The lady of a good match

Chapter 119 Countdown to the end [6]

Helian Qiu also told them the reasons for his decision. There are three reasons:

First, Xi Xie has been with them since Tianshu Kingdom, she is decent-looking, and she is Si Ye's most trusted maid.

Second, Xixie was taller and thinner. After coming to Helian, he seldom showed his face in public. He only stayed with Si Ye. In addition, his winter clothes were slightly bloated, and his pregnancy was not obvious, so he could fool others.

Thirdly, the most important thing is that Xi Xie has Si Ye's trust. Making her a concubine allows her to stay and take care of the baby, so Si Ye can rest assured.

Based on the above, Xi Xie is the best candidate to pretend to be a maid who is pregnant with Helian Qiu's heir and be made a concubine.

In addition, He Lianchou's wish is for Xi Xie to pretend that when the child is five years old, he will give him a generous reward to restore her freedom. Of course, if she is willing to stay, he will give her a lifetime of glory and wealth.

And, because it was just pretending, he would never do anything to Xi Xie.

The three reasons and the additional conditions are well thought out and very reasonable. If it was someone else, Yan Luo and Si Ye would definitely agree with it, but the object is Xi Xie...

Let's not say that Xi Xie is a man. After all, He Lianchou also said that as long as he pretends, he won't do anything to Xi Xie, so he won't reveal his secrets.

However, Xi Xie is a man of Zhen, and one of Jing Mo's most valued subordinates. Since then, he has been trapped in the deep palace for five years. I am afraid that Jing Mo will not agree to this.

After He Lianchou brought it up, although Si Ye and Yan Luo wanted to object, they didn't have enough reasons. Helian Qiu is so smart, once they talk too much, they will reveal Xi Xie's identity. Xi Xie's identity has been Deception, who knows how angry He Lianchou will be when he finds out.

At this time, Xi Xie, as a maid, had no right to speak, and it was all up to the master's arrangement. Yan Luo and Si Ye nodded, and he had to agree.

The matter was so important that Yan Luo and Si Ye could only say that Xi Xie was the maid given to Si Ye by Mrs. Yan, and they had to think carefully before agreeing.

He Lianchou also magnanimously gave them half a month to think about it, and then Ye Xixie and Yan Luo personally wrote to Jingmo to ask for instructions.

……

After anxiously waiting, on the last night of the deadline given by Helian Qiu, Xi Xie received Jingmo's instructions:

Asking him to agree to He Lianchou's request should be regarded as an additional task of protecting Si Ye. When Yan Luo and Si Ye return to Tianshu Kingdom safely, they will find a way to help him escape. It is easy to be assassinated and feign death.

Si Ye felt ashamed of Xi Xie. Starting from protecting him, Xi Xie, as an excellent assassin, was like an eagle with its wings broken away from the sky and imprisoned in a cage.

Yan Luo also knew that his uncle chose to wrong Xi Xie for their sake.

That being the case, they could only try their best to offer some favorable conditions to He Lianchou.

In fact, Xi Xie was half-aware of Jing Mo's reply. After all, the difficulty factor of this task is not too high. In addition, for Yan Luo, it is normal for the leader of the Yan family's elders to sell him for his nephew.

Of course, he didn't have any complaints, it was a task anyway, he just had to obey.

As soon as they agreed, He Lianchou announced the matter to the public, Feng Xixie was made a virtuous concubine, and the entire Helian Emperor was in an uproar, some were envious and jealous, some gloated, and some protested.

As we all know, people who have entered Helianchou's dormitory will suffer a terrible death. Over the years, Helianchou has met all kinds of people with such a beautiful status. Now he chooses to let a low-status foreign maid give birth to his offspring. It's a conspiracy to kill two birds with one stone.

First of all, let a foreign servant girl conceive her own child and make her a concubine. This can not only satirize the aristocratic class who have opposed He Lianchou's amendment to the law, but also prevent any powerful forces after the birth of the emperor's heir. put one's oar in.

Secondly, a woman with no background can't interfere with the court. At best, she is just a tool that can be discarded at any time after giving birth. What Helianchou wants is only a successor to continue Helian's great cause.

No one would believe that the cold-blooded Helian Qiu would really fall in love with a lowly wild girl. Everyone had almost foreseen the tragic end of Xi Xie, a virtuous concubine.

Rumors and rumors were flying all over the sky, true and false, even Si Ye and Yan Luo were a little confused, and had to admit that He Lianchou was indeed very strategic.

He Lianchou just smiled and said nothing, so what?His purpose has been achieved, and now he is king, and objections are invalid.

……

In mid-February, He Lianchou chose an auspicious day to hold a canonization ceremony to bring Xixie into the palace.

