Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

"Your Highness, Prince Chu, my Majesty is seriously ill. If you wish to see His Majesty, please let me know."

Xue Huaide was not angry because of Chu Ning's attitude.

Now the Chu army is their savior, so he certainly won't offend Chu Ning at this time.

Chu Ning did not embarrass Xue Huaide. He nodded and said in a deep voice, "Take me to the palace."

"I will personally take His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Di Ying appeared in front of Chu Ning.

Looking at the fat Prime Minister of the Great Zhou in front of him, Chu Ning smiled and said, "You call yourself this Prime Minister, so I guess you must be the famous Lord Di Yingdi, right?"

"I dare not." Di Ying stepped forward and saluted: "I would like to thank His Royal Highness the King of Chu for his help tonight, otherwise my army might not be able to defend Luocheng."

Chu Ning was in no mood to be polite now. He just wanted to go to the palace to meet the empress.

"Let's talk about this after I meet the Empress. I came here to discuss something with the Empress."

"Your Highness the Prince of Chu, please come this way."

Di Ying did not dare to delay and immediately extended his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Chu Ning rode his horse straight to the palace under the leadership of Di Ying.

But on the street, Chu Ning discovered that there were many civilians here. If the Great Zhou soldiers had not tried their best to stop them, this group of people would have blocked the entire street.

This scene made Chu Ning raise his eyebrows: "No wonder you are not able to defend the city well. It turns out that the streets in the city are blocked and supplies cannot be transported."

Di Ying smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is worried about causing a civil uprising and causing the noble families to defect, so he has not dared to use tough measures."

Chu Ning nodded slightly, and then he understood why the defense of Luo City was so difficult.

On the one hand, the common people blocked the roads, making it impossible to transport supplies for defending the city; on the other hand, the empress's orders made the officials below fearful.

While he was deep in thought, a red light fell from the sky and shone on Chu Ning.

Its daybreak!

Chu Ning's handsome face and tall figure were deeply engraved in the eyes of the people of the Great Zhou on both sides of the street.

Although Chu Ning's identity was unclear, everyone knew that it was this young man who helped the soldiers in the city defend Luo City.

It can be said that the person in front of them is their benefactor.

No matter how much they wanted to leave the city before, after defending the city walls, they more or less developed some favorable feelings towards Chu Ning.

This is also the reason why the defenders were willing to let Chu Ning pass after blocking them.

Chu Ning rode his horse at a gallop, but he also took in the eyes and expressions of the people around him.

However, he didn't have the energy to care about these things now, he just wanted to see the empress as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, the Zhou Dynasty palace came into clear view.

After their identities were confirmed by the imperial guards at the gate, Chu Ning and Di Ying were allowed to enter the palace.

Inside the Li Zheng Hall.

The empress lay on the bed, extremely anxious.

The previous battle reports made her realize the seriousness of the situation. If she didn't find a way to transport supplies to the city walls, the rebels might be able to break into the city.

"Do you really want me to start a massacre and kill all the people who are blocking the streets?"

The Empress looked worried: "I don't know if that guy has come yet!"

Just as he finished speaking, a maid's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Di and His Royal Highness the King of Chu of Chu State request to see you."

The empress's eyes lit up, and a hint of anticipation flashed across her face: "Let the King of Chu come in!"

After waiting for so long, he is finally here!

This guy didn't let himself down!

While he was deep in thought, footsteps were heard and a tall figure appeared in the hall.

Looking at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, the empress's breathing began to rapid.

Chu Ning, who came in, was full of surprise.

There was a huge dragon bed in the hall, but it was blocked by a thick gold-thread bead curtain, and it was impossible to see what was behind the curtain.

In addition, there was a certain distance between the two people, so one person could only be vaguely seen lying on the dragon couch.

Chu Ning curled his lips, looking a little unhappy.

"Is this how the Empress treats guests?"

Chu Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "I have worked so hard to come to you from afar, traveling day and night, and you don't even show your face?"

The empress behind the pearl curtain fell silent upon hearing this.

Then, a long sigh was heard: "If you really think so, you might as well come in and take a look."

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes.

What do you mean?

Would you like me to lift the pearl curtain and take a look at the dragon bed?

Could it be that the empress is still reminiscing about what happened last time and wants to repeat the same trick?

Chu Ning, who knew that his martial arts skills were not as good as the Empress', immediately perked up and looked alert:

"You... stop being so mysterious in front of me!"

It is said that women are like wolves at thirty and tigers at forty. The current empress is at the age of being as fierce as wolves and tigers, so he doesn't want to suffer any loss.

It took him two full days to recover from the last incident in the carriage, and he didn't want it to happen again.

Chu Ning's appearance today not only did not make the empress angry, but she chuckled:

"Why, the famous King of Chu also gets scared sometimes?"

Chu Ning's mouth twitched: "Afraid? I have never known how to write the word afraid since I was born!"

It’s just lifting the pearl curtain to take a look. The empress won’t eat him!

Having made up his mind, Chu Ning gritted his teeth, steeled his heart, stretched out his right hand, and pushed aside the bead curtain.

What came into view was a stunning face. Although she was lying on her side on the bed, she was still heart-warming.

Looking down along the slender neck, even a thin purple gauze dress cannot conceal its majesty, which makes people salivate and feel dry in the mouth!

Further down is a ball of meat...

Ok……

Wait, when did the empress gain weight?

Your belly is so big?

Chu Ning thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again.

It is indeed a large piece of meat.

It’s at least as big as a five-pound watermelon!

Chu Ning was about to tease the empress by asking if she didn't pay attention to losing weight, but then he reacted and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Empress, you...you are pregnant?" Chu Ning was dumbfounded.

The empress did not hide anything, nodded and chuckled, "As you can see, I am pregnant."

Now Chu Ning understood why the empress had not attended court for several months.

How dare you go to court with such a big belly?

The empress is the emperor. If people knew that she was pregnant, the Zhou Dynasty would be in turmoil.

No wonder the empress’s recent policies are so merciful. It turns out that she is pregnant and her heart has softened.

Chu Ning laughed out loud, with a teasing look on his face: "Empress, you are too careless, how come you got yourself pregnant!

No wonder King Liang dared to rebel, did he know that you were pregnant? "

The empress looked at Chu Ning who was still able to laugh and rolled her eyes at him: "If Prince Liang knew that I was pregnant, he would have spread the news long ago.

I know that this matter cannot be spread out, so during the period when I could not attend court, I kept refusing to attend the morning court on the grounds of being seriously ill.

But it was precisely because of this that King Liang felt that there was an opportunity, so he took the opportunity to bribe the ministers and raise an army to rebel. "

Chu Ning was speechless after hearing this: "You should blame yourself for this. Why didn't you accidentally get pregnant?"

As long as your belly doesn't get too big, nothing will be a problem.

Unexpectedly, the empress narrowed her eyes, stared at Chu Ning and said word by word: "Why don't you guess whose child this is?"

Chu Ning was stunned.

I don't know anyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so how can I guess whose child it is?

But then, a terrible thought suddenly occurred to him.