Chapter 200 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Bai Ruiji 27

But if no one can find anything wrong, it can only mean that someone in higher positions doesn't want her to have the baby.

Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts, so the person who took action is very likely the emperor.

"Zhenshu, do you think we gave ourselves away somewhere, letting the Emperor know that we've come to the Qing Dynasty for the throne?" Consort Jia asked, suppressing her anger.

Jung-sook: "Very likely."

"Whether it is true or not, the reason why Your Highness and my family died is because the Emperor refused to forgive Your Highness."

"She's just a princess. How many women have died in the harem? I'll make her pay for it!" Consort Jia said viciously.

"My lady, if you do that, it will implicate the Yu family if it gets found out!" Zhenshu exclaimed in shock, trying to dissuade her.

"It's precisely because of this that we want him to be implicated. The Prince, Father, and Mother are all gone. What will we, Lady Yu, have left to care about?" Consort Jia retorted.

"..." Zhenshu did not say anything more, but tacitly agreed to the matter.

Her family had always been the prince's trusted confidants, but after the prince's accident, those confidants were eliminated by the new king.

As Consort Jia said, the Yu family no longer had any ties to them, so it was good to avenge them.

After Consort Jia recovered from her confinement, she dressed up in a glamorous manner to curry favor with the Emperor. The Emperor was lured to Qixiang Palace and drank poisoned wine.

Consort Jia herself drank it, and before she died, she revealed that she had another lover and that she felt extremely disgusted every time she served the emperor, among other hurtful words.

Zhenshu also drank poison in her room. The emperor survived thanks to the imperial physician's emergency treatment, but his days were numbered.

Because Bai Ruiji didn't want Yongxi to be burdened with bad rumors, she needed to at least give the Emperor some time to arrange his affairs.

Knowing his days were numbered, the emperor issued an edict to make Yongxi the crown prince, and after arranging everything, he passed away.

Yongxi became emperor, Bai Ruiji became empress dowager, and her three other sons, regardless of age, all became princes.

The late emperor's concubines all moved into Shou Kang Palace and Shou An Palace, while Bai Ruiji moved into Ci Ning Palace.

Cining Palace —

The former wife of Prince Chen, of the Irgen Gioro clan, now the Empress, sat beside Bai Ruiji, gently stroking her pregnant belly, exuding a gentle and serene demeanor.

"You are pregnant and have just finished the late emperor's funeral, why do you need to personally deliver the memorial for bestowing the title of imperial concubine?" Bai Ruiji looked at the empress kindly and said with a smile.

"Your subject happened to have nothing to do, so I thought I'd come and chat with Your Majesty," the Empress said gently.

"I talk to Consort Ling and the others every day, so I'm not bored. You should take good care of yourself and have a healthy pregnancy."

"The emperor is observing a period of mourning, so the child in your belly is probably the youngest child in the harem in the past three years," Bai Ruiji said as she opened the memorial.

Yongxi had been married for three years. There were a total of six people in the Prince's residence: the Empress, Consort Liu, Princess Baijia, Princess Zhaojia, Princess He, and Princess Wang.

The Empress has given birth to the eldest son of the Empress and is currently pregnant. The Consort has not yet had any children, while Lady He has given birth to Yongxi's eldest daughter.

The memorial to the emperor listed the following titles for concubines: Consort Liu was titled Consort Wen, Lady Bai was titled Consort Zhao, Lady He was titled Consort Yue, Lady Zhao was titled Noble Lady Yu, and Lady Wang was titled Attendant Yun.

“Bai Jia Shi… that child Yi Yao.” Bai Ruiji sighed softly.

The Bai family suddenly went from being an ordinary family to the Empress's maternal family, and now even the Emperor's maternal clan. The leap was too rapid, and it was inevitable that they would become somewhat arrogant.

Yi Yao is a good child, but the Bai family has become somewhat complacent.

“Sister Yiyao and Consort entered the Prince’s Mansion together last year, but since she is a princess, we have to ask her to be a concubine first.”

The grievances were just empty words; after all, she was the Empress Dowager's niece.