On the day of entering the palace, Sisi complained while helping Xixie to dress up:

"I said there's something wrong with He Lianchou's eyesight. I chose a fake woman instead of a beauty like me. It shows how bad his eyesight is. Those who have slept with him before are not very good..."

Although the words were sour, when she said these words, Sisi was smiling from the beginning to the end, the kind of smile that gloated, and there was no trace of jealousy in her beautiful eyes.

Xi Xie rolled her eyes at her from the bronze mirror:

"I really hope he chooses you, it's so troublesome to pretend to be a woman."

What's more, pretending to be a pregnant woman, if it wasn't for the task, he wouldn't even do it if he was killed.

Moreover, He Lianchou's own strength is not low, and the guards around him are also masters. This time entering the palace is different from Tianshu Kingdom, and there will be no one to take care of him in the future. The outside world is difficult.

If his identity is exposed and he is discovered, He Lianchou will definitely kill him.

Seeing his distressed and helpless look, Sisi laughed for a while and stopped trying to tease him on purpose, and put a crown on him, and then seriously instructed:

"Forget it, I can only wish you good luck. Well, in the dowry I bought for you, I left you a lot of things that can be used in emergencies, such as medicine, darts, and night clothes. You keep them well and be vigilant from time to time. Don't let palace servants with ulterior motives rummage through your things..."

"You are tall and tall, it's just that He Lianchou is tall, and he doesn't pay much attention to you as a maid, so it's always been easier to cover up, but when you enter his harem, even out of vigilance, he will be more careful." Pay attention to you, remember to keep a low profile as much as possible, don't hang around in front of him if you have nothing to do..."

"Also, don't wear clothes that are too cool when the weather is hot in the future. Remember to tie a ribbon around your neck as a decoration to cover your Adam's apple every day, so that as long as you get used to bowing your head a little, it won't be easy to expose."

The concubine's clothes are more enchanting and charming than the maid's. After all, in order to attract the attention of the monarch, many styles will show the neck, and some are light gauze, which is different from the conservative style and thick fabric of the maid.

Listening to Sisi's instructions one by one, although Xi Xie understood it, she still listened carefully. After all, women are always more sensitive and meticulous than men, so it is helpful to listen to more advice.

It wasn't until Sisi had finished giving instructions that Xi Xie looked at the fine clothes on his body and nodded:

"Understood, I will pay attention."

He casually opened a small brocade box, which contained all kinds of beautifully embroidered ribbons, heaved a sigh of relief, touched his neck and closed the box. .

Sisi covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, and said on his face:

"Let's go, the team to pick up the bride is here... Concubine Xian."

"..."

Although it is said to be a canonization ceremony, because Xi Xie is a foreigner and is only a lowly servant girl, he only conferred the title of a virtuous concubine, not a noble concubine or queen, so it is not too grand, just go through the etiquette and reward a lot of things. Forget it.

Just like that, Xi Xie, who saw that the task of protecting Si Ye was about to be successfully completed, took on an additional task and transformed herself into the first concubine of King Helian's harem.

After Xi Xie became a virtuous concubine, in order to cooperate with them in acting, she often had to show up in front of people, and even pretended to be very favored to walk around the palace with He Lianchou, and Helianchou personally guarded her daily close service.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xi Xie is extremely favored, and many people even think that once she is born a prince, she is likely to be named a queen.

However, only they themselves know that even the court ladies and eunuchs who are close to them have to hide it from pretending to be pregnant. The more people who know about it, the greater the hidden danger.

Fortunately, as the baby in Si Ye's stomach grows up day by day, Xi Xie's stuff on her stomach is getting taller and taller, and as the weather gets warmer, her pregnancy becomes more and more obvious, so she can find excuses to go out less up.

In this way, there is no need to get too close to He Lianchou, as long as he is not outside, Helianchou never gets close to him, and when he comes to his hall, he just drinks tea and chats with him before leaving, and when he comes at night, he just reads with a book, He calculated the time and left, as if he was avoiding him.

Probably because he was worried that he was really entangled, but this is very good, and keeping a distance from each other can reduce the risk of exposure.

During this period, Sisi often went to the palace to see Xi Xie, gave him advice, and taught him how to react when giving birth, so that no one could know that it was Si Ye's voice, nor could it be broken so that others would find out that he was a man...

Xi Xie studied for a few days in a row, until the veins on his forehead popped up, and he had nightmares at night. For the first time, he regretted taking this task. It was even harder than asking him to kill people, but finally, he almost made it to the end...

Perhaps it was a physical problem, Si Ye's due date was much earlier, and there were signs of imminent delivery in mid-April.

