The Emperor Is Carrying the Regent's Baby

Yan An is an emperor, but everyone in the realm knows that his imperial title is little more than a name. The current regent is the former Great General Zhan Bei, who commands a million troops and could overthrow the court and crown himself king at any moment.

Yan An has resigned himself to surviving one day at a time. When the regent returns victorious from battle, Yan An is the first to fawn over him, doing everything he can to please him so that when the dynasty changes, the regent might spare his miserable life. He has no wish to meet the fate written in the book, where he becomes the regent's plaything, used this way and that in bed, on the desk in the imperial study, and anywhere and everywhere in the imperial garden.

One Spring Festival, Yan An sneaks out of the palace and spends a night with a man. To his horror, he discovers that the man is the regent. The regent absolutely must never find out! Yan An does not want the story to end as it did in the book! They can get along perfectly well!

One day, after taking the court officials' advice to heart, Yan An decides to curry favor with the regent by choosing him a consort. He gathers beautiful women from across the land and personally selects those who are both virtuous and talented, accomplished in both the arts and letters.

Far away on campaign against the Xiongnu and the Tatar tribes, the regent receives the news and sets out that very night. He storms straight into the palace and reaches the emperor's bedchamber, where he threatens Yan An not to take a consort.

"You dare choose a wife and consort? Are you tired of being emperor?" The regent's eyes are vicious, as if they might drip blood. His voice is hoarse and dark, like a roaring lion.

Yan An: No, I didn't! I haven't! I've always been a good puppet emperor. I'm just trying to stay alive.

Later, the emperor has the regent seized and tries to drug him. The regent flies into a rage and stages a palace coup that very night. The emperor loses his power and is imprisoned in the palace.

When Yan An wakes and sees the chains on his body, his world falls apart. "Wait! I can explain!" Instead, the furious regent brutally tears off his clothes, and the scene inexplicably mirrors the book.

The next day, Yan An's face is deathly pale, and he is four months pregnant. He has to find a way to escape immediately.

He makes it halfway through a secret passage before someone catches him. With a click, he is shackled again.

Later, rumors spread among the people that the regent has seized complete control of the government, and even the emperor has become his bedfellow.

Yan An: That's exactly what happened.

Once he escapes and turns the tables someday, he'll take up a great sword and personally cut off the traitor's head!

Well, that is just a fantasy.

"If you're pregnant, you shouldn't read these strange romance stories. Be good."

"Then you can't keep making me do things," Yan An hurriedly bargains. When he sees the regent's face darken, he immediately puts on a smile and changes his tune. "I don't mind attending you at night, either."

His inner thoughts: Damn regent. I'm done with this. I still have plans E, F, and G for escaping.

Later, the regent is framed and blinded. The emperor takes sole control of the government, and everyone assumes he'll have the regent tortured to death to vent his fury.

Even the regent thinks so.

But after the emperor brings the regent back, he takes good care of him and never lays a hand on him.

Reader's Notes:

1. A possessive seme who plans for every eventuality x a bottom who is an unambitious, dethroned emperor

2. This is a fun story, so don't overanalyze it

Next up, a forthcoming story: The Lazy Shadow Guard Is Pregnant

In his second year as a shadow guard, Lu Xiaoze becomes the most skilled fighter in the guard camp. But he is good at keeping his identity hidden and only wants simple assignments, like gathering intelligence or helping another shadow guard. He gets along well in the camp, ranking neither too high nor too low at eleventh place. That keeps him from serving at the prince's side or being given major missions.

One day, he receives a mission to rendezvous with a mysterious man.

He waits at the designated spot for a day and a night, but when no one shows up, he decides to head back to his own place. He has bought a little thatched cottage outside the city. At his doorstep, he encounters a handsome but wretched-looking man in coarse clothes, whose eyes can no longer see.

Lu Xiaoze takes the man home and cares for him devotedly every day. The man is taciturn, and losing his sight has robbed him of all hope. The Prince of Jing knows he has no chance of winning the succession struggle and is ready to give up on himself. But the man who saves him is like a little sun, chattering away every day and telling him about the fun of country life and the latest stories from the streets of the capital.

A month later, the Prince of Jing's residence can no longer keep the news under wraps. The prince has disappeared, and no one knows whether he is alive or dead. Everyone in the household is on edge, and many are thinking of finding a new master.

The shadow guard camp receives one final mission: find their master, or face the prospect of being left homeless and hunted down by other families' assassins.

Lu Xiaoze looks at the portrait personally delivered to him by the chief shadow guard, and feels his world collapse. The handsome, commanding man in the portrait is the blind man he rescued.

They even got married. On their wedding night, he sat on top of the man!

He only wanted to keep a beauty hidden away in his little cottage. He didn't want to lose his head!

Back at home, he carefully removes the bandages from his husband's eyes. Seeing him like this makes him look even more like the master in the portrait.

"Come back with me, and I'll make sure you live in luxury for the rest of your life," the man says gently but coolly. His eyes are still unused to the light, and his vision is blurry.

"I-I don't think I need to go back. I-I think we should part ways here. You go your way, and I'll go mine." While his husband's eyes still can't see clearly, Lu Xiaoze flees as fast as he can, while secretly sending the chief shadow guard their master's location.

As soon as the Prince of Jing returns to his residence, he orders his men to find his savior, but the man with the lovely voice who married him without permission and shared his bed is nowhere to be found.

