Consort Xian picked up the wine cup beside her, chuckled softly, and took a small sip.

She was also a little curious. Since that was the case, she decided to go and see what was going on once the others entered the palace.

Hongman, the maid behind Consort Xian, cursed inwardly: "Vixen!"

She glanced at Consort Ye, who was sitting below Consort De, and felt that Consort Ye and Princess An looked somewhat alike, especially their phoenix eyes.

The Empress Dowager's face was extremely ugly. So that's how it is. She never thought that the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion would do such a thing.

This is Ren Yong'an...

The Empress Dowager looked at Ren Yong'an, whose face was as white as paper, and shook her head.

The Empress Dowager looked at Ren Yushan with a displeased expression.

Ren Yushan wished he could disappear into the ground.

The old emperor looked at Ren Yong'an, who was kneeling below, trembling like a leaf, and said in a gloomy voice, "Ren Yong'an, explain to me what exactly happened! Did you scheme against the fourth prince and Miss Lu?"

Ren Yong'an felt waves of darkness engulfing her. She looked around in terror and saw that almost everyone was pointing and whispering about her, cursing her for being shameless. They didn't hear the old emperor's words at all.

In a dizzying moment, Ren Yong'an could no longer bear it, his eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground.

Zhu Zhi stood right beside her, watching helplessly as she fainted, without offering to help her up.

They even knelt a little further away in disgust.

Lu Yuyan smiled slightly. Hey, it seems his chance to shine has come.

Just as he was about to stand up, Princess Ruoling suddenly stood up: "Oh dear, how could she faint so easily? Is she sick? She looked unwell earlier. Mr. Lu, quick, quick, take a look at Miss Ren."

The Empress Dowager frowned. Ruoling, an unmarried girl, had heard so many vulgar words today.

Ren Yong'an really deserves a beating. How did the Left Chancellor's wife educate her children!

"Yes, Princess Ruoling." Lu Yuyan lifted his robe and walked over.

Zhu Zhi's expression changed, and he said urgently, "No!"

Bu Feizhang gave Zhu Zhi a cold look, and Zhu Zhi shrank back, no longer daring to stop him, and stepped aside.

The Empress Dowager ignored her and instead said to Lu Yuyan, "Mr. Lu's medical skills are superb. My headache has improved a lot. Please take a look at Miss Ren, so as not to delay her treatment."

Lu Yuyan nodded slightly, walked to Ren Yong'an's side to take her pulse, and after only a moment, he frowned, looked at the Crown Prince, and then glanced at Ren Yushan.

The crown prince felt a chill run down his spine from his gaze and stammered, "You, you, why are you looking at me like that?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at the Crown Prince and said, "Mr. Lu, please speak freely."

Mr. Lu bowed respectfully and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, you are going to be a father again. Miss Ren is two months pregnant, and the fetus is very healthy."

Zhu Zhi took a step back: "She, she, she's pregnant, why is she congratulating me? What does this have to do with me!"

"Huh? Didn't they say..."

Lu Yuyan seemed to just remember something, and quickly turned to Ren Yushan and bowed: "Oh, then congratulations, Prime Minister Ren, you are going to be a grandfather!"

Lu Xiaoyun was leisurely sipping her tea when she almost spat it out.

Lu Yuyan smiled slightly and dropped another bombshell: "Not only that, if I haven't misread the pulse, Miss Ren is carrying twins this time!"

Pregnancy, twins!

Like a thunderclap, the entire hall resounded with disdainful snorts.

Even the ladies and young women who were closer to Madam Ren sat a little further away from her.

Lu Jinpei stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Ren Yong'an is pregnant? Pregnant out of wedlock? My God, this is too, too..."

How shameless!

She even glanced at Zhu Yu, as if to say, "He's more capable than you!"

Zhu Yu gave Lu Jinpei a thumbs up: "After we get back to the manor, my elder sister will have Li Feng make you braised and steamed xiao. I guarantee they'll taste amazing."

Lu Jinpei gritted her teeth: "Lu Xiaoyun, don't push your luck!"

Zhu Yu nodded: "Understood, then let's make another deep-fried dish and have a full flute feast."

Lu Jinpei stomped her foot angrily.

Ren Yushan felt utterly humiliated. He had told Yong'an long ago not to get too close to the Crown Prince, because the Crown Prince was a complete idiot and a coward.

He's a brainless idiot; he only got the position of Crown Prince because of the relationship between the late Empress and the Emperor.

If it weren't for the protection of Right Chancellor Bu Feizhang, he would have lost his position as Crown Prince long ago.

Even if he eventually obtains the supreme position, he won't be able to hold onto it once Bu Feizhang closes his eyes.

But these kinds of people have a high opinion of themselves and always have to come out and make a scene, giving others something to laugh at in their spare time.

Unfortunately, his own daughter is just like that.

Now look what's happened! He's embarrassed himself in front of everyone in the palace. He should just resign as the Left Chancellor.

But out of the corner of his eye, he saw the splendidly dressed master shake his head slightly at him, so he had no choice but to lower his head again.

At least the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's family didn't actually have anything happen between her and Prince An, but she's already pregnant.

And they're twins!

Is now the time to talk about twins and singletons?

No wonder she's pressuring Prince An like this today; it turns out the Crown Prince doesn't acknowledge the child in her womb at all!

Everyone in the hall understood perfectly well: the child was already two months old; to try and pin this on Prince An would be utterly shameless.

Even Prince An was powerless to intervene.

Two months ago, His Highness Prince An was still on his way back to Shengjing from the Northwest.

It seems the Crown Prince and Ren Yong'an have been in cahoots for a long time. If this child isn't the Crown Prince's, whose is it?

After concealing his achievements and fame, Lu Yuyan dusted himself off and returned to his seat.

He shrugged at Lu Xiaoyun's shoulder: "Your Highness, so Ren Yong'an wanted you to become a father unexpectedly!"

Lu Xiaoyun's lips twitched. Was it really necessary to be so blunt?

"Crown Prince, what explanation do you have for this child? Is he really yours?!" The emperor's face turned ashen, and he slammed his wine cup on the table with a bang. The New Year's banquet, which should have been a pleasant occasion, was turned into a chaotic mess.

Zhu Zhi's face turned pale; he was quite frightened. His mother died when he was ten, and he was raised by his father, the emperor. He was often punished with a cane for his studies, and even now he still feels a slight pain in his buttocks.

Zhu Zhi wept bitterly: "Father, I was wrong, it was all my fault. It was her, yes, it was Ren Yong'an, she drugged me, she seduced me, I am the victim, Father!"

The old emperor felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. Since things had come to this point, he could only say that he couldn't control his emotions and take her into the Crown Prince's residence to keep her as a plaything. After she gave birth, he could dispose of her quietly.

Giving birth is a life-or-death experience for women.

But this idiot claimed that Ren Yong'an had drugged him with aphrodisiacs!

Look at him, all undressed amidst a crowd of women, does he even need Ren Yong'an to drug him?

Doesn't Ren Yushan have any shame in front of so many people?

He was, after all, the Left Prime Minister!

idiot!