Xuan Ling frowned and picked up another report to read.

Outside the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Meixiang ran over holding an umbrella.

"My Lady."

He quickly used the umbrella to cover Sheng Xiyan and handed another umbrella to Hua Xia.

Hua Xia knelt down and advised, "My Lady, let's go back and discuss this carefully, okay?"

Sheng Xiyan felt extremely upset when she thought of Qi Yan in the Heavenly Prison. Would he be tortured?

I feel like my brain and heart are in a knot, my mind is unclear, my mood is uneasy, and I feel dizzy. I don’t know what to do.

I can only beg Xuan Ling for mercy.

The autumn rain turned from a drizzle to a downpour.

The once glorious imperial palace was now shrouded in mist.

Rainwater flows from the glazed tile roof to the eaves and onto the bluestone floor.

Inside the hall, a reviewed memorial was thrown into a sandalwood basket with gold thread.

Xuan Ling picked up another report.

There was the sound of rain, thunder and lightning.

"The Concubine Chen hasn't left yet?"

Eunuch Fu shook his head.

Xuan Ling opened the memorial, but couldn't concentrate at all, as if the words had turned into raindrops.

He stood up and walked out of the hall.

Standing on the porch, I saw the woman kneeling in a puddle of rainwater, a determined look on her face.

What was she determined about? Was she determined to have feelings for Qi Yan?

The half of the dress that was close to the ground turned a deep blue-green color, like the sky after rain.

Xuan Ling walked towards her quickly.

The guards trotted behind, holding yellow silk umbrellas to shelter them from the rain.

He came up to her and ordered, "Get up!"

Sheng Xiyan raised her head, as if looking up to a saint who could save everything.

He is the Buddha who saved her. Will he save her this time?

"Your Majesty, Ayan will not betray the country. Please trust him."

Her face was pale, and her once charming, upturned peach blossom eyes were now black and white, filled with two words: "Qi Yan."

Xuan Ling felt bitter and was burning with suppressed jealousy.

He grabbed Sheng Xiyan's shoulders and pulled her up forcibly.

"Sheng Xiyan, do you know what you are doing? Are you letting the whole palace see how hard you fight for your late husband?"

She responded weakly, "I know I was wrong."

Hua Xia was shocked and said, "Blood! Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Xuan Ling looked down and saw a small pool of blood where Sheng Xiyan had been kneeling just now.

“Yan Yan?!”

Sheng Xiyan felt dizzy and fell into his arms.

Xuan Ling picked her up and ran into the hall, shouting, "Quickly call Wu Yuanpan! Quick!"

In the rear hall of the Yangxin Palace, he held Sheng Xiyan in his arms and sat beside the dragon couch, with a brocade quilt wrapped around her body.

He was even reluctant to put her on the dragon bed.

I have a bad feeling in my heart, blood, could Yanyan have had a miscarriage?

No, that's impossible.

Extremely anxious.

He hurriedly asked, "How long has it been since your Madam last had her period?"

Hua Xia was calculating frantically, "Your Majesty, your period hasn't come for over a month. Your menstrual cycle has always been irregular."

Xuan Ling hugged Sheng Xiyan tightly, not daring to touch her lower abdomen.

After a cup of tea, the guards ran in dragging Wu Yuanpan.

"Quick, examine Concubine Chen."

Judge Wu knelt down to feel the patient's pulse. Xuan Ling anxiously asked, "Why are you bleeding?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured. The queen just had her menstrual period, and the anxiety caused the fainting. As long as she takes good care of herself, she will recover."

Xuan Ling pressed on: "Are you sure? Take a closer look."

Judge Wu carefully felt the pulse again and replied, "Your Highness is absolutely certain that there are no other symptoms."

Xuan Ling felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

I hope it's not a miscarriage.

"Go and make some medicine right away."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Aunt Mingyue brought clean clothes and menstrual belts.

"Your Majesty, please let this servant take care of the Empress Chen."

Xuan Ling touched Sheng Xiyan's forehead and said, "Put it down. I'll change it for her."

Everyone left the back hall and waited in the flower hall. Aunt Mingyue went to get clean robes.

Inside the hall, Xuan Ling wiped Sheng Xiyan's body, put on a menstrual belt, and put on her clothes.

He placed it on the dragon couch and covered it with a brocade quilt. But when that wasn't enough, he added a goose down blanket.

There were some bloodstains on the dragon robe, stained from when he hugged her just now.

Eunuch Fu helped change the dragon robe, then carefully placed it in a sandalwood box and sent it to the Clothing Bureau for cleaning.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to hear the Ministry of Personnel's report. Do you think it should be postponed?"

Xuan Ling glanced at Sheng Xiyan,

"No need to postpone. Ask the imperial kitchen to prepare a blood-tonifying meal. I will dine with Concubine Chen after I hear the report."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In just one hour, the news that Concubine Chen was pleading for Qi Yan outside the Yangxin Palace spread throughout the palace.

Rumors spread, and the concubines in the harem finally caught Chen Fei's handle and began counting down the days until she fell out of favor.

As soon as the rain stopped, Jiang Jiang ran out to play excitedly.

"Young Master, run slower!"

Xiao Zhuozi followed behind him, carrying a bucket and a fishing rod in his hands.

Jiang Jiang ran to the imperial garden and saw Yu Mo and Le Wen squatting on the ground.

I approached and asked, "What are you doing?"

Le Wen tilted his head and said, "Jiang Jiang, we found an earthworm, it's broken in two, can it still live?

Jiang Jiang smiled and said, "He can survive."

Yu Mo stood up and retorted, "Nonsense! How can you live if your head is broken? Can you live if your head is cut off?"

Jiang Jiang said with reason and evidence: "My mother said that if an earthworm is broken in half, it can grow its body again. It's true."

Yu Mo raised his foot and crushed the half earthworm into pieces.

Jiang Jiang went up and pushed him, fearing that his other half would also be crushed.

Yu Mo pushed Jiang Jiang down and shouted:

"You bastard, you are not the emperor's son at all. Your biological father committed treason and was thrown into prison by the emperor. Don't you know that?"

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