Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 306: Production

Ye Shuo found Yao Zhi in the Imperial Garden. At that time, Yao Zhi was taking a walk in the Imperial Garden. She was alone with a dozen palace maids and looked very relaxed.

Now Ye Shuo’s harem is extremely clean, with only her as the only one. Yao Zhi does not need to compete with others for favors or scheme against others. Queen Mother Wei almost never makes things difficult for her for Xiao Shuo’s sake, and her sister-in-law adores her even more. Under such circumstances, although Yao Zhi’s life is a bit boring, it is still relatively peaceful.

“Well, what does the doctor say?”

Yao Zhi had just sat down in the pavilion when she heard a familiar voice shortly afterwards.

Yao Zhi was even willing to perform some formalities at first, but as time went by, she slowly got used to it. She didn’t even turn around, and directly said, “The imperial physician said that the pulse is very stable, and it has been more than a month now.”

As a doctor, Yao Zhi had guessed something was wrong when her period was delayed for a few days this month. After taking her pulse, she found that it was true. She called the imperial physician over just to confirm it.

“That’s good. That’s good.”

Ye Shuo let out a long breath, then thought of something and asked hurriedly, “Is there anything you want to eat? Anything you want to play with?”

Ye Shuo didn’t accompany her when she gave birth last time, so he had to make up for it this time.

Yao Zhi shook her head: “I don’t want anything to eat or play with right now.”

“Then…are you feeling unwell anywhere?” The last time they met in Dingning, Yao Zhi didn’t react much before he left, but this kind of thing is different every time, so Ye Shuo couldn’t help but ask a few more questions.

“No, no, nothing at all.”

This is what Yao Zhi said at the time, but when it came to the third month, Yao Zhi found that what she said before was too early. In fact, it was not that there was no reaction at all, but that the reaction was rather strange, so Yao Zhi did not realise it until much later.

She seemed to like the smell of Ye Shuo’s body. The reason was that Ye Shuo discovered that Yao Zhi seemed to like being close to him recently.

In the past, he was the one who got close to Yao Zhi, but in recent times, it was obvious that Yao Zhi liked to be close to him more.

At first, Ye Shuo thought that he had accidentally gotten something on his body, so he asked Xiao Luzi, who was standing next to him, but Xiao Luzi quickly denied it.

That’s strange.

Yao Zhi also felt it was strange, but she just… couldn’t help it.

“Why do you have to restrict yourself like this? It’s not like we don’t have the conditions.” Ye Shuo opened his arms, looking ready to be picked.

Yao Zhi hesitated for a long time, but finally came forward and inhaled it to her heart’s content. During the whole process, the historian outside was the only one who scratched his head. ?

The historian could be considered an old man in the palace, he had been there during the time of Emperor Jingwen, and among them Emperor Taicheng had a few concubines. Unexpectedly, the most troublesome one turned out to be the current Emperor Yongxi.

Although Emperor Yongxi only had one empress, it was still daytime!

The historian racked his brains every day, trying to find ways to beautify the two’s behaviour. After a long while, the historian finally wrote: “In the first year of Yongxi, on April 18th, at 3:30 pm, the empress felt unwell during her pregnancy, her face was pale and she was short of breath. The emperor felt very sorry for her…”

Looking at the spirited Queen, the historian curled the corner of his mouth. He only needed to ensure that the emperor’s sexual intercourse time was accurate and that the royal bloodline was pure. Everything else… shouldn’t matter, right?

Even if this matter reached the ears of He Xiang and others, they did not say anything. After all, at this time, such little facts were really insignificant. The most important thing was whether the Queen’s baby was a prince.

In the past, He Xiang and others never cared about this, but now they are like those women on the street, sneaking around and asking all kinds of questions.

The imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau have been in great demand recently. The adults who usually don’t take them seriously have begun to send things to their houses, just for one thing – to know whether the baby in the Empress’ belly is a boy or a girl.

The imperial physician was a little confused. Even if they knew, what would it matter? Could they still change the situation? Moreover… His Majesty had noticed him earlier than Prime Minister He and the others.

The imperial doctors thought very clearly that no matter how capable the emperor was, he was someone they needed to rely on, and no matter how capable people like Prime Minister He were, they had nothing to do with them.

After thinking about it, the imperial doctors began to laugh with these people.

The attitudes of the imperial doctors were so ambiguous that when it came time to treat the case, He Xiang and the others didn’t know what the result would be. He Xiang and the others were anxious and angry, but they could do nothing about it.

In the blink of an eye, another three months passed. In July, Yao Zhi, who was nearly seven months pregnant, had a belly that was relatively small. The thin summer clothes made it a little visible. If it was covered up a little in winter, it would probably not even be noticeable.

People in ancient times generally believed that it was better for their children to be white and plump, but Ye Shuo knew that if the child was too big, it would not only be too much of a burden on the mother, but it would also easily cause a difficult delivery. Therefore, Ye Shuo had been trying to find ways to help Yao Zhi control her weight.

Too much nutrition is not good, and malnutrition is not good either. Fortunately, Ye Shuo had read some books on nutrition in his previous life, so he has quite a bit of experience in matching daily food.

