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Chapter 722

Jiang Yuebai's eyes began to spin, and he looked like he was seriously thinking about something, as if he was preparing to catch prey.

"The Baili tribe has calculated everything, but they miscalculated the most crucial point. The emperor's cold poison has been cured, and it will not break out within ten days, and the world will not be in chaos. Before entering the palace, my father told me that those who do not seek second best will die; those who do not endure what ordinary people cannot endure will die; those who do not think twice before acting will die. I beg the emperor to think twice."

Jiang Yuebai stroked his fist gently and suddenly changed her words, "The situation is so complicated and critical, Your Majesty should listen to me and extend your life tonight."

Li Beichen was furious, but was amused by Jiang Yuebai's attitude of persuading people to renew their membership.

"Father-in-law is really a strange man. He is so good at teaching his daughter. It should be said that the only person that the Baili tribe did not expect is you."

Li Beichen's anger subsided a lot. Just now, he really wanted to chop the maid to death and put an end to it. How could he, a dignified emperor, be threatened like this? It was a great shame and humiliation.

After calming down and thinking about it, it is indeed as Jiang Yuebai said, we cannot make hasty decisions.

Jiang Yuebai thought that the emperor would not let her see Aya, fearing that Aya would do something strange. She also did not want to reveal that she had the truth talisman. So she had to find another way.

For someone like Aya, threatening to die at any time would be very passive if she really died. The only way to break through her is psychologically. Since she has been in the palace for many years, she should have some close friends. Maybe I can break through her psychological defense from this aspect.

She told Li Beichen about her idea, and Li Beichen handed the matter over to the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Beichen held Jiang Yuebai's face, his eyes fell on her lips, so tempting. He had already removed the poison half a month ago. He stared at Jiang Yuebai's red lips every day, and wanted to kiss her many times, but he restrained himself.

Jiang Yuebai was sitting quietly, her eyelashes fluttering, her face suddenly felt hot, and she raised her eyes, "Uh, I'm a little thirsty. I want to drink some water."

Li Beichen let go of his hand, realizing that Jiang Yuebai was deliberately avoiding him, and said with a smile, "I'll get it for you."

After saying that, he gave her a light kiss on the face.

In the evening, Li Beichen summoned Yuan Diqi to preside over the birthday celebration ceremony.

Li Beichen didn't dare to look into Jiang Yuebai's eyes, and always looked away. This kind of embarrassment was like asking someone to borrow money. Jiang Yuebai smiled faintly, but she was nervous and melancholy in her heart, and she didn't look at Li Beichen either.

Yuan Diqi told them that they could only go there at midnight when the yin energy was at its strongest, and that Wutong Pavilion was not an option because the yang energy was too strong. They had to go to the Imperial Garden in the far north.

Instruct the two to make preparations as required, such as burning incense and bathing, preparing their real birth dates, and putting a bunch of their hair and nails together in a special pocket. After the preparations are completed, they can go to the Imperial Garden.

Yuan Diqi was a very stubborn person. He would not answer unless you asked him. So when Li Beichen and Jiang Yuebai were in awkward silence, he did not say any extra nonsense. He simply gave instructions on what to do.

After bathing and changing clothes, they took a sedan chair to the Imperial Garden. They held hands and said nothing along the way.

When they were almost there, Li Beichen asked, "Are you scared?"

Jiang Yuebai whispered, "I'm afraid. I heard that the Yin energy is the heaviest at midnight, and it's easy for ghosts to appear."

Li Beichen comforted her, "You have a strong yang energy and murderous aura, so ghosts should be afraid of you. If you feel scared, just chant Amitabha."

This is what his mother told him before.

As he said this, he held Jiang Yuebai's hand even tighter.

Jiang Yuebai whispered, "Okay."

She was afraid of ghosts, but tonight she was afraid of the unknown. She didn't know what was waiting for her after the borrowed life was over.

When the midnight came, Yuan Diqi began to preside over the longevity-borrowing ceremony. Yuan Diqi basically read the heaven's report and then chanted various sutras and performed various rituals.

Finally, Jiang Yuebai was asked to report to the heaven with the most sincere heart that she was so-and-so, where she was from, and her date of birth was so-and-so. She was willing to lend fifteen years of her life to her husband. She was so-and-so, where she was from, and her date of birth was so-and-so. Please make it happen, God.

