"Your Highness, what are you saying? I can't even hear a word of it."

Liu Ruyue said with a pout, looking aggrieved.

Zhao Tinghao felt so distressed by her aggrieved look that he scratched the woman's delicate nose with his index finger and said, "It's not that I can't, I'm just afraid you'll think too much. You're in a special period right now, and thinking too much will hurt your health."

"snort!"

Liu Ruyue snorted softly, buried her head in Zhao Tinghao's arms, and said angrily, "Are you afraid that I'll overthink things? What right do I have to overthink things? I'm not your wife, I'm just a concubine. I'm a concubine myself, so how can I be sad because you have a few more concubines?"

Later in the story, Liu Ruyue's voice began to tear up: "I've told myself this many times, but I can't do it. I really can't do it. I'll still be sad and jealous because you have another woman..."

"Yue'er..."

After hearing Liu Ruyue's straightforward words, Zhao Tinghao not only did not feel disgusted or noisy, on the contrary, he felt that the other party was cute in her frankness. Unlike many women who obviously cared a lot but still pretended to be magnanimous.

The delicate little woman curled up in the man's arms, resting her thin arms on his waist. She nudged him while crying, "I know you didn't mean it. After all, you are the Prince of Yan, responsible for carrying on the Yan Palace's bloodline. You will never favor me alone. You welcomed those sisters into the palace for the sake of the prince's offspring..."

After hearing the woman comforting him, Zhao Tinghao felt more satisfied with Liu Ruyue.

Of course, he felt even more guilty. He rested his chin on the woman's head, hugged her tightly and said, "Yue'er, don't think too much. You are different from other women in my heart..."

Hearing a touch of emotion in the man's tone, Liu Ruyue showed a bitter smile on her lowered face: Despicable man, he obviously wants to have many wives and concubines, and I made excuses for him, but he took it seriously.

However, Liu Ruyue knew in her heart that a man's favor was temporary, and only what was obtained through favor was real.

What she has to do now is to rely on the man's grace and guilt to get more things to herself.

As expected, after Liu Ruyue delicately acted out her heartbreak and expressed her understanding, Zhao Tinghao rewarded her with a lot of gifts, which made her fall into a happy sleep...

**

Another half month passed. Liu Ruyue suffered from severe morning sickness. She ate all kinds of nourishing foods and lost a lot of weight.

The already delicate woman became even thinner and thinner, which made the old princess and Prince Yan very worried.

Especially recently, Liu Ruyue vomited so much that she couldn't eat anything, which made the old princess and the prince very anxious.

Later, it was Nanny Jing Fang who reminded her that when a woman is pregnant she will always miss the food she ate as a child, so she suggested bringing Liu Ruyue's concubine to the palace.

At that moment, Liu Ruyue, who had just vomited again, said to the old princess with tears in her eyes, "Can you please ask my father to come with us? I haven't seen him for some time."

The old princess naturally agreed to this. At this time, let alone wanting to see her father, even if she wanted the stars in the sky, the old princess would try her best to get it.

Within a few hours, the head of the Liu family, Liu Huaide, and his former concubine Tao Yunniang entered the Prince of Yan's Mansion and came to Jianjia Garden.

Although Liu Huaide and Minister Liu are from the same family, they are only relatives within the fifth degree of mourning and cannot be considered real relatives.

If Liu Huaide and Wang Shi had not heard that the Shangshu Mansion was selecting a suitable and fertile concubine for Liu Mengyao, they would not have eagerly sent Liu Ruyue there. They would have had almost no contact with the Shangshu Mansion on a daily basis.

Liu Huaide himself didn't even get a position in the government office. He lived on his family's savings. Although his family was poor, he still acted like a master.

He usually lived in the outer city, and the most distinguished family he had ever visited was the Shangshu Mansion.

Now, when he suddenly arrived at Prince Yan's Mansion, he was shocked by the prominence and nobility of the mansion.

Thinking of his wife Wang who whispered to him after returning from the palace last time that Liu Ruyue might be pregnant with Prince Yan's child, Liu Huaide was very excited on the way here: Could it be that Prince Yan missed his father-in-law?

Seeing the wealth of Prince Yan's Mansion, Liu Huaide was dazzled and thought secretly in his heart: I must let Yue Yatou bring something back for me. It doesn't make sense for her daughter to enjoy the best food and drink while he, as her father, has to eat coarse food and wild vegetables.

Not to mention that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, how can it be the same?

His daughter is the concubine of Prince Yan, the only woman pregnant with Prince Yan's heir, and might even be the mother of the next Prince Yan.

The more he thought about it, the more excited Liu Huaide became. His feet were flying as he walked, and his eyes became a little dazed from the timidity he had when he first entered the mansion.

On the other hand, Tao Yunniang followed the housekeeper of the palace in twists and turns for a long time but still hadn't entered her daughter's yard. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: This is the real estate.

Tao Yunniang couldn't help feeling worried when she thought that her daughter would be trapped in such a large mansion for the rest of her life.

Unlike the Shangshu and his wife, Liu Huaide and I are not rich and powerful enough to help our daughter...

"mother……"

Liu Ruyue, who was drinking tea and cooling off in the pavilion beside the pond, couldn't help but tear up when she saw Tao Yunniang and her friend coming in. She immediately went up to them and affectionately held Tao Yunniang's arm.

Tao Hongliu Lu, who was standing beside her, was so frightened that she cried out, "My Lady, watch your step."

"Your Majesty..."

Hearing the maids' call, Tao Yunniang choked up and repeated it, her tone filled with relief and heartache.

After seeing her daughter's thin face, she felt even more distressed: "How did she become so thin?"

"I was vomiting so much that I couldn't eat anything. I couldn't stand the smell of anything fishy or oily..."

With her head leaning on Tao Yunniang's shoulder, Liu Ruyue spoke with a look of dependence and grievance.

Tao Yunniang was so heartbroken after hearing this that tears streamed down her face.

Liu Huaide, who was standing next to him, snorted coldly and said nonchalantly, "What a hypocritical woman! Which woman doesn't get pregnant? When your aunt was pregnant, she had to cook and wash clothes every day, but she never got as thin as you."

“…”

Hearing Liu Huaide's words, Liu Ruyue rolled her eyes and sent all the maids and servants away. Then she stared at Liu Huaide with a sneer and asked, "You also know that you treated my aunt badly in the past?"

"How have I treated her badly?"

Hearing Liu Ruyue's words, Liu Huaide retorted dissatisfiedly: "Whose concubine is not like this? What's so delicate about being pregnant?"

"hehe!"

Hearing Liu Huaide's words, Liu Ruyue was even more speechless. She said mercilessly, "Concubines in Prince Yan's Mansion are not like this. My aunt's life was hard because she followed a useless man like you. Look, we are both concubines. I was the prince's concubine. When I was pregnant, not only did I not have to do laundry, cook, and serve the mistress, I also received a lot of rewards and had a lot of maids and servants to serve me."