Upon hearing this, Song Xibai froze for a moment.
Then she frowned, shook her head, and said...
"Impossible! She's in the inner palace and has never left. How could she possibly be pregnant with someone else's child? It's impossible for a man to disguise himself as a eunuch and sneak into the inner palace, right?"
At this point, her expression suddenly turned strange.
She remembered what Yue Zhuangtou had said before.
What did he say again?
It is said that he disguised himself as a eunuch and infiltrated the Imperial Household Department in order to carry out a mission?
Although it didn't last long, it went unnoticed.
Good heavens!
So it's actually possible for outside men to infiltrate the palace?
Song Xibai's eyes widened in surprise.
She thought of more.
Zhao Fen and her little bodyguard lover.
Although the Qianqing Palace was not part of the imperial harem, palace maids and guards had affairs and even had children...
Therefore, it is indeed possible that Ms. Shi is pregnant with another man's child!
But Song Xibai felt something was wrong.
"But doesn't the Emperor dote on her? How can he be sure that Consort Zhaorong's child isn't his? The records of the Imperial Household Department can't be faked!"
If Shi wanted to borrow a son, it must have been a well-thought-out and carefully planned plan, so there's no way the dates would be off.
While movies and TV dramas may feature plots where characters bribe imperial physicians to lie about their pregnancy, that's impossible here.
The Imperial Medical Academy was one of the few institutions that obeyed only the emperor's orders, and the imperial physicians dared not take such a great risk to falsify documents for the concubines.
Furthermore, when the emperor visited his concubines, there were records kept, and the menstrual periods of the concubines in the harem were also recorded.
With this comparison, a false pregnancy will be immediately detected. And any false reporting will also be discovered.
If the error is within one month, who can be sure whose child it is? Even the Shi family probably can't be sure themselves.
Song Xibai couldn't understand it and kept glancing at Song Siyuan.
Song Siyuan awkwardly scratched his chin.
"Ahem... Xixi, have you ever thought about why the imperial physicians haven't treated His Highness the Crown Prince, who has been married for several years without having children?"
Song Xibai was taken aback: "Why are you bringing this up?"
This topic shift is way too obvious! Dad, are you trying to get away with this?
Song Siyuan's face was a complete mess.
It's really embarrassing to talk to my daughter about my son-in-law's flaws!
But no matter how awkward it was, he had to say it, otherwise he wouldn't be able to have a good life in the future.
Song Siyuan sighed inwardly and began to speak haltingly.
"Think about it carefully, is it possible that the imperial physicians actually knew what was going on?"
Song Xibai came to her senses and immediately flew into a rage.
"I knew the Imperial Medical Academy was full of scoundrels! They knew the Crown Prince had health problems, but they wouldn't examine him, wasting precious time for treatment!"
If it weren't for the knowledge I gained in my previous life, it would have been difficult to cure the prince, right?
The poison was hidden so well that it was difficult to detect.
Song Siyuan, who was scolded, was not angry at all, and even tried to coax her instead.
"My dear daughter, don't be angry. There are good people in the Imperial Hospital too! It's just that many times, people are not in control of their own lives!"
Song Xibai swept his cold gaze across the area.
"Is it that the dog emperor won't allow you to treat him?"
Song Siyuan broke out in a cold sweat.
Before, at least they called him Emperor, but now they've become a dog emperor!
The lives of my entire Song family depend on Xixi's words!
Song Siyuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly waved his hand.
"Don't make wild guesses! Oh dear! You used to talk to me about genetics, how come you can't think of that now!"
"What do you mean?" Song Xibai stared at her father. "What did you inherit?"
Wait a moment!
Song Xibai's expression suddenly froze.
A thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
"The emperor was infertile?"
Song Xibai could hardly believe it.
After she finished speaking, she quickly shook her head.
"No, no, there are so many children in the harem! Not counting those who died young, there are seven princes and three princesses who survived. They couldn't all be someone else's children, could they?"
How is that possible? One is possible, but how could they all be?
That doesn't make sense!
The palace isn't a giant sieve.
Song Siyuan was taken aback by her bold words and said irritably.
"What are you thinking? His Highness the Crown Prince and all the princes and princesses are naturally the Emperor's children. The Emperor was seriously injured and his fertility was impaired, so no children have appeared in the harem for many years."
"That is why he showed particular favoritism towards his youngest son, the eighth prince."
Song Xibai pressed the back of her hand to her forehead and gradually calmed down.
"It's all because you stammered and couldn't explain yourself clearly, Father, that I had to make wild guesses. This is really terrible... I knew it! The Emperor isn't even fifty yet, so how come no one in the harem is pregnant anymore? It turns out there's something wrong with him!"
After nagging for a while, Song Xibai patted his cheeks and finally understood the reason.
The emperor was infertile, so when Lady Shi became pregnant, he immediately knew that the child was not his. However, for the sake of his reputation and face, he could not tell outsiders that he had a problem, so he could only secretly poison Lady Shi, causing her to "die suddenly from an illness".
At the last moment, both the old imperial physician and Physician Qi made excuses to hide, while only her honest father ran into the line of fire.
The emperor knew what had happened to Lady Shi, so he pretended to make a scene, punished her father for negligence and fault, and sentenced him to confiscation of property and exile.
As for her father, knowing that it was the emperor who did it, he dared not resist or speak out, and could only take the blame.
Is this emperor doing anything human?
Song Xibai grew increasingly disgusted with him.
She couldn't help but think: Could it be that the emperor had a problem himself, that he was psychologically abnormal, and that he couldn't stand the crown prince having a child, so he poisoned him?
Wow!
If that's really the case, what kind of freak would do something like that!
Song Xibai's eyes twitched intermittently.
After taking several deep breaths, Song Xibai turned his head and caught a glimpse of his father's gloomy expression.
He was probably thinking of his deceased sister-in-law.
If it were just the Song family suffering some hardship, that would be fine, since people raised under the concept of "Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, and Teacher" have the idea of "loyalty to the ruler" firmly rooted in their minds.
Song Xibai felt that even though their home was ransacked and the family was separated, her father didn't regret it much at the time.
But no one expected the death of the eldest sister-in-law.
Song Xibai remained silent.
One by one, the emperor's actions had exceeded Song Xibai's limit of tolerance.
How can someone like that be qualified to be the ruler of a country?
But dealing with him right now is still far too difficult.
Song Xibai rubbed her temples.
She had finally managed to change the Crown Prince's opinion of his father, the Emperor, and even sparked his rebellious thoughts, but this gradual approach was too slow.
To gather enough power to overthrow the emperor, the crown prince alone is not enough.
Who can be won over?
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