Quickly wear a child, the villain is more favored, who wants the male protagonist?

......

The dead bodies were quickly identified and they were all people from Zhang Xiu's palace.

The little palace maid was lucky. When she woke up, she immediately accused Zhang Jichang of harming several palace maids, all of whom were beaten and killed by Zhang Xiuchun and thrown into the well.

The two tried their best to deny it, but it was no use.

In order to clear themselves of any involvement, the other palace maids and eunuchs in Zhang Xiuchun's palace confessed directly. The testimonies of the eunuchs and palace maids severely criticized Zhang Jichang and Zhang Xiuchun.

Zhou Yan's face was gloomy. He had thought that Zhang Xiuchun would be honest and decent, but he didn't expect her to be so vicious...

And there is Zhang Jichang, does he think that the harem is his family?

Zhou Yan looked at Zhang Jichang with an extremely cold look.

"Come here, drag him away and beat him to death!"

Zhang Jichang was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot, his face turned pale and bloodless.

"No, Your Majesty, I was just playing with the little palace maids. I didn't kill them. My sister did. I don't deserve the death penalty!"

Unfortunately, no matter how he screamed, it was useless. Two royal guards grabbed him and dragged him out. Then, there were screams like a pig being slaughtered, one after another...

Zhang Xiuchun looked very unhappy and pleaded for Zhang Jichang.

"Your Majesty, they were just a few palace maids. Let them die. My brother is the nephew of the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager knew about this, she would definitely be furious... Please forgive my brother, Your Majesty. I will discipline him in the future. It was those palace maids who seduced my brother that made him lose control. In the final analysis, they were just a few seductresses who wanted to climb up the social ladder."

"Shut up!"

She was so stupid and mean. How could she, a commoner, just say that several palace maids died?

Zhou Yan really didn't want to hear her say another word.

"Concubine Zhang has been demoted to a concubine and banished to the cold palace! Drag her away!"

"Wha, what?"

Zhang Xiuchun thought that if she killed a few palace maids, she would at most be confined to the cold palace. When she heard the words "banished to the cold palace", she instantly collapsed to the ground.

After Zhang Xiuchun was dragged out by two eunuchs, Xia Xizhi said,

"Your Majesty, is the selection of the Imperial Guards so random? Someone like Zhang Jichang can be a member of the Imperial Guards."

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Meng, the commander of the Imperial Guards, broke out in a cold sweat and quickly knelt down.

"It's my fault! I only allowed him into the Imperial Guard out of respect for the Empress Dowager, but it's truly my fault. I'll reorganize and assess the Imperial Guard tomorrow morning!"

Zhou Yan glanced coldly at Xiong Meng, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and said in a low voice,

"No need for that. Commander Xiong is old and it's time for him to go home and have a good rest. Effective immediately, Commander Xiong will be removed from his position as the commander of the Imperial Guard."

Xiong Meng's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"Yes!"

Xiong Meng was dismissed from his post, Xu Liangyu became the new commander of the Imperial Guards, and the banquet came to an end.

When Xu Liangyu left, she glanced at Xia Xizhi from a distance. Xia Xizhi gave her a smile and nodded. Xu Liangyu also nodded slightly and left quickly.

.......

Yan Sili returned from Youzhou after investigating a case. Without even taking a rest, he went to the Pepper Room Palace overnight with a haggard face.

As soon as he entered the room, he got into Xia Xizhi's quilt, hugged her tightly, and put his hand on her lower abdomen and gently stroked it. He was very nervous.

"My Lady, is this my child?"

When he got the news that she was pregnant, he changed three horses along the way and rode as fast as he could.

He was pretty sure it was his child, but he still wanted to hear it from her own mouth.

"What do you think?" Xia Xizhi said with a smile.

Yan Sili held Xia Xizhi carefully, as if he was holding a fragile treasure, and his arms trembled slightly because he was too nervous.

Tonight he would go and tell the ancestors of the Si family, and his parents, that the Si family had a successor...

The Si family has not been extinct.

"Don't worry, my queen. I won't let anything happen to you. I will protect you and the child until my death."

Thinking of something, Yan Sili's narrow eyes flashed with icy fierceness.

If Zhou Yan dares to touch her and his child, then let him die...

Xia Xizhi laughed and joked,

"I disrupted your marriage, and now I'm giving you a child. How about this apology?"

Yan Sili pinched her cheek and said lovingly,

"Excellent."

"Since it's so good, shouldn't the commander serve me well..." Xia Xizhi leaned close to his ear, rubbed his head against it, and teased him deliberately.

Yan Sili's body suddenly became restless, and his lower abdomen tensed...

The voice is slightly hoarse,

"Your Majesty is still pregnant, please don't... I'm afraid I might hurt you..."

As he spoke, he remembered that pregnant women have more active sexual desire.

Yan Sili paused, turned over, covered her with his broad body, and gently kissed her on the lips.

"However, I can help your majesty."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Sili's rough hand reached in...

Xia Xizhi's face turned red in an instant.

This villain is really too good.

........

Two days later.

Palace.

"Your Majesty, everything is ready. It's absolutely foolproof. Prime Minister Xia and his three sons have already gone to the hot springs I've arranged for them. In a moment, ten of my deadly guards will come while they're soaking in the hot springs and poison them all!"

Wei Yin, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stood in front of Zhou Yan's desk and reported in a low voice.

Zhou Yan smiled and said,

"Okay! After this is accomplished, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

He originally wanted Yan Sili to arrange the assassination, but Wei Yin volunteered, and since Xia Xizhi was pregnant, he didn't want to see Yan Sili.

The baby in Xia Xizhi's belly might be his, which always made him feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan's face suddenly turned bad again.

Zhou Yan's face darkened, and he looked gloomy.

"We must ensure that nothing goes wrong this time. Prime Minister Xia and his sons are not easy to deal with, especially Xia Shaoshi and Xia Shaoche. We absolutely cannot let any of them survive."

He didn't want to get rid of the Xia family so quickly, but he couldn't have children now, and Xia Xizhi was pregnant again.

This may be his only hope. If he can't get rid of it, he can only get rid of the Xia family as soon as possible.

If this child were born, Xia Fuzhan would probably take action against him, killing the father and keeping the son. In the future, their Xia family would use his only son to control the government.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Prime Minister Xia and his family have already gone there without noticing anything. I am 90% sure about this assassination!" Wei Yin said with confidence.

"By the way, Your Majesty, where is the Queen? Do you want to get rid of her together..."

If he gets rid of the Queen of the Xia family, his daughter will have the opportunity to sit in that position in the future... A calculation flashed through Wei Yin's mind.

"Don't touch the Queen. No one is allowed to touch the Queen without my instructions. She is my Queen. If anyone dares to touch her, it will be regarded as treason. Do you understand, Minister Wei?" Zhou Yan said in an extremely serious tone.

Wei Yin paused, a little surprised.

They all say that His Majesty hates the legitimate daughter of the Xia family and likes the adopted daughter of the Xia family. Why do they look so different...

"Wei Chen understands!"

The system told Xia Xizhi everything about the conversation between the two.

Xia Xizhi sneered.

"It's time for Zhou Yan, that bastard, to die."

.......

As night fell, in order not to alert the Xia family and arouse their suspicion, Zhou Yan went to the hot spring as usual.

His hot spring pools were not like those of ordinary ministers, but were located in the Hot Spring Palace.

Meanwhile, Ruan Qingqing changed her clothes, secretly glanced at the medicine in her sleeve, and, under the guidance of a young eunuch, entered the Tangquan Palace...