The next morning, Zhou Rong entered the palace in formal clothes to meet the emperor.

He deliberately chose the time to go early and later.

Li Pei went straight to Kunyi Palace after leaving the early court, because a palace maid came to report that Queen Liu Yaoying's stomach began to hurt profusely.

The beginning of May is Liu Yaoying's due date, but now it is the end of April, and she can give birth at any time.

Li Pei's steps were hurried, nervous and worried, as if Liu Yaoying's every pain hurt him.

However, to his surprise, Liu Yaoying was lying on the delivery bed calmly, without the slightest expression of pain.

Li Pei suddenly relaxed a lot, walked over and held her hand and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Liu Yaoying raised his head and smiled at him: "It hurt for a while just now, and now it doesn't hurt much." ”

Li Pei sat down in front of her bed and said, "I will accompany you." ”

"No, you can go about your business. Liu Yaoying said hurriedly.

"Then I'll stay with you for a while. ”

At this time, Li Xi, who was a little more than a year old, walked in tremblingly with the nurse's hand, and when he saw Li Pei, he immediately shouted: "Father!"

Because this little guy can eat and sleep, he looks round, and his little face is very delicate, which makes people want to hug him and kiss him.

Seeing this, Li Pei hurriedly leaned down and picked him up, and asked with a smile, "Has Xi'er had breakfast?"

The little guy stroked Li Pei's five-inch-long beard with his hand and replied sweetly, "I've used it." ”

"What did you eat?"

The little guy replied, "I ate noodles, eggs, soy milk, lean meat, green vegetables, bananas and pine rice cakes." ”

Li Pei was happy when he heard it, and kissed his little face: "It's so good!

"Delicious. ”

Liu Yaoying, who was lying on the bed, said with a smile: "His eyes light up when he sees what he eats, and he is a complete snack." ”

"I like to eat well, but I have to control the amount and don't give him too much to eat. Li Pei said.

The nurse standing aside hurriedly said, "The slave has written it down." ”

Liu Yaoying said to Li Xi: "Come, let the queen mother hug you." ”

The little guy immediately stretched out his white and tender hands towards Liu Yaoying.

Li Pei didn't want him to bother Liu Yaoying, but seeing that the mother and son were so close, he couldn't help but fulfill them.

Although Li Xi was small, when Liu Yaoying hugged him, he also knew how not to press Liu Yaoying's belly, and put his arms around Liu Yaoying's neck and asked, "Queen Mother, is the baby about to be born?"

Liu Yaoying smiled and kissed his little hand and said, "Well, it will be born tonight at the earliest, tomorrow at the latest." After that, Liu Yaoying asked again: "Do you guess the queen mother gave you a younger brother or a younger sister?"

The little guy shook his head and said, "I can't guess." ”

"Do you like a brother or a sister?" asked Liu Yaoying softly.

The little one thought for a moment and replied, "As long as it is born to the queen mother, I like it." ”

Liu Yaoying said to Li Pei: "Your Majesty, look, he can talk a lot." ”

Li Pei also smiled and nodded in agreement.

At this time, Gonggong Liu came in and said to Li Pei: "Your Majesty, Zhou Rong, the secretary of Dali Temple, asks to see you." ”

Li Pei and Liu Yaoying were taken aback.

Then Li Pei immediately went to the Yinghua Hall to meet Zhou Rong.

Seeing Li Pei come in, Zhou Rong hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, Li Pei motioned for him to get up, and asked with concern, "But what happened?"

Zhou Rong told Li Pei the ins and outs of the matter, and then said ashamedly: "The minister failed to complete His Majesty's entrustment, I'm deeply sorry!"

Li Pei waved his hand and said, "I can't blame you for this." ”

He motioned for Zhou Rong to sit down and drink tea.

Zhou Rong was ordered to sit down, took two sips of tea, and quietly waited for Li Pei's fate.

Li Pei said: "So your identity has been discovered by the second prince of Shuguo. ”

"Uh-huh. ”

"He didn't solve you secretly, but forcibly sent you back, which shows that he is not a bad person. ”

"It's not bad, and it's extremely thoughtful and calm. Zhou Rong said busily, his tone full of praise for Xiao Diyuan.

Li Pei nodded.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, his background must continue to be investigated. Zhou Rong said.

"I know that I won't give up easily, but I have to discuss the method of investigation and don't act impulsively. ”

"Yes. ”

"Does Zhou Aiqing have a good plan?"

Zhou Rong said with a humble face: "Weichen didn't expect it for the time being. ”

"Well, then you can go back to Dali Temple first. ”

"Your Majesty hasn't found someone to replace this position for more than a year?" Zhou Rong asked in surprise.

"Nope. ”

Zhou Rong hurriedly knelt down and thanked him again.

"In the past half month, you have familiarized yourself with the affairs of the yamen, and I will give you a holiday to treat you in the second half of the month. Li Pei said.

Zhou Rong had mixed feelings, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Go ahead. ”

Zhou Rong immediately retreated.

When he walked outside, he realized that he was covered in sweat.

He thought that Li Pei would punish him, but he didn't expect that there would be no at all. He was grateful for Li Pei's tolerance towards him, and made up his mind to work harder for the imperial court in the future.

After Zhou Rong left, Li Pei fell into deep thought.

As soon as Zhou Rong leaves, Xiao Hong, the monarch of Shu Kingdom, will definitely know about this soon, and he will definitely have doubts about Zhou Rong's identity at that time, and at that time, he will definitely be more vigilant against the people in the palace of Shu Kingdom, especially Xiao Diyuan.

Through this visit, Li Pei keenly saw Xiao Hong's intention to use Xiao Diyuan, and also saw the subtlety of the relationship between them.

He was speculating about Xiao Diyuan's next move.

There is no doubt that Xiao Diyuan will take the initiative to investigate his life experience, but if he wants to get the truth, he may only be able to get it from Xiao Hong and the Liu family. Assuming that he is really not Xiao Hong and Liu's biological son, then once Xiao Hong and Liu realize his intentions, his situation will be very dangerous.

Li Pei couldn't help but worry about Xiao Diyuan.

However, he was soon relieved, he believed that with Xiao Diyuan's intelligence, he would definitely not let himself fall into a situation where it was difficult to save his life.

But no matter what, it would be better for both parties to find out Xiao Diyuan's identity as soon as possible, so he closed his eyes and thought about a way.

The kind of medicine that caused the first emperor to die has not yet been found, and the suspect Zhou Tong has not yet been found, and Li Pei can't help but feel anxious when he thinks of it.

As the emperor, he was deeply ashamed that he could not find out these two suspicious cases for a long time.

Fortunately, he behaved impeccable in political affairs, and only then did he feel that he had the face to worship his ancestors.

On the day Li Pei returned from Shuguo, the Empress Dowager immediately came to ask him about Xiao Diyuan's situation, and Li Pei told her about his meeting with Xiao Diyuan, and drew Xiao Diyuan's appearance.

Looking at Xiao Diyuan's portrait, the Queen Mother's tears flowed out.

"He looks exactly like the first emperor, and even Shen Yun is very similar. The Queen Mother said, staring at the portrait.

Li Pei also nodded and said, "Yes, judging from Shen Yun, he is more like the first emperor than me." ”

The eyes of the mother and son were more determined.

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