The Queen Mother said, "Your Majesty, Su is my biological sister. Why are you so heartless?"

Xuan Ling helped Sheng Xiyan sit down, "Mother, you always said that the superiors and the inferiors should be clearly distinguished. Su Shi's beating was not unjust. I have already made a new punishment for your sake."

Concubine Jia knelt down and pleaded, "Your Majesty, mother is old and can't bear twenty strokes. Why not reduce it a little?"

The guards came in and dragged Su away. Su cried out, "Empress Dowager, I have suffered so much for you..."

The old woman was about to bring up the matter of raising my daughter again. The empress dowager said anxiously, "Emperor, for my sake, please change it to twenty slaps... Ouch, my head hurts..."

"Aunt, are you okay?"

The place suddenly became a mess. Sheng Xiyan saw that the empress dowager was pretending to be unwell and wanted to reduce Su's punishment with the caning. She had already done this. If she was really beaten to death, the empress dowager would definitely hold it against her.

He pleaded, "Your Majesty, Su is old, why not try a slap instead?"

Xuan Ling finally said, "Your Highness, please beg me for mercy. For the sake of my mother, I will change the punishment to a slap. If you do it again, I will not show mercy."

Concubine Jia and Su Yunfu kowtowed, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Xuan Ling had changed the punishment, the empress dowager's headache was instantly cured.

"Emperor, it's a good thing you're here today. Let Sheng Jingheng give Su Yunfu a name and a name for the child in your womb."

Xuan Ling glanced at Sheng Jingheng.

"Lord Sheng, I want to hear what you have to say."

Sheng Jingheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, and Imperial Concubine, I drank the tea Miss Su offered me that day and passed out. When I woke up, I heard her say that she was mine, but I don't remember a thing."

Su Yunfu cried, "Your Majesty, please understand! That day in the teahouse, Brother Jingheng clearly said that he loved Fu'er the most... And Fu'er is now two months pregnant."

Sheng Xiyan narrowed her almond-shaped eyes slightly.

She noticed the gold-inlaid jade bracelet on Su Yunfu's wrist - it was a tribute from a foreign country last year and should have been in the empress dowager's private treasury.

The Queen Mother was very kind to her niece, which made the matter even more difficult.

"I know a little bit about medicine. Miss Su, would you let me take her pulse?"

Su Yunfu's eyes flickered, but she didn't dare to refuse.

Sheng Xiyan took her pulse and was shocked - it was indeed a pregnancy pulse.

Su Yunfu said, "Have you, Her Majesty, made a clear diagnosis? The Imperial Physician has just examined me and confirmed that I am indeed two months pregnant."

Suddenly, Ruan Niang said in a sad voice, "I am willing to divorce you."

"Niang Ruan!" Sheng Jingheng grabbed her wrist fiercely, but was violently thrown away.

Sheng Xiyan was not surprised by Ruan Niang's reaction. This sister-in-law was a very strong-willed person and could not tolerate any injustice.