After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

Chapter 62

Liu Linxi sat in the slightly hot pool water, with one hand on her lower abdomen.

Probably because the water in the pool was too hot, the strange movement in his stomach would come from time to time, which made him a little dazed.

Is it because you eat too much and have gastrointestinal problems?It shouldn't be. Recently, his diet is very balanced. The food and drink are carefully matched, and there is no possibility of any problems.Moreover, Liu Linxi didn't feel any discomfort in his abdomen, and this kind of slight movement seems to be different from the peristalsis of his stomach...

Liu Linxi got up and looked down at his lower abdomen, only to realize that unconsciously, his lower abdomen was no longer as flat as before, but instead slightly bulged.Liu Linxi sucked her stomach, thinking that she is getting fat from eating too much, did she have a beer belly in advance?

However, other parts of his body showed no obvious signs of gaining weight, and he didn't even have excess fat on his waist. It can only be said that he was a little stronger than the weakest period before, but because of his good foundation, he was far from the point of gaining weight .

Since it's not fat, then this belly...

Liu Linxi was stunned for a while, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

No way?

Liu Linxi touched her stomach, could this be pregnancy?

Liu Linxi thought carefully about the changes in herself during this time, her appetite got better and better, and she slept more and more, which were all in line with the symptoms of pregnancy.Especially when he and Li Yan did not take any contraceptive measures, it seemed reasonable that he could get pregnant.

Just as he thought of this, another strange movement came from his stomach.

He stared blankly at his stomach, momentarily at a loss.

Thinking about it, he has been here for only half a year. At that time, he lied that he was pregnant as a temporary plan, but who would have thought that it would come true in the end!Liu Linxi soaked in the bathtub for half an hour at a loss, and didn't come out until the water was almost cold.

After overcoming the initial fear and anxiety, Liu Linxi gradually accepted this fact.Especially after thinking that this child is his and Li Yan's common child, Liu Linxi couldn't help but feel a sense of freshness and happiness in his heart.

I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. If Li Yan found out about this, he would be very happy.

Liu Linxi was excited and uneasy, thinking over and over how to tell Li Yan and surprise him.

But Li Yan came back too late that night, Liu Linxi fell asleep before he came back.And because of the exhaustion of too much energy due to the excessive excitement, he slept very deeply this time, and didn't wake up until the next morning.

And when he woke up, it was almost morning time.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to court with me in the morning? Today, I will announce the affairs of the household department in the court hall. I think if you miss it, you will probably have some regrets." Li Yan said.

Liu Linxi got up quickly, and then remembered that she was pregnant, so her movements should be gentler, so she hurriedly slowed down and got up carefully to get dressed.Li Yan went over to help him fasten his belt, and then personally took the water from the waiter for him to wash up.

Seeing that it was time to go up to court, Liu Linxi was afraid that after telling Li Yan, the other party would be excited to make a mistake in the court, so she held back for the time being, thinking that she would tell Li Yan after the household affairs were settled and all the dust settled. Weir is not too late.

"What are you thinking, laughing all the time?" On the way to Zaochao, Li Yan couldn't help asking.

"Thinking about... that Minister Zhang from the household department can finally kneel on the ground and beg for mercy today." Liu Linxi laughed.

Li Yan said: "Not only will he kneel on the ground begging for mercy, but I will also make people take off his official uniform and his official hat."

"Let me take off the official hat." Liu Linxi said.

Li Yan couldn't help laughing, but he didn't refute his request.This matter was originally handled by the people of the Forbidden Army. Since Liu Linxi is the vice-commander of the Forbidden Army, it is in accordance with the rules to do it himself. It's just that Zhang Shilang took advantage of it and asked the vice-commander to personally remove the crown for him.

In the early morning, Liu Linxi stood beside Li Yan with a long knife in his waist.That position was originally where Lu Yuzheng stood every day, but if Lu Yuzheng had something else to do today, he gave up this opportunity to Liu Linxi.

The courtiers were quite surprised when they saw Liu Linxi at first glance, it was because Liu Linxi rarely showed up in front of everyone.In fact, there are many discussions about Liu Linxi in private, but they all undoubtedly believe that his position in Li Yan's heart is extremely important.

