Aunt Fang lifted Zhenfei's feet and put shoes on her.

"The Empress Dowager is old and hopes to have a little prince by her side. Does Concubine Zhen understand?"

"I understand."

The Empress Dowager's meaning was obvious, how could Zhenfei not understand it?

Although she said that she needed a little prince to accompany her, she was actually urging Zhenfei to give birth to a child as soon as possible. Once the child was born, he would definitely be raised in the Cining Palace.

If Zhenfei wants to see the child, she will be controlled by the Empress Dowager in every way. At that time, the Empress Dowager will use the child as a bargaining chip to force her to kill and set fire, and she will have no choice but to do it.

Zhenfei changed her clothes, and the flamboyant clothing and makeup made her look ten years older.

The Queen Mother was very pleased with her outfit and said with a smile, "You need to dress up more often so that the Emperor will be willing to dine at Changning Palace more often."

Zhenfei knelt down to express her gratitude, thinking to herself, if I dress like this every day, it would be strange if the emperor would come to Changning Palace.

Aunt Fang brought a bowl of medicine, but Zhenfei frowned and was unwilling to drink it.

The Empress Dowager stood up, took the medicine bowl from Aunt Fang and put it into Zhenfei's hand, "I have asked a famous doctor to prescribe you medicine to maintain your pregnancy. From now on, you need to come every three days."

Zhen Fei hesitated. All medicines are poisonous. It was still unclear whether this bowl of pregnancy medicine was poisonous or not. It would be troublesome if it could make people addicted.

"Why, Concubine Zhen doesn't trust me?"

The Queen Mother's words were very clear, urging her to take the medicine quickly.

Zhenfei pinched her nose and drank the pregnancy medicine in one breath, intending to return to Changning Palace to induce vomiting, but the empress dowager refused to let her go.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. The painter from the inner court has sent some scrolls. I plan to pick out a few to hang on the wall. My eyesight isn't very good, so please accompany me to choose."

Zhenfei was restless and followed the empress dowager to choose a painting.

As the scrolls unfold, the scenery in the paintings is lifelike, including pavilions, towering towers, rivers, lakes, seas, as well as towering mountains.

Twelve eunuchs held the painting high up for the empress dowager to see, and a young painter explained it incessantly.

The eunuch had a crisp voice and knew how to use tricks to make the empress dowager smile.

"This painting is called 'Night Mooring at Mount Song' and was created by Mr. Song. Over the years, Mr. Song has visited famous mountains just to find the figure of Peng Zu."

Aunt Fang interrupted the eunuch and asked, "Peng Zu, is that the old immortal who lived for eight hundred years?"

"That's right. The night before Mr. Song painted this, he dreamed of Peng Zu. The director of the Taoist temple on Mount Song personally saw the painting and said it had an aura of immortality. He offered to exchange it for the Diamond Sutra written by Master Zhang himself, but Mr. Song refused to trade it and traveled across mountains and rivers to bring it to the palace to present to the Empress Dowager."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Mr. Song is thoughtful and deserves a reward."

The eunuch's lie was full of loopholes, but the empress dowager liked to hear it, and the lie became the truth.

The eunuch became more and more excited as he spoke after receiving the reward. Concubine Zhen gave him a warning look. Unfortunately, the eunuch did not accept Concubine Zhen's kind reminder.

The Queen Mother pointed to a painting of a boat returning home in the storm and said slowly, "This person is wearing a straw raincoat, holding a bamboo pole and standing on a small boat. What's that little dot next to him? It looks like a child."

The Queen Mother's words were not a question, but a natural murmur to herself. She moved closer to the scroll and looked at it carefully.

The eunuch jumped out to show off, "Replying to the Queen Mother, the little dot in the painting is not a child, but a fisherman's hat."

The Queen Mother's face turned cold and Aunt Fang sighed softly.

"A green bamboo hat and a green raincoat, no need to go home in the slanting wind and drizzle, this is the bamboo hat."

After the eunuch said this, he did not receive any praise or reward. Only then did he realize that he had said the wrong thing.

He knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Queen Dowager, spare my life. I deserve to die. I shouldn't have disturbed your interest in viewing the paintings."

"It's okay, you can go down."

"Thank you, Queen Mother. Thank you, Queen Mother." The eunuch knelt down and walked out in fear.

The Queen Mother said: "Give me a cup of 'Calming Tea'.

Aunt Fang went out and gave some instructions. Before leaving, Zhenfei vaguely heard words like "mute medicine" and "beating with a stick".

Zhenfei returned to the palace and hurriedly induced vomiting, but most of the medicine had already been absorbed, and Zhenfei's heart sank to the bottom.

Xiaoyu bit her handkerchief anxiously, "Master, I have a way to hurt myself."

"you say."

"My mother fell into the water in winter and was injured and never conceived again. If your master doesn't want to be controlled by others, he must be ruthless."

"Falling into the water myself might arouse suspicion."

"This servant's method of injuring herself by 800 can injure the enemy by 1,000."

"Enemy?" Concubine Shu pondered this sentence carefully.

"You mean the Imperial Concubine?"

"Whether it's the Imperial Noble Consort or the Consort Yi, the whole thing is to complete the plan."

"This matter needs to be planned as soon as possible. You go down first and leave me alone."

Zhenfei lay against the wall, her eyes changing constantly. She drank bowl after bowl of unknown pregnancy medicine, and no one knew what hidden illness it would leave behind.

It would be better for her to pretend to fall into the water. As long as she was injured, the Queen Mother would not force her to give birth.

Shufei was brewing a huge conspiracy in her mind and was completely unaware of the emperor's arrival.

Zhu Dunyi looked at her for a long time, but Concubine Shu did not turn back.

The emperor stood up and left. When he passed the threshold, two short-legged cats called out to him, and the concubine turned around.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

"My mother said you were in a bad mood recently, so I came to see you specially."

"Has the Emperor had his dinner yet?"

“I have.”

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and then had nothing more to say. They were polite to each other, neither close nor distant.

There was a small bench between Zhenfei and the emperor, and no one took the initiative to move it. Zhenfei squatted on the ground holding the cat, and the emperor stood tall and looked down at her.

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