Chapter 88 Congratulations, Your Majesty! From now on, you are a concubine

Shen Yuanwei didn't expect Xie Junlin to suddenly ask her about what happened after she and Xiao Lingzhao returned home today.

However, she was not panicked at all.

She said slowly, "Yes, if the emperor hastily favors me tonight, it would be easy for the court officials to talk about my pregnancy in a month. They would question whose child I am carrying. After all, the timing is too coincidental—"

She looked at Xie Junlin with a fake smile, "How about you wait another month or two? After two months, when you are sure that I am not pregnant, you can favor me. Then the court officials will not doubt that I am pregnant with Xiao Lingzhao's child, and you won't have to worry about it all day long, right?"

Xie Junlin thought, if he could wait, why would he destroy his body to seize Shen Yuanwei?

Now that he has got the person, he can't wait any longer.

He said to Shen Yuanwei, "You don't need to worry about these. You just need to answer me, have you and Ling Zhao ever been together since you returned home?"

Shen Yuanwei snorted.

"Whether I have been with Xiao Lingzhao or not, the Emperor should know better than me. We just got back today and hadn't had dinner yet, but Eunuch Chen came. Before Eunuch Chen left, the Dragon Scale Guards came again and asked Lingzhao to go with them to the Song family. Later, when Lingzhao returned to the mansion, your Dragon Scale Guards only gave him half a cup of tea before calling him away—"

She curled her lips sarcastically, "The emperor's men come one after another and keep a close eye on us. How can Xiao Lingzhao and I have time to be alone?"

As soon as she said this, she suddenly stared at Xiao Lingzhao with a wary look.

"etc!"

"Your Majesty, were you poisoned today by someone else, or did you plan this all along? I suddenly feel that the time that Eunuch Chen and the Dragon Scale Guards went was too coincidental. It seemed like they went there at the right time!"

"Xiao Lingzhao and I had just returned to our room to make out, and before we even undressed, Eunuch Chen suddenly arrived! He came to deliver the herbs but didn't leave immediately. He just sat in the front hall and talked to Lingzhao. It was as if he was deliberately trying to keep Lingzhao away from being alone with me..."

"And the reaction of the Dragon Scale Guards was also very strange. When Ling Zhao came back from the Song family, they only gave him half a cup of tea, as if they were afraid that Ling Zhao would be affectionate with me if he stayed in the mansion with me for too long..."

Shen Yuanwei squatted down and stared straight into Xie Junlin's eyes.

"Your Majesty, are you really poisoned? Are you really going to die soon? Why do I feel like you have planned everything that happened today?"

“…”

Xie Junlin looked at Shen Yuanwei in silence.

He knew that everything he had done today could not stand up to scrutiny, so he insisted that Doctor Ge prescribe some medicine that would damage his body and make him truly sick.

Although the matter does not stand up to scrutiny, his body can withstand examination by other doctors. It is a fact that all his internal organs are injured, right?

As long as there was really something wrong with his body, Shen Yuanwei and Xiao Lingzhao would not continue to doubt.

Therefore, Xie Junlin was very calm.

"I told you that you can ask a doctor you trust outside the palace to diagnose my pulse, and that still stands."

"If you have any doubts, ask Ling Zhao to go and invite him now. You can listen to the doctor you found and say for himself whether the poison has entered my internal organs and whether I don't have much time left."

Shen Yuanwei frowned.

The emperor is so frank, is she just being too suspicious?

When I saw the emperor vomiting blood earlier, it didn't seem like he was pretending...

She stared at Xie Junlin for a few seconds, then stood up and ran out, "Wait a minute, I'll go call Xiao Lingzhao for a doctor."

“…”

Xie Junlin looked at the girl who ran out in a hurry, remained silent for three breaths, then raised his hand and pressed it hard against his forehead due to a headache.

This girl is very suspicious and doesn't trust others easily.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

However, Shen Yuanwei's words just now confirmed to him that Shen Yuanwei and Xiao Lingzhao had not been together tonight. She was interrupted by Chen Hai before she had even undressed. What else was there for him to worry about?

But just to be on the safe side...

Should he prepare another bowl of contraceptive soup for Shen Yuanwei and let her drink it without knowing it?

As soon as Shen Yuanwei left, Queen Mother Jiang came in.

She sat on the bedside, clasping Xie Junlin's fingers sadly, and whispered, "Are you tired after discussing with them for so long? Imperial Doctor Ge is going to make some medicine for you. Close your eyes and rest for a while."

Xie Junlin whispered, "Mother, please come closer to my ear."

Previously, he was afraid that his mother would not show enough sadness to deceive Shen Yuanwei and Xiao Lingzhao. Now that it has been done, there is no need to hide it from his mother anymore.

Queen Mother Jiang thought her son was going to tell her his will, and she was heartbroken.

She bent down and put her ear close to her son's mouth.

Then she heard her son tell her—

"Mother, please forgive me for being unfilial. What happened today was actually me and Doctor Ge pretending to be sick. I didn't take the arsenic poison, but Doctor Ge prescribed some medicine that damages my stomach, intestines and lungs. The reverse flow of Qi and blood can cause me to vomit blood. It looks scary, but it's not life-threatening. I will recover in a year or two..."