Before that, some courtiers were quite critical of Liu Linxi, especially when Li Yan asked Liu Linxi to command the patrol battalion. Many people secretly speculated that Liu Linxi might be plotting something wrong.But then the epidemic was controlled so well, and the capital was able to stabilize, more than half of the credit was due to Liu Linxi's courage and Li Yan's trust.

After that, there were fewer courtiers who were dissatisfied with Liu Linxi.

Who doesn't like a capable person.

The courtiers saluted Li Yan according to the usual practice, but Liu Linxi was preoccupied with other things, so he stuck there without moving. The courtiers were all surprised when they saw this.Li Yan couldn't help but glanced at Liu Linxi, seeing that he was wearing the uniform of the imperial army today, with his hair neatly tied up, and a long knife hanging from his waist, standing there was simply pleasing to the eye.

Seeing Li Yan looking at Liu Linxi with a smile on his face, everyone couldn't help shaking their heads secretly.

It seems that His Majesty's favor and trust in General Liu is truly unique in the world...

"Let's start." Li Yan restrained his mind and said.

Just as a courtier was about to step forward to give a performance, Su Heng suddenly said, "Your Majesty, Cheng Yuan, a soldier from the Tuanhe Battalion, begs to see you."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and saw Li Yan said: "Let him enter the hall."

Su Heng heard the words and said loudly to the outside of the hall: "Xuantuanheying Chengyuan entered the hall."

A moment later, Cheng Yuan, who was wearing the military uniform of the Tuanhe Camp, stepped into the hall.I saw Cheng Yuan stepped forward to salute Li Yan, and then holding a booklet in both hands, he said: "Cheng Yuan, a soldier of the Tuanhe Battalion, a humble soldier, was ordered by Xiao Ying, the head of the Tuanhe Battalion, to give the Tuanhe Battalion this season from the Household Department. Insufficient food and pay."

As soon as Cheng Yuan's words came out, the courtiers immediately talked about it.The faces of several officials from the household department were very ugly, especially Zhang Shilang, who was very flustered by this unexpected scene.

"Cheng Yuan, you said that the Ministry of Households gave the Tuanhe Camp insufficient food and salary this season?" Li Yan casually flipped through the booklet and asked.

"Yes." Cheng Yuan said.

Li Yan said, "You Shangshu, what do you say?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have personally seen the amount of food and payment in the Tuanhe camp, and I also stamped it when it was released from the warehouse." You Shangshu said: "But the amount of food and payment is not small. If there is a slight discrepancy during transportation, it may Not impossible."

"How much difference is reasonable?" Li Yan asked: "This brochure says that it is [-]% missing."

As soon as he said this, everyone discussed again.

You Shangshu said: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is impossible for such omissions to be less than [-]%."

"You mean, Xiao Ying framed the household department?" Li Yan asked.

"When the food and payment are delivered, both the sender and the receiver should have receipts, and they should be stamped in duplicate, and the household department should keep the bottom line." You Shangshu said: "If it's a false accusation, you can find out as soon as you check it. "

"Xiao Ying brought over the proof of their acceptance. Do you think the seal of the head and household department is real?" Li Yan raised his hand and threw it on the ground, and You Shangshu stepped forward to open it. His complexion changed drastically.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he can naturally distinguish the authenticity of the seals of the Ministry of Households.

There is no doubt that this seal is true.

According to common sense, if Tuanhe camp forged documents, it could only forge the content, and it was impossible to have the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs.Naturally, the people from the household department would not be so stupid as to stamp an untrue document.Since this seal is true... what's the matter with the content on it?It is completely inconsistent with the outbound data archived by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Zhang Shilang, you are responsible for the delivery of the food and payment. What's the matter with the receipt?" You Shangshu asked.

"Chen...Chen will ask someone to check in the library..." Zhang Shilang said in a panic.

Li Yan said: "No need, Su Heng, Yang Qin, the treasury secretary of the Chuanhu Department, enters the palace."

"Yang Qin, the treasury secretary of the Chuanhu Department, enters the hall." Su Hengchao said loudly outside the hall.

After a while, Yang Qin came in with a few account books.

Yang Qin saluted Li Yan and handed the account book to Su Heng.

"Your Majesty, these account books are the records of the food and pay that the Warehouse Department delivered to the Tuanhe Camp, Xuzhou Camp, and other military camps. There is also the confirmation letter from the receiving party." Yang Qin said.

