Chapter 101: Cruel Prince 50

Tang Qingzhu shuddered slightly, then hurriedly nodded.

But inwardly, panic was already spreading through her heart.

What exactly had gone wrong?

And judging from the Second Prince’s current attitude—

if events failed to unfold as she predicted,

her ending would definitely be miserable.

No.

She had to make preparations early.

...

After the date for the ascension ceremony was finalized, people from the palace personally came to measure Tang Wan and Feng Qitong for their imperial robes and crowns.

Half a month later—

Tang Wan and Feng Qitong stood hand in hand upon the ceremonial platform inside the imperial palace, receiving the worship of hundreds of officials.

Because Tang Wan was pregnant, Feng Qitong deliberately simplified many of the cumbersome ceremonial procedures.

Although the formalities were reduced,

none of the dignity and honor Tang Wan deserved was lacking in the slightest.

...

After ascending the throne, the two officially moved into the imperial palace.

The former Emperor’s consorts were all relocated to the Western Palace.

Meanwhile, Tang Wan and Feng Qitong resided together in the Eastern Palace, completely separate from the others.

As for the authority of the imperial harem—

it still remained under the management of the Empress Dowager.

Tang Wan had absolutely no intention of taking over.

There were already too many things to worry about.

She preferred living peacefully and comfortably.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager secretly relaxed.

Although she had never been especially close to Feng Qitong, he was now Emperor.

If he truly insisted on handing the entire harem to Tang Wan, no one could stop him.

Fortunately,

Tang Wan herself clearly had no interest in power.

...

In the blink of an eye, Tang Wan was already more than eight months pregnant.

Her stomach had become frighteningly large, swelling like a balloon day by day.

In palace dramas, there were often schemes where pregnant women were deliberately overfed until the baby grew too large, eventually causing difficult labor.

But Tang Wan’s situation was not because of overnourishment.

In fact, starting from her fourth month of pregnancy, Feng Qitong had personally ordered strict control over her diet.

Even eating one extra piece of pastry was forbidden.

He was terrified that the child would grow too large and endanger her during childbirth.

Yet despite all of that—

her belly still became enormous.

Tang Wan herself felt helpless about it.

Fortunately, the system had already scanned her body and confirmed that the baby’s size was perfectly normal.

Additionally, she exercised and walked daily.

As long as nothing unexpected happened, there should be no problem during delivery.

Otherwise, she would truly have worried herself to death.

...

At this moment, a tall figure dressed in bright imperial yellow hurried through the moon gate of the imperial garden.

“Wanwan!”

Feng Qitong quickly stepped forward and carefully supported her arm, his face full of concern.

“Finished handling state affairs?” Tang Wan asked with a smile.

Feng Qitong nodded.

“Mm.”

“Wei State has already surrendered.”

“Chu State is merely making its final struggle.”

“Before our child is born, Gu will definitely unify the world.”

Tang Wan nodded softly.

“Mm.”

...

One month later.

On this particular day, Tang Wan was listening to palace musicians perform胎教 music for the baby when Feng Qitong suddenly rushed into the hall excitedly.

“Wanwan!”

“Great victory at the border!”

“The Seventh Brother won!”

In other words—

he had fulfilled his promise.

Before their child was born,

he had truly completed the unification of the world.

And now,

their child would be born into a realm where all lands beneath heaven belonged to one ruler.

...

Tang Wan had only just responded when a sudden pain seized her abdomen.

She immediately grabbed Feng Qitong’s arm.

Trying to remain calm, she said:

“Husband...”

“I think I’m about to give birth.”

The moment Feng Qitong heard this, he instantly panicked.

Then he hurriedly supported her while shouting loudly:

“Someone come!”

“The Empress is about to give birth!”

Very quickly, a long line of imperial physicians and midwives rushed over.

Seeing everyone waiting nervously in full preparation,

Tang Wan herself also began feeling uneasy.

“Little Cutie...”

“I’m a little scared.”

Hearing this, Little Cutie immediately comforted her.

Although his tiny hands were nervously twisting together like knots, he still forced himself to sound calm.

“Host, steady!”

“Don’t panic!”

“After my precise calculations, your delivery success rate is incredibly high!”

“It’ll be as easy as pushing out a poop!”

“It won’t hurt for too long, so don’t be afraid!”