After the First Prince finished speaking, his gaze gradually softened as he looked at the female cultivator's swollen belly.
"Be good, Yuan'er. Listen to your mother and endure a little longer. Before long, Father will be able to completely make up for your innate deficiency and let you be born and nurtured in the complete body of an Innate Dragon Body."
He gently stroked the female cultivator's abdomen. Feeling the steady, powerful heartbeat within, he was greatly reassured.
At this moment, the female cultivator asked with concern once more, "Your Majesty, is the court still stable? Such large-scale troop deployments are bound to draw much opposition. Do you need me to step forward and resolve it?"
"No need, no need. Teacher only needs to stay peacefully in this tranquil place and nurture the child. I am now in the body of a true dragon—how could I possibly fail to cow them into submission?"
The First Prince said with a face full of confidence, "There were naturally opposing voices, and they were quite fierce at first. But after I fed the few ringleaders to Little Seven, the remaining voices gradually fell silent."
Hearing the First Prince mention the Seventh Prince, the female cultivator's eyes shifted slightly as she continued, "Has the Seventh Prince been well lately? The pair of eyes I found for him—can he still see clearly with them?"
"He is doing very well. He can eat and sleep. I went to see him some days ago, and he had grown much sturdier. When night falls, those eyes of his are like blazing lamps, shining straight into people's faces."
The First Prince replied, "Once everything is more or less prepared, I intend to send him to the front lines so that he may also contribute to Yuan'er's great undertaking of