Li Yan reached out and flipped through the account books and the official letters behind them.

Zhang Shilang stood in the hall, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"The food and payment for leaving the warehouse and the confirmation letter are all correct." Li Yan said.

You Shangshu heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Then Li Yan asked again: "But why is the seal on the official letter from Tuanheying different from that on Cheng Yuan's official letter?"

After finishing speaking, Li Yan handed the two official letters to Su Heng, and said, "Let Cheng Yuan see, which one is the real one?"

Su Heng handed it to Cheng Yuan, Cheng Yuan glanced at it, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the seal of the official letter kept by the household department is not the seal of Tuanheying, but a forgery."

The seal of the Tuanhe camp on the Hubu document was forged, so naturally it could not be done by the Tuanhe camp, it could only be done by the Hubu.

You Shangshu was shocked when he heard the words, remembering that Li Yan had summoned him before and asked him some insincere questions, but now that he thinks about it, most of the questions he asked before were just probing.Fortunately, I have a clear conscience, otherwise I will not escape today's disaster.

Even if he never knew about it, it would be very difficult for him to get out of the current situation, after all, he is in charge of the household department.

"Deducting food and forging seals?" Li Yan laughed back angrily: "You Shangshu? The Ministry of Households is really capable, don't you even engrave my seals privately?"

"I beg your Majesty to investigate clearly." You Shangshu knelt down and kowtowed: "Privately engraving letters is a serious crime against the nine clans. Even if I have a hundred heads, I would never dare."

"Just because you don't dare, doesn't mean the people in your hands dare not." Li Yan said.

As soon as he said this, Zhang Shilang's legs softened instantly, and he knelt directly on the ground: "I... How dare I... Your Majesty, this must be a mistake. There must be something wrong with the person who delivered the food and pay."

Li Yan said: "Su Heng, show You Shangshu the account book sent by Xuzhou camp."

Hearing this, Su Heng took the account book of the Xuzhou camp and handed it to You Shangshu. You Shangshu opened it and his expression changed drastically.

"This..." You Shangshu's face became more and more ugly the more he turned back, and then he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.

Everyone was shocked and rushed forward to help, but You Shangshu still stood there struggling, looking at Zhang Shilang angrily.

He never imagined that a servant of the household department would do so many things under his nose, but he didn't know anything about it.If it hadn't happened today, in a few days, the household department would probably be emptied by him too!

If there is only Tuanhe camp, there is still room for change.

Now coupled with the account books of the Xuzhou camp, the evidence is as solid as a mountain.

The courtiers were all in shock for a moment, and some didn't recover.

Even Zhang Shilang was dumbfounded, never expecting things to come so unexpectedly.

Afterwards, Lu Yuzheng hurried into the palace, bringing new evidence.Taking advantage of the early morning, he took people to search the homes of Zhang Shilang of the household department and those who had ties to him in the household department, and he found something extraordinary.

"The minister found these privately engraved seals in the secret room of Hu Changsheng's home, a member of the household department. Among them are not only the seals of Tuanhe Camp, Xuzhou Camp, but also... the Northwest Army." Lu Yuzheng said.

The courtiers were frightened when they heard the words. They even dared to engrave the seal of the Northwest Army privately.

The officials of the household department who were present, whether they were related to this matter or not, all looked pale.You must know that someone in the yamen has done such a big trick, and no one noticed it. Even if they didn't participate, they can't escape the crime of dereliction of duty, so everyone in the household department is now in danger.

"Besides, countless gold and silver treasures were confiscated in the homes of Zhang Shilang and several officials belonging to the household department. I left a team of people to count them. It is estimated that there are still countless treasures in a while." Lu Yuzheng said: "You Shangshu No property beyond the scope of his salary was found at home."

Li Yan nodded, his face was very ugly.

"This kind of thing happened under my rule. It's because of my negligence of duty. I beg your Majesty to come down." You Shangshu knelt and kowtowed.

Everyone in the household department knelt down on the ground, Zhang Shilang was so frightened that he couldn't even defend himself.