One day, the Prince of Jing stakes out a steamed bun shop himself and finally catches the little sun with the unmistakable voice: his wife, the one whose voice he would recognize even in death.

"Run, then! You're so good at it, aren't you?" He grits his teeth and has the man dragged back to the residence, then stares intently at his slightly rounded belly.

"M-my belly... I just got fat from eating..." Lu Xiaoze stammers. Seeing the prince's face darken, he looks more and more horrified. Is it too late to beg for mercy?

Completed story with over 100,000 favorites: The Deadly Servant Becomes an Empress After Having a Baby

Si Xiaohan, a deadly servant of the prince's household, is loyal and works hard to earn money. He knows he will spend his whole life alone, with no one by his side.

He never expected to save a stunning beauty during one of his missions.

The beauty has long, dark eyelashes, eyes that hold a whole galaxy, and a clear, melodious voice. Everything about him is wonderful except his temper.

Before Si Xiaohan can even savor the beauty's body, the man suddenly flips him over and pins him down!

Again and again!

Si Xiaohan rubs his aching lower back, aggrieved. "Don't worry. I'll take responsibility for you."

Su Min, also known as Yi Jingyan, darkens his expression and pins him back down on the bed without a word, giving the man limp beneath him a practical lesson in who is responsible for whom.

One day, Xiaohan discovers that Su Min is actually the master from the rumors!

Trembling for his life, he decisively abandons the secret identity that could expose him and puts on a physician's secret identity, devoted to protecting his master, only to be caught red-handed by the man.

"How many identities do you have?" the man grits out.

Later, the realm is at peace and the new emperor ascends the throne. On a day when the whole realm should be celebrating, a proclamation announcing a bounty leaves everyone stunned: Find a physician, reward of ten thousand taels of gold.

By then, Si Xiaohan has been on the run for a long time and is heavily pregnant. He looks at his own wanted poster on the city gate, feeling deeply uneasy.

He takes down the notice and turns around, only to find someone who should not be there standing behind him, radiating fury and menace.

The man holds Si Xiaohan by the neck and gently strokes it. "Looks like I need to teach you a lesson you'll remember, or you'll just keep running."

But when he feels the now considerably rounder waist in his hands, the emperor flies into a rage. "Well, well! You managed to put on several pounds while running away!"

Si Xiaohan tries to suck in his belly. "I-I've only put on a tiny bit of weight..."

Content warnings: The seme spoils the uke, secret identities, a loyal deadly servant

Includes pregnancy and running away

Please look forward to the next story: He's Pregnant with His Prince's Baby

Gu Yun, the top killer of the Mingyue Pavilion, the Third Prince's third organization, is cold and indifferent, decisive, and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. He has never failed.

He is long accustomed to a life spent with blood on his hands.

Still, sometimes the missions can be rather dull.

Then one moonless night, after completing a mission, he rescues a man who has collapsed at their meeting place. The man is handsome, with sharp brows and bright eyes, elegant beyond compare, but his legs are disabled.

Gu Yun hides the man where he lives, treats his legs and tends to his injuries. As they spend day and night together, he has the absurd thought, for the first time, that he wants to spend his whole life with a man.

A month later, they marry.

On their wedding night, the red candles flicker.

Gu Yun gives his wife all the respect and affection he can, patiently soothing him and promising he will be gentle.

Then, without warning, the man turns the tables and pins him down on the bed! He is especially rough, too!

The top killer's face turns darker than night.

Wait! He was taking a wife, not becoming someone's husband!

Even worse, the next morning his new wife disappears without a trace.

The man has run away, leaving their cozy little home behind.

With a broken heart, the killer returns to the Mingyue Pavilion, only to be told that he has been reassigned and must personally protect the prince. Just when he thinks his life is about to return to normal, he sees the "new wife" who disappeared soon after their wedding.

Even more terrifying, his "new wife" is the prince who always has everything under control, and...

He seems to have forgotten Gu Yun.

Gu Yun suppresses his surprise and keeps quiet.

He has only one thought: the prince absolutely must not recognize him.

But his good fortune doesn't last. When he returns to their little home to retrieve his weapons, the prince's men ambush him. The prince gazes at him with gentle, jade-like eyes, his expression unreadable, impossible to tell what he is thinking.

Gu Yun is startled.

Wait! What is the prince playing at? They were only a brief fling. He clearly forgot all about Gu Yun!

Before he can think any further, Gu Yun's belly starts showing signs of change.

So Gu Yun spends his days serving as the prince's consort, then changes into black clothes and puts on a mask at night to continue working as a killer.

Later, the prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor. The top killer decides to leave the emperor's side and quit the Mingyue Pavilion. If he doesn't run now, he won't be able to hide his belly much longer.

So, on a dark and windy night, he leaves the emperor with an empty room.

The emperor goes mad with fury. What exactly was his new empress unhappy about? After he announced before the assembled court officials that the man would be his one and only empress, he went and ran away!

"Order the army to search for the escaped empress across the realm. No, the empress who was abducted!" The emperor smashes a wine cup, his eyes dark and sinister. What will he do when he catches the empress? He'll give him a good beating! He won't have to keep working as an assassin after this, either.

When he finally catches the man, he finds him looking utterly wretched, staring at him in terror and clutching his now-grown belly protectively.

Jing Yanyan is furious. "What's going on with your belly?" he asks in a low voice, pulling the man into his arms as he considers what to do.

"I-I got fat from eating!" Gu Yun manages a smile, his heart already dead.

Theme: If you love someone, you must pursue them.