The queen was merely released from the cold palace, and her rank remained that of a concubine.
In other words, there is no queen as the master of the harem today.
For a moment, the concubines in the harem were all ready to make a move.
Everyone wants to fight for the position of the master of the harem.
However, if they want to win favor, they also need the emperor's cooperation.
Ever since the emperor executed Ying Yongliang for treason, he has been worried about Ying Xixi's condition. Except for attending court and handling official business, he spends the rest of his time in Xijun Palace with Ying Xixi.
The emperor's action not only prevented the concubines from seeing him, but also prevented them from competing for his favor.
It also prevented Qiao Yuyuan from coming to see Ying Xixi.
Qiao Yuyuan's longing for Xixi grows stronger as time goes by.
He simply ordered people to make some noise outside the capital to lure the emperor over.
This way he can go and see Ying Xixi.
Ying Xixi is pregnant with triplets. Although she is still young, her pregnancy is already obvious.
Qiao Yuyuan couldn't let go and touched Ying Xixi's bulging belly carefully, his eyes full of light.
"Your Highness, this is almost enough to allow you to appear openly."
Ying Xixi could see that Qiao Yuyuan had developed feelings for her.
And also possessiveness.
Qiao Yuyuan came to her every few days.
There's no telling when the emperor might find out.
Rather than being discovered by the emperor, they lost the initiative.
It would be better for them to take the initiative and let Qiao Yuyuan appear openly first, and then make plans for what happens next.
"Okay, then I don't have to be so secretive when I come to see my wife and children."
Qiao Yuyuan put his ear to Ying Xixi's belly and muttered softly.
"What about wife and children? Keep your voice down and don't say anything nonsense."
Ying Xixi's eyebrows jumped and she reached out to cover Qiao Yuyuan's mouth.
Qiao Yuyuan took Ying Xixi's hand and kissed her palm.
"I didn't say that."
Qiao Yuyuan hugged Ying Xixi for a while before leaving.
Qiao Yuyuan always calculated the time of his departure very accurately. The emperor would arrive almost immediately after he left.
"Xixi, how's the child? Did he bother you?"
The emperor looked at Ying Xixi's belly with a smile on his face, with dark circles under his eyes.
"The child is fine, Your Majesty. My belly is getting bigger now, and it will be difficult for me to go to the temple to burn incense before the child is born.
I'd like to pick a time in the next few days to go to the temple and burn incense, is that okay?"
Ying Xixi took the initiative to ask.
The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's ask the imperial physician to come and see if you are in good condition and can go to the mountain.
I see your belly has grown a lot recently, I wonder if it’s because the baby has grown too big.”
Ying Xixi gently stroked her belly, "It could also be because I'm pregnant with more than one child."
The emperor's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Yes! This is also possible! I had never thought of this aspect! Come, call the imperial physician!"
Soon the imperial physician arrived and after taking the patient's pulse, he looked a little shocked.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is pregnant with three babies! Triplets!"
The three fetuses have strong heartbeats and are being well cared for!"
The emperor was also shocked when he heard this.
"Three, triplets?! Three kids?!"
"Exactly! The Queen is pregnant with triplets! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
"Hahahaha! Triplets hahahaha! For hundreds of years, even twins have been extremely rare in the royal family, let alone triplets!
I didn’t expect that my beloved concubine actually gave birth to her first set of triplets!
Reward! When the three children are born, everyone will celebrate! "
The emperor smiled from ear to ear and distributed silver rewards to his servants like water.
For a time, the news that Concubine Xi was pregnant with triplets spread throughout the entire palace.
The concubines in the harem were both envious and jealous of Xixi.
They clearly slept with the emperor, but none of them got pregnant!
But not long after Ying Xixi had a miscarriage, she became pregnant again!
She's pregnant with triplets!
If these three children were all little princes, then no one would be able to shake Ying Xixi's position in the harem!
When the former queen, now Concubine Rou, heard the news, she was so angry that she smashed everything in the palace.
Her steadiness and generosity as queen, as well as her ability to keep her expression to herself, all collapsed when she was banished to the cold palace by the emperor.
She didn't care that Ying Yongliang slandered her for hiring an assassin to kill the emperor and it had nothing to do with Ying Xixi.
She was sure that the incident was a conspiracy between Ying Yongliang and Ying Xixi, father and daughter!
The emperor knew clearly that she was framed, but he refused to restore her to the position of queen!
Especially since Ying Xixi was pregnant with triplets, it was conceivable that the emperor left the position of queen vacant just to make room for that bitch Ying Xixi!
She would never so easily watch the bitch Ying Xixi sit on the throne that belonged to her!
no way!
Ying Xixi didn't know that Ying Yongliang, that scumbag father, was not only plotting against her but also making an enemy for her.
She and the emperor rode in a carriage to a temple outside the capital to burn incense.
The temple is still the same temple, and the carriage can only go halfway up the mountain.
But the last assassination attempt halfway up the mountain left a psychological shadow on the emperor.
At the foot of the mountain, he ordered his guards to find another way up the mountain.
Fortunately, there is more than one way to get to the temple on the top of the mountain.
They took a different route up the mountain, and this time the journey was smooth.
After arriving at the temple, the young monk who was sweeping the door saw the emperor coming towards him.
"Your Majesty, is it free now? The abbot has something to ask you."
"It's convenient, Huayue, you help Xixi sit inside for a while. Xixi, I will come over later."
The emperor gave Ying Xixi some instructions and followed the little monk towards the abbot's house.
Ying Xixi lowered her eyes and did not go back to the house immediately. Instead, she and Huayue burned incense in the temple, strolled around casually, and then went back.
She had just sat down, picked up the teacup and taken a sip when the emperor came in.
She was relieved when she saw that the emperor looked a little unhappy.
"Your Majesty, I just went with Huayue to burn incense."
Ying Xixi said with a smile, without asking the emperor what the abbot had said to him.
The emperor originally planned to tell her later if Ying Xixi asked him.
But Ying Xixi seemed to have no intention of asking him, so the emperor couldn't help but start talking himself.
"Xixi, what the abbot told me is related to whether the child in your belly can be born safely."
Upon hearing this, Ying Xixi acted anxious and asked, "What? What did the abbot say?"
The emperor pursed his lips, his expression complicated. "Xixi, I wonder if you know that I have a younger brother who passed away five or six years ago."
Ying Xixi's eyes flashed. "I seem to have this impression. I heard that His Highness died when he was around fifteen or sixteen years old?"
"Yes, it was him. Actually, I discovered some time ago that he was not dead. He faked his own death and left everything in the palace behind and ran away..."
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