Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang summoned the imperial physician to examine Tong Yurou, and the answer she received confirmed her suspicions.
One moment Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was urging all the concubines in the palace to try to conceive, and the next moment news spread that Consort Tong was pregnant, which made Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang very happy.
At her age, she naturally hoped to have more grandchildren. However, while she was happy, she was also disappointed because it was Consort Tong, the Han concubine, who was pregnant, not Consort Meng.
So she was happy for only a short while, and after Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang gave her the gifts, she sent Tong Yurou back home.
On the way back, Qiulan, the palace maid who served Tong Yurou, was not quite clear about the situation and asked her question.
Why did the mistress hide her pregnancy for three months before announcing it in front of everyone? Wouldn't that be too conspicuous?
Tong Yurou smiled. This was her purpose: to announce her pregnancy in front of everyone, so that if something really happened to her later, she would be embarrassed.
Today, the Empress Dowager learned that she was pregnant. Even if she didn't like her, she would take better care of her for the sake of her grandson.
What Tong Yurou wanted was precisely this kind of protection: to announce her pregnancy in front of everyone, so that her child would be much safer once it was out in the open.
The Empress Dowager had already stated that efforts should be made to ensure the continuation of the royal family's lineage.
Now that she's pregnant, she's a great contributor to the royal family. If anyone dares to secretly harm her, the Empress Dowager won't let them get away with it.
With Tong Yurou's explanation, Qiulan suddenly understood what her mistress meant.
She sighed inwardly, realizing that her mistress was indeed the mistress, while she was just a palace maid, and that she was truly too foolish.
When the news of Tong Yurou's pregnancy reached Emperor Shunzhi, the young emperor was quite pleased.
He has only two sons so far. His eldest son died young, and he only has one son, the second prince Fuquan, who was born on July 17th last month.
Having few children, he was naturally delighted that one of his favorite concubines was pregnant.
The gifts were sent to Chengqian Palace in a stream, and Shunzhi even promoted Tong Yurou's rank, turning her from a concubine into a primary consort.
This rank is already quite high, second only to the Empress and the Consort, and can be considered a principal position in a palace.
After finishing his duties that day, Emperor Shunzhi made a special trip to visit Tong Yurou.
At this time, Dong Eshi had not yet entered the palace, and Shunzhi could still focus his attention on other people, so he was quite gentle with Tong Yurou.
Tong Yurou was unsurprisingly moved by such a handsome and doting emperor.
A woman in love is very sweet, and Tong Yurou is currently pregnant. Just thinking about carrying the emperor's child fills Tong Yurou with happiness.
Yunyi had no idea how Tong Yurou was feeling. She had entrusted everything to Sumalagu, and with nothing to do, she spent her days leisurely playing in the house or yard, quietly resting and recuperating.
Another month passed, and Yunyi and Tong Yurou were both more than four months pregnant.
News spread from Chengqian Palace that Consort Tong had accidentally fallen while taking a walk in her palace that evening.
Several imperial physicians rushed to Chengqian Palace. Fortunately, Consort Tong was in good health and the young prince was fine.
Upon hearing this news, Yunyi had no reaction, because if she hadn't given Tong Yurou something, Tong Yurou would have miscarried within a few days.
In her previous life, Tong Yurou suffered a miscarriage when she was five months pregnant. She lost a fully formed female fetus and damaged her health, meaning she would not be able to conceive for at least three years.
Tong Yurou was afraid that she would lose favor after Dong Eshi entered the palace, so even though she was heartbroken, she immediately had other ideas after learning that her maid Qiuyan was pregnant.
Qiu Yan became pregnant two months later than Tong Yu Rou, which was still within the acceptable timeframe, allowing Tong Yu Rou to keep it a secret.
Concealing the fact that she had miscarried and that Qiu Yan was pregnant, Tong Yurou pretended to be pregnant in public, but in private, she half-threatened and half-enticed Qiu Yan, telling her to take good care of her pregnancy, and that she would get her benefits in the future.
When the five months were up, she sent someone to examine Qiu Yan's pulse. After confirming that it was a prince, Tong Yu Rou had another idea.
After ten months of pregnancy, Qiu Yan was given a labor-inducing drug by Tong Yu Rou. Qiu Yan successfully gave birth to a healthy prince, but was then poisoned and killed by Tong Yu Rou.
No one knew that Tong Yurou's child was actually Qiu Yan's; they were all happy that Tong Yurou had successfully given birth to the prince.
Qiu Yan died quietly in the palace, unknown to anyone.
Now that Yunyi has traveled through time, she is certain that she is carrying a prince, so Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang will definitely not let her return to Khorchin.
Since Tong Yurou could exchange children, why couldn't she? So Yun Yi's idea was to exchange children with Tong Yurou.
Tong Yurou is pregnant with a daughter, while Yun Yi is pregnant with a son. If they switch, Tong Yurou can gain status because of her son, while Yun Yi can gain freedom because of her daughter.
In accomplishing these tasks, Yun Yi helped Tong Yurou keep her pregnancy and ensured that her daughter was born safely.
Secondly, Yunyi cannot allow Qiuyan to give birth to a son, otherwise Tong Yurou will definitely choose to exchange Qiuyan's child for Yunyi's child.
Now that Tong Yurou has fallen, she took the pregnancy-preserving pills given to her by Yunyi without knowing it. The pregnancy is stable, so nothing bad has happened.
And the accident she had when she was five months pregnant would not cause her to miscarry.
As for Qiu Yan, she is also pregnant with a daughter this time, so she poses no threat to Tong Yu Rou. Tong Yu Rou would not risk her life for the sake of a little princess.
After nearly miscarrying, Tong Yurou became even more cautious and kept a close eye on the people in the palace.
Qiu Yan was only three months pregnant when Tong Yu Rou found out. Although she had become the emperor's woman, she was still treated as a palace maid in Chengqian Palace.
She had never experienced these things before, so it wasn't until more than three months later that everyone found out she was pregnant.
At this time, Tong Yurou was pregnant herself, and when she learned that Qiuyan was pregnant, she did not make things difficult for her.
As per custom, the Emperor and Empress Dowager were informed that Qiu Yan had been given the lowest rank of Gege and was still living in Tong Yurou's Chengqian Palace.
Five months pregnant, Tong Yurou had already learned through the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis that she was carrying a princess, and she was extremely disappointed.
She entered the palace with a mission from her family. If she couldn't give birth to a child, how could she bring glory to the Tong family in the future?
The initial sweetness and joy vanished when she learned she was carrying a daughter.
It must be said that Tong Yurou was indeed ruthless and clever. Unable to give birth to the prince, she immediately turned her attention to another pregnant woman, Qiuyan.
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