The carriage hurriedly stopped outside the palace gate. Yu Jiao and Xue Qingshang got off the carriage, hurriedly walked into the palace gate, and headed towards Changle Palace.

Today was not the day for her to see Concubine Xue. She was hastily brought into the palace by Xue Qingshang, who said that Concubine Xue's health suddenly became unwell.

In Changle Palace, Xue Rong was lying on the Arhat bed, and several maids were serving her by the bed.

Seeing Xue Qingshang coming in, several palace maids quickly made way for her. Xue Qingshang walked to the bed with a bad look on her face and asked nervously, "Sister, how are you? I brought Yu Jiao with me."

Seeing Xue Rong looking tired, she had developed several fine lines at the corners of her eyes after only a few days of not seeing her. Xue Qingshang was shocked. She turned around and looked at Yu Jiao, anxiously ordering, "Come over and see how my sister is doing."

Yu Jiao stepped forward and looked at Xue Rong's expression. Her eyes focused slightly and then she put her hand on Xue Rong's wrist.

Xue Rong curled her lips slightly, waved her hand to signal the palace maids in the hall to leave, and forced a smile at Xue Qingshang, whose eyes were slightly red, "Shang'er, go and pour a glass of Passionfruit Dew for my sister."

When Xue Qingshang saw her smiling like this, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes became more obvious, and the puppet lines at the corners of her lips also emerged. She was far from the beautiful and charming sister in the past. She felt more and more uncomfortable. She agreed and turned around to pour tea, but she couldn't help shedding tears.

Ever since Xue Qingshang could remember, her elder sister's face was beautiful, and it had never changed in decades. No concubine in the harem could compare to her elder sister, which was why she was favored by the emperor.

It had only been a few days since she last went to the palace to see her elder sister. How come her elder sister suddenly looked so old?

Xue Qingshang wiped her tears and brought the Baixianglu to the bedside.

After Yu Jiao finished checking her pulse, Xue Rong took the Passionfruit Dew from Xue Qingshang's hand, took a sip, raised her eyes, and stared at Yu Jiao, "There's no one else here, what did you tell me?"

Although her appearance showed signs of aging, she had been a favorite concubine for so many years after all, and her every move and gesture exuded nobility and dignity that ordinary women did not have.

Yu Jiao lowered her eyes and said calmly, "The queen is pregnant."

After hearing this, Xue Rong's fingers that were tightly gripping the cup of Passion Fragrance Dew loosened slightly, and her expression also relaxed, obviously she already had an idea in mind.

Xue Rongyue's letter was delayed for many days. She calculated the day when the emperor would come to Changle Palace and knew that she must be pregnant. However, after what happened to Wang Min from the Imperial Hospital, she did not dare to summon the imperial physician to take her pulse. To be cautious, she pretended to be unwell and asked Xue Qingshang to bring Yu Jiao into the palace.

The smile on her lips deepened, and she felt the satisfaction of having fulfilled her long-cherished wish. "How is the fetus? Can I give birth to a child?"

Yu Jiao originally said that Xue Rong's body needed to be adjusted for half a year before she could get pregnant and give birth. Her body had been corroded by the musk deer and the musk deer for many years, and it would take more than a few months to eliminate the remaining toxins in her body.

She pondered for a while and told the truth, "The poison in your body has not yet been completely eliminated. You shouldn't have sex so early. If you insist on having this baby, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot."

Xue Rong touched her face. It's not like she hadn't thought about this before.

Some time ago, when a palace maid was combing her hair, she saw a white hair between the teeth of the comb. After asking carefully, she realized that she had actually grown white hair on her head. The palace maids were afraid that she would be angry, so they kept it a secret from her.

She looked at her face in the mirror for a long time that day. Ever since she stopped taking peach blossom pollen and coptis chinensis, she could feel that she was no longer as radiant as before, and the skin on her face and hands was slowly aging.

If she waits until her body is fully recovered but her beauty has faded, His Majesty will no longer favor her.

Emperor Mingzheng not only loved taking elixirs, but also loved beautiful women, otherwise she would not have been the favorite in the harem for so many years just by relying on her face.

She really couldn't wait, so when Emperor Mingzheng came to Changle Palace that day, she reluctantly had sex with him.

"As long as I can give birth to the baby smoothly, it doesn't matter if I suffer a little." Xue Rong said with a relaxed smile.