After He Lianchou temporarily sent the other priests away from the priest's hall, he and Xi Xie were brought back to the priest's hall overnight.

Men's physical characteristics are different from women's. Although they have physical and physical advantages, they are much more dangerous than women during childbirth. Therefore, it is the best way to connect people to the priest's hall. There are various medicines in the priest's hall to deal with emergencies .

Five days after entering the priest's hall, the day of giving birth came. On this day, Yan Luo was locked in a room and could not get close to the room where Si Ye was.

Chu Xiang and other personal guards guarded the priest's hall tightly.

In the room where Si Ye lived, there were only He Lianchou and Sisi Xixie, and the maid outside the door was only responsible for waiting outside the door to help deliver things.

After Si Ye's pregnancy became apparent, the people in the other courtyard where he and Yan Luo lived were also quarantined, so no one knew the truth except Chu Xiang and others.

The door of the house was opened and closed from early morning until night fell that day, everyone looked solemn, and Yan Luo was restless in the room until the afternoon, when two loud cries came from the house, the whole person supported him. Weeping with joy at the door.

On April 21, his babies were born.

After a little tidying up over there, after He Lianchou sent away the irrelevant people, Yan Luo couldn't help running towards the room where Si Ye was after leaving the room.

Even Chu Xiang and others who were guarding outside couldn't help the tears in their eyes, but Sisi and Xi Xie who witnessed in the room really cried out. Although Xi Xie was just acting, they really saw Si Si Ye's pain and the miracle of witnessing the birth of a new life.

Although the room had been treated, the bloody smell still lingered. Si Ye lay pale on the bed with his eyes closed, his lips were bitten bloody, and his whole body and hair were wet.

Fortunately, He Lianchou said that he was fine, and that after showing him the child, he gave him medicine to let him rest, which would help him recover.

He Lianchou and Sisi were watching with a child in their arms. Although Xi Xie didn't lie down and continued to pretend, and took off all the things on his stomach, he couldn't leave, so he had to help take care of it.

When He Lianchou saw Yan Luo coming in, the first thing he cared about was Si Ye, and he had a lot of affection for him in his heart, so he explained with a rare smile:

"Don't worry, Si Ye is fine. After taking the special medicine, he will sleep until tomorrow. After he wakes up and eats, his body will recover better. Come and see the child."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Yan Luo hugged him through the quilt, bowed his head and kissed him on the forehead, then wiped the corners of his eyes, got up and walked over to see the baby in their arms.

The newborn baby is a small ball, the skin is still a little wrinkled, not very good-looking, and I can’t tell who it looks like for the time being, wrapped in swaddling clothes, with eyes closed and mouth squirming gently, the heart softens when I look at it .

"My lord, give him a hug..."

Sisi said with a smile, and gently put the little guy in his arms into his hands:

"Be careful, this is the young master."

"Um……"

Yan Luo was so excited that his hands trembled, and he was calm even in the face of danger, but at this moment he was holding the little meat ball but was at a loss for what to do, for fear that his clumsy movements would break him.

Compared to his bewilderment, Helianchou adapted much faster than him, and came to him with the little guy in his arms and solemnly said:

"Yan Luo, thank you and Si Ye again. From now on, the little guy will be the prince of Wuhelian Kingdom. However, I hope you and Si Ye can name him."

Although according to the etiquette, he should have chosen the name, but out of respect and gratitude to Yan Luo Siye, he gave up this right.

"Okay," Yan Luo looked at him and nodded with a smile:

"Actually, Si Ye and I have already decided on their names before. The elder brother is Ling Yuan, and the younger brother is Ling Rui. Now that they have become Helian's prince, let's take the single name Rui."

Yan Lingyuan and Yan Lingrui, since they have changed Helian now, they will be called Helianrui in the future. As for titles or something, it has nothing to do with what King Helian bestows on them in the future.

"Rui...a good name."

He Lianchou was very satisfied, with a smile all over his face, he surprised Sisi and Xi Xie, who were watching from the sidelines, and the two women, one real and one fake, felt inferior.

The two small groups look exactly alike. Although they can't see anything now, their father and father are such outstanding people, and they will definitely be amazing talents in the future.

On the second day after Si Ye woke up, He Lianchou arranged for them to quietly go back to his other courtyard at night, dismissed all the servants, and left only guards who knew the truth.

Sisi brought the nurse who had been found in advance into the house. The nurse was found by themselves and came from Nan'an.

On the other side, Xi Xie and the newborn little prince are also settled in the palace. Naturally, Xi Xie doesn't have to worry about it. He Lianchou has already prepared the people who will take care of the little guy. can.