Then Yuan Diqi wrote a few talismans on the spot and burned them into ashes. He then burned the hair and nails of both parties into ashes, mixed them together, and gave them to Li Beichen to drink.

There was a flash of lightning and a loud thunder.

"Okay, it's done."

The moment Li Beichen heard this, his eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth curled up, seeming to be very happy. But soon the smile disappeared.

He turned his head and looked at Jiang Yuebai, and found that there was no change. He did not look fifteen years older as he had imagined.

He helped Jiang Yuebai up, "Jiaojiao, do you feel uncomfortable?"

Jiang Yuebai shook her head blankly. She looked up at the full moon above her head and said with a smile, "It feels a lot like an Alipay transfer. You transferred 100 million to me, but if I didn't see the balance in the account, I wouldn't feel anything."

After hearing this, Yuan Diqi said seriously, "My Lady, you are right. Everyone has an account book. The transfer has just been successful."

Jiang Yuebai asked curiously, "How do you know?"

"The receipt has been sent." Yuan Diqi said calmly, handing Jiang Yuebai a piece of yellow paper that looked like a receipt.

Jiang Yuebai and Li Beichen looked over curiously. It was indeed written like this. And the handwriting was in Song style. Because it was too neat and standard, it looked like what was displayed in a Word document in later generations, and it looked like it was printed out.

It makes it look like that.

Yuan Diqi glanced at Jiang Yuebai and said, "If the Imperial Concubine wants it, this is for you."

Jiang Yuebai replied somewhat bewilderedly, "Oh, okay."

After Yuan Diqi left, Li Beichen immediately hugged Jiang Yuebai in his arms, but because of his belly, he couldn't hold her at all. He was stunned for a moment, walked behind Jiang Yuebai, and hugged her from behind.

"Jiaojiao, thank you. I will treat you well."

Li Beichen lowered his head and kissed Jiang Yuebai's hair, tears streaming down his cheeks.

Yes, he was moved to tears.

Jiang Yuebai put her hand on the back of his hand, feeling a little confused and dazed, but not regretful, and even a little happy.

No matter how Li Beichen treats her in the future, it is enough that she has kept her original intention and done her best to do things that are beneficial to this country and her small family.

When the two returned, it was already two o'clock in the morning. Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Yuebai lay on Li Beichen's legs and soon fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Li Beichen's fingers gently slid across her eyebrows, her lips, bit by bit. He recalled the thrills and passionate moments they had experienced in this semi-enclosed sedan chair.
It's only been half a year, but it feels like half a lifetime. I've experienced all the ups and downs.

He suddenly felt a splitting headache, a piercing pain, which made him feel that the poison had returned. But Jiang Yuebai was sleeping on his legs at this time, and he resisted the urge to pull his hand away to rub his temple, allowing himself to be tortured by the headache.

After returning to Wutong Pavilion, he personally carried Jiang Yuebai into the house, carefully placed him on the couch, and put up the tent.

When they got outside, he asked Liang Xiaobao to invite Jiang Xian.

Li Beichen was in another bungalow. He took off his clothes and asked Liang Xiaobao to chant a spell and roll the embroidery needle egg. He found that there was no change on the egg.

But my head still hurts badly, from the corners of my eyes to the top of my head.

He shouted angrily, "Call Yuan Diqi over here!"

Liang Xiaobao immediately ordered someone to invite Lord Yuan.

She applied some white flower oil, rubbed her hands to warm them up, and wanted to press Li Beichen's forehead. As soon as she touched Li Beichen, her wrist was clamped.

"Don't touch me!" Li Beichen was furious.

Liang Xiaobao said angrily, "When it hurts, rubbing it will make it more comfortable."

"No!" Li Beichen held his head in agony.

Jiang Xian rushed over and checked, but found nothing wrong. He asked carefully, "How has the emperor been sleeping these days?"

"I often suffer from insomnia." Li Beichen said unhappily.

It has been several months, and the poison has tortured him for many days and nights. After the poison was over, his concubines died one after another, and then he was entangled in whether he was about to die. There were still a few months left, and he wondered whether he should borrow his life from Jiang Yuebai, and whether Jiang Yuebai would lend it to him.

If he died, what would happen to the country? Should he make a will to let the eldest prince take the throne, or let his younger brother take the throne first, and then pass it on to his son after Jiang Yuebai's son is born? Would his younger brother take the opportunity to force Jiang Yuebai to marry him and fulfill his wish by using the position of crown prince?

