Upon hearing this, Madam Xu felt resentful, but still pretended to be honest, saying that she would go to the family temple after returning from the palace.

As she stepped out of the Xie residence, she lifted the carriage curtain, and a crow perched on her carriage shed, cawed loudly, and flew away.

Xu's heart sank.

Upon entering the palace, Empress Wei Yingzi first chatted with her a few friendly words, then asked Jingge to summon the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to examine Xie Tingting's pulse.

The imperial physician carefully examined her pulse, feeling it in both hands, and said with delight, "Congratulations, Your Majesty the Empress! Congratulations, Concubine! Concubine is more than a month pregnant!"

Xie Tingting was overjoyed, touching her still flat belly with both hands, feeling extremely excited.

Madam Xu was also very happy. Her daughter was a little young to become a mother at the age of fifteen, but as a royal consort, if she gave birth to a son, anything was possible in the future.

She immediately congratulated the Empress.

The Empress seemed very pleased and asked Jin Ge to take Xie Tingting to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the scenery while she chatted with Madam Xu.

The moment Xie Tingting and Jin Ge left, the Empress's expression changed.

Madam Xu immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Wei Yingzi said viciously, "You really deserve to die! You said you had something to do and needed me to send two capable people... Why didn't you explain clearly that you were going to spy on Gu Shaoyu's death?"

She thought that Madam Xu wanted someone to kill Xie Anfeng.

Madam Xu said indignantly, "Your Majesty, I did not order them to spy on me."

"Heh, what were they doing in Gu Shaoyu's courtyard? Don't tell me they were really there to steal something!"

"...Your Majesty, I did indeed ask them to steal things, to help Xiang'er steal some of her dowry."

"You, you damned slut! A concubine's pet is a concubine's pet. Even a chicken's movements are more seductive than yours, like scattering rice on a zither string!"

"Borrowing my top-tier imperial guards, they actually went to steal Xie Zhaozhao's dowry?!"