains above her head, tears slowly sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

Lu Changqing looked at Nanny Li and ordered, "Get ready. The ministers outside want to take a look at the prince."

Lu Changqing bought the item [Spring Sleep Without Knowing the Dawn] from the points mall and used it on the child, letting her sleep quietly for a while.

After hiding the child, Lu Changqing walked out of the palace holding the baby boy that Cao Ruqiong had brought back earlier.

Yan Shan and the six ministers had been waiting outside the palace long ago. Lu Changqing held the crying child in his arms and showed him to each of them.

These people didn't care what the newborn looked like, they only cared whether the child was a boy.

After confirming that it was indeed a baby boy, Lu Changqing asked Nanny Li to take the child back to the house.

Minister of Personnel Cheng Zhi bowed and said, "Since your majesty has issued an edict to depose the queen, the prince's biological mother is no longer qualified to raise him. In my opinion, it would be better to send the prince to Qiao Shuyi's palace to be raised."

Qiao Luoluo, who was standing by, heard this and quickly waved her hand to refuse. There were so many idle people in her palace. If she left the prince with her, her identity as a girl would be exposed in less than half a day.

"I am young and have no experience in taking care of children. I'd better let the Imperial Concubine do it."

Lu Changqing knew that Cheng Zhi was afraid that she would raise another Qi Yu 2.0 version. In order to reassure these old guys, she said, "How about this, Qiao Shuyi moves to my palace, and I will raise the child with her."

Before Cheng Zhi could say anything, Yan Shan said, "That's a good idea. I think we should do it this way."

Cheng Zhi & others: ...We haven't even expressed our opinions yet, and you made the decision all by yourself.

The imperial palace was very busy afterwards. First there was the funeral of the late emperor, then the enthronement of the young emperor, and then the promotions of the concubines in the harem.

After Qi Yu died, all the women in the harem were raised in generation and became Tai.

Lu Changqing's task was to take Qiao Luoluo and the child to court every day.

The children were crying upstairs and the ministers were arguing downstairs.

She has no right to speak in this huge court yet, and of course she is not in a hurry to take power. She takes care of the children wholeheartedly every day. Although she sits on the dragon throne every day, she never discusses state affairs. There are still arguments among these ministers. When they cannot reach a conclusion and need her to make a decision, she will say a few words.

If she were a man, her indifferent attitude towards state affairs would naturally cause dissatisfaction among the court officials, but she was a woman, and in the eyes of these men in the hall, she only needed to sit there obediently and take care of the children, and as for state affairs, they were enough.

Lu Changqing held the child in his arms and summoned Yan Shan to the Imperial Garden. He said straight to the point, "Father, please hand over the military power of the Northern Yamen Forbidden Army."

Yan Shan snorted coldly, "Isn't the military power of the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Court in the hands of the Emperor already in your hands? Why do you still want to steal my things?"

"What do you think I should do? If you don't want to hand over the Northwest Army, then fine. But are you going to snatch the Imperial Guards from me? You don't stay in the capital all year round. If there is another traitor like Guo Qian among the Imperial Guards of the Northern Yamen, do you want to let the Northern and Southern Yamen kill each other?"

Yan Shan disagreed with Lu Changqing's words, "If I give the Beiya Army to you, will there be no traitors?"

"Father, do you know Huo Guang of the Eastern Han Dynasty? Do you know what happened to the Huo family after his death?"

Without waiting for Yan Shan to answer, Lu Changqing said to himself, "The clan has been exterminated. I don't need to tell father that the waxing moon will wane and the prosperity will decline, right?"

"Don't even think about forcing the emperor to revolt. Those who bully orphans and widows will not have a good ending. And even if you succeed in the rebellion, who among your sons do you think can take on the responsibility?"

Lu Changqing guessed what Yan Shan was thinking, and he pouted uncomfortably, "Your father doesn't have the courage to rebel."

"I believe you didn't have that before, but now, I don't dare to stick to my old idea."

"You don't even trust your own father?"

Lu Changqing asked back: "You promised to give me the Beiya Army after the matter was accomplished. Did you give it to me? What is the point of breaking your promise? If you can't even do this, how can I believe that you are loyal to the court?"

Yan Shan argued, "Aren't you not the Queen Mother yet?"

"Is there any difference between me and the Queen Mother now? Cao Ruqiong was sent to the cold palace, and Concubine Qiao would rather die than be the Queen Mother. Every day, apart from helping to take care of the baby, she reads and writes. How can they hinder me?"

Yan Shan's eyes turned, looking at the half-closed child in Lu Changqing's arms, and said, "When he grows up and knows that his biological mother is not you, there is no guarantee that he will not release the deposed queen from the cold palace."

"How many years have passed? A good father will have a good daughter. Does father think that I can't even beat a young boy?"

Seeing that Yan Shan was still unmoved, Lu Changqing continued, "Think about Huo Guang, think about yourself. When you are old and gone, do you think your three useless sons can support our family? Besides me, who else can you count on in this family?"

Yan Shan's face suddenly turned ugly. "Although your three brothers are not very capable, they are not as bad as you say."

"Not very capable? You really think too highly of them. They are good at eating, drinking, gambling and traveling. I advise you to throw them into the military camp and discipline them properly. It's good that no one has died now. If someone dies, I'm afraid they will become a warning to others."

Yan Shan said nonchalantly: "With me here, what are you afraid of? If you can't even protect your own son, then you have served as a general in vain."

Lu Changqing held his forehead and started to chase people away with a headache, "I won't talk to you anymore. Go back and ask your staff and tell them about the conversation I had with you today. Let them give you some advice."

Lu Changqing was worried, and when she sent Yan Shan away, she said, "Father, we are a family. I understand the principle that we all prosper together and suffer together. As your biological daughter, I will not harm you."