"What is it?" Wuya was only thinking that if she could escape even the slightest mishap, she could leave this awful place.

"Consort Tong is physically weak and has no chance of getting pregnant. Could it be that she used a secret medicine to conceive like you? I've been wondering about this ever since you entered the Cold Palace. Now that I've seen you, I think this is the truth! Poor Consort Tong, she went through such heart-wrenching pain!"

No sooner had Wanyi finished speaking than the sound of a door opening came from next door. Consort Tong stormed in, angrily asking Wuya, "Is what Consort Suo Zhuolun said true?" Her poor, unborn child was actually the result of this lowly vixen's scheme against her.

"Consort Suo Zhuolun is full of lies and cannot be trusted. Consort Tong, I was also framed by someone else!"

Uya never expected that she originally intended to scheme against Wanyi, simply because her spy had learned from Physician Lu that Consort Suo Zhuolun seemed to be pregnant. Consort Tong naturally wanted to get rid of this favored concubine who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her, but now she had picked up a stone and shot herself in the foot.

"Is that so? It seems that Consort Tong has been unable to find out the truth. Why not investigate Qingmei, who is by her side? I heard that she has received favors from the Uya clan."

If it weren't for Lady Wuya planting spies around Consort Tong, how could she have managed to manipulate Consort Tong so easily?

"Very well, you, Wuya, I'll remember this." Consort Tong looked at Wuya, who was staring at Consort Suo Zhuolun in shock, and immediately understood. She then led her maids away in a grand procession.

"Heh, I knew it! You wouldn't stay peacefully in the Cold Palace. Since you don't like living, then go report to the King of Hell! I suppose the King of Hell will take you." After saying that, Wanyi turned and left.

“Come back! Come back here! You can’t do this to me! How could this happen? My life shouldn’t be like this, it shouldn’t be like this…” Uya shouted hysterically at Wanyi’s back.

"What bad luck!" Not only did I not get the reason, but I was also tricked.

"My lady, why bother with the words of a mere commoner? She's not going to live anyway," Granny Kong comforted her.

“Yes! Your Highness, judging from Consort Tong’s demeanor just now, Consort Wuya won’t live much longer either,” Hongxiu echoed.

"To die would be too easy for her." Besides, Tiandao's daughter cannot die at her hands.

"So, what does Your Highness intend to do?" Hongxiu asked, her eyes sparkling as she realized Wanyi was up to something.

"Why are you so excited? I haven't thought of anything yet. Let's go back and talk about it later! It seems we can't hide the pregnancy any longer. Let's go and invite Physician Lu over! We can start spreading the word now."

If there were no profit to be made, Consort Tong would not have easily appeared in this cold palace. Even her personal maid, Granny Tong, would not have sent her to such an unlucky place.

“It’s not that Wuya has gone too far,” Hongxiu said with an embarrassed smile.

"Alright, let's go! Perhaps we can try that method." Wanyi said with a wicked smile. She had a way to ensure that Wuya would neither die nor live a good life.

On the same day, Wanyi announced that she was more than two months pregnant. In just a few days, Wanyi would be three months pregnant. In the evening, Granny Kong found a strong young eunuch to deliver food to Wuya.

"This is your meal for today!" The eunuch disdainfully presented two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of stir-fried minced meat and vegetables.

"Thank you for your trouble, sir. I'm not hungry right now, so please leave it aside for now!"

Consort Wuya dared not eat it at all, fearing that Wanyi would poison it. So she planned to throw it away later. Meanwhile, someone would bring her food from someone her grandfather had saved before. Although it was only two steamed buns, it was still better than poison.

"Eat it or not, it's up to you. Oh, by the way, there's something good you need to eat."

As the eunuch spoke, he brazenly took out two pills and, ignoring Wuya's struggles, stuffed them into her mouth. The pills melted instantly in her mouth, and Wuya couldn't pry them out no matter what she tried.

"Cough, cough, ugh, what did you feed me? Cough..." Uya smelled it and started gagging her throat, trying to vomit up what she had just swallowed.

"It's a good thing, you'll know tomorrow. Don't worry! It won't kill you." Actually, the little eunuch didn't know what it was either, he only knew it wouldn't kill anyone, otherwise he wouldn't have come here so openly.

The next day, Wan Yi breathed a sigh of relief after seeing off the last group of people who came to congratulate her.

"Dealing with them is really tiring. I really wish I could close the palace gates and steal a few days of peace and quiet," Wanyi said, sitting down and sipping her tea.

"This is something so many people yearn for but can't have, so why are you complaining about it, young master?" Granny Kong said with amusement.

"I'm so tired. Has there been any news from the Wuya clan?" Wanyi thought, "They must have had an attack too!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. News has already arrived. Wuya was so anxious and angry that she suffered a stroke and is now paralyzed from the neck down. Besides, this was something Consort Tong ordered to be done, so we've kept a close watch on her."

Granny Kong gave instructions to a eunuch who was ostensibly Consort Tong, but secretly obeyed their orders.

"That's good!" She can use this method again in the future. Anyway, in the end, all the trouble will fall on Consort Tong. Isn't that great?

"But that eunuch doesn't need to be kept either; he's a menace after all." After all, she wasn't comfortable with a eunuch who hadn't taken the loyalty pill.

"Yes, this servant knows what to do." Cutting off the weeds and eliminating the roots was a normal thing in Granny Kong's eyes.

"She got pregnant just like that. If only I had gotten pregnant!" After visiting Wanyi, Consort Borjigit nestled in her room, stroking her belly, and said regretfully.

"Your Highness is also favored, so it's likely you'll conceive soon."

Lexin thought that her mistress also wanted a child, so she quickly comforted her. But what she didn't know was that Consort Borjigit was still a virgin, and Emperor Kangxi had never touched her during his overnight stays.

"No, I will never have that in my life." As she spoke, tears streamed down her face. If she hadn't been born into the Khorchin tribe, she would still have had a chance.

"Ah! Why..." Before Le Xin could finish speaking, Qiu Hua pulled her aside, interrupting her.

"My lady, I heard that the Emperor has granted you the position of a palace mistress. I heard that a palace mistress can manage her own palace, and when lower-ranking concubines move in, she can also adopt their children, just like Consort Tong." Qiu Hua was trying to amuse Consort Borjigit.

"Really? Would it be acceptable if it were a prince?" Would Emperor Kangxi allow her to raise him?

"Yes, lower-ranking concubines do not have the right to raise princesses or princes," Qiu Hua continued to comfort her.

"Very well, I can wait. I'll go to the storeroom and pick out some nourishing things to send to Sister Wanyi." Since she has the opportunity to raise a child, she doesn't mind waiting.

"This servant will go right away." Qiu Hua bowed and left.