Yu Zhang Wang declared the inheritance of the orthodox emperor, changed the year number to Dehua, historically known as Emperor Guangwu, and established the capital in Yu Zhang. The original Yu Zhang Wang queen was sealed as empress, historically known as Empress Pei. From then on, it opened up a pattern of confrontation between the north and south that lasted for more than 100 years in the Central Plains.

  New dynasty was established, after the hurried completion of the ascension ceremony by Emperor Guangwu, he quickly set about appointing and dismissing civil and military officials. Those who should be dismissed were dismissed, those who should be transferred were transferred. On the civilian side, half of the original Yu Zhang Wang Fu and his staff entered the inner cabinet, while the other half were famous scholars from the south. On the military side, led by Xie Xuan, he also promoted many young generals.

  Xie Xuan was originally the hereditary Marquis of Weiyuan, and in this dynasty, he was revered as the orthodox and reserved Marquis of Weiyuan. At the same time, Emperor Guangwu specially granted him the title of General-in-Chief, leading nearly half of the troops in the Dehua Dynasty, forming the Northern Army, stationed at the Changjiang River, and commanding all military and political affairs with the Northern Dynasty. The mansion of Marquis Weiyuan suddenly became a first-class noble family in the Southern Dynasty.

  "Back already!" Qin Miaoru was now six months pregnant. As soon as she heard that the master had returned to the mansion, she welcomed him with her belly protruding.

  Xie Xun saw her standing at the gate of the courtyard with a big belly, and her originally small body made her belly look even bigger. "You're heavily pregnant, what are you doing standing outside?" He quickly took a few steps forward and supported her small waist.

  These days, Xie Yun has been running back and forth between Yu Zhang, Xun Yang, and the front line. Her originally fair skin had become somewhat tanned, which made Qin Miao's heart ache with sympathy.

  "It's been so many days since I've seen you, of course I miss you." Qin Miao muttered to herself.

  "Really?!" Qin Miao gave him a glance, Xie Yan burst out laughing and led her into the main house. These days were indeed exhausting, but also exciting enough for him. After all, his long-held wish had finally come true, and he no longer had to be a stifled general.

  As soon as I entered, I saw many gift boxes placed on the table.

  "These...?"

  Qin Miao leaned on his hand and sat comfortably on the warm couch, smiling and saying: "These were all sent by the new Madame Fu Tai, she just left not long ago." As soon as she mentioned this, she had to complain a lot. "You don't know, since you became the great general, our mansion's threshold is almost worn out by people treading on it."

  Xie Xuan smiled and didn't speak, taking over the swallow's nest congee handed over by Zi Xuan, testing its temperature.

  "Come on, it's not hot anymore, drink it while it's still warm."

  Qin Miao furrowed her brow and stared at the bowl in her hand for a long time before finally drinking it down. "Having to eat so much every day, I really feel like a pig."

  Since her belly showed signs of pregnancy, Xie Yun no longer allowed her to be busy in the shop. With carriages coming and going, it was too inconvenient after all. She only let the shopkeepers come to the mansion to report back, so Qin Miao hadn't gone out much for a long time.

  There are too many visitors, and the host is often not at home. In the house, there are only two serious masters, Old Lady Xie and Madame Hou. Therefore, the ladies have been sending over visiting cards one after another to pay their respects. The polite conversation has become repetitive and annoying to everyone involved.

  This was unbearable for the restless Qīn Miào. The imperial physicians in the palace were also very careful, as this was her first pregnancy, and they came up with all sorts of medicinal diets, changing them every day. In addition to three meals a day, she had to add three more meals at dawn, noon, and night. This made for six meals a day.

  "Ah, our An Nuan has really suffered. Let me give you a good hug!" Xie Yun heard her little complaint and thought it was adorable. He also took off his shoes and wrapped his arms around her small waist from behind, rubbing her big belly.

  Qin Miao's heart felt sweet and gentle, it had been a long time since the beautiful young master had been so intimate with her! However, now the beautiful young master seemed to have become General Beauty, no, General Majesty.

  "Hey, you seem to have gotten a bit darker..." Qin Miao tactlessly pointed out the biggest change in Xie Yan's body recently.

  Xie Yun instinctively touched his face. He didn't often look in the mirror, as he used to have maids serving him and now had young servants attending to him when he went out. The people around him hadn't mentioned that he had gotten darker.

  "Is that so? Well, it's normal for a husband to be out and about every day, getting sunburned, can't help but get darker..." Xie Yan casually waved his hand and went to touch her belly.

  Just a moment later, he stopped what he was doing, got down from the bed, and hastily ran to Qin Miao's dresser, carefully examining himself in the mirror.

  "Hmm... seems like I've gotten a bit darker, but... still pretty handsome, right? Confirming that he had only gotten darker and not uglier, he finally got up from the dresser and trotted back to the warm bed."

  Qin Miao saw his tense appearance and laughed happily while holding her belly. "I've never seen you look so awkward, hahaha!"

  Xie Xuan didn't care about her teasing him and seriously explained to her: "I'm just afraid that I'll become ugly and you'll dislike me..."

  Dislike him? Qin Miao heard this conclusion and was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "Right! If you become ugly, I won't want you anymore!"

  "Look, I knew Ah Nuan had a crush on my face! So I have to take good care of it~ Later, I'll get someone to find me a sun hat, that way I won't get too tanned." Hmm! This idea is great, Xie Yan feels that her own thoughts are very correct.

  Qin Miao pushed him with a bad temper: "I'm not so superficial..." After finishing, she held his face and looked left and right, and finally kissed his cheek.

  "But being shallow is also okay!"

  Xie Xun naturally knew that Qin Miao's words were half true and half false, but this was a small emotional nuance between the two of them, so he also very comfortably let her kiss him.

  After the two of them made a fuss for a while, it was time for dinner. Today, the kitchen had stewed a pot of old hen soup for Qin Miao. On ordinary days, there would often be such nourishing soups at dinner time, but Qin Miao usually didn't have much appetite. However, today with her husband by her side and in a good mood, Qin Miao drank several more bowls than usual, which made Xie Lin feel much more at ease.

  After dinner, Xie Yun and Qin Miao took a short rest before walking hand in hand to the garden for a stroll. It was still chilly in the spring, so when they went out, Xie Yun personally put a large cloak on her and a fur hat, revealing only a small face. The cold wind blew, and her cheeks were rosy and tender.

  Xie Xuan contentedly took Qin Miao's hand and slowly strolled towards the garden. With his lovely wife by his side, this leisurely and comfortable day dispelled the fatigue he had accumulated over the past few days.

  The two strolled casually and chatted freely.

  "Ah Juan, do you know where Zhang Youxiao was exiled to later?" She had been reminded of him unintentionally when the newly appointed Madame Fu came to visit recently.

  Xie Xuan coldly snorted: "He was exiled to southern Jiangxi. However..." He lightly coughed, intentionally lowering his voice as he said: "He's already dead."

  Qin Miao paused for a moment, turned around, raised her head and stared at him with big eyes, looking extremely cute. However, she then said: "Good kill!"

  Such a cultured scum, should have gone to hell long ago. Qin Miao thought so fiercely, her eyes also barely concealed a hint of ferocity.

  "An Nuan, this lovely little face of yours, talking about killing people is really... quite a different flavor!" Xie Yan said with a smile in his eyes, somewhat surprised that this little girl knew he would make his move on the exile road.

  "So do you like it?"

  "Hmm..."

  "How dare you dislike it!"

  "I love it! I absolutely love it!"