Chen Shi? Nine o'clock in the morning. Right now, it's almost half past Wei Shi, which is about two o'clock in the afternoon.

Tsk, the Empress managed to keep it a secret for so long?

After hearing Wei Hanyu's words, Chen Yuwei turned her head and exchanged a glance with Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin. At the same time, both of them felt a jolt in their hearts and secretly cried out, "Oh no!"

"Consort Wei, please have a seat."

Chen Yuwei told Wei Hanyu to continue sitting, then turned around and paced around the main hall twice, lost in thought.

Wei Hanyu was a little confused by Chen Yuwei's tactics. She looked up at Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin, who was silent, wanting to ask what Consort Xian was thinking. Unexpectedly, when Wei Hanyu opened her mouth, Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin waved her hand to refuse and led her people to sit down and rest at the head of the table.

Wei Hanyu: ...

Hey, these two are acting so strangely. What's the story behind their arrival at Changchun Palace? Tell us quickly!

The Empress is giving birth in the delivery room outside. Aren't they going to go there?

"Xia He, go check on the situation outside first. The others should be coming over once they get the news."

The Empress's childbirth was of utmost importance, and according to custom, all the women in the harem, whether they had other matters to attend to or not, would come to accompany her.

Just as she entered, Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin said she saw a palace servant delivering a letter to the Empress Dowager at Ci Ning Palace, and that the Empress Dowager might arrive soon.

Xia He nodded slightly upon hearing this, and then took small steps out the door.

Before long, Xia He came in from outside the door and whispered to Chen Yuwei about the situation in the delivery room.

Chen Yuwei raised her eyebrows. "Really?" It turned out to be a premature birth with a difficult labor, and they even had to use labor-inducing drugs.

The Empress has all sorts of buffs stacked up, can she succeed?

Xia He shook her head. She wasn't sure either, but hearing what the palace servants outside the delivery room said, and with the imperial physician nearby, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The two, master and servant, were completely bewildered. Before they could deduce any hidden information, Chen Yuwei heard a sharp cry of "The Empress Dowager has arrived!" which immediately interrupted all her thoughts.

The Empress Dowager has arrived!

"Your Majesty, I have come to pay my respects."

No need for formalities.

With a stern face, the Empress Dowager took the lead and walked at the very front of the group.

He strode past the three people who were bowing and paying their respects, sat down in the main seat, and snorted.

Well, he's upset and looking for a way to vent his anger.

Chen Yuwei felt a bit annoyed and didn't want to pay attention to this self-righteous empress dowager. She stood there with her eyes downcast, looking at the sky and the ground but not at the empress dowager in the main seat.

Hui-fa-na-la-tan-yin was the same; in fact, she was even smarter than Chen Yu-wei. Her bodhisattva-like demeanor made her presence in the main hall incredibly low. After all, not everyone could maintain such a persona for so many years like Hui-fa-na-la-tan-yin, which was simply terrifying.

"Why don't you come and sit down? Do I have to urge you three or four times?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at the two wooden-like imperial concubines, then turned her gaze to Wei Hanyu, who clearly lacked substance.

He beckoned to Wei Hanyu, "Consort Wei, come and tell me, what is the situation with the Empress?"

Wei Hanyu: ...

Wei Hanyu looked troubled, thinking to herself that she really didn't know.

With her head bowed and her heart pounding, Wei Hanyu relayed her previous reply to Chen Yuwei to the Empress Dowager. She shrank back, revealing a timid and petty demeanor.

Empress Dowager: ...

The Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table and said sarcastically, "She's really good. She truly is my good daughter-in-law."

"The three of you, don't you have anything to say? Do you not want to see me, or do you have other ideas?"

The three people who had already sat down immediately stood up after hearing this.

Chen Yuwei shook her head repeatedly, indicating that the Empress Dowager had some misunderstanding. As the Emperor's biological mother and a powerful figure in the harem, how could the esteemed Empress Dowager dare to be so tactless?

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. The Empress is in charge of everything inside and outside Changchun Palace," what could she do?

Chen Yuwei could easily shift the blame, since she felt completely innocent. It was simply unbelievable that she could be implicated and attacked by the Empress Dowager for this.

Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin wasn't as direct as Chen Yu Wei, but her words, "If Your Majesty the Empress Dowager truly desires me this way, there's nothing I can do," almost broke the Empress Dowager's guard.

Good heavens! Wei Hanyu, who was standing to the side, was completely stunned. She hadn't expected the two imperial concubines to be so fierce, showing no fear even when facing the Empress Dowager.

What about her, a mere concubine?

Wei Hanyu was even more conflicted. Her hands were twisted into pretzel shapes, and her beautiful eyes looked left and right, turning her into a cross-eyed person.

Even so, the Empress Dowager did not let her off the hook. Unable to control Chen Yuwei and Huifa Nara Tanyin, she took her anger out on Wei Hanyu.

Anyway, the majority of concubines in the harem came from humble backgrounds, so what was the Empress Dowager afraid of?!

Wei Hanyu: ...You are not afraid, but she is. She doesn't want to make enemies with the Empress Dowager, and she doesn't want to be bullied by the Empress Dowager. What good person likes to be bullied every day?

Wei Hanyu listened with resentment as the Empress Dowager made veiled accusations against him.

Chen Yuwei and Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin ignored them. When the main hall was filled with the arriving concubines, they heard a loud rumble outside, and thunder roared in broad daylight.

Oh dear, is it going to rain?

Chen Yuwei quickly walked to the door and looked up to see the lightning flashing like a dragon in flight.

Is it going to rain?

The Empress Dowager looked surprised, and as soon as she finished speaking, many congratulatory messages rang out from behind her.

After all, during this period, the concubines in the harem were busy copying scriptures and praying for rain for the country.

Regardless of whether this rain has anything to do with the scriptures, as long as the raindrops fall, they can be temporarily liberated.

Tick-tock, tick-tock—

The Empress Dowager's answer came from the raindrops falling from the sky, growing larger and denser in an instant.

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