Su Feiling's face was pale and her expression was stiff, but she still didn't speak.
Su Huiyan panicked, grabbed Su Feiling's collar, and said sternly, "Are you pregnant with a bastard child?"
When did this happen?
She had no idea whether that wild man was from inside or outside the palace.
Xuan Yuan Yu's face outside was also extremely ugly. His fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly, revealing the anger in his heart.
He truly didn't love Su Feiling, nor did he care whether she was carrying his child.
But she shouldn't have deceived him like that, even betrayed him, getting pregnant with another man's child and then lying to him that it was his.
Which man would want to wear that kind of green hat?!
Seeing Su Huiyan's wild guesses, Su Feiling seemed to have made up her mind and said with difficulty, "Actually, I'm not pregnant."
"What did you say?" Su Huiyan's first reaction was to suspect that there was something wrong with her ears. Then, she looked down at Su Feiling's big belly and became even more suspicious that her ears were broken.
She's not pregnant? Her belly is so big.
Su Feiling didn't speak, but instead loosened her belt.
Su Feiling had her back to Xuan Yuan Yu, who had no idea what she was doing. A moment later, he seemed to see Su Feiling take a round pillow out of her clothes.
"..." Xuan Yuan Yu was completely stunned.
But then she realized that she wasn't having an affair with some other man, but was faking her pregnancy, and she felt a little better.
It wasn't that he cared much about Su Feiling as a person; what he cared about was a man's face and dignity.
It's much better to fake a pregnancy than for her to have an affair with another man.
Su Huiyan stared at the large pillow, utterly shocked: "Is this the thing in your belly?!"
She really wasn't pregnant!!!
She wasn't shocked by her belly, but by the fact that she wasn't pregnant at all and had managed to lie about having such a big belly!
There are imperial physicians in the palace who check her pulse every month. How did she manage to get through these six months?
Su Feiling gave Su Huiyan a bitter look. Isn't that exactly what it is?
Actually, every time she said Su Xuening's belly was big, she was also very flustered, because her own "belly" was not small either, and she really couldn't find a more suitable "belly" than this, so she used this one.
Su Huiyan snapped out of her daze and glared angrily at Su Feiling: "Are you crazy? Why would you pretend to be pregnant if nothing's wrong?"
She's really daring; pretending to be pregnant in the palace would get her banished to the cold palace.
Faced with Su Huiyan's questioning, Su Feiling also felt wronged: "I only had sex with His Highness once, the night before His Highness married Zhao Zhenzhen, the time I schemed against him. I didn't get pregnant that time, and His Highness never favored me again after that. If I don't pretend to be pregnant, what do you suggest I do?"
Aside from Su Xuening, Xuanyuan Yu doesn't like any other women. Based on the gossip I overheard about him and that Southern Border Saintess, he genuinely has no interest in other women.
Su Huiyan frowned, annoyed at her son's lack of self-control, and said, "Even if you don't get pregnant the first time, there will be other opportunities, right? Why pretend to be pregnant and do something so foolish!"
She and Xuanyuan Yu are both still young; there will be plenty of opportunities ahead of them. Why is she in such a hurry to fake a pregnancy?
Su Feiling suddenly looked up at Su Huiyan, her expression extremely aggrieved: "Do you think we still have a chance given His Highness's current attitude towards us? Do you know that His Highness has never entered the harem of Jingfeng Palace since his marriage? Even Zhao Zhenzhen is probably still a virgin!"
Compared to Zhao Zhenzhen, she was still considered better off. Whether it was scheming or not, at least she had a chance to be favored once.
She had tried her best. After entering the palace, she often cooked soups and desserts to please Xuan Yuan Yu, but he never appreciated it. He never accepted the things she gave him. It was difficult for her to even get close to him, let alone gain his favor.
Su Feiling's words truly struck a chord with Su Huiyan. Over the years, it wasn't just them who had fallen out of favor; it was the entire harem of women.
It has been so long since Xuanyuan Peng entered the palace that he has lost count of the years.
It must have been after Xuan Yuan Kun died that he never entered the harem again. His heart was completely occupied by Bai Fuya, that vixen, and his heart had long been bewitched by her.
So what Su Feiling said really resonated with her, especially since they had similar experiences.
Inside the house, the two women remained silent, while outside, Xuan Yuan Yu's heart was filled with complex emotions.
Although marrying Su Feiling was not his wish, he was completely manipulated by her.
Furthermore, Zhao Zhenzhen wasn't the one he wanted to marry; she was the one who eagerly came to the selection of concubines, wanting to become the Third Prince's consort.
He believed he hadn't wronged anyone, but hearing them say these things still made him feel bad.
Perhaps it was because he had watched his mother live like this since he was a child!
After a long while, Su Huiyan sighed and said, "You should have told me about these things sooner. I would have spoken to Yu'er on your behalf..."
Su Huiyan actually felt a little guilty saying those words.
She was aware of what was happening at Jingfeng Palace, and she had spoken to Xuanyuan Yu about it more than once, but he simply wouldn't listen. He was bewitched by that vixen Su Xuening, just like Xuanyuan Peng. She really had no other choice.
“It’s no use.” Su Feiling shook her head bitterly: “His Highness resents me, he can’t possibly favor me, and I can’t wait. At that time, my father had just had an accident, and the Yong’an Marquis’s mansion was raided. If I hadn’t suddenly become pregnant, do you think the Emperor would have let me off so easily? I’m afraid I would have lost my position as the Third Prince’s concubine long ago!”
She knew that after she used Su Xuening to scheme against him, Xuan Yuan Yu hated her to the core. He wouldn't even speak a word to her, let alone favor her. So she knew she had no more chances, and with her father's accident, she resorted to that desperate measure to protect herself.
Thinking of Su Renyi's beheading, Su Huiyan fell silent.
Indeed, the situation was urgent. At that time, even she was implicated by Su Renyi and lost her position as a concubine. Not to mention Su Feiling, if Su Feiling hadn't been pregnant with this child, she certainly wouldn't have been able to keep her position as a secondary concubine. Perhaps she would have been expelled from the palace by Xuanyuan Peng long ago.
Su Huiyan sighed: "How did you manage to keep this a secret for the past few months?"
Knowing Su Feiling's difficulties, Su Huiyan's tone softened unconsciously.
Seeing Su Huiyan's expression, Su Feiling knew that she wasn't really angry with her, and silently breathed a sigh of relief: "I bribed a royal physician."
"Is it Liu Songming?" Su Huiyan knew who it was without even having to guess.
Since Su Feiling became pregnant, it was Liu Songming who had been taking her pulse for safety.
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