"It's not just your dereliction of duty, every courtier present, including me, is inseparable from this matter." Li Yan said: "The sons of the army guard the country, throwing their heads and blood, and we don't even pay them. You don’t take good care of them, and they are used as private property every day, so who dares to say that you have face?”

All the ministers knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Li Yan looked at them, but didn't tell them to get up, but stood up from the dragon chair by himself.

"Come here." Li Yan said: "Except for Zhang Shilang's official uniform, immediately drag him out of the palace gate and behead him."

Hearing this, Liu Linxi stepped forward to take off Zhang Shilang's hat. Zhang Shilang wanted to hug his leg to beg for mercy, but Liu Linxi kicked him on the ground. Then several forbidden soldiers took off his official uniform and dragged him out.Liu Linxi originally wanted to chop off his head with his own hands, but she held back thinking that she was pregnant now and wanted to do good for the child.

"Other people in the household department, who are involved with Zhang Shilang, are temporarily detained and awaiting trial by the punishment department." Li Yan said: "You Shangshu's rule is not strict, and it should be serious, but I will give him a chance to pay off his merits and make him guilty. The mess in the household department should be cleaned up as soon as possible, and the grain and salary deducted by each battalion within three days will be made up without missing a single grain."

"The guilty minister takes the decree." You Shangshu tremblingly said.

Li Yan looked at the courtier kneeling on the ground, and said, "In order to prevent similar things from happening again in the future, the six ministries have drafted a charter in the past few days. If the plan is not good, all divisions will receive the punishment together."

Everyone kowtowed to accept the order.

All the ministers sighed in the early court. On the one hand, they were surprised that such a big incident happened to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and on the other hand, they were quite troublesome about the drafting of the regulations by the six ministries.After all, the previous six ministries performed their own duties and rarely interfered with each other, which was also the root cause of the accident in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Now Li Yan asked them to come up with a way to monitor each other, it can be seen that they want to break the original situation.

In this way, the six departments are wary of each other's supervision, and will always be more cautious when doing things.

After the court, Li Yan left another group of courtiers to discuss the state affairs.

With such a big event happening this time, the follow-up work is very complicated.

No matter how many people from the Ministry of Households were sacked, there must be a shortage of manpower for many things, so Li Yan also arranged for other departments to transfer manpower to assist You Shangshu.The most important thing is to arrange the food and payment of the Northwest Army as soon as possible, otherwise if there is a real change in the Northwest, there will only be more troubles in the future.

There is also the matter of whether the Northwest will go to war again, Li Yan also needs to say hello to his trusted courtiers in advance, so that everyone will not be caught off guard when that day really comes.

"General Yu will set off for the northwest in a few days, and I will send someone to go with him with official documents, borrow military rations along the way, and make up for it later." Li Yan said: "Cheng Yuan, when you go back, let Xiao Ying know. Let him pick a team of reliable people and escort General Yu to the northwest along the way."

When Cheng Yuan heard the words, he should be busy.

Li Yan said: "There is no business for you here, go home and see the Taifu."

Cheng Yuan cupped his hands when he heard the words, but left, as if he had something to say.

Li Yan was still waiting to discuss matters with the courtiers, and did not intend to keep him, so he asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"My subject, please go to the northwest with General Yu," Cheng Yuan said.

"You are under Xiao Ying's command, so just ask him directly about this matter." Li Yan said.

Cheng Yuan said: "Xiao Shuai..."

Cheng Yuan hesitated, obviously he still had something to say.

"What?" Li Yan asked.

"Xiao Shuai took too much care of my subject, and I will definitely not agree to this matter, please Your Majesty." Cheng Yuan said.

Li Yan probably guessed it when he heard the words, this kid Cheng Yuan is arrogant, and he went to join the army just out of anger.But he is the son of the Grand Tutor after all, Xiao Ying must have taken good care of him in the army, Cheng Yuan was unwilling, and must have the opportunity to make contributions and prove himself.

"How about this, you go back and ask your father, if the Taifu promises you Northwest, you will go with Yu Xingzhi." Li Yan said.

Cheng Yuan took a deep breath, knowing that Li Yan would not let go, so he saluted sullenly and left.

Liu Linxi stayed in the imperial study for a while, dizzy from the courtiers' arguments.He originally wanted to wait for Li Yan to finish the discussion, so that he could share with him about his pregnancy, but Li Yan couldn't finish the discussion, he really got bored of waiting, so he went back to the bedroom first.

