"Your Majesty, Xiao Chengzi from Qixiang Palace just came to report good news: Consort Chun is two months pregnant."

Kangxi immediately got up and walked towards Qixiang Palace, his steps clearly cheerful.

Juechan watched him leave and casually asked, "What happened? The Emperor seems very happy?"

"You don't know yet, do you? Consort Chun is pregnant."

Juechan murmured, "Pregnant?"

If only she could get pregnant, but unfortunately, after each time she served the emperor, someone would arrange for her to take a contraceptive potion.

Qixiang Palace.

Emperor Kangxi stopped Wangshu from getting up to pay her respects.

"What did the imperial physician say?"

"The imperial physician said that my pregnancy is progressing well, so Your Majesty can rest assured."

"I will arrange for two more nannies to come and take care of you."

"Wouldn't this exceed the allotted allowance?"

She became a concubine, and Kangxi arranged for some more people to enter Qixiang Palace. Strictly speaking, her quota of palace servants was already full.

"What I give you is not considered excessive."

"Then I will obey Your Majesty."

Wang Shu looked at Kangxi with a smile and said.

Then the two of them began to revel in the joy of having a child.

Wang Shu pulled Kangxi into the study and showed him many things.

"Your Majesty, these are all my drawings. I want the Imperial Household Department to make them so that my child can use them after he is born."

Wang Shu had a background in painting, which was evident from the clock drawings he had given him before.

What kind of car is this?

"I am not strong enough to carry the baby for long periods of time. With this stroller, I can push the baby around."

What about this one?

"This is a rattle with a small bell. The sound won't be too loud. It'll definitely be fun to entertain children."

Kangxi read through the rest one by one. He knew what some of them were, but not others. Nevertheless, he asked about them.

Emperor Kangxi finally understood her good intentions towards the child: "You are so good to the child."

“That is the child of Your Majesty and me, so of course I will treat him well.”

"You will be a good mother."

"The Emperor will also be a good father."

Wang Shu has made a lot of preparations during this period. She has designed a lot of things for the child to play with, use, and wear. It can be said that she is absolutely unique in the imperial harem in her dedication to the child.

She had been looking forward to it, and the child did indeed arrive just as she had hoped.

The wound in Kangxi's heart was finally filled; although the scars remained, the pain was not as intense.

The two were in the study, talking about their hopes for their future child, and news of Wangshu's pregnancy also spread throughout the palace.

Many people felt it was only natural. She had been serving him for a short time before getting pregnant and then miscarrying, so she must have been easily pregnant. The imperial physicians at the Imperial Hospital had carefully cared for her for almost a year, so it was time for her to get pregnant again. Otherwise, the Imperial Hospital would have ruined its reputation.

Consort Tong: "She's pregnant after all!"

"Your Majesty, would you like me to do something?"

Wang Shu's favor was too great. Although Yinzhen's imperial genealogy was still under the name of the Uya clan, the Uya clan had been deposed. Yinzhen could only rely on the Tong family, and the Tong family would invest more in Yinzhen.

Large investments naturally lead to high expectations.

It's fine if Wang Shu gives birth to a princess, but if she gives birth to a prince, he will definitely block Yinzhen's path in the future.

The two are close in age, and it's easy to tell whether someone is favored or not.

Consort Tong shook her head: "Granny, there's nothing I can do. Consort Chun has lost a child, and the Emperor will definitely keep a close watch on her this pregnancy. I'm not sure I can keep it a secret. Let's just keep busy! Maybe before we do anything, she won't be able to keep this pregnancy either. There's still the Crown Prince to worry about!"

Empress Hesheli is dead, leaving behind a crown prince, who is the hope of the Hesheli family. Obviously, the child in Wangshu's belly may affect the crown prince's favor. It is unknown whether the Hesheli family dares to do so.

Those in the harem who were capable of doing something weren't particularly stupid. Even though they harbored malice towards Wang Shu's pregnancy, they wouldn't dare to actually do anything.

The example of Uya and Nara happened not long ago. Who noticed Uya's methods?

The Emperor discovered even such secretive methods; Kangxi's control over the harem terrified them.

In fact, after the incident involving Uya, the princes and princesses in the palace fell ill less often, which was quite ironic.

Consort Tong was right. With Wangshu pregnant, Suo'etu, the leading figure of the Crown Prince's maternal clan, could no longer sit idly by.

Then he took action, but he may have some misunderstanding about the current harem. He still thinks of the harem as it was when Kangxi first married the empress. Back then, the harem was truly chaotic, with various factions vying for power, making it easy to take advantage of the situation. Now, after Kangxi's several purges, the harem is no longer what it used to be.

It would have been better if he hadn't taken any action; the moment he did, Emperor Kangxi found out.

That little scheme was intercepted by Emperor Kangxi before it even reached Qixiang Palace.

"Fool, that fool Suo'etu, how dare he? What does he think he'll do to the Crown Prince? Haven't I been good enough to the Crown Prince? How dare he target my harem? Does he think I'm dead?"

Hearing these words, Liang Jiugong lowered his head repeatedly. He was in a very difficult situation. At the same time, he couldn't help but blame Suo'etu. What he did was really unfair. He was still treating the emperor like a child! How could he not see the situation clearly!

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

"I cannot quell my anger. Bring Songgotu in."

Emperor Kangxi was not known for his good temper. Although his relationship with Wangshu was relatively warm, that was his attitude towards the harem. Towards the court, he could be quite harsh at times.

When Songgotu was summoned, he was unaware that something had happened. As an important official of the court, it was common for him to be summoned to the Qianqing Palace to discuss state affairs.

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