Rebirth: So what if my husband is a little crazy? He loves me.

Chapter 221 Zhou Qianqian is Pregnant

"Ah Li..." Gu Chang'an was relieved, but there was nothing he could do about her.

"Husband, guess if they'll leave obediently?" Shen Li leaned on Gu Chang'an's shoulder.

“They’ve been restless ever since they arrived in Kyoto. They’ve been making friends with a lot of powerful people in private, and they think I don’t know anything about it. I’m sure they won’t be happy to drive them away now,” Gu Chang’an said.

"Is your husband also monitoring their movements?"

“We didn’t specifically send anyone to keep an eye on them, but there are many informants in Kyoto, both overt and covert, so they can see through the little schemes of the father and daughter.” Gu Chang’an said casually.

Shen Li was not convinced and asked again, "Does your husband know who your cousin usually contacts?"

Gu Chang'an was about to speak when he stopped, and after a moment's thought, he shook his head instead: "Does A-Li know?"

"Alright, it seems my husband understands too." Shen Li understood after seeing his reaction; he wanted to give in to her.

She knows him too well.

Gu Chang'an secretly blamed himself for thinking for a moment longer. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't have noticed, but his Ah Li was so clever that she couldn't hide it from him.

If Liu Yue knew that all her plans were practically transparent to the Fu couple, she would probably collapse.

"Husband, do you think we should give them another chance?" Shen Li started to think.

Gu Chang'an immediately understood her intention: "A-Li means..."

Shen Li nodded slightly.

"No way," Gu Chang'an refused. "I won't agree."

"Husband..." Shen Li hugged his arm and began to act coquettishly: "Do the math, isn't this a great deal? We're not even going to take a head that's been delivered to our door?"

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"I'm not leaving. I refuse to believe he can really kill us." Liu Yue started making a scene in the villa.

But Liu's parents started packing their things. They knew Gu Chang'an was not joking, and they couldn't gamble with their lives.

"Let's leave this villa first and then discuss things further. Pack your things quickly, we'll leave at daybreak." Father Liu made his decision: "You must leave."

"Fine, if you do the first day of the month, don't blame me for doing the fifteenth." An idea popped into Liu Yue's head, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You just wait, I won't let you get away with this."

She figured it out and started packing her things too. After dawn, the family left the Gu family villa. The old couple settled down in a town below, while Liu Yue left a note at the agreed location in a restaurant.

As soon as she left the room, a figure appeared in the shadows. The person took out a note, glanced at it, and put it back before disappearing back into the shadows as if they had never been there.

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The palace had been praying for blessings for over a month, but Zhou Qianqian had only been absent for the last few days because she was feeling unwell, nauseous, and drowsy. She even slept in a separate bed from the Crown Prince at night.

At first, she said she didn't want to pass on her illness to the Crown Prince, but after several days there was no sign of improvement, Li Heng became somewhat surprised and asked the imperial physician he trusted to come and see her.

Zhou Qianqian lay on the bed with a shy expression. After taking her pulse, the imperial physician's face darkened slightly, but he quickly put on a happy expression and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Concubine! Concubine is pregnant."

"What?" Li Heng practically shouted.

He had been giving Zhou Qianqian contraceptives, so how could she possibly be pregnant?

But once she becomes pregnant, it will be impossible for him to make someone else the crown princess, as the Zhou family will not agree.

Seeing his expression, Zhou Qianqian's last bit of doubt vanished, leaving only a chill. She had served him wholeheartedly for the past two years, and this was how he schemed against her.

If it weren't for Shen Li's reminder, she would never have suspected the man beside her; this man was more venomous than a snake.

"Is Your Highness unhappy?" she asked.

Li Heng realized he had lost his composure and immediately forced a smile: "I'm happy, of course I'm happy that my beloved concubine is pregnant. We have a child."

"Yes, we're pregnant." Zhou Qianqian touched her belly, feeling that all her hard work had paid off.

Now that she had a foothold in the family, she wanted to see what reason there was not to make her the Crown Princess.

The news quickly spread throughout the entire palace. At that time, the concubines were still gathered together to pray for blessings, and Consort Zheng was among them.

Empress Ning's expression changed repeatedly upon hearing this news. How could this be? Had the medicine become ineffective?

Consort Zheng was as happy as if she had gained a grandson. Looking at the Empress's face, she said, "Your Majesty, I wish to congratulate you on the birth of your grandson. Now you no longer need to worry about choosing a consort for the Crown Prince."

The fact that the Crown Prince would no longer arrange marriages was naturally a great thing for Consort Zheng.

Empress Ning would normally tolerate such sarcastic remarks, but today she was feeling annoyed and blurted out, "Yes, I was planning to have Li'er paint on the day of the concubine selection, but it seems that it won't be necessary now."

Consort Zheng's proud, peacock-like face froze instantly. The fire at Wanbaoge had caused her severe psychological trauma, to the point that it affected her physical health. Whenever Shen Li and Hua were mentioned, her heart would ache.

Almost instantly, Consort Zheng's face, which could light up the room, darkened, and her gaze became extremely unfriendly.

This old woman dared to reopen her deepest wounds; she will make her pay the price!

The chain reaction of this incident was that the emperor was originally hesitant about whether to make a woman from the Zhou family the crown princess, since he needed to deal with Zhou Zhen and could not allow Zhou Zhen's power to become too great.

However, after being persuaded by Consort Zheng, the emperor finally issued an edict to make Zhou Qianqian the Crown Princess, and the investiture ceremony would be held after she gave birth to the child.

Empress Ning and the Crown Prince had originally planned to abort the child, but upon hearing this, they knew that the matter was already settled. If the child could not be born, it would be considered an omen of bad luck, and the Crown Prince's position would also be affected.

The Zhou family was also somewhat surprised. Zhou Zhen did not expect that his daughter would be officially recognized as his wife before he even put any pressure on her.

Consort Zheng finally felt relieved, because this meant the Crown Prince would not be able to marry the daughters of the Shen and Lin families, since daughters of noble families and third-rank generals were not suitable to be concubines.

The crown prince thus lost many of his bargaining chips.

But Zhou Qianqian was very pleased with herself, personally counting the gifts sent from all sides. The more she counted, the more pleased she became. She believed that this was the most correct move she had ever made in her life.

"Master, Liu Yue has sent several messages over the past two weeks, begging you to help her deal with Shen Li." The maid said, handing over a note.

Zhou Qianqian's gaze was fixed on the gifts in front of her, not even glancing at the note. She spoke with disdain upon hearing Liu Yue's name:

"I thought that even if she couldn't become a concubine, she could still stay in the Gu family and gather information for me. I never expected that she would be kicked out. What value does such a useless person have?"

"Doesn't Master want to use her to deal with Shen Li? Didn't you say Shen Li is becoming increasingly uncontrollable?" the palace maid asked.