"Although Hong agreed to maintain a slender figure in order to learn dance, and given that the woman from the Tian family is young, the pregnancy might not be safe, but..."
Li agreed and they exchanged a glance before Li bowed and knelt down.
Xu Lejin frowned and gave Ru Hua a wink. Ru Hua immediately pulled Nongying away.
Among the group, the oldest, Consort Yue, considered for a moment before raising her head and smiling as she spoke, "Your Highness, you are aware of our backgrounds."
"We maids and concubines are all daughters of ordinary families in Jiangnan. Because of poverty, we were sold to brothels by our parents at a young age. From the age of five or six, to maintain our slender and frail bodies, we were not allowed to eat our fill."
“When maids and concubines are required to learn skills, they are forced to take medicines that harm their bodies. Our bodies have already been severely damaged.”
"Hongyu and Tianxin, although they were fortunate enough to be pregnant, but..."
Consort Yue paused for a moment, her face filled with sorrow, and then said, "We know very well that we are incapable of bearing children, and even if we were to conceive, we might not be able to keep them."
"Even if they manage to keep the baby, the child will be born weak and unable to survive due to congenital deficiencies in the womb. Therefore..."
“After Hongyu and Tianxin became pregnant, the maids and servants began to discuss how to use the child in her womb to drag Consort Hui into the mire.”
Consort Yue stopped, and Consort Li, standing beside her, spoke coldly, "Your Highness, if we concubines didn't enter the palace and serve the Emperor, we could accept our fate as prostitutes outside the palace."
"However, Consort Hui allowed her maids into the palace and had them serve the Emperor, yet she looked down on and despised them."
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