GBP Chapter 188 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (38)
Chapter 188 The Queen Who Used as a Shield in a Good Pregnancy Novel (38)
Inside the princess's residence, someone was lying in wait, waiting for their prey to come to them.
The two brothers, looking completely satisfied, landed lightly and froze on the spot.
For no other reason than that their aunt, Anning, was watching them with perfect composure.
Look at the neatly arranged tables and chairs, look at the steaming tea, and look at Aunt Anning's teasing smile.
Li Yanming and Li Yanli felt inexplicably a little embarrassed and a little guilty.
They stood at attention, heads bowed and brows furrowed, not daring to look directly into Princess Anning's eyes.
Princess Anning didn't pay much attention to that. She just smiled and said as if talking to herself, "It's getting late and the dew is heavy. I wonder where my two nephews have gone?"
"Oh dear, I really can't figure it out."
Can you guess?
Princess Anning spoke her last words directly to Li Yanming and Li Yanli, leaving the two speechless and too ashamed to look up.
He stammered, "Aunt, why are you here so early?"
They felt they had arrived quite early; the sun had only just risen, and their aunt seemed to have been waiting for them for a long time.
It can't be...
Li Yanming cautiously lifted his eyelids, nudged Li Yanli beside him, and muttered, "Could it be that Auntie already knew we weren't here when we climbed over the wall last night, and has been waiting until now?"
If that's true, then he admires his aunt's perseverance.
It's so cold outside, and they're still keeping watch over them. I feel bad for my aunt.
Li Yanli shook his head slightly: "I don't know, why don't you ask?"
Since they've already been caught, Aunt Anning must know where they went, so let's just go straight to the point and save ourselves the trouble.
The two brothers exchanged a glance, then stepped forward and sat down at the table and chairs that had been prepared for Princess Anning.
"Aunt, please speak frankly."
Li Yanming spoke on behalf of the princess, who raised an eyebrow but her smile didn't reach her eyes: "What did you say?"
"Are you saying that you broke into Weiyang Palace at night and gave your seventh brother a huge green hat?"
At this point, Princess Anning paused, then shook her head and said, "No, it's not one, it should be two."
Princess Anning, whose eyes swept over her two nephews with thin, swollen lips, scoffed and shook her head in disdain: "Young people, they just don't know what's important."
Judging from their swollen lips, it's easy to imagine that her niece-in-law's condition must be even worse than theirs.
With its red and swollen appearance, how could the emperor not be suspicious?
Princess Anning glanced at the two of them with disdain and didn't want to speak for the time being.
Li Yanming noticed her gaze, raised his hand and touched his lips, only then realizing that his lips were somewhat swollen and even had several wounds.
It must have been caused by his lack of discretion when he first kissed his sister-in-law.
Thinking of this, Li Yanming blushed.
Li Yanli was more composed. He only needed to look at Ninth Brother's appearance to imagine what he would look like, so he didn't feel embarrassed.
Since it was all his sister-in-law who stamped the document for him, he couldn't be more eager to let the whole world know!
A flicker of excitement flashed in Li Yanli's eyes, which he suppressed with difficulty before looking at Princess Anning again and saying in a deep voice, "Aunt, what you said last night, Ninth Brother and I have thought about it carefully, and we can cooperate."
Princess Anning smiled slightly and replied, "Mm."
There was no follow-up.
She simply stared at the cup in her hand, waiting for Li Yanli's "but".
Anyone with a brain could tell that there was another meaning behind Li Yanli's words.
Then Li Yanli lowered his eyes and said, "Li Yanxiu is doomed, but my ninth brother and I have no interest in the throne, so—we want to let my sister-in-law and our young son rule from behind the curtain!"
They were not happy with whoever came to power; it would be best to have the Empress Dowager Regent, so that she would have the highest status and no one could bully her.
Princess Anning paused her light tapping of the cup, then looked at the two brothers with determined eyes with a slight smile.
She laughed for a while before speaking softly, "You know what? That's what I think too."
That's why they're all supposed to be on the same page. They're so in sync, each of them thinking about killing Li Yanxiu. As for the Li Kingdom, they'll just leave it to the Empress to rule from behind the curtain with her child.
Fortunately, as long as they planned everything well for the Empress, no one could cause her any trouble.
The three women, aunt and niece, reached a consensus, toasted with three cups of hot tea as if it were wine, and thus a cooperation was happily agreed upon.
There's just one thing they need to think about carefully.
Princess Anning looked at her two nephews with a hint of disappointment, "Look at you two, you're utterly useless. How did you manage to get your hands on Li Yanxiu?"
If these two nephews are still able to have children, let them serve the Empress more often so that they can produce an heir and then be placed on the throne.
But now, there's a bunch of useless fellows, not one of them can have children. How can the Empress possibly have a child?
Li Yanming and Li Yanli hung their heads dejectedly, "That wasn't what we wanted either..."
If they had known about this incident, they would have fought to the death to prevent Li Yanxiu from succeeding.
But life is so unpredictable; they are powerless now and can only place their hopes on other things.
"Placing your hopes on something else?" Princess Anning raised her phoenix eyes, looking at the two with a somewhat ambiguous expression. "What other things?"
She asked casually, "Are you planning to just give any child to the Empress, or find a few fertile male concubines and send them to her side?"
Princess Anning's words were something she had been pondering since yesterday.
She wasn't so determined to support the Li Kingdom's royal family; who the emperor was, or whether he was a member of the Li family, wasn't that important to her.
So she openly began to think about outsiders, and that blood ties were actually dispensable.
Otherwise, her good brother and nephew wouldn't have harmed her husband and son behind her back, leaving her heartbroken.
Thinking of this, Princess Anning frowned and looked very displeased.
She glanced at Li Yanming and Li Yanli and said calmly, "Think it through. Tomorrow I will bring Chang Le to the palace to see the Empress. At that time, I will have a good talk with her."
Once everything is settled, she will begin preparations to deal with Li Yanxiu.
After Princess Anning finished speaking, she left directly, leaving the brothers Li Yanming and Li Yanli deep in thought.
"I have to say, my aunt is a bit better than us."
Li Yanming sighed deeply. Before he and his brother could say anything, Aunt Anning was already preparing to hand over the Li family's empire.
Li Yanli: "That's normal. If it were me, and my wife and children were cruelly killed by the brother and nephew I've protected since childhood, I wouldn't show them any mercy either."