Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 705 - 582: Hongshang, are you pregnant?_1

Chapter 705: Chapter 582: Hongshang, are you pregnant?_1

Li Xuan looked suspiciously at Yu Hongchang on the throne: "What’s wrong with you, Shang’er? You’re not pregnant, are you? Is this morning sickness?"

He calculated the time, it was exactly two months after their first time, which was when morning sickness usually began.

"You’re overthinking it," Yu Hongchang’s complexion was slightly unnatural, but she glared at Li Xuan coldly immediately after, "The Imperial Physician said that my diet for the past few days was a bit off, someone might be trying to poison me, following in the footsteps of my imperial brother, so they administered emetics to me to dispel the possible toxins."

Li Xuan turned his gaze to an imperial female doctor next to him, she bowed in response: "The Princess’s recent diet is indeed inappropriate. The delicacies provided by the imperial kitchen are mostly game and vegetables, and rare and valuable varieties at that.

Although these are delicious, they contain extreme hazards. The fact that they aren’t regularly included in people’s diets should explain their danger, as they can be easily tampered with."

Li Xuan frowned immediately: "Has the imperial kitchen been investigated then?"

He made a mental note to hold Zuo Daoxing, the Dudu Tongzhi of the Xiuyiwei, accountable for not notifying him about such a serious incident in the palace.

"Already investigated, nothing of consequence was found."

Yu Hongchang waved her hand, burning the silver basin beside her to ashes: "This poison issue is just a speculation by the Imperial Physician and hasn’t been confirmed. The only thing we can do is have the Xiuyiwei keep it on record and replace the chef with a reliable one."

After listening to her, Li Xuan looked at Yu Hongchang in confusion: "You are a highly ranked practitioner, why do you need to eat so much?"

Practitioners of heavenly rank could abandon all food completely, living off wind and dew, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to sustain their lives indefinitely.

Apparently, Yu Hongchang had given someone the opportunity to interfere because she indulged in the pleasure of food.

"None of your business!" Yu Hongchang’s pretty face turned slightly red. She looked at him with displeasure, "I’ve been practicing skills that consume a lot recently, is it wrong to need food supplement?"

Li Xuan had nothing more to say and changed the topic: "What happened to Your Majesty? Why did the regency period suddenly change to four months?"

Yu Hongchang’s anger faded slightly, her eyes showed a touch of complexity: "I just visited him. My Father doesn’t have any serious problems, but there seems to be some problems with his Cultivation Technique, the situation is a bit tricky.

You can ask Dr. Jiang about my Father’s health condition. My Father is planning to invite Dr. Jiang into the palace to diagnose him, tomorrow."

If anyone else asked about this, Yu Hongchang would definitely not tell the truth and doubt their intentions.

But she had absolute trust in Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was also relieved. He thought that the Jingtai Emperor might not tell the real situation to Hongchang, but he certainly wouldn’t be able to deceive Jiang Yunqi.

Then Yu Hongchang spoke about another issue: "Yesterday, Shangshu Yu, Shaobao, reported that the agriculture reorganization has ended and the state of Weisuo’s agriculture has essentially returned to the state it was before the 27th year of Yongle.

He also gave you credit and said that without the help of the Marquis of Guanjun, he wouldn’t have been able to manage this matter properly in ten years."

"How dare I claim any credit for this?" Li Xuan shook his head right away: "Shaobao Yu is too kind. The truth is, my contribution was very small, it is all thanks to Shaobao Yu."

Yu Hongchang couldn’t help but laugh after hearing that: "Shaobao Yu also said that he wouldn’t dare to claim credit for this, and that he just put in some physical work while you, Li Xuan, dealt with the truly troublesome matters."

She knows why Yu Jie said this–because it seemed that Li Xuan didn’t do anything, yet he tied up the power of the Northern military families and the Jingnan nobles in the court.

While pressuring Liang Heng on one side, he used his identity as the ’Central Army Judge’ to both attack and pull on these Northern military families, creating division and disintegration. As a result, the powerful factions within the military could never form a united front, reducing the pressure they could exert on Yu Jie.

Li Xuan’s background of the Chengyi Earl’s mansion also provided a great boon.

