? ?

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Ruyi was petrified: She was acting so sarcastic just now, and now she's acting like a big darling?

Liu Ruyue knew the reason, but still pretended to be confused and ignorant. She looked at the Queen Mother and then at Emperor Zhao anxiously.

Emperor Zhao was heartbroken upon seeing this. He walked to Liu Ruyue's other side and consoled her, "Mother, you seem to like me."

The Queen Mother also said, "Yes, I like you. Look at your bright eyes, so clever! I like you the moment I see you."

“…”

When the palace maids nearby heard the Queen Mother's words, they were speechless: In the past, anyone who dared to glance around secretly when the Queen Mother was asking questions would definitely be scolded as petty.

When it comes to Concubine Yue, she becomes clever.

Liu Ruyue knew that her timid expression just now had nothing to do with cleverness, but she still stood up and thanked her flatteredly: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your love..."

"Ouch, sit down!"

Seeing Liu Ruyue about to stand up and salute her, the Empress Dowager was extremely anxious and pushed her down on her seat: "You are pregnant with my grandson, so there is no need to perform any formalities."

"Also, why call her Empress Dowager? It's so formal!"

The Queen Mother patted the back of Liu Ruyue's hand and said, "You are carrying my precious grandson in your belly. We are one family. You should call me Queen Mother!"

After she finished speaking, the Empress Dowager stared at Liu Ruyue with expectant eyes, as if silently saying: Scream, scream quickly!

Beside him, Emperor Zhao was also encouraging Liu Ruyue with his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyue didn't hesitate and called out to the Queen Mother, "Mother!"

"Why……"

The Empress Dowager agreed contentedly and asked Nan Lian, who was beside her, to move a stool and place it next to Liu Ruyue. She took Liu Ruyue's hand and said happily, "Oh, my dear, you don't know how much I want to have a daughter. If I had a daughter, she would definitely be as beautiful and tender as you..."

"Mother..."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was a little overly enthusiastic, Emperor Zhao was afraid of scaring his beloved daughter, so he called out.

"Haha, are you protecting me now?"

The Empress Dowager was interrupted by Emperor Zhao, who said somewhat unhappily, "Yue'er is my great treasure, don't you know how to protect her?"

After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel that Emperor Zhao was a bit of an eyesore, so he said to him, "Your Majesty, I have to attend a palace banquet later this evening. You just came back and there are a lot of things waiting for you. You should go and take care of them first."

Emperor Zhao knew very well that the Queen Mother was trying to drive him away, and he looked at Liu Ruyue with some uneasiness.

Liu Ruyue smiled at him and said softly, "Your Majesty, please go and do your work. I am delighted to see the Queen Mother and have a lot to say to her."

"It's the Queen Mother!"

When the Queen Mother heard Liu Ruyue's words, she immediately reminded her.

Liu Ruyue had no choice but to nod her little head and change her words: "Yes, mother!"

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was even more satisfied with Liu Ruyue: "Baby is right, I liked you the moment I saw you..."

When the palace maids beside her heard what the Empress Dowager said, their heads drooped even lower: Did you like what you did just now?

Seeing that the two were talking happily, Emperor Zhao left with peace of mind.

Liu Ruyue felt the Queen Mother's fondness for her, and secretly felt fortunate in her heart: Fortunately, she was cautious enough and did not take the fertility pill after sleeping with Emperor Zhao for the first time. Otherwise, this suspicious royal mother and son would definitely not believe that the fetus in her belly was Emperor Zhao's.

There was no technology for paternity testing right now, and the rumors alone, combined with her previous reputation as a demon concubine and her engagement to Yu Changke, were enough to drive Liu Ruyue to death before she could even give birth...

**

"Your Majesty, there's news from the Cining Palace."

In Kunning Palace, Empress Su Yexi was bending over the desk copying Buddhist scriptures when Nanny Zhu beside her pushed the door open and came in.

Upon hearing the news from the Cining Palace, the Empress held the brush in her right hand, her right hand suspended in mid-air. A cruel arc curved up the corner of her mouth as she asked in a cold voice, "But the Empress Dowager killed the evil concubine?"

"Your Majesty..."

Seeing the Queen's expression, Nanny Zhu hesitated for a moment and did not dare to speak.

During this moment of hesitation, the Empress noticed something was amiss and immediately asked, "Did the Empress Dowager not deal with the evil concubine?

Could it be that Your Majesty is really protecting the Concubine, willing to go against the Empress Dowager's wishes?"

"Your Majesty..."

After hearing what the Queen said, even though Nanny Zhu was scared, she still told her the news she had heard from the Cining Palace.

"What?"

"baby?"

"The Queen Mother took the Demon Concubine's hand and said that she was her treasure?"

…

After listening to Nanny Zhu's story, the Queen smashed the brush in her hand on the white rice paper and roared softly.

Why?

Why is this happening?

While she was in the palace, she received news that Emperor Zhao, who was far away in southern Xinjiang, doted on Liu. Just as she was jealous, rumors spread in the capital that Liu was a witch and Emperor Zhao was a tyrant.

Not only did she not help to stop it, she even fanned the flames, spreading the rumor that Liu was a witch concubine.

When the news of Liu's pregnancy reached the capital, rumors were spread, claiming that the fetus in her belly was not the heir to the throne.

She did so many things behind the scenes just to use the Queen Mother to get rid of Liu.

In the morning, when she learned that Emperor Zhao brought Liu to accept the people's kneeling worship and the officials' kneeling welcome, she felt jealous.

However, she felt a little better when she thought that it would not be long before the Empress Dowager would kill Liu.

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