Chapter 236 It Can’t Be a Coincidence
Halfway through the conversation, Ji Yunshu realized something, "She's pregnant?"
Zhao Shen nodded solemnly.
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but laugh and said, "No wonder people love to use this trick, it really works every time."
Even someone with the emperor's physique could be infected. Ji Yunshu felt that he was most likely volunteering.
"What's so big a deal about the emperor sleeping with a palace maid? Why does this make you feel troubled?"
Ji Yunshu didn't want Zhao Shen to interfere too much in Emperor Jingming's affairs.
It is undeniable that he has a deep affection for Emperor Jingming, but talking about affection with the emperor is really a very foolish thing to do.
Zhao Shen frowned and said, "Your Majesty's actions this time are truly very different from before."
Ji Yunshu said, "Who knows, maybe she's a beauty that he'll fall in love with at first sight?"
Doesn’t love make people impulsive?
Zhao Shen listened to her teasing the emperor and shook his head. "The emperor is not like that. He is not interested in women. When he first ascended the throne, many people sent him beauties, but he never fell in love with them."
Ji Yunshu thought back to the New Year's Eve. She was clearly poisoned by the same drug. She felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to pounce on him, but the emperor lay there calmly, without any sign of abnormality.
So there is something wrong with this.
"You suspect a beauty trap? But this woman must have been investigated before she was made a concubine, right?"
In fact, being able to enter the palace as a maid means having a clean background, not to mention being promoted to a concubine. In that case, the woman's ancestors for eighteen generations would be thoroughly investigated.
Zhao Shen said, "The Emperor personally sent someone to investigate, and her background is clean. She was born into a peasant family outside the capital. Because she was so beautiful, she was coveted. Her family had no choice but to send her to the palace. She had nothing to do with drugging the Emperor. Her entry into the Emperor's bed was an accident."
Ji Yunshu didn't believe this kind of surprise: "So she is really beautiful?"
Zhao Shen didn't understand why she was so concerned about this: "After all, she is the emperor's concubine. I have never seen her, but I heard she is very beautiful."
Ji Yunshu stroked his brow and said, "Why do you look like you're facing a great enemy? This is the emperor's private matter after all. He doesn't care about it himself. What's the point of you worrying so much?"
Zhao Shen said: "I always feel that this woman is not simple, but there is nothing wrong with her."
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "It's a good habit for you not to look down on women, but she's not without fault either. At least the timing of her appearance was wrong. A stunning woman happened to appear in the bed of a drugged emperor. The whole thing must have been planned. So she couldn't have been a coincidence."
Zhao Shen said: "You are right, but Your Majesty..."
Ji Yunshu knew what she was worried about, so he said, "I will go to the palace tomorrow to see what kind of peerless beauty can bewitch the emperor."
Zhao Shen warned, "I'm afraid she has bad intentions. Even in front of the Queen Mother and the Empress, you must be careful."
This was the first time Ji Yunshu had seen Zhao Shen so serious. However, thinking about how Prince Yong's Mansion seemed to like employing women, and how every woman they employed was a powerful figure, he nodded seriously, "I'll be careful."
Ji Yunshu entered the palace early the next morning and first went to the Empress Dowager's palace to pay her respects.
As soon as the Queen Mother saw her, she pulled her aside and complained, "You heartless little thing, you haven't come to see me for so many days."
Ji Yunshu had been busy with her own little things these days and hadn't really thought about entering the palace. She acted like a spoiled child and begged for mercy, "Aunt, it's my fault."
The Queen Mother poked her forehead and said, "I don't know you yet. You don't even want to enter the palace. I'm afraid something's wrong today, right?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "Aunt really understands me. I heard that the Emperor just appointed a new Concubine Yi. I wonder what kind of stunning beauty she is, so I came to see her."
Speaking of this, the Queen Mother's face was not very good. "At the beginning, I asked him to expand the harem, but he refused, saying that he only loved the Queen in this life. Now that the Queen has given birth to a prince, I don't care about him anymore. But he got himself a beautiful woman to make things difficult for the Queen."
Ji Yunshu was surprised: "It's just a concubine, it can't be to the extent of causing trouble for the Queen, right?"
Over the years, the Queen has probably gotten used to the Emperor having other women, so one more isn't too much.
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "This woman is different, just wait and see."
When Ji Yunshu saw the Queen Mother like this, she understood why Zhao Shen valued this woman so much.
It can be seen that the emperor must have treated her very differently.
She chatted with the Queen Mother for a while, then stood up and said, "I'm going to go see the Queen and the little prince."
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "You have a good relationship with her now. Try to persuade her to be more open-minded. This is how the harem is. No matter who is favored, she is always the Queen."
After hearing this, Ji Yunshu felt inexplicably heavy-hearted. Even the empress dowager said this, which showed how much the emperor doted on that woman.
When she arrived at the Queen's Palace, she was surprised to find that there was nothing unusual inside.
The Queen was playing with the little prince and without waiting for her to bow, she said quickly, "There are no outsiders here, so there's no need to be polite, cousin."
Ji Yunshu sat down aside and looked at the Queen carefully. Seeing that she looked normal, he felt relieved.
It turns out that it takes more than just anyone to become a queen.
Seeing that she was silent, the Queen took the initiative to ask, "My cousin, you haven't been to the palace for a while. How come you have time to come today?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "Look at what the Queen said. I'm just an idle person. Whenever I have time, I come to see you when I miss you. But you, your aunt, still says I have no conscience."
The Queen laughed and said, "That's because Mother loves you. We've been standing in front of her every day, but she doesn't seem to like us."
Ji Yunshu said, "I don't want to leave either. Who told her to marry me off so hastily? It's too late to regret it now."
The Queen couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You, no wonder the Queen Mother missed you."
After she finished laughing, she sighed softly, "Thank you for coming to enlighten me, but after so many years, what else can I not let go of? Now that I have An An, I am already content. The emperor can like whoever he likes."
She said it in a carefree manner, but Ji Yunshu could hear the sadness in her words.
If you think about it carefully, the queen is actually a very good person. Even though her aunt has been harsh to her for so many years, she has never felt any resentment.
She is devoted to the emperor.
Even if the emperor has a new love, she can accept it calmly.
Ji Yunshu felt that the emperor was a piece of shit, as he could let down such a good woman.
The Queen was open-minded, so Ji Yunshu didn't need to persuade her. She thought for a moment and said, "What's the point of saying you're being open-minded? I've actually encountered a difficult situation and have come to seek advice from the Queen."
The queen asked in surprise, "What kind of difficulty is it that even you can't solve?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head and recounted Cen Xi's story in anonymity, concluding, "Now she knows that the man might have issues, but she's forced to accept him. I'm really worried that he might harm her. What do you think she should do, Your Majesty?"
The queen thought she was just trying to coax her, but she didn't expect that she actually raised a difficult question.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "You said that even Prince Zhao couldn't find out the details of this man. What would a man like him want from a merchant girl?"
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