“You even understand this?” The first time, Yao Zhi couldn’t help but feel surprised. Combined with what he had written before, an idea flashed through Yao Zhi’s mind.

Then, she saw the young man pointing at his head, leaning close to her ear, and whispering, “I’ll tell you in secret, I can remember anything I’ve seen once.”

really……

Yao Zhi first thought of the old master and the others, and then thought of herself. She couldn’t help but push him: “So you were lying to me before.”

All that weakness and pity is fake.??

Even though Yao Zhi had vaguely felt that something was wrong, she couldn’t help but fall for his tricks every time.

Ye Shuo blinked, and seeing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly changed the subject: “By the way, the watermelons I planted are ready, let’s have some together?”

As Ye Shuo spoke, he took out a big round watermelon from behind him.

Compared to the watermelons Yao Zhi had seen before, the one in front of her was indeed big and round, with a few water droplets on it, as if it had just been washed.

“I didn’t ask anyone to take it to the well to cool it down because I was afraid it would irritate your stomach. I’m sorry for putting you in such a pity. You can eat as much as you want in the future.” Ye Shuo took out two silver spoons. Xiao Luzi, who was standing by, was very smart and skillfully drove the palace servants out. He took Princess Dingning to play in the yard.

Just when Yao Zhi was puzzled, she saw the young man split the watermelon in half with one palm strike. If Yao Zhi remembered correctly, this should be the old Duke of Zhen’s signature skill. If the old Duke of Zhen knew that the young man used the palm method he taught to split the watermelon and eat it, I wonder how he would feel…

Completely unaware of what his wife was thinking, Ye Shuo wiped the juice off half of it and stuffed it into her hand.

“Don’t worry, there’s no one here, just eat without worry.”

Even when Yao Zhi was travelling around the world, she seldom ate so wildly, but eating it one spoonful at a time like this really had a unique taste.

Especially after the evening when the sun sets, the temperature outside gradually decreases, and it is not as hot as in the afternoon. It is even more comfortable to eat watermelon, watch my daughter play, and chat with the young man.

When Queen Dowager Wei arrived, she happened to see the palace maid walking out of Chengming Hall with her head lowered. She was puzzled at first, but when she got closer, she saw her son and daughter-in-law, regardless of their status and image, sitting shoulder to shoulder on the stone steps outside Chengming Hall.

While they were eating bites of watermelon, they would occasionally pick up the hydrangea that had rolled down to their feet and throw it to little Dingning. Queen Mother Wei was stunned as she watched. In a trance, she seemed to understand what “a simple life” meant.

Jianjian on the side was hesitating whether to speak or not, but was stopped by Queen Dowager Wei.

“Don’t make a sound.”

“Let’s go.”

Queen Mother Wei really couldn’t bear to ruin this scene, but in fact, she felt quite uncomfortable in her heart, as if… she was not quite balanced.

Little bastard!!

But Queen Mother Wei also knew that her mentality was wrong. Just when she was struggling, she unexpectedly saw half a watermelon appear in front of her.

It turned out that the beautiful woman had noticed something early in the morning. While Queen Dowager Wei was not paying attention, she ordered the palace servants to go to the greenhouse and get one, and then she also split it into two halves with one palm.

Queen Mother Wei suddenly felt embarrassed.

“Ah, I’m not…”

Queen Mother Wei subconsciously wanted to defend herself, but was defeated by the beautiful woman’s eyes that seemed to see through everything.

“Well, I really didn’t feel comfortable just now…”

About half a quarter of an hour later, Queen Mother Wei also experienced the joy of eating watermelon directly with a spoon, but she was not so bold. She just closed the door and chattered incessantly with the woman in front of her.

The beautiful woman listened quietly, occasionally agreeing with her. After a while, Queen Mother Wei calmed down.

Jianjian on the side

So, what qualifications does the Queen Mother have to say about the Emperor’s brother?

Jianjian left in disappointment. Walking on the streets of Shangjing, Jianjian suddenly felt so lonely, like a dog.

Jian Jian was filled with anger and when Wu Yi came with the secret guards who were in training to hand over official business to the Censor General, Jian Jian forced him to sit down without saying a word.

Soon, Wu Yi was holding a watermelon in one hand and a spoon in the other, and even his mask revealed a hint of confusion.

The days passed one by one, and when the autumn harvest came, Ye Shuo couldn’t help feeling surprised when he saw the grain quantities reported from various places.

Champa rice is indeed worthy of being the ancient divine rice from the previous life. Although Champa is not called Champa in this life and has been renamed Lucheng, the essence of this rice has not changed. It turns out that the sentence “enough food every year” in the ancient books from the previous life was not false.

Although this kind of rice alone cannot completely solve the famine problem in ancient times, it is enough for now.

In addition to rice, it is time to spread methods such as cuttings and grafting to the people.

Then, when the early rice in the south was harvested and the mid-season rice matured, Yao Zhi’s due date was almost here, and in a blink of an eye, her delivery day arrived.

When hearing the news, almost everyone became nervous. He Xiang and others thought about it and for the first time in their lives, they came to the small Buddhist temples set up in their respective homes.