Yi Qing glanced at the emperor's expression and then at Xiao Jinghan's calm face. Unable to hold it in any longer, she burst out laughing.
The emperor saw Yi Qing gloating. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't be struggling with this problem now.
He pointed at Yi Qing and asked Xiao Jinghan, "Tell me what's so good about her that you're willing to give up all the women in the world for her?"
Yi Qing felt like punching someone. Could this stupid emperor be any more obvious in trying to drive a wedge between them?
"She doesn't need to be perfect. As long as she's Yi Qing, that's enough," Xiao Jinghan said seriously.
The emperor felt jealous. Xiao Jinghan used to be clueless about feelings, but now he was overly sensitive in this regard. "Fine, fine, fine. You two continue. I'll go back and be my lonely emperor," he said and left.
Xiao Jinghan covered the entrance. Yi Qing wanted to stamp on it, but Xiao Jinghan stopped her.
"Give him some face," Xiao Jinghan said with a smile.
Yi Qing lightly stamped on it twice. "He deserves to be lonely."
Xiao Jinghan thought for a while. "When will our child be born?"
"About a month later, I guess," Yi Qing wasn't very sure.
"After the Lantern Festival, we'll go to the Southern Border," Xiao Jinghan planned to arrange everything in the capital properly before the Lantern Festival and leave the capital before the Northern Di envoy group arrived. At least they wouldn't have to face them directly. As for how to deal with it in the future, that was a matter for later.
In the blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival. The lanterns in the capital were extremely lively. Yi Qing finally got interested in going out for a stroll.
Yi Qing bought a lotus lantern for Baozi, which made Baozi roll his eyes several times. In the end, he couldn't bear to throw it away, which made Yi Qing struggle hard not to laugh.
Xiao Duo gave Yi Qing a sympathetic look. This woman was so easy to please. As long as he pretended to be reluctant and endured it, she could be happy for such a long time. No wonder she was so easily deceived by his father.
Thinking of this, Xiao Duo looked up at his father. Just then, he saw three people standing on the flower building. Xiao Duo stared at them, and his expression gradually became solemn.
"Let's go back," Xiao Duo pulled on his mother's sleeve.
Yi Qing wasn't satisfied yet. Seeing Baozi's solemn expression, she asked, "What happened?"
"There are assassins on the flower building," Xiao Duo whispered.
Xiao Jinghan's heart tightened. He immediately took Yi Qing and Baozi and left.
The assassins on the flower building were about to pull down the flower building when they walked under it. Even if they couldn't hit them, it would cause chaos around them, and they could take the opportunity to kill Yi Qing.
For them, it was easy to kill a pregnant woman who was inconvenient to move in the chaos.
Who would have thought that they turned back when they were almost at the flower building.
"Attack!" Those people didn't wait any longer.
A dozen masked assassins rushed into the crowd and attacked Yi Qing directly. Xiao Jinghan blocked them for a moment and knew where they came from. He whistled, and several secret guards rushed over.
Xiao Duo protected Yi Qing in front. A passerby - dressed assassin suddenly attacked. Just as the dagger was about to stab Yi Qing, a long sword knocked it away, and the Prince of Qi blocked in front of Yi Qing.
Yi Qing looked at the Prince of Qi in surprise. Then she saw the Princess of Qi being protected over there. The Princess of Qi's gaze towards Yi Qing was somewhat gloomy.
Gloomy as it was, saving their lives was the most important thing now.
"Thank you, Prince of Qi, for saving me," Yi Qing rarely said something nice to the Prince of Qi.
"Do you think it's too dangerous to follow Xiao Jinghan? It's better to follow me," the Prince of Qi joked.
Before Yi Qing could refute, Xiao Duo stared at the Prince of Qi warily, as if the Prince of Qi was going to rob his woman.
"My father is in danger because he's shielding the Great Jin from harm. Your Highness lives a life of ease and naturally doesn't understand," Xiao Duo said seriously.
Although Xiao Duo usually didn't get along well with Xiao Jinghan, after all, they were father and son, and he could tell who was close and who was distant.
The Prince of Qi smiled.
The assassins didn't entangle with Xiao Jinghan. Whenever they had a chance, they rushed towards Yi Qing. Unfortunately, they had already missed the best opportunity to assassinate. Now Yi Qing was protected tightly.
Yi Qing also noticed that these assassins seemed to be targeting her. Had she offended someone recently?
"Retreat!" Those assassins immediately disappeared.
"Don't chase them," Xiao Jinghan stopped the secret guards. He turned around and walked to Yi Qing's side. "Are you okay?"
Yi Qing shook her head.
"Greetings to Your Highness," Xiao Jinghan then saluted the Prince of Qi.
"Xiao Jinghan, it seems you can't keep your woman safe," the Prince of Qi sized up Xiao Jinghan.
"As long as I can be with him, I'm willing to face anything," Yi Qing walked over and held Xiao Jinghan's arm.
The Prince of Qi smiled. He knew that he and Yi Qing had no chance, but he still liked to give Xiao Jinghan some trouble from time to time. A woman like Yi Qing was unique in the world.
Hearing what Yi Qing said, Xiao Jinghan stroked the hair on her temple. "My lady was frightened. Let's go back."
"Will the assassins come back?" Yi Qing asked.
"Probably not."
"Then let's continue playing. I see the Princess of Qi over there. Let's go together," Yi Qing waved to the Princess of Qi.
"Lady Xiao is really calm in the face of danger," the Prince of Qi asked someone to call the Princess of Qi over.
Cui didn't get along well with Yi Qing. She even tried to frame Yi Qing before. But with the Prince of Qi around, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of Yi Qing.
The two walked side by side in front, looking like good sisters.
"Lady Xiao is now in favor with the queen. It's really an honor for this princess to walk with Lady Xiao," the Princess of Qi said sarcastically.
"It's normal that you don't like me. Who would like their love rival?" Yi Qing didn't care.
"You..." The Princess of Qi didn't expect Yi Qing to be so direct.
"But there's really nothing between me and the Prince of Qi. He treats me differently from others just because he's afraid that he might get an incurable disease one day, and I can save his life."
"Others don't think so."
"What can I do about what others think?" Yi Qing really wasn't interested in what others thought. As she said, she pulled the Princess of Qi's wrist.
The Princess of Qi struggled for a while and found that Yi Qing was feeling her pulse, so she calmed down and let Yi Qing do it.
"You—" Yi Qing was a little surprised.
"What's wrong?" Cui had been worried about not having a child.
"You've been poisoned," Yi Qing said.
"That's impossible," the Princess of Qi was a little excited.
"Is the blood during your monthly period an abnormal light red color?" Yi Qing asked.
The Princess of Qi hesitated for a moment and nodded. Such a private matter, except for her personal maid, no one else would know or ask.
"That's right. You probably got this poison when you were a child. It will only affect your fertility and won't have any other impact on your body usually," Yi Qing thought there were so many dirty things in big families.
The Princess of Qi's face was extremely ugly. She was still wondering if someone in the Prince of Qi's mansion had done something. She didn't expect that she had been poisoned when she was a child. Who in her family was plotting against her?
"You can marry the Prince of Qi as the legitimate princess. You must be a noble legitimate daughter of the Cui family. If you don't have a child, will your family arrange to send another woman to the Prince of Qi's mansion through you?" Yi Qing asked.