"It's born!"
The palace maid ran out to announce the good news: "The Concubine Shu has safely given birth to a little prince!"
Hearing this, Su Lijin breathed a sigh of relief.
The Queen Mother was overjoyed and rushed in immediately. Looking at the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes inside, her face was full of smiles.
"Thank God, my grandson is safe and sound. It is truly the blessing of our ancestors."
Looking at the baby lovingly, the Queen Mother seemed to remember something and asked, "How could Concubine Shu be in good health and suddenly give birth prematurely?"
She was really shocked when she heard the news that Concubine Shu had given birth prematurely. Fortunately, she was fine now, and she couldn't help but investigate the matter.
The palace maid hesitated a little, looked at the empress dowager, and then looked at the inner room.
The Queen Mother's expression was slightly stern: "If you have anything to say, just say it. You dare to hide anything in front of me? Watch out for your hide!"
Kneeling on the ground with a thud, the maid lowered her head and begged for mercy, "Queen Dowager, please calm down. It's not that I dare not speak, but it's because the one who pushed Consort Shu was none other than the Empress. I'm really scared."
"You said the Queen pushed Concubine Shu down?" The Queen Mother frowned.
The maid nodded repeatedly: "It was the Empress who pushed the Concubine Shu, causing her to fall to the ground and cause premature birth."
"Queen, you are truly vicious. You actually want to murder my grandson!"
The Queen Mother smiled coldly, stood up, and left the bedroom angrily.
Outside the palace, Su Lijin was standing there. When the Queen Mother saw her, she became furious and raised her hand angrily and slapped her hard!
Su Lijin subconsciously dodged the slap and narrowed her eyes, saying, "Queen Mother, what are you doing?"
The Queen Mother glared and said angrily, "Don't you know what I'm doing? I'm going to teach you a lesson for plotting to murder the Emperor's grandson!"
"I plotted to murder the emperor's grandson? Queen Mother, who told you that?" Su Lijin was so angry that she wanted to laugh.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother glared at her and pointed at Concubine Shu's bedroom. "You pushed Concubine Shu to the ground, causing her to give birth prematurely. Do you still want to deny it? I never thought you could be so vicious!"
It's clearly slander!
Su Lijin knew without thinking that it must be Concubine Shu who threw dirty water on her, which led to the Empress Dowager regarding her as the culprit.
Unexpectedly, this concubine was still thinking of making trouble after giving birth to a child.
Thinking this through, Su Lijin curled her lips into a cold smile: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Shu is clearly slandering me. Everyone knows how she fell. If you don't believe me, you can ask others!"
Xianxian, standing by, looked furious and knelt down, saying, "Empress Dowager, Concubine Shu fell down on her own. I can testify that this incident has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager."
"Your maid will naturally cover for you. Do you think I will believe it?"
The Queen Mother sneered, "Queen, you haven't had any children since you entered the palace. You must be jealous of Concubine Shu's pregnancy and want to murder her unborn child!"
"The Emperor has arrived."
The eunuch was reporting outside.
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At this time, in Yiku Palace, the Queen Mother was hugging the baby in her arms, smiling lovingly.
On the side, Su Lijin stood not far away, watching the scene with some boredom.
Just now outside the palace, the Queen Mother scolded her and then asked her to stand here.
It is not difficult to see that the Queen Mother intended to let her stand here and watch the happy scene of the grandparents and grandchildren. It is guessed that she must be envious and jealous of the fact that Concubine Shu gave birth to a prince. If she stood here and watched the little prince, she would definitely be jealous to the point of going crazy.
He wanted to punish her in this psychologically torturous way.
The Queen Mother's method of playing a prank on people was quite cruel, but unfortunately, she used it on the wrong person.
If it were any other concubine, it might be effective.
But she, Su Lijin, was not among them.
With an indifferent expression, Su Lijin turned her head to look at the door.
Xiao Shengxing appeared in a black dragon robe with gold patterns. His black eyes were so deep that it was difficult to see his expression clearly.
He glanced at Su Lijin indifferently and walked to the Queen Mother.
"The Emperor is here." The Queen Mother waved happily, saying proudly, "Come and see, your prince is truly adorable."
Su Lijin glanced at Xiao Shengxing and thought to herself, he should like this child very much.
Her eyes dimmed for a moment without her noticing, but quickly disappeared, and her beautiful eyes remained as charming as ever.
Xiao Shengxing glanced at the swaddling clothes but didn't move closer. He said coldly, "As long as the Queen Mother likes it."
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then said unhappily, "What kind of talk is that? Doesn't the Emperor love his own children?"
Faced with this kind of question, Xiao Shengxing chose not to answer directly.
Seeing him like this, the Queen Mother felt somewhat dissatisfied. She glanced at Su Lijin standing beside her and immediately snorted, "Your Majesty, you've come at the perfect time."
The Queen Mother glanced at Su Lijin with disdain and said, "The Queen has lost her moral integrity and is truly unworthy of being Queen. It would be better to depose her today and clean up the harem!"
She emphasized the word "deposed queen" extremely, and her eyes were full of disgust towards Su Lijin, as if she felt disgusted even if she looked at her for one more moment.
Hearing this, Su Lijin raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her lips and turned her gaze to Xiao Shengxing.
"Queen Dowager, don't speak lightly about something as important as deposing the Queen. Don't mention this matter again."
"Your Majesty, the Empress has lost her moral integrity and is truly unworthy of being the mother of a nation. Her presence in the harem will only cause unrest within the harem. If it weren't for Concubine Shu's good fortune, my grandson wouldn't have been born today!"
As the Queen Mother spoke, her eyes were filled with anger. If the Emperor had not been beside her, she would have been so angry that she wanted to slap Su Lijin again.
Xiao Shengxing frowned: "What does Concubine Shu's childbirth have to do with the Empress?"
Su Lijin smiled faintly, a sarcastic arc at the corner of her lips, and said, "Yes, I have said that Concubine Shu's premature birth had nothing to do with me, but the Queen Mother believed the slander and did not believe me and the palace maids, insisting that it was my fault."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother's face was filled with anger, almost bursting out of her head: "Your Majesty, the Queen is truly too vicious, she must be deposed today!"
A hint of impatience rose in Xiao Shengxing's expression. He said in a deep voice, "Whether to depose the empress or not is a matter of national importance and cannot be handled hastily. Queen Mother, you must be exhausted today. Why don't you return to the palace to rest and not bring up this matter again?"
Faced with the Empress Dowager's relentless nagging, Xiao Shengxing remained evasive. The Empress Dowager's temples swelled as she listened, and she angrily exclaimed, "Your Majesty, you've been completely bewitched by the Empress! How can you be so foolish!"
Su Lijin almost laughed out loud. In the words of the Queen Mother, she had become a thief who was misleading people.
It would be great if she really had that kind of witchcraft.
She didn't need to bewitch the emperor at all. Wouldn't it be better to bewitch the empress dowager and the concubine directly? That way, they wouldn't cause trouble for her all day long.
Seeing that Xiao Shengxing's arguments were unsuccessful, the Queen Mother gasped a few times. The baby in the cradle stirred. The Queen Mother's eyes flickered and she said directly, "Since that's the case, I won't force you for now. However, the matter of appointing a crown prince must be done quickly. Now that Concubine Shu has given birth to a little prince, I think he is the perfect candidate for the position."
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