Sheng Xiyan secretly moved her fingers and pressed Xue Qiong's mute point. She instantly became quiet, opening and closing her mouth but no sound came out.

"Your Majesty, the baby kicked me, please touch it..."

The two of them ignored each other, looking like a loving couple, looking forward to the baby in their belly, with sweet faces.

Xueqiong wished she could poke her eyes out.

The imperial physician came and gave Xueqiong the antidote after taking her pulse.

Xue Qiong begged, "Your Majesty, could you please stay with me? I feel sick both mentally and physically."

Sheng Xiyan deliberately said, "Your Majesty, you have to attend the court early tomorrow and cannot be tired. Why don't you let me accompany the princess?"

Xuan Ling naturally refused, "Your Highness is pregnant, how can you work so hard?"

Sheng Xiyan said virtuously, "How about I accompany His Majesty to rest in the outer palace, so that if Concubine Qiong needs anything, she can be taken care of?"

"Just do as the Imperial Concubine says. Concubine Qiong, drink the medicine and have a good rest."

"emperor……"

The two of them walked out of the inner hall hand in hand.

Sheng Xiyan turned around and looked at Xue Qiong, "You dirty thing! I'm so disgusted by you!"

Xue Qiong clutched the mattress and said, "My dear concubine, I will kill you!"

On the soft couch in the outer hall, Sheng Xiyan took off Xuan Ling's outer robe, pretended to untie the ties on the side of her cotton jacket, and turned around with difficulty.

"My Lady, I will help you."

Xuan Ling helped her untie the belt around her waist, took off her clothes, and the two of them lay down.

"My dear concubine, thank you for staying here with me tonight."

Sheng Xiyan pretended to be sensible and said softly, "Being able to be with Your Majesty, I don't feel tired. Your Majesty, don't worry. Concubine Qiong has been cured of the poison after drinking the medicine. You still have to attend the court tomorrow morning, so go to bed."

"I'll hold you in my arms as you sleep." Xuan Ling took the initiative to stretch out his slender arms and hold her in his arms.

Oh my God, this was the first time he took the initiative to hug her to sleep since returning to the palace.

As the saying goes, routines have always won people's hearts.

The palace maid took a secret look and returned to the inner hall to report to Xue Qiong, who was so angry that she spat out blood.

Killing someone and destroying their heart.

She cried, "Tonight is the night of my appointment as a consort. I should have slept with the emperor, but the imperial concubine called him away on the pretext of illness. Finally, I drank poison to make the emperor feel pity for me, but this damn imperial concubine is staying here to sleep with the emperor again!"

I have never seen such an insult to others. It is a great shame.

The next morning, Xuan Ling went to the morning court, and Sheng Xiyan came out with him. The two were reluctant to part.

"My dear concubine, you didn't sleep well on the soft couch last night. Go back and take a nap."

The emperor gently stroked the bulging pregnant belly with his big hands, with a warm look on his face.

Sheng Xiyan pursed her lips, then suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed his thin lips, which made Xuan Ling's heart tremble.

After sitting on the imperial carriage, he turned back to look at her, stroked his lips, and a smile broke out on his stern face.

What's even more confusing is that he clearly has feelings for her, so how could he fall in love with Xue Qiong? Could it be that he likes two women?

That day, everyone in the harem was laughing at Xueqiong.

"She wanted the Emperor to stay with her overnight, but the Imperial Concubine stayed and rested on the couch with the Emperor in the outer hall. How insulting!"

"She is a princess from a foreign country, is she worthy of having the emperor spend the night with her?"

"You deserve it! Well done, my lady!"

At noon, the news that the imperial carriage had arrived at the Yupeng Palace spread throughout the six palaces.

Sheng Xiyan put down the jade spoon in her hand and had no intention of eating the bird's nest soup.

It seems that drastic measures are needed to bring Xuan Ling back completely.

She urged her spiritual power and called out, "Lingling?"

Suddenly, a tall, handsome man appeared.