There are too many things to think about, it’s strange that I can sleep well.

"That's it. I'll give you acupuncture first, and then give you hot compresses and massage. You'll be fine."

When Jiang Xian was giving Li Beichen an acupuncture injection, Li Beichen suddenly asked, "Is it possible for the quintuplets to be born naturally? Are you sure you can ensure the safety of mother and child?"

Jiang Xian hesitated, not daring to hide it, "It's hard to deliver twins safely. It's even harder to deliver quintuplets."

"Have you ever practiced a caesarean section? It's about making a small cut in the pregnant woman's belly, taking the baby out, and then sewing it up again."

In fact, this is Li Beichen's guess. This is probably what Caesarean section means.

"Your Majesty, it is not easy to find a pregnant woman with multiple babies."

"Don't you have any idea?" Li Beichen was very angry.

"Issue a national announcement. To encourage childbirth and pray for the continuation of the royal family, the Imperial Hospital will deliver babies for free and give out gift packages to pregnant women with multiple pregnancies. You can discuss with Jiang Yu what's in the gift package. Silver and clothes are essential. Also, give some medicines for pregnant women and children. If it's triplets, the state will help raise them."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jiang Xian quickly responded.

He thought that the emperor would simply and roughly capture a bunch of pregnant women for him to practice on.

I didn't expect that the emperor would come up with such a friendly policy to protect pregnant women and fetuses and reward childbirth. This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people and has immeasurable merits.

Jiang Xian worked even harder at acupuncture.

Not long after, Yuan Jianzheng came over with sleepy eyes, and even his hair bun was crooked.

Li Beichen asked Yuan Jianzheng why he suddenly had an extremely severe migraine and whether it was because the poison had not been completely cleared away.

After yawning, Yuan Jianzheng perked up and checked it out. His conclusion was the same as Jiang Xian's. The poison had been completely cleared. It might just be due to excessive anxiety and lack of sleep. He even said shamelessly that if he got enough sleep later, the headache would go away.

Li Beichen then asked why Concubine Ning was so sleepy after returning and couldn't be woken up even by shaking. Yuan Jianzheng said that this was probably because Concubine Ning was too anxious and lacked sleep during this period, and she would be like this when she suddenly relaxed.

After Jiang Xian's acupuncture and massage, Li Beichen's headache was relieved a lot. Back in the room, Jiang Yuebai was still sleeping soundly. He leaned on her, held her in his arms, and his heart calmed down.

The two of them slept soundly and did not wake up until noon the next day. When they woke up, they turned their eyes away at the same time, not daring to look at each other, like strangers after a one-night stand.

Oftentimes, this happens when the debt of gratitude between one another is too great. It makes people feel awkward and heavy.

In the end, it was Li Beichen who broke the awkwardness between the two. Because he had suppressed his feelings for Jiang Yuebai for too long, he couldn't help but kiss her and forced her to play with his toys with a red face.
He still resisted kissing her on the lips.

Just as she was panting and pouting and ignoring him, he suddenly asked, "What did your previous company do? What project did you discuss in Europe when you traveled through time?"

Li Beichen: "."

He lowered his head and asked Jiang Yuebai, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

Jiang Yuebai suppressed his thoughts and lied to him, "Didn't we agree to go out together later? I want to get to know you better so that I can find you later. What's your name in real life?"

Li Beichen understood these words as Jiang Yuebai finding a lame excuse just to get to know him better.

Without hesitation, he said, "Li Shouzhong. A very earthy name."

Jiang Yuebai said happily, "Too much talk leads to exhaustion, it is better to keep to the middle. What a good name. Your father must be familiar with the Tao Te Ching. What projects does your company focus on?"

When talking about his father in his previous life and the things in his previous life, Li Beichen suddenly felt a little sad.

An idea was circling in his mind: Tell her, it would be better to tell her everything.

But he immediately killed the idea.

Still couldn't tell her. Even if she had to be with him, to work with him.

If I tell her, she will be very embarrassed. She will doubt that everything is fake and a lie, right?

Although she would test and doubt him, and would be on guard against him, she was still close to him. Sometimes he even felt that Jiang Yuebai seemed to be truly in love with him, just as he was in love with Jiang Yuebai.