Inside Guangming Hall.
Ling Shumo sat in front of Pei Jiusheng's bed, and the room was dead silent.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Pei Jiusheng's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he finally opened his eyes.
He just felt that all the flesh on his body was crushed and there was no part that didn't hurt.
Ling Shumo handed a small porcelain cup to Pei Jiusheng's lips, "I asked someone to crush the painkillers. They were freshly brewed and are still hot."
Pei Jiusheng snatched the cup away, and because he drank too quickly, he choked and kept coughing.
Ling Shumo took a handkerchief and carefully wiped the medicine stains from his lips.
The painkillers haven't worn off yet.
Ling Shumo saw Pei Jiusheng hugging the quilt tightly and biting his tongue in pain.
Pei Jiusheng was trembling with pain.
Ling Shumo could do nothing.
At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the door.
Lu Jinshu, dressed simply, walked in.
What happened in the palace this morning has now spread throughout the Eastern Palace.
Pei Jiusheng's position as the Princess Consort was abolished, and it also implicated him, the newly appointed Princess Consort, who was demoted to the third rank of a wise monarch. The happiness he had felt in the past few days was now in vain.
If it weren't for the princess pleading for him before His Majesty, he would have become a commoner like Pei Jiusheng. He truly demonstrated the saying, "When you are at home, disaster will come from the sky."
Lu Jinshu looked at Pei Jiusheng, whose face was as pale as paper, and did not feel much sympathy in his heart.
Ever since Pei Jiusheng married into the Eastern Palace, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess has never come to Chenyou Palace to see him again.
Pei Jiusheng is so handsome that any man who sees him will feel jealous.
Now that such a stunningly beautiful woman is about to die, countless people in the East Palace and the harem will applaud.
Ling Shumo thought Lu Jinshu was here to inquire about his demotion by the emperor, but Lu Jinshu smiled faintly and took out a paper package from his sleeve. "Your Highness knows how hard life was for me when I was a child. I was always in pain back then. This package contains a folk remedy for pain relief from the countryside. Brother Pei might be able to use it."
Ling Shumo took the paper package and handed it to Fengye. She walked towards the door first, indicating that Lu Jinshu should go outside to talk if he had anything to say.
The two walked to the corridor side by side.
When Ling Shumo was assassinated at the Lingyin Taoist Temple, the emperor already knew that his eldest daughter coveted his younger sister's man. At the time, the emperor didn't say much about the matter, venting his anger entirely on Ling Shujiao. This time, the emperor ordered the punishment of Lu Jinshu, entirely because of Pei Jiusheng's implicating him.
Ling Shumo's hand gently caressed Lu Jinshu's uninjured shoulder. Her voice sounded a little hoarse. "This matter has nothing to do with you. Don't overthink it. As for your status, when you are pregnant with my eldest daughter, I will ask for you to be re-appointed as the Crown Princess and Consort. My mother will be so happy then that she won't be prejudiced against you anymore."
Lu Jinshu's back suddenly straightened up, and he looked at Ling Shumo with wide eyes.
He thought Ling Shumo would comfort him and say she would compensate him, but he never expected that Ling Shumo would say something like "Wait until you get pregnant with my eldest daughter."
Although Ling Shumo did not deliberately emphasize the word "eldest daughter", Lu Jinshu understood what she meant.
Ling Shumo was saying that before he successfully conceived and gave birth to a daughter, no other man in the Eastern Palace's backyard would be able to get pregnant. Such privileges were only accorded to the Crown Princess. The child the Crown Princess was to give birth to would be Her Highness's eldest legitimate daughter. Even if he successfully gave birth to a daughter on his first try, he would still be a concubine's child.
Ling Shumo's hand gently stroked the back of Lu Jinshu's neck, "Before you get pregnant, I will ask Shi Qi to give contraceptive medicine to other people. If someone unfortunately gets pregnant..." Ling Shumo said this, turned her head and looked directly into Lu Jinshu's eyes. She did not say anything, but mouthed two words.
Lu Jinshu saw clearly that Ling Shumo mentioned the name "Bai Lin".
If someone was lucky enough to get pregnant before him, then he could be polite. Just as Bai Lin lost the baby in her belly, the child of this servant could be aborted in the same way.
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