"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Consort Liang glanced provocatively at Consort Dai, thinking, "Look, you can only serve food like a servant, while I can sit and eat, not to mention I get food from the Emperor."

"Ugh~~" Before even putting it in his mouth, Liang Changzai felt a strong smell of mutton. He tried to hold it in, but the smell was just too strong!

"Your Majesty, I have been disrespectful and beg for your punishment!" Consort Liang was startled, not understanding why she suddenly felt nauseous. She could eat mutton! But she quickly got up and knelt down. Didn't she realize she had affected Kangxi's appetite?

"What's wrong with Sister Liang? You don't want to eat mutton. You don't have to force yourself to eat it. Do you think the Emperor will force you to eat it? This is affecting the Emperor's appetite!"

Dai Jia chuckled inwardly. So what if she's a beauty? She'll still be punished for being disrespectful in front of the emperor. The main thing is that Emperor Kangxi dislikes people who act tough, and he was referring to people like Liang Changzai.

"Your Majesty, I have eaten mutton before, and it tastes much worse than this. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt nauseous. Please forgive me!"

She genuinely had no idea. She wondered if Dai Jia was plotting against her, but she hadn't touched the mutton at all!

"Could she be pregnant?!" Dai Jiachang suddenly blurted out a bold idea.

"How could this be!" Kangxi exclaimed suddenly. Consort Liang always received medicine when she served him, how could she possibly be pregnant, unless…

"Yes! Your Majesty, I am weak and not fit to get pregnant. How could I be pregnant?" Consort Liang quickly explained when she met Kangxi's suspicious gaze. Although she said this, she was still happy that she might be pregnant. Every time Kangxi gave her medicine and someone watched her drink it, she would induce vomiting, just to have a child.

"Liang Jiugong will go and fetch Physician Lu. You can get up now!"

Emperor Kangxi would never allow the Empress Dowager's pawn to become pregnant. However, even if she did, he would not be able to kill her. He simply grew cold towards Consort Liang, who was outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, and even felt disgusted by her hypocrisy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Consort Liang breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that the Emperor would not punish her for the sake of the child, and it seemed that she had guessed correctly.

"Congratulations to Consort Liang! The princesses and princes in the harem now have another younger brother!"

Dai Jia was filled with envy and jealousy, but she knew she couldn't show it. She suppressed her emotions, forced a smile, and congratulated Liang Changzai.

"Then I'll take your kind words, sister. But it's not certain if she's pregnant! I've always had stomach aches, and it might be a flare-up!"

Liang Changzai awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth. She couldn't let Kangxi know her thoughts right now, so there was no joy on her face.

"Your Majesty, judging from how cautious Sister Liang is, she may really be pregnant!"

Dai Jia Changzai seemed to sense the awkward atmosphere between Kangxi and Liang Changzai, and repeatedly reminded Liang Changzai that she was pregnant.

"We'll know when the imperial physician arrives!" Kangxi said impatiently, growing increasingly disgusted with Consort Liang and completely forgetting how infatuated he had been with her before.

After a moment of silence, Physician Lu rushed over. He thought something had happened to Emperor Kangxi, but it turned out he was just taking the pulse of a lowly concubine. When did he ever get to treat these nobodies? No, he wanted to quit. It was too tiring.

"Imperial Physician Lu, how is Sister Liang?" Dai Jia asked anxiously as soon as Imperial Physician Lu's hand left Liang Changzai's wrist, as if she were the one who was pregnant.

"Your Majesty, Consort Liang is pregnant, almost a month along. It's probably because of her special physical condition that she's experiencing pregnancy symptoms!" Physician Lu said directly without holding back.

"I knew it! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Sister Liang!" Consort Dai Jia was simply adding fuel to the fire.

"Tell me what happened!" Kangxi's sharp eyes shot straight at Consort Liang, who was so frightened that her legs went weak and she knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I don't know either, but this child is His Majesty's!" Consort Liang didn't expect Kangxi to react so strongly and was afraid that he would misunderstand that the child was not of the emperor's blood, so she quickly said.

"What I'm asking is, why did you become pregnant?" Kangxi asked, displeased that Consort Liang was beating around the bush.

"What?" Dai Jia was surprised that De De's mouth could fit an egg. The problem of their relationship had come up here. However, she knew it was unseemly, so she covered it with a handkerchief so as not to embarrass herself in front of Kangxi.

When the servants around him asked what was going on, Liang Jiugong tactfully dismissed them, leaving only the three of them, the maidservants beside Consort Liang, himself, and Physician Lu.

"I don't know either!" Liang Changzai was now deeply regretting her choice back then, but since things had come to this, she could only bite the bullet and say she didn't know.

"Imperial Physician Lu, can one still conceive after drinking the contraceptive soup?" This was not a secret in the harem, otherwise they would not have tolerated such a beauty. However, they did not expect that she would bring about her own demise before they could even make a move.

"If she drank it, the possibility is not high, but there is still a chance, just a small one." The shrewd Imperial Physician Lu did not give a definitive answer, so as not to offend either side.

“The servants below said they saw Liang Changzai drink it before leaving!” Liang Jiugong said softly, implying that it was not true that Liang Changzai had never drunk it.

"You speak, but think carefully before you answer. Deceiving the emperor is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family." Kangxi looked at Wen Hui, the maidservant who was kneeling like Consort Liang.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was the young lady who induced vomiting of the contraceptive soup after the supervising eunuch left." Wen Hui dared not hide anything for Liang Changzai any longer, after all, that involved nine generations of his family!

"Fine!" Kangxi picked up the teacup on the table and slammed it down heavily, indicating his dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, I also wish to have a child, even a princess would be fine!"

Consort Liang didn't know why Emperor Kangxi was unwilling to give her a child, but in the harem, without offspring, her beauty would fade and love would wane, so having an heir by her side was the best option.

"Then you are deceiving the emperor by not obtaining my consent. Considering your pregnancy, you shall be confined to your quarters until you give birth!" Kangxi said expressionlessly, showing great disgust for this disobedient person who even defied the imperial decree.

"Your Majesty..." Consort Liang's tearful pear blossoms could not soften Kangxi's cold heart, and Liang Jiugong ordered her to suppress them.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Consort Liang is just too eager to have a child for Your Majesty. All the concubines in the harem think the same way."

She also wanted to have a son so that after the emperor passed away, she could leave the palace with her son and be supported, instead of having to squeeze into the Shou'an Palace with the other concubines. If she was lucky, she could even go to the Yuanmingyuan.

"I dislike people who make decisions on their own!" The implication was that if Consort Liang had clearly told Kangxi, he might have allowed her to have a child instead of getting pregnant secretly.