The situation in the court is changing rapidly, and undercurrents are surging beneath the calm surface of the harem.

Helian Jue and the empress dowager rewarded everyone in the Imperial Hospital and all the palace servants who went to Tingyuxuan to put out the fire. The empress dowager even moved all the good things in the warehouse to Ganning Palace.

Even the moonlight silk, which could only be produced in a few pieces in ten years, was taken out by the empress dowager and sent to the Shangyi Bureau to be made into inner garments for Qin Yanning and the two children in her belly.

This made it difficult for other concubines to not know that Qin Yanning was pregnant.

Of course, Helian Jue's words in the hall today also reached the ears of the concubines in the harem.

For a moment, the concubines in the palace all had different thoughts.

Some were jealous of Qin Yanning and thought she was lucky; some thought that since Qin Yanning could get pregnant, they could give it another try; and some hoped that Qin Yanning would not be able to give birth to the baby smoothly.

When the news reached Concubine Zhuang's palace, she was training her new puppy.

The deep palace was lonely and far less lively than the northern border where she grew up. In order to make her life more fun, Concubine Zhuang raised several puppies in her palace.

Perhaps because she had trained horses before, the dogs in Concubine Zhuang's palace were also taught to be extremely obedient by her.

Upon hearing the news that Qin Yanning was pregnant, Concubine Zhuang thought she would be moved. After all, she had dreamed of bearing a child with His Majesty for many years.

But it's strange, after seeing the look on His Majesty's face towards Qin Yanning outside Tingyuxuan last night, she, who usually slept well, couldn't sleep the whole night.

She had been by His Majesty's side for these years, fulfilling all the responsibilities of a concubine, but this was the first time she knew how carefully and cherishingly His Majesty treated his beloved.

If that's the case, why should she force it?

At daybreak, Concubine Zhuang gave up her thoughts on Helian Jue, as if the emperor, who once shone so brightly in her eyes, was no longer as dazzling after last night.

After being married to Helian Jue for more than ten years, Concubine Zhuang finally realized that she loved only the young man with silver spear and silver armor, not Helian Jue, who had never had any romantic feelings for her.

After figuring this out, Concubine Zhuang's obsession over the years naturally disappeared.

She was not a petty person. Helian Jue had been suffering from childlessness for a long time. When she knew that Qin Yanning was pregnant, she even felt a little happy from the bottom of her heart.

Concubine Zhuang put down the puppy she was playing with in her arms and ordered, "Go and get the two fox furs from my storehouse, and also get the hundred-year-old ginseng that father sent you, and send them both to Concubine Ning."

The maidservant standing next to Concubine Zhuang was brought from her natal family. Upon hearing what Concubine Zhuang said, she couldn't help but pout and complain, "Your Majesty, you hunted that fox fur yourself."

"According to what this servant said, you can just look at what other ladies in the palace send and take one accordingly. Otherwise, Lady Ning might not know what is good and blame us."

Hearing the senior palace maid's objection to her decision, Concubine Zhuang did not get angry. She simply said, "Concubine Ning's child was born in winter. These two fox furs are just enough to make a cloak for the child. This is my gift."

Concubine Zhuang insisted, and the head palace maid did not dare to persuade her anymore. She went to the storehouse to get the gift and sent it to Ganning Palace.

With the presence of the clever Song Xue, Qin Yanning naturally knew what Helian Jue had done in the court today.

When Qin Yanning heard Helian Jue say that even if she gave birth to two daughters, she would choose a suitable child to inherit the throne, it would be a lie to say that she was not touched.

Even though she knew that Helian Jue was unwilling to see the empire he had worked so hard to build fall into the hands of others, Qin Yanning was already moved enough by the fact that Helian Jue could say this to all the ministers in the court.

Qin Yanning certainly understood that Helian Jue's actions today were to block King Liang's retreat.

In the original owner's memory, King Liang had been thinking about the throne for many years.

However, Qin Yanning was not worried. Helian Jue was not a reckless person. Since he had the confidence to push the situation to this point, he must have his own plans.

Qin Yanning knew that the reason why Helian Jue was so tolerant towards King Liang in his previous life was simply because he had no children and was afraid that taking action against King Liang would chill the hearts of his clan members.

Now that she is pregnant, even for the sake of the two children in her belly, Helian Jue will not allow the people of King Liang's faction to continue to jump around.

As for how Helian Jue planned to deal with King Liang, Qin Yanning didn't care.

She only cared about whether Helian Jue would spare King Liang's life and escort him back to the capital, so that she could return all the pain that King Liang had inflicted on the original owner in his previous life.

In the previous life, the original owner was handed over to King Liang by the Wan family. The injuries the original owner suffered at the hands of King Liang could not be described in a booklet.

Qin Yanning certainly didn't want King Liang to die easily.

Even though he was furious in the court, Helian Jue couldn't stop laughing when he arrived at Ganning Palace.

In order to take good care of Qin Yanning, the empress dowager asked the Imperial Medical Bureau to send four imperial physicians to live in a side hall of the Ganning Palace, and also found four experienced and loyal maids in the palace to be responsible for Qin Yanning's diet.

Helian Jue also strengthened the guard of Ganning Palace, and even transferred 200 elite soldiers who were proficient in using muskets from the weapons camp outside the capital to guard Ganning Palace.

It is no exaggeration to say that without Helian Jue's approval, not even a mosquito could fly close to Qin Yanning.

Even so, Helian Jue was still worried.

He simply asked Eunuch Wang to move all the memorials in the Yangxin Palace to the inner hall of the Qianning Palace and placed a desk next to Qin Yanning's bed.

In this way, except for attending court and discussing matters with ministers, he can stay by Qin Yanning's side at all times.

Qin Yanning really regretted agreeing to let Helian Jue live in Ganning Palace.

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