The nobles of Nanjing cooperated well with Li Xuan this time, and there weren’t many that came out to make trouble for him.

Although these southern nobles and military ministers also seized and occupied these farms, in reality, their dependence on this source of wealth was much less than that of the northern military families.

They relied more on trading, as well as the mulberry and hemp fields in the mountains, and also tea leaves. The income from these sources was ten times that of the occupied farms.

Since it was not a matter that concern life and death, the resistance was relatively small.

Although Yu Jie is upright and honest, he is by no means a simpleton. He naturally knew how Li Xuan was paving the way for the clearance of the occupied farmland.

"Since the matter of the farm occupation is settled, I can also hand over my position as the Dian Nong Zhonglangjiang (a military rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel in charge of farming).

Because there was only one female imperial physician in the Wenhua Palace and no historian present to record the imperial activities, Li Xuan made a casual salute: "Hongshang, as you know, I am actually too busy to spare any time and energy to pay attention to the Weisuo Institute’s occupied farmland matter. I hope the Court will take back this position and choose another capable person."

However, after he discussed this matter, Yu Hongshang gave a cold snort, the waves in her eyes rippling slightly.

Does he think he’s busy? Indeed, he is rather busy.

But his Second Mind alone is more than enough to handle all public affairs, let alone having Luo Yan, Yue Qianqian, and Dugu Biluo as his three capable assistants.

As for his main body, besides spending half a day lecturing, indeed, he is busy ’beyond relief’.

Today he would ’practice Taoist techniques’ with Xue Yunrou; tomorrow he would practice martial arts with Jiang Hanyun; the day after tomorrow he would go boating upstream of the Yellow River with Ao Shuying; and the next day he would go to Jiangnan with Luo Yan under the guise of ’hunting criminals’, spending both days and nights with her.

Then he would dine with her in the palace in the morning and go to the black market in Luoyang with Yue Qianqian to seek ancient books in the evening. Indeed, he wasn’t free at any moment.

During that period, he even went to Huang Wuhuan’s Demon Market twice, doing gods-know-what.

The more Yu Hongshang thought about it, the angrier she became, causing waves in her stomach.

Finally, she took a deep breath, suppressing her anger: "Although the cleanup of the occupied farmland is over, you’ll have to get busier. Shaobao Yu said that since the Ren Emperor and Xuan Emperor, half of the 4.5 million people in the Jin’s Weisuo army have dispersed.

Taking advantage of the fact that the occupied farmland of all Weisuo Institutes has been cleaned up, Shaobao Yu plans to reorganize the households of the Weisuo army to restore the figures from the Taizong Era. This matter must have capable people cooperating within the Five Armies Dudu’s mansion.

So, you also have to keep the position of Dian Nong Zhonglangjiang. Also, the position of Dian Nong Zhonglangjiang was appointed by the Father Emperor. If you want to resign, you should go find the Father Emperor."

Li Xuan’s eyebrows furrowed, but soon after, he sighed: "All right, I will do my best to cooperate."

As for the matter of Shaobao Yu wanting to restore the Weisuo army, he didn’t think much of it, as he felt it was treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

The Weisuo army system established by Emperor Tai of Jin had innate flaws. Only five dynasties have passed since the founding of the Jin Dynasty. Emperor Tai Zong and Ren Zong were also considered wise and enlightened, but by the time of the Tumu Fort Incident, most of the Weisuo army had collapsed, almost in name only.

What Yu Jie wanted to do was just like a paperhanger, allowing the Jin to take a breath.

In most cases, within a few decades, the Weisuo army of the Jin will collapse again.

However, this matter is of considerable benefit to the court of the Jin, the Five Armies Dudu’s mansion, and the military families in the north and south.

As one of the founding nobles in the south and a member of the Jin’s military, Li Xuan couldn’t refuse, nor could he reject it.

Li Xuan thought to himself, if he must be a paperhanger, so be it. He will deal with the present things first.

If he gets another chance to recreate the world and reorganize the military system in the future, he will certainly not shy away from it.

But for now, the power he holds is only enough to paper over the room, trying to keep the wind out as much as possible.