He looked at her with passionate eyes, stepped forward and hugged her in his arms, "Yanyan, you finally called me! I missed you so much."

Lingling is still more well-behaved.

Sheng Xiyan stroked his face, feeling reluctant, and replied, "I miss you too."

With him by her side, Sheng Xiyan became happy. Of course, this was not the main purpose of her summoning Lingling.

At night, Jingren Palace.

Ruyi quietly reported to Empress Duan, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has hidden a man in Guanju Palace. Our people saw the shadow of a tall man on the screen window!"

Empress Duan was overjoyed and quickly ordered, "Send someone to Yupeng Palace to tell the Emperor about this. The Imperial Concubine has committed a serious crime by committing adultery in the palace. I want to see how she can turn things around this time!"

Not long after, in the Yupeng Palace, Xue Qiong was resting on the couch, looking at the emperor who was reading a book beside the couch with a burning gaze.

She said in a delicate and coquettish voice, "Your Majesty, could you please come up and hug Xueqiong to rest for a while? I feel cold."

She tried her best to seduce Xuan Ling into bed.

Xuan Ling said calmly, "My beloved, take good care of yourself."

He shouted outside the hall, "Come here, prepare a hot water bottle for Concubine Qiong and put it inside the quilt."

Xue Qiong was helpless. Why did the emperor treat her so distantly even after she cast the love spell?

Eunuch Fu came in from outside the hall, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Xuan Ling said, "You little slave, what makes you look like that?"

Eunuch Fu said, "Your Majesty, some people say, some people say..."

He still didn't dare to say it out loud, so he came close to the emperor's ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, someone said there is a man in the imperial concubine's palace."

Xuan Ling was extremely shocked. How dare that woman do such a thing?

Absolutely not!

She loves me!

He jumped up and walked out of the Yupeng Palace quickly.

Xue Qiong shouted from behind, "Your Majesty!"

It also failed to stop the emperor from going straight to Guanju Palace.

Xuan Ling was extremely anxious and wanted to run away, but he had to consider the emperor's dignity.

After all, we are going to catch an adulterer!

Finally he arrived at Guanju Palace and sneaked in without being informed.

Entering the main hall, through the bead curtain, I saw the back of a tall man. The man was holding a bowl and feeding Sheng Xiyan soup. The two were talking and laughing.

Xuan Ling was furious and rushed in angrily, "My Lady, you actually harbored a man!"

When he turned around and saw the man, he was stunned. This man looked exactly like him!

"Who is this man? Where is he from?"

Sheng Xiyan covered her face and pretended to be scared. Through the gaps between her fingers she saw that Xuan Ling's face had turned green with anger, and she smiled secretly.

The emperor grabbed Lingling and punched him hard.

Sheng Xiyan covered her arm and cried out, "It hurts!"

The two turned to look at Sheng Xiyan, she really looked like she was in pain.

It was because Lingling was a ray of her spiritual energy, so when she hit Lingling, she would feel the same way.

Ling Ling said angrily: "You go to accompany other women and don't care about Yan Yan. What qualifications do you have to hit me?"

Xuan Ling was speechless and choked, unable to refute. He came over to support Sheng Xiyan, "Where does it hurt? Is your stomach hurting? Are you pregnant?"

Then he asked, "Where did you get a substitute who looks exactly like me? Did you find one outside the palace?"

Ling Ling said sternly: "I am not a substitute, I am a man who deeply loves Yan Yan, you don't deserve her!"

Xuan Ling blew a whistle in anger, and four secret guards suddenly appeared and tried to catch Ling Ling, but Ling Ling was as elusive as the wind.

Xuan Ling angrily asked, "My Lady, the substitute you found isn't just a human? What kind of monster is it?"

Sheng Xiyan snorted, her eyebrows curved, and she sneered, "No matter who this concubine finds as a substitute, he only loves me and treats me better than the emperor. He knows I'm afraid, so he will accompany me. He knows I like jokes, so he will tell me some. What about the emperor?"