Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

Probably no one would have thought that less than a year after Situ Zhige returned to Beijing, the eldest prince Situ Yao died unexpectedly.

The reason was that he died at the hands of the emperor.

It was because Emperor Situ Qing saw that Situ Zhige's performance in the court was getting better and better, and the hearts of the court officials were won over, so he suddenly became anxious.

This anxiety made him increase the efforts to "urge Situ Yao to give birth".

As a result, the drug was too strong and Situ Yao was fine, but the woman went crazy and bit off Situ Yao's neck during sex.

Situ Yao was seriously injured and died on the spot. The emperor was devastated by this and became seriously ill.

Situ Zhige came to power as the crown prince.

In the spring of the following year, the emperor died of illness, and Situ Zhige officially ascended the throne.

On the day of his enthronement, Situ Zhige announced to the world that he would officially marry Qu Xiaoxiao, the only queen of his life, one month later.

But in reality, Qu Xiaoxiao had already devoured Hua Meinan on their way to the capital. Even after entering the palace, the two had never been apart for a single day.

The so-called wedding or enthronement is just a formality.

A year after the wedding, Qu Xiaoxiao successfully gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

Situ Zhige used this as an excuse to announce that he would not take concubines for three years so that the queen could be at ease and have more children for the royal family.

Do the court officials agree?

Of course, no one would want to do that, including the current Imperial Tutor Zhuang Xianyu. But would it be any use if he was unwilling?

His two disciples, Song Rensheng and Song Yanran, and even his now lively mother applauded Situ Zhige's decision.

And ever since the twins were born, Situ Zhige has been playing dirty. Besides liking to hide away and find a quiet palace to read, Situ Zhige's favorite thing is to take care of the children and coax the queen.

In general, I just don’t like going to work and prefer to be alone and participate in family life.

Finally, under Qu Xiaoxiao's persuasion, Situ Zhige reluctantly agreed to attend court one day and rest the next. If there were any state affairs or urgent memorials that happened to arrive on the day he was in trouble, the court officials would have to consult the queen.

In any case, the emperor never rejected any decision made by the queen.

In this way, the Wu Kingdom effectively formed a situation where the emperor and empress took turns ruling. As for the three-year ban on taking concubines? Sorry, after three years, the emperor announced: the twins are still young, and we must wait another three years.

Qu Xiaoxiao didn't care about all this at all.

If Situ Zhige really wanted to start a harem, the worst that could happen was that she would just give him a "penis-shrinking pill" and the problem would be solved once and for all.

However, just two years later, Qu Xiaoxiao became pregnant again, and after the imperial physician examined her, he excitedly announced that the queen was pregnant with triplets this time.

Triplets! This is almost unheard of in the entire Wubie Kingdom, yet the royal family actually happened to have one.

In addition, the bodies of the twins were visibly healthy, so from then on, the label of "able to give birth and raise children" was firmly established on Qu Xiaoxiao.

Qu Xiaoxiao: “…”

Could it be that this body was truly suited for childbearing? Both pregnancies had been natural, and she hadn't taken any fertility pills or anything like that. She had originally planned to stop having children after giving birth to the twins.

But there was one thing that surprised her.

Since the birth of the twins, Situ Zhige, completely freed from the toxins, had seemingly unleashed a seal. He had become incredibly vigorous. Furthermore, perhaps because the palace food was so good, he was practically becoming insatiable.

For example, this pregnancy, Qu Xiaoxiao recalled afterwards.

One morning, when she was dressed and about to go to court, Situ Zhige, who was still lying on the dragon bed, acted like a demon and used all his tricks to pester her to have sex with him again.

Afterwards, she was in a hurry to go to court, so she just cast a quick cleansing spell and called it a day.

The three little guys were lucky enough to stay.

Nine months later, Qu Xiaoxiao gave birth to two princes and a princess. From then on, the court officials who had been clamoring for the emperor to expand his harem were completely silenced.

You're kidding! The Empress gave birth to three sons and two daughters for the Emperor. So, who else's daughter, even if she entered the palace and was favored, could have more children than the Empress?

Still, he will be suppressed by the queen, which means he becomes a useless chess piece.

In addition, the queen has the power of life and death. If they insist on sending women to the palace, they will most likely be retaliated against afterwards. It is not worth it, not worth it!

So after the triplets were one month old, Situ Zhige started to mess around with the kids again. This time, he used the excuse that he was too tired because he had too many children and that he didn't have as much time to attend court as Qu Xiaoxiao.

However, the 6-year-old prince had already begun to follow the emperor and empress to court in an orderly manner.

It was because Qu Xiaoxiao felt that instead of letting the child be locked up in the house and study with the tutor all day, it would be better for her to go to court early and see how her parents handled state affairs.

Immersion in learning through observation and exposure is far more effective than rote learning.

At the same time, Xinyang City.

In a fairly comfortably furnished courtyard, Sun Bailu was taking inventory of all her belongings, her fingers running over the gold- and silver-inlaid hairpins, jewelry, and silk dresses.

A smug smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Although Qu Xiaoxiao, the native, was now a phoenix that dominated the world and enjoyed unlimited glory, she could not catch up with him in her life. But now she had two children, no worries about food and clothing, and her life was considered rich.

At this moment, the door curtain was suddenly opened from the outside, and a little maid with her hair combed into a short hairstyle came in:

"Auntie, the eldest son of the Sun family is here again. He's standing outside our yard. Should we invite him in?"

The little girl used the word "again". If you listen carefully, you can also hear that there is not much respect for Sun Bailu in her voice, but unfortunately Sun Bailu did not notice these subtle details.

"Is that Yaozu? Let him in." Sun Bailu said.

At the same time, he stuffed all the jewelry and fabrics into the cabinet.

"Yes, aunt."

The little girl agreed, and turned around and curled her lips inadvertently.

This brother of Aunt Sun has come to the mansion to beg for money again. Everyone in the mansion is fed up with him.

Every time I come here and see these girls who are a little neater, their eyes are like they are picking out wives, which is really disgusting.

Humph, why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself?

He was just an idle and poor fellow, but they called him "Young Master" out of politeness and really thought they were some kind of young master.

But Aunt Sun still acts like a proper relative and visits her frequently.

Otherwise, it would be said that this family is not presentable.

Sun Bailu had never witnessed any palace fighting, so he had no idea what the little girls were saying.

Not long after, the door curtain was lifted, and a thin young man of medium build walked in with a smile, holding a straw grasshopper in his hand.

It is the grown-up male protagonist Sun Yaozu.

A chubby little fellow saw this and immediately jumped down from the brocade couch beside him. He grabbed the grasshopper from Sun Yaozu's hand and shouted incoherently:

"Grasshopper, this is for me!"

The old woman next to her was holding a little girl by the hand, and seeing this, she also rushed over to grab it:

"Give it to me, let me play with it. My uncle brought it to me."