C103 (1/2)

Zhao Shiqian nodded his head, ”Since you think it's good, then it's good.”

Hearing his words, Zhou Leping seemed to be dissatisfied with him, it was clear that he wanted to say something, but was hesitant. However, it was as if he couldn't say it in front of her, and just a few sentences caused Zhou Leping to feel extremely uneasy.

”If the Emperor has anything to say, feel free to say it in front of this subject, but do you think there's any problem with Zhu Guanliang?”

Zhao Shiqian shook his head, ”There's no problem, I just felt that he … It seems a bit unusual for you. ”

Zhou Leping's heart was pounding, ”... Why would the Emperor say that? ”

Seeing that Zhu Guanliang's number was not many times, and could be counted with one hand, and seeing that she had even fewer times with Zhu Guanliang, how could Zhao Shiqian see that he treated her differently?

Could it be that the Emperor had the General's Estate and also a spy?

Zhao Shiqian was quiet for a moment, then stopped in front of her. ”Men's intuition, you guys live together everyday, don't tell me you didn't sense anything?”

”No …” ”Nope.”

Separated by the mask, Zhao Shiqian couldn't see the expression on her face. After a moment of silence, he smiled faintly and skipped over the topic.

”Since you're here, let's go see Le An at noon. After you're injured, as long as she sees me, she will definitely ask you. She's very worried for you and probably has some resentment towards me, so you can go and reassure her.”

Zhou Leping cupped his hands together and retreated, only then did he exit the main entrance of the main hall, only to see He Shibi hurriedly running over, running into the main hall. He knelt down with a thump, and said in panic, ”Your Majesty, things aren't good, Empress … ”It's a small birth.”

Zhou Leping's feet shook as he turned around to look at Zhao Shiqian. His eyebrows twitched but his face did not change much, ”What's going on?”

”I don't know. He said he started having abdominal pains this morning, and then went to find an imperial physician. By the time the imperial physician arrived, he'd already seen red. You should go take a look.”

Zhao Shiqian stood up and leisurely walked over. When he passed by Zhou Leping, he placed his hand on her shoulder, ”You can go back first.”

She clasped her fists and hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth. ”Your Majesty …” Empress, she … ”

Zhao Shiqian knew what she was going to say and pursed his lips, ”It's not us.”

Zhou Leping could tell that Zhao Shiqian was extremely dissatisfied with Qiu Rong's pregnancy. Although she and Qiu Rong no longer had the same sisterly relationship, they had still known each other for a while, which was better than those years. If it really was Zhao Shiqian's doing, she would have sympathized with him for a bit.

She took two steps back, even more in awe, ”This subject has misspoken, your majesty, please forgive me.”

Zhao Shiqian stood with his hands behind his back, looked into the distance, and said: ”If you can kill people on the battlefield without blinking, why do you not have any heart to kill people you should have?”

She did not say much, but remained silent until the Emperor left, sighing and leaving.

He didn't know why, but his heart was in constant turmoil. The empress had gone through great pains to conceive and was now suffering a miscarriage. It was unknown just who it would affect.

Returning to the General's Estate, she let out a long sigh of relief. At the door to her room, she met Zhou Leqi, who had just returned from the Ministry of Rites Yamen.

Zhou Leqi nodded his head, ”I will bring it back to tidy it up for you.”

”In the past, was it this big bro who was responsible for arranging the exam questions in the Imperial examinations?”