Queen Mother Jiang was stunned.

She looked at Xie Junlin in disbelief.

After she realized what was happening, she couldn't help but slapped her son hard in the face!

Seeing her son obediently letting her slap him and then asking her to calm down, she could no longer control her emotions. She cried and hugged her son tightly, crying loudly with mixed feelings of sadness and joy.

This damn evil creature!

She really thought that she was going to bury the young before her!

How sad she was, she was upset to the point of dying, but it turned out that her son was just pretending!

Xie Junlin gently patted his mother's back and said softly, "Mother, don't be angry. I was wrong today, but didn't I do this to give you a grandson? The more sad you are now, the happier you will be when you hold your grandson in your arms in a year, don't you think?"

Queen Mother Jiang choked up and said, "You are so confused! If you want Shen Yuanwei, there are many ways to get her. Why do you have to ruin your body like this? She is just an orphan, and there is no powerful force behind her that you should be afraid of. You——"

Xie Junlin shook his head and smiled, "Mother, let's leave it at that. I think it's great. Ling Zhao has divorced Yuan Wei now. I have achieved what I wanted and I haven't torn my face with them yet. How great is that?"

Queen Mother Jiang sighed helplessly.

Xie Junlin continued, "Mother, please shut up everyone. No one is allowed to reveal a word about what happened tonight. Tell them that I found a girl with a clean family background from the people to come to the palace for the wedding. She is not the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. Her surname is Jiang like yours, and her name is Jiang Wei..."

Coincidentally, Queen Mother Jiang thought so too.

Letting Shen Yuanwei enter the palace with a fake identity is the safest and most worry-free method.

She nodded and said, "Okay, it's best to arrange for her to have this fake identity at my mother's house. Just say she's my distant relative. If anyone questions me in the future, I'll come out to testify."

Xie Junlin was relieved.

Glancing at the door, Xie Junlin coughed lightly and whispered, "Then... Mother, please go out and take them away. It's getting late, so let's all rest."

Queen Mother Jiang was an experienced person, so she naturally understood. She asked in a low voice, "Do you want me to put some incense in your room to help you have fun? That girl doesn't look like a good kid..."

Xie Junlin's ears turned slightly red.

Even though he was thirty-six years old, he still couldn't let others interfere in such matters.

He refused stubbornly, "No, please don't worry about it, mother."

Queen Mother Jiang saw that her son was shy and did not want to intervene.

Forget it, she should trust her son's own methods.

She stood up, rubbed her face, put on a sad look again, opened the door and walked out of the room.

She glanced at the concubines and said calmly, "Follow me to Shoukang Palace. I have something to tell you."

The concubines looked at the emperor's room and asked, "What about the emperor..."

Queen Mother Jiang frowned, "You can't bring good luck to the Emperor. The Emperor naturally has concubines who can help him."

The concubines opened their eyes wide in disbelief.

no……

Is the Emperor really going to favor Madam Xiao tonight?

He has become like that, but he is still trying to be strong. He won't die at the hands of Madam Xiao before he can finish his job, right?

The concubines followed Queen Mother Jiang and left. As they passed the courtyard, they saw Shen Yuanwei and Xiao Lingzhao standing at the steps. The concubines all looked at Shen Yuanwei with pity.

So pitiful.

She is obviously the wife of Xiao Lingzhao, a young, handsome hero, but she was taken away by an old man. If the old man vomits blood and dies on her, she will be so scared that she will have a psychological trauma for the rest of her life, right?

well.

“…”

Shen Yuanwei was stunned when she saw the hundreds of beautiful concubines who looked her up and down with pity every time they passed by her.

Why didn't these concubines hate her, but instead felt so much pity for her?

Is everyone crazy?

After respectfully seeing off Queen Mother Jiang and the concubines, Shen Yuanwei dispelled all the doubts in her mind and glanced sideways at Xiao Lingzhao.

"Go out and ask a doctor to come in and confirm whether he really has not much time left."

Xiao Lingzhao nodded.

Although he and Yuan Wei have already divorced, the matter is done and finding a doctor won't change anything, but it will be good for everyone if they can confirm it and dispel their doubts.

Xiao Lingzhao left, and Shen Yuanwei didn't want to go in to accompany Xie Junlin. She sat on the steps, holding her chin and looking at the stars.

She was a little worried.

What should she do about Xiao Lingzhao's illness? Tonight, she and Xiao Lingzhao had skin contact from time to time, and Xiao Lingzhao hadn't gotten sick yet, but what should this man do in the second half of the night?

Just as she was feeling worried, Chen Hai suddenly came to her side, bent over and smiled flatteringly.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you in..."

“…”

Shen Yuanwei was shocked.

She suddenly looked up at Chen Hai, and her scalp went numb when she heard him call her "Empress"!

She stood up suddenly and said, "Why did you call her empress? Are you able to change your words so smoothly?"

Chen Hai said respectfully, "The Emperor has ordered that you will be my master from now on. The Emperor has already written the imperial edict for conferring the title on you. The Emperor wants you to come in and see if you are satisfied with the title given to you—"