Chapter 292 The Princess of a Fallen Kingdom Takes Over the Two-Faced Crown Prince (63)

Moreover, the sex of Chu Yuan's baby was already determined when the embryo was implanted.

It's a pity she's not the younger sister Chang'er likes!

A month before the child's birth, Ji Yun restored the kingdom's name, causing a great stir throughout the land, especially since the new queen was only eighteen years old. Countless people were waiting for the young queen to be embarrassed.

Little did they know that behind the little empress was a "wise and capable wife".

Having been a prince for so many years, Dugu Ran had been influenced by what he saw and heard, and he applied what he learned. How could he not manage a mere Ji Yun?

When the system notified Chu Yuan that two of her tasks were completed, Chu Yuan was on the delivery bed.

Ignoring all etiquette and propriety, Dugu Ling held one of her hands and cried even more dramatically than she did by the bedside, "Yuan'er, Yuan'er, don't leave me, you're bleeding so much, waaaah..."

Chu Yuan was in pain and discomfort, and his hand was being squeezed so tightly that it turned blue. She was speechless and stared at the ceiling, feeling utterly hopeless. "Can you please stop crying? If you really can't, then let Dugu Jue come out!"

"No way, he was with you last time, this time it's my turn!" Dugu Ling refused, unusually defiant towards Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan took a deep breath. "Then stop crying, or I won't give birth."

Despite the clumsy threat, Dugu Ling actually believed it. She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and held Chu Yuan's hand to her lips.

"Yuan'er, you've suffered. I'll go and yell at those ministers who are making a ruckus, insisting that I have too few heirs."

They're always nagging me to select concubines or to say that the Empress is jealous and is hindering the continuation of the royal bloodline. It's so annoying!

"Tomorrow, I will issue an imperial edict requiring all officials whose wives or concubines are about to give birth to accompany them during childbirth. Once they've witnessed such a bloody and deadly scene, let's see if they still dare to complain about giving birth!"

If they remain indifferent after accompanying their wives during childbirth, it only shows that they don't really love their wives and concubines that much.

This also reveals whether some officials are merely feigning loyalty and righteousness.

Chu Yuan really didn't expect that Dugu Ling could come up with this trick.

Well, those officials already thought she was a scourge to the country, and now they'll probably dislike her even more.

Not long after, the Empress Dowager passed away. As Chu Yuan had expected, these people indeed pinned all the bad things on her, such as the drought in the north, the floods in the south, the Empress Dowager's sudden death, and the country's poor fortune.

Chu Yuan, having served as empress for several terms, paid no heed to these seemingly malicious remarks that could not actually harm her in the slightest. However, Dugu Jue, with his fiery temper, dragged the most vocal censor away and gave him dozens of lashes, nearly tearing his buttocks apart. He then threatened all the officials, "From now on, if anyone dares to seriously injure my empress, I will kill them all, and if I see two, I will kill them both."

As far as I am concerned, there is only one Empress, but the remonstrating officials in the Golden Palace, if I so desire, are as numerous as the ministers crossing the river; I could promote them all.

Its main selling point is being willful.

However, Dugu Ling was only particularly violent in relation to the harem and Chu Yuan. At other times, she would never appear. Dugu Ling treated people with gentleness and was neither humble nor arrogant.

The ministers all submitted to him.

The second son was given the name "Ai" because he was born in the dead of winter, when snow covered the land for miles.

Dugu Ai.

Then, the tragic Dugu Ling/Dugu Jue spent another year observing mourning for the Empress Dowager.

He was married for three years, and spent two of those years in mourning.

When the two talked in private, they were both speechless and choked up, wanting to cry.

But he couldn't go too far. Just as the mourning period was approaching, he couldn't hold back any longer. Dugu Jue threw the "cooling soup" that Chu Yuan had ordered him to make on the ground with a bang, and stormed into the inner room. He dragged the two little ones who were playing hide-and-seek with Chu Yuan out of bed and threw them at the wet nurse.

With a stern face, he uttered, "Tonight, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to disturb me and the Empress!"