Concubine Shu sneered, "Sister Lian, are you confused after sleeping? Are you dreaming?"

Lian Guiyi said, "Your Majesty, my period has been irregular, so I didn't know I was pregnant until recently. The imperial physician is already outside the palace. Could you please ask him to come in and take my pulse?"

Xuan Ling said majestically, "Call the chief steward of the Jingshifang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Manager Xue arrived with the Book of Favor in his hand.

Doctor Zhang took the pulse and said, "Your Majesty, the young lady is approximately four months pregnant."

Chief Steward Xue hurriedly flipped through the imperial favor register and said, "I have found it. Your Majesty, on February 10th, four months ago, you did indeed turn over the green card for Lady Lian and sleep with her in the Yangxin Palace."

When Concubine Shu heard this, she felt sad and jealous and clenched her handkerchief tightly.

Xuan Ling said, "Since that's the case, I will promote you one level, from the third rank Guiyi to the second rank Zhaoyi."

Lian Guiyi kowtowed in thanks, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Eunuch Fu carefully helped her up.

Concubine Shu was depressed and sneered, "Sister Lian, you're hiding it really well."

Lian Zhaoyi smiled sweetly and walked to the dragon table. She said softly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm deliberately hiding this. Firstly, my menstrual cycle is irregular, and secondly, I need to tell you to stabilize the dragon fetus during the first three months."

Concubine Shu glared at her. She didn't dare to say that she was afraid that others would worry about her belly. Hypocrisy!

Xuan Ling was too lazy to listen to their gossip, so he picked up the letter and drove them away, saying, "Nothing, kneel down and stay."

The two bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."

As they walked out of the palace, Sheng Xiyan happened to be brought up. Lian Zhaoyi left with a smile, while Shufei was so angry that she had no place to vent.

She lowered her voice and said, "You've been sleeping with the emperor's concubines more often lately, but what's the point? Your stomach isn't responding at all. Look at that one, she's pregnant with the emperor's heir. Aren't you proud?"

Sheng Xiyan smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for your concern, Madam. Children are a gift from God. They will come naturally when the time is right."

It was sarcastic that the concubine couldn't get pregnant and yet she still teased her.

"Use your brain to win over the emperor and don't let others take advantage of you. You are so stupid."

Concubine Shu left an order and left arrogantly.

When Concubine Shu scolds people, her tone is exactly the same as Concubine E's, they are indeed mother and daughter.

Eunuch Fu stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Miss Sheng, are you here to see the Emperor? I will go in and report."

Sheng Xiyan took out a white glazed porcelain cup from the food box and said, "Eunuch, this contains perilla drink. Please help me deliver it to the emperor."

Eunuch Fu took the porcelain cup and thought to himself that this person was still confused and didn't know that the emperor was angry with her. It was true that the eunuch was anxious even though the emperor was not.

Carefully, he reminded, "Young Master Sheng, do you have anything else to explain to the Emperor? For example, about that sachet?"

Sheng Xiyan smiled and said, "Of course there is."

That’s not too stupid, thought Eunuch Fu.

"Could you please tell the Emperor that I added an extra heart medicine to the sachet? I wonder if the Emperor has seen it?"

When Eunuch Fu heard this, his eyes widened: The emperor got angry just because he saw it!

"Master Sheng, you..."

Sheng Xiyan didn't think of staying, so she bowed and left with Hua Xia.

Eunuch Fu was speechless and said, "This young lady is so inexplicably confident. Alas, I'm afraid she'll cry later."

After entering the hall, Xuan Ling raised his eyes and glanced at him, then looked behind him.

"Who are you talking to out there?"

Eunuch Fu smiled and carefully placed the white-glazed porcelain cup on the dragon table. "Your Majesty, this is Young Lady Sheng."

Xuan Ling paused with the vermilion pen in his hand and wrote a few words on a memorial.

He didn't ask, but he was thinking, she came to explain, but why didn't she come in? She must be afraid of my anger.

Put down the vermilion pen, pick up the perilla drink, open the lid and take a sip. It has a light sweetness without the bitterness of medicine.

Seeing that he had drunk half a cup, Eunuch Fu stood there grinning foolishly.

Xuan Ling was a little annoyed. "You servant are becoming more and more tactless. Do you want to go to Xinzheku to clean the toilet?"

Why didn’t you report what Sheng Xiyan said?

Eunuch Fu quickly knelt down and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I don't want to clean the toilet, I just want to serve you. Miss Sheng is not very smart, and I am afraid that if I tell you, Your Majesty will be displeased, so it is better not to say it."

Xuan Ling put down the porcelain cup and scolded, "She is the master and you are the servant. How dare you not pass on the message to her?"

"I dare not, but I am even more afraid that the emperor will be unhappy. If you are unhappy, the entire palace and the whole world will be covered with dark clouds, and the mountains and rivers will shake."

This flattery was quite good. Xuan Ling said, "Speak now. I am not angry."

"Mrs. Sheng said she deliberately added a heart medicine into the sachet."

Xuan Ling said angrily: "She still dares to mention it?"

Could it be the letter to Qi Yan?

Take out the sachet from the drawer of the dragon table. I want to see if there is anything else she dares not do.

Loosen the drawstring and pour out the herbs and spices inside. There are quite a lot of them.

Among these herbs was a piece of paper folded into a heart shape. Xuan Ling was impatient and took some time to open the heart-shaped origami.

Eunuch Fu saw that his dragon brows and phoenix eyes gradually relaxed, and a satisfied smile appeared at the corners of his lips.

"Your Majesty, what did Miss Sheng say?"

Xuan Ling's long fingers gently stroked the lines of words, which read:

"Your Majesty, this is Xiyan, and this is the first Dragon Boat Festival I'll spend with you.

I pray that every year will be like this day. Xiyan wants to celebrate countless festivals with the emperor. On the Dragon Boat Festival, can the emperor taste the rice dumplings made by Xiyan?"

For two consecutive days, the loss and discomfort in his heart instantly turned into warmth. She was not heartless and could feel his heart.

He took out the letter written to Qi Yan and compared the handwriting. It turned out that it was not written by the same person.

"This is outrageous! Someone is blatantly causing trouble. Take this piece of paper and compare it with the handwriting of everyone in the palace."

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