Shifang waited for him in the dormitory all morning, and was quite happy to meet him when he came back.

Liu Linxi picked him up and hugged him, Shi Fang couldn't help reaching out to touch his military uniform, feeling very fresh.

"Do I look good in this suit?" Liu Linxi asked.

"It looks good." Shi Fang said, "Like a great general."

Liu Linxi said: "I was originally a great general."

"Then have you ever fought a war?" Shi Fang asked.

Liu Linxi said: "Of course I have fought in war. You can see that the scar on my eyebrow is from the war."

"Does it still hurt?" Shi Fang asked as he touched the scar on his brow.

"It didn't hurt a long time ago, just like the wound on your chest, does it still hurt now?" Liu Linxi asked.

Shifang frowned and said, "Sometimes, it still hurts."

"Does it still hurt?" Liu Linxi asked in a daze.

Shi Fang is not hypocritical, so when he said it hurts, it should really hurt.

Liu Linxi was not at ease when he heard the words, so he untied Shifang's clothes and took a look, and saw that although the arrow wound on his chest had almost healed, the wound was faintly blackened.

"How could this be?" Liu Linxi frowned.

"Mr. Chu said, if you bear it, it won't hurt anymore." Shi Fang said.

Liu Linxi pinched Shifang's little face, feeling a little distressed.

Did Chu Yunfeng know about this all along?How come I never heard him mention it?

"Come on, invite Mr. Chu over here." Liu Linxi said.

The servant heard the words and left.

After a while Chu Yunfeng came.

"It just so happened that today's medicine is ready, so I brought it here for you." Chu Yunfeng came in with the medicine and said to Liu Linxi.

"What's the matter with the wound on Shifang's chest?" Liu Linxi asked as he put the medicine bowl aside.

Chu Yunfeng glanced at Shifang, and said, "Shifang go out to play for a while, and I will have a few whispers with your father."

"Okay." Shi Fang smiled at Liu Linxi, and followed the servant out of the bedroom.

"The blood you gave him before has residual poison. I thought of a way to try to draw the poisonous blood to his wound, and try to see if I can restrain it." Chu Yunfeng said: "If he can't restrain it, he will soon There will definitely be lives in danger.”

Liu Linxi asked: "What if I suppress it?"

"It's hard to say." Chu Yunfeng said: "If he restrains it, his wound will experience severe pain from time to time, but his life is safe."

excruciating pain? ?

When Liu Linxi thought about Shifang's small body, he couldn't imagine that he was so light-hearted about the excruciating pain.And if he didn't ask today, Shifang probably wouldn't take the initiative to bring up this matter.

"The medicine is cold, it's time to drink it." Chu Yunfeng said.

Liu Linxi frowned and picked up the medicine bowl, and when she was about to drink it, she suddenly thought of something.

If he is pregnant, can't he drink this medicine indiscriminately?

Judging by his limited medical knowledge, pregnant women seem to have to think carefully about taking cold medicine, let alone such complicated medicine...

No, if he was really pregnant, why didn't Chu Yunfeng mention it?

From pregnancy to the point where the fetus moves and even the lower abdomen is a little swollen, it must be at least three to four months pregnant, right?

Chu Yunfeng is a genius doctor. Could it be that he was not diagnosed as pregnant in three or four months?

After Liu Linxi came to his senses, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became.

He hesitated for a moment while holding the bowl of medicine, but he still didn't drink it.

"What's wrong?" Chu Yunfeng asked.

"I don't want to drink this medicine anymore." Liu Linxi said.

Chu Yunfeng was startled, and asked, "Why?"

"I'm afraid you will be poisoned." Liu Linxi said.

Chu Yunfeng and Liu Linxi looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

"This matter...General Liu needs to talk to His Majesty." Chu Yunfeng smiled wryly.

"You already know what I'm going to talk about?" Liu Linxi asked.

As Liu Linxi said, she unconsciously put one hand on her lower abdomen, and Chu Yunfeng took a deep breath, feeling a little helpless.He had expected that Liu Linxi's baby would start moving in the coming days, and he had reminded Li Yan that he should confess as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that Liu Linxi would find out first.

For him, this is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe this is God's will?