[BL]After Transmigration I Became The Villainous Consort. [穿越后， 我成了恶妃]

Chapter 30

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After that day Li Yan accidently slept with Xi Jiu, he didn't sneak out to see Shen Nuo. He was frustrated. Three weeks later, he heard from the Imperial Doctor that he was going to be a father. Amid pain, he also felt flourishing love.

He was not good at expressing emotions. And he knew he could only frighten others and make them cry. So he was always patient with Xi Jiu's terrible mood swings. Though he did not spend much time with her, he would visit her occasionally and caresse her big tummy silently. No one knew what he was thinking. His eyes would shine brightly.

At other times, he would lock himself in his chamber, pull out his dagger and would carve beautiful toys out of blocks of wood. He counted days slowly and impatiently waited to hear a certain news. Days turned to weeks and then to months.

Xi Jiu became weak day by day. Li Yan was confused. Doctors said she has no disease and might be feeling uncomfortable because of the pregnancy. He also thought the same until that day, five months later, she spat out blood in a cold morning. She was unconcious for several hours.

Li Yan was horror-stricken. He searched for many doctors to see what was wrong with her, until one evening, a wandering doctor heard the news, came to have a look and said she had been poisoned since several months.

Li Yan felt as if he was stabbed when he heard the doctor say that the poison would lead to a miscarriage. Since the mother had been poisoned for several months, there was no way the baby won't have the poison in his body too. Li Yan begged him to save them both at all costs for which the doctor reluctantly agreed.

Li Yan was also drawn mad. He thoroughly investigated the matter over and over again, secretly. But there was no success. He failed repeatedly. Who would dare to poison her? Yeah, she was the Empress. There were plenty of people who wanted her dead. Again - it was his ignorance...

Li Yan kept this secret from Xi Jiu and consoled her everytime saying all would be fine. She only smiled with her pale and thin face. Two months passed and her condition turned even worse. She often spat out blood. She would cry and make a fuss. And just like that, she dragged her life forcefully for two more months.

Li Yan also remembered how Xi Jiu died. Those were the chaotic days when Li Yang borders were frequently attacked. She came to labor just three night before Li Yan left to pacify the borders.

He was waiting outside the room anxiously with his hands behind his back, walking up and down... In his hands was a beautiful wooden rabbit that was smoothly carved. His fingertips shuddered slightly. His face was pale.

The screams from the room was horrifying and blood curdling. Xi Jiu was a weak girl. If he had known birthing was this torturous he wouldn't even have slept with her.

He was in a mess finally until he heard the weak voice of a crying baby. He did not know how he felt right at the moment. He became a father!!!

The nanny came running to the Emperor after a while and knelt crying furiously. "Your Majesty, the Empress, she-"

Li Yan went pale. The wooden rabbit slipped down his slender fingers. He didn't wait even for a moment. He ran towards the room and to the bed where the empress and the weak kid lied. Others slowly withdrew.

The room was smelling of cruel blood... The Empress looked weak and pale... It looked as though she had lost too much blood.

Li Yan's face went bloodless in an instant when he realized that she was gasping for her breath...

She slowly raised her shuddering hand and weakly wrapped her pale and slender fingertips around his wrist. He clasped her hand back, gulping. "Xi Jiu..."